Upcoming workshops: Melbourne, Canberra, Prince George

I’ve got a busy few months ahead of me, 
and I’d love to see you out at these events if they are in your part of the world. 
I’ll be demonstrating alongside some amazing artists. 
I can’t wait to learn as well : )

SURFING the SURFACE: 
Ceramic workshop with Ben Carter (US) and Carole Epp (Canada)
@ Slow Clay Centre 

Globe-trotting contemporary ceramic artists Ben Carter and Carole Epp
deliver a one-day workshop that will inform you of the rich variety of
surface decoration approaches that they use in their individual
practises. Whilst demonstrating their techniques they will also discuss
their different blogs (Musing about Mud) and podcasts (Tales of the Red
Clay Rambler) and the way they utitlise the possibilities of the
internet and social media to engage new audiences.

This workshop will inspire you to approach your surfaces with rich
variety and also be inspired to see the inherent possibilities of the
internet and social media to expand your reach thereby making your
practice more sustainable.

Content will cover: Each artist will give a presentation about the
development of their work and career, discussing their achievements and
their use of blogs, podcasts and social media. They will then
demonstrate their unique surface techniques which will include
variations of slip and engobe deocration, sgraffito, underglaze colour,
burnishing and Ben and Carole’s individual developments in the surfaces
they use. There will be scope for deep discussion and enagagment with
these two well-known and highly respected artists. All welcome!

When: Sunday 19 July, 2015, 10am – 4pm
Where: Slow Clay Centre, 13 Keele St, Collingwood
Cost: $265 ($245 early-bird price until 1 June) Bookings are essential due to limited places.

Find out more or sign up here!

Winter
School 13-15 July
Form and
Surface
with Carole Epp and Ben Carter
@ Canberra Potters Society

Focus will be on developing rich surfaces for both
functional and sculptural ceramics. Participants
will learn a variety of surface-design methods
including slip decorating, sgraffito, underglaze
painting, resist painting, mishima, and layering
stains. During the workshop we will discuss
aesthetic issues (i.e. proportions, color theory,
etc.), making strong functional pottery forms, using
metaphor and story telling as a basis for sculpture,
and creative problem solving in the studio.
Additional discussions of marketing, social media
and the changing landscape of contemporary craft
will leave the workshop attendees recharged,
rejuvenated and ready to grow in their own studio
practice.

Here’s the details: www.canberrapotters.com.au/c_workshops.html

NORTHERN BC CLAYFEST
with Brendan Tang, Cathi Jefferson, 
Bill Reddick and Carole Epp

August 7th-9th, 2015

Join us in Prince George for our fourth Northern BC Clayfest! This
exciting event will offer you the opportunity to learn about advanced
clay techniques. You will have the opportunity to network with your
fellow artists, and meet our exciting workshop presenters. We are
hosting four nationally acclaimed clay artists who will present two days
of techniques. Presenters will also provide a 45 minute slide or video
along with their hands-on techniques for the benefit of the
participants.
This year Prince George is celebrating its 100th birthday, and the
University of Northern BC is celebrating is 25th anniversary, so we will
helping to commemorate these special occasions with our events.

Full details here

Potters Retreat with Ben Carter, Chandra Debuse and Kathy King

June 10-13th, 2015
 
The
Mary Anderson Center for the Arts is excited to host our second
Potters’ Retreat.  This June our presenters will be Ben Carter, Chandra
DeBuse and Kathy King. 
Come to the beautiful
grounds of Mt. St. Francis for this amazing three day workshop
experience. Not only will each artist work independently, but the three
will work together, interacting and exchanging stories and insights into
their lives as working artists. This workshop is designed to be a true
retreat, set on the 450 acres grounds, you will be recharged by the
community of fellow artists and the land around you. Meals will be
provided on site by the Mount’s two professional chefs and rooms are
available on site. Come and experience this fantastic retreat.
This demonstration only workshop
will showcase each artists’ work, focusing on their approach to the
surface and decoration. The intimate and personal talks with each artist
will give insight into their process and the unique approach each of
them take to their work.

Ben Carter will
demonstrate quick manipulations of soft wheel thrown clay to create
expressive pitcher, bowl, and cup forms.  He will also cover decorating
with deflocculated slip and techniques for drawing on clay, including
sgraffito, wax resists, and underglaze painting.
Chandra DeBuse
will demonstrate how she designs unique and personal pottery forms using
simple and inexpensive materials, such as plywood and craft foam.  In
addition to handbuilding, Chandra will share techniques used to alter
wheel-thrown work and to create multiple parts for building narrative
pots.

Chandra will share her surface decoration techniques, which include
sprigging, stamping, freehand drawing, underglaze inlay, sgraffito, and
the use of wax resist to create a layered and colorful surface.

Kathy King will
demostrate how to center on building a personal vocabulary of imagery
while considering methods of composition of that imagery onto the
wheel-thrown and hand built ceramic form.  With humor as a tool to
create narratives within her work, King will introduce some
non-traditional ideas about function and methods of storytelling.   She
will carve through slip-colored clay (sgraffito) and will showcase other
methods on leather-hard clay with transfer techniques such as decals,
silk-screening, resist printing from a photocopy and block-printing
images onto clay.  In addition, glaze techniques that will enhance
surface work will be demonstrated.

call for entry: RIVER2RIVER: A Regional Juried Exhibition

The
Ceramic Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa is pleased to host the third
bi-annual Iowa Clay Conference. In conjunction with the conference –
this show – “River to River” will highlight the richness and diversity
of ceramic art within Iowa and across the Midwest. Participation is open
to all artists 18 years of age or older living in Iowa, Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Indiana, Michigan,
Ohio, North Dakota and South Dakota. Work submitted must be original,
must use clay as the primary material, and must have been completed
within the last 2 years.

Jurors

Bede Clarke:

Bede
Clarke has been a Professor of Art at the University of Missouri since
1992.  He received his Master of Fine Arts from The University of Iowa
(1990) and a BFA from Eckerd College (1982).  Bede’s work is found in
public and private collections in the U.S. and abroad.  Bede maintains a studio in Columbia, Missouri where he produces his ceramic art work and continues to exhibit worldwide.  Bede
is currently working with wheel thrown wood-fired stoneware vessels and
with large wall tiles emphasizing abstract drawing and color.  He is
interested in making work, which like a good meal leaves a healthy, full
feeling.

Awards

There will be a $300 prize for Best in Show, as well as two $100 Merit Awards.

Calendar

Entry Deadline: July 31st
Juror Results: August 14th
Accepted Art Work to be Delivered to Coe College by: August 31st
Hand Delivered Work to The Ceramics Center: August 26th-28th
Conference Reception: Saturday, October 3rd, 6-8PM
Iowa Clay Conference: October 2-4
Pick Up Art Work: October 4th @ Coe College after 2PM

Entry Fee

Artists pay a $30 entry fee for up to three images of three submissions.
For entry form, please go online to: http://www.theceramicscenter.org/river2river/
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Ayumi Horie is looking for an intern

How to Apply
Deadline June 12, 5 pm EST
Notification by June 19
Job starts during the month of August 2015, depending on your schedule

Email [email protected]

-resume
-short bio
-10 images, 1000 px across
-five hundred word statement of intent outlining why you want to work
with me in particular. Please address past experiences and future goals
that would make this a good fit.
-list of two references including phone and email (no letters necessary)

READ MORE ABOUT THE POSITION HERE.