NCEG 8th International Juried Enamel Exhibition

"Celebrating Innovation and Tradition in the Art of Contemporary Enameling. "
Date:   June 27 - August 13, 2006
Hours:   Tuesday - Saturday,
    noon to 5:00 p.m.
Place:   Richmond Art Center
    2540 Barrett Ave.,
  Richmond, CA 94804
  510.620.6772
Parking:   Free / wheelchair accessible
Reception:   July 8,2006 2:00-5:00pm
Coordinator:    Judy Stone
Artists Exhibited :

Rita Deanin Abbey Ruth Altman Katherine Bauman
Nisa Blackmon Irakli Bolgashvili Sandra Ellen Bradshaw
Juan Carlos Caballero-Perez Jessica Calderwood Katbergman Cassell
Kate Cathey Sookyoung Cho Carolyn Currin
Joe Casey Doyle Linda Stoloff Frueh Tricia Lachowiec
Jan Harrell Kyung Hee Hong Jee-Hyang Huh
Chouko Ishiuchi Janly Jaggard J. E. Jasen
BokHee Jung Chris Martel Sharon Massey
Valerie Mitchell Susan Moody Yukie Nishikawa
Kathryn Osgood Miel Margarita Paredes Jen Prox
René Roberts Hanna Robson M. Miles Rountree
Gary Schott Lristina Click Shank Hye Jung Sin
Jan Smith Yolanda Sucre Lela Tas
Julia Turner

The Exhibition:

The 8th International Juried Enamel Exhibition is sponsored by The Northern California Enamel Guild's (NCEG) and hosted by The Richmond Art Center. The exhibition includes functional and non-functional, two- and three-dimensional pieces from the United States, Canada, Japan, Korea,Venezuela, and the ex-Soviet Republic of Georgia.

Awards of Merit will be awarded as cash and in-kind gift certificates. The jurors' awards are given to the highest scoring piece in each category (jewelry, wall work, 3-dimensional). Other awards include: 2 1-year memberships to The Enamelist Society and gift subscriptions to Glass on Metal.

The exhibition was juried by Gretchen Goss, Charles Lewton Brain, and Marjorie Simon.
• Gretchen Goss is the Professor of Enameling at the Cleveland Institute of Art and curated two recent enamel exhibitions.
• Charles Lewton Brain is a metalsmith, teacher and writer who is known internationally for inventing the metalsmithing technique called "Fold-Forming" and is a founder of Brain Press.
• Marjorie Simon writes about art jewelry and enameling for Metalsmith Magazine as well as being a studio jeweler and teacher.


Photos counterclockwise from upper left (with photo credits in parentheses):
Jan Smith (Jeff Scovill), Valerie Mitchell (Ralph Gabriner), Kate Cathey (Robert Diamonte), Miel Margarita Paredes (Stephen Funk), Jessica Calderwood (Michael Healy) & Sharon Massey.