LANCASTER, Pa. - The Phillips Museum of Art at Franklin & Marshall College feature "Clay as My Earth: Constructing Experiences in Nature," an exhibit of ceramics by Meredith Janeczek '07. The exhibit will be on display in the Sally Mather Gibson Curriculum Gallery April 24-May 12. An opening reception will take place on Wednesday, April 25 at 5:30 p.m.
Janeczek, a Philadelphia-area artist originally from Hershey, Pa., has put together an exhibit that is inspired by the beauty of the natural world. The featured pieces, created for an independent study course in the Fall of 2006, reflect techniques she mastered throughout her college career, and inspirations gathered from a lifetime affinity for all things natural. The works in the exhibit are divided by function, and are then linked by a theme within each collection. Among the collections are groups of vases, bowls, pitchers, teapots, platters and lidded jars. Each collection carries within it a theme of natural elements or textures.
Her pieces reflect a variety of elements – from dragonflies and frogs, to flowers, vines and fish. One series of platters reveals small scenes from Tuscany, while her pitchers are tall silhouettes with wide bases inspired by the work of Louis C. Tiffany. "Although each one of my ceramic pieces is inspired by an aspect of nature, clearly they are all also separate in the fact that they are each individual and unique," Janeczek writes. "So also are my memories, and the influences that the natural world has had on my life. Not only am I able to express my experiences and inspirations through the shapes of and images on my pottery, but I am able to do so with the natural element of clay itself. The clay comes from the earth, is painted with chemicals from the earth, and hardened with the natural element of fire. I am able to make my earth through crafting the materials to create a visual expression of my experiences with the natural world." For further information about this of these exhibit, please contact Carol Faill at 291-3879. The Phillips Museum of Art is open 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Tuesday-Friday; 12:30-4:30 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays throughout the academic year. The museum is closed on legal holidays. Admission is free and open to the public.
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