residency opportunity: The DO GOOD-MJ Wood Memorial Short-Term Residency

by | Jun 19, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

Red Lodge Clay Center | Deadline: September 2, 2014 | Fee (USD): $10.00

The DO GOOD-MJ Wood Memorial Short-Term Residency is an
underwritten residency intended to support ceramic artists who wish to
develop a body of work with a socially-conscious spirit and a strong sense
of community engagement. Through a competitive application process one
candidate per year will be selected to work at the Red Lodge Clay Center
Studios with a full waiver of the residency fee. An additional stipend may
be available for selected projects to assist with travel and/or production
costs during residency.

Dates of residency: Any time between December 1, 2014 and May 31, 2015

www.redlodgeclaycenter.com

technical tuesday: surface decoration with foam cut outs

by | Jun 17, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

I posted these images on instagram yesturday and received a bunch of questions so I thought I’d included them here today for technical tuesday. Basically what I’m trying to do is add more depth to my functional work, and rather then return to stamps that I had used in the past I wanted to incorporate something that had a less precise or “refined” look to it. A technique that could be used from dish to dish but with different variations complementing how my dishes have unique hand drawn images rather than decals. Stamps to me equate to the same rigid repeativeness of decals. Not that I’m against either, I’m just looking for a different quality for this body of work.

Anyhow what I’m doing in cutting designs into thin sheets of foam (bought at Micheals here in Canada). I like how I can push and pull the images, use them on flat or rounded surfaces, layer them and ideally my aim is to incorporate them more and more into my work. It’s a technique I’ve seen many other artists use. It’s definitely not my idea, but hopefully I can develop my own spin on it.

Job posting: Ceramics Tech at Red Deer College

by | Jun 17, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

Just a reminder…..Applications for the Ceramics tech job at Red Deer
College Visual Art must be in by 5:00 pm today, June 17th!
We
have posted a call for applications for the Ceramics Technician position
at RDC on the RDC website. To make an application on line follow this
link: employment.rdc.ab.ca/applicants/Central?quickFind=52159

monday morning eye candy: Steve Hansen

by | Jun 16, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

Artist’s Statement:
I grew up in the rural Midwest among decaying cars, barns
and fields. My ancestors were farmers, blacksmiths and mechanics. In my work, I
try and maintain a connection to my roots, while also including a nuanced
social commentary. This work is meant to look like “outsider art”, but to
include “insider” references to post-modern readings, double meanings, and
social criticism.
I like to call my work, “Vessels for the Kool-Aid Ceremony”.
The Meta stories in our visual culture are now primarily from commercials,
advertising, and product tie-ins from movies and television. Lately, I have
focused my attention heavily on advertising from the 1930’s to 1960’s. The
advertising from this era was strongly flavored with patriarchy, racism, and
gender shaming. I re-use these messages in a very self-conscious way, offering
new context that tickles the soft white underbelly of
“traditional” American values.

Bio:
Steve Hansen is a professor at Andrews University where he
teaches a variety of courses including ceramics and sculpture. His work has
been included in over 75 exhibitions, and has appeared in Ceramics Monthly, Ceramics:
Art & Peception, American Craft, The Teapot Book, American Style, and Extruded Ceramics. His work is in the
permanent collection of the Fuller Craft Museum, the Midwest Museum of American
Art, the American Museum of Ceramic Art, The Kamm Teapot Collection, and The
University of Iowa. Since 1999 Steve has concentrated his efforts primarily on
creating work in the tradition of trompe l’ oeil ceramics, with an emphasis on
social commentary and Americana.

http://stevehansenceramics.tumblr.com
https://www.etsy.com/shop/SteveHansenCeramics?ref=si_shop

Cup: The Intimate Object X call for submissions

by | Jun 15, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday


In the fall, the Charlie Cummings Gallery will be hosting Cup: The Intimate Object X, the tenth installment of our iconic annual cup show. This
year the exhibition will once again be an invitational and juried
exhibition showing five cups from each participant. We are pleased to
invite artists to submit cups for consideration for this exhibition
celebrating the most intimate and beloved of functional ceramic
objects. To submit your cups for consideration for this exhibition,
please email the following to [email protected] by July 18th, 2014:

  • Attachments:

    • – 5 medium resolution images of the 5 actual cups you would like to
    send for the exhibition. Named using the following format-
    LastnameFirstname_01.jpg, LastnameFirstname_02.jpg… Please note
    capitalization. No detail shots please.
    – Your resume or CV in PDF format.

