In February 2009, on President's Day, Justin's Presidential pottery was reviewed in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. This blog was also published. And Justin was given an Award of Excellence by the American Craft Council. In November 2008, Brooke and Justin welcomed the third Rothshank to the world. Layton Beatty. In October 2008 Justin participated in the Obamaware fundraiser for the Obama campaign. In October 2007 there was an article in Mennonite Weekly Review that talked about our last name: ROTHSHANK. In summer 2007 an article about Brooke's work was published in Dollhouse Miniatures magazine. Justin's research work received a Work of Art Award from Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council. In early 2006 Brooke's work in miniature portraiture appeared in Miniature Collector magazine and the Seattle Times, and Justin's ceramic work was published in 500 Teapots, by Lark Books. Read about Justin's participation in the 40 Under 40 Exhibit that happend at the Clay Place Gallery in Carnegie, PA. The show was reviewed in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. A July 2004 review by Julie Mickens in the Pittsburgh City Paper reads: "...wife and husband Brooke and Justin Rothshank leap from the ethereal to the real. Justin's pottery-though hard and earthy-seems like it's still moving on the wheel or in the artist's hands. And Brooke's exquisitely humanistic portraits-set off by stunning solid color backgrounds-seem to breathe, worry, sweat, and glow." Justin's work at the Union Project has recieved press in numerous publications; including a cover story in PULP magazine, and numerous articles in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette and Tribune Review, and more. Visit www,unionproject.org to read more. Here is the article from Pittsburgh Magazine noting Justin as one of 2005 40 under 40. Here is another link regarding the Decade of Servant Leadership award from Goshen College. Brooke and Justin's work has been seen in several galleries, museums, and magazinesaround the country, including exhibits in Pennsylvania, Florida, Indiana, Washington, Montana, Maryland, North Carolina, Georgia, Kansas, and elsewhere. Some of these exhibits have been at the Andy Warhol Museum, Florida State Museum of Fine Art, AMACO/Brent Factory, Midwest Museum of Art, Charlie Cummings Clay Studio, Baltimore Clayworks, Clay Times magazine, Miniature Collector Magazine, the National Aviary, and more |
"An encounter with Rothshank's clay works is an encounter with the
unexpected ingenuity. The assorted debris of the automotive
garage--mufflers, oil cans, buckets--is reclaimed by the artist for a
captivatingly eccentric series of vessels. Rothshank fires teapots and
other ceramic sculptures in the monochromatic colors of humble engine
parts and mechanical artifacts. Crumpled and asymmetrical, Rothshank's
muffler teapots have a carefree verticality, while his buckets, oil
cans, and other assorted implements are soulful, dinted, and lovingly
care-worn."
--Allys Palladino-Craig, Director, Florida State Museum of Fine Arts |
Past exhibit links:
New Hampshire Institute of Art National Teapot Show VI Florida State Museum of Fine Arts The Clay Place The International Guild of Miniature Artists Show Teapots A-Go-Go 2 AMACO NCECA Invitational Chicago International The Clay Studio of Missoula Baltimore Clayworks Cone Box Show 2004 Seattle Times |