2012 CONFERENCE PRESENTERS & DEMONSTRATORS
March 28 - March 31 : Seattle, Washington
Washington State Convention Center
800 Convention Place
Seattle, WA 98101-2350
Daniel Bare is a ceramic artist who's works focus on reorganizing ubiquitous post consumer ceramic detritus into fused glazed sculptures. His teaching appointments include Clemson University, SC, Grand Valley State University, MI, and Interlochen Center for the Arts, MI. Daniel has participated in several artist residency programs including Green Arts, Kanazawa, Japan, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts in Helena, MT, the Pottery Workshop Shanghai, China Shanghai University, China and The Yueji Kiln International Contemporary Ceramic Art Center, Dehua, China. Daniel received his MFA in Ceramic Art from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY, and his BFA in Crafts/Ceramics from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA.
Valerie Zimany is an Assistant Professor of Art, Ceramics, at Clemson University, SC. She was awarded a Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Grant to study contemporary Kutani ceramics as a visiting researcher at the Institute of Art and Design, Kanazawa College of Art, during Summer and Fall 2011. Zimany completed her MFA at Kanazawa College of Art in Kanazawa, Japan, as a Japanese Government Scholar and Fulbright Fellow, and was a resident artist for three years at the Utatsuyama Craft Workshop. Her work is published and exhibited both nationally and internationally.
