Angelica Pozo Workshop

Wetware Decorating Extravagaza

Angelica Pozo will direct this three day, hands-on adventure in creating and decorating wet clay tiles. Participants will create tile panel pieces that combine a broad assortment of tile decorating techniques, working with terra cotta clay.

Angelica will demonstrate carving, stamping, sgrafitto, relief sculpting, slip trailing and inlay techniques. Participants will have the opportunity to practice these methods on individual tiles while working towards creating a larger panel. We will start with a central image tile, and build the piece out in concentric rows.

The class will start with a primer on basic tile and mosaic making methods. Participants will gain an understanding of how to gauge and plan for shrinkage and grout lines as they figure the size of tiles that frame their central panel. Angelica will discuss how utilizing different decorative approaches within one panel gives you the opportunity to frame, to provide contrast, give dramatic focus or to just plain ol' make the piece more interesting.

"One of the aspects I've always enjoyed about tile is the diversity of decorating and forming techniques available and the facility with which one can combine them all in one piece," comments Angelica. Bring a fresh notebook…we'll be covering a lot of ground.

Class size 18.

Angelica Pozo Artist Bio

Angelica Pozo is a nationally recognized ceramic artist and author of “Making and Installing Handmade Tile,” a beautifully illustrated, in depth how-to book, published by Lark Books in April of 2005. A New York City native, born of Cuban and Puerto Rican parents, Angelica came to Cleveland in 1984 seeking affordable studio space in a culturally active and ethnically diverse setting that gave her a sense of her old home ‘town.’ She came by way of Ann Arbor, Michigan where she received her Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Michigan and prior to that her BFA from SUNY College of Ceramics in Alfred, NY. Within her spacious Tremont neighborhood studio she has worked on numerous public art commissions, including those for RTA Airport rapid station, the ‘Marketplace’ bench outside of the “Q” Arena, plus tile/mosaic murals at CSU Law Library, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital and OSU’s College of Social Work. Working on community or school based collaborative projects is also one of her fortes as she has honed her skills as an artist in residence on dozens of such projects often through the Ohio Arts Council but also with other organizations in and outside of Ohio. Her work has been widely exhibited, most notably in 2003 when she was included in a North American survey exhibition “21st Century Ceramics in the United States & Canada,” curated by Bill Hunt, former editor of Ceramics Monthly magazine; and in 1998 when she was juried into the “International Ceramic Public Art Exhibition” held in Tapei, Taiwan. Among her awards are an Ohio Arts Council and an NEA Regional Arts Midwest Individual Artist Fellowship. She also has work in the permanent collection of the Museum of Art and Design in New York City. Most recent endeavors have included a public art commission for a community park in Cleveland, a private commission for Lebron James’ new home and curating an exhibition for Spaces Gallery in Cleveland, “Bi-Lingual’ which leads off the gallery’s ‘08-’09 season during their 30th anniversary year.

Angelica takes full advantage of clay’s chameleon-like qualities in allowing her work to engage the full gamut between glazed painting to ceramic sculpture. A viewing of her entire repertoire will lead you from her sensuous flora-inspired sculptures, to functional tile objects and furniture, on up through to her large site specific public art installations. In all of them you will find a strong sense of design and color with an acute attention to detail and context. She especially enjoys working within the constraints that a site specific architectural project lends and looks forward to expanding her work from the massive public projects to more intimately scaled projects for both residential and business spaces.

Angelica Pozo Artist Statement

I have found that working with tile and mosaic enables me to make pieces that are monumental in size, while still working with elements that are very intimate and human in scale. Having many components to a piece also provides me with a multitude of opportunities to alter color, shape, size, depth and texture. I am able to work with a rich and varied palette of surfaces as I move between relief, painted images, textured surfaces or mosaics. This sensibility is at play whether I am working on small studio pieces or large public art commissions.

