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[PAST EVENT] Hiroe Hanazono Ceramics Exhibition
Location
Swem Library, Special Collections Research Center, 1st floor400 Landrum Dr
Williamsburg, VA 23185Map this location
Access & Features
- Free food
- Open to the public
Join us for the opening reception for an exhibit featuring the works of ceramics artist Hiroe Hanazono, who has been an artist-in-residence in the Art and & Art History department for Fall 2023. The exhibit, located in the 1st floor Rotunda, will run from November 30-December 14. Opening reception to take place in lobby of Special Collections. Light refreshments will be provided.
About the artist
Hiroe Hanazono, a native of Japan, received her BA in Spatial Art and Ceramics from California State University, Hayward California in 2003, and her MFA in Ceramics from the School of Art, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio in 2008.
She has been invited to participate in numerous prestigious artist-in-residency programs, a few of which include the Archie Bray Foundation, The International Ceramic Research Center in Denmark and The Clay Studio in Philadelphia where she was awarded the 2008-2009 Evelyn Shapiro Foundation Fellowship. She produces highly designed functional tableware in her Philadelphia home studio. As well as her thriving practice, Hanazono teaches a variety of ceramics classes in New York City and in the Philadelphia region.
Contact
Jennie Davy, [[jadavy]]