Ceramics Research Center - Arizona State University

Ceramics Research Center

MUD MATTERS

Issue No. 4
Fall 2006

From the Curator This past summer, I had the opportunity to partake in the celebrations
of several ceramic organizations: The Archie Bray Foundation’s 55th and
Pottery Northwest’s 40th anniversaries, and Watershed Center for the
Ceramic Arts’ Collectors Weekend. Many artists, supporters and friends
joined to note these important benchmarks. The history of these
residency programs, all grassroots efforts, have made a significant
impact on the field of contemporary ceramics. All were well attended,
a testament to the vitality of these programs and to ceramics as an art
form. I enjoyed meeting new friends and seeing old acquaintances.

Curator Peter Held standing by Robert Back home, the Ceramics Research Center is developing two retrospective
Arneson’s Rooted. exhibitions, one focusing on the work of David Shaner and the other on
Kurt Weiser. The exhibitions highlight not only the milestones of their
careers but the evolution and changes ceramics has undergone in the
last half century. Shaner, a studio potter trained in the late 1950s, is one
of the most revered clay artists of our time. Weiser, a Regents’ Professor
at ASU, followed Shaner’s generation. He has mastered many techniques
and styles over the last 30 years and is widely recognized as a virtuoso
of china painting. The ASU Art Museum looks forward to presenting the
work of these two artists in the fall of 2007.

While I have a deep appreciation for and honor traditional ceramics and
their makers, it is equally important to assess the evolution of the field
and to identify its next generation of innovators. To that end, I look
forward to curating the work of five emerging clay artists this summer
in Renegade Clay: Five Views from the West.

Front cover top to bott_om The ASU Art Museum Ceramics Research Center is an active and
Clay in the Big Sky, CLA Patrons / David dynamic collection of objects, histories and activities. Please join us for
Shaner, Slab Form (detail) (Landscape), some of our many offerings in the months to come. And thank you for
c. 1967, glazed stoneware, 12 1/2 x 14 x 5/8”. your tremendous support in helping us realize our goals and aspirations
Archie Bray Foundation Collection / Kurt in what is certain to be another fabulous year!
Weiser, Untitled Globe, (detail), 2005;
cast porcelain, china paint, bronze.
William and Jeanne Porter Collection.

Planning Your Next Visit

The ASU Art Museum Ceramics Research Center is part of the Herberger
College of Fine Arts at Arizona State University, providing teaching and
research for the hands-on study and enjoyment of ceramics. Its collection
encompasses more than 3,000 works—most in open storage.

ASU Art Museum
Ceramics Research Center
18 E. 10th Street
Tempe, AZ 85281

Tuesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Free docent-led tours are available by appointment. Contact us at
480-965-2787, or at asuartmuseum.asu.edu/ceramicsresearchcenter/.

Peter Held, curator of ceramics, 480-727-8173 or [email protected]
2

Clay in the Big Sky Collector and museum patron Sandy Besser in his Santa Fe, Spotlight on collector Sandy Besser
New Mexico home.
June 20 – _25, 2006
Twelve CLA patrons, escorted by Sandy Besser has been generous to the ASU Art
Peter Held, celebrated the Archie Museum through his annual gifts to its permanent
Bray Foundation’s 55th anniversary collection. In January 2008, in conjunction with the
in an extravaganza of lectures, next Ceram*A*Rama Gala, a selection of his figurative
demonstrations, studio and collec- ceramics will be shown.
tion visits, culminating with a gala
dinner and auction. Besser’s collection is wide-ranging and adventure-
some. He started by collecting drawings while
Resident director Josh DeWeese, serving in the Navy in San Francisco. Besser later
artist John Mason and Ann Shaner diversified his interests by acquiring ceramics and art
joined the welcome dinner. Partici- from tribal cultures of Asia, Africa and Latin America.
pants also met Rudy Autio, Chris His interest in the figure links his collection. Besser
Staley, Richard Notkin and many says,“It allows me to be a voyeur observing human
other artists. A special collectors’ activity. I enjoy the implications of each narration.”
preview of the Holter Museum’s
outstanding ceramics collection Besser never differentiates among fine art, craft
and Autio’s retrospective exhibi- or folk art and feels if artists were successful in
tion highlighted the event. A their execution and ideas and he responded on an
day-trip to Bozeman galleries and emotional level, the pieces belong in his collection.
the studios of John Buck, Deborah
Butterfield, Frances Senska and Besser is a staunch champion of under-recognized
Gennie DeWeese capped off this artists. Once he discovers exceptional talent, he feels
wonderful trip. an obligation to bring the work to the attention of
other collectors, curators, galleries and museums.
Top image: A visit to Barry Hood’s Lately, he has become more active as a guest curator,
glass studio. recently curating Tomorrow’s Drawing Today for the
Arts Center in St. Petersburg, Florida.
_
Bottom image: CLA patrons joined With his depth of knowledge and his quick wit, it 3
curator Peter Held to the Archie Bray is a pleasure to have Sandy Besser as part of the
Foundation for the Ceramic Arts this museum’s growing list of supporters and advocates.
past summer. In a recent interview, Besser quipped that the
headline for his obituary would read,“Sandy Besser
Herberger College of Fine Arts 1106 Quits Collecting.”

