Call for artists: AiR Bornholm

by | Jan 9, 2010 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

1.8 – 30.9 2010
European Ceramic Context 2010 and Air Bornholm is cooperating on offering a six-week residency for up to eight talented ceramic Artists. Selected artists will be given the time and space to develop a new project or body of work in ceramics.
Two residencies are offered at Svanekegaarden.
Four residencies are offered at Møbelfabrikken.
Two residencies are offered at The Glass And Ceramic School on Bornholm.
Application deadline March 1st 2010.
Nature of the residencies:
The residency provides six weeks free access to studio facilities at either Svanekegaarden, Møbelfabrikken or The Glass and Ceramic School on Bornholm.
The residencies are offered to professional ceramic artists, who are expected to be proficient in the processes and techniques discussed in their residency application.
The residency will be provided with basic materials and access to kilns and firerings during this period.
The resident will be offered housing at either Svanekegaarden or Møbelfabrikken, depending on where the resident will be working.
The resident is responsible for organizing and paying for their own travels to and from Bornholm.
Residents will be responsible for providing, bringing or preordering any specialist materials other than the basics provided by ECC2010.
Assistance with contact info to suppliers in Scandinavia is available on request.
The resident must bring all specialist- and hand tools needed.
The period of the residency is granted to the named resident only, partners and other makers are not allowed to work in the studios during this time.
During the period of the residency it is incumbent on the resident to communicate, aid and assist his or her fellow residents in an open and friendly manner. This interaction and exchange is seen as being one of the benefits and challenges of the residence period.
Detailed information on the three Artist in Residence venues:
Two residencies at Svanekegaarden
Work facilities
Each workshop space has a large and a small worktable for the artist to use. There is also an electric wheel, a spray booth, shelves for storage, etc., a kiln room with a large and a small electric kiln, and a large gas kiln. A small wood-fired African kiln is also available in the garden area.
Technical facilities
Cerama (120 l) electric kiln. Maximum temp. 1300°C.
Baltic Therm (500 l), electric kiln. Maximum temp. 1280°C.
Gas kiln (600 l) Maximum temp. 1300°C.
Electric wheel and kick wheel
Spray booth
Plenty of worktable and storage space available.
Small outdoor African wood-fired brick kiln. Maximum temp. 1050°C.
Practical information:
The facilities are designed for professional ceramists who work independently.
Ceramists must bring their own materials and hand tools other than basics provided by the residency.
Basic electricity and gas for firing the kilns will be provided by the residency, additional cost is to be charged on the basis of a meter reading.
The workshop may be used at any time of the day or night.
No workshop assistant is associated with the workshop, but a technical contact can be referred to.
The workshop’s technical equipment is covered by the general insurance terms and conditions, but this does not cover materials brought in by the artist, or the works of art made by the artist.
Other information
Residents will be offered accommodation in shared apartments in conjunction with the workshops at Svanekegaarden. Laundry facilities are available.
As a user of the workshop and accommodation facilities, the artist is responsible for keeping these clean and in good condition and for cleaning them on departure.
Four residencies at Møbelfabrikken
The ceramics workshop is set up in a large, bright factory hall in a former furniture factory in Nexø. The workshop is well-equipped and comprise a total of four workshop spaces for the production of ceramics.
Møbelfabrikken has an accommodation area with rooms that share a kitchen and lounge.
Technical facilities
2 Scandia kilns, 50 litres electric top kilns. Max temp. 1300°C.
1 Scandia kiln, 300 litres electric kiln. Max temp. 1300°C.
1 Scandia kiln, 1500 litres, two-phase electric chamber kiln. Max temp. 1300°C.
2 Vacuum kneading machines.
2 Spray booths
4 Electric wheels
Sheet roller
Jigger jolly
Clay tubs
Filter press
Extruder
Glaze tub
Sand grinder
Well-appointed plaster room with plaster wheel, casting equipment, etc.
Practical information
The facilities are designed for professional ceramic artists who work independently.
The workshops are open 24 hours a day, all year round.
The artists in residence must bring their own materials, which could potentially be jointly purchased with other artists in residence.
Basic electricity and gas for firing the kilns will be provided by the residency, additional cost is to be charged on the basis of a meter reading.
No workshop assistant is connected with the workshop, but a technical contact can be referred to.
The workshop’s equipment is covered by the general insurance terms and conditions, but this does not cover broken drill bits or ruined grinding discs for which the artist is personally liable. The insurance does not cover materials brought in to the workshop or the artist’s own works of art.
As a user of the workshop and accommodation, the artist is responsible for keeping the premises clean and in good condition and for cleaning them on departure.
Two residencies at The Glass and Ceramic School
More information will be available shortly

