Published in Ceramics Monthly, June 2014
"This was my first encounter with Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and my time at the Milwaukee Art Museum (http://mam.org) was transportative. The building itself is a wonder to behold, flooded in parts with light and generous in its function to showcase art that’s been made through the centuries. The 2014 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) ceramic arts invitational exhibition, “Flow,” stretched itself over 250 feet of Santiago Calatrava’s 2001 expansion space that kisses Lake Michigan’s coastline with eyes wide open. The first object to draw me in was Beth Cavener’s Tangled Up in You (2). The work depicts the dance of life between a hare and a snake. The snake’s skin boasts an exquisite display of Japanese–style tattoo drawings that tell a vast assortment of stories. Hung from the ceiling, the sculpture’s sheer presence was arresting and evoked a formidable store of potential energy and emotion... "
