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Northern Galleries Announces “Many Windows, Many Worlds” Opening Exhibition - Minnesota Based Kevin Flicker, Featured Artist
Released August 19, 2008
(ABERDEEN,
SD) Ceramics, from Minnesota based artist Kevin Flicker, will open
show the “Many Windows, Many Worlds” 2008-09 Northern Galleries
exhibitions at Northern State University. “Kevin Flicker: Recent
Works,” will open on Mon, Aug. 25, and will be on display until Oct.
10, in the Student Center Gallery on the NSU campus.
The inspiration for “Many Windows, Many Worlds” came from a painting
by Mario Kiran, University of South Dakota, who will be showing at
Northern from Feb. 2 - Apr 3, 2009,” said Dr. Bill Hoar, Director of
the Northern Galleries.
Flicker, who joined the faculty at the University of Minnesota
Morris (UMM) in 1987, teaches a variety of ceramic courses. He has
exhibited his work throughout the upper Midwest, and was awarded the
Distinguished Teaching Award from the College of Continuing
Education in 2001. In the summer of 2003, along with a group of
current and former students, he built UMM’s first wood fired kiln
capable of firing stoneware and porcelain.
Flicker’s pieces have many inspirations. “It is difficult to name
all the influences on my work. In a sense all the pots I have ever
seen have touched me for better or worse. Certainly Korean and
Japanese folk pottery, especially Karatsu pots, have been pivotal.
Native American pots have also left a strong mark,” writes Flicker.
“I must also acknowledge the rich heritage of functional Minnesota
stoneware, particularly during the last half-century. I am
especially indebted to my good friend and mentor Richard Bresnahan
for sharing his passion for clay and life itself.”
“In Kevin Flicker’s pieces we see a world where both elemental
approaches to pottery making and noble cultural traditions are
celebrated,” said Hoar.
The public is invited to view Flicker’s ceramics in the Student
Center Gallery which is located on the second floor of the NSU
Student Center.
About Northern State University
Northern State University is a premier residential institution characterized by outstanding instruction, extraordinary community relations, and unparalleled extracurricular opportunities. In August of 2007 NSU was named by US News and World Report as one of the best undergraduate public institutions in the Midwest. For more information about NSU, visit our Web site at www.northern.edu.
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