Ceramics explored at UICA exhibit

Currently on exhibit at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts Front Street Gallery is “Mergence and Abundance: Alternating Personalities in Clay,” by artists Daniel Bare and Valerie Zimany.

Bare is an instructor of ceramics and ceramics technician at Grand Valley State University and Zimany, his fiancé, currently teaches at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. Both artists recently returned to the U.S. after extended residencies in Asia.

The exhibition centers on utilizing the ceramic vessel to challenge visual perceptions, as well as what defines ceramics as a material and as a concept.
The exhibit runs through May 11.

For more information call the UICA at (616) 454-700.