Angelica Pozo Resume

EDUCATION

1978 M.F.A. Ceramics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

1976 B.F.A. Ceramics, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred, New York

1971-3 Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

SITE SPECIFIC PUBLIC ART

"The Winding Wall of Fairfax History," Quincy Park, E.79th & Quincy, Cleveland, installed 5/06.

"Three-Fores: Three Fore-Parents of the Social Work Profession," Ohio State University, College of Social Work, Stillman Hall, Columbus, Oh, 3/02.

"Mi Alma Latina," 200 block of South Broadway, Balatimore, MD, participatory community project, organized by Baltimore Clayworks with EBLO, installed 5/99.

"L.A.W.", Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Joseph W. Bartunek III Law Library, Cleveland State University, OH, 1/99.

"The Rhythm of The Rainbow," Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, University Hospitals of Cleveland, OH, participatory mural project, 3/97.

"The Handsel Carpet," Rapid Transit Authority, E. Ninth Station, Cleveland, OH, 7/96.

"When I Am In My Golden Years, I Will..," at Waxter Center for Senior Citizens, organized by Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD, participatory mural project, 11/95.

"Market Place/Meeting Place: An Urban Memorial," Gateway Sports Complex,Cleveland, OH, 10/94.

"Cleveland: Air Laboratory of the World," Rapid Transit Authority, Airport Station, Cleveland, OH, 12/93.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Instructor,Tile: A Wetware Decorating Buffet, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN. April, 2006

Instructor, Ceramic Tile, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME, Summer, 2002

Instructor, Architectural Ceramics, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, Fall Concentration, 94 & Summer, 97; Public Art Session, Summer, 99.

Instructor, Architectural Ceramics: Site Specific, Cleveland Institute of Art,Cleveland,OH, Summer Workshop, 1996.

Minority Scholar-in-Residence & Instructor in Ceramics, School of Visual Arts, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, Summer Sessions, 90.

Instructor, Drawing, Design & Art Appreciation, Cuyahoga Community College, Western Campus, Parma, OH-Fall 1986-Fall 1988.

Instructor, Ceramics & Ceramic Sculpture, Cuyahoga Community College, Metropolitan Campus, Cleveland, OH- Winter 1985- Spring 1987 & Summer 1988.

Lecturer & Artist-in-Residence, Ceramics, Residential College of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1980-81.

Instructor, Ceramics, University of Michigan, School of Art, 1977-78.

VISITING ARTIST LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS

School of Art, University of Michigan, one week tile workshop, Ann Arbor, MI, 9/06.

Orlando Pottery Studio, weekend tile workshop, Orlando, FL, 10/06.

Tile Heritage Conference, pre-conference workshop, Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA, 10/99.

Michigan Mud 1997, Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, MI, 10/97.

Kent State University, Kent, OH, 3/96.

School of Art, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/92.

DeWaters Art Center, Mott Community College, Flint, MI, 10/92.

Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, 2/91.

Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1/91.

Institute for the Advancement of the Arts in Education, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 10/90.

Ohio Clay Workshop, Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH, 2/87.

ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE

Lock 3 Arts Experience, Akron Recreation Dept, Akron, OH, 7/03

Youth Opportunity! Cleveland, OH, 9/01-4/03

Ohio/Chile International Exchange, Liceo Experimental Artistico, Santiago, Chile 10/00-11/00

Urban Artist in Residence OAC Initiative, Trinity Cathedral & Quadrangle Community, Cleveland,OH 8/00-7/01

Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD, 10 & 11/95 and 10 & 11/98, 5/99.

Southwest School of Arts & Craft, San Antonio, TX, 10/97.

Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, Pittsburgh, PA, 2/95.

Cleveland School of the Arts, Cleveland, OH, 1/94 - 3/94.

Greenview Upper Elementary, South Euclid, Ohio, 12/91 & 1/00.

