Spears Gallery Events

Live…..from Nashville (Indiana) it’s……..our new and improved web site! Thanks to our web designer for creating this new look for our work! You will notice several changes….and now, (finally) pieces for sale online! Hoping you enjoy the new site! (And thanks for taking your time to look!)We am currently getting ready for “Clay Day”; Saturday, August 1, at our gallery in southern Indiana (hands-on day with raku firing), then off to the juried art shows…..listed below….again, feel free to let us know how you like the site, join our mailing list, and create your entry in the new blog section!

Fall/Winter 2009 Fine Art/Craft Show Schedule

August 7-9, 2009; Uptown Art Fair; Minneapolis, Minnesota

August 29-30, 2009; Art In Speed Park ; Sellersburg, Indiana

September 5-6, 2009; Fourth Street Art Festival; Bloomington, Indiana

September 12, 2009; Penrod Art Fair; Indianapolis, Indiana

September 25-27, 2009; TACA ( Tennessee Arts & Craft Association); Nashville, Tennessee

October 4, 2009; Hyde Park Art Fair; Cincinnati, Ohio

November 7-8, 2009; WNC Pottery Festival; Dillsboro, North Carolina

November 13-15, 2009; Local Clay Pottery Show and Sale ; Bloomington, Indiana

December 5-6, 2009; Spears Gallery Holiday Open House; Nashville, Indiana

Hope to see you……somewhere!

Thanks for visiting the site and this blog. As the leaves begin to change (very early this year), I am working on changes of my own with new glaze recipes and continuing the other faves of mine too.

The new micro-crystalline glaze body of work creates a fusion of cool colors and textures, with subtle crystal growth throughout the pieces. Hoping you will enjoy this new series of work…let me know! New work will be for sale online, exhibited at the fall art shows, and displayed at my gallery. Hoping to see you! And, thanks for taking your time to look and comment!

Larry & Jan

The leaves are down and the sunlight twinkles across the hay fields, dancing on the frost. The holidays are fast approaching and we are gearing up for our annual Holiday Open House. This year, on Saturday, December 5 and Sunday, December 6, the gallery will be full of many new works in stoneware and porcelain pottery.

Larry has been busy tweaking his newest glaze recipes; multi-layered micro-crystalline ash glazes and continuing with some of his signature glaze palettes, all applied to his thrown and altered forms. Lots of new pots for the winter season.

The photographer, Kyle Spears, will have a selection of new images on hand - Urban Insights: New York, from a fall 2009 excursion.

Hoping you can find your way “over the river and through the woods” to join us for our Holiday Open House. Light refreshments will be available…..looking forward to seeing you December 5 and 6 (10-5 daily)……..and Happy Holidays to all!

It has been awhile since my last post….busy working on pots and digging my way out of the snow! I have assembled a list of my possible show schedule below…and I will be firing the anagama kiln in late March…with an opening at the gallery in early April….hoping to see you for that…and around the country at a show or two!! (And, my current collections work is all for sale online too)….hoping your winter is going well…and that we will all experience an early Spring!

February 20-21; Indiana Art Fair; Indiana Sate Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana

 

April 2-4; Wood Fired Kiln Opening Show and Sale; Spears Gallery, Nashville, Indiana

 

April 16-18; 4 Bridges Art Fair; Chattanooga, Tennessee

 

April 24-25; Cherokee Triangle Art Fair; Louisville, Kentucky

 

May 8-9; Art in the Arbor; Louisville, Kentucky*

 

May 15-16; Broadripple Art Fair; Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, Indiana*

 

May 22; Round the Fountain; Lafayette, Indiana*

 

June 5-6; Winona Art Fair; Village at Winona; Winona Lake, Indiana*

 

June 12-13; Talbot Street Art Fair; Indianapolis, Indiana*

 

June 19-20; Art Fair on the Square; Bloomington, Indiana*

 

June 25-27; Brown County Studio and Garden Tour; Brown County, Indiana

 

July 9-11; Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts; State College, Pennsylvania*

 

August 7; Clay Day; Spears Gallery; Nashville, Indiana

 

August 21-22; Woodland Art Fair; Lexington, Kentucky*

 

September 4-5; 4^th Street Festival; Bloomington, Indiana*

 

September 11; Penrod; Indianapolis Museum of Art; Indianapolis, Indiana*

 

September 24-26; TACA Art Fair; Centennial Park, Nashville, Tennessee*

 

October 3; Hyde Park Square Art Show; Cincinnati, Ohio*

 

October 15-17; Fall Open House; Spears Gallery; Nashville, Indiana

 

November; Local Clay; Bloomington, Indiana

 

December 4-5; Holiday Open House; Spears Gallery, Nashville, Indiana

For nearly a decade and a half, Clay Day has been an annual tradition for potter Larry Spears. Held at Spears Gallery on the first Saturday in August (from 9-5 on August 6, 2011), this one day mini-workshop continues to offer the public an opportunity to-do raku. “One of the translations of raku is ‘happiness through chance,’” says Spears. “I like that translation because it defines the surprise aspect of it (raku).” The raku glazes and firing process can create an exciting range of color, a variety of surface interest, and many one-of-a-kind pieces.

Mr. Spears, (along with fellow potters Jeff Unzicker and Robert Pulley), will offer several sizes and shapes of thrown and bisque-fired raku ware, to be glazed and decorated by anyone with an artistic desire to do so. Following glazing each piece, the potters will place the glazed pieces in raku kilns, with a firing time ranging from 20 to 30 minutes. The pottery is then removed from the kiln, while still glowing red, and placed in a container filled with various combustible materials. The material instantly ignites and the potters proceed with the “reduction” aspect of the firing process, by covering the containers and cutting off the oxygen supply to the piece. The piece is then submersed in a water bath to cool, and lastly cleaned.

 

Again, the date for this years’ event is Saturday, August 6, from 9a.m. to 5p.m.

The annual Clay Day is hosted by Spears Gallery, (5110 St. Rd. 135 South, Nashville) located in scenic southern Brown County, Indiana; just 7 miles off of Indiana State Road 46, on Indiana State Road 135 South, (just beyond the Horseman’s Camp entrance to Brown County State Park and on your way to Story).

August 6; Clay Day; Spears Gallery; Nashville, Indiana

 

August 20-21; Woodland Art Fair; Lexington, Kentucky

 

August 27-28; Art In Speed Park; Sellersburg, Indiana

 

September 3-4; 4^th Street Festival; Bloomington, Indiana

 

September 10; Penrod; Indianapolis Museum of Art; Indianapolis, Indiana

 

September 23-25; TACA Art Fair; Centennial Park, Nashville, Tennessee

 

October 1-2; St. James Art Show ~ 4th Street; Louisville, Kentucky

 

November 11 & 12; Local Clay Holiday Show and Sale; Bloomington, Indiana

 

December 3-4; Holiday Open House; Spears Gallery, Nashville, Indiana

For the most current updates on the wanderings and whereabouts of the potter….like Spears Gallery page on Facebook…..see you there