Ceramicist Michael Corney to Speak January 10, 2009

In conjunction with the exhibit “Innovation and Change: Great Ceramics from the Ceramics Research Center, Arizona State University Art Museum Collection,” ceramicist Michael Corney will present an artist talk on Saturday, January 10 at 11:30 am at the Las Cruces Museum of Art. The exhibition will run through January 24 and includes work by Mr. Corney.

Michael Corney is a studio artist and has taught at the University of New Mexico. He is currently living in Albuquerque, NM. He received his BFA from California State University, Fullerton and his MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He has been an Artist in Residence at Cleveland Institute of Art, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, and the California College of Arts and Crafts.

Michael received an individual Artist Fellowship Grant from the Idaho State Commission on the Arts and his work is included in numerous public and private collections including the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, the Racine Art Museum and the Boise Art Museum.

“Innovation and Change: Great Ceramics from the Ceramics Research Center, Arizona State University Art Museum Collection” highlights seventy-nine masterworks by many of the leading international artists of our time, offering a panoramic survey of the potential of clay as an expressive art form. The showing here in Las Cruces is part of a ten city national tour over a three year period.

All exhibits and receptions at the Museum of Art, located at 491 N. Main St. in the downtown mall, are accessible and free to the public. For more information about exhibits and Studio Programs art classes, please call 575-541-2137 or visit the website http://museums.las-cruces.org