Jakob Haßlacher, Founding Director
Founder's Note
“The aim of art is to project an inner vision into the world, to state in aesthetic creation the deepest psychic and personal experiences of a human being. It is to enable those experiences to be intelligible and generally recognized within the total framework of an ideal world.” — Bruce Lee
My concept of an “ideal world” is pretty simple: Peace, Love, Understanding – with plenty of Respect, Acceptance, Effort and Discipline thrown in for good measure. Unfortunately we are going through a time of global turmoil, far away from the ideal. My ceramic work is an attempt to ask myself what place, as an American and as a member of our international community, do I have in contributing to the state of our world in such a way that exposes and reinforces my understanding of the ideal.
WHEW!! i wrote that along time ago... but it still rings true as I type the first "Founder's Note" for the newly launched site. Thank you all for your patience whilst we updated the site. I am really excited about the new look and especially all the great additions to our Board, Residents and all the wonderful events that have happened over the past "couple-few" years!
ENJOY!!
— Jacob Haßlacher
January, 2010