  • In the body of the email include:

    • – Your full contact information including email, telephone, and website address.
    – A guide to the images you submit with title, type of clay, type of
    firing, forming process, and retail price. Please identify the entries
    using the naming format listed above.

There is no jury fee associated with this call for submissions.
Please read carefully, incomplete or incorrect submissions will not be
considered.

Exhibition calendar and details:

July 18 -Submission deadline.
Aug 1 -Notifications sent.
Aug 22 -Cups shipping deadline
Aug 29 -Cup arrival deadline -No late cups will be accepted.
Oct 4 -Exhibition opens online
Oct 31 -Exhibition closes
Mid-January 2015 -Cups returned.

Artist pays shipping and insurance for shipment to and from the gallery.
Gallery insures cups while on the premises.
CCG takes a 50% commission on all sales.

Send questions to [email protected], or call Charlie at 352-359-2015.

 
Cup: The Intimate Object X confirmed participating artists:
Linda Arbuckle, JoAnn Axford, Posey Bacopoulos, Noel Bailey, Marian
Baker, Mariana Baquero, Nolan Baumgartner, Peter Beasecker, Catherine
Boswell, Brooks Bouwkamp, Jessica A Brandl, Mariko Brown, Jason Burnett,
Jeff Campana, Benjamin Carter, Pattie Chalmers, Cheyenne Chapman
Rudolph, Steven Cheek, Fong Choo, Linda Christianson, Mark Chuck, Naomi
Cleary, Blair Clemo, Julie Covington, Carolanne Currier, Megan Daloz,
Chandra DeBuse , Harris Deller, Susan Dewsnap, James Diem, Maria
Dondero, Paul Donnelly, Scott Dooley, David Eichelberger, Adrienne
Eliades, Sanam Emami, Heather Mae Erickson, Linda Fahey, Adam Field,
Marty Fielding, Susan Filley, Brett Freund, Julia Galloway, Ernest
Gentry, Bruce Gholson, Andrew Gilliatt, John Glick, Rebecca Grant, Seth
Green, Mel Griffin, Martha Grover, Bianka Groves, Julie Guyot, Perry
Haas, Amy Halko, Steve Hansen, Jeni Hansen Gard, Chad Hartwig, Gary
Hatcher, Samantha Henneke, Autumn Higgins, Steven Hill, David Hiltner,
Barbara Hoffman, Noelle Horsfield, Meredith Host, Walter Hyleck,
Matthew Hyleck, Sarah Jaeger, Tom Jaszczak, Lydia Johnson, Lauren
Karle, Peter Karner, Brett Kern, Kelly King, Amy Kline, Michael Kline,
Barbara Knutson, Rob Kolhouse, Karin Kraemer, Justin Lambert, Martina
Lantin, Glynnis Lessing, Brenda Lichman, Becky and Steve Lloyd, Lorna
Meaden, Christopher Melia, Melissa Mencini, Catie Miller, Joe Molinaro,
Steve Murphy, Mark Nafziger, Ted Neal, CJ Niehaus, Brooke Noble, Shawn
O’Connor, Lindsay Oesterritter, Deb Oliva, Gillian Parke, Ronan
Peterson, Chris Pickett, Brenda Quinn, Jeremy Randall, Beau Raymond,
Dow Redcorn, John Reinking, Daphne Roehr Hatcher, Andy Romero, Audrey
Rosulek, Nigel Rudolph, Max Schauder, Matthew Schiemann, Melissa
Schooley, Brad Schwieger, Sam Scott, Yoko Sekino-Bove, Kate Shakeshaft
Murray, Leland Shaw, Grace Sheese, Luke Sheets, McKenzie Smith, Gay
Smith, Amy Smith, Andrew Steingass, Kyla Strid, Michelle Summers, John
Tilton, Anne Tilton, James Tingey, Sandra Torres, Jack Troy, Sara
Truman, Mikey Walsh, Julia Walther, Julie Wiggins, Philip Wiggs, Tara
Wilson, Lana Wilson, Suzanne Wolfe, May Wong, Crisha Yantis, &
Future Retrieval.

Charlie Cummings Gallery portfolio submission guidelines. We welcome portfolio submissions from artists working in clay and printmaking.

Please include the following in your portfolio packet:
-Cover letter with contact information: address, phone, email, etc.
-10 to 15 digital images or a link to your website with up to date work.
-Digital copies of your resume and artist statement in word or PDF format.

Email submissions to: [email protected]