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Founded in 1966, the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) is an organization in the United States serving the interests of ceramics as an art form and in creative education. Most major American ceramic artists since the 1970s, such as Frances Senska, Paul Soldner, Peter Voulkos, and Rudy Autio have been among its members.
Simon was born in Springfield, Minnesota in 1947. [citation needed] He studied under Warren McKenzie while pursuing his B.F.A. at the University of Minnesota, and would later credit not only McKenzie's influence in his work, but also the influence of McKenzie's mentors, the noted ceramic artists Bernard Leach (UK) and Shoji Hamada (Japan). [3]
The museum houses the Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program, an artist-controlled program devoted to the exhibition of works by artists who live in Minnesota. [19] The Museum Library contains more than 60,000 volumes on art and art history. The library is open to the public. [20]
The Andrew Peterson Farmstead is a farm east of Waconia, Minnesota. Peterson worked substantially with the development of apple trees. His farm was one of the first research stations for what would become the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. Owned and operated by the Carver County Historical Society. [19] [20] Andrew John Volstead House
Craft in America's television series began in 2007. [3] It is shown on PBS, [4] and won a Peabody Award in the same year. [5] In 2020, Craft in America was awarded the inaugural Decorative Arts Trust Prize for Excellence and Innovation for its plan to create a video dictionary of decorative arts tools, techniques, and materials. [6]
Cascade Township is a township in Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 3,183 at the 2000 census. The population was 3,183 at the 2000 census. Cascade Township was organized in 1859, and named after Cascade Creek.
MCAD was founded in 1886 by the trustees of the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts and originally named the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts. Douglas Volk (1856–1935), an accomplished American portrait painter who studied in Paris with renowned French painter and sculptor Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904), became the school's first president.
Carver and the surrounding Minnesota River Valley were occupied by a Native American, pre-Columbian Woodland Culture from approximately 1200 B.C. to A.D. 1850. In 1834, there was a Wahpeton village at the present-day location of Carver, led by Chief Mazomaini; early maps indicate it was located on either side of the mouth of Carver Creek where ...