Arnie Zimmerman Studio Tour with the Clay Art Center

Spend the day touring artist Arnie Zimmerman's Brooklyn studio.

From the Clay Art Center:

"Join us for an exciting day in Brooklyn as we gather together to get a personal tour of Arnie Zimmerman's Williamsburg studio.  Arnie will show us where he has created his monumental sculptures and narrative works since he opened his studio in 1981.   Arnie will discuss his work in progress and share how he has maintained a thriving career as a studio artist in NYC.  Transportation from Clay Art Center to Brooklyn and back will be provided, and we will have lunch at Arnie's favorite neighborhood restaurant, DuMont, a unique bistro offering artful fare and an inviting "Zen-like" interior.  Transportation and lunch included with registration fee.   Limited enrollment!  Upon interest, a second tour will be offered in November.

Arnie Zimmerman is an actively working artist with a professional career starting in 1980 after graduating with a MFA from The NY State College of Ceramics at Alfred, NY in 1979.  Arnie's main focus has been studio work primarily using clay and the techniques he learned in his training as a starting point for making sculpture. Over the last 25 years the conceptual arc of Arnie's work has traveled from abstraction to narrative sculpture using the figure.  Arnie has been awarded many prestigious grants over the last 25 years these include 3 grants from the NEA, 3 grants from NYFA, Arts International, Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund International Artists Grant for residency in Portugal. In 2005 Arnie was awarded a Louis Comfort Tiffany Grant.

From 2005 thru 2009 Arnie worked on a multi media collaborative installation titled "Inner City" shown three times in Portugal, The Netherlands and United States.   Arnie has taught and lectured at scores of Colleges and Universities throughout the world. His last teaching position was at Hunter College, City University of New York. He has maintained his studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn since 1981."