CERAMICS ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM AT SONOMA COMMUNITY CENTER

by | Sep 21, 2015 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, technical tuesday

Our Artist in Residence program benefits the artist, the Center, and the local community!

We
believe that our connection to the community is strengthened by
supplying a venue for talented artists to integrate with, and become
members of the Sonoma community. For six months our Artist in Residence
provides community members and visitors with a fresh perspective on the
Sonoma Valley.

One Artist in Residence will be chosen to spend
six months living and working at the Sonoma Community Center. During
this time, the Artist in Residence is able to concentrate on developing a
cohesive body of work that is representative of their time here. While
at Sonoma Community Center, the Artist in Residence is given employment
opportunities to teach classes and workshops to community members. 

Open
to all artists living within the US, the residency provides a
self-directed emerging or established artist a supportive environment to
explore artwork and ideas. The opportunity is designed for artists
dedicated to developing a body of work with a specific purpose of end
goal, culminating in a gallery exhibition at the completion of the
residency.

WORK TRADE: 
As resident
artists are given a number of opportunities, they are expected, in turn,
to provide up to 15 hours a week in work trade. Work trade
responsibilities can include, but are not limited to: studio clean-up
and maintenance; kiln loading, firing and maintenance; mixing glazes;
and other studio-related duties as assigned by management.
FACILITIES: 

    • Alpine updraft gas kiln, 20 cu.ft.
    • Skutt electric kiln, 11.6 cu.ft. programmable, cone 10
    • Skutt electric kiln, 6.4 cu.ft., programmable 
    • Olympic electric kiln, 12 cu.ft., programmable 
    • 11 electric potters wheels
    • Peter Pugger pugger-mixer
    • 30″ Northstar slab roller
    • Northstar extruder
    • Spray booth 40″ x 30″ x 18″
    • Raw materials lab

APPLICATION DEADLINES: 
Winter/Spring Residency: Jan 4 – June 30, 2016
Apply by: November 20, 2015

Summer/Fall Residency: July 7 – Dec 30, 2016Apply by: May 2, 2016

APPLY
PAST ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE

CURRENT ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
ACCOMMODATIONS: 

http://www.sonomacommunitycenter.org/artist-in-residence-program.html

September at the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery: Julie Oakes and Paul Mathieu

by | Sep 20, 2015 | Uncategorized

Julie Oakes: Awestruck Calendar of Ecology  
and
Paul Mathieu: Flower Vases with Flowers in a Vase

Opening Reception: Sunday, September 20

 
Join us this Sunday to celebrate the opening of our fall exhibitions. Julie Oakes will present an Artist Talk at 1:30pm followed by the Opening Reception at 2:30pm. Members receive 20% off in the Shop all day.
 
 
 
Following her hugely successful Swounds exhibition in 2012, Julie Oakes returns to the Gallery with her new exhibition of sculptures and installations, Awestruck Calendar of Ecology.
Her work explores themes of spirituality found in nature while
addressing ecological concerns about the sustainability of the planet.
 
Awestruck Calendar of Ecology is made possible in part by a contribution from the The Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation – The Musagetes Fund.

In Flower Vases with Flowers in a Vase,
Paul Mathieu has created multiples of Matisse’s 1927 sculpture head
“Henriette.” Here, he flips the heads over and repurposes them as vases
onto which he creates various reproductions of famous still-life
paintings of ceramic vases with a bouquet of flowers.