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1972Born Pasadena, California
EDUCATION
1995BA Sculpture, Haverford College, Pennsylvania
2000-2002MFA Ceramics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
APPRENTICESHIPS AND RESIDENCIES
1996-1997Post-Baccalaureate Portfolio Development, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, Tennessee
2002Artist-in-Residence, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana
UnknownApprentice to Alan LeQuire, Nashville, Tennessee
PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE
2002—Professional Studio Artist
BIOGRAPHY
Beth Cavener Stichter builds her solid stoneware sculptures on metal armatures, often with 2,000 or more pounds of clay at a time. She then cuts the piece into 30 to 160 sections, hollows out each section to 1/4" thickness and, then, reassembles them before firing. In order to work on a larger scale, the reassembled hollow pieces are then cut again to fit inside the kiln, fired, and then reassembled with glues and epoxies. The surfaces are painted after firing using flat interior latex paint. Cavener's work reflects her interest in the surrealist movement of the 1920s.
Beth Cavener Stichter was awarded first prize by the Virginia A. Groot Foundation in 2005.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
21C Museum Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin
Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, Spokane, Washington
Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, Tennessee
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Boggs, Sheri. Ceramic Art and Perception, June 2004.
Bova, Joe. 500 Animals in Clay: Contemporary Expressions of the Animal Form. Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 2006.
Cavener Stichter, Beth. "Ceramic Sculptures by Beth Cavener Stichter." JUXTAPOZ. August 4, 2014.
Cavener Stichter, Beth. “New Beginnings.” Ceramics Monthly, May, 1999.
Clark, Garth. Beth Cavener Stichter. New York, NY: Garth Clark Gallery, 2006.
Cloonan, Mary K. “Flesh and Emotion,” Ceramic Art and Perception, no. 49, (2001).
Ferrin, Leslie. 500 Figures in Clay. Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 2004.
Held, Peter. Innovation & Change: Ceramics from the Arizona State University Art Museum. Tempe, AZ: Arizona State University Art Museum, 2009.
___, _____. A Human Impulse: Figuration from the Diane and Sandy Besser Collection. Tempe, AZ: Arizona State University Art Museum, 2008.
Milosch, Jane and Suzanne Frantz. From the Ground Up: Renwick Craft Invitational 2007. Washington, DC: Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2007.
Pappas, Jen. "Come Undone: The Sculptures of Beth Cavener Stichter." Hi-Fructose 26 (2013).
Schwartz, Judith. Confrontational Ceramics. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008.
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