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On Collaborating as
“NC Twain”
We are active as individual
artists, and our work cycles, and our enthusiasm about collaborating,
are sometimes at odds. Yet we persist, and find ourselves eager
to bring forth new ideas in our collaborative work as “NC
Twain”.
Since launching
this collaboration in 2002, we look at ceramics and painting in
new ways for us both. Often, we gain new insights on familiar artists
and artworks at the Met, the Freer, the Heard, and other museums
we visit regularly, and have studied and drawn in the American Indian
collection at the School of American Research in Santa Fe. Niewald
developed a suite of 12 drawings from Pueblo ollas and food bowls
in the SAR collection, pieces that we examined and discussed together.
Two years ago, we traveled with art historian J.J. Brody through
“Mimbres country”, an experience that still reverberates
in our collaboration.
Seeing things
together, experiencing things at the same time though not in the
same way, enriches our individual work as artists and makes our
continued collaboration a natural effort. We have found a creative
place where we can express our artistic interests in a common direction.
We are increasingly aware that for this endeavor to reach its full
potential, it will need to be a long-term exploration. The prospect
of such a collaborative journey is most intriguing and exciting.
David Crane, the potter:
For decades I have
had a deep interest in the Pueblo pottery of the American Southwest.
As an undergraduate art student at Northern Arizona University,
I was exposed to Native American ceramics early in my development.
The patterning and surface decoration, and the flared forms of Hopi
and Pueblo pottery, continue to be inspirational for much of my
ceramic work. Through this collaboration, I have assimilated this
influence more fully.
The Native American
olla form seems to speak to me most strongly. As a vessel for carrying
water, the olla has many functional, spiritual, and design implications
and challenges. Historically, ollas were made by Puebloan women
to transport water from springs and streams. The olla, then, carries
the stuff of life. Ollas were decorative as well. Seen in public,
balanced on a woman’s head, an olla could be a “show-off”
piece, displaying the talent of the potter as well as enhancing
the grace of the woman bearing it. For me, creating olla forms has
been more difficult than I imagined. The demands regarding form
and proportion have been more rigorous than I previously understood;
ollas are deceptively simple. I aim for clear curved lines and interesting
proportional relationships between the breaks in the form.
Through initial experimentation, we arrived at approaches and methods
that we both find creatively engaging. Technically, we settled on
simple means, using ceramic materials and technology already in
place in my studio. Niewald’s approach to decorating is akin
to her drawing. She uses wax-resist as well as direct line work
with black slip, and a limited glaze palette. As a painter she has
a very different conception and approach to surface imagery than
I do. On the olla forms, she has attained a virtually seamless relationship
between form and surface. Her imagery relates to the design and
function of the olla, which is also incorporated into the narrative
of the painting.
Janet Niewald, the painter:
Over the years, I have found much of contemporary American pottery
to be derivative of Asian ideas. Ideas about decoration, notions
about “space”, even the kinds of brushes that American
potters use, are often indebted to Japan, Korea, and China. Although
I love Asian art and was an Asian Studies minor in college, I feel
a greater connection to “new world” ceramic traditions.
I respond to the strong representational narrative inherent to Mayan
cylindrical pots. I am moved by the intricate balance of pattern
to form in Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) pots. And the “doubled”
imagery and references to nature in Mimbres bowls relate easily
to my current pursuits as a painter.
On our first pots, I drew things related to our life and home together
- male and female figures, horses, an opening and closing daylily
from our garden. I was absorbed immediately by the cylindrical,
revolving form of a pot and how that might work pictorially. I could
use this form to express activity, change, cycles and evolution,
to allude to time. Most of my early attempts focused on one kind
of image (figure or horse or flower), drawn as it turns or evolves,
its changes revealing themselves to the viewer who turns the pot
or walks around it.
One day the image
of the canoe and bridge came to me, a canoe/bridge reflected or
echoed in water below it. For me, this image symbolizes a collaboration
or partnership - and it relates to a real canoe trip, a nearly disastrous
“adventure”, that David and I experienced early in our
relationship. With this new image, the surface of the pot “became”
water. My drawings of breaking waves, whirlpools, and women curled
up on the bottom of a “riverbed”, all derive from this
first realization that the pot might “be” water as well
as serve as a container for it.
