Rachel Carren on Sep 08 2009 | Filed under: Illuminating a Medium: Polymer Retrospective, MFA Boston, MIPCES, MIPCES Exhibition, Mingei Museum, Muse NPCG 2001 Conference, Museum of Arts and Design, Newark Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Racine Art Museum, Winters
On the wish list of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Elise Winters, Citron Cascade RUFFLE, neckpiece, 2009
Over the past few months PAA readers may have noticed posts on different pieces that Elise Winters titled, “Selection from the Collection.” Aside from being a catchy sounding phrase, what does this really mean? The explanation entails a [...]
Martha on Apr 11 2008 | Filed under: 1997, Allen, Amt, Breen, Dever, Dewey, Dustin, Feiss, Ford, Forlano, Gibson, Grove, Haunani, Hughes, Kato, Liska, MIPCES, MIPCES Exhibition, NPCG, Regan, Roche, Toops, Voulkos, Winters, Zinman
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 first of these posts and we hope to follow up with more. Special thanks to Nancy Travers who organized all the materials about MIPCES.
Masters’ Invitational Polymer [...]
Elise Winters on Apr 08 2008 | Filed under: 1995, 1997, Julie: Artisans Gallery, MIPCES, NPCG, OCCC School of Art, Voulkos, Winters
Twice in my lifetime I’ve held golden treasure in my hands, two unrecognized artistic creations that were being offered up for sale — at the price of lead or tin. Buying both of those objects altered my life and led me to where I am today.
The second purchase, a pair of polymer clay earrings in [...]