Making News… - ASU Art Museum - Arizona State University

Making News…Leading art collector and philanthropistdonates $4 million in ceramics to ArizonaState University Art MuseumThe Arizona State University Art Museum willreceive nearly $4 million in contemporary ceramicsfrom Arizona resident and Belgian native StéphaneJanssen, considered one of the world’s leading collectorsof contemporary art. The donation consistsof Janssen’s entire ceramics collection, with theexception of the works in his home – which are apromised gift to ASU – and his historic and contemporaryNative American collection. Except forselect pieces earmarked for the ASU Art Museum,the bulk of Janssen’s Native American work will bedonated to the National Museum of the AmericanIndian, which opens this fall on the National Mallin Washington, D.C.Janssen, a longtime supporter of the ASU ArtMuseum, will donate 686 ceramic works to themuseum’s Ceramics Research Center and is offeringanother 200 pieces to the museum to sell toraise money for additional acquisitions. Janssen’sceramics collection was acquired over a decadewith his late partner, ceramist R. Michael Johns. Tobe officially named The Stéphane Janssen and R.Michael Johns Collection, it includes work by majorAmerican and international ceramists, includingRobert Arneson, Akio Takamori, Jun Kaneko, ViolaFrey, Adrian Saxe, Richard Notkin, George Ohr,Stéphane Janssen between Big Boy and Orange andYellow Hand Man by Viola Frey.Intern NewsThe Ceramics Research Center’s staff is fortunateto work with many talented students who serveas interns. Internships at the CRC provide workrelated,hands-on experience for students in thearts and other disciplines. In addition to earningcredit toward a degree, the internship experiencealso provides personal and intellectual developmentas new skills, knowledge and abilities are enhancedand professional relationships are formed.Joseph Gower is a first-year ceramics M.F.A.candidate originally from Madison, Wisconsin. Hereceived his B.F.A. from the University of Wisconsinin 2003. Semester intern projects included processingand installing new acquisitions, organizingarchival materials from Susan Peterson, and assistingwith the live auction during Ceram*A*Rama.He is currently researching and compiling informationon artists who are part of the Humor, Irony andRuth Duckworth and Harrison McIntosh, as well asa variety of emerging artists.Janssen’s ceramics collection was built combiningtwo approaches – choices made with Johns’studied eye for technical merit and those madewith Janssen’s eye for pure aesthetic. The resultis extraordinary diversity – from massive figurativesculptures that grace the hills, patios, entryand even the pool of Janssen’s Arizona estate, todelightfully whimsical bowls and teapots, some ofwhich were created by Johns.Janssen’s decision to donate his collectionto the museum’s Ceramics Research Center grewout of his love for Phoenix, his admiration forthe philosophy of the CRC and the desire to keephis collection together. He said he likes the factthat the CRC embraces an open storage conceptthat enables visitors to see the majority of thecollection, instead of having it hidden away invaults most of the time. “It keeps the work alive,”he adds.Susan H. Perterson with her collection of NativeAmerican ceramics.Susan H. Peterson Archiveand Ceramics CollectionRecently, noted ceramic scholar Susan Peterson,a retired ceramics professor, practicing andexhibiting potter, author of 11 books and collectorof ceramics gifted the Arizona State University ArtMuseum with more than 275 historic, ethnic andcontemporary ceramic art. When she moved fromCalifornia and New York City to Carefree, Arizona,Susan became more directly involved in the ASUArt Museum and the formation of the CeramicsResearch Center.The work reflects her wide-ranging interestsand world travels and also serves as a visualrecord of the work of well-known ceramists whenthey were her students (Dora