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the main house gallery
Founded in 2011 as an effort to both inspire & support other artists, bring a new breath of creativity into the Northville community, and offer a unique artist interaction opportunity for our guests, we now offer two yearly Artist In Residence positions:
â–ºArtist in Residence Opportunities:
Spring/Summer or Fall/Winter for emerging or established ceramic artists. In exchange for work at the Inn & Gallery, we provide housing, a large private studio, time, paid teaching opportunities, and gallery space to show work. This is an excellent chance for ceramic artists who desire a long period of self directed time to create - with minimal extra duties, distractions, and few expenses - amid beautiful, rural surroundings. Both positions are awarded each year to one person or to a couple. The application process is ongoing, please click on the link to the right to view our brochure & application, or call 518.863.8013 to speak with Mikey or Michele.
2012 Summer Resident Artist: Jono Robbins
Jono Robbins is a ceramic artist and educator who grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. He was first introduced to clay during a ceramics class at Craft Alliance at the age of 6. He later went on to study ceramics in high school, and eventually worked in the Craft Alliance Gallery. He spent a summer studying ceramic wood firing processes at the University of Arizona in Flagstaff, and has also taken classes at Haystack in Deer Isle, Maine. He received his undergraduate degree in Fine Arts at Alfred University in upstate New York, where he also received a New York State Teaching Certification. At Alfred he concentrated in ceramics, glass, and metal. He returned to St. louis and has been with McCluer North High School for the past 9 years where he teaches art classes in a wide variety of media. He taught at Bucks Rock Visual and Performing Arts Camp In New Milford, Connecticut for 5 summers, and he taught ceramic classes through Meramec Community College for 5 years as well. His current work ranges from functional pottery to abstract sculpture.
Jono will be teaching a special offering of classes during his residency
His Closing Exhibition is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, July 28th. more information to follow.
2011 Fall Resident Artist: Rebecca Barfoot
Rebecca Barfoot is a Colorado studio artist whose work combines ceramics, print-making, and painting in a contemporary fusion of modern and vintage. She teaches nationally and has received awards for her innovative works in multiple media. A fellow of Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center in Denmark, Rebecca has also been a ceramics resident at Women's Studio Workshop in New York, and received multiple painting fellowships at Anderson Ranch Art Center in Snowmass, CO. Her work has been featured at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Woman Made Gallery in Chicago, BoxHeart Gallery in Pittsburgh, and internationally in Denmark and Norway. She was recently an artist-in-residence at the Tin Shop in Breckenridge, CO, where she was teaching and developing techniques with alternative photographic processes and ceramics. Her most unique opportunity will take place in 2012, as artist in residence at the Upernavik Museum in Greenland’s Arctic Circle.
www.rebeccabarfoot.com
the main house gallery
Founded in 2011 as an effort to both inspire & support other artists, bring a new breath of creativity into the Northville community, and offer a unique artist interaction opportunity for our guests, we now offer two yearly Artist In Residence positions:
â–ºArtist in Residence Opportunities:
Spring/Summer or Fall/Winter for emerging or established ceramic artists. In exchange for work at the Inn & Gallery, we provide housing, a large private studio, time, paid teaching opportunities, and gallery space to show work. This is an excellent chance for ceramic artists who desire a long period of self directed time to create - with minimal extra duties, distractions, and few expenses - amid beautiful, rural surroundings. Both positions are awarded each year to one person or to a couple. The application process is ongoing, please click on the link to the right to view our brochure & application, or call 518.863.8013 to speak with Mikey or Michele.
2012 Summer Resident Artist: Jono Robbins
Jono Robbins is a ceramic artist and educator who grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. He was first introduced to clay during a ceramics class at Craft Alliance at the age of 6. He later went on to study ceramics in high school, and eventually worked in the Craft Alliance Gallery. He spent a summer studying ceramic wood firing processes at the University of Arizona in Flagstaff, and has also taken classes at Haystack in Deer Isle, Maine. He received his undergraduate degree in Fine Arts at Alfred University in upstate New York, where he also received a New York State Teaching Certification. At Alfred he concentrated in ceramics, glass, and metal. He returned to St. louis and has been with McCluer North High School for the past 9 years where he teaches art classes in a wide variety of media. He taught at Bucks Rock Visual and Performing Arts Camp In New Milford, Connecticut for 5 summers, and he taught ceramic classes through Meramec Community College for 5 years as well. His current work ranges from functional pottery to abstract sculpture.
Jono will be teaching a special offering of classes during his residency
His Closing Exhibition is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, July 28th. more information to follow.
2011 Fall Resident Artist: Rebecca Barfoot
Rebecca Barfoot is a Colorado studio artist whose work combines ceramics, print-making, and painting in a contemporary fusion of modern and vintage. She teaches nationally and has received awards for her innovative works in multiple media. A fellow of Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center in Denmark, Rebecca has also been a ceramics resident at Women's Studio Workshop in New York, and received multiple painting fellowships at Anderson Ranch Art Center in Snowmass, CO. Her work has been featured at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Woman Made Gallery in Chicago, BoxHeart Gallery in Pittsburgh, and internationally in Denmark and Norway. She was recently an artist-in-residence at the Tin Shop in Breckenridge, CO, where she was teaching and developing techniques with alternative photographic processes and ceramics. Her most unique opportunity will take place in 2012, as artist in residence at the Upernavik Museum in Greenland’s Arctic Circle.
www.rebeccabarfoot.com