Making News 1

NEA Grant awarded to tour ceramics collection
The National Endowment for the Arts recently awarded $55,000 to
the CRC to organize a major survey exhibition of 80 masterworks from
its permanent collection. Innovation and Change: Great Ceramics from
the ASU Art Museum Permanent Collection will provide an in-depth
critical analysis of the studio ceramics movement in the last half century;
work rooted in functional pottery that has evolved into highly decorative
and thought-provoking art. A catalogue will provide a history of the ASU
collection from inception through evolution over the last 40 years.
2 Innovation and Change will highlight many of today’s leading

American artists, offering a panoramic survey of clay’s potential
as an expressive art form. The featured objects range from
functional ware for everyday use to more expressive sculptural
forms. The exhibition will include prominent works by Robert
Arneson, Rudy Autio, Rick Dillingham, Ken Ferguson, Viola Frey,
Karen Karnes, Maria Martinez, Otto and Gertrud Natzler, Edwin
and Mary Scheier, Toshiko Takaezu, Akio Takamori, Peter Voulkos,
Kurt Weiser, Beatrice Wood and Betty Woodman, to name a few.
The exhibition commences a national tour in fall 2007.

1 Beatrice Wood, Untitled, 1980, ceramic, 10 x 16”. Diane and Sandy Besser Collection, 2004.037.019.
2 Peter Voulkos, Plate, ceramic, 2 x 13 1/4”. Purchased with funds provided by The Stéphane Janssen Art Foundation.

Left image: Akio and Vicky Takamori with
Gretchen Adkins (right).
Right image: Karako, 2005, 32 x 33 x 24”.
Courtesy of the artist.

Between Clouds of Memory: Akio Takamori, A Mid-Career Survey

Between Clouds of Memory: Akio Takamori, A Mid-Career Survey, opened at the ASU Art Museum in January
2006 and was a huge success. The exhibition continues to tour and has been well-received in Portland,
Oregon and Tacoma, Washington.

3 Eden Revisited: The Ceramic Art of Kurt Weiser 5
Eden Revisited: The Ceramic Art of Kurt Weiser,
organized by Peter Held, will survey Weiser’s work
from the 1970s to the present, offering a full view
of his stylistic development. The exhibition includes
45 ceramic objects drawn from CRC’s permanent
collection, the artist’s holdings and private and
public collections nationwide.

Eden Revisited is funded by a generous grant from the Windgate
Charitable Foundation, a major accomplishment. Comprehensive
support for an entire project is a rarity in contemporary craft.

“The ASU Art Museum Ceramics Research Center is honored to
receive this award recognizing Kurt Weiser’s extraordinary talents in the
ceramic arts,” says Held. “The upcoming exhibition and publication will
highlight his technical virtuosity and a creative vision that spans 30 years
of artistic excellence.”

The exhibition launches a two-year national tour to nine museums
beginning in November 2007 with the Contemporary Crafts Museum
and Gallery in Portland, Oregon. The ASU Art Museum hosts the
exhibition in April 2009, coinciding with the National Council on
Education for the Ceramic Arts annual conference in Phoenix.

In conjunction with the exhibition, Held edits a hardbound
catalogue that includes an interview with the artist as well as
4 provocative and insightful essays about Weiser’s work, written by Ed
Lebow, public art program director with the City of Phoenix and Ulysses
Dietz, curator of decorative arts at the Newark Museum, New Jersey.

