Arts ntertainment ed Potter Gift of the Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation in memory of Morris D. Baker,..2001 Ann Arbor gallery shows large vessels created under a grant from ArtServe Michigan. SUZANNE CHESSLER Special to the Jewish News K Clockwise from top left: Frank Stella (American, b. 1936): "Gene come it Sale," 1989, 18-color relief, etching and aquatint on . paper. One of two Baker-donated Stellas in the AGW exhibit. Anthony Caro (Canadian, b. 1924): •"Ttble piece," 1980-81, welded steel. Caro studied with British sculptor Henry Moore. Gift of the Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation in memory of Morris D. Baker, 2001 Jack Bush (Canadian, 1909-77): "V-cut," 1967, acrylic on canvas. Bush is considered one of the most original of the color field painters. Coming Home Artistic works settle into new quarters at Art Gallery ofWindsor. SUZANNE CHESSLER Special to the Jewish News Gift," the title of the exhibit run- ning Oct. 12-Nov. 14 at AGW, will include the entire donation, 21 everly and Morris Baker works on paper and two sculptures. lived in Ontario for Later on, the mostly abstract pieces many years and spent will be available for showing inde- considerable leisure time pendent of one another as they building a large collection of con- relate to emerging exhibit themes. temporary artworks. Their finds, by "I'm very pleased that the gallery is Canadians and masters from other showing the entire gift in a major countries, could be seen in their space," says Beverly Baker, now a res- home or his place of business as a ident of Bloomfield Hills and a for- real estate developer. The late Morris Baker and mer docent at the museum. "Most of Beverly Baker: A nother gift to the work had been on the walls in With the creation of the Morris the area's cultural institutions. my husband's office, but a bigger and Beverly Baker Foundation after his death, many of those artworks space changes the.whole look." have gained permanent residency in Canada by Baker, whose children attended Hillel Day becoming part of a donation in his memory to the School while the family lived in Canada, believes Art Gallery of Windsor. that the most important piece in the collection is "The Morris and Beverly. Baker Foundation by Canadian artist Jack Bush, a color field painter. B WI); ,*g 10/4 2002 78 ay Yourist likes to combine the old with the new in her pottery projects, and that approach can be seen in "New Works," an exhibit on view through Nov. 2 at the Washington Street Gallery in Ann Arbor. Fifteen large vessel forms, highlighted with a glaze that looks like oxidized copper, are being featured. "The pieces in this show were done over the past year under a grant from ArtServe Michigan," says Yourist, whose Ann . Arbor studio also serves as an instruc- tional center for pot- tery students. "The vessels were inspired by ancient works and ICay Yourist: `An ancient prehistoric forms, but form of exipression." the shapes have been stretched to make them part of the present." Yourist, who has enjoyed working with pottery since, childhood, has shown her clay forms for more than 20 years at the Ann Arbor Art Fairs as well as other fairs and galleries. The artist has had work showcased at the Janice Charach Epstein Gallery in West Bloomfield and has accepted commissions. Although Yourist attended an Orthodox syna-= gogue while being raised in Toledo, her work does not include Judaica. "Some of my vessels look like they were under the earth for a while," says Yourist, an art graduate of Bowling Green State University in Ohio and a Michigan resident since 1977. "Thar represents what's at the heart of my love of ceramics, which is taking part in an ancient form of expression. It's a way to reach into the past and be part of the present." 0 Kay Yourist's "New Works" will be shown through Nov. 2 at the Washington Street Gallery, 215 E. Washington Street, Ann Arbor. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Thursdays and 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturdays. An artist's reception is scheduled 7-9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25. (734) 761-2287. For more information on Yourist's studio, workshops and classes, go to www.yourist- pottery.com or call (734) 662-4914.