Clay in Color

By Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy and Alex AndersonArts Visual Arts Design

Clay in Color episodes

August 24, 2021 On Becoming a Future Ancestor with Salvador Jimenez-Flores
Today on Clay in Color, we chat with Salvador Jimenez-Flores. He creates humorous and anthropomorphic ceramic sculptures that argue for a better future for the Latinx community in the US and protest oppression. In our interview, we talk about the challenges of being an immigrant in the US for Jimenez-Flores and living within a double-consciousness, and how art became the tool to express himself when words failed. We also discuss his path towards becoming a professor, community leader, and future ancestor for other artists of color. Furthermore, he underscores the importance of representation in academics and museum collections
42 min
August 18, 2021 The Propaganda of Rococo Ceramics and Cuteness with Emily Yong Beck
Today on Clay in Color we chat with Emily Yong Beck. She creates hand-built vessels based on historical ceramics and sculptures of popular cartoons. In our interview we talk about the fallacy of the Rococo as the pinnacle of sophistication and how porcelain's charged history is often ignored. We also discuss the cuteness of Japanese Kawaii as a tool of propaganda and experiencing cartoons as an adult with a critical lens. Furthermore, she tells us about moving past her painting phase and committing to ceramics.
42 min
August 13, 2021 Clay in Color Season 1 Trailer
Join curator Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy and ceramic artist Alex Anderson as they discuss the aesthetics of optimism in contemporary ceramics. Humor, cuteness, and the decorative will be jumping off points for conversations with young professionals of color who are shaping the field today.
2 min

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Join curator Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy and ceramic artist Alex Anderson as they discuss the aesthetics of optimism in contemporary ceramics. Humor, cuteness, and the decorative will be jumping off…