CALL TO ARTISTS –

Exhibition: Midstream: New Ceramics from the Heartland
Exhibition Dates: August 23, 2008 – February 28, 2009
Deadline May 23rd

The Arizona State University Art Museum’s Ceramics Research Center, in an effort to define the front edge of experimental ceramic work, is looking for limited submissions for the exhibition Midstream: New Ceramics from the Heartland. Artists in the Midwestern region of the U.S. can submit up to 5 low resolution digital images and a brief resume and statement. Artists residing in the following states are eligible: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

Contact: Peter Held, Curator of Ceramics at [email protected] or find more info here or here.

Craft Symposium _ TOMORROW!

In combination with the exhibition Object Factory: The Art of Industrial Ceramics
which runs May 15 – Sept 7, 2008 at the Gardiner Museum in Toronto, tomorrow they are hosting:

EXHIBITION SYMPOSIUM
Craft and Design Interface
May 17, 1 – 4 pm at Gardiner Museum
$20 Public/ $16.25 Members/ OCAD students free

Speakers include:
Jorunn Veiteberg
Glen Brown
Ezra Shales
Dov Granchrow
Marek Cekula
Sara Diamond

From the Gardiner Website:

“This groundbreaking exhibition will both startle and delight you with the work of international artists and industrial designers re-imagining the possibilities of ceramics in the 21st century.

See more than 200 objects from eighteen countries, including work by artists Cindy Sherman and Arman, designers Ettore Sottsass and Masahiro Mori, and industrial manufacturers Rosenthal and Nymphenburg.

Curator Marek Cecula emphasizes the new relationship between artists, designers and industry that “has heralded a vitality and fresh orientation to ceramic material.” The exhibition also includes sections devoted to recent advances in ceramic materials and technologies, and to the creative manipulation and re-use of industrial ceramics by studio artists.”

Sounds like an amazing exhibition so hopefully some of you can check it out. For the rest of us there are some podcasts on the Gardiner website.

Amazing graffiti on the streets of Buenos Aires.

You’ll have to forgive the lack of ceramic content in this post, but I wanted to share a video with you of an amazing graffiti animation I ran across. At first it seems like a post production work, but quickly you realize that this guy actually painted each image and photographed them. If I figure it takes forever to make ceramic work with all the firings and everything, I can’t imagine how long this might have taken.
Enjoy!

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU

Upcoming conference

SURFACE, FORM & SUBSTANCE
September 19-20, 2008 | Indianapolis, Indiana

The conference site boasts:
“Debra Fritts will demonstrate a handbuilding technique that combines modeling, pitching, and coiling for small figurative sculptures. Develop your vocabulary and aesthetic of color with Ovidio Giberga. Susan Kemenyffy will share the secrets of how to balance contour and surface. Eva Kwong, will reveal how to incorporate more color through the use of AMACO’s velvets and colored slips. Jeffrey Nichols will demonstrate his unique approach to color and surface. Learn unusual construction techniques with Lana Wilson, using soft slabs of clay to make a teapot and stand.”

Register early for a discount!
For all the info go to their website here.