Bartolomeo Cavaceppi
The sculptor Bartolomeo Cavaceppi (1716-1799) was perhaps the most important restorer of antiquities in Rome in the period of the Grand...
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Ceramics, Residencies, Exhibitions, Teaching & the Arts
2015 & 2020 NCECA International
Residency Award Partner
Lori-Ann Touchette
- May 19, 2020
- 1 min
“Split-Level Standards”: Kirstin Willders
The text that Kirstin Willders AIR 2019 chose for her show “Split-Level Standards” was the following: "The Camp sensibility is one that...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
- May 17, 2020
- 2 min
Reconstruction of a Polychrome Terracotta Temple Pediment
The Capitoline Museums contains the reconstruction of a polychrome terracotta temple pediment dated to the mid 2nd century BC)....
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Lori-Ann Touchette
- May 17, 2020
- 1 min
Meet Angela DiCosola
Happy birthday to Angela DiCosola AIR 2014. “Portals,Pathways & Perceptions” was the title of her final show. “The natural process of...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
- May 15, 2020
- 1 min
Etruscan Terracotta Heads
A series of Etruscan terracotta heads in the Vatican Museum come from a votive deposit in the sanctuary of Cerveteri. Dated to the 3rd...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
- May 15, 2020
- 1 min
Meet Ellie Tessa Godworth
For her show, Australian artist Ellie Tessa Godworth AIR 2015 chose the title: Line fo the Arch: Exploring Rudimentary Ceramics”. “Line...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
- May 13, 2020
- 1 min
Hut Ash Urns in Terracotta
The Proto-historical section of the Baths of Diocletian has an impressive number of hut ash urns in terracotta of the...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
- May 13, 2020
- 1 min
Meet Linda Lopez
“Things that once have been conjoined must remain ever afterwards.” -J.G. Linda Lopez AIR 2016 chose this quote to characterise her show...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
- May 13, 2020
- 1 min
“New Skin”: Patricia Leon Leon and Kirsten Stingle
Three years ago today was the opening of “New Skin”, the exhibition of Patricia Leon Leon (Ecuador) and Kirsten Stingle AIRs 2017. “Rome...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
- May 13, 2020
- 1 min
“Masterpieces of Antique Chinese Porcelain from the Shanghai Museum”
“Masterpieces of antique Chinese Porcelain from the Shanghai Museum” was an exhibition presented at Palazzo Venezia in 2016/17. The...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
- May 11, 2020
- 1 min
Terracotta Moulds
The subject of today’s post is terracotta moulds. In antiquity, moulds could be made of either terracotta or plaster. For small-scale...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
- May 11, 2020
- 1 min
Meet Philip Read
Canadian artist Philip Read AIR 2010 presented the work made during his residency in his show “Celtroma: In the Realm of the...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
- May 11, 2020
- 1 min
“Una Nota Che Non c’è”
The exhibition “Una nota che non c’è” at the Galleria De Crescenzo & Viesti in collaboration with Montrasio Arte (Monza e Milano) in the...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
- May 11, 2020
- 2 min
Meet Emily Rangel-Cascio
The show of Emily Rangel-Cascio AIR 2018 was entitled “PREDEFINED UNDERSTANDING”. My work focuses on the humble ability of pottery to...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
- May 8, 2020
- 1 min
Two Panathenaic Amphorae from Vulci
Two Panathenaic amphorae from Vulci are on display in the Vatican Museums. The earliest one is attributed to the Michigan painter and...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
- May 8, 2020
- 1 min
Meet JoAnn Schnabel
JoAnn Schnabel AIR 2015 entitled her show “Ornament”. “In my artwork many of my pieces are reminiscent of a certain time or place for me,...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
- May 6, 2020
- 1 min
Meet Darien Arikoski-Johnson
For his show “Altered Antiquity", "the works Darien Arikoski-Johnson AIR 2015 created at C.R.E.T.A Rome utilize both physical and...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
- May 6, 2020
- 1 min
“Rubbish Heaps”
“Rubbish heaps” are the equivalent of treasure troves for archaeologists, with pottery providing chronological markers and also evidence...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
- May 6, 2020
- 1 min
Meet Rong Sheng
For Chinese artist Rong Sheng AIR 2019, “Ceramic clay apparently is digging out from earth. From an ceramic artist’s point of view, clay...
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Lori-Ann Touchette
- May 6, 2020
- 1 min
"Giuseppe Tucci"
The Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale "Giuseppe Tucci" in Rome was an extraordinary collection of Asian art founded in 1957. Until 2017,...
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