Venus of Dolní Věstonice  Ceramics are an art form that have been around since the Neolithic era, quietly impacting our civilization’s development and acting as a vital record of ancient cultures. Humanity has been crafting things out of clay since at least 28,000 BCE, when the Venus of Dolní Věstonice  (the oldest known ceramic piece in the world) was created. Functional clay vessels do not appear to have been developed until much later than this ancient sculpture. Some of t

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Artist Ric Skees has been a fixture around The Art Center for many years, perfecting his craft in the Clay Studio, offering classes on advanced watercolor techniques, and acting as a juror for one of our exhibitions. Now his impressive body of multimedia work is on display at The Art Center in a poignant retrospective of the last 30 years of his artistic career. A self-portrait of Ric Skees   Ric Skees is a “self-proclaimed ‘recovering architect’” now pursuing his “Renaissan