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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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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