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Heckscher Musem

Beth Heit — Fri, 04 May 2012 13:58:13 +0000

I have exciting news a sculpture of mine, Eve is being being exhibited at the Heckscher Museum of Art, part of their Long Island Biennial. The exhibit is up now until August 12. You can find out more about the museum by going to www.heckscher.org . If you would like to view an online slide show of the show click on www.heckscher.org/biennial2012/SHOW/phpslideshow.php and go to the show tab. Eve is also being displayed as part of the digital magazine Sh'ma in their May/June 2012 issue Changing Notions of Torah. Go to www.shma.com and click on the art show box on the right.

Student Art Exhibition

Beth Heit — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:21:29 +0000

Last week at the high school were I teach we had an Art Exhibit. A lot of very impressive work! So much creativity. I am very proud of my students

Scary Face Pot
Accordion Book

March

Beth Heit — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:50:32 +0000

I have had two great things happen in the last two weeks. I went to the NAEA ( National Art Educators Association) Conference and two of my sculpture are in a show at the b.j. spoke gallery in Huntington, NY.

"Spirals " by Beth Heit at b.j. spoke gallery
Sumi-e paintingThe convention was lots of fun. I saw some people I haven't seen in a long time and took some wonderful workshops. The workshops got me to thinking about new ways to improve my teaching. I also learned sumi-e brush painting.

The exhibit at b.j. spoke gallery consists of paintings, sculptures, collages, scratchboard, photography and even video. It is a good selection of high quality interesting work. I am happy to be part of it. It is up until the end of March

www.bjspokegallery.com

Barcelona

Beth Heit — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:10:27 +0000

Park bench Parc Guell designed by Gaudi
MosaicsI just got back from an amazing trip to Barcelona. What a great place to see architectural ceramics . They are everywhere

Islamic Galleries at the Met

Beth Heit — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:32:44 +0000

I visited the new Islamic Galleries at the Met for the first time. So many truly beautiful objects that it is hard to take in at one time. I was amazed by the amount of ceramics that was on display. Many types of bowls and tiles. Some were decorated simply with calligraphy, others had intricate patterns or were painted with animals or vegetation. I was surprised by how much Middle Eastern ceramics was influenced by Asian aesthetics. Potters tried to imitate porcelain wares from China & Japan by creating something called stonepaste which is combination of clay and glass. Well they weren't far off! A lot of the pottery could be mistaken as coming from the Far East.

The patterns in some of the mosaics were so involved it is hard understand how anyone could do them.

There were also many incredible illuminated manuscipts,rugs, glassware and metal work.

This was my first time visiting but it won't be my last. These galleries should be visited again and again, there is so much to see and learn.

Getting Ready for a Firing

Beth Heit — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:01:31 +0000

I am going to be using my journal to talk about my creative process. Today I spent some time mixing glazes and getting my pieces ready to be glazed. They have been fired once already in the kiln ( bisqued) and now they are ready for the final firing. Since the fall I have been working with pear shapes.My studioBisqued pots in kiln