de Larios, Ken Priceand John Mason) or early in their careers. FromJapan, examples of ware from Tamba, Onda andMashiko are well-represented, as is indigenousAmerican pottery from the Jugtown Pottery inSeagrove, North Carolina, and Native Americanpottery with a special emphasis on the descendantsof famed potter Maria Martinez from San IldefonsoPueblo in New Mexico. Ceramics from Yixing,China, and Bernard Leach’s St. Ives Pottery arealso documented through this generous gift.The study collection will serve ceramic students,researchers and the general public with awonderful cross-section of pottery traditions andaesthetic directions.Wit: Ceramic Funk from the Sixties and Beyondexhibition.Steve Hilton is a second-year M.F.A. candidatein ceramics in the School of Art. He came to ASUin 2003 with a B.S. in Geology and an M.S. inArt Education, in addition to teaching 13 years ofscience and art at middle and high school. Steveis currently teaching 3D Design and working as ateaching and research assistant for the UniversityGallery Class and as a teaching assistant for theCeramic Throwing class. This winter, Steve completeda 10-foot-by-15-foot ceramic sculpture forthe Mars Space Flight Facility in the Mohr Buildingon the ASU Tempe campus. Steve has worked oncollection management tasks and was very helpfulduring the Ceram*A*Rama Gala.Lorraine Shwer is a native of South Africa. Sheholds a B.A. in Art History and has a background inIn addition to the ceramics donation,Susan will also be gifting her ceramics archivethat includes files of more than 1,500 domesticand international ceramic artists with vitae andphotographs, her manuscripts, working and travelnotes, videos and a large library of ceramic books.Also included is an archive from Glen Lukens,an early well-known ceramic and glass craftsmanand former University of Southern Californiaceramics professor.The Diane andSandy BesserCollectionof FigurativeCeramicsAvid collectors ofceramics since1964, Sandyand Diane Besserhave amassed awonderful groupof ceramics thatinitially startedwith vessel formsand teapots. Sevenyears ago, theirinterest becamemore focused onfigurative ceramicsculpture, an areathey felt was beingoverlooked andunderappreciated. Their interest in the figure wasa natural extension of the Besser’s earlier collectingfocus of 20th century figurative drawings. TheBessers have always supported both establishedand emerging artists. The works offer varying perspectiveson the human condition, ranging frompolitical commentary, psychological drama tohumorous observations of daily life.As their collections broadened and matured,Sandy and Diane contemplated a fitting repositoryfor their works. After Diane’s recent passing, Sandyvisited the ASU Art Museum’s Ceramics ResearchCenter several times, finding that his aspirationsfor the collection were matched by the center’srecent initiatives in increased public accessibility.In 2003, Mr. Besser donated 40 works, with othergifts pending. Thisnew acquisitionof figurative workgreatly enhancesthe scope of theexisting ASU collection,providingan importantvisual record of asignificant trendin contemporaryceramic art.Sandy Besser at the CRC where hisgift is being showcased.Sun-Koo Yuh. Untitled 2002. Clay, 16 1/2x 9 x 11 inches. Collection of the ASU ArtMuseum; Gift of Diane and Sandy Besser.graphic design. In 1978 she and her family movedto the United States. She is currently enrolled inthe graduate Art History program at ASU. Lorraineenjoys the feel of clay and has participated inthe open studio at Phoenix College years ago andtaking classes at Mesa Art Center more recently.She has a small studio at home and recentlystarted to explore mosaics. At the CRC, Lorraineis researching modern and contemporary Britishstudio ceramics. Her findings will be used asinterpretive text for the exhibition British CeramicMasterworks: Highlights from the Anne and SamDavis Collection.Thank you Joe, Steve and Lorraine, for your interestand hard work!

