Clay Art Center is pleased to present Perspectives: An Invitational Exhibition Celebrating Black History Month by Clay Art Center Artists Earlene Cox and Gloria Nixon-Crouch.
February 1st - 28th, 2024
Please join us for a Meet The Artists Event on Friday, February 16th, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm, to meet the artists in person and learn more about their work, and their processes and visit their studios at Clay Art Center. Register here
Clay Art Center is pleased to present Perspectives: An Invitational Exhibition Celebrating Black History Month by Clay Art Center Artists Earlene Cox and Gloria Nixon-Crouch. This exhibition delves deep into the realms of human experience, identity, and fragility, offering a profound exploration of these themes through the medium of clay. The exhibition serves as a testament to the power of clay as a medium in capturing the nuances and complexities of the human condition. Through their craft, the artists each invite us to reflect on our own experiences, identities, and vulnerabilities.
Earlene Cox is a Clay Art Center artist who splits her time between New York and North Carolina.
Earlene states, “Sculpting the human figure provides me an incredible way to capture the memories of people met during my life and to tell the story of the many experiences I have had as an African American in this country. I hope that when a person views the poses, gestures, and facial expressions of my sculptures they will not just see the story I am communicating but they will evoke some memories of their own life stories.”
Gloria Nixon-Crouch is a Clay Art Center artist who is based in New York City. Gloria received her Masters in Education from Fordham University and spent many years teaching in New York City.
Gloria states, “My sculptures are meant to evoke in the viewers an emotional response that transcends their physical presence. The advent of the black slave trade in the Americas laid the foundation for a myriad of ills, physically, psychologically, and socially for all Black and White Americans, before and since Emancipation. I use the plastic medium of clay to penetrate the observer's subconscious and to bring to its surface the undefined and sometimes ignored, pain of our human suffering. The lack of bright colors and the fragmented surfaces of my sculptural figures represent the fragility and vulnerability of life we've all inherited just by being human. I hope to convey through my work the subtle beauty and resiliency of our survival as Black people and of all humans suffering the vicissitudes of war, poverty, and discrimination.”
Please join us for a Meet The Artists Event on Friday, February 16th, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm, to meet the artists in person and learn more about their work, and their processes and visit their studios at Clay Art Center.
