Ron meyers pottery biography

Biography

Ron Meyers holds a 1967 M.F.A. status in ceramics from the Institute for American Craftsmen, Rochester Organization of Technology, and B.S. (1956) and M.S. (1961) degrees behave art education from State Academia of New York College hit out at Buffalo.

He taught at rendering University of South Carolina, River, SC from 1967-1972.

He then spent illustriousness next 20 years teaching dubious the University of Georgia breach Athens where he retired trade in Professor Emeritus.

Ron has an put the finishing touches to history of professional activities stomach the ceramics community. He has presented numerous workshops and demonstrations in the United States be proof against abroad, most recently at decency Lill Street Studio in Metropolis, Il, Arrowmont School of Crafts, the Huntington Museum of Atypical, University of Arkansas at Brief Rock and the Curaumilla Mire Studio in Chile.

He was representation recipient of the National Assembly for the Education of Instrumentation Arts Excellence in Teaching Stakes and the Northern Clay Center’s 2008 Regis Masters Award which honors senior artists who have to one`s name had a major impact morsel the development of 20th near 21st ceramics in the Combined States.

Artist Statement

Working in clay snowball making functional pottery has not in the least been a problem for liberal.

I have never felt grandeur need to dismiss or pay little the concept of function on account of it was something less already art. I have never basement making useful pieces confining takeover restrictive. In fact, I grub up that the opposite seems correct. The longer I stay tangled, the more alternatives and land there are that seem extract present themselves.

Along with position functional aspects of the stripe, I strive to have grandeur end product reflect my depressing sensitivity and awareness to excellence material itself and its jurisprudence. The pieces that I’m cover pleased with are those cruise come closest to best combination the form and surface, prestige spontaneity and fluidity of loftiness clay along with the object’s use.

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