My water-based
imagery relates to the design and function of the beautiful ollas
that David makes. On these ollas, I don’t show a continuous,
logical, pictorial space - I draw associated vignettes or “moments”
of time and place that appear as the pot is turned. A human figure,
often a woman using or carrying a pot, is common to the canoe/bridge
motif now, lending these pots a more direct narrative as I conceive
of them as journeys through space and time. I am revising earlier
imagery as well – horses now cast shadows; women turn in place
or roll around the circumference of the pot; the water-carrier stands
in silhouette throughout “night and day”.
I seek to create
a kind of pictorial space that is both within and about the form
of the pot, and imagery that is at once narratively symbolic and
personal. A pot may be seen as a concrete, dynamic manifestation
of time. Not only can it “tell” a story, it can be the
story.
David Crane, the potter:
EDUCATION:
1978 Master of Fine Arts - Ceramics, Illinois State University,
Normal, Illinois
1976 Bachelor of Fine Arts - Ceramics, Northern Arizona University,
Flagstaff, Arizona
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE:
1980 - Present Professor, Department of Art & Art History, Virginia
Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
1995 - 2000 Chairman, Department of Art & Art History, Virginia
Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
1990 - 1993 Director, Armory Art Gallery, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg,
Virginia
1978 - 1979 Artist-in-Residence, Ford Foundation, University of
Georgia, Athens, Georgia
HONORS, AWARDS, AND FELLOWSHIPS:
1997 Distinguished Alumni Award, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff,
Arizona
1992 Virginia Museum Arts Fellowship, Honorable Mention, Richmond,
Virginia
1989 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship Award, Richmond, Virginia
1988 Virginia Commission for the Arts, Honorable Mention, Richmond,
Virginia
1985 SECCA-Seven Artist Fellowship Award, SECCA, Winston-Salem,
North Carolina
ARTICLES, MONOGRAPHS AND BOOK CONTRIBUTIONS:
Handbuilt Tableware , Kathy Triplett, Lark Books, 2001, pgs.5,118,124
(reproductions)
The Art of Contemporary American Pottery , Kevin Hulch, Krause Publications,
2001, (3 reproductions)
Niewald, J. & Crane, D. , A Community in Clay: Four Floyd County
Potters , March 1999,
Art Museum of Western Virginia, (exhibition monograph)
Images in Clay Sculpture , Charlotte F. Speight, NY, NY: Harper
& Row, 1983, p.8, 1 –10, (reproduction).
Low-Fire Ceramics: A New Direction of American Clay , Susan Wechsler,
NY, NY: Watson-Gutpill, 1981 (Technical contributor and photo reproduction).
Low-Fire--Other Ways to Work in Clay , Leon Nigrosh, Boston, MA:
Davis, 1980 (Technical Contributor).
Niewald, J. & Crane, D., Donna Polseno , American Ceramics,
II, No. 1 Winter 1983, pp. 66-67.
EXHIBITIONS: SOLO, DUAL & SMALL
GROUP
2004 The Potters of 16 Hands, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2003 Sense Of Place, Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, Virginia
Crane & Shankin, Akar Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa
David Crane - Recent Work, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1999 Piedmont Craftsman Gallery, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
1998 Niewald & Crane, Reynolds Homestead, Critz, Virginia
1995 Vessel and Wall, Perspective Gallery, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg,
Virginia
1993 Niewald & Crane, Longwood College, Farmville, Virginia
1991 Schneider, Loeb, Blume Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1989 Martha Schneider Gallery, Highland Park, Illinois
1988 Running Ridge Gallery, Santa Fe , New Mexico
1987 Martha Schneider Gallery, Highland Park, Illinois
1986 The Signature Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
1985 Martha Schneider Gallery, Highland Park, Illinois
1984 Elements Gallery, New York, New York
Andrews Gallery, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
1982 Running Ridge Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1981 Hills Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Sprague Art Gallery, Joliet Junior College, Joliet, Illinois
