Edward Sozanski, Contributing Art Critic to the Philadelphia Inquirer reviewed the "Contemporary Folklore." exhibition at the Michener. Read the full arts and entertainment review here.


"Naples, who made functional ceramics for 30 years, is the most personal and idiosyncratic, and also the most poetic. She combines objects found in flea markets, such as a child's dress form and wooden alphabet blocks, with clay body parts to create fantastic figures - a bird-woman with a beak and a nest on her head, or a female torso, hands and wrists sprouting branches, rising out of a bower.

Her images suggest rebirth and renewal in a quiet, organic way; they are magical but not so outlandish that the inherent symbolism is overwhelmed by the bizarre."

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The exhibit runs through June 13th at the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, PA. For more info on the show, visit the Michener Museum web site.