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NCMA in Dialogue: Contemporary Clay and Ancient Symbols
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NCMA in Dialogue: Contemporary Clay and Ancient Symbols

Tuesday, October 27, 2020 | 7:00 pm

What does it mean to be a contemporary artist who draws inspiration from ancient civilizations? How do artworks speak to each other across the ages and tell the stories of human experience with the spiritual, with our relationship to materials derived from the earth? Join us for a virtual 90-minute conversation between Ángel Gonzalez, GlaxoSmithKline curatorial fellow, and contemporary ceramic artist Natalia Arbelaez. They’ll discuss how the artifacts of ancient Mesoamerican cultures can be examined and reinterpreted in light of today’s creative impulses.

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Artist bio

Natalia Arbelaez is a Colombian American artist, born in Miami to immigrant parents. She received her BFA from Florida International University and MFA from Ohio State University. In 2016–17 she was a Rittenberg Fellow at Clay Art Center, Port Chester, New York, and was awarded the inaugural Artaxis Fellowship that funded a residency at Watershed in Newcastle, Maine. Her work has been exhibited internationally and included in the Everson Museum and the Frederik Meijer Gardens. She was recognized by the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts as a 2018 Emerging Artist and was a 2018–19 resident artist at Harvard University, where she researched pre-Columbian art and histories. She was an artist in residence at the Museum of Art and Design in New York City, where she researched the work of women ceramicists of color.

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While the Museum is now open, Museum from Home programming continues, including the new NCMA Virtual Exhibitions Subscription and ongoing virtual events. Through the NCMA Recommends virtual offerings below, inspired by the Museum collection, we hope to foster contemplation, meditation, and creativity.

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