Elizabeth Vorlicek is an artist, sculptor, ceramists and arts educator. Elizabeth holds a BFA and MFA from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. She is a member of the Washington Sculptors Group and has exhibited extensively on a local as well as national level. Currently she teaches art at Episcopal High School in Alexandria and is Gallery Director of the Angie Newman Johnson Gallery at the school’s Ainslie Arts Center.
In her studio practice, Elizabeth mines her day to day experience, her love of nature and art history with sensitivity and dedication. Our discussion follows her creative practice from her experiences as a child of artists into this time.
Learn more about Elizabeth on her blog Artist Statement and follow her on Instagram at @lizvorlicek
Link to Conversation with Elizabeth Vorlicek
Resources to artists discussed in podcast with Elizabeth Vorlicek
Constantin Brancusi
https://www.philamuseum.org/collections/results.html?searchTxt=Brancusi
Marcel Duchamp
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/duch/hd_duch.htm
https://philamuseum.org/calendar/exhibition/duchamp-galleries
Robert Arneson
https://www.ucdavis.edu/eggheads/robert-arneson/
http://www.artnet.com/artists/robert-arneson/
Marilyn Levine
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-apr-11-me-levine11-story.html
http://www.artnet.com/artists/marilyn-levine/
Ekphrastic poetry writing resource from the Smithsonian
https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/ekphrastic-poetry-lesson/JTj6bF9h4Ku4ax9V
Perry Epes
The poet that Vorlicek worked with in English and art collaborations
http://howapoemhappens.blogspot.com/2011/05/w-perry-epes.html
http://bourgeononline.com/2017/10/the-burden-of-southern-history-by-w-perry-epes/
Kamisaka Sekka
Kamisaka Sekka (神坂 雪佳, 1866–1942) was an important artistic figure in early twentieth-century Japan. Born in Kyoto to a Samurai family, his talents for art and design were recognized early. He eventually allied himself with the traditional Rinpa school of art. Wikipedia
https://www.artic.edu/artists/42579/kamisaka-sekka
http://art.seattleartmuseum.org/collections/119321/japanese-art/objects
https://www.philamuseum.org/collections/results.html?searchTxt=&bSuggest=1&searchNameID=19651