by Carole Epp | Jan 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
January 9-29 @ Charlie Cummings Gallery
Profit Margin,
curated by Derek Reeverts is now online. This exhibition features
ceramic sculpture and vessels, printmaking, and poetry by national
artists.
Curator’s Statement
Profit Margin explores modern incarnations of class warfare.
Tension between socioeconomic classes exists in a variety of forms
because Fox News is wrong; class structure is not a singular identity.
It is something that exists in varying degrees depending on each
individual’s makeup -their region, gender, culture, education, etc.
There is no singular, universal group who has sole access to the means
of production, a Marxist term referring to society’s resources and
production facilities. In today’s world there are multiple means of
production -from physical factories to Wall Street, Academia, and Big
Oil -and thus “those who have access” are as varied in appearance,
though not in number, as those who do not.
The artists represented in
Profit Margin hail from a variety
of geographies, socio-economic backgrounds, genders, and cultures.
Their pieces explore people and places marginalized by modern class
warfare. They work in mediums as diverse as ceramics, printmaking, and
poetry. The array of medium allows the viewer many avenues to approach
the complex processes of class. Whether the piece references the figure,
utilizes color and texture, or uses the familiarity of the human voice
to express experience, the pieces in
Profit Margin allow the viewer a layered perspective into this otherwise cloudy machination.
Participating Artists
Blair Clemo, Tommy
Frank, Edith Garcia, Clayton Keyes, Benjamin Lambert, Sara
Morales-Morgan, Kyungmin Park, Kyle and Kelly Phelps, Gregory Pickett,
Alan Pocaro, Derek Reeverts, and Austin Wieland
Listen to Gregory Pickett’s poem
Class Warfare here.
View the rest of
Profit Margin here.
by Carole Epp | Jan 10, 2016 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, technical tuesday
Applications will be accepted through January 15, 2016. No paper applications will be accepted.
View works from past Small Favors Exhibitions.
Small Favors engages artist’s creativity in new and exciting ways with
the challenge of making pieces on a very small scale. For some artists,
the work they create is similar to what they normally make but at a
reduced scale. Others use it as an opportunity to break away from what
they create in their daily studio practice. Regardless of this choice,
the works exhibited are incredibly varied in material, form, and
aesthetics. Though small in scale the artworks created for this
exhibition are huge in impact. Each work is exhibited in a four-inch
plexiglas wall mounted cube. Small Favors will be on view from March 25 –
May 1, 2016.
Conceived of in 2006, Small Favors grew out The Studio’s efforts to
offer accessible, high-quality artworks that appeal to art enthusiasts
of all ages: for seasoned collectors who are challenged for space it
allows them to continue to collect work by artists they love. For young
art collectors it provides a financially accessible entry point.
It is our sincere hope that offering a juried exhibition of this kind
brings to light new makers and broadens the audience we reach through
the display of these unique works of art.
A complete application consists of the following:
- Personal contact information
- Up to three digital images (.jpeg files) no more than three pieces
maximum. Images must be of works available for inclusion in this
exhibition with no measurement exceeding 3.75”
Corresponding image information: title, medium, size, and date
- $25 Application Fee
To apply please visit our SlideRoom portal.
Notification will be made via email on or before February 1, 2016 with
selected work shipped to arrive at The Clay Studio no later than
February 15, 2016.
Selection Process and Details
All work selected for inclusion in this exhibition must be available for
sale with The Clay Studio receiving a 50% commission for all work sold
and paying for the return shipment of any unsold work providing the work
is being shipped to a US address. The Clay Studio will not cover the
cost of international return shipping. A $20 Surcharge will be added to
the retail price of all selected works to cover the cost of the Small
Favors plexi cube. Email Jennifer Zwilling, Curator of Artistic Programs
at [email protected] if you have any further questions.
– See more HERE.
www.theclaystudio.org/apply/sf.php
by Carole Epp | Jan 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
Ceramist
Jenna Stanton has salvaged and saved favourite domestic objects for as
long as she can remember. The forms and functions of these objects and
the nostalgic sentiments around them work their way into her
contemporary practice, into practical, clever and elegant designs for an
array of ceramic household vessels and accessories. The porcelain
desktop water decanters with silkscreened enamel decals and hand-painted
underglazes in her Pour Me series are inspired by vintage thermoses and
historic Medalta whiskey jugs, with patterns humorously referring to
the practice of self-medicating. Other works utilize 3D printing
processes in their design stages, while still others explore the
opportunities suggested by crystalline and fractal geometries translated
into dishware which can iterate and conjoin into infinity.
Stanton holds a BFA in Ceramics from the Alberta College of Art &
Design and a Masters in Ceramic Design from Staffordshire University in
‘the potteries’ of Stoke on Trent, England. She currently works out of
her studio in Medalta’s international artists in residence, exploring
ceramics that combine traditional craft with industrial processes and
new technologies. She is the Curator of Exhibitions and Collections at
the historic Medalta Potteries, and a member of the board of directors
of the Alberta Craft Council. Her designs have been exhibited nationally
and internationally, most notably in FRESH, the 2011 British Ceramics
Biennial’s flagship exhibition of top 40 emerging UK graduates, the
London Design Festival 2015, and with FLUX at Maison Object Paris.
www.esplanade.ca
www.jennastantonceramics.com
by Carole Epp | Jan 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
I never have adequate words to express my thanks for the community support that has allowed this blog to flourish and grow since 2008. I’m humbled by your lovely comments, emails, letters, in person hugs. I’m humbled that I get to play an active part of such an inspiring and rewarding community of artists, makers, galleries, organizations, curators, writers, etc, etc, etc, …
Here’s hoping you all stick with me for another year or more….
xoxox to each and everyone of you ~ and especially to Pottery Making Info for this incredible honor.
carole
