{"id":1508,"date":"2016-05-11T09:53:40","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T13:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/art\/?p=1508"},"modified":"2016-05-13T09:56:23","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T13:56:23","slug":"appalachian-dirt-exhibition-to-open-at-visual-arts-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/art\/appalachian-dirt-exhibition-to-open-at-visual-arts-center\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Appalachian Dirt\u2019 exhibition to open at Visual Arts Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Titled \u201cAppalachian Dirt\u201d and featuring work from more than 20 ceramists from West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky, a new exhibition up at Marshall University\u2019s Visual Arts Center aims to break the mold on the thought that ceramics is limited to pottery alone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Appalachian Dirt\u2019 shows the breadth of how contemporary ceramists are working and, in particular, highlights how ceramists in our region are working with the medium,\u201d said Frederick Bartolovic, associate professor of ceramics at Marshall.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/ucomm\/files\/Stack-by-Lauren-Herzak-Bauman-178x300.jpg\" alt=\"Stack by Lauren Herzak-Bauman\" \/>\u201cIn this way, my hope is that the exhibition will showcase a variety of visual explorations within the medium of clay, from the most practical and functional pot to the least practical,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Pieces in the show range from mere inches to a 13-foot wall installation titled \u201cBig Wind\u201d by Bob Shay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a feisty and very contemporary show,\u201d said Courtney Childers, a recent graduate from the ceramics program at Marshall. \u201cThere are pieces such as a Hellenistic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle by Brett Kern, a whiskey jug with Donald Trump\u2019s face stenciled on it by Frederick Bartolovic, a felt and ceramic installation by Alex Hibbitt, and a ceramic airplane with \u2018grabber green\u2019 wings by Mike Bowen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/ucomm\/files\/The-Dying-Gaul-by-Brett-Kern-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"The Dying Gaul by Brett Kern\" \/>Childers spearheaded the planning and execution of \u201cAppalachian Dirt\u201d with the assistance of Bartolovic and Megan Schultz, gallery director for Marshall\u2019s School of Art and Design.<\/p>\n<p>An opening reception for \u201cAppalachian Dirt\u201d will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 14, at Marshall\u2019s Visual Arts Center, 925 Third Ave. in Huntington. The exhibition will be on display to the public until July 22.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014-<\/p>\n<p><em>Photos: <\/em>From top,<em> Interference<\/em> by Amy Sinbondit\u00a0<em>, <\/em><em>Stack <\/em>by Lauren Herzak-Bauman and <em>The Dying Gaul<\/em> by Brett Kern are among the works in a ceramics show titled \u201cAppalachian Dirt\u201d at Marshall University\u2019s Visual Arts Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Titled \u201cAppalachian Dirt\u201d and featuring work from more than 20 ceramists from West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky, a new exhibition up at Marshall University\u2019s Visual Arts Center aims to break the mold on the thought that ceramics is limited to pottery alone. \u201c\u2018Appalachian Dirt\u2019 shows the breadth of how contemporary ceramists are working and, in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":255,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vac-gallery"],"acf":[],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/255"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1508\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}