The
Robert Turner Student Gallery is managed exclusively
by students. Past shows include large-scale paintings,
study- abroad photo exhibit, mixed media installation,
sophomore ceramic work and electronic media.
Scholes
Library today serves as an international resource
for information on the art, science, technology, and
history of ceramics and glass, and its collections
of print and nonprint material on photography, art
history, contemporary art, electronic media, glass
art, and sculpture are outstanding. Current holdings
include 100,000 bound volumes, 60,000 government research
reports, 160,000 slides, and a variety of other materials.
The Robert R. McComsey Career
Development Center provides a variety of
career development services and job search resources
for Alfred students and alumni, including special
programs and services designed for the needs of
artists. For more information, visit the CDC
website.
The Paul Vickers
Gardner Glass Center was established
to to establish an environment of historical significance
within the College that will serve as an entree
for external visitors.
The National Casting
Facility has been established
to provide the ability to create large-scale cast
glass and metal sculpture. Students will be able
to use stainless steel and other metals that require
an induction-type furnace.
The Schein
Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art provides extensive research
materials, study collections, and exhibits. This
Museum houses nearly 8,000 ceramic and glass objects,
ranging from small pottery shards recovered from
ancient civilizations to contemporary sculpture
and installation pieces to advanced ceramics reflecting
the cutting edge of ceramic technology. The museum
is a teaching and research facility with an established
yearly lecture series: The Schein-Joseph International
Museum of Ceramic Art established the Dorothy
Wilson Perkins Ceramic History Lecture Series
in 1998, thanks to a generous endowment gift to
the Museum by Dr. Lyle Perkins (BFA Alfred '39;
MFA Alfred '47) in memory of his wife, Dr. Dorothy
Wilson Perkins (BFA Alfred '39).
The Dorothy Wilson Perkins Lectures. |
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| 1998 |
Garth Clark |
"Between a Toilet and
a Hard Place: Is the Ceramic Avant Guard Contradiction
in Terms |
| 1999 |
Susan Peterson |
"Faux and Real Folk Art: the Story
of Mingei" |
| 2000 |
Leopold Foulem |
"Ceramic Paradigms and Paradigms for
Ceramics" |
| 2001 |
Paul Greenhalgh |
"Social Complexity and the Historiography
of Ceramic" |
| 2002 |
Elaine Levin |
"Marguerite Wildenhain: Inspirational
and Passionate About Her Craft" |
| 2003 |
Louise Allison Cort |
"Crawling through Mud: Avant-garde
Ceramics in Postwar Japan " |
| 2004 |
Peter Schjeldahl |
"Marginal Powers: Ceramics and the
Art World" |
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