by Carole Epp | Jun 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
16 June – 22 June 2012
University of Sunderland
BA (Hons) Students
University
of Sunderland students present Glass and
Ceramics 2012, an exhibition of 21 artists from Saturday the 16th
to Friday the 22nd of June 2012 at the National Glass Centre.
The
students have been creating their final pieces since the beginning of this
academic year, thoroughly testing materials and concepts.
Each
project reflects the individual student’s interests and approach; developed
over the previous two years of the Glass and Ceramics degree course.
Some
students use traditional craft techniques, while others favour cutting-edge
manufacturing processes. Glass and
Ceramics 2012 will showcase the region’s
best glass and ceramics practitioners of the future.
The
exhibition will give students a real-world task; working to deadlines, presenting
their work professionally, and forging media contacts to promote themselves. Glass and Ceramics 2012 is more than
just an academic exercise, it is a launch pad for tomorrow’s designers and
makers – and an opportunity to showcase themselves that is becoming
increasingly rare in today’s market.
Visitors
to the exhibition will have the pleasure of supporting the work of up-and-coming
artists, and be giving the opportunity to buy any pieces that catch their eye.
For
further information regarding the Glass and Ceramics 2012 show contact:
Lily
Daniels, Student exhibition coordinator
·
0751782587
For
further information regarding the Glass and Ceramics BA course at the
University of Sunderland please contact:
Colin
Rennie, Glass and Ceramics Course Leader,
For
more information about the National Glass Centre please contact:
·
0191 515 5555
·
The National Glass Centre
Liberty Way
Sunderland
Tyne and Wear SR6 0GL
Gallery Information
Admission:
Free
Opening
Hours:
Monday-Sunday,
10am-5pm
Last
admission 4:45pm
Glass and Ceramics 2012
Private
viewing: 15th June 2012
Open
to the public: 16 June – 22 June 2012
by Carole Epp | Jun 15, 2012 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Clay Arts Vegas is located in the Arts District of downtown Las Vegas. The average attendance for First Friday
is approximately 10,000 visitors. The well lighted 600 square foot Victor F. Keen Gallery is open from 9am to 9pm
Monday through Saturday and 10am to 6pm on Sunday. Clay Arts Vegas has a 2,200 square foot teaching facility and a
600 square foot ceramic supply store featuring Laguna Clay and Supplies.
“Never Has One Goblet Contained You”
(Posted: 5/18/12) — Clay Arts Vegas announces a call to artists for a national juried art exhibition;
August 25 -September 24 at the Victor F. Keen Gallery in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Jurors: Peter Jakubowski, John Gregg, Guest Wine expert. Open to all artists.
Work must be a functional drinking goblet made of ceramic. Just as the poet Pablo Neruda felt the need
to have many goblets to contain the beauty of his beloved, Clay Arts Vegas will fill its gallery with
goblets to try and contain our love of pottery.
Deadline: July 30, 2012. $10 per entry.
Download and print prospectus, or send a SASE to:
Clay Arts Vegas, 1511 South Main Street, Las Vegas, NV 89104.
Questions? Contact Peter Jakubowski at [email protected] or call 702-375-4147.
“What Goes Bump In The Night”
(Posted: 5/18/12) — Clay Arts Vegas announces a call to artists for a national juried art exhibition;
Sept 29 – October 31, 2012 at the Victor F. Keen Gallery in Las Vegas, Nevada. $300 first place, up to 3
$50 awards. Jurors: Peter Jakubowski, Marc Rosenthal, Guest juror. Open to all artists working in ceramics
as main media. May enter up to 3 pieces. From Henri Fuseli and his works that capture the art of the sublime,
to Peter Lenzo’s faces that hold the pain of personal suffering, there are many things in life that go bump
in the night. All work will use clay as the primary medium and capture what we fear in the dark.
Deadline: August 31, 2012
$30 for first piece entered; $20 each for second and third pieces.
Download and print for prospectus, or send a SASE to:
Clay Arts Vegas, 1511 South Main Street, Las Vegas, NV 89104.
Questions? Contact Peter Jakubowski at [email protected] or call 702-375-4147.
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by Carole Epp | Jun 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
Spatial Design Studio Unfold’s Reprap and Ceramic 3d Printing blog
by Carole Epp | Jun 14, 2012 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Sheridan’s
Craft & Design program is seeking candidates for the Visiting
Artist Faculty position in Ceramics. The Visiting Artist Faculty will
be an artist and/or designer with broad-based knowledge of contemporary
ceramics, art and design, and an active exhibition record. A studio
space will be provided with full access to ceramic facilities. In
addition to teaching studio courses to a maximum of nine hours (Sept –
Dec 2012), the Visiting Artist Faculty will be active in their own
ceramic work during this period.
Applications should be submitted no later than June 30.
For more information and the complete description please visit:
http://jobs.workopolis.com/jobshome/db/sheridan.job_posting?pi_job_id=9638812&pi_search_id=722857552&pi_sort=POST_DATE&pi_curjob=1&pi_maxjob=55
www. sheridanceramics.com
by Carole Epp | Jun 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
School of Art Gallery
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg Canada
Reception and Artist Talk Friday June 22nd
www.monica-mercedes-martinez.com
Artist Statement
This work began after I started
researching the 1973 Chilean military coup. I learned that the military
would take the bodies of their victims up in helicopters and throw them on
the peaks of the Andes Mountains, into the Pacific Ocean or onto the vast
emptiness of the Atacama Desert in order to dispose of the
evidence
of their crimes.
The description of the bodies thrown onto
the Andes, in particular, reminded me of the human sacrifices made by the
pre-Columbian Inca people who once inhabited the area. However, this
time the sacrifice was made to political dogma instead of for
religious reasons. But both sacrifices were made to maintain
the power of the ruling classes so the parallels, to my mind at
least, are poignant.
The cross forms, which vary in size and
shape, are constructed from terracotta and porcelain. These white
bone-like forms are wrapped in terracotta bindings impressed with the
texture of fabric, referencing the burial shrouds found in the few mass graves
to which the military eventually admitted and also to the Incan mummies
found in the Andes.
The Inca carefully wrapped their sacrifices
before offering them to the sky, demonstrating their preciousness. My
meditative act of binding these cross forms in strips of material is essential
to their formation as it represents the care that should have been given to the
violated dead.
The cenotaph that emerged from my process
honours those that were silenced, those who were exiled – and the endurance of
those who remained behind.
Bio/press release
MONICA MERCEDES MARTINEZ is a mixed media object maker with ceramics playing an
intrinsic role in her artistic practice. As a South American who grew up on the
Canadian Prairies, she uses her practice to facilitate discussion about the
historical foundations that we exploit to define who we are and where we
belong.
For Monica Mercedes Martinez’s MFA show, “everyone is fallen except us
fallen…” she utilizes her innate sense of materials and experimental processes
to explore events that lead to the Chilean coup in 1973. Her exhibition
showcases a large sculpture which is the result of years of research and
experimentation.