New developments in the archives – resource room established
Susan Harnly Peterson’s gift of archive and research materials is
making the CRC’s goal of an accessible archive a reality. In addition
to its existing library and artist files, the CRC has established a
resource room with a computer to download information about
artists represented in the collection, including biographies, resumes,
artist statements, bibliographies, images and relevant Web
sites. Thanks to the volunteers and Herberger College student
interns for their help in bringing the project to fruition. To
volunteer with this project or for more information,
contact Karyn Murphy at [email protected],
or at 480-965-7092.

3 Kurt Weiser in his Tempe, Arizona studio.
4 Kurt Weiser, Europa, 2005; cast porcelain, china paint
and bronze. Sara and David Lieberman Collection.

5 Kurt Weiser, Raku Toucan Jar, 1981, 15 x 12 1/2 x 12 1/2”.
Jeanne and William Porter Collection.

Calendar of Events 1

DWELL

Through Dec. 16, 2006, in conjunction
with ASU Art Museum’s
New American City: Artists Look Forward
DWELL elicits many connotations for people:
a place to live, a state of inhabiting, to dwell upon
the past or fixating on a thought. DWELL draws
on the ASU Art Museum permanent collection
in a wide range of media, showcasing a roster of
nationally and internationally recognized artists, exploring a variety
of visual interpretations in expanding perceptions on this theme.

Many of the participating artists express a world vision – citizens
relocated from their homeland, unencumbered by a permanent base.
Gone is the American version of the tranquil suburban landscape of
the 1950s. “Home” takes on a more contemporary meaning. Reflecting
2 the expansion of geo-political boundaries, artists are no longer limited

to hard and fast parameters, instead viewing the world as
tentative and shifting. Despite this, the artists draw upon
rich aesthetic, emotive and spiritual foundations to blend
the human experience with universal truths.

DWELL is organized by the ASU Art Museum Ceramics
Research_ Center with the support of Ceramic Leaders of
ASU (CLA). Thanks also to Red Modern Furniture for the loan
of vintage furnishings, and Elaine and Sidney Cohen for their
loan of DWELL magazines.

Raku: Spirit Beyond Process,
An International Exhibition

Jan. 13 – April 21, 2007
Friday, Jan. 19, 6 – 8 p.m., opening reception
Friday, Jan. 19, 7 p.m., Jim Romberg gallery talk
Saturday, Jan. 20, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., teacher’s workshop
Raku: Spirit Beyond Process, An International Exhibition provides
a global perspective of contemporary ceramic artists working
with the raku firing technique, creating both utilitarian ware
and sculpture. Raku is a centuries-old technique of Japanese
pottery characterized by low firing temperatures and the
dramatic effects of removing the works from the kiln while
glowing hot. Raku ware marked an important point in the
historical development of Japanese ceramics. With the formal
recognition of raku potters in the late 16th century, the
Japanese artist-potter first emerged from the anonymity of
the general craftsman. A number of American ceramists in the
1960s revived and adapted the technique to suit their personal
aesthetic with the use of a reduction chamber at the end of
the raku firing. This technique was introduced by Paul Soldner.

3

Teachers Workshop: Raku: 4
Spirit Beyond Process, An
International Exhibition,
Ceramics Research Center
This workshop for high school art
teachers includes artist demonstra-
tions and lesson plans, a gallery talk
by guest curator Jim Romberg and a
student art competition sponsored by
the Tempe Festival of the Arts, March
30 – April 1, 2007. Space is limited.
RSVP at [email protected],
or call 480-965-2873 by Jan. 17, 2007.

Organized by the ASU Art Museum, this exhibition is guest-curated by
Jim Romberg and is made possible, in part, through investments by_ the
Eagleheart Center for Art and Inquiry, Ceramics Leaders of ASU (CLA)
and Friends of the ASU Art Museum.

American Craft Council Craft Discovery
Patrons’ Weekend in Phoenix

Jan. 11 – 14, 2007
The American Craft Council, escorted by executive director Carmine
Branagan, has organized its annual patrons’ trip to Phoenix. Assisted
by local council trustees, Peter Held and Sara Lieberman, the weekend
includes visits to extraordinary private collections, homes, museums and
artist studios as well as receptions at leading galleries. Collectors from
around the country will see firsthand, the range of talent in the Valley.

