Crossing Over the Bridge

We have initiated a demanding and exciting project at Pottery Northwest. Crossing Over the Bridge is an undertaking made possible with the support of the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, the Rick and Peg Young Foundation and many of our valued patrons. In the next few months we will be hosting guest artists in our studio who do not ordinarily work with clay. We will provide them with technical assistance and a stipend to accomplish a project or work piece. We hope to create a cauldron for dialog among artists, in particular our resident artists and the guests, but also drop in visitors, students, anyone interested in exciting work that crosses disciplinary boundaries. That is why we chose Crossing Over the Bridge as a title for the project. We choose to ignore the boundaries of a particular medium and instead build connections between artists. We have a strong belief that artists in any discipline have common ground and knowledge to share, both formal concerns and that intangible intuitive that comes from years of work. It is already rewarding.

First Step . . . John Grade January - May, 2010

Next Steps . . . de la Torre brothers May 6-10, 2010

And the Next . . . Anne Grgich May 21, 2010