Visiting Scholar opportunity @ New Brunswick College of Craft and Design

by | Oct 5, 2022 | job posting

NBCCD is pleased to announce a new initiative, designed to give its students the opportunity to learn from and collaborate with a creative role model. đź’ˇ
Launching in January 2023, the Visiting Scholar program will provide a creative, dynamic environment for a visiting artist to build and accelerate their practice, while also sharing their knowledge with emerging artists.
Applications for the four-month, paid opportunity are now open. ✍

upcoming lecture: Martina Lantin | “Role: Function and Object”

by | Oct 5, 2022 | workshops

After a more than two-year hiatus due to Covid, the North-West Ceramics Foundation is thrilled to finally be able to present Martina Lantin as their featured speaker. Martina will present via Zoom on Sunday, October 16, 2022, at 1pm PST. The presentation is free and open to all, but registration is required. Please see below for information about how to register.

Born in Montreal, Canada, Martina Lantin received her Master of Fine Art degree from NSCAD University in Halifax. She has participated in residencies in Canada, the United States, Germany, Iceland and China, including the Watershed Centre for the Ceramic Arts in Newcastle, ME; the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, TN; and the Liling Ceramic Valley Museum in Liling, Hunan Province, China.

Martina has written for various ceramic publications and edited the 2017 summer issue of the Studio Potter journal. Her work has been included in numerous juried and invitational exhibitions internationally. Recent participation includes Borderline, the Alberta Biennial 2020 and The Pots and Passion of Walter Ostrom at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.
Martina Lantin is an Associate Professor at the Alberta University of the Arts.

Martina mines the history of ornament and pattern to explore the mutation and boundaries of functional ceramics through vessels and installations. More recently, her exploration of adaptation and change has engaged emergent technologies as a method of production. In her talk “Role: Function and Object,” she will share new works produced during recent residencies in Iceland and Germany and discuss the evolution of her practice. Her talk will take place on Zoom on October 16, 2022, at 1pm. Registration is required.

To register, please click on this link, which will take you to a sign-up form. We look forward to seeing you there!

For more on Martina Lantin , please see her website 

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Online course with Jacquie Blondin

by | Oct 2, 2022 | workshops

The Hand Building Basics online course starts next week and runs Oct 4-Nov 29.

It’s the perfect course for beginners and throwers looking to expand their hand building techniques.

It’s not too late to join.

PS participants should have access to a kiln to get the most out of this course.

Let me know if you have any questions. I’d be happy to help you.

đź”—Course info – click to learn more

https://courses-with-jacquie.thinkific.com/courses/hand-building-basics-fall-2022

Or go to https://jacquieblondin.com/pages/workshops-and-classes

job postings: Archie Bray

by | Sep 26, 2022 | job posting

Have you ever thought about working at The Bray or living in Montana? Take a look at these fantastic on-site opportunities to work in the nonprofit art world! Please share widely, and if you know of anyone who would be interested in any of these positions, go ahead and send them a little nudge!

Employment Opportunities

monday morning eye candy: MyungJin Kim: Hortus Talisman @ Hostler Burrows

by | Sep 26, 2022 | monday morning eye candy

 

 

 

Hostler Burrows and Ago Projects are pleased to announce MyungJin Kim: Hortus Talisman, a solo exhibition presented in Hostler Burrows’ Los Angeles gallery at 6819 Melrose Ave. The artist will be in attendance for an opening reception on September 22, from 6 to 8 pm.

In this current body of work, Kim sculpts organically shaped bas-relief clay vessels in warm, earthy terracotta. While the themes in her work are archetypal, the artists filters and distills information from her immediate surroundings and cultural history as poignant subject matter in her art. Her narrative vessels depict a primal botanical landscape inspired by the Jurassic era vegetation in her garden and around Los Angeles. For the exhibition, she has created two of her most monumentally scaled works to date, each standing over six feet tall.

Deeply embedded in Korean culture is the shamanistic practice of strategically placing symbolically meaningful paintings, drawings and special objects in the home or temple as talisman for protection. The gallery installation engages this symbolic practice. Kim has covered the walls with paintings of ancient plants from her garden, enveloping her ceramic sculptures within the space. In using the same visual language as the vessels, Kim’s murals transform the architecture of the room, evoking the immersive environment of her own garden.

Kim has long been interested in painting styles from both the East and West. Korean “Minhwa” are mysteriously beautiful Chosun dynasty folk paintings which have been influential in her practice. In particular, 19th century “Whajodo” are symbolic folk paintings that include landscapes with lush flowers and pairs of birds who are “mated for life”. They offer the promise of prosperity, longevity and happiness.

MyungJin Kim (b. 1975, South Korea) received her MFA in ceramics from Seoul National University in 2002, after which she moved to Los Angeles. Kim has been an artist in residence at the prestigious Archie Bray Foundation on numerous occasions from 2011 to 2018. She currently lives and maintains a studio and garden in San Pedro, CA. Kim’s work is included in the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, OR; Archie Bray Foundation Collection, Helena, MT; Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, OH; Sonny Kamm Teapot Collection, Los Angeles, CA; as well as numerous private collections across the United States.

www.mjkimstudio.com

www.hostlerburrows.com/exhibitions/myungjin-kim-hortus-talisman