residency opportunity: Harvard Ceramics

by | Mar 11, 2020 | residency opportunity

Artist In Residence opportunity at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard (Harvard Ceramics):

The Artist in Residence Program through the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard, offers dedicated artists the opportunity to involve themselves in research and growth, pushing their art in new directions in a dynamic, urban studio connected to the Harvard community. Individuals will have the opportunity to build relevant skills in research, professional development, technical ability, creative problem solving, teaching and community involvement through our Artist in Residence Program.

Application Deadline: April 5, 2020
Notification of Residency: April 19, 2020
Residency Dates: September 1, 2020 – August 31, 2021

The Artist in Residence Program offers:

Personal studio space (60 sq. ft.) in addition to use of common studio space
7 day studio access
Free access to materials – clay, glaze and use of kilns (electric, saggar, wood fire, soda and gas) up to excess
Opportunities to take classes and firing workshops within the program
Paid teaching opportunities within the program for both community and academic based classes.
Solo exhibition in Gallery 224 of work completed during residency
Attend visiting artist workshops and symposium offered within the program
Exhibition/sales opportunities in two annual Show and Sales
Access to studio equipment including slab roller, extruder, spray booth, plaster mold-making room and glaze mixing area
Access to studio lighting and background material for documenting work
Website visibility
Access to Harvard University Library and Museums with provided ID
Opportunities for participation in academic collaborations with the Harvard community

Expectations of Artist in Residence:

One year commitment
Must spend 20 hours/week of time dedicated to personal work
Must spend 5 hours/week dedicated to work within the program
One public workshop presentation
Provide presentations to classes
Participation in program events and special projects with the Harvard Community
Artist is asked to leave one work for the permanent collection
Responsible for own housing

Please visit our website for complete details & instructions on how to apply.
https://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/ceramics-air

Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Ave, Allston Massachusetts 02134 USA

ClayShare Online ClayCon

by | Mar 11, 2020 | workshops

In light of the recent cancellation of NCECA ClayShare will be doing an online ClayCon!

Join ClayShare every day for 5 days at noon eastern time on ClayShare.com, our Facebook page and on Jessica Putnam Phillips YouTube channel for a series of amazing, fun, educational and free demos. All demos will be available for replay after the live broadcast ends.

There will be great discount offers from vendors that would have been at NCECA and tutorials on how to use their products!

March 21st
Handbuilding slab plates and platters with texture and underglaze decals

March 22nd
Sgraffito carving techniques with underglazes

March 23rd
Modern Mishima with wax and underglaze
Layered watercolor pottery with underglazes

March 24th
Wheel throwing demo

March 25th
Glazing Pottery
How to fire and maintain electric kilns
Pottery Q&A

We will be adding more info daily so follow us to find out what’s new.

NCECA officially cancelled.

by | Mar 11, 2020 | Uncategorized

2020 NCECA CONFERENCE UPDATE
After an exhaustive process of due diligence conversations and staff preparation efforts, we have come to a difficult decision to cancel the 2020 NCECA conference planned for Richmond, Virginia. We know this message is not the one many of you were hoping to receive. For others, it may be the challenging and difficult decision you hoped NCECA might reach. Please know that all of you reading this message are in our thoughts and understand that while reported risk levels for COVID-19 infection may currently be low in the conference region, the unique challenges and responsibilities associated with staging large gatherings at the present time remain immensely complex.

Over the past weeks, NCECA has heard from many of you. Your messages both to stay the course with the 2020 conference and those urging us to cancel have been read, shared, and heeded. Fortunately, and unfortunately, communing in large groups is a huge part of what NCECA has been, is, and will continue to be. Hundreds of you in the Greater Richmond community have been busy planning for years, and we are aware of how disappointing this news must be. NCECA has and will continue to be an organization that values people. Our love and dedication to ceramic art is bound up in relationships, teaching, and learning. When considering all of the factors before us, we felt that the well-being of the people and communities that have led us through 53 extraordinary conferences needed to be paramount in our decision-making.

So, it is with both deep regret and faith in solidarity with all reading and affected by this most unfortunate of announcements that we invite you to read on and learn more about this decision and next steps.

Next Steps