Covered Jar
© Cynthia Bringle
The North Carolina Living Treasure award has been honoring living craftspeople in the state since 1986. The artists who receive this award must exhibit mastery of their craft as well as make significant contributions to education and society. This recognition is awarded by the University of North Carolina at Wilmington’s Museum of World Cultures. It was originally inspired by the Japanese Living Treasure designation that has been awarded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology since 1950. Japan and North Carolina, like many other countries and states, seek to recognize that intangible human ability to create what no machine could. Three other recipients of the award—Harvey K. Littleton, Mark Peiser, and Richard Ritter—can be seen in the Judith S. Moore Gallery, located on the third floor, in the exhibition 50 Years of Western North Carolina Glass.
Exhibition Title: North Carolina Living Treasures
Label Date: 11/2019
Type: Extended Wall Label
Written by: Whitney Richardson
Bringle is known for her functional pottery, and this lidded jar is exemplary of her early work. The quick and expressive brush strokes of dark blue and white glaze on the beige body and lid reference a style of ceramic painting popular in Japan. The influence of Abstract Expressionism is also suggested in these nonfigurative, gestural, and organic lines as well as through her incisions into the clay. A principal member of the Penland community in North Carolina, Bringle first arrived at Penland School of Craft in 1963 after completing her BFA at the Memphis Academy of Art, summers at Haystack School of Crafts, and her MFA at Alfred University. By 1970 she established a permanent studio at Penland and has been a studio potter and instructor there since.
Exhibition Title: Asheville Art Museum: An Introduction to the Collection
Label Date: 2021
Type: Catalogue Entry
Written by: Whitney Richardson
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