6th Annual Self–Guided Ceramics Studio Tour

Feb. 24 & 25, 2007
Planning is underway for the CRC Artists’ Advisory Committee
6th Annual Self-Guided Ceramic Studio Tour, Feb. 24 and 25, 2007,
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Well-known ceramic artists in the Phoenix area welcome
clay enthusiasts into their studios where the artists exhibit, demonstrate
and sell their work. The tour is free and open to the public.

Come meet the artists, learn to work with clay and experience
working clay studios. Save the dates and be part of the excitement!

A percentage of tour sales benefit the CRC LINCS education programs. 1 Artist Louis Mendez and Peter Held
at the DWELL reception.
National Council on Education
for the Ceramic Arts Conference 2 Fabienne Gioria, Green Resist Form,
Louisville, Kentucky Raku-fired ceramic, 9 x 4”.

Old Currents/New Blends: A Distillation of Art and Geography 3 Jim Romberg, Canyon Moon, 2005,
March 14 – 17, 2007 Raku-fired ceramic, 26 x 15 x 8”.
If you would like to volunteer at the CRC booth during the 2007 NCECA
conference, please contact Karyn Murphy at [email protected]. 4 Jun Kaneko’s sculpture at the
Sara and David Lieberman residence.

7

Calendar of Events Desert Andamento,
Society of American Mosaic Artists (SAMA)
6th Annual Conference

Mesa, Arizona
March 21 – 24, 2007
The 2007 SAMA conference features Mosaic Arts International 2007
(a juried exhibition at Mesa Contemporary Arts) and four days of
workshops and presentations. Highlighting the event is the first Mosaic
Marathon, where mosaic artists execute a large-scale work to be donated
to a community charity or facility.

Ceramic Grads Slide Slam 1

Tuesday, April 10, 2007, 7 p.m.
Each spring, the CRC hosts presentations
by students completing their Master of Fine
Arts degrees in the ASU Herberger College of
Fine Arts ceramics program. David Crenshaw,
Holly Curcio, Adil Rahee and Eilen Ryazantseva
discuss their work.

Renegade Clay: Five Views from the West

May 4 – Sept. 4, 2007
2 Friday, May 4, 6:30 – 9 p.m., opening reception

Renegade Clay uncovers the work of five artists or artist collectives that
are defining a new generation of clay workers. In an increasingly hybrid,
cross-disciplinary, globalized world; new technologies, materials and
approaches are influencing the ceramics field. The traditional disciplines
of art, design and craft have blurred in the last decade with a fluidity of
movement never witnessed before.

Not beholden to the past, emerging and under-recognized artists from
the western states showcase a wide range of approaches: installation,
performative, participatory and industrial.

Ceram*A*Rama 2008

Save the date!

Feb. 21 – 25, 2008

Another grand opportunity to see the finest in contemporary ceramic art!

Jan Fisher Memorial Lecture Series

The CRC is extremely pleased to inaugurate the Jan Fisher Memorial Lecture Series in the spring of 2007.
Jan was an art history graduate student in the Herberger College of Fine Arts who interned at the Ceramics
Research Center. Her area of re_search was 20th-century women ceramic artists. She was an active member
of Ceramic Leaders of ASU (CLA).

The CRC was deeply saddened to learn that Jan passed away in February 2006. Her friends and colleagues
in the art history department began a memorial fund with the intention of making a donation to the CRC
in her name. Her family, also enthusiastic supporters of ceramic art, generously made a donation to support
this lecture series, which will bring exceptional American women ceramists to the ASU Herberger College
of Fine Arts. Future lectures will be announced soon!

Following the Rhythms of Life:
The Ceramic Art of David Shaner

Sept. 15, 2007 – Jan. 6, 2008
Friday, Oct. 12, 6:30 – 9 p.m., opening reception
Saturday, Oct. 13, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.,
Jack Troy Ceramic Workshop
Saturday, Oct. 13, 7 p.m., Peter Held lecture

Next fall, the CRC presents a comprehensive retrospective on
3 the ceramic art of David Shaner (1934-2002), which includes

60 works drawn from the museum’s permanent collection, the artist’s estate and other pub-
lic and private collections. Early works from graduate school at Alfred University, his tenure
as director at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts (1964-1970) and his studio
years in Bigfork, Montana (1970-2002), provide an in-depth overview of his life’s work.

