top of page
c.r.e.t.a. rome
Ceramics, Residencies, Exhibitions, Teaching & the Arts
2015 & 2020 NCECA International
Residency Award Partner
Lori-Ann Touchette
May 2, 20201 min read
Meet Kyle Hendrix
According to Kyle Hendrix AIR 2016 “Historically, ceramic objects for food service have played a key role in ceremonies throughout world...
6 views0 comments
Lori-Ann Touchette
May 1, 20201 min read
Meet Molly Bishop
Molly Bishop AIR 2016 chose “Secret Garden” as the title of her show. Inspired by the Villa Borghese and the Greek vases that she saw in...
4 views0 comments
Lori-Ann Touchette
Apr 30, 20201 min read
Meet Shenny Cruces
For Shenny Cruces AIR 2017, “the act of collecting is an intrinsic part of my process and my work. For this residency, I sought to...
4 views0 comments
Lori-Ann Touchette
Apr 29, 20201 min read
Meet Doris Dittrich
“Gods of Our Times” was the title of the show of Austrian artist Doris Dittrich AIR 2014. “Doris Dittrich is an observant traveller,...
3 views0 comments
Lori-Ann Touchette
Apr 28, 20201 min read
Meet Jim Bowling
“Three Shades Revisited (Dante’s New Gates) is the title of this major work in the show “Global Textures” of American artist Jim Bowling...
5 views0 comments
Lori-Ann Touchette
Apr 28, 20201 min read
Meet Jim Bowling
“Three Shades Revisited (Dante’s New Gates) is the title of this major work in the show “Global Textures” of American artist Jim Bowling...
4 views0 comments
Lori-Ann Touchette
Apr 26, 20201 min read
18th-century porcelain group of the Judgement of Paris produced in the Reale Fabbrica di Napoli
For Liberation Day in Italia, we present an 18th-century porcelain group of the Judgement of Paris produced in the Reale Fabbrica di...
7 views0 comments
Lori-Ann Touchette
Apr 26, 20201 min read
Meet Tammie Rubin
Tammie Rubin AIR 2017 description of the works which she presented for her exhibition is eloquent and intriguing: “My ceramic sculptures...
5 views0 comments
Lori-Ann Touchette
Apr 24, 20201 min read
Meet Tamryan McDermott
Tamryn McDermott (USA) AIR 2014 was articulated by two daily rituals. The title of her show refers to both of them. “My Daily...
3 views0 comments
Lori-Ann Touchette
Apr 23, 20201 min read
‘Eco and Narcissus”: Kiki Smith
In the ‘Eco and Narcissus” exhibition at Palazzo Barberini, Kiki Smith’s 2004 installation “Large Dessert” dominated the winter audience...
6 views0 comments
Lori-Ann Touchette
Apr 23, 20201 min read
Meet Susan Wortman
The show of Susan Wortman AIR 2018 “Roman Winged Women send XO” was her personal response to Rome and her own experience in the form of...
9 views0 comments
Lori-Ann Touchette
Apr 22, 20201 min read
Meet Virginia Scotchie
AIR 2015 Virginia Scotchie chose to give some of the sculptures created during her residency back to Rome by throwing them into the...
7 views0 comments
Lori-Ann Touchette
Apr 22, 20201 min read
Meet Rebecca Harvey
For Earth Day, we present the AIR 2016 Rebecca Harvey who transformed found objects from the lake of Bracciano for her show “Semaphore...
1 view0 comments
Lori-Ann Touchette
Apr 20, 20201 min read
Meet Ling Chun
In “Dolce MMXVI” Hong Kong artist Ling Chun (AIR 2016) created works that exploded chromatically through the use of both glaze and mixed...
2 views0 comments
Lori-Ann Touchette
Apr 19, 20201 min read
“Excavations”: Jessica Brandl and Bryan Czibesz
Winners of the 2015 NCECA International Residency Award at CRETA Rome, Jessica Brandl and Bryan Czibesz entitled their show “Excavations”....
2 views0 comments
Lori-Ann Touchette
Apr 19, 20201 min read
Nino Caruso
Buon compleanno Nino Caruso (1928-2017)! After his youth spent in Sicily and Tripoli, Italian maestro Nino Caruso moved to Rome in 1951....
11 views0 comments
Lori-Ann Touchette
Apr 17, 20201 min read
Meet Sarah Gross
Today’s artist in residence in Sarah Gross (USA) AIR 2018. Her show title “Making Way” seems particularly appropriate as we renegotiate...
2 views0 comments
Lori-Ann Touchette
Apr 16, 20201 min read
Meet Jeff Schmuki
The solo show of American artist Jeff Schmuki (AIR 2018) “Varietà comune”was presented during Rome Art Week 2018, the annual event...
1 view0 comments
Lori-Ann Touchette
Apr 16, 20201 min read
‘Il classico si fa pop. di scavi, copie e altri pasticci’
‘Il classico si fa pop. di scavi, copie e altri pasticci’ show (12/2018-5/2019) was inspired by the discovery in 2010-15 of the...
4 views0 comments
Lori-Ann Touchette
Apr 14, 20201 min read
“Così è (se vi pare) (“So it is (if you like)”
The solo show “Così è (se vi pare) (“So it is (if you like)” of the hyper-realists Bertozzi & Casoni was presented by the Galleria Anna...
3 views0 comments
bottom of page