In Season is a two-person exhibition featuring ceramic works by Amanda Bury and Poetry by Heather Tinnaro.
An Opening Reception for the artists will be held at Plough Gallery, 216 8th Street West, Tifton, Georgia on Saturday, July 9th from 5 PM to 7 PM. The artists will be in attendance discussing their work. A small "Farmer's Market" with vendors selling seasonal produce will be on the porch during the reception. The public is cordially invited and the exhibit is free to view. Refreshments will be served on the porch. Join us for an exciting event full of art and conversation.
An Opening Reception for the artists will be held at Plough Gallery, 216 8th Street West, Tifton, Georgia on Saturday, July 9th from 5 PM to 7 PM. The artists will be in attendance discussing their work. A small "Farmer's Market" with vendors selling seasonal produce will be on the porch during the reception. The public is cordially invited and the exhibit is free to view. Refreshments will be served on the porch. Join us for an exciting event full of art and conversation.
Amanda Bury in her North Carolina studio.
My drive to make functional pots comes from a deep reverence for food as the most intimate way humans relate to nature. My artistic practice quietly conveys my interest in the complex systems of culture, ethics, commerce, history, ritual, community and environment found within the realm of food production.
The formal language of my work is rooted in the growth patterns of nature. Geometric facets provide structure for color-blocked backdrops of abstracted crop field landscapes. Overlaying meandering parallel lines, intended as aerial viewed plow rows in soil, also serve as a visual language for the vast distances our food often travels. Stamped seed reliefs mark the origins of it all and are seen tallying up or across the form as a metaphor for crop yields of seasons past. Bold images inspired by personal experiences in nature, botanical/scientific illustrations, and vintage seed catalogs or packets occupy the foreground. My image library includes pollinators, to whom we owe much of our food supply; tools/implements which reference the human hand in our agricultural system; and a vast variety of food and medicinal plants. Images are chosen for specific works based on associations to the form or function of the pot. I consciously choose to not dissect the part of the plant familiar to our kitchens from the natural whole. Through abstraction and quiet association my work brings a broad focus to the food on your plate. Serving as a reminder of the joy and wonders to be found in nature, our vital place within it, and our responsibility to care for it. ~Amanda |
Heather Tinnaro at home in Florida.
Heather Tinnaro is a poet of coastal Florida. Educated in New Orleans and St. Petersburg, Florida, Heather has been a functional ceramist and teacher for over 20 years. She has a degree in Writing Studies and Rhetoric from the University of South Florida. She is currently the Education Coordinator at The Hive, St. Petersburg. Heather has been published by Arts Coast Magazine and the William and Mary Review.
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