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Tell-Tale Tiles & Fractured Fantasies

Presented by Philadelphia's Magic Gardens at Philadelphia's Magic Gardens

March 19-April 19, 2010

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In partnership with the Tile Heritage Foundation, PMG will host a juried art exhibition of tile and mosaic artworks. Tell-Tale Tiles & Fractured Fantasies is inspired by the rich history of tile and mosaic art in the Philadelphia area over the past 100 years, Tell-Tale Tiles & Fractured Fantasies is a national exhibition that explores contemporary tile making and ceramic mosaic as a story-telling medium in the spirit of artists Henry Chapman Mercer and Isaiah Zagar. Juried by artist and historian Susan Tunick, the scope of the exhibition includes social, political, personal, and family stories. "This so-called 'literary' side of the craft, this storytelling...has been my primary impulse or inspiration...But if tiles could tell no story, inspire or teach nobody, and only serve to produce aesthetic thrills, I would have stopped making them long ago." -Henry Chapman Mercer. This show is one of over 90 exhibitions that are part of INDEPENDENCE: The 44th Annual NCECA (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts) conference taking place in Philadelphia from March 31 – April 3, 2010 hosted by The Clay Studio. For a complete list of programmed exhibitions, visit: http://www.phillyfunguide.com/printplusclay