ACC Discovery Gallery: Call for Proposals
Submission Deadline: August 30
The Discovery Gallery is dedicated to showcasing new work by established and emerging craft artists as well as small group exhibitions. The 415 square foot space is located on the main level of the Edmonton location and features 7+ exhibitions a year.
Your submission should include:
1. Cover Letter
– contact information (name, address, phone & email)
– detailed description & theme of the exhibition
– number of pieces/artist in or expected to participate in exhibition
– time of year preferred
2. Current ACC Membership
3. CV – Artist Resume
4. Artist Biography
5. Images with Image List
– professional quality images of work that will be in the exhibition or representative of the work. Include drawings and a written description of the work if it has not yet been created
– professional quality portrait of the artist (in the studio or against a neutral background)
– the image list must include: title, year created, dimensions in inches, materials and techniques
ANNUAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE: AUGUST 30
Questions contact Joanne Hamel, Gallery Coordinator 1-800-DO-CRAFT ext.221 or [email protected] 10186 – 106 Street, Edmonton AB T5J 1H4
Art and politics – the work of Mara Superior
Ever interested in the mix of art/craft/traditional references and political/social commentary i just stumbled across this interesting article published about Mara Superior’s recent work. You can also check out more of her work here or here.
SaltLik – New works by Jim Etzkorn
Ceramic art show opens in Medalta’s Squared Gallery, August 13
Medicine Hat – On Friday, Aug. 13, 2010 at 7:00pm, an exhibit of new work by ceramic artist Jim Etzkorn will open in Medalta’s Squared Gallery. The show is named SaltLik.
Etzkorn initially arrived in Medicine Hat to take part in a four month ceramic art residency in fall 2009. He quickly grew to enjoy the city and expanded his time here from four months to twelve, with plans to become a permanent resident.
Etzkorn’s primary focus during his residency was to explore the salt glazing process, which inspired the show’s name. Salt glazing is an atmospheric process, which produces unique effects on clay. When the kiln reaches its maximum temperature, salt is introduced, which turns to a vapour and reacts with the silica in the clay. In many cases, it produces an uneven, orange peel-like effect. Etzkorn prefers to use glazes which react with the atmospheric salt to produce subtle variations in colour and texture, producing pots with extraordinary visual and tactile depth.
The most prominent historical use of salt glazing in Medicine Hat lies with the Alberta Clay Products factory, which was a major clay sewer pipe manufacturer prior to a devastating fire in the early 1960’s.
The show will be the last in the current Squared Gallery. In the fall, the Historic Clay District will undergo a major excavation of Medalta’s former Kiln Room, which currently houses the gallery.
Anyone who wishes to attend the show should contact Medalta and ask to be added to the invitation list. Attendance to the event is free of charge, with all donations going to the continued restoration of the Historic Clay District.
The Historic Clay District is one of eight tourism attractors in the Canadian Badlands, featured in AMA’s “Alberta 100 Journeys” and is Western Canada’s largest National Historic Site. The museum – in the Medalta Potteries National Historic Site – provides visitors a unique opportunity to visit a restored 1912 pottery factory, which once produced three-quarters of all stoneware in Canada. It is operated under the stewardship of the Friends of Medalta Society.
For more information, interviews or visuals, contact:
Quentin Randall 403.529.1070 [email protected]
www.medalta.org
www.etzkornpottery.com
Trade Show Opportunity
Call for Makers
9th August 2010 – 1st September 2010
Craft NI is providing support for designer-makers living and working in Northern Ireland wishing to take part in Top Drawer Spring and Ceramic Art London.
If you are a professional craft business wishing to reach buyers, curators, interior designers and collectors to expand your business Craft NI will be coordinating a group presence of makers from Northern Ireland at the following events:
- Top Drawer Spring/Summer – Earls Court, London: 16-18 January 2011
- Ceramic Art London – Royal College of Art, London: 25-27 February 2011 (please note deadline for applying is the 6th September for this event)
For further details please download an application pack. Closing date: 4pm, 30th August 2010.
Start: 9th August, 2010 15:00
End: 31st August, 2010 15:00
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