Endangered Species Project: New York
Presented by Julia Galloway
In the gallery September 28 - November 11
Bringing awareness to our impact on our natural environment, Julia Galloway presents her first installment of a large project consisting of urns for near-extinct animals. Each plate depicts an endangered animal from the state of New York.
“In 2018 I was walking through the Minneapolis Airport half listening to a podcast about the Wandering Albatross. This bird’s population is dwindling on account of industrial line fishing; the Wandering Albatross is being decapitated at the rate of a bird every five minutes. Right there, in the Minneapolis Airport by gate C15, I was actually brought to my knees, stunned by this bycatch carnage. But what can I do about this? I am a potter and a teacher? Quit my job and head out for civil disobedience? Throw myself in the path of those industrial fishing factories? Not very effective or realistic. However, I am a potter and a teacher, and I can make something generally unseen, visible.
Making pottery is how I understand the world; I am making a covered jars, urns really, for endangered species. Urns are traditionally used to hold ashes from cremation so the size of these jars are determined by the resulting ash mass of each species. The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker would be a small urn; the California Bear vessel would stand almost three feet tall. I intend on displaying these all of these pots in a large grouping in one large gallery. The urns will be display empty, as the species are endangered, not extinct and in their emptiness lies hope.”
To read the blogpost about the opening reception on September 28th click here.
To purchase available urns, please visit our shop page.
Read a review of the exhibition from Westmore News here.
About Julia
Julia Galloway is a utilitarian potter and Professor of Art at the University of Montana. She has exhibited across the United States, Canada, and Asia. Julia's work is included in the collections of the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Museum, Long Beach Art Museum, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada as well as the Ceramics Research Center in Tempe AZ. Julia’s work has been published inCeramics Monthly, Studio Potter, Art and Perception and Clay Time as well as many books. She was recently awarded a United States Artist Fellowship and named the Distinguished Scholar at the University of Montana. Julia has been a visiting artist, critic and taught workshops at more then 200 venues. She has an ongoing interest in community and served on the board of the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, and currently the National Council for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) as well as accessCeramics. She has a special interest in working with K-12 teachers to bring clay into their classroom as well as supporting emerging artist. Julia has developed several service based websites including "Montana Clay", and "the field guide for ceramics artisans".
To read more about the Endangered Species Project, visit Julia’s dedicated website.
The Featured Artist in our Shop is Peter Morgan and Adam Hinterlang:
Featured Artist
Peter Morgan
Statement
Peter Morgan is a native son of Virginia, currently based in Phoenixville, PA. He
has a MFA in Ceramics from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred
University, and has exhibited throughout the United States and Europe. Notable
residencies include the Northern Clay Center in Minneapolis, and the Archie Bray
Foundation. He was selected as NCECA’s Emerging Artist in 2016.