Dates: 1.8 – 30.9 2010 European Ceramic Context 2010 and Air Bornholm is cooperating on offering a six-week residency for up to eight talented ceramic Artists. Selected artists will be given the time and space to develop a new project or body of work in ceramics. Two residencies are offered at Svanekegaarden.
Four residencies are offered at Møbelfabrikken.
Two residencies are offered at The Glass And Ceramic School on Bornholm. Deadline 1.3 2010. Nature of the residencies The residency provides six weeks free access to studio facilities at either Svanekegaarden, Møbelfabrikken or The Glass and Ceramic School on Bornholm. The residencies are offered to professional ceramic artists, who are expected to be proficient in the processes and techniques discussed in their residency application. The residency will be provided with basic materials and access to kilns and firerings during this period. The resident will be offered housing at either Svanekegaarden or Møbelfabrikken, depending on where the resident will be working. The resident is responsible for organizing and paying for their own travels to and from Bornholm. Residents will be responsible for providing, bringing or preordering any specialist materials other than the basics provided by ECC2010. Assistance with contact info to suppliers in Scandinavia is available on request. The resident must bring all specialist- and hand tools needed. The period of the residency is granted to the named resident only, partners and other makers are not allowed to work in the studios during this time. During the period of the residency it is incumbent on the resident to communicate, aid and assist his or her fellow residents in an open and friendly manner. This interaction and exchange is seen as being one of the benefits and challenges of the residence period.For more info contact them through the European Ceramic Context website here.

The New York Ceramics Fair

by | Jan 9, 2010 | Uncategorized

“Today’s jewel in the crown of New York’s Winter Antiques Week, The New York Ceramics Fair, brings together a carefully selected and distinguished international group of around 36 galleries offering all things “fired” – porcelain, pottery, glass, cloisonné and enamels, in a setting perfect for the exhibition and sale of important small objects. “

SHOW DATES
JANUARY 20th – 24th, 2010

Also Check out their Lecture Series:
Sponsored by the Chipstone Foundation

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 20th
12 Noon “Sources for Services” by Angela Howard 
2pm “Success to America: English Creamware for the Patriotic American Market” by Patricia Halfpenny 
4pm “Small cups with one handle fit for coffee or chocolate” : Chinese Export Porcelain Coffee Wares by Ronald W. Fuchs II

THURSDAY JANUARY 21st
12 Noon “Dutch Jugs and Flint Wares: Salt-glazed Stoneware in Early America”
by Janine E. Skerry 
2pm “Teapots, Coffeepots, and Cream Jugs, Oh My: Surprises in American Stoneware”
by Suzanne Findlen Hood

FRIDAY JANUARY 22nd
4pm “Wedgewood: 250 Years of Innovation and Derivation”
by Dr. Jeffrey Tulman

Both Saturday Lectures are in support of the Ceramic Fair’s 2010 Loan Exhibit

SATURDAY JANUARY 23rd
12 Noon “Making a Moravian Squirrel Bottle, Lecture-Live Demonstration.” by Michelle Erickson 
2pm Pottery “For Which the People Were Eager: The North Carolina Earthenware Tradition.”
by Johanna M. Brown

LECTURE TICKETS:
$10 per person per lecture plus $20
show admission (run of show)
3 lectures $25 plus show admission.
Seating is limited. Reservations required –
please call 310.455.2886

Show Information:
Caskey Lees, Inc.
PO Box 1409
Topanga, CA 90290
310.455.2886
310.455.1951 fax
website

Time to step up my game…in more ways than one.

by | Jan 8, 2010 | Uncategorized

So I’m a total sucker for new years resolutions. I make them every year and then have to feel guilty about my failings by mid-February. This year I guess will be a replay of the usual. But maybe this year since I’m telling you all about it, I’ll have more pressure to actually hold true to my resolutions.

