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Archive for April, 2010
Cost of War – Arts Fest
Cost of War - Arts Fest

School of Art and Art History’s Arts Fest ended less than 2 hours ago and here are some pictures from my installation. The open house was great, lots of people showed. Thank you to everyone for your great support.

Apr 30, 2010 | Comments Off

Arts Fest
Arts Fest

The University of Iowa School of Art and Art History is having an open house this Friday April 30th from 4-7pm. If you are in the neighborhood stop by. (I will have my piece installed and be demoing) Facebook invitation

Apr 28, 2010 | Comments Off

Red Bull
Red Bull

Saturday I went home to help  out a great friend, Ethan Carlson, work on a project for a Red Bull art competition.   Carlson had been invited to enter his sculpture Crimson Rage in a national Red Bull competition titled The Art of Can. The Bull was a center point of the show at the [...]

Apr 19, 2010 | Comments Off

Studio
Studio

I have a few images to update the website with, first is my studio space. I took a quick picture of my space a few weeks ago right after I finished my Afghanistan piece. It’s fairly clean compared to what it was before I moved the helmets out.

Apr 19, 2010 | Have your say »

Iraq War Names
Iraq War Names

I’m currently working on a few pieces that deal with the soldiers from the Iraq War. I needed the list of all the names of the soldiers that have been KIA but all I could find was the list from iCasualties. The list is great but I needed the names to be in a block [...]

Apr 15, 2010 | Have your say »

Combat Paper 2
Combat Paper 2

I got to go see combat paper in action again today, here are some of the pictures:

Apr 13, 2010 | Comments Off

Combat Paper
Combat Paper

This weekend I was able to go and see combat paper in action. If you don’t know what combat paper check them out by clicking here. Here is the workshop Drew and Drew gave at the University:

Apr 11, 2010 | Comments Off

New York
New York

At the end of March 2010 several University of Iowa students, including myself, were able to go to New York to view several galleries and studios. Here are a few images of our trip:

Apr 11, 2010 | Comments Off

Cost of War
Cost of War

Cost of War Video Cost of War Video 2 Market and Dubuque Gallery Cost of War Bennett E. Roti April 5th-9th

Apr 11, 2010 | Comments Off

BFA Show Gallery Opening
BFA Show Gallery Opening

Just a few photos of friends and I at my BFA Show on April 8th 2010. More images to come soon!

Apr 10, 2010 | Comments Off

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Bennett Roti is a ceramic artist from Spirit Lake, IA. He recently graduated in May, 2010 from the University of Iowa where he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in ceramics. Currently, he lives in Tucson, AZ.

Bennett’s main area of focus has been with the functional ceramics and forms. One of his favorite forms are teapots. Bennett's recent teapots separate his work from many other potters. The tea in the single-serving teapots, which are filled from the bottom of the pot, is meant to be consumed directly from the spout.

Although Bennett's emphasis is in ceramics, he has recently developed a passion for sculpture. His sculptures are created using a unique material commonly used as fishing bait. He started using the lures in chandeliers, and now he is exploring the combination of lures and furniture

Bennett recently worked on a ceramic installation titled, “Cost of War” where thousands of helmets were displayed to represent the number of American troops killed in Afganistan. Bennett is currently working on a piece involving the fallen soldiers of the Iraq war.

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