1979 Synopsis Gallery, Winnetka, Illinois
Callanwolde Center for the Arts, Atlanta, Georgia
EXHIBITIONS: GROUP INVITATIONAL
2005 Mid-Atlantic Potters, White Hall Gallery, Annapolis, MD
GAS IT UP: Salt,Soda,Slip, The Baltimore Potters Guild,
Meadow Mill, Baltimore, MD
Southern Highlands Crafts Guild 75th Anniversary Exhibit,
Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Wyndham Inner Harbor Hotel
NCECA Conference, Baltimore, MD
For the Love of Flowers, Kentucky Museum of Art & Design
Louisville, KY
Clay Times Anniversary Exhibit, Baltimore Convention Center
Bottled Spirits, Kentucky Museum of Art & Design, Louisville,
KY
National Teapot Invitational 6, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmore,
NC
The Box, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe , NM
The NarrativeVessel, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA (w/ Janet Niewald)
2004 For The Table Top, Santa Fe Clay
Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Area Artists - Recent Works, Gallery 11, Lexington, VA
16 Hands, Piedmont Arts Center, Martinsville, VA
Splendid Table, Kentucky Museum of Arts + Design, Louisville, KY
Duets, Kentucky Museum of Arts + Design, Louisville, KY
!6 Hands, Gallery 108, Roanoke, VA
New Artists, Icon Fine Arts, Highlands, NC
Show of Bowls, Red Star Gallery, Kansas City , MO
5 by 30, Akar Gallery, Iowa City, IA
Small Treasures, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Power of Excellence, Southeast Center for Contemporary Art,
Piedmont Craftsmen, Winston-Salem, NC
2003 16 Hands, Perspective Gallery, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Cups, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe , NM
Summer Artists Exhibit, Odyssey Gallery, Asheville, NC
CLAY: A Comprehensive Exhibition of Major Ceramic Masters,
The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
2002 HOT / ICE III: Teapots & Pitchers, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville,
NC
National Teapot Show 5, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmore, NC
Strength In Numbers, Green Hill Art Center, Greensboro, NC
For the Tabletop, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Plates & Platters, Odyssey Gallery, Asheville, NC
16 Hands, Virginia Artisans Center, Waynesboro, VA
2001 From Shoulder to Foot, Quinlan Visual Arts Center, Gainesville,
GA
16 Hands, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
To Have and To Hold, Blue Pony Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Warehouse Pottery Exhibit, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
National Clay Invitational, Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC
Clay/Wood/Fire/Salt, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
Functional Ceramics 2001, Wayne Center for the Arts, Wooster, OH
2000 Bistro 1615, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
16 Hands, North Cross School, Roanoke, VA
Clay/Wood/Fire/Salt, Southern Highland Craft Guild Gallery, Asheville,
NC
CUP Exhibition 2000, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
Handles & Spouts: Teapots by Contemporary Southern Artists,
Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Utilitarian Ceramics III: Celebrate the Object, Arrow Craft Gallery,
Gatlinburg, TN
Cups, Cupboards & Cabinets, Signature Shop & Gallery, Atlanta,
GA
1999 To Have and to Hold, Astra Design, Richmond, Virginia
MATES, Bedford Gallery, Longwood College, Farmville , VA
International Teapot Invitational, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor,
NC
New Members 1999”, Southern Highlands Crafts Guild, Asheville,
NC
Works from the Permanent Collection, Art Museum of Western Virginia
1998 South Decorative Arts: Works from Private Collections
Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, VA
West Virginia University, Ceramics Invitational Exhibition, Morgantown,
WV
International Contemporary Ceramics from the Silber Collection,
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
1997 Old Favorites New faces, Signature Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Southeastern Crafts Invitational, Florida Gulf Coast Arts Center,
