An update about Across the Table, Across the Land from Namita Wiggers and Michael Strand:
We spent the week in Portland, camped out in front of a massive amount of uploaded data and images submitted to the Across the Table, Across the Land WebApp (over 500 total responses). Organizing this much information was a challenge we were thrilled to be confronted with – a great problem to have! Thank you so much to the clay community for responding to this project and sharing your stories about how food, clay and community come together – Across the Table and far beyond.
After four days of sifting, sorting and laughing – we have finalized the exhibition.
Before we share this list we have a quick quiz…
What does a Nacho Mountain, a Backpack Anagram Kiln and Objects for Digestion all have in common?
They are all part of the the NCECA Across the Table, Across the Land exhibition during the NCECA 50th anniversary conference in Kansas City!
“Wait, whoa….. Did you just say Nacho Mountain?… what the….?? “
YES! we did.
“…Let there be a Nacho Mountain” – Mark Cole
Curious? Love Nachos? Love Clay? Love Parties?
Don’t miss Mark Cole’s unique vision for the perfect party during our opening reception!
Below is the list of projects selected for the exhibition in a variety of categories.
EVENTS | PROGRAMS | SPECIAL PROJECTS
Adam Chau, Sharing a Meal, 3500 Miles Apart
Mark Cole, Nacho Mountain
Henry James Haver Crissman, Backpack Anagama Kiln
Linda Ganstrom, Fort Hays State University Students, Mighty Mugs and Cupcakes
Shannon Garson, The Handmade Table, Maleny, Queensland, Australia
Nicole Gugliotti, sexually transmitted dis……ease…
Robbie Lobell & Maryon Attwood, The Heartland Table with Studio Potter featuring artists: Margaret Bohls, Mark Cole, Chandra De Buse, Brice Dyer, Stuart Gair, Meredith Host, Gail Kendall, Brenda Lichman, Robbie Lobell, Kyla Strid
Gwendolyn Yoppollo, Conversation
UNIVERSITY INITIATIVES
Linda Ganstrom, Fort Hays State University
Arthur Halvorsen, Instructor, Food for Thought Course, Harvard
Brenda Lichman, Community Arts and Social Practice, Wichita State University
Roberto Lugo, Students of Marlboro College, Course: What You Bring to the Table
Edith Garcia Monnet, California College of the Arts
Erik Scollon, Social Ceramics, California College of the Arts
Lauren Karle, Portion Plates
DOCUMENTATION + OBJECTS
William Baker with Chef Michael Shortino of FutoButa, Charlotte, NC
Zandra Coelho, Clay Museum, San Joao del-Rei, Brazil
Victoria Dawes and Emilie Taylor, The People’s Pottery Project, Blackpool, England
Macy Dorf with selected works by students from CHSC, A Denver Public School Charter; collaboration with Art Street, and Denver Housing
Amanda Leigh Evans, Objects for Digestion
Ryan Fletcher (Pots in Action, Sweets)
Rob Beishline, Growing Veterans, Whatcom Community College
Ayumi Horie et al, Pots in Action (#piasweets; #piaacrossthetable)
Lauren Karle, Portion Plates
Eva Kwong, 500 Plates Akron Community Dinner, and with Hunter Franks for 500 Plates Project and Noelle Celeste from Edible Cleveland for At the Table
Nick Moen , The Dinners (works by selected participants to be included)
Kathryn Adams, Anja Bartles, Josh Copus, Tina Councell, Victoria Dawes, Elisa Di Feo, David Eichelberger, Ben Elliott, Heather Mae Erickson, Joe Falzone, Geoff Koslow, Joe Kraft, Andrew Massey, Nick Moen, Erin Paradis, Lindsay Rogers, David Swenson, Hayden Wilson, Gwendolyn Yoppolo
Nobuhito Nishigawara, West River Field Lab
Laura O’Quinn with Will Moss, Diane Einsiedler, Documentation of meal
Brent Pafford, Adrienne Lichliter, Lindsey Byrd, Southern Intentions: Prints, Pots & Provisions
Portland Growler Company, Mudshark Studios
Lilith Rockett, with Atera and Leith Restaurants
Aubrey Purdy Rude and Mat Rude, Listening is Loving
Lauren Sandler, Clay’s Nourishment with Skidmore College, Saratoga Bridges, Transitional Services, Center for Discovery, Root N Roost Farm
Jackie Sedlock and Michael Holt; Share, Eat, Sing
Madhvi Subrahmanian, Unspoken Conversations
