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Shaped Clay 08A National Juried Exhibition of High School Ceramics
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Ceramic artworks from Pioneer High School that were selected to bepart of Shaped Clay 08 at the Everson Museum of Art.Every other year the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York hosts anational juried high school ceramics exhibit in attempt to find and showcasetalented high school ceramics students, teachers, and programs nationwide.The competition is juried from slides and has a six week run at the museumin the spring. This year the jury consisted of two faculty members from theCeramics Department at Syracuse University's School of Art, Senior CuratorDebora Ryan from the Everson Museum of Art and four studentrepresentatives from the Ceramics Program at Syracuse University.For Shaped Clay 08, the committee received 450 entries from 265 applicantsrepresenting 31 states, plus Washington DC, and Puerto Rico. The space atthe museum is only capable of exhibiting 50 pieces, making it very competitive.This year's exhibit proved to be another outstanding year for Pioneer CeramicStudents. Alumnist Grant Claypool (07) had all 3 of his entries accepted.Seniors Michelle Sallander and Aubrey Eckert each had 2 pieces selected andsenior Jessica Becker had one piece accepted into the exhibit. With 8 of the50 selected pieces coming from Pioneer, it makes Pioneer High Schoolthe most represented school in the exhibit!For Shaped Clay 06, Pioneer was again the most represented high schoolwith 5 pieces accepted into the show. Shaped Clay 04, we were the secondmost represented school and won 5 of the 8 awards. Shaped Clay 04 wasalso featured in Ceramics Monthly, an international published magazine high-lighting established and emerging contemporary ceramic artists throughoutthe world. The article contained some images from the exhibit that yearas well, including Pioneer's David Smith (04) and Kodi Tidd (05).