Students
sell art to travel the world
By Kari Schneider
On-line Forty-Niner
The
opportunity to buy one of a kind, custom-crafted,
ceramic pieces, wood works, textile art
objects and jewelry for the holiday season
is available to the Long Beach community
through Thursday in the Fine Arts 2 and
Fine Arts 3 buildings.
The sale, with contributions from students
and faculty, supports art department student
scholarships and the Cal State Long Beach
Student Potter’s Guild trip to Italy. It
also allows students the opportunity to
display their artwork, allows the public
to buy artwork, while raising money for
a good cause.
The Potter’s Guild is a student organization
composed of undergraduate ceramics majors.
It is in charge of planning and advertising
for the art sale.
Through fliers, department notices and stakes,
the advertising committee made sure the
campus and surrounding community knew about
the sale.
“The sale is better this year compared to
last year,” said Julia Butler, ceramics
major. “There is a lot more participation
from other departments.”
CSULB alumni also support the sale. They
come and buy pieces and see former professors,
Butler said.
The students pick their own prices and display
the pieces how they want them to look for
the sale.
“It is a lot of fun to make things for the
sale,” said Eilen Ryazantseva, a ceramics
major.
Thirteen to 14 art students will have the
opportunity to travel and study for two
weeks enjoying the splendors of Rome, Venice
and Florence. Students will also be able
to see the landmarks and art of Italy.
The end of the trip will be marked by the
Venice Biennial, which is an international
art exhibit that displays contemporary art
from around the world.
This is the third year that CSULB students
will have to opportunity to see the Venice
Biennial.
There are a few requirements for students
who are interested in the trip to Italy.
First they have to be a ceramics major,
then they have to be interested in going
and, finally, they have to raise the funds.
The art sale is in its 35th year and is
unique and popular, and patrons look forward
to the sale on the first Sunday of December.
They line up hours before the art sale opens
to get the best pieces and prices, said
Tony Marsh, a ceramics professor.
“When the economy is good, the sale is good.
When the economy is bad the sale is not
as good,” said Marsh.
The multidiscipline sale, with contributions
from the ceramics, jewelry, printmaking,
photo and fiber arts disciplines, provides
a wide variety of decorative and practical
ceramic pieces like vases, bowls, mugs,
figurines and holiday artwork.
“Students win, the public wins and the school
wins,” Marsh said. “[The sale] is unique
and popular, where else is the public going
to find handmade, unique and respectable
pieces?”
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