Archive for the 'Conferences' Category

Food for Thought: “Polymer: The Journey to New Terrain” Symposium

Rachel Carren on Nov 03 2011 | Filed under: Conferences, Polymer Collection Project

Polymer: Journey to New Terrain, October 21-23, 2011at Wingspread
Seeing polymer exhibited in the Racine Art Museum’s elegant environment was a feast for the eyes, but the accompanying symposium, “Polymer: The Journey to New Terrain”, was like an all-you-can-eat buffet.  Beginning Friday and lasting through Sunday, attendees gobbled up plates of ideas about the current and [...]

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Meat and Candy

Elise Winters on Oct 28 2011 | Filed under: Conferences, Exhibitons and Shows

The polymer art internet world has been abuzz since last weekend’s events at Racine Art Museum.  The blogs are filled with fabulous “eye-candy” from the Terra Nova exhibition, of the attendees and the gorgeous setting. For me, one of the truly historic aspects of the weekend was the breadth and depth of discussions at the [...]

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Registration Opens for RAM’s Symposium

Elise Winters on Aug 18 2011 | Filed under: Conferences, Exhibitons and Shows

The Wingspread campus provides a beautiful setting that is conducive to stimulating discussion and reflection.
The Racine Art Museum has just opened registration for Polymer: The Journey to New Terrain, a symposium to be held Friday, October 21 - Sunday, October 23 at The Johnson Foundation at Wingspread, a 14,000 square-foot home designed [...]

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All About: Ravensdale 1998, The Art of Polymer Clay

Martha on Nov 27 2009 | Filed under: Conferences

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 third of these posts and we hope to follow up with more. Special thanks to Meredith Arnold who organized all these materials about Ravensdale 98.

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