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Standard Ceramic’s NCECA exhibitions will include works by the visionary ceramic artist Mary Bowron, who passed away at age 84 in 2017.  The six decades of her work, begun in the 1960s as a young mother seeking an outlet for her creativity, form an extensive archive. 

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As NCECA visitors make their way through the many exhibits on the Standard Ceramic property this March, they will encounter an installation by studio artist Shay Church under construction in the outdoor space beside Standard’s retail store building.

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Philadelphia ceramic artist Syd Carpenter will sow a garden at Standard Ceramic in March.  Her organic sculptures will spring from the ground of the converted Color Department in an exhibit of pieces from her Places of Our Own series.

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At the age of two and a half, on the occasion of his sister’s birth, potter Brett Kern was given a gift that would foreshadow his ultimate life ethos: an inflatable, vinyl dinosaur...

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Detroit native Deavron Dailey follows a path that is guided by communities and landscapes that capture his attention, with a good dose of happenstance thrown in.  This mixed media artist arrived in Pittsburgh several years ago on what was intended to be a brief stop-over on a trip home to Detroit from Florida.

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More than a few decades into the digital revolution, the expectation for instant information is pervasive.  At workplace water coolers, dinner tables, and social gatherings...

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There likely is no independent artist who at one time or another hasn’t longed for the age of patronage, imagining the luxury of creative freedom without the practical worries of paying the bills...

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Detroit native Deavron Dailey follows a path that is guided by communities and landscapes that capture his attention, with a good dose of happenstance thrown in...

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