Bede Clarke

Goat Jar, c. 2015

6.5 x 4 x 3

Bede Clarke is a Professor Emeritus of Art at Missouri University. He earned his BFA at the University of Iowa and her MFA at Eckerd College in Florida. Clarke's work is found in collections in the U.S. and abroad, such as: Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan; Ichon World Ceramic Center, South Korea; South Bend Museum of Art; Martin Museum of Art; Baylor University; and Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University. Clarke has conducted over 100 workshops and lectures around the country and internationally. Awards have included Kansas City Artist Coalition Lighton International Artist Exchange Award; the Sturt Australian Contemporary Craft Center Residency Award; the Fletcher Challenge Ceramic Award, New Zealand; the Kennedy Center Fellowship for Teachers of the Arts; and the University of Missouri Byler Distinguished Professor Award.

Artist Statement: "People often comment about the range of my work and I guess I have always cast a pretty wide net in terms of my exploration of clay. Pots and the vessel have held the center but there has been a strong overlay of interest in drawing, color and leaving a trace of the hand. I am on friendly terms with wood kilns and electric kilns, high fire and low fire. No matter the technique it really only holds merit if it leads to "good" pots, and for me good pots are not defined by a technique but most often by a healthy balance of energy/wildness and restraint/firmness. I have always thought pots are a lot like people. "

Donated by the family of William (Bill) Dailey

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