Martha on Apr 11 2008 | Filed under: 1997, Allen, Amt, Breen, Dever, Dewey, Dustin, Feiss, Ford, Forlano, Gibson, Grove, Haunani, Hughes, Kato, Liska, MIPCES Exhibition, NPCG, Regan, Roche, Toops, Voulkos, Winters, Zinman
Elise asked me to lead a small team of volunteers to research and write about gatherings that influenced the development of polymer as an art medium. This is the first of these posts and we hope to follow up with more. Special thanks to Nancy Travers who organized all the materials about MIPCES.
Masters’ Invitational Polymer […]
Elise on Feb 08 2008 | Filed under: 1996, Blends, Kato, Skinner, Skinner Blend, Zilliacus
When I started to plan the sequence of innovation-based articles for this site, the task seemed daunting since there were so many events to choose from.
That led me to reread Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s book, “Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention”, which provided helpful guidelines for making those choices. Mihaly distinguishes in his book […]
Elise on Jan 18 2008 | Filed under: 1997, Kato, MIPCES Exhibition, Translucent Layering
“Seeing the horse again makes me want to make another one.”
That was Donna Kato’s reaction when I asked for her thoughts about what may be the most beloved piece exhibited at the 1997 Masters Invitational Polymer Clay Exhibition and Sale (MIPCES). The New Jersey event, which I conceived and coordinated, brought together 28 artists from […]