Belleair, FL
Recent Acquisitions, Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, VA
1996 Teapots by Southern Artists, Artwork, Lenox Square, Atlanta,
GA
Virginia Ceramics, Longwood College, Farmville, VA
1995 The Spirited Vessel, Sawtooth Center for Visual Art, Winston-Salem,
NC
Gifts of Clay, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, Michigan
1994 For The House and Garden, Pewabic Pottery, Grosse-Pointe, Michigan
1993 Clay from the River Valleys, Radford University, Radford, Virginia.
International Ceramics Exhibit, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff,
Arizona
Handmade in Virginia: a Celebration of Craft, Roanoke College, Salem,
Virginia
Ceramics Invitational, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West
Virginia
1992 Virginia Clay Invitational, Bedford Gallery, Longwood College,
Farmville, Virginia
Spirits of Perception, Ceramics from the Collection of Igal &
Diane Silber,
Rancho Santiago College Art Gallery, Santa Anna, California
1991 Bindley Collection: Ceramics from the 80's, University of Wisconsin,
Whitewater
1990 Uncommon Vessels, Florida Gulf Coast Art Center, Belleair,
Florida
Holiday Invitational, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, Michigan
1989 New Members, Piedmont Crafts Gallery, Winston Salem, North
Carolina
Awards in the Visual Arts, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News,
Virginia
Clay AZ Art Invitational, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff,
Arizona
New Art Forms Exposition , Martha Schneider Gallery, Chicago International
1988 New Art Forms; Virginia, Hand Workshop, Richmond, Virginia
American Ceramics, Clay AZ Art, Retretti Museum, Helsinki, Finland
The Vessel Form, The Elements Gallery, Greenwich, Connecticut
Ten Years of Southeast Seven, SECCA, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
1987 American Ceramics, Clay AZ Art, Crafts Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Sculpture Show, Gallerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, Louisiana
American Ceramics, Clay AZ Art, Gummesons Art Gallery, Stockholm,
Sweden
Southeast Seven 9, Baumgardner Center of the Arts, Clearwater, Florida
Contemporary Southeastern Art, New Visions Gallery, Ithaca, New
York
Virginia Clay Now, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, Virginia
Teapots 200, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, Illinois
1986 Invitational of Graduates, Illinois State University, Normal,
Illinois
SECCA Seven, Gallerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, Louisiana
Clay Az Art, Northern Arizona University Art Gallery, Flagstaff,
Arizona
Clay Az Art, International Ceramic Conference, ARABIA Porcelain
Factory, Helsinki, Finland
Southeast Seven 9, SECCA, Winston Salem, North Carolina
1985 Artists of Southwest Virginia, Radford University Art Gallery,
Radford, Virginia
Objects, Reynolds-Minor Gallery, Richmond, Virginia.
Continuity and Change - Two Centuries of Virginia Potters, Belle
Grove Plantation, Middletown, Virginia
1984 Southeastern Ceramics Invitational, SECCA, Winston Salem, North
Carolina
Ceramics Invitational , Crossman Gallery, Univ. of Wisconsin, Whitewater,
WI
Tea Bowl- National Invitational, Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis,
Missouri
1983 Exhibition of Containers, Living Gallery - North Cross School,
Roanoke, Virginia
Crafts Invitational Exhibition, SECCA, Winston Salem, North Carolina
Earthenware Invitational Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
Low Fire Invitational, The American Hand, Washington, D.C.
1982 Small Works, Elements Gallery, New York, New York
Clay Invitational Show 1982, DBR Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
1981 Fifteen Plus Five Crafts Exhibition, Signature Gallery, Atlanta,
Georgia
Southeast Regional Exhibition of Contemporary Crafts, Arts Festival
of Atlanta,
Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Georgia
The Vessel, Delahunty Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Limited Additions: 1981, The Elements Gallery, New York, New York
Vessel Oriented Sculptural Works, The Elements Gallery, New York,
New York
36th Annual National Ceramic Invitational Exhibition, Lang Art Gallery,
Scripps College, Claremont, California
1980 New Work: Crane, Fuchs, Garrett, Lichterman, Elements Gallery,
Connecticut
1979 The Art of the Bowl, Florence Duhl Gallery, New York, New York
A View of American Crafts, Maple Hill Pottery Craft Gallery, Auburn,
Maine
Georgia Crafts, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia
1978 Clay: Midwest Invitational, Indiana Designer/Craftsmen, Fort
Wayne, Indiana
Clay and Fiber: Fifteen Viewpoints, Charles Wustum Museum of Fine
Arts, Racine, Wisconsin
EXHIBITIONS: COMPETITIVE JURIED
2005 Clay on the Wall: National, Landmark Arts, Texas Tech University,
Lubbock, TX
2000 Strictly Functional Pottery National 8, Lancaster Art Museum,
Lancaster, PA
1998 Strictly Functional Pottery National 6, Market House Crafts
Center, Ephrata, PA
1997 Spotlight 1997- Southeastern Crafts, ACC, Hickory Museum of
Art, Hickory, NC
American Ceramic Society Centennial Competition , Lawrence, Kansas
1996 Ceramics USA 1996, University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton
Texas
1995 Ceramics USA1995, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, Texas
From These Hills, William King Arts Center, Abingdon, Virginia
1994 Current Directions, N.A.U. Museum & Shemer Art Museum,
Phoenix, Arizona.