The main resolution of which I speak involves this blog. I’ve for a long time been intending to write more on the blog. More about the everyday of my studio practice and “musings” about clay that float through my mind in the studio. Don’t worry, I won’t overload you, and hopefully won’t bore you, and I won’t stop posting calls for entry. I’ve just always intended for this blog to more than a bulletin board of information, I guess I intended for it to be a bit more personable than virtual push pins and paper postings. And I now have more incentive than ever to make this change as I’ve been invited to participate in an upcoming exhibition about potters who blog (so exciting!!!), and if I’m going to play with the big kids, I’ve got to step up my game. Below i’ll post links to the blogs of the other participating artists so you can see what I mean. It’ll be a bit intimidating to show with so many great potters and writers.

Another reason why this is so intimidating is that my functional pottery practice is taking a major turn this year. It began part way through last year and I’m still working on trying to sort out exactly where I’m heading. I may have mentioned before, maybe not, that I haven’t been able to throw for over a year now and so I need to develop a new line of work that incorporates handbuilding, pressmolding and slipcasting. It’s been a challenge for sure to walk away from a body of work that I love, and in particular the refinement and forms I find I can achieve on the wheel seems elusive to my new work. So be it. Change is good. But the thought of a looming exhibition with great potters and me without my A game, well frankly it freaks me out. So i’m hoping to, over the course of the next few months talk a bit about the process i’m going through in developing this new work and going back to the beginning and starting from scratch. So often our new work is simply an evolution or at least a diversion from that which we already make, but to leap completely out of our process, well…it’s an adventure. Anyway, the deadline of this show and the pressure to measure up are going to be helpful to say the least.

So keep your eyes peeled for more info about the upcoming show here and on the many blogs of the participating artists. Should be pretty exciting as things evolve.

Clay and Blogs:Telling a Story
Arts Council of Moore County, Campbell House
Opening reception-October 1st 2010
6 to 8pm
exhibition runs until Oct.29,2010

Meredith Heywood is our most wonderful organizer and the brains and creative mind behind this endeavor. Check out her blog:
http://whynotpotteryblog.blogspot.com/

The following is (i believe) a complete list of the participating artists. If there are more I will update. If there are any problems with the links please let me know, as I’ve been working on this post while also bowing to my toddlers demands to color “tv car” at the same time. Needless to say there is marker on my laptop right now.

http://bulldogpottery.blogspot.com/
http://fromthegrounduppots.blogspot.com/
http://tgraypots.blogspot.com/
http://averypotteryandtileworks.blogspot.com/
http://chrislutherblog.blogspot.com/
http://michaelklinepottery.blogspot.com/
http://tsbroome.blogspot.com/
http://oohmyheck.blogspot.com/
http://ronphilbeckpottery.com/
http://supportyourlocalpotter.blogspot.com/
http://jimgottuso.wordpress.com/
http://fetishghost.blogspot.com/
http://feffakookan.blogspot.com/
http://bumcrane.blogspot.com/
http://joytannerpottery.blogspot.com/
http://anniesingletary.com/
http://powenliu.blogspot.com/
http://carpenterpottery.blogspot.com/
http://potsapalooza.blogspot.com/
http://mountainhousestudios.blogspot.com/
http://henhousepottery.blogspot.com/
http://claygarden.wordpress.com/
http://theponderingpotter.blogspot.com/
http://colepottery.blogspot.com/
http://www.timayerspottery.com/
http://hatchvillepottery.blogspot.com/
http://danfinneganpottery.blogspot.com/
http://bluestarrgallery.blogspot.com/
http://www.patriciagriffinstudio.com/
http://artmakinginthenorth.blogspot.com/
http://garysthirdpotteryblog.blogspot.com/
http://jennifermeccapottery.blogspot.com/

Call for Artists: Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition Application

by | Jan 7, 2010 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

Deadline: March 1

Now in its 49th year, the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition [TOAE] is a juried showcase featuring contemporary fine art and craft that takes place on Nathan Phillips Square every July. As the largest outdoor art exhibition in Canada, the TOAE offers a fresh-air alternative to conventional art shows and galleries. Approximately 500 artists participate and over 100,000 visitors attend the exhibition every year. Side by side, established artists, undiscovered talents and innovative students sell their work directly to the public and make lasting connections with art dealers and collectors. In 2009, the TOAE presented over $35,000 in cash awards and prizes to participating artists.

We welcome applications from artists working in a wide range of traditional and experimental art forms. Applications can be downloaded from the TOAE website at www.torontooutdoorart.org or call 416.408.2754 for more information.