by Carole Epp | Feb 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
So sometimes I can be quite implusive. Especially when it comes to great art. So it’s not really a surprise to me that within moments of discovering Scott Jennings beautiful ceramic work I had (practically without breathing) purchased two pieces to add to my ceramics collection. So I asked Scott if I could share some images with you. If you have a minute check out his etsy shop and his website (where he also shares some process info)
In his words:
“I choose to make pottery because of the excitement and satisfaction that I get from discovering new forms. With each new series of work my intentions become clearer and the excitement grows. I am interested in utilitarian vessels and find that they provide endless avenues to explore form and surface design. Each piece that I make stands in stark contrast to the manufactured goods of the world around us; they are imperfect, irregular, and not exactly repeatable. I strive to make pieces that are visually stunning and that have friendly tactile qualities. Ultimately I hope that the user contemplates how ceramics with unique characteristics can fit into and enhance their daily routines.”
by Carole Epp | Feb 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
Summer residency with invited artist Robin DuPont
Medalta International Artist in Residence program is pleased to announce that Robin DuPont will be the invited artist for the June residency this year.
Robin’s education in the field of ceramics includes educational training from four institutions, in three different counties. With a completed BFA from Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary, AB, Canada, Robin also studied at the Kootenay School of the Arts, in Nelson, BC, Canada, the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia and is currently an MFA graduate student at Utah State University in Logan, Utah, USA.
A three-year apprenticeship with a studio potter, as well as a research trip and several work-studies in Canada, U.S.A, Australia and Korea, residencies at the Banff Centre for the Arts, Red Deer College, and the building and firing of many different wood kilns also contribute to the depth of his experience in the field. His employment experience has been as an adjunct faculty member teaching introductory clay at the post secondary level as well as six years experience as a ceramics technician. Robin also spent four years building and maintaining a studio practice out of his home in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada.
Summer Residency This is our largest residency of the year with up to forteen artists sharing our large 12,000 sq ft studio. There is a palpable excitement in the air as this diverse group of artists bring a variety of concepts, skills and techniques together for a month of intense ceramic exploration. Deadline for registrations is April 15th. Application fee is $25. Visit medalta.org/miair for more information.
Workshop with Cathi Jefferson August 6-16th
This workshop with British Columbia artist
Cathi Jefferson will explore both the mechanics of making pots as well as addressing the notions around the creative process. This is a new concept in that the whole creative process is considered – from idea to unloading hot pots out of the kiln! In this hands-on workshop, Cathi will guide the students through the entire process of making pots for our soda and salt kilns.
For the first three days of the workshop, Cathi will lead a hands-on seminar on the specifics of making pots for our salt and soda kilns. Types of clay, slips and terra siggilattas will be discussed in conjunction with different forming methods.
The middle five days of the workshop will leave the students to work independently with guidance from the Historic Clay District’s Artistic Director Aaron Nelson. After this period of creative exploration, Cathi will return for the final three days to teach various glazing techniques as well as the firing of the salt and soda kilns.
by Carole Epp | Feb 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
Why Ceramics Matter as Art as Never Before: Critical Writing on Ceramics
Instructor: Paul Mathieu
February 20–21, 2010 Tuition: $200
Maximum Enrollment: 15
Open to artists and writers of all skill levelsArchie Bray Foundation
Registration Information Why write critically on ceramics? How do you approach the task? This two-day workshop on critical writing will begin by asking the question: “What is ceramics?”, and provide a template for exercises in writing on ceramics. Throughout the workshop, Mathieu will interact with participants and will provide support and advice about writing on ceramics. Students will leave the workshop with a deeper understanding of various approaches to critical writing and will have made significant progress in developing a critical essay on a subject of their choice. Participants are encouraged to read some critical essays by Mathieu to be found on his web site, www.paulmathieu.ca, including the Introduction to his new book on the The Art of the Future: 14 essays on Ceramics which can be read online or downloeaded at http://www.paulmathieu.ca/theartofthefuture/Paul Mathieu received an MFA from UCLA in 1987. He has taught ceramics at many college and university levels, including Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Since 1996, he has been teaching at Emily Carr University in Vancouver, BC.
His work has been shown internationally and he has received many awards, including the “Grand Prix des Metiers d’Art” in 1985, the Chalmers Award in Crafts in 2000 and the Sadye Bronfman Award for Excellence in Crafts and the Governor General Award in Visual Arts in 2007.
Mathieu’s texts have been published by Studio Potter in the USA, Ceramics: Art and Perception in Australia, La Revue de la Ceramique et du Verre in France, Keramieki Techni in Greece, and the national ceramics magazine of Israel, as well as Espace magazine, Artichoke and Contact in Canada. He is the author of a book “Sexpots: Eroticism in Ceramics”, recently published by A&C Black in England, Rutgers University Press in the USA and in a German translation by Haupt in Switzerland. It features erotic ceramics from the Neolithic to today with an emphasis on the work of upward to 100 contemporary artists from all over the world. He also recently completed a new book, an overview of the history of ceramics, with an emphasis on contemporary works. This book, “The Art of the Future: 14 essays on Ceramics”, is available on his website at www.paulmathieu.ca/theartofthefuture/
He has been an artist in residence at the Banff Centre in Canada, the Tama Art Studios in Machida, Japan and the International Ceramics Studio in Kecskemet, Hungary. Since the fall of 2003 he has made four separate stays at the San Bao International Ceramics Studio in Jingdezhen, China to research and realize new works. In 2009, he participated in an experimental design residency and symposium at the Hauguang Zibo Bone China Factory, in Shandong, China.