–Active CLA members as of April 2004Join these active supporters of the ASU Art Museum’s CeramicsResearch Center, become a member of a growing support group,CLA – (Ceramic Leaders of ASU) and get involved with special events,educational programming and research activities. Membership in CLA –entitles you to receive special members-only invitations to events,lectures and travel tours.Patron Members: Judy Ackerman and Richard Epstein, Mark Anderson, Janeand Larry Ash, Annetta and Robert Chester, Becki and Scott Currey, Haroldand Jean Grossman, Edward and Carol Hall, Billie Jo Harned and Jack Rudel,Leah Kaplan and The Kaplan Family Foundation, Sara and David Lieberman,Joan and David Lincoln, Doris Ong, David and Josefine Perry, James andJoanne Rapp, Janet and Roger Robinson, Gallery Materia, Edith Rosskam,Judith and Robert Rothschild, Linda and Sherman Saperstein, Arlene andMort Scult, Paula and Jack Strickstein, Barbara and Donald Tober, Mikki andStanley Weithorn, Miggs Woodside.Regular Members: Ted Adler, Jennifer Allen, Wesley Anderegg, Dan Anderson,Sharon and Neil Armann, Clayton Bailey, Carol Baker, Joan Baron, Sue Bassand Erica Kern, Luis Biaz, David Bradley, Sara Brandt, Lucy Breslin, JeremyBriddell, Robert and Deanna Burger, Gail Busch, Rose Cabat and June Cabat,Jane and William Canby, Larry Clark, Tom Coleman, Jeanne Collins and PaulBrooker, Catherine Conover Covert and Christopher Covert, Joyce Cooper,Val Cushing, Ted Decker, Esmeralda DeLaney, Stephen DeStaebler, JoshDeWeese, Barbara Dow, Lyndall Eddy and Phillip Wagoner, Sanam Emami,LeRoy and LaReal Eyring, Betsy Fahlman-Ball and Dan Ball, Ken Ferguson,Anita Fields, Robert “Irish” Flynn, Jules Forzano, Gretchen Freeman andAlan Silverman, Kaori Fujitani, David Furman, Julia Galloway, Joe Gans,Beverly Goldfine, Midge and Jerry Golner, Maurice Grossman, Wendy Haas,Patty Haberman, Roberta and Bruce Hammer, Bridget Harper, Jason Hess,Halldor Hjalmarson, Sarah Jaeger, Amanda Jaffe, Stephane Janssen, MarkJohnson, Deb Kaller, Jun Kaneko and Ree Schonlau, Karen Karnes, Ann Kellyand Keith Kelly, Jane Kelsey-Mapel, Tom Kerrigan, Meagan Kieffer, DianaKilber, Les Lawrence, Rene and Norman Levy, Frank Lloyd, Sandra Luehrsen,Marilyn Lysohir, Alvin and Nancy Malmon, Mary Ann Marcus, Herbert andSusan Miller, Brad Miller, Clara Moore, Ric Moriarity, Nora Naranjo Morse,Farraday Ayne Newsome, Nobuhito Nishigawara, Jeff Oestreich, KarlaOglesby, Jeanne Otis, Jess Parker, Craig Pearson, Susan Peterson, JanPeterson, Michael Prepsky, Helme Prinzen, Claire and John Radway, SethRainville, Jeff Reich, Alison Reintjes, Don Reitz, Norton and Joan Remes,Mary Roehm, Louise Roman, Betsy Rosenmiller, Merle and Steve Rosskam,Kathy Royster, Star and Seymour Sacks, Mindy Sand, Patricia Sannit, RuthScharf, Darlene Schaumburg, Randall and Katie Schmidt, Joseph and RanaSchwartz, Lorraine Schwer , Nancy Selvin, Junya Shao, Sandra Sheinbein,Charles Sherman, Linda Sikora, Diane and Igal Silber, Nina Solomon, LindaSperanza, Chris Staley, Jean Stange, Phyllis and Stuart Steckler, Deanna andFrank Stulgaitis, Faith Sussman and Richard Corton, Richard Swanson, AkioTakamori, Nancy Tieken, Jack Troy, Sandra Trujillo, Rudy and Wanda Turk,Agnese Udinotti, Eric Van Eimeren, Patti Warashina, Kurt Weiser and ChristyLasaler Weiser, Neil Williams, J. Robert and Jeanne Wills, Tara Wilson,Suzanne Wolfe, Rosalie Wynkoop, Luo Xiaoping, Sherrie Zeitlin.Design: Shannon Ecke © 2004 ASU Herberger College of Fine Arts 0604C E R A M I C S R E S E A R C H C E N T E RCRC NewsletterI S S U E N O . 2S U M M E R 2 0 0 4British CeramicMasterworks:Highlights from theAnne and Sam Davis CollectionJune 25 – September 25, 2004Angus Suttie, Teapot. Porcelain, 11 3/8 x 12 x 6 1/2 inches. Collection of the ASUArt Museum; Gift of Anne and Sam Davis.C E R A M I C S R E S E A R C H C E N T E RCRC NewsletterI S S U E N O . 2S U M M E R 2 0 0 4

