Jingdezhen

The sculpture factory area street is still lined by small shops selling pottery, jewelry, jewelry hardware, traditional sculpture, mold makers, glazers, a couple small restaurants, studios, the Potteryworkshop and the youth hostel. Very good area to live and work.

Half way point in for my summer in Jingdezhen

July 17th 2013
Here is an update on my summer adventures in Jingdezhen ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

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Clay Guy in China

Clay Guy

Professor Gary Erickson, Art Department - Ceramics, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN has been traveling to China for nine years. He has done artist residencies at the Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute in Jingdezhen, China and now rents his own studio in town. Summer 2011 he had a solo exhibition of his sculptural work at the Jingdezhen International Academy of Ceramics gallery. He received a 2013 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant to ship work back to Minnesota for a fall exhibition at Concordia University in St. Paul. This will be the first time he has shown his Jingdezhen crea... full info

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