@saicceramics We are so excited to announce our lineup of visiting artists & critics for the Fall 2020 Semester! Stay tuned for details and dates! All visiting lectures will be online via Zoom this semester. Ayumi Horie is a full-time studio potter from Portland, Maine who makes functional pots, mainly with drawings of animals. In 2015, she awarded a Distinguished Fellow grant in Craft by the United States Artists and is the first recipient of Ceramics Monthly’s Ceramic Artist of the Year award. She has taught workshops and given lectures at many universities, art centers and residencies in the U.S. and abroad. Her work is in various collections throughout the US, including the Museum of Art and Design in New York City. @ayumihorie Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy (She/Her) is a New York and Los Angeles-based curator, writer, and arts administrator focusing on contemporary art and craft, with a special interest in increasing the visibility of artists of color. She serves as Assistant Curator at the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), New York. She also manages MAD’s Burke Prize, a contemporary craft award, and curates its accompanying exhibition. She holds a BA in Art History from the University of Florida with minors in Anthropology and Ceramics and an MA from the Bard Graduate Center, New York in Decorative Arts, Design History & Material Culture. Vizcarrondo-Laboy was born and raised in Puerto Rico. @angelik.wiki Alex Anderson recently graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, he received an MFA in Ceramics in 2018 after earning a Fulbright Grant in affiliation with the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou in 2015. His work has been exhibited in galleries and institutions internationally and across the United States, including a recent solo exhibition, Little Black Boy Makes Imperial Porcelains, at Gavlak Gallery in Los Angeles. @100alexanderson Pictured clockwise from L to R Ayumi Horie,(photo courtesy of Michael D. Wilson), Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy, Alex Anderson SAIC CERAMICS - “Clay is our medium, revolution is the goal.” 🌟🌎 #saicceramics #alexanderson #ayumihorie #angelikvizcarrondolaboy (at School of the Art Institute of Chicago) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEZoru5lJht/?igshid=evvo6k26s5nl
