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June 27, 2001 Purdue Ceramics Alliance, Italian artists' exhibit opens in Indy WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – "Fatti D'Argilla/Made in Clay," an exchange exhibition by members of the Purdue Ceramics Alliance and an Italian artist group, opens Friday (6/29) in Indianapolis. The exhibition at the Dean Johnson Gallery, 646 Massachusetts Ave., Indianapolis, begins at 5 p.m. Friday with an artists' reception. Reservations for the reception can be made by calling (317) 634-8020. The ceramic works exhibition runs through July 26. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and by appointment. The show is free and open to the public. Daniel Engelke, a Purdue University faculty member in the School of Liberal Arts Division of Art and Design, is among the featured artists. Other members of the Purdue Ceramic Alliance are Purdue graduate students Carolina Pedraza, Dana Kroos, Ebru Sahin-Ekici, Todd A. Matteson and Nathan Sonnenberg. The Italian artists are Mara Funghi, Maria Elena Giorgini, Michele Golia and Marco Vallesi. The Italian group, called RASNA, is from a region of Italy historically famous for its Etruscan culture, including its famous black pottery, which dates back to 9 B.C. The "Fatti d’Argilla/Made in Clay" exhibition, featuring ceramic objects crafted by members of Purdue Ceramics Alliance, also was displayed in the Robert L. Ringel Gallery in the Purdue Memorial Union from March 19 through April 29. As part of an exchange, the exhibit will move to Italy later this year. In September the works will be shown at Fondazione Museo Claudio Faina, Orvieto; and in October at Palazzo Dei Priori, Tarquinia. Source: Daniel Engelke, (765) 494-3065; dengelke@purdue.edu. Writer: Grant Flora, (765) 494-2073, gflora@purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu To the Purdue News and Photos Page