Shattered by Shoji Satake Opening
The next Juliet Art Museum artist-in-residence is ceramicist Shoji Satake, an Associate Professor in the School of Art & Design at WVU and Coordinator of the School’s Ceramics in China program. He has served in an endowed position at WVU for 17 years running their prestigious ceramics program. In addition to teaching, he maintains an active studio practice with locations in West Virginia and Jingdezhen, China. Satake has a long history with the Juliet, having exhibited here three times since 2014. After the exhibition opens in July, he will lead a gallery talk and a ceramics workshop.
This residency and exhibit are presented with support from the Bernard H. & Blanche E. Jacobson Foundation, Charles & Mary Fayne Glotfelty Foundation, Daywood Foundation, Elliot Family Foundation, Fund for the Arts, and Herscher Foundation, Inc.
The Clay Center’s performing and visual arts offerings are presented with financial assistance from the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture, and History, and the National Endowment for the Arts, with approval from the West Virginia Commission on the Arts.