Armstrong's
150 East 3rd St.
Pomona, CA 91766
909 623 6464
fax 909 629 1067
www.armstronggallery.net

EXHIBITIONS: JULY - SEPTEMBER 2010

EXHIBITIONS: MAY - JUNE 2010

MARCH - APRIL 2010
EXHIBITIONS: FEBRUARY 2009- APRIL 2009

February 10 – April 4, 2009
Receptions: Saturday February 14, 6 - 9pm
Saturday March 14, 6 - 9pm

Patchwork

Armstrong’s announces “Patchwork”, a ceramic group show featuring Bennett Bean, Thomas Hoadley, Beverly Crist, Geoffrey Swindell, Peter Kuentzel, Coeleen Kiebert and Nick Bernard. “Patchwork” displays works of a variety of patterns, textures and colors. Each artist brings their own unique inspiration and process of piecing together different visual elements to create striking and distinctive ceramic pieces. The exhibit will run from Tuesday February 10 through Saturday April 4, 2009.

Bennett Bean is known for his fired-on glazes and added painted decoration after firing to the clay surface, creating complex and overlapping patterns. He also frequently applies his signature gold leaf inside his vessels.

Thomas Hoadley creates spectacular porcelain vessels using the ancient technique of nerikomi, creating patterns with colored clay. Natural and delicate patterns are created through his masterful, sometimes magical manipulation of the clay.

Beverly Crist creates slab constructed pieces using cut patterns like a dressmaker would make a dress. These thin, slab cut patterns are decorated with ceramic glazes and often incorporate glaze painting.

Geoffrey Swindell’s small, miniature scale porcelain vessels are inspired by a wide variety of sources including aviation, aerospace, and nature.

Peter Kuntzel’s raku sculpture wall pieces display his curiosity of form, texture, pattern, and color. He uses very distinctive shapes creating sharp, geometric forms and lines.

Nicholas Bernard’s pieces are thrown with white earthenware clay strengthened with grog. Handles are often added and decorations to his pieces include slip or oxides. Some pieces are fired several times in order to attain the precise color and texture.
DECEMBER 2008 - JANUARY 2009

 

The Pomona Tea Party

 December 6, 2008 to January 21, 2009
Reception & Tea Ceremony: Saturday, December 13, 2008 6 – 9 pm
Art Walk: Saturday, January 10, 2009 6 – 9 pm

 Armstrong's is pleased to announce an exhibition and holiday sale. "The Pomona Tea Party" will feature sculptural and functional works of art from the renowned ceramic artists from all over the United States featuring tea pots and tea bowls from such highly skilled ceramic artists as Don Reitz, Philip Cornelius, Tom and Elaine Coleman, Fong Choo, Porntip Sangvanich, Steven Hill, William Waters, Yoshiro Ikeda, Glenn Grishkoff, Patrick Horsley and many more.

The traditional Japanese tea ceremony is a religious and social event along with an essential concentration on aesthetics. The tea bowl used for this ceremony embodies beauty, dignity, cleanliness, and humbleness. Traditional Japanese tea ceremony bowls in ceramic arts has gone through many changes over time and in Western culture ceramists started challenging themselves to create art works extending to this tradition.

"Untitled Green Tea Set"
Porntip Sangvanich

Artists bring new life to Japanese convention while showing off their own artistic expression and style as well as pushing the boundaries of what a tea pot or bowl can be or look like. Changes include materials used, firing techniques and an overall breakaway from traditional styles while still acknowledging conventional thinking about the tea bowl and its original purpose and meaning in Japanese culture.

 In celebration of this prominent event, a special demonstration of the traditional Japanese tea ceremony will take place in the gallery on Saturday, December 13, 2008. The event will run from 6 to 9 p.m. There will be a raffle for patrons to participate in this Japanese tea ceremony demonstration. A raffle ticket will be given to every person who purchases items from the gallery on Saturday, December 13, 2008. This exceptional event will bring the aesthetic concept of harmony, which is the heart of traditional Japanese culture.


"Teapots" Fong Choo		 Art lovers and enthusiasts are invited to join Armstrong's in this informative and special event filled with tea and conversation. "The Pomona Tea Party" will show a variety of ceramic tea pot and bowl styles, from formal to whimsical, that display all the artists' expertise and unique techniques of the celebrated and distinguished ceramic medium.

Armstrong's is located at 150 East 3rd Street Pomona, Calif., 91766. The gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday 9 a.m. to 4: 30 p.m. and every second Saturday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Gallery reception and tea party will be held on December 13 and January 10 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. These two open events are free to the public.
OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 7 - November 29, 2008
Receptions:
Saturday October 11, 6 - 9pm
Saturday November 8, 6 - 9pm

Jeff Whyman: Vitrified Existence

Armstrong’s announces its up-coming exhibition: “Jeff Whyman: Vitrified Existence.” This show will display works from the talented and highly skilled ceramic artist, Jeff Whyman. “Vitrified Existence” will run from Tuesday, October 7 through Saturday, November 29.

Whyman’s work displays a variety of sculptural forms completed with wood-fired, glazing surface techniques. Wood-firing is known for its lengthy, labor intensive process but the results are incredible and stunning. The wood-firing technique creates astounding and distinctive surfaces, which would be unattainable with any other firing method.

Whyman’s work is about the beauty, wonder and majesty of our daily life. The clay, the earth, the sun, the minerals, the colors of our transitions and the eternal process of our existence is all a part of his galactic expressions in the permanency of fired ceramic vessels. Whyman is also a diver and his ceramic creations are reminiscent of the treasures found on the ocean floor.

The success and accomplishments of Jeff Whyman include numerous solo and group shows across the country. He also has many of his pieces in selected public collections including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Boca Raton, FL and the St. Louis Medical Center. Whyman received his B.F.A from the University of Miami and his M.F.A. from the University of California, Berkeley. He was also given the opportunity and privilege of working with the acclaimed ceramic artist, Peter Volkous, for many years.

 
AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2008

MAY - JULY 2008
APRIL - MAY 2008