Meet Meghan Sullivan
AIR 2018 Meghan Sullivan’ show “Framing Device” presented work that reflected the many layers of history of the eternal city. In addition...
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c.r.e.t.a. rome
Ceramics, Residencies, Exhibitions, Teaching & the Arts
2015 & 2020 NCECA International
Residency Award Partner
Lori-Ann Touchette
May 4, 20201 min read
Villa Giulia Museum
Several large-scale terracotta seated statues and busts of Demeter and Kore from the sanctuary of Demeter in Ariccia were treated in an...
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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...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
May 2, 20201 min read
Reuse of Storage Amphorae
In an earlier post, we considered the stacked amphora fragments at Monte Testaccio. Today we are looking at another reuse of storage...
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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...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
May 1, 20202 min read
The Most Notorious “Hot Pot”
The illicit antiquities trade and clandestine excavations in Italy came under intense scrutiny for an almost 30-year period in the late...
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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...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
Apr 30, 20201 min read
Palazzo Venezia
An extraordinary paradox played out in the very heart of Rome and on the Amalfi coast in Vietri. In 1929, Palazzo Venezia became the...
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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,...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
Apr 29, 20202 min read
Sarcophagus of the Spouses in the Villa Giulia
The Sarcophagus of the Spouses in the Villa Giulia is perhaps the best-known of Etruscan funerary monuments. Found in 1881 in the...
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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...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
Apr 28, 20201 min read
The Bust of San Lorenzo
An exceptional terracotta bust by the early Renaissance sculptor Donatello (1386-1466) was on display for almost a year in the Museo...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
Apr 28, 20201 min read
“SanLuMalinIconicoAttoniTonicoEstEstE’tico”: Luigi Ontani
Creative and multi-faceted, the conceptual artist Luigi Ontani renders himself the subject of his work. From his tableaux vivants of the...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
Apr 24, 20201 min read
“Casa delle Terrecotte”
These terracotta bas-reliefs come from the “Casa delle Terrecotte” (House of Terracotta), so named for the fictile decoration of the...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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