1993 From These Hills, William King Regional Arts Center, Abingdon,
Virginia
1991 Clay USA, Flossie Martin Gallery, Radford VA & Hand Workshop,
Richmond, VA
1984 Clay USA, Porterfield Gallery, Radford University, Radford,
Virginia
1981 Earthenware USA: New Directions, Hand and the Spirit Gallery,
Scottsdale, AZ
1979 Biennial Exhibition of Piedmont Crafts, The Mint Museum of
Art, Charlotte, NC
Georgia Designer Craftsmen, State of Georgia Touring Exhibition
Ceramics Southeast, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
Illinois Crafts '79, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois
1978 Marietta College Crafts National, Grover Herman Fine Arts,
Marietta, Ohio
National Paper and Clay Show, Memphis State University, Memphis,
Tennessee
Young Americans Clay/Glass, American Crafts Council, Tucson
Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona, and Museum of Contemporary Crafts,
New York, New York
Selections 1978, California Polytechnic State, San Luis Obispo,
California
Indiana Crafts 1978, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
1977 Marietta College Crafts National, Grover Herman Fine Arts Cente,
Marietta, Ohio
Beaux Arts Designer/Craftsmen '77, Columbus Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Clay, Fiber, Glass, Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, Wisconsin
1975 Own Your Own, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
1974 Crafts 1974, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
COLLECTIONS: (selected)
• Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ • Illinois State
University, Normal, IL
• Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, VA • Fort
Howard Paper, Green Bay, WI
• Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI • IBM Corporation,
Charlotte, NC
• Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ • Southern
Progress Corp., Birmingham, AL
• Marer Collection of American Ceramics, LA, CA • Sovran
Bank, New York, NY
• WTTW Television Corporate Collection, Chicago, IL •
Numerous works in Private Collections
BIBLIOGRAPHY: EXHIBITION REVIEWS AND
ARTICLES
Anderson, Ian, 16 Hands, Clay Times, September/October 2003., pg.
49-50
Calos, Katherine, 16 Hands, Roanoke Times, Sept. 26, 1999, pg. J1&
J2
J. Riggs, Granatelli and Crane Workshop, Clay Times, March/April
1999, pg.32-36
Schwab, Judy, Doing Things the Old Way, Roanoke Times- Current,
December 28, 1997, pg. 20-23
Fariello, Anna, Janet Niewald and David Crane, New Art Examiner
, September 1995, pg.50-51
Kammer, Kristen, All Fired Up , Art Beat, April - June, 1994, p.18.
Farriello, Anna, Clay From the River Valleys, University Galleries,
Radford University, Catalog 1993.
Boyd, Julia, From These Hills , William King Regional Arts Center,
Abingdon, Va. Catalog, 1993.
Pepich, Bruce W., Chicago International New Art Forms , Art Gallery
International, October 1989, p. 36.
Mathews, Patricia, David Crane , American Ceramics, May, 1988
Gerry Williams, Potters of the Blue Ridge Mountains ,Studio Potter,
Vol. 13 No. 2, Page 63.
Stanford, Verne, Ceramics-SECCA , The Arts Journal, November, 1984,
p. 8.
Erikson, Mark, Sophisticated Clay , The Virginia Gazette, August
29, 1984.
Hammel, Lisa, The Expanding World of American Crafts , The New York
Times, June 28, ‘84, Section C.
Mathews, Patricia, Crafts Invitational , Art Papers, March/April
1984, p.22.
Spotlight-David Crane , NCECA Journal 1983, Publication, NCECA,
Vol. 4, pg. 38, 1983.
Degener, Patricia, Earthenware Show ,St. Louis Post- Dispatch, April
17, 1983.
Bell, David L., Santa Fe Gallery Fare Offers Surprising Quantity,
Variety , Journal North, Oct. 6, ‘82, C-4.
Weinstein, Ann, Teachers Show Many Approaches to Art , Roanoke Times
and World News, 1982.
Dillingham, Rick, The Vessel , Exhibition catalog, Delahunt Gallery,
Dallas, Texas, 1981.
Whatley, G. & Lieberman, L., Southeastern Regional Crafts Exhibition
, Art Papers, Vol. 5, No. 4, July.
Kutner, Janer, Ceramists Far Beyond Usable Vessels , Dallas Morning
News, Jan. 7, ‘81, sec.C, p.1.
Four Promising Young Artists Express Ideas at the Elements ,Greenwich
Time, October 28, 1980.
Ruff, Dale, Ceramic Renewal , Art Week, March 22, 1980.
Siegel, Roslyn, Reinterpreting the Classic Bowl , The New York Times,
December 13, 1979.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: PHOTOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTIONS
Clay Times, September/October 2003., pg. 49
Clay Times Poster, national distribution, Clay Times, Spring 1999
Clay Times, March/April 1998, The Gallery, p.41
Ceramics Monthly, October 1996, “Virginia Clay”, p.55
Ceramica, March 1991, "Uncommon Vessels," Madrid, Spain.
