Mary Zarbano: A Retrospective,
February 6 to March 30, 2008
Opening Reception:
Saturday, February 2, 12:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Drawing upon influences like Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, and other figurative abstractionists, Mary Zarbanos paintings are often deeply personal portraits of family members and friends. She will frequently employ bright hues against subdued backgrounds of greys and browns, where deceptively simple figures often interact in mysterious, dreamy tableau. The artist will show approximately thirty paintings from different stages of her career, along with a small number of prints and bronze works.
Carved Wooden Sculpture of Ned E. Schutlz.
February 6 to March 30, 2008
Opening Reception:
Saturday, February 2, 12:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Bearing such quirky titles as Naturally Assisted Blonde, Blue Pope, and The Lone Rangel, Schultz's comically surreal figures are brightly polychromed and mounted on standard black miniature pedestals. The distorted, sometimes contorted forms of people, horses, frogs, and downright imaginary animals sometimes inspired by classic cubist paintings by Picasso and other modern masters. Others find their source in his wife Mary Zarbanos paintings (exhibiting simultaneously in the Muckenthalers Main Floor gallery) or spring straight from the imagination of the retired engineer himself.
The Muckenthaler will exhibit over fifty of Schultz's works as an informal semi-menagerie of sorts, surveying the surprising range and sheer number of diminutive works produced by the artist since taking up sculpture several years ago.
Vincent Suez: Solo Ceramic Exhibition
February 6 to March 30, 2008
Opening Reception:
Saturday, February 2, 12:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Noted ceramics artist and Professor Emeritus of California State University, Fullerton was born in Petaluma, California and earned a Bachelors degree in art from Cal Sate Fullerton in 1966 and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Claremont Graduate School and University Center in 1969. He has taught in CSUFs Department of Visual Arts since 1970.
The artists work has its basis in traditional pottery, producing large porcelain jars and vases with exquisitely layered glazes and delicate, subtle colors shifts. Incised forms of dragonflies, birds, and other animals flow across silky pale jade greens and soft sands and pinks, dancing across their surfaces or completely enfolding the vessels with their wings.
The Seasons of Our Lives, January 5-20, 2008.
An art exhibit showcasing the creative talents of our students in convalescent centers, Alzheimer’s units, adult day care centers and assisted living facilities.
 
The Bloody Marys: A Group Exhibition by Martha Bartholomew, Fay Colmar, Elaine Kennedy, Marjorie Kerr, Mildred Kouzel, Pat Morgenthaler, Joan Ross, and Virginia Spencer.
October 21 to December 23, 2007
For the past twenty-five years a remarkable group of North Orange County artists has met once a month to discuss art and compare notes on their own work over lunch and bloody marys. Taking their name from this signature drink, the eight ladies known as the Bloody Marys have exhibited extensively as individuals, but never before as a group.
The Bloody Marys, a group exhibition featuring Martha Bartholomew, Fay Colmar, Elaine Kennedy, Marjorie Kerr, Mildred Kouzel, Pat Morgenthaler, Joan Ross, and Virginia Spencer. With works ranging in style from Fay Colmar’s three-dimensional paper and mixed media constructions, to Pat Morgenthaler’s epic sized natural landscapes, to Martha Bartholomew’s initimate and intricate textile icons, the Bloody Marys includes recent works by eight women who have spent a lifeltime making art.
 
Journeys from the Earth - October 21 to December 23, 2007
The exhibit brings together pottery ware from several different regions and Pueblo villages that cover areas of New Mexico and Arizona. The work seen in Journeys from the Earth captures pottery ware from some of the major Pueblos such as the Pueblo of Acoma, Pueblo of Laguna, Pueblo of Isleta, Hopi, Zuni and many more. The exhibit also captures the special lineage between potters and their apprentices, which in most cases are members within their own family. This not only helps keep the tradition alive from generation to generation, but also allows contemporary artist to explore new forms and methods within this field, which are presented as well.
Journeys from the Earth, represents the varying styles and design elements within the art form that are not only unique to the artist but also define their cultural heritage. Using a creative spirit, Native American potters have an uncanny way of taking all the natural elements of the sky, the clouds, rain, wind, mesas, plateaus, animals and their villages in juxtaposing them in geometric patterns and designs, that represent what they see. Whether it be the shiny black on black ware of the Pueblo of San Idefonso, the fine line work of the Hopi potters, or the geometric patterning of Acoma and Laguna, each Pueblo has a distinguished brand of patterns and motifs that depicts their geographical area. Journeys from the Earth, hopefully captures all the beautiful and artistic elements within Native American pottery, elements that manifest the special relationship between these people and their sacred native land.
The Emergence of Women: A Profile of the Twentieth Century
June 17 through October 14, 2007
Artist Carol Towler’s portraits of women of the Twentieth Century living in North America celebrates the accomplishments of women from all walks of life who, albeit not always recognized in their lifetime, made a significant impact on social issues for women. Some made decisions that were negative for them or ended with tragic circumstances; the equalizing factor was that they demonstrated bravery and a creative spirit.
 
 
Clay in California, 2007
August 5 through September 30, 2007,
Vincent Suez, Guest Curator
Following a successful 2006 inaugural exhibition, Clay in California returns with an eclectic mix of ceramics sensibilities and styles from some of the golden state’s most exciting artists: Biliana Popova, Fred Olsen, Steve Horn, John Hopkins, Porntip Sangvanich, Neil Moss, Joan Takayama-Ogawa, Phillip cornelius, Vincent Suez, and Richard Burkett.
  
  
ACROSS THE PACIFIC: Contemporary Asian Ceramic Art
April 15 - June 24, 2007
For Asian ceramics artists the 21st century is a time to both reflect upon rich cultural histories and to look forward to an ever evolving world of global communication and travel. Current Asian ceramics may reference specific time honored visual motifs and colors, mix aesthetic approaches from many cultures, or strike out in a completely new direction through the use of new glazes and unexpected chromatic juxtapositions. Even the most eccentric form may have its origin in an ancient teapot, while the most minimal sphere sports a painstakingly hand painted surface pattern.
Across the Pacific surveys current trends from Japan, China, Korea, and Vietnam through recent work by respected artists working in their home countries or currently living in the U.S. The exhibition offers the opportunity to discover connections to ancient traditions while exploring the influences individual experience and new cultural perspectives have in the world of contemporary ceramics.
Participating artists include Kyung-sook Suh, Nobuhito Nishigawara, Young-Bae, Kwon, Sewon Minn, Choi Hong Sun, and others.
 
 
Everyday Purposes - January 14 to April 15, 2007
Everyday Purposes features functional ceramics for daily use, albeit for the decidedly artful home. And why not? One of the great pleasures of a household is to own artist designed handmade housewares. Enjoy (and purchase, if you like), teapots, dishes, bowls, cups, and other colorful one-of-a-kind works for the home by some of our area’s most accomplished ceramicists, including Dan pope, Karen Thayer, Keumsook Hahn, Myung Hee Kwak, Sara K. Maeda, Vicky Suh, R. Scott Jennings, Carol Needham, Diana Farrell, Heidi Ulbrich, Kyonghyo Kang, Willie Tabata, Youngshin Kim, Rowan Harrison, Jean Bliss, Wendy DeLeon and others.
  
The Journals of Janice Lowry - January 14 to April 15, 2007
Over one hundred of the artist’s extraordinary journals capture decades of a life in words and images.
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