Difficulty is cheerfully accepted
Sikkema Malloy Jenkins•Feb 21, 2025 — Apr 05, 2025
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"... it is the glory of the craft that a difficulty is cheerfully accepted if in the overcoming there is found success."
Sikkema Malloy Jenkins is pleased to present Difficulty is cheerfully accepted, a presentation of ceramic sculptural works by Kathy Butterly, Louis Fratino, Magalie Guérin, and Heidi Lau. The title of the exhibition comes from a quote by Charles Fergus Binns describing the process of creating Delftware in his 1910 guidebook The Potters Craft: A Practical Guide for the Studio and Workshop. Difficulty is cheerfully accepted is on view in the back galleries from February 21 through April 5, 2025. A public opening reception with the artists will be held on Friday, February 21, from 6–8pm.
Kathy Butterly’s sculptures wield the traditions of studio ceramics towards an expansive vision of color, material, and mood. What begins as a uniform shape or conventional vessel is subsequently transformed through distinct...More
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Difficulty is cheerfully accepted
Sikkema Malloy Jenkins•Feb 21, 2025 — Apr 05, 2025
Press Release
"... it is the glory of the craft that a difficulty is cheerfully accepted if in the overcoming there is found success."
Sikkema Malloy Jenkins is pleased to present Difficulty is cheerfully accepted, a presentation of ceramic sculptural works by Kathy Butterly, Louis Fratino, Magalie Guérin, and Heidi Lau. The title of the exhibition comes from a quote by Charles Fergus Binns describing the process of creating Delftware in his 1910 guidebook The Potters Craft: A Practical Guide for the Studio and Workshop. Difficulty is cheerfully accepted is on view in the back galleries from February 21 through April 5, 2025. A public opening reception with the artists will be held on Friday, February 21, from 6–8pm.
Kathy Butterly’s sculptures wield the traditions of studio ceramics towards an expansive vision of color, material, and mood. What begins as a uniform shape or conventional vessel is subsequently transformed through distinct...More