Bartolomeo Cavaceppi
The sculptor Bartolomeo Cavaceppi (1716-1799) was perhaps the most important restorer of antiquities in Rome in the period of the Grand...
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Ceramics, Residencies, Exhibitions, Teaching & the Arts
2015 & 2020 NCECA International
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Lori-Ann Touchette
May 19, 20201 min read
“Split-Level Standards”: Kirstin Willders
The text that Kirstin Willders AIR 2019 chose for her show “Split-Level Standards” was the following: "The Camp sensibility is one that...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
May 17, 20202 min read
Reconstruction of a Polychrome Terracotta Temple Pediment
The Capitoline Museums contains the reconstruction of a polychrome terracotta temple pediment dated to the mid 2nd century BC)....
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Lori-Ann Touchette
May 17, 20201 min read
Meet Angela DiCosola
Happy birthday to Angela DiCosola AIR 2014. “Portals,Pathways & Perceptions” was the title of her final show. “The natural process of...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
May 15, 20201 min read
Etruscan Terracotta Heads
A series of Etruscan terracotta heads in the Vatican Museum come from a votive deposit in the sanctuary of Cerveteri. Dated to the 3rd...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
May 15, 20201 min read
Meet Ellie Tessa Godworth
For her show, Australian artist Ellie Tessa Godworth AIR 2015 chose the title: Line fo the Arch: Exploring Rudimentary Ceramics”. “Line...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
May 13, 20201 min read
Hut Ash Urns in Terracotta
The Proto-historical section of the Baths of Diocletian has an impressive number of hut ash urns in terracotta of the...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
May 13, 20201 min read
Meet Linda Lopez
“Things that once have been conjoined must remain ever afterwards.” -J.G. Linda Lopez AIR 2016 chose this quote to characterise her show...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
May 13, 20201 min read
“New Skin”: Patricia Leon Leon and Kirsten Stingle
Three years ago today was the opening of “New Skin”, the exhibition of Patricia Leon Leon (Ecuador) and Kirsten Stingle AIRs 2017. “Rome...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
May 13, 20201 min read
“Masterpieces of Antique Chinese Porcelain from the Shanghai Museum”
“Masterpieces of antique Chinese Porcelain from the Shanghai Museum” was an exhibition presented at Palazzo Venezia in 2016/17. The...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
May 11, 20201 min read
Terracotta Moulds
The subject of today’s post is terracotta moulds. In antiquity, moulds could be made of either terracotta or plaster. For small-scale...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
May 11, 20201 min read
Meet Philip Read
Canadian artist Philip Read AIR 2010 presented the work made during his residency in his show “Celtroma: In the Realm of the...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
May 11, 20201 min read
“Una Nota Che Non c’è”
The exhibition “Una nota che non c’è” at the Galleria De Crescenzo & Viesti in collaboration with Montrasio Arte (Monza e Milano) in the...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
May 11, 20202 min read
Meet Emily Rangel-Cascio
The show of Emily Rangel-Cascio AIR 2018 was entitled “PREDEFINED UNDERSTANDING”. My work focuses on the humble ability of pottery to...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
May 8, 20201 min read
Two Panathenaic Amphorae from Vulci
Two Panathenaic amphorae from Vulci are on display in the Vatican Museums. The earliest one is attributed to the Michigan painter and...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
May 8, 20201 min read
Meet JoAnn Schnabel
JoAnn Schnabel AIR 2015 entitled her show “Ornament”. “In my artwork many of my pieces are reminiscent of a certain time or place for me,...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
May 6, 20201 min read
Meet Darien Arikoski-Johnson
For his show “Altered Antiquity", "the works Darien Arikoski-Johnson AIR 2015 created at C.R.E.T.A Rome utilize both physical and...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
May 6, 20201 min read
“Rubbish Heaps”
“Rubbish heaps” are the equivalent of treasure troves for archaeologists, with pottery providing chronological markers and also evidence...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
May 6, 20201 min read
Meet Rong Sheng
For Chinese artist Rong Sheng AIR 2019, “Ceramic clay apparently is digging out from earth. From an ceramic artist’s point of view, clay...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
May 6, 20201 min read
"Giuseppe Tucci"
The Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale "Giuseppe Tucci" in Rome was an extraordinary collection of Asian art founded in 1957. Until 2017,...
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