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Lynn Haven, FL, United States
Tammy received her Master of Fine Arts degree in Ceramics from the University of Florida. Currently she is an Associate Professor at Gulf Coast State College. Tammy has also taught at the University of Florida in Gainsville, and abroad at Golden Bridge Pottery in Pondicherry, India, and at the Skopelos Art Foundation in Skopelos, Greece. In addition to maintaining an active teaching schedule, Tammy is a working studio Artist. Her works can be seen at Pendland Gallery, NC, Florida Craftsman, FL, Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, OR, Iota Gallery, TX and at Lillstreet Art Center, IL. Tammy resides in Panama City, Florida with her husband Pavel Amromin and two children Pearl and Ari.

Art & the Urban Garden


 If you are in the Chicago area, come see my planters at Lillstreet.

Lillstreet Gallery & Artisan Gift Shop

Sneak Peek: Meet Miss Sniffles, The Candy Man, and The Beauty Queen


I am working like a dog in the studio to get the work complete for my upcoming show at Mudfire  Gallery. Meet Miss Sniffles, The Candy Man and The Beauty Queen.


Kickstarter Project with Nikos

Hello Folks, this is my friend Nikos. He is a potter on the island of Skopelos, and he is a remarkable person. Nikos is taking part in a "Kickstarter" project. For more details view the video and follow the link.  Also, I attached an article written about him last year.

















Kickstarter info: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/siffy/unearth-our-heritage



Article: http://skopart.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/nikosrodios.pdf

TRAN(IN)FORM*A*TION




My friend Amanda Small came to visit FL, this past weekend. Amanda is an international artist who is the Coordinator/Directors at Guldagergaard International Ceramics Research Center in Skaelskor Denmark. Amanda is a free spirit and infectious to all around her.

See the announcement below about her show:

Amelia Center Gallery of Gulf Coast State College presents Trans(in)Form*a* tion, a mixed media installation by Amanda Small. In her work Amanda explores the relationship between physical place and intangible experience, with an emphasis on the idea that movement is an intrinsic and permanent flux existing in all things, as well as being the sign and measure of space, and time, and memory. Amanda’s installations employ mundane materials and ambiguous imagery based on the natural world, micro and macro views of the earth, cells, satellite mapping, topographies and systematic patterning to contemplate the meaning of “home” and “place”.

Trans(in)Form*a* tion will opened the evening of March 29. The work will be on display in the Amelia Center Main Gallery (Room 112) until April 21. Gallery hours are Monday through Thursday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.





Amanda interview with Ben Carter:
http://carterpottery.blogspot.com/2013/02/ceramic-sculptor-amanda-small-on-tales.html


Read more:
http://www.newsherald.com/news/art-exhibit-seeks-to-inspire-sense-of-wonder-video-1.118247

Images from Naturalization / NCECA / TX / March 2013

Tammy, Alex, Sharbani and Adam at the opening of Naturalization at NCECA in Houston TX last weekend.

Alex Kraft
http://alexkraftart.com/home.html

Sharbani Das Gupta
http://sharbanidasgupta.com/sharbanidasgupta/Sharbani.html

Adam Shiverdecker
http://adamshiverdecker.visualserver.com/portfolio.cfm?nK=15628&nS=0&i=193911

You can see my new work to the right. My friend Sharbani did an amazing job, writing up a proposal for this show. It was well attended and looked great.

A bit of info about the show:

Naturalization
The exhibit brings together seven artists from varied backgrounds; all have experienced transplantation in some form. Though the term ‘Naturalization’ is mine, each artist’s work investigates some aspect of this process; human relationships and the interaction of matter, material and earth are all subjects.

Silhouettes - Exhibition now through April 26, 2013


An intimate, yet diverse display of contemporary, figurative ceramic sculpture.  

Silhouettes - on display now through April 26th.

James Tisdale, Kensuke Yamada, Gabriel Parque, Richard Nickel, Paige Wright, Beth Lo, Debra Fritts, Melissa Mencini, Tammy Marinuzzi, Clayton Keyes, Wesley Anderegg, Richard Swanson, Zach Tate, Pavel Amromin, Derorah Rogers, Diana Farfan, Claire Curneen, Tom Bartel, Magda Gluszek, Margaret Keelan, Esther Shimazu, Andrea Keys Connell, Patti Warashina, Nan Smith, TJ Erdahl, Sunkoo Yuh, Meg Murch, Christyl Roger, Janis Mars Wunderlich

Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 10 am - 6 pm
http://redlodgeclaycenter.com/curatorial-statement.php?id=181



Work at NCECA



Show title: Naturalization

The layered result of overlapping cultures, people and the progression of time, Houston’s cosmopolitan, nature provides fertile ground for transplants to put down roots, naturalize. In the dictionary the process by which foreign bodies adapt and integrate into an environment is defined as ‘naturalization’; the word is also used by the US Department of Immigration when referring to the process of immigration. Though the normal impulse is to maintain balance, change is our history, and people move and the energy of growth shifts from place to place. Naturalization takes place when faced with the need to reconcile adaptation with memory and learning occurs when faced with the unexpected or challenging.

The exhibit brings together seven artists from varied backgrounds; all have experienced transplantation in some form. Though the term ‘Naturalization’ is mine, each artist’s work investigates some aspect of this process; human relationships and the interaction of matter, material and earth are all subjects


 Naturalization, Ray Meeker, Nidhi Jalan, Brian Kluge, Tammy Marinuzzi, Jeff Forster, Alex Kraft, Sharbani Das Gupta. From entropy and metamorphosis to expression, these artists are directly influenced by physical and mental environments; their work reflecting ‘Naturalization’ or the process of adaptation. Organized by Sharbani Das Gupta.
Naturalization
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The Show Info and location


Tammy's new work in The Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft

  

By the bottle / by the ounce

A national juried exhibit of BOURBON BOTTLES and SHOT GLASSES

Bluegrass Bourbon
Curated by Matt Long 

Matt Long received his MFA from Ohio University and his BFA from The Kansas City Art Institute. He is current an assistant professor at the University of Mississippi. A potter for 29 years, Long has had his work in national juried and invitational shows throughout the United States. He is particularly known for his bourbon bottles and whiskey flasks. 

EXHIBITION: April 5-May 15, 2013
LOCATION: The Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, Ky.



Greek inspired


Askos is the name given in modern terminology to a type of Greek vessel used to pour small quantities of liquids such as oil. They were usually painted decoratively like vases and were mainly used for storing oil and refilling oil lamps.

I fell in love with the closed form while traveling in Greece.
The work shown below is was inspired by the Askos.




 

 

Inspiring All Ages

  


A few months ago Carolyn Dorr wrote from the Potter's Council. She said her daughter's class had watched my video and the class planned to make works influenced by the video. 

Carolyn sent photos of the 8th graders with a note: These were the pieces to be shown at the Zanesville Museum of Art K-12 Art Show. (see work above)


Pottery Video: Gestural Handbuilt Jars pt I





Pottery Video: Gestural Handbuilt Jars pt II