This weekend (sorry for the short notice) Saanich West Studio Tour 2012

by | May 12, 2012 | Uncategorized

Meira Mathison

11:00am to 4:00pm

Spend time in the country with Art and Beauty.
This tour focuses largely on ceramics, and many locations are hosting more than one artist.

Look for the yellow studio tour signs. Brochures/maps will be available at each stop.

For more information please contact any participant.

*(Prospect, Elk & Beaver Lake, West of the Pat Bay Highway and
around Camosun College/Interurban Campus/Wilkinson/Helmcken to
W.Burnside Rd.)

Participating Members:

Please click on the member name to get more information.

2 Meira Mathison
1443 Hastings Street, Victoria, BC
3 Cedar Grove Gallery, Sandra Dolph
1443 Hastings Street, Victoria, BC
4 Heidi Roemer
1717 Woodsend Dr., Victoria, BC
7 Aspen House Productions Ltd., JOY FINLAY
270 Trevlac Place, Victoria, BC
8 Alexander Pottery, Nancy Alexander
270 Trevlac Place, Victoria, BC
12 eartharts, Louise Parsons
270 Trevlac Place, Victoria, BC
13 Lomalinda Clayworks, Pamela Truscott-White
270 Trevlac Place, Victoria, BC
16 Dirty Girl Clayworks, Faro Annie Sullivan
5321 Old West Saanich Rd, Victoria, BC
17 Black Bird Studios, Paige Coull
5321 Old West Saanich Road, Victoria, BC
18 STONE ANGEL, Audrey Van Eerden
5635 Forest Hill Rd, Victoria, BC
Click on Saanich West Studio Tour 2012 – Booklet to print this tour as a PDF file. (Adobe Acrobat reader is required to print this file)

Contact Info:

Contact Name Faro Sullivan
Phone 250-413-6782
Email [email protected]

Want to be on the cover of a magazine?

by | May 10, 2012 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

The Crafts Report Facebook Contest

Written by Dennis Piotrowski
  

Give your one-of-a-kind craft the exposure it deserves by having it
featured on the cover of our nationally recognized and distributed
magazine.  Starting May 1, submit a photo of your best piece of art or
one-of-a-kind craft to our Facebook wall for a chance to be featured on the cover of the October 2012 edition of TCR.

Contest Rules – Photo submissions will be accepted between May 1 and
May 31, 2012. Contestants are only allowed one submission each.  To be
eligible for the contest, your submission to our Facebook Wall must include the following:

  • the verbiage “Entry for The Crafts Report Magazine Cover Contest”
  • artist name
  • title of subject/photo submission
  • photo credit identifying the photographer

TCR staff will be the preliminary screeners to determine which photos
will be the “Finalists” and entered into the initial Facebook voting
round of the contest.

We will run 4 voting rounds in the contest; the Preliminary Round, Quarter Final Round, Semi-Final Round, and Final Round.
Voting for each of the first three rounds will remain open for 24
hours. Voting for the Final Round will remain open for 72 hours (for
entire contest timeline and specific deadline and announcement dates,
see Summary below). 

For the Preliminary Round, TCR staff will select the 64 Finalists
from the pool of photos received in the month of May. We will then post 4
photos together each day for 16 consecutive days starting in June,
asking for our Facebook users to vote for 1 of the 4.

Each day’s winner from the 4 posted on that given day will move on to
the Quarter Final Round. After 16 days, we will be left with 16 Quarter
Finalists.

For the Quarter Final Round, we will again post 4 photos together each day for 4 consecutive days, asking our Facebook users to vote on one of the 4.

Each day’s winner from the 4 posted on that given day will move on to
the Semi-Final Round. After 4 days, we will be left with 4
Semi-Finalists.

For the Semi-Final Round we will post, for two consecutive days a
“heads-up” competition, leaving us with two finalists. Those finalists
will move on to the Final Round, where they will be posted together for
72 hours, with the final vote winner to win that photo on the cover of the October 2012 Crafts Report magazine.

Summary

Preliminary Round (May 1 thru May 31): Contest open to ALL submissions. 

June 8 (Thursday): TCR staff will announce the top 64 entries.

Quarter Final Round (June 10 thru June 24): 16 daily
rounds of Facebook voting. Each day, voters have 24 hours to vote for
their favorite 1 of 4 daily entries with 1 winner advancing to the
quarter finals round per day.

June 25 (Monday): TCR will announce the 16 finalists from the quarter final round as voted by Facebook visitors.

Semi-final Round (June 26 thru June 29): 4 daily
rounds of Facebook voting. Voters have 24 hours to vote for their
favorite of 1 of 4 daily entrants with 1 winner advancing to the
semi-finals per day.

July 2 (Monday): TCR will announce the final 4 entries as voted by Facebook visitors.

Final Round (July 9 -12): Facebook voting for grand
prize winner. Voters have 72 hours to vote for their favorite, single
entry from the 4 semi-final round winners.

