Val Cushing Slide Presentation



Image from Scholes Library Visual Resources Collection
Val Cushing will present a slide lecture about his work and his life in Alfred, New York.  Val was born in Rochester, New York, and received his BFA (1952)  and MFA (1956) from the School of Art and Design at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. 
Val retired from Alfred in 1997, after forty-one years of teaching and was designated “Professor Emeritus”.  

"I aspire to make beautiful pottery - some to be used and some to function visually, as sculpture. I look for ideas in a variety of places, but nature is my primary source. It is in nature that I find the rich colors, the dynamic textures and the harmonious forms I love to make.        " Val Cushing"

Image from the Artisan Gallery

Oral history interview with Val Cushing, 2001 Apr. 16 (transcript Smithsonian Archives of American Art)