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Susan DeMay opens new exhibition in Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery

Posted by on Saturday, June 22, 2019 in News and Events.

Senior Principal Lecturer, Susan DeMay, has had a long career in ceramics in the Tennessee area and after  decades of teaching at Vanderbilt University she is preparing to retire.  What better way to celebrate her time with an exhibition of her work.

On view through September 9, 2019, Divergent Practices: A Career in Ceramics present three groups of work serving as examples of DeMay’s three branches of ceramics.

Described by Nashville Scene arts writer Laura Hutson Hunter,
“For this exhibit, she’ll present selections from three bodies of work: The first pieces were originally made for the classroom to demonstrate various techniques; the second set comes from the artist’s colorful production line; and the third group includes slab-constructed forms.”

Excerpt from the History of Art Blog (HART) by Fay Renardson.

At her closing artist talk, “Making and Teaching Ceramics: Not Just for Fun,” on August 9, DeMay will discuss her work and life, expanding on why making and teaching ceramics were not “just for fun”—a phrase she encountered often in her long and multifaceted career. The talk will begin at 5 pm in Cohen Memorial Hall, room 203, with a reception to follow in the atrium.

The Fine Arts Gallery is located in Cohen Memorial Hall at 1220 21st Avenue South, on the western edge of the Peabody College campus. Parking is available anywhere in Lot 95 on the Peabody campus, accessible from 21st Avenue South.

Gallery hours for the summer (now through August) are Tuesday-Friday, noon to 4 pm; Saturday, 1-5 pm; closed Sunday and Monday.

*Kinchi Fukumoto. Susan DeMay trimming a bowl in her studio at Peabody College, 35mm slide (reproduction), 1978.