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Having tea and cookies is a daily custom and comfort shared by many, and forms the basis for the newest installation of Craft Alliance’s Biennial Teapot Exhibition, running through Feb. 23, at the Delmar Loop Gallery.
In this exhibition, both locally and nationally renowned artists were challenged to think about their own tea-time experiences, the pairing of food and beverage, and to create a conversation around the two objects that underlie that ritual: the teapot and the cookie jar. Each artist in this exhibition has created his or her own teapot and cookie jar in ceramics – a traditional medium used to create both functional and decorative work.
For over three decades Craft Alliance has presented the Biennial Teapot Exhibition to the community, and with this newest edition, “Tea and Cookies,” the emphasis has been placed on the delight shared by those who partake in these daily respites, eliciting in viewers their own fond memories of time spent in quiet contemplation or conversation over tea and cookies.
Participating artists are Kurt Anderson, Mark Arnold, Daniel Barnett, Ashley Bevington, Molly Ann Bishop, Jessica Brandl, Doug Casebeer, Fong Choo, Bede Clarke, Jim Connell, Connie Cramer Creek, Carrie Day, Tom Dykas, Adrienne Eliades, Jill Foote-Hutton, Mike Gesiowaski, Stephen Heywood, David Hiltner, Joy Jones, Ben Jordan, Yukari Kashihara, Jeff Klecker, Janice Kluge, Jimmy Liu, Hazy Mae, Melissa Mencini, Matt Mitros, Andrea Moon, Kristen Muller, Ted Neal, Norleen Nosri, Joe Page, Eric Pardue, Will Rimel, Yoko Sekino-Bove’, Jose Sierra, Richard Wehrs and Dryden Wells.
The event is sponsored by The Republic of Tea, David Charak, Sheila Greenbaum and Gary Wasserman
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