Gala 2004 RecollectionsThere are so many people to be thanked for thesuccess of Ceram*A*Rama: Celebrating Clay, thesecond bi-annual gala and fundraiser for the ASU ArtMuseum’s Ceramics Research Center (CRC):• the 150 artists who contributed artwork to thelive and silent auctions;• the 50 artists who made the sphere centerpieces/commemorativegifts for the gala dinner;• the 50 docents and volunteers who worked at thevarious weekend events;• the companies who provided discounted andcomplimentary services or goods;• the donors who contributed artwork to theauctions and underwrote artist seats;• the Artists Advisory Committee for puttingtogether another terrific studio tour, and;• the gala committee members for their time,talents and relentless efforts.Without the collective support all of these people,the gala would not have been possible. On behalfof the staff and board of the ASU Art Museum,Thank You!More than 310 guests attended the gala dinner onSaturday, February 28, 2004. Many took the timeto tell our staff how much they enjoyed the eveningand how impressed they were with the center. TheLive auction during the gala dinner (left) and silent auction (right).Weekend Package proved so popular that itsold out in mid-January. Overall, we raised closeto $90,000 for the programming of the CRC,far exceeding our fundraising goals.The Artists Advisory Committee also hadan equally successful Studio Tour that sameweekend. Each of the 15 sites averaged 200visitors for the two days. The artists raised morethan $2,500, 10 percent of their sales, for supportof the CRC and its collection.In addition, it was announced that StéphaneJanssen is giving his entire ceramics collection,valued at more than $4 million, to the ASU ArtMuseum. Janssen, a longtime supporter of themuseum, will donate 686 ceramic works to themuseum’s Ceramics Research Center, includingwork by major American and international ceramists,including Robert Arneson, Akio Takamori,Jun Kaneko, Viola Frey, Adrian Saxe, RichardNotkin, George Ohr, Ruth Duckworth and HarrisonMcIntosh, as well as a variety of emerging artists.This gift solidifies the center’s position as aninternational destination for the study and theappreciation of ceramics.From the Curator of CeramicsEver mindful of thepracticalities of administrativeconcerns of working in amuseum, be it fundraising,drafting budgets or managingstaff, it is always upliftingto dwell on the remarkablepeople who make it possiblefor the Ceramics ResearchCenter to flourish. In thepast few months I have hadthe pleasure to spend timewith many wonderful artists,collectors, students andvisiting guests.A common refrain heard during February’s Ceram*A*Rama Galaweekend from collectors was, “I had no idea that ASU has such anextraordinary collection.” It was fantastic having the James RenwickAlliance and supporters from the Watershed Center for the Ceramic Artsvisit during our biannual celebration of clay. Although the collection hasbeen developing for 40 years under the initial guidance of Rudy Turk,Director Emeritus of the ASU Art Museum, more people are becomingaware of the CRC as the collection and programs grow.At the annual NCECA conference held in Indianapolis, Indiana, thispast March, I had the opportunity to visit with my Montana friends Rudyand Lela Autio. Rudy is well-represented in the ASU collection and ishighly regarded as an artist who helped shape a revolution in contemporaryceramics in the 1950s. I’m always awed by this man; not for the numeroushonors bestowed on him, but for his dedicated vision, commitment toteaching and generous spirit. His friendship, as well as path-finding works,is truly inspirational.After working many years in the private non-profit environment, I haveenjoyed coming back to the setting of a major university. Students from awide variety of backgrounds and interests come to the center for inspirationand knowledge, always with a high level of enthusiasm that I findcontagious. I get as much from them as they explore the world of ceramicsthrough their studies, internships and visits.Interacting with a wide circle of friends and supporters provides mewith a great sense of satisfaction and joy. New friendships develop andold acquaintances rekindle. I urge you to take a moment out of your busylives and come to the center to see works of art that will give pause forcontemplation, providing new avenues to perceive the world.-Best regards, Peter Held, Curator of CeramicsPlanning Your Next Visit to the Ceramics Research CenterCenter Hours:Tuesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.Free AdmissionFree docent-led tours are available by appointment.Trained volunteers will tour your group through thegallery and open collection areas.Contacts:Peter Held, Curator of Ceramics, 480-727-8173Tiffany Fairall, Curatorial Assistant/Assistant Registrar,480-965-0014.For more information call 480-965-ARTS(2787).

