Disclaimer

The following was presented as a collection of phrases and/or quotes from Critical: Santa Fe. If I have

misidentified a source, I would be more than happy to correct the mistake.

These slides were presented to high school students from various art classes (not only ceramics) at Chase County High School (Cottonwood Falls, KS). My intent was to

promote discussion of the ideas and themes presented at the Symposium, and to invite the students to play an active part in the presentation/discussion itself.

Critical Santa FeCommunity Presentation

Kris RobertsNCECA Ambassador

Art is like love: beauty is felt before it is thought.

Howard Risatti

The harshest critiques are from ourselves.

Roberta Smith

Judgment is most meaningful when seen as least important.

Art is not triage… Judgment in art is not as important as judgment when driving.

Glen Brown

Why should art be a problem, when life is enough of a problem?

Donald Kuspit

Some interpretations are better than others; they open, not close, conversations.

Terry Barrett

The best critique considers issues important to artists.

Tanya Harrod

Gallery owners are artists, using other work as their medium.

Linda Durham

The material of ceramics is not clay, but time.

Paul Mathieu

Clay > Ceramic > Ceramics as

Wood > Paper > Photography

Paul Mathieu

Ceramics is the poor sister in art.

Howard Risatti