His work is in numerous private and public collections including Musee du Quebec, Musee d’Art Contemporain, Musee des Beaux-Arts both in Montreal, and the Gardiner Museum for Ceramic Art in Toronto; Shigaraki in Japan; the Victoria and Albert Museum in England and the LA County Art Museum in California.While you’re at it check out some other amazing up coming workshops at the Bray:
The Decorated Cup
Instructor: Kevin Snipes
March 13–14, 2010
Tightening Lines: From the Studio to the River
Instructors: Tyler Lotz, Jason Walker & George Hrycun
May 24–27, 2010
From Flat to Fat: Function, Context and Process
Instructors: Andrew Martin & Mark Pharis
June 7–18, 2010
Wheel Update
Instructor: Jeff Oestreich
July 8–11, 2010
Lidded Form and Surface Techniques
Instructor: Bruce Cochrane
August 12–15, 2010
Porcelain, Myth and the Figurine
Instructors: Chris Antemann & Gerit Grimm
September 23–26, 2010
The Danger in Playing with Animals
Instructor: Bernadette Curran
October 15–17, 2010
by Carole Epp | Feb 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
“Prototype” will be co-convened by the Victoria and Albert Museum and Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design at the University of Dundee, and will explore the radical and multiple ways that creative people are experimenting with ideas. The symposium looks to excite the mind and nurture unusual conversations by presenting a diverse range of perspectives concerned with innovation and ingenuity.
Prototyping is done in many industries – from cars to ceramics, medical equipment to publishing, architects to chefs – but the process, development and understanding for each is different. What can one discipline teach another about prototyping? What place does prototyping hold for scientists, artists, politicians, athletes or business managers? How can prototyping lead these and other disciplines to imagine and re-imagine the future?
This event aims to reduce barriers by generating trans-disciplinary conversations, thus setting the scene for the forging of new partnerships and fresh understandings for contemporary and future craftspeople. We hope to bring together representatives from academia, public and corporate sectors to discuss the history, theory and practice of prototyping, thereby creating a sustainable network of like-minded individuals and organisations that will continue to develop prototyping as a tool for change.
Invited speakers include:
• Michael Schrage, Business Innovator, MIT
• Elizabeth Sanders, Participatory Designer, MakeTools
• Stuart Brown, Biomedical Engineer, University of Dundee
• Norman Klein, Novelist & Cultural Critic, California Institute of the Arts
• Simon Starling, Conceptual Artist
• Pieter Jan Stappers, Design Theorist and Innovator, University of Delft
• Hazel White, Interactive Jeweller, University of Dundee
• Leonardo Bonanni, Architect, Designer, Artist, MIT Media Lab
• Frederic Schwartz, Architectural Historian, University College London
• Constance Adams, Space Travel Architect, Synthesis International
• Rosan Chow, Designer, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories
• Chicks on Speed, Musicians, Artists, Innovators
Prototype – Craft in the Future Tense will be acting as the central focus for Craft Festival Scotland, an ambitious series of nationwide events happening throughout the summer of 2010. “Future Craft”, the theme for Dundee’s contribution to the Festival, will portray the different faces of craft and the different voices it has as a creative practice. It will focus on reviving the way people see craft by initiating a range of public events comprising several major exhibitions, films and workshops which are set to challenge perceptions and profile debates around craft.
The University of Dundee has, for the past two years, been at the forefront of the V&A at Dundee Steering Group, with support from Abertay University, Dundee City Council, Scottish Enterprise and the Scottish government. The project, which aims to establish a presence for the Victoria & Albert Museum at the heart of the city’s waterfront, took a massive step forward in August when Michael Russell MSP, Minister for Culture, External Affairs and the Constitution, announced the Scottish Government’s significant commitment of support. An international architecture competition was launched in January of this year for the £47m centre, financial support for which is expected to come from the Scottish government, philanthropic and corporate sponsors via a charitable trust. As the first V&A base outside of London, V&A at Dundee would aim to provide space in which to showcase Scottish applied arts and design in an international context, act as a focus for debate and dialogue for the creative economy, enhance the creative environment for the benefit of the general public and creative education, and create a platform for partnership working in the cultural sector in Scotland.
We hope you will be able to join us for Prototype – Craft in the Future Tense, and Crafts Festival Scotland, in Dundee this June. Online registration is now open, and more information may be found on the event website, http://www.dundee.ac.uk/djcad/prototyping. Please feel free to forward this email to anyone you feel would be interested in taking part.
For more info:
— Catherine Brown
Prototype: Craft in the Future Tense Symposium Co-ordinator (10-11 June 2010: Registration NOW OPEN!)
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design
University of Dundee
Dundee
DD1 4HT
t: +44 (0) 1382 388829
f: +44 (0) 1382 385363
w: http://www.dundee.ac.uk/djcad/prototyping/
by Carole Epp | Feb 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
The students and faculty at WVU would like to invite you to the West
Virginia University Ceramics 2010 “Un-official” Free NCECA Pre-Conference
Workshop.
This event is ABSOLUTELY FREE (Just show up! Come before NCECA Philly or
instead of Philly!)
Events will include demos, lecture, reception, and potluck.
Visiting Artists:
Sarah Jaeger, Helena MT
Steve Godfrey, Anchorage AK
Von Venhuizen, Lubbock TX
Tom Bartel, Athens OH
When: Sunday, March 28 & Monday, March 29
Demos: 9:00am – 3:00pm (Sunday & Monday)
Artist Lectures: 3:30pm – 5:00pm (Sun & Mon)
Reception: 6:00pm – 8:00pm (Sun)
Potluck: 6:00pm – ?
Where: WVU Ceramics Studio, Creative Arts Center
Morgantown, WV
For more info: [email protected]
Website:http://artanddesign.wvu.edu/