Exhibitions & EventsJune 25 – September 25, 2004British Ceramic Masterworks: Highlights from theAnne and Sam Davis CollectionThis summer, the Ceramics Research Center at the ASU Art Museumwill celebrate the donation that launched its collection to new heightssix years ago, when it presents British Ceramic Masterworks: Highlightsfrom the Anne and Sam Davis Collection. The exhibition will present aselection of work from the 315-piece collection donated by the Davisesin 1998. The donation took the ASU Art Museum’s ceramics collectionto an international level, adding depth and breadth to its already substantialholdings of work by late 20th century American ceramists.Curated by Peter Held, the ASU Art Museum’s Curator of Ceramics,this exhibition will illustrate the depth and variety of British ceramicscreated since the 1950s, ranging from functional pottery to figurativesculpture. Held has selected works with a special emphasis on therelationships between the work of teachers and students, sometimesexploring this through three generations. Despite the wide range ofstyles and techniques used by the British ceramists in this exhibition,many of them were connected by the institutes at which they studiedand by the ceramic artists who taught them.Many influential British studio potters are highlighted in the exhibition:Alison Britton, Michael Cardew, Joanna Constantinidis, HansCoper, Stephen Dixon, Nicholas Homoky, Peter Lane, Bernard Leach,Lucie Rie, Alan Caiger-Smith, Angus Suttie, Geoffrey Swindell andGeorge Walker, among others.Related Events–June 25, 7-9 p.m., CLAreception, CRC–September 19, CLApatrons dinner withGarth Clark, CRCSeptember 20, 5-7 p.m.,Closing publicreception, CRCSeptember 20, 7:30 p.m.,Garth Clarklecture, Coor Hall 170Lucie Rie, Bottle. Porcelain,11 x 5 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches.Collection of the ASU ArtMuseum; Gift of Anne andSam Davis.Spouted Bull Vessel, 1200-800BCE. Northern Iran, Gilan province.Collection of the Arthur M. SacklerFoundation.October 16 – January 8,2005Wit and Wine: A NewLook at AncientIranian Ceramics fromthe Arthur M. SacklerFoundationWit and Wine: A NewLook at AncientIranian Ceramics fromthe Arthur M. SacklerFoundation is the firstmajor exhibition of ancientIranian ceramics in more than adecade. Curated by Trudy S.Kawami, Ph.D., Director of Research forthe Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, theexhibition features 45 extraordinarypieces that illustrate the 5,000-yearceramic tradition that flourished inancient, pre-Islamic Iran until 100BCE. The beautiful, technically sophisticated and often amusingceramics of ancient Iran demonstrate a rich yet little-known traditioncomparable to pre-Columbian, Chinese and Greek achievements.The jugs, jars, beakers and spouted and shaped vessels in theexhibition were used for holding, pouring and drinking liquids,especially wine. Wit and Wine explores how ancient Iranian pottersmade and decorated these vessels with high quality craftsmanshipand design, and often with a unique sense of humor. Many pieces areshaped like animals or are painted with animal motifs. Interpretationsof wild and domesticated animals show elegant deer, powerful ramsand amusing goats. Some pieces were created to serve specificfunctions, such as cosmetic containers; some vessels were made tolook like metal; others are purely sculptural forms.The exhibition is organized by the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation,New York. Arthur M. Sackler, M.D. (1913–1987), a research psychiatrist,medical publisher, connoisseur and collector of art, establishedthe Arthur M. Sackler Foundation in 1965 to make his extensive artcollections accessible to the public. The foundation collection has morethan 900 works of art including Chinese ritual bronzes and ceramics,Buddhist stone sculpture and the renowned Chu Silk Manuscript, theoldest existing Chinese written document.Related EventsOctober 22, 7-9 p.m., public reception with lecture byTrudy S. Kawami, Ph.D., Director of Research for theArthur M. Sackler Foundation and the exhibition’s curator.And the Ceramics Collection Grows…Wann Caron donated a Jim Lorio wood-firedvase from 1998.Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio, directors ofGarth Clark Gallery, gifted Kohei Nakamura’sResurrection from 1995.Julius Forzano, a local artist, donated a pitcherc. 