by Carole Epp | May 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
Press Release – Wednesday 6 May 2015
Next week more than 80 artworks donated by acclaimed ceramic artists and potters
around the world will go under the hammer in ‘Clay For Nepal’, an online project
initiated by celebrated Melbourne artist Vipoo Srivilasa, to raise funds for devastated
earthquake victims.
According to Srivilasa the response from the world’s ceramics community has been
overwhelming with pieces donated by more than 30 highly collectable artists including
Australia’s Pippin Drysdale and Belgium’s Ann Van Hoey.
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| artwork by Vipoo Srivilasa |
‘After seeing the terrible footage, I felt that I had to do something.’
‘I realised that together with my colleagues we could auction our work to make a
substantial contribution to the relief effort,’ he said.
Srivilasa is renowned for bringing communities together through ceramics and in 2011
raised over $20,000 in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Yasi for the Queensland Flood
Appeal.
The rising death toll since the April 25 earthquake has now reached more than 7,500
and foreign aid will play a critical role in providing emergency shelter, medical
supplies, sanitation, safe drinking water and rebuilding the districts hardest hit.
‘Clay for Nepal’ artworks will go to auction from 6am AEST Friday 15 May to 9pm
AEST Sunday 17 May with more affordable pieces available from the project’s online
store. All proceeds from art sales will go to OXFAM Australia: Nepal Earthquake Relief
Appeal.
Go to www.clayfornepal.com and follow #clayfornepal15 on Facebook and Instagram
for latest updates and details.
Media enquiries and images contact Vipoo Srivilasa, 0425 710 149, [email protected]
by Carole Epp | May 6, 2015 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Mari Ogihara from Raphael Badan | FCKSmedia on Vimeo.
Mari Ogihara is a ceramic sculptor based in White Plains, New York. She
was born in Japan but grew up in Michigan most of her life. After
receiving a BFA from the University of Michigan in 2003, she went on to
study in Kyoto, Japan to experience ceramics in her native country. Upon
her return she attended Temple University of Philadelphia to receive
her MFA in 2006. During her studies at Temple, Ogihara traveled to
Southeast Asia and studied abroad to Gujarat, India. Traveling and
experiencing new culture inspires her work. She admires the temples and
cathedrals in each country, especially the figurative architectural
follies that decorate their exterior. Ogihara has completed several
ceramic residencies including a year at the Clay Art Center in Port
Chester, New York, and at AIR Vallauris in France in summer 2008. Her
work can be viewed in national and international exhibitions. Ogihara
will travel to Brazil in summer 2011 to Instituto Sacatar where she has
been awarded a fellowship to continue her ceramics research.
mariogihara.com/
by Carole Epp | May 5, 2015 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Ruby Rose Neri from Armory Center for the Arts on Vimeo.
The artist will demonstrate the creation of her
ceramic face pots. Using thrown clay vessels, she will assemble
figurative sculptural forms. In this process she combines wheel use with
hand building techniques.
Ruby Rose Neri was born in San Francisco and lives and works in Los
Angeles. Her work was seen recently in Made in L.A. 2012, Hammer Museum,
Los Angeles; American Exuberance, Rubell Family Collection, Miami; and
At Home/Not at Home: Works from the Collection of Martin and Rebecca
Eisenberg, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College,
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. She earned an MFA at University of
California, Los Angeles and a BFA at San Francisco Art Institute.
