Artworks Exhibit Features Works of Jen Gandee For 2025 Ceramics Takeover
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WHEELING -- Artworks is pleased to be part of Ceramics Take Over Wheeling for 2025, kicking off this weekend.
For the third year, the Gallery will host a guest artist in the Studio Gallery. West Virginia native Jen Gandee will be exhibiting and selling her ceramic pieces for the remainder of February and during all of March.
A reception will open the show on from 5:30-8 p.m. today, Friday, Feb. 21, at Artworks in Centre Market. The party is free and open to the public.
Gandee grew up in WestVirginia. In 1996, she earned a BFA in Ceramics, followed by an MFA from Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts in 2008. During this time period, she developed a line of functional ceramic work which was sold widely at national craft shows, gallery venues and studio sales. She is currently an adjunct assistant professor of art at LeMoyne College and Cayuga Community College. She owns the Gandee Gallery in Fabius, N.Y.
"When working as a potter, I want to create objects that are useful and enhance domestic life," she said. Her pots are generally thrown and hand built with a slab of porcelain clay. After an initial bisque firing, she glazes the pieces and fires them to 2,260 degrees. She selects her subjects from her own photographs, which she manipulates digitally. These images are put onto special decal paper refining them with a laser printer.
For a full list of the many events taking place throughout the area as part of the third annual Ceramics Take Over Wheeling, visit online at www.ceramicstakeoverwheeling.com.