by Carole Epp | Jan 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
via: Garland Magazine
“Ayumi Horie reflects on the groundbreaking Instagram project, Pots in Action—why she started it and why she has decided to finish it.”
“@potsinaction has run its course; I’ve changed and so has Instagram. After 2,400 posts covering a vast range of clay and ceramics globally, @potsinaction will be archived as a website so it can remain a functional resource for the field. @potsinaction expanded a liminal space between pop culture and academia. It turned on people outside the field of ceramics to ceramics by introducing them to a world beyond Paint Your Own Pottery and stuffy museum cases. It became a staple resource for students doing research and for professionals in the field, it dug deeply into what we thought we knew well. For four years, this collaborative project consistently created new content and tried to show not only the best work, but also the unexpected and ubiquitous ways that clay touches lives.”
Read more and DONATE to the archiving of this incredible resource HERE.
by Carole Epp | Jan 5, 2020 | emerging artist, job posting
Open Positions:
Human Resources Manager
Internships
A Penland internship offers a unique opportunity to live and work in a dynamic, creative educational community and work with accomplished professionals in a mutual learning and knowledge sharing environment. All housing and meals will be provided at no charge to the intern for the duration of the internship period, and a stipend for the summer is included. Class and Penland studio access is not provided. Housing will be assigned when interns are selected.
Penland will work with applicants seeking educational credit for the internship. Details can be discussed in the interview process.
by Carole Epp | Jan 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
Help rebuild a pottery workshop, studio and home
Please help Steve Harrison and Janine King, our two friends and teachers, to rebuild their pottery workshop. After working tirelessly these last weeks to protect their beloved property, they have unfortunately lost both their pottery workshop and studio to the bush fires that have ravaged the village of Balmoral. Luckily, they managed to save the house, but any donation you make will help them rebuild the space they use for their livelihood and where we have spent so many special times creating and sharing with them.
Support the fundraiser HERE.
by Carole Epp | Jan 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
This is Gabrielle and Dan of Bandicoot Pottery.
Based in the gorgeous town of Cobargo, they along with so many, have had their lives turned upside down in the recent fires in New South Wales. Their pottery studio and all the stock in it was destroyed on New Year’s Eve. This was their workplace, their business, their livelihood.
While their home is insured, the studio was not and they need help to rebuild.
Before the fire (taken in November 2019)
After the fire (taken 1st of Jan 2020)
Gabrielle and Dan not only lost the building and stock, but also their pottery wheels and all the equipment that they have built up over the last 30 years. Please donate what you can, so we can help them get back on their feet.
This is a story in progress and will be updated as we get more information from them. Currently they have no power or fuel and limited mobile coverage. The whole community is still in a lot of danger.
Support the GO FUND ME HERE.
