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Regis Master Series
REGIS MASTERS SERIES
The Regis Masters Series honors senior artists who have had a major impact on the development of 20th century - now 21st century - ceramics. The selected artists from this country and abroad, receive an honorarium, participate in an exhibition at NCC, and deliver a lecture about their life and times. In doing so, they add to the limited stock of oral history of a senior generation of ceramic artists.In 2004, NCC published Clay Talks, stories from the edited transcripts of the first 13 lectures and reunions, with color and black & white illustrations.
The Regis Masters Series is made possible by a generous grant from the Regis Foundation. The lectures are co-sponsored by The Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
2010 REgis Masters reunion
2010 Regis Masters Food and Wine Event
Friday, October 15, 2010The McKnight Foundation
Ticket price: $125
Call 612-339-8007 to register
2010 Regis Masters Reunion Roundtable
Sunday, October 17, 2010, 12:30 – 2 pm and 2:30 – 4 pmMinneapolis Institute of Arts
Admission: Free (on first come first serve basis)
Following the 20th anniversary version of the American Pottery Festival we will keep the good and interesting times going with a special weekend in October.
Regis Reunion
The birthday party will tickle your toes—the Regis Reunion will tickle your mind. As part of our look back at both the field and NCC, we have invited all the Regis Masters who are still with us to return for the 20th birthday party and two reunion roundtable discussions, similar to the two earlier versions that delighted everyone who heard them. Sixteen of the 23 Regis Masters have been invited to return; as of print date, nine had indicated they planned to attend. They include: Nino Caruso (2004), William Daley (1998), Warren MacKenzie (1997), Janet Mansfield (2002), John Mason (2005), James Melchert (1998), Ron Meyers (2008), Don Reitz (2007), and Patti Warashina (2009).
Our current plan is to schedule two discussions, beginning at 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm, on Sunday, October 17, each running an hour and a half, with a half-hour break in between. These will take place in the Pillsbury Auditorium at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2400 Third Avenue in Minneapolis. Tickets will be free, on a first-come, first-serve basis. (Both discussions will be taped, and made available later on the Internet.) As were the first roundtable discussions, these will be informal conversations among the participants and with the audience about old questions and new issues in the clay world, about long lives and creative work, and the need to keep creating. We expect a full house, so we advise arriving early to the MIA. Many of the Masters plan to attend the birthday party, so you will have a chance to talk with them informally there as well.
On Friday, October 15, NCC will honor the returning Masters at a special food and wine tasting event. This event is designed to be a small fundraiser; tickets will be $125 per person. Space is very limited, so we advise early reservations. The event will take place at the offices of the McKnight Foundation, overlooking the Mississippi River and the Stone Arch Bridge.
Whatever events strike your fancy—join us to celebrate 20 years of showing, teaching, and making ceramic work, and the potters, artists, teachers, students, volunteers, collectors and users, board members, staff and funders who have made it all happen.
Previous Honorees
1997 – 1998
Rudy AutioBill Daley
Ruth Duckworth
Ken Ferguson
Karen Karnes
Warren MacKenzie
James Melchert
1999
Stephen De StaeblerPeter Voulkos
Betty Woodman
2000
Jack EarlRobert Turner
Eva Zeisel
2001
Tatsuzo Shimaoka2002
Janet Mansfield2003
Gutte Eriksen2004
Nino Caruso2005
John MasonVal Cushing