Ohio Arts Council, Arts-in-Education Program:

27 Residencies in primary and secondary schools throughout the state of Ohio, 10/87 -10/04.

GRANTS & AWARDS

Created the Ohio Govenor's Awards For The Arts, for the 2001 recepients, presented by Ohio Arts Council & Ohio Citizens for the Arts Foundation, Columbus, OH, March, 2001. Robert Mann $1000 Award for Ceramics, 1993 May Show, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH.

Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship Award, 1992/93.

Arts Midwest/N.E.A. Regional Visual Arts Fellowship Award, 1989-90.

Special Mention Award for Crafts, 1987 & 1989 May Show, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH.

COLLECTIONS

American Craft Museum, New York, NY

Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, OH

Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH

Advanced Elastomer Systems, Akron, OH

University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH

Progressive Corporation, Cleveland, OH

Cleveland Art Association, Cleveland, OH

Peoples Art Collection, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH

National Afro-American Museum & Cultural Center, Wilberforce, OH

TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS

2004 A Sense of Identity,Contemporary Ceramic Art, IPFW, Fort Wayne, IN; University of Indianapolis, IN.

1998-2000 Cerámica Puertorriqueña Hoy/Today, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA;

Baltimore School for the Arts, Alcazar Gallery, Baltimore, MD; Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA.

1996 Message In A Bottle: Contemporary Pictorial Pots, HandWorkshop Art Center, Richmond,VA; Ellipse Art Center, Arlington,VA.

1993-1995 Uncommon Beauty In Common Objects, National Afro-American Museum,

Wilberforce, Oh; American Craft Museum, NYC; Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC; as well as Museum venues in Atlanta, GA; Dallas, TX; and San Diego, CA.

1991 Clay On Walls, Great Northern Corporate Center Gallery, North Olmstead, OH;

Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH.

EXHIBITIONS

2007 NeoLatino,Heights Arts, Cleveland Heights, OH.

2006 Spring Faculty Exhibition '06, Arrowmont School of Crafts Gallery, Gatlinburg, TN.

2005 Tierra Madura, Gallery West, Tri-C/Western Campus, Parma, OH, 2 person exhibit

Particles and Passion, Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD

2004 Collector's Choice, Heights Arts Gallery, Cleveland Heights, OH

The Loving Cup, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD

Plastica Latinoamericana, The Fine Arts Association, Willoughby, OH

Tile: Matter and Motif, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD.

Angelica Pozo-Yong Han-Dexter Davis, South Wing Gallery, Cleveland Heights, OH.

Emerging Visions, Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH.

La Mirada, Thrive-An Artspace Gallery, Cleveland, OH

2003 Artists from The Penland Book of Ceramics: Master Classes in Ceramic Technique, Penland Gallery, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC.

21st Century Ceramics in the United States & Canada, Canzani Center Gallery, Columbus, OH.

Angelica Pozo: Recent Works in Terra Cotta, Heights Arts Gallery, Cleveland Hts, OH, - solo-exhibit

2002 Shared Inspiration, Ohio Arts Council's Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH.

Angelica Pozo, Megahan Gallery, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA, solo-exhibit

Winterfest 2002: National Invitational, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD.

Florecimiento Labyrinthina, Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH, solo-exhibit, installation

Diverse Visions, Gallery East, Cuyahoga Community College, Highland Hills, OH.

2001 Recent Works by Angelica Pozo & Fran Wolok, Biddle Gallery, Wyandotte, MI.

Lazos Culturales, B.K. Smith Gallery, Lake Erie College, Painesville, OH.

El Milenio Latino, Cleveland State University Art Gallery, Cleveland, OH

2000 Florecimiento, Fuerza de Corazon Gallery, Santa Cruz, NM, one-person exhibit

FLUX, Dublin Arts Council Gallery, Dublin, OH, two-person exhibit.

Trail of Naratives, Here Here Gallery, Cleveland, OH.

Couplets:Duality In Clay, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA.