Art Gallery International, October 1989, "Chicago International
New Art Forms Exposition," Bruce Pepich.
American Ceramics, May 1988, "David Crane," by Patricia
Mathews
Southern Accents, April 1987, "Honoring American Artists,"
by Laura C. Lieberman, p. 74-82, p. 82.
Southern Accents, April 1987, "Honoring American Artists,"
by Laura C. Lieberman, p. 74-82, p. 82.
PACE, Piedmont Airlines Magazine, June, 1986, "Gallery-- David
Crane," p. 9-11, plus a 3 page.
Studio Potter, Vol. 13, No. 2, 1985, p. 63.
American Craft, April/May 1985, Gallery Page p.72.
Roanoke Times and World News, "Earthen Artistry," by Debbie
Meade, June 29, 1984.
The Virginia Gazette, August 29, 1984.
Spectator, Magazine of the Triad, Sept. 13-23, 1984, Volume No.
1 Publication No. 27, p. FP18.
Roanoke Times and World News, June 21, 1984.
Art Papers, March/April 1984, p. 22.
American Crafts, Volume 42, number 3, December 1982, p. 66. (Gallery
Photograph).
American Crafts, Volume 42, number 3, June/July 1982, p. 61. (Gallery
Photograph).
American Crafts, Volume 41, number 5, October/November 1981, p.
64.
Ceramics Monthly, Volume 28, number 5, May 1980, p. 69.
Ceramics Monthly, Volume 26, number 2, February, 1978 (Cover Photograph).
BIBLIOGRAPHY: CATALOG PHOTOGRAPHS
Highwater Clays, 2004 Catalog, (portrait), pg. 69
Functional Ceramics 2001, Wayne Center For the Arts, Wooster, Ohio
2001
Strickly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster
, PA 2000
6Th Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market House Craft Center,
Ephrata , PA p.9, 1998
International Contemporary Ceramics from the Silber Collection,
Laguna Art Museum, CA 1998
Spotlight ‘97, American Craft Council/Southeast Juried Exhibition,
Hickory Museum of Art, NC.,1997
Clay From the River Valleys, Anna Farriello, University Galleries,
Radford University, 1993
From These Hills, Julia Boyd, William King Regional Arts Center,
Abingdon, Virginia, 1993
Uncommon Vessels, Florida Gulf Coast Art Center, Belleair, Florida,
1990.
New Art Forms, Hand Workshop and Philip Morris Corp., Richmond,
Virginia 1987
Clay U.S.A., Radford University, Radford, Virginia, 1984
The Vessel, Delahunty Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 1981
National Paper and Clay Show, Memphis State University, Memphis,
Tennessee, 1978
Indiana Crafts 1978, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana,
1978
PRESENTATIONS, LECTURES AND DEMONSTRATIONS:
2005 Radford University, Radford, VA
2003 Western Carolina University, Cullowee, North Carolina
Odyssey Center for the Ceramic Arts, Asheville, North Carolina
1999 Virginia Clay Conference , Front Royal, Virginia
Coe College , Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Blue Ridge Potters, Southwest Virginia, Blacksburg ,Virginia
Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery, Winston-Salem , North Carolina
1998 Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina
Finch Pottery Workshop, Bailey , North Carolina
1995 Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina
1994 Alfred University, Alfred, New York
1993 Longwood College, Farmville, Virginia Slide Lecture and Demonstration
1990 Blacksburg Art Association, Blacksburg, Virginia
Gallery Lecture, Blacksburg Regional Art Association, Blacksburg,
Virginia
1989 University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
Northern Virginia 4-H Educational Center, Front Royal, Virginia
1986 Demonstration, Blacksburg High School, Blacksburg, Virginia
1986 Blacksburg Regional Art Association, Blacksburg, Virginia
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina
1985 University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
1983 College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina
Slide Lecture, Panel Discussion, N.C.E.C.A. Conference,
Spotlighting Polseno, Nelson, Crane, Georgia State Univ., Atlanta,
GA
1982 New River Valley Arts Center, Dublin, Virginia
1981 Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina
1980 VPI&SU, Blacksburg, Virginia
1979 Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
Berea College, Berea, Kentucky
Callanwolde Center for the Arts, Atlanta, Georgia
Once Fired, Slide Lecture, Panel Chairperson, N.C.E.C.A. & Super-mud,
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
Mercer University, Macon, Georgia
1978 University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
Madison Potters Guild, Madison, Wisconsin
