Photos and text by Robert Kokenyesi, Ceramic Artists, Beachfront Pottery, Godfrey, IL 62035, USA. On Saturday, April 8, 2017 the St Louis Artists’ Guild hosted a fundraising event called “Celebrate”. This event was organized by thirteen St Louis area female artists who form the group “Thirteen Squared”. The only requirement for donations were to be Read More…
Ceramic art pieces in the “Still Life” exhibit by Our Common Ground Guild
Photos and text by Robert Kokenyesi, Ceramic Artist, Beachfront Pottery, Godfrey, IL 62035, USA. On Friday, March 24, 2017 the all media exhibit titled “Still Life: Reverberations of Humanity” opened in the building/gallery of the Our Common Ground (OCG) Guild in Greenville, Illinois. The exhibit was juried by William H. Neukomm, painter from the St. Read More…
Ceramic art pieces in the Catherine Connor-Talasek memorial exhibit
Photos and text by Robert Kokenyesi, Ceramic Artist, Beachfront Pottery, Godfrey, IL 62035, USA. The Gallery of Art at Fontbonne University, Clayton, Missouri, housed the exhibit titled “Remembering an Artist: Ceramics of Catherine Connor-Talasek” from January 13 through February 10, 2017 . Catherine was a long standing ceramics professor and teacher at Fontbonne University. The memorial Read More…
Ceramic art pieces in the “Concerning the Spiritual” exhibit
Photos and text by Robert Kokenyesi, Ceramic Artist, Beachfront Pottery, Godfrey, IL 62035, USA. Between November 18, 2016 and January 6, 2017, the all media exhibit “Concerning the Spiritual” was on public view in the gallery of the Foundry Art Centre in St. Charles, Missouri. While there were several artistically Read More…
The trials of designing a support for Beachfront Pottery ceramic sculptures, Part 2.
Reported by Robert Kokenyesi, Ceramic Artist, Beachfront Pottery, Godfrey, IL 62035, USA. A few months ago I posted a blog about the trials of creating a stable support for the small sculptural pieces I have been making at Beachfront Pottery. The first post included the attempt to place the sculpture into the gripping prongs of Read More…
Ocean current changes are modeled for climate change
Report by Robert Kokenyesi, Ceramic Artists, Beachfront Pottery, Godfrey, IL 62035, USA. Ocean currents have long fascinated me, because of the unbelievably huge size of these current, and because of the tremendous effect these currents have on land climate. The historical evolution of the ocean currents have lead to the picture we see today. Because Read More…
Beachfront Pottery and other ceramic art pieces in the Constructed Visions II exhibit
Photos and text by Robert Kokenyesi, Ceramic Artist, Beachfront Pottery, Godfrey, IL 62035, USA. Between January 10 and February 25, 2017, the all media exhibit “Constructed Visions, II” was on public view in the gallery of the St Louis Artists’ Guild in Clayton, Missouri. There were many wonderful pieces, but here I will be reporting Read More…
Ceramic art pieces in the 2017 SWIC art faculty exhibit
Text and photos by Robert Kokenyesi, Ceramic Artist, Beachfront Pottery, Godfrey, IL 62035, USA. From January 17 to February 23, 2017, the SWIC Faculty Art Exhibition took place in the Schmidt Art Center. This art center is located in the Belleville, Illinois location of the Southwest Illinois College (SWIC). There was only one art faculty Read More…
Ceramic art pieces in the “Personal Space” exhibit at ArtStLouis
Text and photos are by Robert Kokenyesi, Ceramic Artist, Beachfront Pottery, Godfrey, IL 62035, USA. From January 14 and February 15, 2017 the gallery of ArtStLouis in St Louis, Missouri hosted the all media exhibit “Personal Space”. The call for entry indicated that the submitted pieces should address the human form, human experience, how Read More…
Ceramic art pieces in the Shapes of Influence exhibit; part 4: assorted pieces.
Photos and reporting by Robert Kokenyesi, Ceramic Artist, Beachfront Pottery, Godfrey, IL 62035, USA The location Between August 5 and September 3, 2016, the art exhibit titled “Shapes of Influence, Contemporary Ceramics” took place in the M.G. Nelson Family Gallery of the Springfield Art Association. The gallery is built right next to the famous Edwards Read More…