July 13 (Friday): TCR will announce–via Facebook, email,
web site post–the grand prize winner who will have their photo entry
appear on the cover of the October 2012 Crafts Report magazine. 

Submit your entry today!  Good luck! 

movie day: PETER SHIRE – CUPS

by | May 9, 2012 | Uncategorized


Film by Eric Minh Swenson. Music by James Lucchesi

Lora Schlesinger Gallery presents Peter Shire’s Cups, 1974 – 2012 featuring a body of work focused on more than 30 years of ceramic cups, that have never before been exhibited. The show is the artist’s first solo exhibition with the gallery. It opens Saturday, April 21 from 5 – 7 pm and is on view through June 9, 2012.

Peter Shire is recognized for being an innovative and unclassifiable artist. Since the 1970’s Peter Shire has been at an intersection where craft, fine art, architectural and industrial design collide. He is not a “traditional” ceramist and his ceramics push the boundaries and preconceived notions of clay. For nearly four decades Peter Shire has made a collection of teapots, cups and other functional items typically found in domestic settings with atypical designs. The works have challenged ideas of form versus function, and have become sculptural objects occupying domestic settings.

Cups, 1974 – 2012 is a body of work focused on Shire’s interpretation of a commonly used vessel, but are in no shape or form commonplace objects. A few of the works in the show have fragile thin walls that appear as if they could be easily chipped if touched by human lips. Their painterly surfaces and sculptural elements added or removed, give each cup an individual personality and sense of presence. Some of the larger cups have bases, handles and sculptural elements that look like assemblages or collages of ideas sculpted with clay. The cup Peach With Tamago Slice is an example of a cup that has been cleverly and colorfully compiled to create a playful construction whose changing surface and multiple textures propel the eye into multiple moments of discovery. Peter Shire’s work continues to challenge conventional mass produced objects with a keen sense of design and personal touch. He has built his career freely combining architectural concepts, design principles, fine art and craft without letting solemnity overwhelm the seriousness of play.

Peter Shire lives and works in Echo Park, Los Angeles. He is a graduate from the famous Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles. He has had over 100 solo exhibitions nationally. His work can be found in over 35 museums world wide, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Victoria & Albert Museum and The Israel Museum. He has completed over 25 public art works including the North Hollywood Gateway, The Ahmanson Music Center in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Wilshire and Vermont, and many more.

For more info on Eric Minh Swenson or project inquiries visit his website :www.thuvanarts.com

ART SERIES: www.thuvanarts.com/take1
MUSIC VIDEOS: www.thuvanarts.com/musicvideos

Robin Dupont @ The Alberta Craft Council

by | May 8, 2012 | Uncategorized

Confluence
May
12 – June 16, 2012
Opening
Reception:
Saturday, May 12, from 2-4pm 

Clay artist, Robin DuPont, experiments with flame manipulation in his soda and wood fired pottery.

Robin DuPont’s education in the field of ceramics has been wide-ranging and includes educational training from four institutions, in three different countries. Robin holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Alberta College of Art + Design in Calgary, and has also studied at Kootenay School of the Arts, in Nelson, BC, at the Australian National University in Canberra, and has recently completed the Master of Fine Arts graduate program at Utah State University in Logan.

A three-year apprenticeship with a studio potter; a research trip and several work-studies in Canada, U.S.A, Australia and Korea; residencies at the Banff Centre for the Arts and Red Deer College; as well as the building and firing of many different wood kilns contribute to the depth of Robin’s experience in the field. His employment experience has been as an adjunct faculty member teaching introductory clay at the post-secondary level as well has six years of experience as a ceramics technician. Robin has spent four years building and maintaining a studio practice out of his home in Nelson, BC and is currently teaching at Alberta College of Art + Design as the 2011-2012 Visiting Artist in the Ceramics department.

Robin’s current body of work evolves from the intensive research into soda and wood firing techniques and skills that he has developed over the past 15 years, but in particular drawing from recent research he experimented with while in graduate school at Utah State University.

Robin’s exhibition illustrates his research into atmospheric firing: manipulation of the flame in the firing process so that it becomes a tool in and of itself. Manipulating and adjusting forms and the spaces between the forms Robin recorded the critical turning points and variables during the firing process in relation to surface effects. Gaining the knowledge of how the flame moves he is able to achieve desired surface effects in the kiln. The resulting surfaces record not only the firing process, but also how the flame was manipulated. Applying these findings or this ‘painting with fire’ Robin creates extraordinary and unique surface palettes on his sensual forms.

Robin DuPont was awarded project funding by the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance and the Columbia Basin Trust to develop his artistic and professional practice for this upcoming exhibition and work. 

Alberta Craft Council Gallery and Shop
10186-106 St. Edmonton, AB
Tel: 780-488-6611 | Toll free in AB: 1-800-362-7238 | Fax: 1-780-488-8855


Gallery and Shop Hours: Monday – Saturday: 10 am – 5 pm