Every year Red Deer College host Series, a summer long mix up of workshops by established and knowledgeable artists and instructors on a variety of craft based techniques. This summers’ line up includes some ceramic workshops by Darren Petersen, Juila Reimer, Jim Etzkorn and Joan Irvin (who will be teaching a workshop on fine silver clay) For more information and to register check out the website.
I just got the following emailed to me:
Pre-conference before the NCECA 2008 Conference.
WVU NCECA 2008 Pre-conference Bridging the Gap: East Meets West
A Cultural dialog between Chinese and American Artists
March 15-17, 2008.
Bridging the Gap: East Meets West will create a dialog and
exchange of ideas with internationally recognized Chinese and American
Artists. Program includes lectures, demonstrations, wood-kiln firings,
exhibitions, and opening/closing ceremonies. We encourage all
participants to send bisqued work (rated c/9 or higher) for the
wood-kiln firing.
Invited Artists Include: Liu Pinchang, Peoples Republic of China; Li
Chao, Peoples Republic of China; Joe Zeller, Idaho; Josh DeWeese,
Montana; Jennifer Allen, Alaska; Tara Wilson, Ohio; Martin Tagseth,
Canada, Yao Yong Kong, People’s Republic of China; Other Artists TBA.
Costs: $60.00/regular; $35.00/student; Scholarships available for K-12
students.
For more information and registration download please go to the website
or contact:
Bob Anderson, Professor of Art
Shoji Satake, Assistant Professor of Art
Ceramics Area
West Virginia University
College of Creative Arts
Division of Art
Morgantown, WV 26506
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 304-293-4841 ext 3135
Deadline February 1st for the 2008 International Residency Program.
Open to all NCECA members.
In 2008, NCECA will support three International Residencies.
1. Berlin, Germany with Zentrum fur Keramik
2. Skaelskor, Denmark with Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center
3. Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, KOKA-City, Japan
There’s a ton more info on the NCECA website with all the application procedures and forms you’ll need.
Pre-registration for this years conference has also begun, hopefully some of you can make it!
For all you Canadian craft artists out there don’t forget that Canada Council for the Arts deadline for Assistance to Contemporary Fine Craft Artists and Curators: Project Grants is the 1st of March 2008
Project Grants provide support for research, professional development, production, networking and career development activities for professional artists and curators (for research only) making a contribution to contemporary fine craft. The project must be significant and advance the long-term artistic and/or career development of the applicant at a key moment in their career. There are three types of project grants, as follows:
– Research/Professional Development: This type of grant allows for a period of independent research at a key moment in the artistic practice of the fine craft artist. The project must demonstrate the capacity to advance the artistic practice of the artist The grant also support critics and curators in the research of editorial or curatorial work leading to the production of articles, books and exhibitions in the field of contemporary Canadian craft.
– Production: This grant supports production costs of one or more works where there is at least one confirmed public presentation of the work(s) in a professional context. Production support is also available to assist fine craft artists in the development and fabrication of one or several production-line prototypes. The project must demonstrate the capacity to advance the career of the artist..
– Career Development: This grant supports the advancement of an artist’s career through development of specific tools such as websites and portfolios; career development activities; and/or the growth of a professional network with partners such as critics, curators, art dealers or publishers. The applicant must demonstrate that the project occurs in a key period with regard to its impact on the progression of his or her career.
Check out the Canada Council website for more info – plus you can now fill out the grants online.
I just wanted to take a brief moment to thank everyone that’s been emailing me and posting comments on the blog over the past months that it’s been up and running. This has been such a fun adventure for me and as a result i’ve gotten in contact with so many wonderful people from so many diverse places that I genuinely hope to meet in person some day. So thanks!
But today i must come clean about something as it will undoubtedly affect the blog a bit, it already has perhaps, but this i promise will only be for a brief while. Any day now i’m expecting my first babe to be born and so if the airwaves of musing go quiet for a bit with lack of submission info, etc. that is the reason. It’s been an interesting adventure for me thus far and i’ve been meaning to, for quite a while now, have a bit of a chat about the impact of such life changing events in the life of an artist. Here i find myself, having spent so many years working so hard to create a name for myself, get on the right people’s radars, and scrounge to get my work made and in the public eye that to step away from that pace of life for any period of time seems quite frightening. Already my creative life has been filled with time management issues and it can only get worst now right?! But i’ve also been intrigued by the impact of this impending life change on my work in the studio. As i may have mentioned I’m back working on my figurative work for a show in May and i find that themes and approaches to the work have changed in the last few months. The figurative work to me has always dealt with issues of childhood and it’s role and influence in creating the sort of moral stance we carry with us later in life. The imagery i use is of course of children, deceptively cute to make the impact of the message hit home a bit more intensely. I’m finding now that there is a greater awareness of this responsibility to moral/ethical development as i stand poised ready to give it my best try in my own life, fearing being hypocritical, questioning everything, and making sure i’m really, truly aware of my stance and perspective on the issues, as soon there will be someone else to keep me accountable to my words and actions. I guess i’m just curious as I know there are many out there with families and successful careers and i wonder how they find the balance and not lose their creative drive, but also what sort of an impact if any this has had upon their practice conceptually?
I’ve loved the work of Janis Mars Wunderlich for years now and recently have a much deeper appreciation for her work, the impact of family being the conceptual drive of the work. I look forward to soon showing you the figurative work i’ve been making in the studio, particularly those that I feel have been highly influenced of late by my circumstance, as they intrigue me in a curious way…
But anyway, i’ll try to stay on top of postings and calls for submissions over the next little bit, but if i do seem to disappear completely, know i’ll be back very soon! Cheers!
