![]() ![]() The awards were funded through the generosity of Jiffy Mix, Chelsea Milling, of Chelsea, Michigan and the International Museum of Dinnerware Design. The four artists who received awards were chosen by the juror, artist Mary Jo Bole. In addition to ceramics, other media include glass, metal, pine needles, and the fiber arts. There is a rich selection of materials that comprises the composition of the artwork in this special exhibition. However, one international invited artist, Lynette Lewis, lives in Australia and comes from a tradition where eating insects is a special occasion. states and Canada are represented in this exhibition, in which participation is limited to residents of North America. They include Kristen Applegate, Elias Betchik, Carolyn Blazeck, Nancy Bulkley, Amanda Bury, Elizabeth Coleman, Shaun Fera, Marty Huehner, Janet Kelman, Marina Kuchinski, Cara Jean McCarthy, Jillian McEvoy, Sue O’Connor, Jerri Puerner, Allen Samuels, Pamela Segers, and Robin Wilt. The juried artists were selected from the many applicants by juror Mary Jo Bole. Invited artists include William Brouillard, Léopold Foulem, Julia Galloway, Roberta Griffith, Linda Huey, Janel Jacobson, Lynette Lewis, Linda Lighton, Kirk Mangus, Sherrie Miller, Farraday Newsome, Linda Sikora, Debbie Thompson, Mary Underwood, and Suzanne Wolfe. There are sixty pieces in the exhibition, including a few examples from the IMoDD permanent collection, among these is artwork by Pamela Argentieri, William Brouillard, Janel Jacobson, and Autumn Higgins. You’ll have to investigate yourself whether or not a few artists were ambiguous in the messages conveyed by the artwork in this exhibition. Just as predicted, the participating artists either embraced dining on insects as one source for feeding world populations or they clearly indicated their devotion to the sanctity of enjoying (without consuming) the natural world, complete with butterflies, beetles, bees, and such. Main Street by appointment or weekends noon-4 p.m. The exhibition is a partnership with the Washtenaw County Historical Society’s Museum on Main Street and the exhibit is on view April 8 through Augat 500 N. IMoDD’s exhibition, Entomophagous Dining, investigates and celebrates through artistic and design efforts, the sculptural and functional aspects of eating insects. For its Fifth Biennial Invitational and Juried Exhibition in 2023, the International Museum of Dinnerware Design invited artists and designers to explore how dining on insects (entomophagy) may be in our future, if not in our present. ![]()
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