by Carole Epp | May 4, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Growing up in the Rocky Mountains, I have always felt held in by their
walls; through the medium of clay, I play with this sense of containment,
creating spaces for people to enter into within the context of their daily
lives. Working through function, I create spaces from which to draw sustenance
in a literal way; this references the sustenance I draw metaphorically from the
landscape which is so important a part of my identity.
In my practice, I try
to find balance between the piece that gets put in the glass cupboard and never
used and the piece that goes straight from the dish drying rack and onto the
table again. I blend the natural world outside the doors of the home with the
friendships and relationships that grow and develop around the dinner table. I
strive to create work that injects ethereality into everyday life, work that
brings small moments out of the drab or the ordinary. Utilizing the
transformative power of clay, I create microcosms which the viewer or user can
explore – portals of escape into a fantastical refuge from the everyday.
The thin and
translucent porcelain used in my sculptural and functional work is evocative of
much of what I love about the natural world – for instance, the petals of a
flower or the veils of rain of a passing storm. I fire most of my ceramics in
the soda kiln. This, for me, is also inextricably bound to my concepts of
animation, gesture and the natural world. I enjoy the interplay between rough
surfaces like bare clay or thin layers of flashing slip, and the wet and
luscious surface of a glossy, runny glaze. Through the unpredictable process of
soda firing, fleeting flashes of brightness and color, so illusory and hard to
pin down in the natural world, can be captured upon the surface of a piece for
people to enjoy for years in their everyday lives.
by Carole Epp | May 4, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
The DO GOOD Residency
Red Lodge Clay Center | Deadline: September 2, 2013 | 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, 2013 and May 31, 2014
For full details of requirements follow the link below:
https://redlodgeclaycenter.slideroom.com/#/Login
www.redlodgeclaycenter.com
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by Carole Epp | May 2, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Application deadline: June 1, 2013
Entry Fee: 32.45 (25 Euro)
Show Date: July 6–August 31
Small Art Objects is a fund raising undertaking sponsored by A.I.R. Vallauris and consists of a competition, involving the creation of small art objects, their exhibition and sale. A call for entries is communicated to solicit artist participation from all over the world. Small art objects can be made from any material, but are restricted in size to 15 cm x 15 cm x 15 x cm (6 inches x 6 inches x 6 inches). Creations must also be consistent with the theme determined for the undertaking. Timing for this exercise is co-incident with the Fete Picasso, a popular celebration that takes place annually in Vallauris in honour of its most famous artist in residence. From 1946 and for 10 years, Picasso discovered ceramics with a passion in Vallauris. Coincidentally, Vallauris was already thriving economically with traditional pottery and was a lively and rich cultural environment, enhanced by the presence of Baud, Capron, Derval, Eluard, Picault and Ramié.
Picasso’ s arrival in Vallauris stimulated an artistic effervescence, prompting the influx of numerous artists and intellectuals at that time such as Aragon, Brassaï, Cocteau and Prévert, who came to visit Picasso in his studio. Corridas as well as Picasso’s birthday parties were organized and celebrated in his honour by the town’s population. The “Picasso Effect” was equally evident in the development of the arts. Several painters and sculptors, among them Chagall, Matisse and Brauner followed Picasso into studios in Vallauris. Many ceramists: les Argonautes, Baudard, Collet, Crociani, Gerbino, Gourju, Kostanda, Perot, Raty, Roy, Thiry, Valentin, Volkoff, le Tryptique (Del Pierre, Dialto, Portanier), also worked and created during this same period and were encouraged and entranced by the active artistic ferment.
Contact details:
A.I.R Vallauris
Place Lisnard, 1 Boulevard des Deux Vallons
[email protected]
www.air-vallauris.com
Phone: 33 (0)493 646 550
by Carole Epp | May 1, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Rilla Alexander: Without the Doing, Dreaming is Useless from 99U on Vimeo.
We all have an idea we’ve been meaning to execute on, but how can we really make it happen? In this highly original, all-ages talk at the 99 Conference, illustrator Rilla Alexander walks us through this classic creative struggle by sharing the story of Sozi – an adorable character who walks us through the arc of an idea. She daydreams, she procrastinates, she sets deadlines, she gets tempted by new ideas, she buckles down and works hard – and finally – she realizes “Her Idea.”
1:15 – The start of an idea
1:45 – “I can’t work with anything hanging over my head…”
2:54 – “Finally. I put pencil to paper. ..and Im confronted by the mediocrity of my idea”
4:10 – What about all those other ideas?
5:03 – Five years pass…
5:30 – “I begin to hate my idea, its a huge weight of unfulfilled expectations”
6:05 – “I give up. But then, it happened…”
6:50 – I love this idea again
7:10 – Deadlines force me to have realistic expectations, “Instead of focusing on how wonderful it is, I focus on getting it done”
8:00 – How to execute your idea
8:41 – Dreaming up ideas is fun, but that’s only the tip of the iceberg
9:29 – Without the doing the dreaming is useless
9:55 – Set boundaries
10:11 – Let the idea take control
10:55 – Theres always another idea that looks better. But thats because I’m not working on it. I haven’t seen its flaws and failures
11:25 – Don’t give up. Don’t cripple it with self-doubt
12:09 – It’s a lot of work, but much more satisfying than procrastinating
12:30 – Rila reads “Her Idea”
About Rilla Alexander
Rilla Alexander is an Australian-born Berlin-based designer and illustrator. Her cast of creatures dance across Madrid’s Museo del Prado’s ceramics and stationery products, populate Swiss Credit Cards for Cornér Bank and sleep on the walls of Hotel Fox in Copenhagen (where she replaced the bed with a tent).
As a member of design collective Rinzen, she has published several books exploring the creative process. The felt-covered book Neighbourhood featured the collaborative efforts of over 30 artists reworking and remaking hand-made toys in a sequence that stretched across the world.
Her all-ages picture book, Her Idea, was launched with an exhibition at Colette in Paris — and tells the tale of her alter-ego Sozi and her quest to make ideas happen.
by Carole Epp | May 1, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Application deadline: May 30, 2013
Republic of Korea, Cheongju-si
Dates: September 11–October 20
Contact details:
Cheongju International Craft Biennale Organizing Committee
314 Sangdang-ro, Sangdang-gu
[email protected]
www.okcj.org
Phone: 82-43-219-1022
by Carole Epp | Apr 30, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
The Potent Object
Richard Cleaver, Juror
August 17- September 28, 2013
This exhibition showcases the power of small-scale sculptural
works. Highlighting artworks no larger than 12 inches, but that possess
a much larger presence. Composed mainly of ceramic, with some mixed
media additions, these objects prove that something doesn’t have to be
huge to be monumental.
Requirements:
Artwork size is limited to 12 inches in any direction.
Use of Mixed media is allowed, but may not comprise more than 50% of the artwork.
Display possibilities include: pedestals, wall, hanging from the ceiling or as an installation.
Postmark Deadline: May 10, 2013
Contact details:
Baltimore Clayworks
5707 Smith Ave.
[email protected]
www.baltimoreclayworks.org
Phone: 410-578-1919 ext.18
