NSCAD Hungry Bowls
The potters are busy potting and the kilns are firing for this years’ HUNGRY BOWLS fundraiser at NSCAD. $25 gets you a ticket and a bowl and the awesome feeling that you get by donating to local shelters : )
movie day: ENCAIX (FITTING)
ENCAIX (FITTING) from Eva Rodriguez and Ignasi Llobet on Vimeo.
ENCAIX (FITTING) a film by Ignasi Llobet and Eva Rodríguez about the work of contemporary ceramics artists Jordi Marcet and Rosa Vila-Abadal (www.terracroma.net)
The pieces fit. Tones attract. Not fit all in harmony, some accept the company, others turn away. Place the appropriate fragment, but you know that this will mark the passage towards the end. Fragments escape, slip, fall down and many are broken. One by one. One plus one. Fitting. Fitting. Fitting. Feel the pleasure of the fit, agile and fast. A magic moment: everything fits. everything flows..
Opening this week: Animal Stories @ the Gardiner
Meet Peter Rabbit, Jumbo the elephant, Clara the rhinoceros, and a menagerie of colourful animals in this family-friendly exhibition.
Elephants, leopards, dogs, squirrels and dragons… From
exotic creatures, household pets, urban wildlife to mythical beasts,
animals have been an active part of human experience, an inexhaustible
trigger of the imagination. Animal Stories presents the many
tales of our encounters with the animal world, shedding light on how
our social, symbolic, affectionate, scientific and utilitarian
relationships with animals have been visualized through ceramics from
the 17th century to our day.
exotic creatures, household pets, urban wildlife to mythical beasts,
animals have been an active part of human experience, an inexhaustible
trigger of the imagination. Animal Stories presents the many
tales of our encounters with the animal world, shedding light on how
our social, symbolic, affectionate, scientific and utilitarian
relationships with animals have been visualized through ceramics from
the 17th century to our day.
Curated by Karine Tsoumis
Presenting Sponsor lindy barrow
Animal
Stories will delight visitors of all ages, inviting them on a journey that is
both colourful and heartwarming, and sometimes scientific or critical. The
exhibition unfolds through a series of themes that cut across time periods and
that take us to the core of human-animal relationships. Themes include:
the intersection between art and science, from different approaches to
naturalism to the impact of scientific discourse on art; conceptions of the
wild, from the introduction of “exotic” beasts in 18th-century Europe, to works
that cast a critical look at the current state of wildlife; animals as part of
our everyday, as faithful companions, pets, or beasts of burden; animals as
storytellers, moral teachers and social commentators; and creatures of the
imagination, with representations that bridge the realms of fantasy and
reality.
Stories will delight visitors of all ages, inviting them on a journey that is
both colourful and heartwarming, and sometimes scientific or critical. The
exhibition unfolds through a series of themes that cut across time periods and
that take us to the core of human-animal relationships. Themes include:
the intersection between art and science, from different approaches to
naturalism to the impact of scientific discourse on art; conceptions of the
wild, from the introduction of “exotic” beasts in 18th-century Europe, to works
that cast a critical look at the current state of wildlife; animals as part of
our everyday, as faithful companions, pets, or beasts of burden; animals as
storytellers, moral teachers and social commentators; and creatures of the
imagination, with representations that bridge the realms of fantasy and
reality.
The
exhibition also features illustrated books alongside ceramics, thus exploring
the longstanding connection between the two media as vehicles for storytelling.
Examples include popular sources employed by 18th-century decorators and
modellers, such as printed natural histories and Aesop’s Fables, as well as a
selection of children’s books featuring beloved animal characters from the 19th
century to the present.
exhibition also features illustrated books alongside ceramics, thus exploring
the longstanding connection between the two media as vehicles for storytelling.
Examples include popular sources employed by 18th-century decorators and
modellers, such as printed natural histories and Aesop’s Fables, as well as a
selection of children’s books featuring beloved animal characters from the 19th
century to the present.
Spanning
four centuries of visual culture, Animal Stories will feature Japanese and
Chinese porcelain, English and European ceramics, and the work of many
contemporary ceramic artists, including Shary Boyle, Sergei Isupov, Janet
Macpherson, Lindsay Montgomery, Ann Roberts, Adrian Saxe, Wendy Walgate and
Jason Walker, and original book art by Canadian illustrators such as Brenda
Clark and Barbara Reid among others. The works in the exhibition are drawn from
the Gardiner Museum’s permanent collection, private collections and public
institutions.
four centuries of visual culture, Animal Stories will feature Japanese and
Chinese porcelain, English and European ceramics, and the work of many
contemporary ceramic artists, including Shary Boyle, Sergei Isupov, Janet
Macpherson, Lindsay Montgomery, Ann Roberts, Adrian Saxe, Wendy Walgate and
Jason Walker, and original book art by Canadian illustrators such as Brenda
Clark and Barbara Reid among others. The works in the exhibition are drawn from
the Gardiner Museum’s permanent collection, private collections and public
institutions.
111 Queen’s Park
Toronto, Ontario
M5S 2C7
Canada
Tel +1 416.586.8080
Fax +1 416.586.8085
[email protected]
www.gardinermuseum.on.ca/exhibition/animal-stories
technical tuesday: workshop with Michael Kline
Well I for one just had an incredibly inspiring weekend! It’s not often that Saskatoon is visited by such caliber of artist as Michael Kline. There was no way I was going to miss this workshop, hosted by the Saskatoon Potters Guild, and it definetly didn’t disappoint.
Michael lives up to the online persona that I’ve come to know in the past few years through his blog and extensive social media outreach. It was great to finally meet him in person. He is generous and incredibly gifted as an artist and teacher; technically flawless and humble as well as humorous. The weekend was filled with great technical insights into his work alongside tales of historical and contemporary aspects of working in North Carolina. To offer you a play by play of what transpired would take too long so instead I’ll leave you with some images from the weekend as well as the encouragement to attend one of his future workshops or to visit Michael should you find yourself in North Carolina.
Thanks Michael!
Make sure to find out more about Michael Kline on his blog Sawdust and Dirt
or facebook,
On the Edge of the Shelf : Woodfire Conference
28 April – 20 May 2014
On the Edge of the Shelf
International Woodfire Festival
Corunna Farm Mystery Bay NSW Australia
Find a full list of invited artists and registration info on their website: www.on-the-edge-of-the-shelf.com
International Woodfire Conference
CORUNNA FARM MYSTERY BAY NSW AUSTRALIA
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