Sunday, October 7, 2012

VISITING ARTIST LECTURE: Frank Martin, Clemson University



MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 5:30 pm
ROOM 100, Lee Hall
Clemson University
 
This event is free and open to the public.

“The focus of my work explores the possibility of going beyond the limits of utility. Through the use of color and form, an investigation of the division and the reassembling of disparate elements is considered either for special celebration or for everyday use. I am inspired by the results of process, the interactions of color and form, and the physiognomic perception of an object. In my work, intent of function is vital and inescapable. My goal is to challenge the viewer’s notion of an object’s “use”, while assuring that the vessel performs flawlessly in its function and beautifully in its appearance.”     Frank Martin

Frank Martin earned his M.F.A. from Cranbrook Academy of Art and his B.F.A. from Kansas City Art Institute. He has taught at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Rhode Island School of Design, The State University of New York at New Paltz, and was Departmental Director at Chautauqua School of Art, Worcester Center for Crafts, and the 92nd Street YM-YWHA in Manhattan, New York. He was craftsman-in-residence at Pewabic Pottery (1989/90) and received two distinction awards from the Detroit Artist Market for “Michigan Ceramics.”

Since 1987 he has conducted numerous workshops throughout the country, was a recipient of two Worcester Cultural Arts Lottery grants (1992-93) and received awards from the 92nd Street Y for professional development (1996-2001) and a recent recipient of a FY09 Individual artist Fellowship, Tennessee Arts Commission Competition Award. His work was chosen for the Young Americans Exhibition at the Museum of American Craft (1988). His work is in the collection of the Charles A.