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One of the events held as part of the CraftWeek DC was the Renwick Alliance Patron Gala – the ‘Venetian Carnivale’ – had a performance by the Dance Afire – part of the Contradiction Dance group were the stars! Lou Valentine led the performance that choreographed the performance/fire spinning for the evening.
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During the seminar held during this past CraftWeek – the ‘Master of the Medium’ for Clay – Warren McKenzie was asked about the future of the medium. Warren – one of the pioneers of the American clay-arts movement – said that he had “no fear for the future after seeing the works at the Mount Rainier studios – (Margaret Boozer @ Red Dirt Studio, Novie Trump, Laurel Lukaszewski). “
The ceramic artists were beside themselves in this high praise.
Click here to see Margaret Boozer’s website 
Click here to see Novie Trump’s site
Click here to see Laurel Lukaszewski’s site