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Ali recently joined the acclaimed Creative Ingredient as an arts consultant. This organisation offers project support, team building workshops, public art, community consultation, place activation and more to businesses, government agencies and NGOs. In this capacity, Ali is excited to join this team of creative thinkers to collaborate with and support organisations seeking logo-branded ceramics, […]
Newcastle Herald Penelope Green September 1, 2020 Ali Sobel-Read’s ceramics have long been inspired by her peripatetic lifestyle and surroundings. During her decade in New York, working as an educator with at-risk children in Harlem, the skyscrapers influenced the patterns on her hand-made plates. In Newcastle, her family’s base since 2014, the working port and […]
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HACKING THE CITY A NEW MODEL FOR URBAN RENEWAL BY GREG LINDSAY December 10, 2015 On a sunny morning in March, Marcus Westbury brandished his iPad as if it were a window into another world. The screen depicted the street we were standing on in downtown Newcastle, Australia, circa 2008. Decades of suburban flight, […]
Saturday June 6th was a glorious day, a day worthy of getting those walking shoes on and pounding the pavement in search of art. And so I acquiesced. I ventured forth into that warm winter sunshine and perused Newcastle’s abundant art both within galleries and without. The collaborative earrings of Maggie Hensel-Brown and Ali Sobel […]
Boomtown – Jetstar Magazine
The NCMA selected my piece, Autumn Twilight, to be a part of its annual Auction to be held on June 8th. Please join me on May 17th at 5:30 for their fabulously fun and FREE Preview Event! Food, drink, music and art….what could be better!
Walter Magazine – November 2012
I am thrilled to announce that my photo silk screened Wall Tile, “Southern Star: Northern Lights” was selected to be published in the Lark Crafts publication, “500 Prints on Clay”! It will be released in March 2013. http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/500-prints-on-clay-lark-crafts/1112572826
I am currently working with the Art Department and several classes of students at Martin Middle School to create a “Community Quilt” made from clay tiles. The students will make their mark on their tiles using found objects as well as stamps they have created themselves. Along the border of the “quilt” students will stamp […]
Published in: Architects and Artisans February 14, 2011 Ali Sobel-Read is a self-taught artist who uses found objects to form lasting impressions in clay. In her travels to Australia, New Zealand and the Cook Islands, she collects remnants from everyday life, saving them for later use. She’ll press items like doormats, pot holders or metal grates […]