Shaner was much beloved in the ceramics community and, over the course of his remarkable
career, pursued an uncommon vision, following the rhythms of life, while leaving a visual
legacy for future generations.

A hardcover catalogue providing multiple
views on Shaner’s work and world view
with essays by Jack Troy, Conan Putnam,
Hollis Walker and exhibition curator Peter
Held, accompany the exhibition.

Funding for this project is provided
by the Shaner Family; the Center for
Craft, Creativity and Design; Friends of
Contemporary Ceramics; and the Zaltec
Familian and Lillian Levinson Foundation.

1 Holly Curcio, Journal, 2006, ceramic, 4 x 8 x 12”.
2 Richard Cleaver, Collector, 2005, ceramic, 10 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 7”.
3 David Shaner.
4 David Shaner, Slab Form (Landscape), 1967, glazed stoneware, 12 1/2 x 14 x 5/8”. Archie Bray Foundation Collection.

Peter Held joined 20 leaders in the craft community,
hosted by the Center for Craft, Creativity and Design.
While in North Carolina, Held met potter Daniel Johnson, who
makes large-scale planters and vases inspired, in part, by his
apprenticeships with Mark Hewitt and traditional Thai potters.

Held also had the opportunity to visit the Penland School 9
of Crafts, curators Mark Leach and Melissa Post at the Mint
Museum of Craft and Design in Charlotte and to visit the
developing Sparta Teapot Museum where he was given a
tour by curator Mary Douglas.

And, the ceramic collection grows…

Thanks to all the donors and artists who have made significant gifts to the CRC’s permanent
collection in the past year:

DONOR Stephen Alpert ARTIST Richard Hirsch DONOR Lauren Ari ARTIST Lauren Ari DONOR Sandy
Besser ARTISTS Kurt Weiser • David Shaner DONOR Garth Clark & Mark Del Vecchio ARTISTS Henry
Varnum Poor • Dorothy Hafner DONOR Wann Caron ARTIST Rob Barnard DONOR Joyce Cooper ARTISTS
Fred Bauer • Toby Buonagurio • David Gilhooly • Peter Vandenberge • Patti Warashina DONOR Herbert
H. and Barbara C. Dow Foundation ARTIST Takashi Hinoda DONOR Mr. and Mrs. Ben Goo ARTISTS Robert
Kline • Paolo Soleri • Toshiko Takaezu • Patti Warashina DONOR Estate of Jan Fisher ARTIST Karen Karnes
DONOR Stéphane Janssen and R. Michael Johns Collection ARTISTS Karel Appel • Robert Arenson • Rudy
Autio • Ralph Bacerra • Michael Cardew • Hans Coper • Val Cushing • Harris Deller • Ruth Duckworth
• Ken Ferguson • Shoji Hamada • Georges Jeanclos • Kanjiro Kawai • Bernard Leach • John Mason •
Richard Notkin • George Ohr • Lucie Rie • Serge Vandercam DONORS Sara and David Lieberman ARTISTS
Michael Corney • Henry Takemoto • Kurt Weiser DONOR William Lieberman ARTIST Dennis Lee Mitchell
DONOR Louis Mendez ARTIST Louis Mendez DONOR Franklin Parrasch ARTIST William Wyman DONOR
Ann Shaner, promised gifts ARTISTS Frank Boyden • Ken Ferguson • Jenny Lind • Don Reitz • Robert
Sperry • Jack Troy • Kurt Weiser DONOR Kurt Weiser ARTIST Kurt Weiser DONOR Marilyn Zeitlin ARTIST
Anonymous DONORS Purchased with funds provided by Judy Ackerman and Richard Epstein, the CRC
Artists’ Advisory Committee, Jane Ash, Dale and Marshall Block, Elaine and Sidney Cohen, Leslie Ferrin
and the Ferrin Gallery, Midge and Jerry Golner, The FUNd at Arizona State University, Carol and Ed Hall,
Jane and Malcolm Jozoff, Sara and David Lieberman, Karyn Murphy; Edith, Merle, and Steve Rosskam;
and the friends of Sara Lieberman, in her honor ARTIST Gundi Dietz

