Tony Marsh Long Beach Ceramics Hand Building

Visiting artist workshops and invited lectures 2016 1987.

Tony marsh long beach ceramics hand building. He teaches in the ceramic arts program at california state university long beach where he was the program chair for over 20 years. See more ideas about ceramics marsh ceramic art. He has been the department chair for ceramics at csu for much of his tenure career. 1988 new york state college of ceramics at alfred university mfa.

Marsh has taught lectured and exhibited extensively throughout the us asia and europe. Tony marsh perforated totem. Early in his career marsh apprenticed in mashiko japan with tatsuzo shimaoka a potter known for his revival of ancient ceramic practices. Drawing from experiences of mashiko japan to long beach state and the center for contemporary ceramics tony marsh shares some of what he thinks about ceramic art and how it is positioned at the moment in the world of contemporary fine art.

Tony is a 2018 united states artist fellow. For four years marsh trained under japanese potter shimaoka in mashiko. Long beach california based potter tony marsh carefully creates and then deconstructs his ceramic vessels. 1989 head of ceramics program faculty california state university long beach california.

Long beach california based potter tony marsh carefully creates and then deconstructs his ceramic vessels. He is currently the first director of the center for contemporary ceramics at csulb. Whether perforated or covered with protrusions they are seldom without structural ornament. He then sets about perforating the form resulting in non functional functional.

1978 81 shimaoka pottery mashiko japan. Whether perforated or covered with protrusions they are seldom without structural ornament. The csulb center for contemporary ceramics ccc overseen by professor and ccc director tony marsh is a special ancillary unit a combined entity and site housed within the csulb ceramic arts studios focused on education and experience beyond the curriculum supporting special projects and bringing visiting artists and scholars and artists in residence to work present and teach among. Later returning to his alma mater at cal state long beach where he continues to be the head of the ceramics department.

A testament to marsh s training and background in pottery. Beliefs observations thoughts prayers from over 30 years as an educator and more as a maker. 1978 1981 apprentice shimoaka pottery mashiko japan. Aug 19 2014 explore ceramicartists s board tony marsh followed by 378 people on pinterest.

After receiving a master of fine arts degree in 1989 from new york state college of ceramics at alfred university marsh returned to csu long beach to teach in the art department s ceramics program.