by Carole Epp | Oct 25, 2011 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Application Deadline: January 6, 2012
Sponsor: The Ceramics Guild of the Lexington Arts & Crafts Society
Location: Lexington, MA
The State of Clay is a juried show open to original, innovative ceramic work made within the last 3 years by current and former residents of Massachusetts. The aim of the show is to broaden public awareness of contemporary ceramic art and to provide a venue for Massachusetts’ clay artists. Juror: Doug CasebeerDoug Casebeer has been most prominent in leading the Anderson Ranch Ceramics and Sculpture Programs in Aspen, Colorado for over twenty-six years. He is actively involved with art projects around the world, from Chile to Jamaica to Nepal. He served as ceramics program consultant to the United Nations. His artwork has been installed at the Yingge Museum of Ceramic Art in Taiwan, and he has been a guest artist at the Chinese Central Academy of Art in Beijing as well as a guest artist at the Shigaraki Ceramics Research Institute. In 2009 Doug had the honor of being inducted into the International Academy of Ceramics in Geneva, Switzerland. For more information on this exhibit visit: http://www.stateofclay.com/
by Carole Epp | Oct 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
“Image and Object”
Steve Harrison and Roxanne Lillis
Tuesday 25th October to Saturday 5th November
Official Opening: Saturday 29th October 4-6pm
Steve Harrison has been creating ceramics of great subtlety and beauty for over 40 years. He makes objects of contemplation and beauty with subtle, simple lines and great charm. These pieces are created from only the local rocks, shales and ashes that he collects from his immediate locality in the Southern Highlands. These are then hand sorted and ground to provide the bodies and glazes used here. His work is gently woodfired to create subtle fired surfaces that suggest softness and depth. His work shows some oriental characteristics that have been influenced by his time spent travelling and studying in Japan and china as well as Europe.
Roxanne Lillis These are precious objects from a familiar world. In this body of work I attempt to express or exemplify something intuitive. Obvious, yet elusive. They are at once recognisable however possess a changing aesthetic when grouped with other objects or portrayed as a solitary form. My painting endeavours to capture the love of their making, with adjustments of composition, scale, and the use of negative space, using a subtle palette.
Breathing Colours Gallery
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446 Darling St Balmain 2041
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(02) 9555 8543
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email: [email protected]
website: www.breathingcolours.com
by Carole Epp | Oct 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
Bob Reimer passed away October 20th at the age of 57. Born August. 11, 1954, in Steinbach Manitoba, Bob lived most of his life in British Columbia before moving to Calgary in 1980 to start his family and ceramics career. He leaves behind three children; Julia, Peter and Angela, four grand-children, his former partner and best friend Jeannie, a community of friends, colleagues and students. Bob was known as a passionate, loving, talented and humorous individual, an asset to the ceramics community and a beloved teacher. He touched many lives. He will be remembered fondly, and thought of daily. No words can describe the grief we are all feeling while coping with this sudden loss. We take comfort in knowing he did not suffer, he was happy and loved by many. A special thanks for all the support received from friends and family. We will be celebrating Bob, a remarkable individual, at North Mount Pleasant Arts Center, 402, 470 – 27 Avenue N.W., Calgary on Monday, October 24 at 3:00 p.m. Please bring your stories, smiles and clay splattered pants if you have them. If you would like to send your thoughts or condolences please e-mail [email protected] or visit WeRememberBob.Tumblr.com .
by Carole Epp | Oct 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
Art and music are universal languages. Making pottery and music are primal, therapeutic ways of expressing ourselves. By using clay to make musical instruments, two forms of ancient expression are combined in a contemporary fashion. The first percussion instruments probably were two rocks or sticks banged together. Ceramic instruments were made and used in ceremonies and rituals for millennium. It is an honour to fashion instruments with clay (decomposed rock), and carry on the traditions of our ancestors.
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