_
CLA Members as of September 2006

Patron Members: Judy Ackerman and Richard Epstein, Mark Anderson, Jane and Larry Ash, Susan Beech, Sandy Besser, Bentley and
David Calverley, Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio, Elaine and Sidney Cohen, Rebecca and Scott Currey, Anne and Sam Davis, Midge and
Jerry Golner, Jean Grossman, Emily and Fred Gurtman, Wendy Haas, Carol and Edward Hall, Roberta and Bruce Hammer, Billie Jo Harned and
Jack Rudel, David Hayslip, Elaine and Malcolm Herbert, Stéphane Janssen, Ellie and Mark Lanier, Sara and David Lieberman, Joan and David
Lincoln, Jim Lowman, Doris and Hong-Kee Ong, Josefine and David Perry, Susan Peterson, Janet and Roger Robinson, Edith Rosskam, Merle
and Steve Rosskam, Arlene and Mort Scult, Teresa Sinatra and Jerry Crittendon, Tana and Ridge Smidt, Jodi and Tod Solomon, Paula and Jack
Strickstein, Linda Sullivan, Nancy Tieken, Gary Tiepelman, Agnese Udinotti, Christy and Kurt Weiser, Mikki and Stanley Wiethorn.

Contributing Members: Julius Forzano, Nancy and Alvin Malmon.

Supporting Members: Jennifer Allen, Wesley Anderegg, Linda Arbuckle, Lauren Ari, Sharon Armann, Christa Assad, Alma and Gilbert
Augenblick, Darcy Badiali, Luis Baiz, Thomas Baker, Douglas Kent Baldwin, Jim Barnaby, Joan Baron, Martha Benson, Susan Beiner, Nicholas
Bernard, Wally Bivins, Sandy Blain, Lucy Breslin, Jeremy Briddell, Cynthia Bringle, Darryl Brown, Deborah Rael Buckley and Thomas Buckley,
Jim Budde, Deanna and Robert Burger, Vincent Burke, Gail Busch, Debbie Butterfield and John Buck, Rose Cabat, Jane and William Canby,
Annetta and Robert Chester, Larry Clark, Richard Cleaver, Corie Cole, Elaine Coleman, Tom Coleman, Jeanne Collins and Paul Brooker,
Catherine Conover Covert and Chris Covert, Joyce Cooper, Cathy and Tod Cowen, David Crane, Claire Curneen, Ted Decker, Esmeralda DeLaney,
Stephen DeStaebler, Josh DeWeese, Gennie DeWeese, Kim Dickey, Stephen Dixon, Eddie Dominguez, Leatrice and Mel Eagle, Lyndall Eddy and
Phillip Wagoner, Phillip Eglin, Sanam Emami, Janet and Jerry Etshokin, LaReal Eyring, Betsy Fahlman-Ball and Dan Ball, Marko Fields,
Anita Fields, Susan Folwell, Kaori Fujitani, Keiko Fukazawa, Verne Funk, David Furman, Julia Galloway, Jason Garcia, John Glick,
Beverly Goldfine, Maurice Grossman, Bridget Cherie Harper, Diane Harrison and Sherman Axel, Robert Harrison, Jason Hess, Benjie Heu,
Jon Yukio Higuchi, Anne Hirondelle, Halldor Hjalmarson, Sam Hodges, Ayumi Horie, Deborah Horrell, Patrick Horsley, Yoshiro Ikeda,
Sergei Isupov, Sarah Jaeger, Jeremy Kane, Jun Kaneko, Margaret Keelan, Ann and Keith Kelly, Jane Kelsey-Mapel, Tom Kerrigan, Siddiq Khan,
Meagan Kieffer, Diana Kilber, Maren Kloppmann, Karen Koblitz, Michelle Korf, Charles Krafft, Ben Krupka, Alex Kutchins, Max Lehman,
Frank Lloyd, Eugene Loring and Hal Meyers, James Lovera, Michael Lucero, Sandra Luehrsen, Xiaoping Luo, Kirk Mangus, Maxine and
Jonathan Marshall, Lorna Meaden, James Melchert, Matthew Metz, Brad Miller, Jeffry Mitchell, Clara Moore, Ric Moriarity,
Nora Naranjo Morse, Ron Nagle, Farraday Newsome, Gail Nichols, Glen Nipshank, Nobuhito Nishigawara, Richard Notkin, Jill Oberman,
Jeff Oestreich, Georgette Ore a.k.a. Don Pilcher, Virgil Ortiz, Jeanne Otis, Genise and Bruce Park, Jess Parker, Jan Peterson, Jeanne and
William Porter, Liz Quackenbush, Gil Quintanilla, Seth Rainville, Anne Rasmussen, Jon Read, Jeff Reich, Alison Reintjes, Don Reitz, Don Ridley,
Laurie Petrie Rogers and Waynor Rogers, Louise Roman and Will Bruder, Jim Romberg, Betsy Rosenmiller, Diane Rosenmiller, Patricia Sannit,
Linda and Sherman Saperstein, Jane Sauer, Jeremy Schmidt, Randall Schmidt, Brad Schwieger, Bonnie Seeman, Nancy Selvin, Frances Senska
and Shelburn Murray, Junya Shao, Richard Shaw, Ellyce and Eddie Shea, Linda Shephard and John Hill, Peter Shire, Beth Shook, Lorraine and
Mark Shwer, Linda Sikora, Bobby Silverman, Nina Solomon, Fred Spaulding, Phyllis and Stuart Steckler, Beth Cavener Stichter, Faith Sussman
and Richard Corton, Penny Price Swanson, Richard Swanson, Karen Swyler, Akio Takamori, Tip Toland, Robin and Robert Trick, Sandra Trujillo,
Wanda and Rudy Turk, Mary Lee Larison and Doug Turman, John Utgaard, Eric Van Eimeren, Ann Adair Voulkos, Neil Williams, Tara Wilson,
Rosalie Wynkoop, Evans and John Wyro, Sherri Zeitlin.

