Teapots-A-Go-Go

ATLANTA - February 18, 2003 MudFire Pottery Center proudly announces Teapots-A-Go-Go, a gallery exhibit of fun, funky and all-around wicked-good teapots. The multi-artist exhibit opens on April 3 and continues through April 16. An exhibit opening party will be held on April 3 from 7p-10p.

Over the past 30 years, the contemporary American teapot has become the most widely admired and collected object of studio pottery. Expert craftsmanship is necessary to execute either functional or sculptural teapots, but even more challenging is the integration of content, surface and form within the technical limitations. In the end, it is the search for a balance between function and artistic content that produces remarkably imaginative and imminently collectible works of art.

This exhibit celebrates the limitless personal expression offered by artwork constrained by structural imperatives.

About The Exhibit

This exhibition brings together the work of prominent artists invited by MudFire and juried submissions, both from around the country. Resident MudFire artists will also be represented in force. All told, there will be about 150 teapots from roughly 50 artists.

All work is for sale, and will be displayed for the full run of the show. Expect a strong turnout of Georgia's premiere clay artists for the opening reception.

Juried & Invitational Artists

Lois Ruben Aronow (NY)
Christa Assad (CA)
Gayle Bair (WA)
Rick Berman (GA)
Jim Bozeman (GA)
Erich Broennimann (HI)
Bill Buckner (GA)
Kyle Carpenter (NC)
Connie Christensen (CO)
Jim Connell (SC)
Craig Edwards (MN)
Anne Fallis Elliott (NY)
Margaret Fancher (GA)
Dave Finkelnburg (ID)
Laura George (KY)
Terry Gess (NC)
Marta Matray Gloviczki (MN)
Susan Goldstein (KY)
Priscilla Hollingsworth (GA)
Mark Issenberg (GA)
Ilene Mahler (CT)
Jim Neale (GA)
Dale Neese (TX)
Gay Smith (NC)
Bonnie Staffel (MI)
Knox Steinbrecher (GA)
Tim Sullivan (GA)
John Zentner (NH)

MudFire Artists

Nancy Eskew
Amanda Freeman
Erik Haagensen
Alan Harrell
Becky Herdklotz
Yoshimi Hosoda
Melissa Hoy
Donna Kemp
Stephanie Little
Ellen Mathers
Kyoko Nakagami
Annie Oakley
Tania Ortmann
Linette Rodgers
Susan Ryles
Luba Sharapan
Charles Smith
Lisa Smith
Michele Smith
Tom Smith