First 20 Years:Then and Now, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD.

a Través del Horizonte, Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH

Objects of Comfort & Utility, Beck Center for the Arts, Lakewood, OH

1999 Latino Americano, Beachwood Center For The Arts, Beachwood, OH.

The Sorefront Installation Project, ACME Art Co, Columbus, OH.

Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, OH.

1998 Unaffected: The New Naturalism Of Four Emerging Women Ceramicists, Lill Street Gallery 1021, Chicago, IL

Innervisions: Individuality And Creativity Among Ohio Artists Of African Descent,

National Afro-American Museum & Cultural Center, Wilberforce,OH

Sculptures in Clay, Gallery Northwest, Indiana University NW, Gary, IN.

Drawing On Clay, 1998, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD.

The International Ceramic Public Art Exhibition, Tapei County Cultural Center, Taiwan

1997 Form From Fragment: Four Contemporary Tilemakers, Southwest Craft Center, San Antonio, TX.

Wild Woman Salon, Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO.

Companions Of The Cupboard, Lill St. Gallery, Chicago, IL.

Summer Exhibition, Nancy Margolis Gallery, Portland, ME.

Form And Function :Contemporary Clay, Sisson Gallery, Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, MI.

Ohio Craft Invitaional Show 27, Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH.

Multicultural Threads'97, Stocker Center Gallery, Elyria, OH.

Winterfest '97: National Invitational, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD.

1996 Ohio Perspectives: Explorations In Clay, Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH.

Independent Makers, Seigfred Gallery, School of Art, Ohio Univ., Athens, OH.

On The Waterfront: Public Art For RTA'S Waterfront Line ,Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH.

In Pursuit Of Ceramic Excellence, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH.

Hispanic Artists In Cleveland, Folkarte Gallery, Cleveland, OH.

1995 Contemporary Clay Works, Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, MD.

Fourth Annual Women's Invitational, Wasmer Gallery, Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, OH.

Shrines To The Environment, Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, Pittsburgh, PA, solo- exhibit.

Tiles 95, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI, juried exhibition.

1994 Emigrés: Cultural References In Contemporary Clay, 1994 NCECA, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA.

Contemporary Ohio Ceramics, Ohio Craft Museum,Columbus, OH.

1993 Artists Of Gateway, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH.

Vessel, Quilt, Table: Pushing The Idea, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH

Connected Passages, Afro-American Historical & Cultural Museum, Philadelphia, PA.

Dinnerworks '93, Louisville Visual Arts Association, Louisville, KY.

Great Plates Of Ohio, Art Gallery, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH.

Hispanic Artists In Cleveland, Folkarte Gallery, Cleveland, OH.

Surmounting Fences, Art Gallery, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH.

72nd Exhibition Of Works By The Artists And Craftsmen Of The Western Reserve, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH.

Platters, Appalachiana Gallery, Bethesda, MD.

1992 Foliaceous Iconography, Fine Arts Gallery, Mott Community College, Flint, MI, solo-exhibit.

Function And Metaphor, HANDWORKSHOP, Virginia Center for the Craft Arts, Richmond, VA.

It's Our World: Issues And Ideas In Environmental Art, The Valley Art Center, Chagrin Falls, OH.

Cultural Crosscurrents, ARTSPACE/LIMA Center for the Visual Arts, Lima, OH.

RTART (RTA's Art in Transit Program), Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH.

One On One: National Invitational, Northwest Craft Center, Seattle, WA.

Terraflora, The Clay Place, Pittsburgh, PA, solo-exhibit.

1991 A Modern Vision: Ohio Hispanic Artists, Upper Arlington Municipal Center, Upper Arlington, OH.

Making A Difference:Artists In Residence, The Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH.

Table For Two, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI.

From The Kiln: Recent Ceramics By David Alban, Annelies Heijnen & Angelica Pozo,

Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH.

¡Hispania!, McFall Center Gallery, Bowling Green State University,OH