by Carole Epp | Jun 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
Well the prediction is for rain and thunderstorms, but what can you do? Rain or shine i’ll be at Bazaart tomorrow. If you’re in the area and can stop by, please do!
Saturday, June 18, 2011 | Sponsored by SaskTel | 10 am – 5 pm | Admission: $5
Bazaart takes place in front of the MacKenzie Art Gallery and T. C. Douglas Building parking lot at the corner of Albert Street and 23rd Avenue. Parking is located north of the MacKenzie Art Gallery, just off Albert St., Regina Saskatchewan.
For more info on Bazaart and all the participating artists please visit their website.
by Carole Epp | Jun 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
“When I started making functional works of art, I knew I had found my calling. I found meaning in the humble act of making something useful. I like making each item a little different, hoping they turn a thoughtless consumption into something that makes us more aware and present. I feel like the message and humor is more subtle in my pots, but the moment in which they are used is more intimate and meaningful.”
Read the whole post here on Etsy. And don’t forget to check out his shop too.
by Carole Epp | Jun 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
This year’s winner of the Sheridan College Gardiner Museum Award, presents a solo exhibition and reception for Adaptations at the Gardiner Museum.
The show runs May 6 to July 10th
“In my site-specific installation Adaptations, I have constructed bricks, modeled figures and clay-dipped both organic and non-organic objects. The dipped objects are attached to the figures and fired as body-parts.
My ceramic process gravitates towards experimentation and material failure. The inherent fragility of ceramics translates into narrative in my work. Bricks are heavy objects, which in multiples can: shelter, protect, detain, demarcate, divide, collapse. Within this environment my figures adopt survival adaptations taken from industrial, natural and entertainment models, coping responses to an unpredictable world”
Gardiner Museum
111 Queen’s Park
Toronto, Ontario
CANADA M5S 2C7
by Carole Epp | Jun 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
Chuck Aydlett
Susan Beiner
Mark Boguski
Debbie Kupinsky
Wesley Anderegg
Courtney Murphy
The annual Bray Benefit Auction attracts artists, collectors and life long supporters of the Bray from around the country. Artwork from over 300 ceramic artists will be included in our Live and Silent Auctions. This is the Bray’s biggest fundraiser of the year and helps support the residency program.
The Bray’s residency program supports artists by offering rent-free studios, subsidized material and firing costs, as well as direct funding through fellowships and stipends. The auction items will be on display at the Helena Civic Center beginning June 23rd and for the duration of the event with the bidding closing on Friday, June 24th. Silent Auctions will close on Friday, June 24th at 7:30p and 7:45p
Live Auction will take place on Friday, June 24th at 8:00p. If you are unable to attend the auctions in person we will be taking absentee and proxy bids until Tuesday, June 21. Click here to see details on how to bid.
See the whole auction here.
by Carole Epp | Jun 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
Dawn Petticrew
Chari Cohen, Jeremy Hatch, Laura McKibbon, Dawn Petticrew
Curated by Melanie Egan
Part of Summer 2011 Visual Arts Exhibitions June 18 – September 25, 2011 @ Harbourfront Centre in TorontoDawn Petticrew studied at Sheridan College, majoring in ceramics. Upon graduation she was awarded an artist-in-residence position at Harbourfront Centre in Toronto. She has been working with ceramics for almost 10 years and currently shares studio space in west-end Toronto where she actively pursues her evolving interest in clay. dpceramics.caBorn and raised in Vancouver, BC, Laura McKibbon has been working in clay for the past seven years. A self-taught ceramic artist with an academic background in science, printmaking and photography, McKibbon’s distinctive line of ceramics reflects a love of modern design, a dedication to fine craftsmanship and, ultimately, function. In addition to a production line, McKibbon continues to exhibit regularly. Through a series of residencies in Australia, Denmark, Slovenia and Finland, her current body of work responds to an ongoing investigation of other countries, both physically and culturally. Her work has been featured in several publications and has been collected internationally. culdesacdesign.com
Jeremy Hatch is best known for his large-scale porcelain installations that explore ideas of nostalgia and the in/authenticity of memory. He has received several grants and attended residencies at the Takumi Studios in Japan, the European Ceramic Work Centre in the Netherlands, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, and the Archie Bray Foundation, where he was the recipient of the Taunt Fellowship. Since receiving his MFA at Alfred University, Hatch has taught at Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design and the Rhode Island School of Design and is currently a lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 2008, he founded Ricochet Studio as a means to explore the intersections between craft, art and design. One goal of Ricochet is to collaborate with artists from various disciplines to develop limited edition ceramic products. AZURE Magazine recently named him one of the top 25 designers leading the pack. jeremyhatch.caChari Cohen is a Toronto artist who has been working in clay for over 25 years. She first studied ceramics at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology from 1973-1975 and in 2009 attended Sheridan College where she studied the slip casting technique that she is currently using to create her ceramic objects. While at Sheridan College she received the Joan Bennett Award in Crafts and Design-Ceramics and had her work published in AZURE Design magazine. Her work can be found in the Gardiner Museum and is in private collections in England, the US, Thailand, Israel and Canada. charicohen.com