The Ceramics Research Center is a self-sustaining program of the ASU Art Museum.
No state funds were used in the production of this newsletter.

10

Cer_amic Leaders at ASU Membership
(CLA) Membership
Become a member of a growing support group, CLA–:
SEND TO: Ceramic Leaders of ASU. This group is involved with
ASU_ Art Museum sapcteicviiatlieesv.eMnetsm, ebdeurschatipioinnaCl LpA–roegnrtaimtlems iynoguatnodrereceseivaerch
CLA Membership special members-only invitations to events, lectures
P.O. Box 872911 Tempe, AZ 85287-2911 and travel tours. For more information, contact the
museum’s membership department at 480-965-2787.
BENEFITS
(by Support Level) Name(s)

_ Address
CLA STUDEN_T/SENIOR $50
• Receive CLA mailings, including exhibition City / State / Zip
and event announcemen_ts
• Receive invitations to CLA events Phone
(Charitable contribution = $50)
E-mail
_
CLA SUPPORTING $100 CLA Support Categories (please check one)
All of the above, plus:
• Recognition of support in the CRC newsletter ______ $50 Student/Senior
(Charitable contribution = $100)
______ $100 Supporting
_
CLA CONTRIBUTING $250 ______ $250 Contributing
All of the above, plus:
• Complimentary ceramic exhibition catalogues ______ $500 Patron
(Charitable contribution = $220)
Museum Membership Support Categories
_
CLA PATRON $500 ______ $50 Active
All of the above, plus:
• Recognition in ceramic exhibition catalogues ______ $100 Supporting
• Recognition in the Ceramics Research Center
as a Patron Supporter ______ $500 Contributing
• A gift of an original ceramic artwor_k
• An invitation to the annual CRC CLA Patron ______ $1000 Patron
Dinner (Charitable contribution = $410)
Payment
Students from the Tempe Pappas Regional Elementary School ___Check (payable to: ASU Foundation*)
visit the Ceramics Research Center.
___Visa ___Master Card ___American Express

Card #

Expires

Signature

CONTRIBUTING AND PATRON LEVEL MEMBERS

______ I decline the annual contributing and patron level
benefits of $30 or $90. Therefore, my entire membership
payment may be a charitable contribution.

_____________________________________________________
*Your gift benefits the ASU Art Museum and will be
deposited in the ASU Foundation, a separate non-profit
organization that exists to support ASU. This gift may be
considered a charitable contribution. An acknowledgement
from the ASU Foundation will confirm your gift.

FAM.GM7CG 30-A-MFAM/0029

Ceramic Research Center

Sign up to receive our e-newsletter

asuartmuseum.asu.edu/ceramicsresearchcenter/

480-965-2787