This is the second in a series of videos in which Rick Hintze, an accomplished potter from Whitewater, Wisconsin, demonstrates the complete process of making a jar from clay to finished product. In the previous installment, Rick demonstrated the “throwing” of the jar on a wheel. He also made a top for the jar. In the present video, he finishes the top by sculpting the … Continue reading From Clay to Jar – Part II: Preparing the Top
Since 2009 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater artists have visited the city of Oaxaca in Mexico to participate in art related activities. Last week UW-Whitewater faculty again conducted art workshops for students and professional artists in Oaxaca. Professors Michael Flanagan and Max White completed a week of workshops on January 13, 2014 hosted by the Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca (UABJO). Professor Flanagan’s workshop in museum … Continue reading University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Artists Conduct Workshops in Oaxaca
My friend Rick Hintze is a potter in southeastern Wisconsin who makes beautiful objects from clay. Rick has been making ceramic objects for more than thirty years. For many years he taught college. More recently, he works full-time at his art in his studio in Johnson Creek, Wisconsin. Rick and I are making a series of videos that demonstrates the process of making ceramic pieces … Continue reading Rick Hintze – Making A Covered Jar – Step 1- From Clay to Jar
Last week Mexico lost a great artist and art educator. Maestro Juan Alcázar Méndez passed away on Thursday evening, February 7, 2013 due to progressively deteriorating complications of diabetes. Born in 1955 in the state of Oaxaca, Alcázar’s prodigious artistic talent propelled him to an early career in the arts. He entered the School of Fine Arts at the Autonomous “Benito Juárez” University of Oaxaca … Continue reading Remembering Juan Alcázar
We like to say that the United States is a land of immigrants. Yet few of us, including myself, have ever lived the life of an immigrant and, it is unlikely that we ever will. Most of us will never experience what it is like to be a migrant. Nor will we know what it is like to be left behind. And we will never … Continue reading 2501 Migrants
Congratulations to Professors Max White and Michael Flanagan, two University of Wisconsin-Whitewater faculty who just completed the third round of workshops for artists in Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico. Each of the workshops lasted two weeks and culminated in a show on August 5, 2011 at La Mano Mágica, a studio and gallery in the city of Oaxaca. Student participants in the workshops were professional artists or … Continue reading UW-Whitewater Artists Deliver Third Round of Workshops in Oaxaca
American culture loves the spectacular. One of the best examples is the Gateway Arch at St. Louis, Missouri. Spectacular in both concept and execution, the arch is a marvelous piece of public art as well as a spectacular object on the landscape. Last weekend I was there with my friend Georgia. The photo above is a snapshot from the top. Continue reading A View of St. Louis from the Arch
Congratulations to Max White and Sue Messer, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Art Department faculty, who conducted eight day workshops in the city of Oaxaca, Mexico during January, 2011. The two artists developed and led the workshops for students at the Museo de los Pintores Oaxaqueños (Museum of Oaxacan Painters – MuPO). Under the direction of Maestro Juan Alcázar Méndez, the Museum is a world-class facility that … Continue reading UW-Whitewater Artists Deliver Workshops in Oaxaca
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