Pontiac Community Consolidated Schools, Pontiac, Illinois
1977 Slide Lecture, Kiln Building workshop, Museum of Northern Arizona
Art Institute, National Endowment for the Arts, Flagstaff, Arizona
JURIED MEMBERSHIPS:
1988 - Present Exhibiting Member - Piedmont Crafts Guild
1996 - Present Member of 16 HANDS, an association of craftsman working
in wood and clay
1998 - Present Exhibiting Member - Southern Highlands Crafts Guild
2002 – Present Exhibiting Member – Artisans Center of
Virginia
Janet Niewald, the
painter:
Educational Background
1978 Master of
Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
1976 Bachelor
of Fine Arts, Painting and Printmaking
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
1973 New York
Studio School, Summer Study Abroad, Paris, France
1971-73 Connecticut
College, New London, Connecticut
Teaching Experience
2004-2005 Instructor,
full time, Department of Art and Art History,
Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA
1980-2004 Assistant
Professor, part-time, Department of Art and Art History
Virginia Tech University (VPISU), Blacksburg, Virginia
1997-99 Visiting
Professor, MALS Graduate Degree Program
Hollins University, Roanoke, Virginia
1991,1999 Visiting
Artist, Art Department, Hollins University, Roanoke, Virginia
1979-80 Instructor,
Art Department, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
1977-78 Associate
Instructor, Art Department
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Grants, Awards,
Honors
2002 Humanities
Summer Research Stipend ($3500), Virginia Tech; for
“Tse Hane: Petroglyphs and Pictographs of the American Southwest”
2000 Nominee,
Diggs Teaching Award, Virginia Tech
Nominee, Richard
C. Diebenkorn Teaching Fellowship
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1999 Finalist,
Richard C. Diebenkorn Teaching Fellowship
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1998 Creative
Arts Small Projects Grant, Virginia Tech
1994 CEUT Grant,
for teaching excellence, Virginia Tech; for course
“Drawing and Writing: Parallel Forms of Expression”
1985 Purchase
Award, “Virginia Women Artists”
(Mary Miss, Ellen Lanyon, jurors)
1983-84 Artist
in Residence Grant, Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, VA
1980 Corporate
Purchase Award, The Piedmont Biennial Exhibit
The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC (Robert DeNiro, Sr., juror)
1978-79 Ford
Foundation Grant ($5000 and studio):
Artist in Residence, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
1978 Ford Foundation
Projects Grant, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1977-78 Associate
Instructorship, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1971-73 Academic
Scholarships, Connecticut College, New London, CT
Current Gallery
Representation:
Meyer-Munson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Past representation: Bedyk Gallery, Kansas City, MO;
Reynolds (Reynolds/Minor) Gallery, Richmond, VA
Selected Exhibitions:
One person; Two
person
2002 One person,
Armory Art Gallery, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
2001 One person,
Art Pannonia Gallery, Blacksburg, VA
1999 One person,
Beverly Street Studio School Gallery, Staunton, VA
1998 One person, Courtyard Gallery,
The Washington Studio School,Washington DC
1995 “Vessel and Wall”, Perspective Gallery, Blacksburg,VA
Review: Anna Fariello, New Art Examiner, September 1995
1993 “Niewald
and Crane”, Longwood College Gallery, Farmville, VA
1992 One person,
Staunton Fine Arts Center, Staunton, VA
One person, new River Vallery Art Center, Pulaski, VA
1991, 85 One
person, Reynolds Homestead Gallery, Critz, VA
1990 One person,
Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
1989 One person,
Allegheny Fine Arts Center, Clifton Forge, VA
1988 One person,
Andrews Gallery
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
1987 One person,
Reynolds Minor Gallery, Richmond, VA
(gallery representation with Reynolds Gallery, 1984-1996)
1985 “Niewald
and Hobbs” Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
Review: The Daily Progress, 6/16 1985
One person, Bedyk
Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Review: Donald Hoffman, The Kansas City Star, 1/13 1985
Invitational
Exhibits – National, International
2005 “Watercurrents”, Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
“Kansas City Art Institute Alumni Show”, Kansas City,
MO
“New Members”,
