by Carole Epp | Apr 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
PORCELAIN II
October 22-24, 2010
San Diego, California
Hosted by Clay Artists of San Diego
Receive expert tips and techniques
Porcelain II features four highly talented women. These women of porcelain will help you conquer this beautiful but challenging ceramic material. They will share their tips and techniques that will take your work to the next level. Let yourself be inspired!
Mark Your Calendar and Register Today! Space Limited
Featured Artist: Erin Furimsky, Kristen Kieffer,
Jennifer McCurdy and Lorna Meaden
For more information and to register, click on a link below:
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Registration Information What you will learn:
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Learn decoration techniques from stamp-making and stamping to slip-trailing and resists.
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Altering and darting wheel-thrown forms.
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Learn how to create pots that have a generous sense of volume and fluidity of line, with wheel-thrown and altered porcelain.
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Altering pots on and off the wheel.
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Slip inlay surface treatment.
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The step-by-step instruction- from throwing to decorating- of making a porcelain watering can.
- Discover the technique of dry-throwing porcelain.
- Hand carving forms in the leather-hard stage.
- Discuss the concept of strength vs plasticity in the porcelain as it moves through the working stages.
For all the details click here.
by Carole Epp | Apr 7, 2010 | Uncategorized
Figurative Association:
The Human Form in Clay Symposium
October 27–30, 2010
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts With a focus on figurative ceramic sculpture, this 3-day Symposium provides exhibitions, dialogue, and exchange of technical and conceptual ideas among established and emerging artists, educators, students and collectors. The Symposium exhibitions, studios, auditorium, housing and dining facilities are in close proximity and provide an intimate setting for engaging dialogue. Limited to only 200 attendees.
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The Symposium will feature 8 international / nationally known ceramic and mixed media artists who will each present a series of demonstrations and topic related discussions. The 3-day Symposium begins on Wednesday evening, October 27 with two exhibition openings, followed by the Symposium opening introductions and keynote. The following three days include a variety of rotating technical demonstrations and presentations by the Artists/Presenters, two panel topical discussions, two lectures by guest speakers and a round table conversation. Topics and speakers will be announced. The featured main exhibitions include works by the Symposium Presenters and the Invited Emerging Artists Exhibition, which includes works by 10 emerging artists selected by the Symposium Presenters. Select works from the Arrowmont Permanent Collection will also be featured. Friday evening’s BBQ, live bluegrass & dancing under the stars provides a relaxing and fun event celebrating Smoky Mountain style food and music. A more detailed Symposium agenda listing specific information, speaker/demonstration topics and titles will be sent after registration confirmation. Please continue to view the Symposium website for updated information. A portion of
Figurative Association: The Human Form in Clay has been underwritten by a bequest from the estate of Martha Harrison and through a grant from the Ayco Charitable Foundation.See the website
here for all the details and registration information.
by Carole Epp | Apr 6, 2010 | Uncategorized
Clay 2010
April 10 – July 3
Opening Reception April 17 from 2-4pm
The collection can be seen on-line at https://hermis.alberta.ca/afa/
The Geese Came Back
April 17 – May 29, 2010
Exhibition Reception: Saturday, April 17 from 2-4 pm
Visit the Alberta Craft Council Website for more information.
by Carole Epp | Apr 6, 2010 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
call for exhibition proposals now on!
Closing date: 30 April 2010
The Gallery of Australian Design (GAD) aims to promote Australian Design in all its forms by staging exhibitions and events of national significance as well as hosting international design exhibitions for Australian audiences. The Gallery is currently seeking exhibition proposals from curators and designers in all fields. Proposals are due at the end of April for exhibitions that will take place in following year. Decisions on proposals are made by the Gallery of Australian Design Advisory Group. Those who submit a successful proposal will need to sign our standard exhibiting contract prior to staging the exhibition. Proposals on a CD should include the following:
- A one A4 page project description
- Eight quality images fully described with title, year, materials, dimensions and photograher’s credit
- Full list of works and insurance values
- CVs of Key personnel
Proposals should be directed to: Jas Hugonnet
Manager, Gallery of Australian Design
44 Parkes Pl
PARKES
CANBERRA
2600 [email protected]
0417 235 916website
by Carole Epp | Apr 4, 2010 | Uncategorized
2010 UAAC Conference / Congrès AAUC 2010 Guelph University / Université Guelph October 14-16 octobre
Proposals for papers should reach session chairs no later than May 3
ECONOMY, COMMUNITY AND SELF-EXPRESSION – CRAFT AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
From the socialism of the Arts and Crafts Movement to the radical interventions proposed by “craftivists”, the material, makers and processes of craft have been mobilised for social change. Central to this panel discussion are the communities created through craft — whether on a local, global or virtual level. These range in time and space from the DIY movement documented in Faythe Levine’s 2009 film Handmade Nation to the historical Canadian Guild of Handicraft, the Grenfell Mission in Labrador and the Home Arts Association in Great Britain to initiatives like the Navajo Crownpoint Rug Auction and Amazi Abesifazane or Voices of Women project in South Africa.
Perhaps because much of craft production is embedded in living culture and intangible cultural heritage it has attracted the attention of a wide range of scholarly approaches. Cultural geographers, craft historians, anthropologists, philosophers, art historians, women’s studies and material culture scholars and folklorists have all tried to decode the halo of meaning surrounding craft production within the social context.
Craft gets pressed, for better or worse, into social service because it speaks to people, it is perceived as accessible and useful. In this context, papers may address, but are not limited to, the following:
-The revelation of class, gender, and sexuality through economies of craft
-Transnationalism, cultural hybridity, and race as these relate to the role of craft in social development
-The transmission of traditional skills through craft cooperatives or finding a new relevance for traditional skills
-The intersection of craft and tourism as it relates to cultural identity and rural development
-The relationship of poverty with craft or craft as a survival skill
-“Doing good” or creating craft for those in need
Contact either Chair:
Gloria Hickey Independent scholar and curator St. John’s, NL [email protected]
Elaine Cheasley Paterson, PhD Craft Historian, Department of Art History Concordia University, EV 3.765 1455 De Maisonneuve Boulevard West Montreal, Quebec H3G 1M8 514.848.2424 ext. 4605 email: [email protected]
Please send documents in .doc. or .rtf format only. Submissions from students should be accompanied by a letter of support from their supervisor.
All participants at the UAAC Annual Conference, speakers or not, must be UAAC members in good standing with a 2010 Membership number.
Invited Emerging Artists
