458: Robert Harrison and Danielle O’Malley on the NCECA Green Task Force
Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Robert Harrison and Danielle O’Malley. In our interview we talk about the history and goals of the NCECA Green Task Force. The group works to educate and empower artists to engage in sustainability and environmental stewardship. For more information visit www.ncecagtf.com or visit the GTF booth at this year’s conference. To listen to this episode click here.
To wrap up our miniseries on sustainability I’ll be hosting a live podcast taping at this year’s NCECA conference in Cincinatti on Friday March 17th at 2:30 in room 212. The panel Taking an Environmental Approach to Making features Marianne Chénard, and Green Task Force members Julia Galloway and Ché R. Ochtli. Drop by to experience this new interactive format for discussion at NCECA.
In today’s interview we also talk about how upcycling industrial materials has influenced both Danielle and Robert’s work. Pictured above you can see the Potter’s Shrine, built in 1987 on the grounds of the Archie Bray Foundation. Robert built this using ceramic remnants from when the Bray grounds were home to the Western Clay Manufacturing Company.
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