TURN TURN TURN: The Studio Ceramics Tradition at the National Art School

National Art School Gallery, Sydney, 5 June – 8 August 2015
Curator: Glenn Barkley
Associate Curator: Ivan Muñiz Reed

TURN TURN TURN celebrated more than 60 years of the renowned ceramics course at the National Art School. The teaching of ceramics is an important part of inter-generational influence, and in Australia the NAS Ceramics department has a history of outstanding creativity.

The exhibition had a focus group of twelve artists whose work represents a diversity of ceramics production at NAS, and by NAS graduates, across more than six decades of education and creative production.  The artists included Stephen Bird, Louise Boscacci, Lynda Draper, Merran Esson, Steve Harrison, Patsy Hely, Juz Kitson, Janet Mansfield, Alan Peascod, Peter Rushforth AM, Thancoupie Gloria Fletcher Jones AO and Toni Warburton.

In addition to this was a show-within-a-show of works drawn from private and public collections, including a major representation from the NAS Collection and the Ceramics teaching collection. It featured works by over 50 artists who have studied or been associated with the School.