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Sassafras Spring
Sassafras Leaf Platter

Cone 5 Stoneware and Glazes
Wall or Table
12.25 x 2.75

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Morning Glory Sunrise
Morning Glory Leaf and Lace Bowl

Cone 5 Stoneware/Glazes

13 corner to corner x 3.25
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AWAKE AT MIDNIGHT SERIES

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Arriving Early: Awake at Midnight Series

Oak Leaf and Lace Bowl
Cone 5 Stoneware and Glazes

Round Reed Basketry
10 x 2.5

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Two Awake:
Awake at Midnight Series

Oak Leaf and Lace Bowl
Cone 5 Stoneware and Glazes

Round Reed Basketry
8.5 x 2.25

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Three Awake:
Awake at Midnight Series

Oak Leaf and Lace Bowl
Cone 5 Stoneware and Glazes

Round Reed Basketry
9.5 x 2.5

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Enclosure: Oak Leaf Moon I

Cone 5 Stoneware/Glazes
Round Reed Basketry

7.75 x 5
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Enclosure: Oak Leaf Moon II

Cone 5 Stoneware/Glazes
Round Reed Basketry

9 x 5

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Enclosure: Sassafras Moon I

Cone 5 Stoneware/Glazes
Round Reed Basketry

10.5 x 5

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Sweet Potato Pie-in-the-Sky II
Sweet Potato Leaf & Lace Bowl
Cone 5 Stoneware and Glazes

8 x 2

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Sweet Potato Pie-in-the-Sky III
Sweet Potato Leaf & Lace Bowl
Cone 5 Stoneware and Glazes

6.5 x 1.5

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Sweet Potato Pie-in-the-Sky IV
Sweet Potato Leaf & Lace Bowl
Cone 5 Stoneware and Glazes

7.5 x 1.75

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Sweet Potato Pie-in-the-Sky V
Sweet Potato Leaf & Lace Bowl
Cone 5 Stoneware and Glazes

7 x 1.25
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Morning Time
Morning Glory Leaf & Lace Bowl

Cone 5 Stoneware and Glazes

7.25 x 1.75

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Lake Michigan Moon
Plume Poppy Moon Bowl

Plume Poppy Leaf
Cone 5 Stoneware/Glazes

8 x 5.5

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Turquoise Moon
Plume Poppy Moon Bowl

Plume Poppy Leaf
Cone 5 Stoneware/Glazes

9 x 6.5

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Buchanan Art Center
MEDIA RELEASE
05.06.2013

BUCHANAN ART CENTER MAIN GALLERY OFFERS
4 DIMENSIONAL JOURNEY FEATURING 5 CONE STONEWARE AND MIXED MEDIA


A public, evening reception will be held on Friday, May 24, 2013, from 6:30 - 8:30 pm at the Buchanan Art Center for 4 Dimensional Journeys – Cone 5 Stoneware by Susan Sutherland Barnes and Mixed Media by Christopher Beikmann. This exhibit opens on Wednesday, May 22, and runs through Saturday, July 6th, 2013.

About Susan Sutherland Barnes: Born and raised in Niles, MI, printmaker, fiber-artist and ceramist, Susan Sutherland Barnes graduated with a BFA from Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN. From 1982-1990 Sutherland Barnes worked at Fernwood Botanical Garden and Nature Preserve in Buchanan, MI as the Arts and Crafts Coordinator, where she planned and implemented the arts education program and taught classes for adults and children.  In 1990 her husband Richard [Rick] Barnes was transferred by AT&T to Martinsburg, W VA., where Susan continued to work in art education and administration, creating studio art part-time.

In the mid-90’s, another job transfer for Rick resulted in a move to the Council Bluffs, IA/ Omaha, NE area where, in 1997, Susan established WindRiver Designs, her first clay and fibers studio, and began to pursue her art full-time. She also became active in area galleries including the  Artists' Cooperative Gallery, the longest running cooperative gallery in NE.  There Susan was President of the Board of Directors and helped design and promote arts outreach programs for area youth. 

In 2012, a desire to be closer to family prompted a move back to Michigan, where Susan presently maintains a full-time clay and fibers studio in Paw Paw, MI. With regard to this show, Sutherland Barnes states: “I've recently rediscovered working in the garden and it is, in some ways, like finding one’s creative voice on the long way home.  There is a necessary process and each step along the way needs the step that came before and the one that will be coming after.  As in my life and as an artist, there is a common rhythm in those steps that calms, connects, and reminds me.  This is where my voice began.  Creative process is a mode of travel and the world outdoors is an open road.” 

About Christopher Beikmann: A former, standout student of Susan Sutherland Barnes at Fernwood; Niles native, Christopher Beikmann graduated with a BBA in advertising and minor in art from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo in 1999. He then worked for global ad agencies JWT and Y&R managing digital media campaigns for Ford Motor Company in both Detroit and Denver from 2000 through 2012.

Working in both digital art and mixed media; Beikmann often blends sublimation and giclee reproduction techniques with hand-painting, embroidery and other textures. His digital artwork has been licensed internationally for use on device skins, cards and gifts as well as for TV and print. His complex and colorful works have also been shown in numerous galleries in the Santa Fe Arts district of Denver, Colorado.

In 2012, Beikmann founded Da Vinci Case, a device case accessory company focused on artisan cases for smart phones and mobile devices. His artisan cases have been sold all over the world and were recently featured in Vogue magazine. He currently resides in Aurora, Colorado
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