by Carole Epp | Feb 17, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
The application deadline for all residencies is April 15th, 2014.
Download the AIR Application Form 2014.
For more information, flip through our online Blurb Book.
At
its core, Medalta’s residency program is about bringing artists together
in an environment that promotes creativity through community. The
residency concept creates an opportunity for ceramists – who, for the
most part, work individually – to re-enter a community atmosphere and
take part in a rejuvenating dialogue, while working with like-minded
artists. Our program seeks to benefit artists at all stages of their
career, from students, to established artists. Each resident brings a
wide variety of technical and aesthetic skills to the experience.
2014 Long-Term Residency @Medalta
Here’s a chance to really engage in your studio practice.
Un-interrupted time, access to amazing resources, a creative
atmosphere, fully appointed studio, a museum, a decommissioned brick
yard and a decommissioned china factory. All located in the 150 acre
Historic Clay District in Medicine Hat.
Seriously, a whole part of town dedicated to both, ceramics (the materials) and ceramics (the practice).
$345/month (CAD)
Apply now
Fee includes:
- 24 hour studio access
- Full access to the entire Historic Clay District site
- All firings included
- Glaze materials in test quantities
- Use of shop glazes
- Teaching and employment opportunities
- Exhibition opportunities in our on site contemporary art galleries
Artist responsible for:
- Materials and clay
- Accommodations
Availability:
6 spaces
Application deadline April 15, 2014
2014 FLEX @ Medalta
No, this isn’t some kind of Atlas Gym-sponsored weightlifting competition …
If you aren’t able to take a year for a residency and our summer
residencies don’t fit your schedule or you have a special project you
want to focus son, our Flex Residencies are probably what you’re looking
for.
The idea is pretty simple – if you have an idea and simply need the
space to create (whether it’s for two months or eleven), apply for a
Flex Residency and come create at Medalta.
$475/month (CAD)
Apply now
Application deadline April 15, 2014
Summer 2014 @ Medalta
What are you doing this July and August? Another great short-term
opportunity for someone who has the drive to create amongst the
rattlesnakes, tumble weeds and amazing industrial heritage in Medicine
Hat.
Whether you’re a student, professional or anyone who wants to further
explore your ceramic art practice, this two-month residency is a great
opportunity to fully immerse yourself in ideas and process.
As always, you will be joining our full-year resident artists so the
creative buzz is in the studio and you can actualize your ideas the
minute you arrive.
$975 for two months (CAD)
Apply now
Fee includes:
- 24 hour studio access
- Full access to the entire Historic Clay District site
- All firings included
- Glaze materials in test quantities
- Use of shop glazes
- Exhibition opportunities in our on site contemporary art galleries
Artist responsible for:
- Materials and clay
- Accommodations
Availability:
7 spaces
Application deadline April 15, 2014
Still have questions? We’d love to answer them for you. Contact us.
[email protected]
403.504.4653
All material must be submitted in hard copy and arrive by mail, courier, or submitted in person to:
Medalta International Artists in Residence
713 Medalta Ave SE
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
T1A 3K9
NOTE: All application materials need to arrive on or before the application due date. Late applications will not be processed.
Your application package must include each of the following items. Incomplete packages will not be considered.
1. Completed application form.
2. $25 non-refundable application fee.
3. Ten images of recent work in jpeg format on a CD. (images must be
high-resolution (300 dpi). Do not submit images embedded in a program
such as PowerPoint or Microsoft Word.
4. Image List stating Title, Medium and Size.
5. Bio (100 words max.)
6. Artist Statement (100 words max.)
7. Curriculum Vitae
8. Two references with name and contact information.
9. Residency proposal letter stating your intended course of exploration during your residency.
NOTE: Please include a hard copy as well as a digital file of all documents on a CD.
If accepted, you will be notified within two weeks of the application closing date.
Find out more about Medalta here.
by Carole Epp | Feb 16, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
artist statement:
As human beings we are innately social and
communal. We seek each other out, interact with one another, and respond to
both our environment and each other. Our
relatives, friends and the people we interact with on a daily basis are all
part of the social unit that shapes our environment.
I was born
and raised in Venezuela and from a very young age my family often traveled
within and outside of our home country. At the age of nine my family members
began moving to the United States a few at a time, where we were completely
submerged into a different culture. During the move, some family members moved
back and forth between Venezuela and the US , creating a flux of family members
in our household. My exposure from a young age to change in my surroundings,
family and home arouse my interest in
the ideals of family and community.
In
my ceramic work, each piece is a
community. The high relief areas represent the environment, the driving force
in the community. Each carved line is an individual within the community, interacting with one another, responding to
both the environment and each other. Together the lines create units. Units
coming together to create a whole.
by Carole Epp | Feb 12, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
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| Claire Locker – overall winner 2013 |
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| Tanya Bechara |
“The
Inner City Clayworkers Gallery in Glebe are currently looking for fresh
new entrants for the Sydney Teapot Show 2014. If you have not entered
before (are not already on their mail-out list), and you have at least a
Diploma in Ceramics, why not take part this August? Have a look at our
website to see winners from 2013.
http://www.clayworkers.com.au/content/sydney-teapot-show-2013
To be considered, just send your CV and photos of examples of your ceramic work to our email:
[email protected]
If
we like what we see, we will include you in our mail-out of entry forms
which will include details of the 2014 categories and prize values.
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| Denise McDonald |
by Carole Epp | Feb 12, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Porcelain sculpture by Shigekazu Nagae, ‘Forms in Succession #5’, 2011, Powerhouse Museum Collection.
This
beautiful porcelain sculpture, Forms in Succession #5 created by
Japanese potter Shigekazu Nagae dances beautifully in this video. The
paper look-alike form somehow evokes the aesthetics of origami, Japanese
paper folding. Made by using slip-cast techniques, the porcelain speaks
of its origin yet shyly introduces itself to international audiences.
This
piece was recently acquired by the Powerhouse Museum, supported by The
Ceramic Collectors Society in Australia. It was made in the pottery town
of Seto, known for centuries as the cradle of Japanese utilitarian
ceramics. The family of the artist Shigekazu Nagae (born in 1953)
produced thousands of cheap slip-cast porcelain bowls and plates. As a
youth, this made the artist feel inferior to individual potters who
hand-crafted their ceramics. After graduating from the Seto Ceramics
Training Institute, Nagae saw unique artistic possibilities in
slip-casting, which he thought other techniques such as wheel turning or
hand-coiling could not achieve. He thus created his distinctive
sculptural series ‘Forms of Succession’ of which this work is an
excellent example. The Museum acquired the object as a good example of
how an innovative idea enables an artist to adapt conventional
production techniques, in this case slip-casting, to create new art
forms. In addition, the beauty of the piece would no doubt be highly
admired and enjoyed by Museum visitors.
This video suggests a
new way of museum presentation that differs from conventional methods of
display and interpretation. Museums research, collect, document,
conserve and display objects. But in this contemporary society, we are
not only able to display objects in glass showcases but also in the
digital world in a creative manner. In order to enhance understanding of
the piece, we decided to film the beauty of the object and to allow it
to speak for itself. Thanks to the photographer, Geoff Friend and film
producer Leonie Jones for sharing this small experiment!!
Min-Jung Kim, Curator, Asian Arts and Design, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
