Unidos por el Arte
Unidos por el Arte is the artist collective initiative of Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center. By joining our growing list of Latinx artists, you will be connected to creative opportunities, events, professional development tools and artist resources at the Center’s expansive campus located in Cleveland, Ohio.
Featured Artist: Angelica Pozo
Artist Spotlight
Angelica Pozo is a nationally recognized ceramic artist, educator and author. A New York City native, born of Cuban and Puerto Rican parents, has lived in Cleveland since 1984. She moved there from Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she received her Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Michigan. Her Bachelor of Fine Arts is from SUNY College of Ceramics in Alfred, NY. A full time self employed ceramic artist, Angelica divides her time between public art, tile and sculptural studio work, writing how to books, teaching workshops on ceramic decoration, tile making and architectural ceramics and often serves as an artist-in-residence on large tile/mosaic projects in school and community settings. Recipient of an OAC Individual Artist Fellowship, she is in the permanent collection of Museum of Art & Design in New York City. Angelica’s work has been exhibited widely and can be seen online at www.angelicapozo.com. She served as one of the four curators for the first CAN Triennial, in conjunction with the first FRONT international Triennial, that took place in Cleveland summer 2018. Recent exhibitions include University Circle Inc.’s Voices On View Exhibition, in which I exhibitied 2 public art ceramic tile murals on Wade Oval, Summer, 2020 and Triaxial Blends Exhibition of ceramic sculpture at Northern Clay Center in Minneapolis, MN, Spring, 2020.
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Angélica Pozo es una ceramista, educadora y autora reconocida a nivel nacional. Nacida en la ciudad de Nueva York, nacida de padres cubanos y puertorriqueños, ha vivido en Cleveland desde 1984. Se mudó allí desde Ann Arbor, Michigan, donde recibió su Maestría en Bellas Artes de la Universidad de Michigan. Su licenciatura en Bellas Artes es de SUNY College of Ceramics en Alfred, NY. Angélica, una artista de cerámica autónoma a tiempo completo, divide su tiempo entre el arte público, el trabajo de estudio de azulejos y esculturas, escribe libros sobre cómo escribir, enseña talleres sobre decoración de cerámica, fabricación de azulejos y cerámica arquitectónica y, a menudo, se desempeña como artista en residencia en general. Proyectos de azulejos / mosaicos en entornos escolares y comunitarios. Recipiente de una beca de artista individual OAC, está en la colección permanente del Museo de Arte y Diseño en la ciudad de Nueva York. El trabajo de Angélica se ha exhibido ampliamente y se puede ver en línea en www.angelicapozo.com. Se desempeñó como una de las cuatro curadoras de la primera Trienal CAN, junto con la primera Trienal internacional FRONT, que tuvo lugar en Cleveland en el verano de 2018. Las exhibiciones recientes incluyen la Exposición Voices On View de University Circle Inc., en la que expuse 2 murales de baldosas de cerámica de arte público en Wade Oval, verano de 2020 y Exposición de esculturas de cerámica Triaxial Blends en Northern Clay Center en Minneapolis, MN, primavera de 2020.
