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October 2011 Newsletter

Indigo Street Pottery Newsletter

Welcome to our monthly newsletter! It is part of our website indigostreetpottery.com , which you can browse from this page if you click on the subjects in the header. We write here about our studio, arts events, projects, studios of our friends, garden musings, and whatever else strikes our fancy. Hope you enjoy it!

August 13, 2011: 2011 Annual Art Auction, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass, Colorado www.andersonranch.org

May of 2012: Jeff Reich and Farraday Newsome, 2-person exhibition, Plinth Gallery, Denver, Colorado http://plinthgallery.com/

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December 2016 Newsletter

Indigo Street Pottery Newsletter

Welcome to our monthly newsletter! It is part of our website indigostreetpottery.com, which you can browse from this page if you click on the subjects in the header. We write here about our studio, arts events, projects, studios of our friends and garden musings.

September 30 - December 31, 2016: Tempe Center for the Arts 2016 Juried Biennial: CLAY, Tempe, Arizona

November 12 - December 31, 2016: Artist Invitation Simple Cup Show 2016, Kobo Gallery, Seattle, Washington

November 14 - December 8, 2016: The Art of Tea, Yavapai College Art Gallery, Verde Campus, Clarkdale, Arizona

December 3-4 & 10-11, 2016: Indigo Street Pottery 2016 Holiday Studio Sale, Saturdays 10am- 4pm, Sundays 12pm - 4pm, at our home studio

January - February 2017: Jeff Reich and Farraday Newsome, Arc Contemporary Fine Art, Cottonwood, Arizona

February 9 - March 2, 2017: Mudworks XXVII, a show of artists participating in the ASU Art Museum Ceramic Research Center’s 16h Annual Ceramic Studio Tour, Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, Arizona. Opening reception February 9 at 6:30pm

February 25 & 26, 2017, 10am - 5pm: ASU Art Museum Ceramic Research Center’s 16h Annual Ceramic Studio Tour. Indigo Street Pottery will once again be a host site with guest artists Jesse Armstrong and Rob Kolhouse

Indigo Street Pottery Calendar

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2016 Tempe Center for the Arts Juried Biennial : CLAY

Farraday Newsome, Luminous Night, glazed terra cotta, 22 x 14 x 14”, 2015

Farraday Newsome, Murmurous Night, glazed terra cotta, 18 x 13 x 12”, 2015

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The 2016 TCA Juried Biennial: CLAY is currently showing at The Gallery at Tempe Center for the Arts. This exhibition was juried by Peter Held, art appraiser/consultant, Garth Johnson, curator at Arizona State Art Museum Ceramic Research Center, and Patsy Cox, artist and outgoing NCECA (National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts) president. Jeff Reich and Farraday Newsome each have work in the show. To see a list of participating artists and a photo of each artist’s work, click here.

Where: Tempe Center for the Arts, 700 West Rio Salado Parkway, Tempe, Arizona

When: September 30 - December 31, 2016

Jeff Reich, Interwoven Fields, stoneware, 33 x 18 x 18”, 2015

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The Art of Tea, Yavapai College Verde Art Gallery Clarkdale, Arizona

Jeff Reich and Farraday Newsome each have work in exhibition The Art of Tea currently on display at the Yavapai College Verde Art Gallery in Clarkdale, Arizona. The show was curated by gallery director Bennett Roti http://www.benroti.com, whose work is also featured in the show.

Where: Yavapai College Verde Art Gallery, 601 South Black Hills Drive, Bldg. F-105, Clarkdale, AZ 86324 http://www.yc.edu/v5content/art-galleries/

When: November 14 - December 8, 2016

Jeff Reich, Shifting Fields, stoneware, 15 x 9 x 10”, 2008

Farraday Newsome, Light Blue Teapot with Oranges and Yellow Birds, glazed terra cotta, 10 x 14 x 10”, 2014

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10th Annual Simple Cup Invitational Show

Kobo Gallery, Seattle OR

Farraday Newsome, White Cup with Aspen Leaves, glazed terra cotta, 4 x 6 x 4.5”, 2016

Farraday Newsome, Tall Cup with Oranges on White, glazed terra cotta, 5.5 x 6 x 4”, 2016

Farraday Newsome has cups in the Tenth Anniversary Simple Cup Invitational 2016 at Kobo Gallery in Seattle. This year ten curators chose five artists each. Farradaywas invited by ceramic artist Carol Gouthro http://www.carolgouthro.com, whose cups are also in the exhibition.

The show is a collaboration between KOBO Gallery and Seward Park Clay Studio. KOBO opened in 1995 and features the functional work of both Japanese and Pacific Northwest artists. www.koboseattle.com

Seward Park Clay Studio has been an important element in the Northwest's visual arts community since 1969. The studio serves more than 5000 people each year through classes, workshops and lecture series. they also have annual sales and collaborative shows with local galleries.

www.sewardparkart.org

Where: KOBO Gallery, Seattle, Washington

When: November 12 through the end of the year

In this Issue

1. Indigo Street Pottery Calendar

2. 2016 Indigo Street Pottery Holiday Sale 2016

3. Tempe Center for the Arts Juried Biennial: CLAY

4. Simple Cup Show, KOBO Gallery, Seattle

5. The Art of Tea, Yavapai College Art Gallery, Clarkdale, Arizona

6. 16th Annual ASU Ceramic Studio Tour

7. BOOMbaby Profile Article by Liz Merritt

2016 Indigo Street Pottery

Holiday Sale

We have new birds-on-a-wire! These popular items are glazed terra cotta birds epoxied to solid copper wire & meant for putting in the yard or a planter or whatever you dream up! $30 each, as always.