Munson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2004 “The 179th Invitational” (non-members), National
Academy of Design, New York,
“Realist
Painters”, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
2003 “Kansas City Art Institute Alumni Show”, KCAI,
Kansas City, MO
Piedmont Craftsmen
Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
2002 “Members
and Guests”, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
“Landscape/Mindscape”,
Long Beach Island Foundation, Long Beach Island, NJ
“Strength
in Numbers”, Greenhill Center for the Arts, Greensboro, NC
Milton Rhodes
Gallery, Sawtooth Art Center, Winston-Salem, NC
2001 Selected
Alumni Exhibition/Auction,Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City,
MO
2000 “The
Virginia Landscape”, Virginia Historical Society, Richmond,
VA
“Of Darkness
and Light: Contemporary Landscape Painting”
Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, VA
1998 “22nd
Annual National Invitational Drawing Exhibit”
Eppink Gallery, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS
1996 “Women
in the Visual Arts”, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
(Sondra Freckelton, curator)
1993 “The Allegorical Table”, Peninsula Fine Arts Center,
Newport News, VA
1988 “Real Life”, Florida Gulf Coast Art Center, Bellair,
FL
1986 “Still Life”, Andrews Gallery
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
1985 “A Centennial Celebration: Highlights from Kansas City
Art Institute Alumni”, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas
City, MO
“Contemporary Still Life”, Peninsula Fine Arts Center,
Newport News, VA
1982 “Interior/Exterior”, Virginia Museum of Fine Art,
Richmond, VA
1978 National Invitational, American Arts Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Invitational Exhibits – Regional
2003 “Sense of
Place – Five Regional Artists”
Virginia Museum of Fine Art – Roanoke, Roanoke, VA
Group show, Studio 11 Gallery, Lexington, VA (Agnes Carbry, curator)
2001 Invitational Benefit for the Art Museum, Roanoke, VA
2000 “Mates”, Bedford Gallery, Longwood College, Farmville,
VA
1998 “Four Artists from Southwest Virginia”, Cudahy
Gallery, Richmond, VA
“A Bicentennial Showcase”, Perspective Gallery, Blacksburg,
VA
1995 “From These Hills II”, William King Regional Arts
Center, Abingdon, VA (Robert Berlind, curator)
1993 “From These Hills”, William King Regional Arts
Center, Abingdon, VA(Charlotte Minor, curator)
1990 “Three Area Artists”, McDade/McMann Gallery, Roanoke,VA
1987 “Virginia Landscape: Five Contemporary Views”,
Courthouse Place Gallery, Arlington, VA (Elena Canvier, curator)
“Over the Blue Ridge II”, Roanoke Museum of Fine Art,
Roanoke, VA
1983 “Virginia Traversed”, Squires Art Gallery, Virginia
Tech, Blacksburg, VA
1980-present Faculty Shows, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
1978 “Local Painters”, New Images Gallery, Bloomington,
IN
Competitive/Juried
2005 Masur Museum of Art “32nd Annual Juried Competition”,
Monroe, LA (National; 61 selected from 637 entries; Juror: Barbara
Grossman, artist; Honorable Mention)
2004 “Drawing from Perception”, Wright State University,
Dayton, OH
(National; Juror: Charles Cajori, artist)
2004 Hoyt Mid-Atlantic Exhibition, Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts,
New Castle, PA (Juror: Peter Plagens, art critic Newsweek)
2002 2002 Competition, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY
(International; 30 selected of 180 applicants)
“Larger Than Life”, Jefferson Center Gallery, Roanoke,
VA (Regional)
2001 “The Roanoke City Art Show”, Art Museum of Western
Virginia, Roanoke VA
1992 First Street Gallery, New York, NY (International; 30 selected
of 700 applicants;
Juror: Paul Georges, artist)
1985 “Virginia Women Artists”, Armory Art Gallery, Blacksburg,
VA
(Regional; Jurors: Mary Miss, Ellen Lanyon, MaryAnn Harmon, artists)
1985-86 Above show traveled to: James Madison University Gallery,
Harrisonburg, VA; Reston Arts Center, Reston, VA; The Danville Museum,
Danville, VA; Portsmouth Arts Center, Portsmouth, VA
1982 The Marietta National Competition, Marietta College, Marietta,
OH
1981 The Marietta National Competition, Marietta College, Marietta,
OH
Lynchburg Area Art Show, Lynchburg Fine Arts Center, Lynchburg,
VA
1980 The Piedmont Biennial, The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC(Regional;
Juror: Robert DeNiro, Sr., artist; Corporate Purchase Award)
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