1880 that makes a wonderful addition to themuseum’s American crock collection.Tucson artist Maurice Grossman donated adramatic large-scale James Leedy Teapot Form,dated between 1978 and 1982.Mr. Arnold M. Horwitch added Christine Federighi’sHorse and Rider to the museum’s sculptural ceramicscollection.The Estate of Beate Maier gave two beautifulShoji Hamada vases.Sara and David Lieberman continue their generoussupport of the museum and recently gave thefollowing works:Robert Briscoe, Untitled (Vase), 2003Chun Liao, Untitled 9, 2002Michael Lucero, Peek (Wonderland Series), 1999Michael Lucero, Untitled (Pre-Columbian), 1991Franklin Parrasch, owner of Franklin ParraschGallery in New York, donated the followingfunctional vessels:Harvey Littleton, Teapot, 1955Harvey Littleton, Bowl, 1955Phyllis Green, Conjuere, 2001James and Joanne Rapp, long-time patrons of theASU Art Museum, enhanced the collection withthe following ceramics:Laura Andreson, Low bowl, 1976Claude Conover, VaseAndrea Gill, Ewer with Handles, 1980Roseville Pottery, Vase, c. 1910-1915Roseville Pottery, Teapot magnoliablossom patternNancy Selvin, Cup and saucerFrances Senska, Covered casseroleFrances Senska, Covered jarTom Turner, Small covered jar, 1979Byron Temple, Casserole, c. 1980sMichael Whitehurst, Casserole, 1982Laura Wilensky, Covered Box, c. 1980These generous gifts add to the museum’sability to represent contemporary ceramics,mount exhibitions for students and thepublic, and educate about the major artistsand accomplishments in the field. If you areinterested in donating work to the collection,please contact Peter Held at 480-727-8173.

February 5 – June 5, 2005Akio Takamori: Between Clouds of Memory,A Mid-Career SurveyThe Arizona State University Art Museum’s Ceramic Research Centeris organizing a major mid-career survey exhibition on the ceramicwork of Akio Takamori, a Japan-born artist who maintains a studioin Seattle, Washington, where he is professor of art at the Universityof Washington. This hallmark exhibition comprises approximately 35ceramic sculptures and eight prints drawn from the CRC permanentcollection, private and public collections nationwide, and spans 25years of creative excellence. Peter Held, Curator of Ceramics, is theexhibition curator.Born in Nabeoka, Japan, in 1950, Takamori studied at theMusashino Art College in Tokyo from 1969 to 1971. From 1972to 1974 he apprenticed with a master folk potter working on traditionalutilitarian pottery in Fukuoka. Takamori later studied with KenFerguson at the Kansas City Art Institute, receiving his B.F.A. in 1976and his M.F.A. from the New York State College of Ceramics, AlfredUniversity in Alfred, New York, in 1978.Takamori’s figures demonstrate a tension between internal andexternal worlds, masterfully executed in porcelain with a deft hand fordecoration. A marriage of Western and non-Western influences, he usesblack lines reminiscent of Japanese wood block prints coupled with anintense interest and expression of the human form. Synthesizing theinfluences of the woodblock printer Shiko Munakata (East), with thecontoured dimensional clay drawings of Rudy Autio (West), Takamorihas redefined figuration in clay with a unique and powerful voice.Takamori creates emotive, stylistic figures in ceramic that have deeppsychological connotations. After developing his signature envelopeshapedvessels in the mid-1980s and into the ’90s, his work shiftedafter a residency at the European Ceramics Work Centre. Most of theseemingly imaginary freestanding figures he now creates are people heis intimately familiar with, dating back to his childhood memories.The exhibition will travel to other museums on a national tourand be accompanied by a color catalogue with essays by Curator ofCeramics Peter Held and guest essayists Ed Lebow and Toyojiro Hida.Partial funding has been received from the E. Rhodes and Leona B.Carpenter Foundation, Friends of Contemporary Ceramics and theUniversity of Washington.Related EventsFebruary 5, 7-9 p.m., opening receptionFebruary 6, 9-4 p.m., artist workshop,location TBAFebruary 6, 7:30 p.m., artist lecture,Coor Hall 170Akio Takamori in the studio working on his ceramic figures, which will befeatured in his mid-career exhibition.2003 exhibition installation, Garth Clark Gallery, New York City.Challenge Gift for Operational SupportWe are pleased to announce that an anonymous donor has offered a$25,000 challenge gift to help us meet the needs for salary supportat the Ceramics Research Center.The CRC relies entirely on private funding sources to sustain salaries,operations and programming. Your gift will be matched dollar for dollar!The deadline to pledge is December 1st. To date, $10,000 has beenpledged toward this effort. What better way to make a donation that isensured to double in value! Please contact Peter Held at 480-727-8173for more information.