This year’s Indigo Street Pottery Holiday Studio Sale will once again be held the first two weekends of December:

Saturday, December 3 10am - 4pm

Sunday, December 4 12pm-4pm

Saturday, December 10 10am - 4pm

Sunday, December 11 12pm - 4pm

Where: 6931 E. Indigo St., Mesa AZ 85207 For driving directions, click here!

Our Holiday Studio Sale is always set up in our studio workspace and our showroom. We hope you can come by to enjoy the art, our native landscaping and kitchen garden, hot coffee and a snack. We will have beautiful work in a wide price range, with items from under $50 on up to collector range. We are delighted that you make time to visit. It gives us a chance to catch up with how you’ve been this past year. Garden tours for the asking!

There is always a mixture of work by Farraday Newsome and by Jeff Reich in our year-around showroom. There will be a large selection of various-sized plates, bowls, cups, tiles, small and large sculptures, as well as oil and acrylic paintings by both of us.

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16th Annual ASU Art Museum Ceramic Studio Tour

This will be Indigo Street Pottery’s fifteenth year as a host site for the Arizona State University Art Museum’s annual free, self-guided Ceramic Studio Tour. Studio ceramists across the Valley will open their studios to hundreds of visitors for the 2-day tour.

Indigo Street Pottery, Studio #14 on the map, will feature artwork and demonstrations by studio hosts Farraday Newsome and Jeff Reich, former Director of Ceramics at the Mesa Arts Center, along with two guest artists: Jesse Armstrong, Director of Ceramics at the Mesa Arts Center http://www.jessearmstrongart.com Rob Kolhouse, Artist-in-Residence at the Mesa Arts Center http://www.kolhouse.com.

When: February 25 & 26, 2016; 10am - 5pm each day

Where: 17 sites throughout the Phoenix metropolitan area, including Phoenix, Tempe, Mesa, Gilbert, and Scottsdale.

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BOOMbaby: Jeff Reich and Farraday Newsome Profile Article by Liz Merritt

Merritt’s article can be read in its entirety by clicking on the link at the end of the excerpt.

Artful Aging

Artists Bring Healthy Aging Into Focus

Nov 18, 2016 | By Liz Merritt

Jeff Reich and Farraday Newsome have sculpted a life at 50+ that many would envy.

They are renowned contemporary ceramic artists and lecturers whose work is widely exhibited in galleries, museums and public art collections throughout the United States.

They live and work side-by-side in their sprawling Southwest art studio, surrounded by the desert flora that has inspired their exquisite artistry, organic gardens, and nature trails humming with wildlife.

CREATIVE ENERGY

Despite their professional successes, this husband-and-wife team emits a peaceful vibe that comes from a lifetime of creative work, as well as a contagious energy fueled by their passion for healthy aging.

“I want to be surrounded by people who are energetic and passionate about life,” says Reich. “You choose how your respond to your circumstances in life. And in aging, I believe mindset is key.”

It wasn’t always this way. At 55, Reich’s healthy awakening dawned five years ago when he turned 50...

To read more, click: http://boombaby.me/artful-aging/

We were recently interviewed by Arizona writer Liz Merritt for an article on her website http://boombaby.me . Liz created this website to educate and inspire positive attitudes and healthy lifestyles in the context of aging. She specifically targets the Boomer generation, but her thoughts and insights are useful to all ages.

Merritt writes:

“BOOMbaby is the product of a lifetime of experiences, acquired wisdom, and the insane realization that we are marching toward what society would dictate is the terminal point of our highly productive careers... BOOMbaby is dedicated to the active lifestyles, health, nutrition and vitality of the 50+ generation. It’s a place where adventurous Baby Boomers go to share their stories, triumphs, adventures, experiences, and more. We are determined to age healthfully and unapologetically as we explore the second half of our lives.”

Our annual holiday studio sale is coming up soon! Here are a few small new works by Jeff Reich and Farraday Newsome that will be available. The sale will, as always, be the first two weekends of December. Dates, times and location below!

During the sale, we also transform our studio into more display space.

Jeff Reich recently fired a new series of rectangular trays, some of which include a cloud motif along with his botanical drawings and textural color fields. These tray are glazed stoneware, 11x 7 x 1”, 2016.

Farraday Newsome, Bramblefruit Nest, glazed terra cotta, 4 x 17.5 x 12”, 2016

This photo from a past year shows how we also transform our studio into a show area!

Jeff Reich, Agave Fields series, glazed stoneware, 12 x 14 x 13”, 2016

Farraday Newsome, Night Orchard Jar, glazed terra cotta, 8 x 7.5 x 7.5”, formed 2012/glazed 2016