If you like to look “behind the scenes”, then this episode is for you! Today Bailey is sitting down with Shaydee Watson for an inside look at the 25th San Angelo North American Ceramic Competition. How do artists ship work to the museum? What happens when an art piece breaks in transit? How do we install hundreds of ceramics into the galleries? Shaydee answers all in today’s episode.

Shaydee Watson is the Curatorial Assistant and Cultural District Manager here at the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, where she has helped put together countless art exhibitions with our Curator Laura Huckaby for over 10 years.

What is the Ceramic Competition?

The San Angelo North American Ceramic Competition, hosted every two years, is open to artists residing in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Clay or ceramic artworks, both functional and sculptural, are eligible for submission. Submissions must have been completed within the last two years. The 2024 competition is juried by Texas ceramic artist and curator Louise Rosenfield.

In a small focus exhibit within the Competition exhibition, the museum features the work of one distinguished guest artist, who also conducts a day-long demonstration workshop the day after the exhibition opening. The 2024 Distinguished Guest Artist is Caddo potter Chase Kahwinhut Earles.

The Ceramic Competition will be on display at the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts from April 19 to June 23, 2024.

Check out the Ceramic Competition Gallery on our website to see extra images of the art pieces and artists we talk about in this episode:

https://samfa.org/25th-san-angelo-north-american-ceramic-competition-gallery

25th San Angelo North American Ceramic Competition In Loving Memory of Darlene Williams is sponsored by:

San Angelo Museum Endowment for Ceramic Events

Darlene and John Williams

Tile Heritage Foundation

San Angelo Area Foundation

Texas Commission on the Arts

J. Christopher Sugg

Thank you!

Join Gabriel and Bailey as they sit down with SAMFA staff member and local artist Chandra Satterwhite for a fun and informative conversation about her ceramics Summer For Kids classes at SAMFA!

Chandra Satterwhite is a San Angelo Artist. She is versed in a myriad of mediums, including face painting, balloon art, henna, and glitter tattoos. She also creates fun and functional wearable art, small ceramic sculptures, and more. She's here today to tell us more about herself.

We are gearing up for The 25th San Angelo Ceramic Competition! Join us April 18th – 22nd for free, fun events, family programming, special paid workshops, and more! To see more about the ceramic competition and the surrounding events, go to www.samfa.org.

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If you are interested in taking one of Chandra’s Summer for Kids ceramics classes, register online today! (https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/summer-for-kids-2024-3138939?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=creatorshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=odclsxcollection&utm-source=cp&aff=escb)

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Today we are joined by John Schoonover and Louise Smith, Grandchildren to Frank E. Schoonover: painter, illustrator, and photographer, whose artwork can now be viewed in SAMFA’s Gallery 1. Our exhibition: N.C Wyeth and the Golden Age of American Illustration will be on display until March 31st, 2024. We are featuring works from Frank Schoonover, right alongside the work of N.C. Wyeth and teacher Howard Pyle, whom Schoonover and Wyeth studied with.

Frank E. Schoonover produced thousands of paintings throughout his long career, many as illustrations for written works that ran the gamut from science fiction to magazine articles. He also was a teacher, a designer, and a landscape painter, and helped organize what is now the Delaware Art Museum.

You can read more about Frank Schoonover here: (https://www.frankschoonover.org)

Keep an eye out in 2025 for "Through His Own Lens: The Social Documentary Photography of Frank E. Schoonover" currently being put together by John and his family!

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Gabriel and Bailey are talking about one of SAMFA's Current Exhibits: Microscape: A Studio Art Quilt Associates Global Exhibition
January 19 – March 31, 2024

"Our known world stretches far beyond what we can see with the unaided eye. Microscopes, magnifying glasses, and virtual imaging techniques reveal a world of great beauty and complexity. That world contains the smallest particles, tiniest organisms, smallest landscape, or natural details and provides us with an abundance of artistic inspiration. The art quilts in the exhibit explore a corner of the world at high magnification, capturing tiny wonders at the microscopic level, or by zooming in on a larger object to show its smallest details."

If you want to see these pieces on display, check out SAMFA's galleries! Open Tuesdays - Saturdays 10 am - 4 pm, and Sundays 1 pm - 4 pm.

You can also see pictures of these pieces, along with information about each artist online at (https://www.saqa.com/art/exhibitions/microscape)

Artists we talked about in this episode:

Karol Kusmaul (https://www.kquilt.com)

Carla Stehr (https://carlastehr.com)

Marian Zeilinski ( https://www.marianzielinski.com)

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Gabriel and Bailey are talking about AI tools and the online art community! Have you seen an influx of AI-generated images online lately? That's because AI programs are becoming more and more accessible to the general public. We dive into the impact on the art community.

What are your thoughts on AI programs and art?

(Gabriel and Bailey's opinions are their own and do not reflect the opinions of the museum or other SAMFA staff.)

Gabriel and Bailey are kicking off season 2 with guest artist Gina Pisto!

Gina Pisto joined us in the Concho Clay Studio a few months ago for a visiting artist workshop, as we snagged her up for this fun and informative interview.

Heres a little snippet of her Bio: "Gina Pisto (she/her) is an artist currently living in Kansas City, Missouri. She completed her Masters of Fine Arts in Ceramics at Ohio University in 2022 and has exhibited her work nationally in various group and solo exhibitions"

Check out her website for images of her work and to read her statement! (https://www.ginapisto.com)

Thank you for joining us, Gina!

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Debbie Carroll is a local Texas artist who is a rising star in our yearly EnPleinAirTEXAS event. She sat down with us to talk about how she got started in EnPleinAirTEXAS, her experience with Plein Air, and her journey as an artist!

Debbie also gives us great advice and funny anecdotes, so get ready to be inspired!

Debbie Carroll talks about her art in her artist ststament: "My work is about expressing the feelings I have when surveying the land of this region I call home. The challenge is to draw out the intrinsic beauty of the ordinary and overlooked. In my paintings, I strive to elevate my subjects, not to show the obvious, but to reveal the extraordinariness of the familiar." You can read more about her and see her work on her website: www.debbiecarrollfineart.com

EnPleinAirTEXAS is happening NEXT WEEK! (Oct 21st - 28th)

in celebration, JoNell Richardson sat down with us to talk about her experience as a former EnPleinAirTEXAS competition artist, host, and volunteer! JoNell has spent a majority of her artistic career exploring Plein Air painting with various mediums and equipment!

JoNell is your own personal Plein Air mentor, so sit down with a notebook and make sure to take notes on all this pro advice!

You can purchase tickets to the EPAT events at www.enplainairtexas.com

Follow all the exciting EPAT events during the week by following them on Instagram and Facebook: PleinAirTEXAS.