FERRIN GALLERY @ NCECA Philadelphia - Opens Tuesday

Ferrin Gallery @ NCECA GALLERY EXPO: Ferrin Gallery joins a select group of nationally known galleries showing at NCECA in Philadelphia at The Marriott (adjacent to the convention center) in an exhibit open to the public.  Each year NCECA, National Conference of Educators in the Ceramic Arts, hosts an annual convergence that attracts as many as 4,000 artists, professionals and students. This year's conference in Philadelphia opens Tuesday, March 30 and continues through Saturday, April 2. The gallery's focus @ the expo is on American Studio Pottery featuring an in-depth collection by emerging and established potters from across the country. Bernadette Curran, PA David Eichelberger, NE Kristen Kieffer, MA Michael Kline, NC Michael McCarthy, MA Brooke Noble, NY Deborah Schwartzkopf, WA Mark Shapiro, MA Sam Taylor, MA Shoko Teruyama, NC Kurt Weiser, AZ OPENING RECEPTION: 5 :30 to 7:00pm on Tuesday, March 30 HOURS: Wednesday, March 31, 9:00am-5:00pm Thursday, April 1, 9:00am-7:00pm Friday, April 2, 9:00am-5:00pm LOCATION: Adjacent to the Convention Center Philadelphia Marriott Downtown Liberty Ballroom, Salons A & B 1201 Market Street Philadelphia Click Here for Link to NCECA page on FerrinGallery.com ONVIEW: The Hemaphrodites @ Wexler Gallery The Hermaphrodites: Living In Two Worlds Group show of ceramic sculpture curated by Leslie Ferrin Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA RECEPTION: First Friday, April 2 from 5-8 pm Chris Antemann Christie Brown Beth Cavener Stitchter Cynthia Consentino Anne Drew Potter Judy Fox Gerit Grimm Bridget Harper Sergei Isupov Myungjin Kim Dana Major Kanovitz Matt Nolen Kelly Garrett Rathbone Dirk Staschke Tip Toland Jason Walker Kurt Weiser Red Weldon Sandlin Irina Zaytceva Image caption: Tip Toland, Tender Flood, stoneware, paint, chalk pastel, 9 x 39 x 14 inches Click Here to Link to HERMAPHRODITES on FerrinGallery.com ONVIEW @ M�tter Museum CORPOREAL MANIFESTATIONS Mütter Museum, College of Physicians of Philadelphia 19 South 22nd Street RECEPTION: First Friday, April 2 from 5:30-7 pm GALLERY TALK: Saturday, April 3 from 3-5 pm Corporeal Manifestations is a unique collaboration between the Mütter Museum and curator Sasha K. Reibstein, Assistant Professor of Art, Director of Ceramics Palomar College, which highlights artists who create traditional ceramic figurative work by exploring the psychology of our biological existence. Image caption: Sergei Isupov, Halfway, 2008, porcelain, 16 x 20 x 9 inches Click Here for a Link to the Mutter Museum Online CONFERENCE PRESENTATION LECTURE: Selling Out "How do you Sell Out without Selling Out?" Friday, April 2, 2:30-3:30 pm Ballroom A Philadlephia Convention Center Leslie Ferrin provides a visual tour of contemporary ceramic artwork on view in commercial settings with an amusing tour of gallery artists and their "sell out" stories along the way. Click Here for a Link to NCECA and the Schedule of Events