Volunteer SpotlightThe museum is fortunate to have many individuals who assist us through theirvolunteer efforts. In this issue, we are highlighting two outstanding people whohave donated many hours to advance our mission. Their contributions were andcontinue to be the driving force behind the many successful CRC events.Billie Jo HarnedLeaving a 30-year career managing lawyers, in 2001 Billie Jo began volunteeringwith the newly formed CRC. A life-long artist herself, for the pastseven years Billie Jo has used clay as her means of artistic expression.Volunteering with the CRC enabled her to use her management skills and atthe same time, appealed to her interest in the arts.Speaking of volunteering with the CRC,Billie Jo said, “We have had the mostamazing people working on our events, fromartists to docents to staff and volunteers.At all levels, we have had folks step up tothe plate – no job was either too large or,likewise, too small.”-- Billie Jo served on the 2002 and 2004gala committees. In addition, she servedas the CLA Program Chair through 2003,bringing her enthusiasm and-“can do” attitudeto the many successful CRC programs.Billie Jo Harned drawn by her grandsonWilliam J. Claywell.Acting as a liaison between the CRC andfellow ceramic artists, she assisted in thedevelopment of exemplary programmingthat served a wide audience.Billie Jo’s commitment to the arts is not limited to the ceramics field.She has been a docent for the Phoenix Art Museum and served on the ASUArt Museum’s Advisory Board. Now, the Herberger College of Fine Arts hasenlisted her for the Dean’s Council. Billie Jo will continue to work with theASU Art Museum on special projects like “Splash!,” a new volunteer recruitmentprogram. We are so grateful for individuals like Billie Jo, whose ideas,experience and talents fulfill so many needs.Daniel SwadenerDaniel Swadener moved to Arizona three years ago and joined the ASU ArtMuseum docent group last year, wanting to be active in the Valley arts community.His wife Beth is a professor of education at ASU. We quickly foundout he is a man of many talents, especially in the field of photography. In thelast year, Daniel has photographed works from the collection, gala auctionpieces and exhibition installations.Daniel curates a gallery in Madison,Wisconsin, and works with artists fromAfrica, Europe and the Americas. His nextexhibition in Madison is with an arts groupfrom Mesa called Xicanindio Artes, Inc.Xicanindio represents Latino and indigenousartists of the Americas. When nottraveling, he has a flexible schedule thathas worked well as a museum volunteer.“I’m happy to have found a need for myphotographic skills at the museum. I’vebeen photographing art for catalogues.What I most enjoy is attending events tocapture the artists and other people. I’vebeen photographing artists for many yearsand am glad to continue this tradition here. I’m happy to say that I’ve gottento know some very interesting people and this has helped me with my work asa curator.”Thank you Billie Jo and Daniel, for all your wonderful contributions to theCRC and ASU Art Museum!MembershipSend to: ASU Art Museum, CLA – Membership, P.O. 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