Jeni Hansen Gard, Cups of Conversation
Amanda Leigh Evans, Objects for Digestion
PROJECT DOCUMENTATION
Ling Chen, Cup for One
Thomas Lowell Edwards, A Forced Conversation
Adam Field, Hide-n-Seekah
Amber Ginsburg with Aaron Hughes, Tea Project
Simon Levin, Fire in China
Kelly Averill Savino with Catherine Hernandez, Toledo Grows
Sioux, aka Joshua Reyes, Respect, a Dinner and Conversation About It
Trevor Youngberg, Kiln Unload and Rib-Off
Magda Gluszek, Ceramics I and II, Northland Pioneer
Forever Pumpkins, Augusta University’s Mad Potters Organization, Tire City Potters, Safe Homes of Augusta
Mudfest Day Clay Relay, Casper Artists’ Guild Members and Natrona County Community Members
Pottery NW, The Salad Bowl
Clay Art Center – Port Chester, NY – Port Chester Melting Pots
Pine Crest School, Fort Lauderdale, FL (K-12 Challenge)
VIDEO | AUDIO
The Red Clay Rambler recording and images Long Beach Art Museum project with Amanda Leigh Evans ,Tony Marsh, Adam Field, Vipoo Srivalasa, Joseph Shuldiner (Submitted by Adam Field)
Garth Johnson, lecture, Agrestic Modern
Cheyanne Rudolph, Lemon-Aider
Rancho High School Ceramics – Las Vegas, NV
K12 CHALLENGE (TO BE REPRESENTED VIA SELECTED PHOTOGRAPHS AND OBJECTS)
Selected works will be on view from the following schools
Cranbrook School, Cranbrook, MI – Joe Smith
Evanston Township High School, Evanston, IL – Gina Coleman
Flint Hill School, Oakton, VA – Julia Cardone
The Fulton School – Heath, TX – Cheryl Farrens
Green Valley High School, Henderson, NV – Fernando Agreda
Huntingdon Area High School, Huntingdon, PA – Sally Frehn
J.I. Case High School, Racine, WI – Rebecca McGowan
Jupiter High School, Jupiter, FL – Brian Kovachik
Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, NH – Ursula Fries-Herfort
NSU Art Museum Academy – Fort Lauderdale, FL – Lori Gregory
Park Tudor School, Indianapolis, IN – Marlina Koonce
Pine Crest School – Fort Lauderdale, FL – Lori Gregory
Rancho High School, Las Vegas, NV – Cat Traen
St. Joseph’s Academy, St. Louis, MO – Amy Kling
St. Stephens Episopal School – Austin, TX – Lisa Orr
Spruce Creek High School, Port Orange, FL –Heather Alexander
Trumbull High School, Trumbull, CT – Trevor Youngberg
Trinity Prep School, Winter Park, FL – Dawn Ferguson
Willow Field Elementary, Liverpool, NY – Danielle Ruggiero
EMPTY BOWL PROJECTS (TO BE REPRESENTED VIA SELECTED PHOTOGRAPHS)
Alisa (AL) Holen, Throwing on the Potter’s wheel, Vanderburgh County in Southern Indiana
Southern Illinois University Faculty and Students, Art for Your Table Food for the Community in collaboration with our Neighborhood Co-op Grocery Store
Free Ceramics, The Friendship Center, Helena MT
Wichita State University with WSU Ceramics Guild, Ulrich Museum of Art WSU Hunger Awareness Initiative, and Community Arts and Social Issues Class
Monica Rundquist, Empty Bowls
Kansas City Empty Bowls 2015, Kansas City Ceramic Artist, LeRoy Grubbs, Tommy Frank, Paul Donnelly, Steven Hill
Clay Art Center, Port Chester
Aubrey Purdy Rude and Mat Rude, Listening is Loving
About Across the Table, Across the Land:
To celebrate its 50th Anniversary, NCECA invited Michael Strand and Namita Wiggers to curate, Across the Table, Across the Land, a project to examine how clay connects communities through food today. Considering the table as a literal and metaphorical space, this project includes objects, photographs, videos, and associated events during the conference, all drawn from an online archive populated with stories and images of work by NCECA members and K-12 Challenge participants in the US and abroad. Visit ncecaacrossthetable.com and follow acrossthetable2015 on Instagram to view all submissions and to connect with associated exhibition programs taking place during NCECA.
Location: Charlotte Street Foundation, La Esquina Thursday Night Shuttle
1000 W. 25th St, Kansas City, MO 816-994-7730, charlottestreet.org
Online: ncecaacrossthetable.com and acrossthetable2015 on instagram
Thanks to the Windgate Charitable Foundation for supporting Across the Table, Across the Land.
