Call for entry: MWSU Clay Guild – Twin Cups: National Ceramics Exhibition 2014

by | Nov 19, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

The
Missouri Western State University Clay Guild is sponsoring a National
Ceramic Exhibition titled Twin Cups. The exhibition is open to all
artists 18 years and older residing in the U.S.  Submitted artworks may
be either functional or sculptural representations of a pair of cups,
mugs, or drinking vessels, etc.  The $25.00 jury fee entitles each
artist to submit a maximum of two entries (each entry consisting of a
set of two).  Artworks must have been completed within the last two
years. Entry deadline January 15, 2014.  Details and prospectus are
available on the MWSU Clay Guild website at  http://www.missouriwestern.edu/clayguild/TwinCups.html

Calendar:
January 15, 2014 Entry Submission Deadline: Postmarked
February 3, 2014 Acceptance Notification 
February 21, 2014 Shipped Artworks Due to Gallery(artworks may be hand-delivered: between 10am-4pm)
February 26, 2014 Installation of Exhibition
February 28, 2014 Exhibition Opens – Reception: – 6 pm – 9 pm 
March 28, 2014 Exhibition Closes 
March 31, 2014 Return of shipped artwork begins 
March 31, 2014 Pick-up of hand-delivered artwork: between 10am-4pm

Aaron Nelson – Connectivity @ the Esplanade in Medicine Hat

by | Nov 18, 2013 | Uncategorized

OCTOBER 26, 2013 – DECEMBER 7, 2013

Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre. Medicine Hat, Alberta

As a craftsman, a clay expert and the Artistic Director of the Shaw
International Artist Residency program at Medalta Historical Clay
District, Aaron Nelson has a very broad and deep view of making craft
today. To create the art in this surprising, smart and fun exhibition he
investigated how to mesh sophisticated digital technology with
traditional ceramics, and explore ideas about networking and
connectivity.

In Connectivity, Aaron’s handmade traditional tea cups, platters,
vases and porcelain chandeliers are connected, sometimes by way of their
decorative gold luster, with electrical and electronic circuitry,
telephones, iPods, generators, light bulbs and audio speakers. The
gilded decoration works as a simple circuit board – the surfaces of the
ceramics become energized with flowing electrons as they transmit
electrical current and data. Visitors are invited to ‘turn on’ and
interact with the pieces physically or through their electronic devices.

Elegant and innovative, serious and playful, Nelson’s new work in
Connectivity links the richness of craft objects and craft practice to
our lives today, through which both digital and communication
technologies flow – exploring the connections, both literal and metaphorical, between electronics, communication and craft.

***Public Reception with the Artist – Thursday November 21, 7-10pm***

 www.aaronnelson.ca 
www.esplanade.ca/aaron-nelson-connectivity/