Future Art(ifacts): Practical Magic by Amy Kandall

Local artist, educator, and creative vision behind Truro Clay Works, Amy Kandall presents her installation Practical Magic.

These interactive ceramic sculptures prompt the viewer to contemplate meaning and transformation through text. This work, which was created through a combination of hand building and wheel throwing, has been engineered for movement and is meant to be rotated. Kandall reflects, “when asked to make a public work about our 250th anniversary as a country, I chose to foster compassion, strength and community as a form of practical magic.” The artist invites the viewer to touch, play and explore the sculpture’s meaning through its movement. 

The Future Art(ifacts) Series:

An artifact is “an object made or modified by a human being, typically one of cultural or historical interest”. Artifacts mark important cultural and artistic expressions throughout human history, tracing our societal values as they have changed through time. They are often found buried deep underground, dusted off, and encased in glass or hung on the wall of a museum, separated by time and space by the people who made them, leaving viewers to reckon with their meaning. The Future Art(ifacts) Series, aims to connect the public with artists, creators, and thinkers making the same kind of significant contributions to culture in real time through a series of free workshops, events, and temporary installations held at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum during Free Friday events.

Amy Kandall

Originally from New York City, Amy Kandall has a BFA from SUNY Purchase and a MFA from Bard College. She moved to the Cape and began teaching ceramics over 25 years ago. Heavily influenced by techniques of Harry Holl and her own spiritual practice, she began exhibiting and teaching at local institutions such as Cape Cod Museum, PAAM Castle Hill Center for the Arts and FAWC. Currently, Amy Kandall is teaching at Nauset Regional High School running their Ceramic, Drawing and Painting program. Her teaching focuses on the nervous system and the process of navigating creativity in the body. Most recently her work has been exhibited at Four Eleven Gallery in Provincetown, the Cape Cod Museum in Dennis and the Commons. She is the founder and creative director of Truro Clay Works.