The gallery begins the New Year with an exhibit featuring the ceramic works of Marko Fields and Carol Long. Both artists have a love for visual texture. They create vessels that are covered with elaborate decorative details. Fields creates a mytho-poetic yet whimsical lost culture while Long finds inspiration in the decorative revelry of the late nineteenth century Art Nouveau.

Exhibit dates: Jan. 9 - Feb. 20

Opening Reception: Sun. Jan. 9, from 1-3 p.m. Sunday: 1-4 p.m

For Gallery questions, contact Dave Barnes
620-792-9342, barnesd@bartonccc.edu

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Marko Fields, Wichita native, Resident Artist at Concordia University, St. Paul, Minn., August 2003 to present, says of his work,“I enjoy the marriage of materials, such as combining fabricated or cast metallic elements with ceramic forms. My surfaces are tactile, inviting touch. My art is sometimes personal. Iconography and storytelling have become increasingly prevalent in my work; my personal vocabulary of imagery reflects my sense of mythology, spirituality and philosophy. I like to explore contrast: organic versus fabricated; soft versus hard; and emotional versus intellectual. I love to instill my work with humor, irreverence, animation and anthropomorphism. More than its functionality, I am enamored of the metaphor of the vessel, particularly teapots or bottles, as they contain, serve and pour, significant activities when humans gather. Clearly, the sociology of vessels intrigues me.Carol Long, St. John, says of her work,“I have been creating handmade ceramics since 1984. Presently, I use mid range electric fired clays and glazes. I throw, hand build, extrude, sliptrail, texturize by pressing, stain, spray glazes and paint glazes to create my work.

 

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From left to right,  Marko Fields, ceramic artist;
John Francis, musician; Carol Long ceramic artist; Dave Barnes, gallery director.

Gallery Hours Monday - Friday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

"Extruded Bottles"
Carol Long

"Gaia's New Friend"
Marko Fields

"Gaia's Sleepytime Nightwatch Teaboat"
Marko Fields