BRATTLEBORO-An exhibit of clay vessels and sculptures by Stephen Procter Studios will open Thursday, Nov. 5, at Mitchell-Giddings Fine Arts, 181–183 Main St. The gallery will host an opening reception Friday, Nov. 6, at 5 p.m.
“Still Here: An Exhibition on Craft, Time & Legacy” features work by Stephen Procter, Kailey Mattus, Lowell Hutcheson, and Alex Bernius.
Procter’s work is inspired by classical ceramic urns and other vessels, reflecting his “interest in the passage of time and the continuity of artistic form and beauty in our lives,” organizers said in a news release.
Procter and Mattus have collaborated on a new series of abstract sculptural pieces. Mattus’s background as a painter has added new dimensions to the painstaking process of creating the vessel sculptures, whose parts are often thrown on a wheel and then pieced together through hand building.
Hutcheson uses clay and slips harvested from the shores of Lake Ontario to create wheel-thrown ceramic vessels. “Reverence for historic traditions, richly textured surfaces, and a contemporary eye for graceful line” characterize her work, according to the news release.
Bernius worked in Procter’s studio for two semesters while attending Landmark College, discovering there “new possibilities in working at large scale,” organizers said. Now a junior at Alfred University, he “hopes to build a career that brings together making and teaching,“ said the release.
“I’ve become increasingly aware of how much of our practice is about inheritance: what we learn, what we preserve, and what we leave behind,” Procter said in a statement on the gallery’s website (mitchellgiddingsfinearts.com/still-here).
The exhibit will continue through Sunday, Nov. 22. For more information, contact the gallery at 802-251-8290 or info@mitchellgiddingsfinearts.com.
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