by Carole Epp | Jan 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
MFA in Craft – MFA in Craft]http://www.ocac.edu/programs-study/mfa-craft]MFA in Craft
Application Deadline: March 1st for priority funding. Positions open until filled.
Oregon
College of Art and Craft (OCAC) has a long tradition of educating
entrepreneurial, critical thinkers and creative makers who innovate
through engagement with materials. The MFA is an advanced Craft studies
program which emphasizes problem solving through the manipulation of
materials and the vigorous exchange across disciplines and media. With
an expansive and versatile approach, the MFA is an intellectual
investigation of process, purpose, and communication distinguished by
its methodology as much as its outcome. The 60 credit program combines
courses in studio creative practice, cross media studies, theoretical
seminars, and electives. The program has been designed as a full-time
immersion, with two full academic years (fall and spring) and one
mid-sequence summer term of study.
Key Areas of Studies
Creative Practice – 30 credits
Self-directed
studio work comprises half of the student’s required MFA credits, and
it is expected to be an ongoing practice throughout their course of
study, including the summer. Each graduate student will meet regularly
with a committee to discuss and evaluate their progress. The committee
consists of three members with at least one being an OCAC faculty
member. Fall and spring semesters require enrollment in a minimum of six
credits, and the summer session requires enrollment in a minimum of
three credits.
Integrated Practice (critique seminar) – 12 credits, 4 classes
Each
semester a distinguished MFA Instructor-in-Residence will lead a
seminar-based critique course focused on assisting graduate students in
understanding and articulating the substance of their work. This course
provides the structure for understanding the critical issues of craft
within the context of the student’s studio practice. The course is
augmented with discussions prompted by various outside academic and
professional guests, assigned readings, as well as trips off-campus to
area resources and exhibitions.
Critical Inquiry (Chair’s seminar) – 12 credits, 4 classes
Facilitated
by the MFA Chair, this course explores the contemporary, cultural,
critical, methodological and economic aspects of making art. OCAC
faculty, guest artists, writers, curators, and other relevant
professionals will assist in providing diverse competencies and
perspectives. The course will also address professional development
issues such as internships, grant writing, and pedagogical strategies.
This course is open to all first – and second-year MFA students and is
offered during the fall and spring terms only. Four semesters enrollment
in this three credit offering is required.
Exploratory Focus (electives) – 6 credits, 2 classes
The
curriculum provides 6 credits for graduate students to engage in
studies that investigate topics, techniques, or materials that are
specific to an individual student’s interest. In consultation with their
advisor, students may select elective offerings in the areas of
academic studies, book arts, ceramics, drawing and painting, fibers,
metals, photography and wood, as well as internships and independent
studies.
by Carole Epp | Jan 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
“Penland School of Crafts is a national center for craft education located
in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains. Penland’s focus on excellence,
its long history, and its inspiring, retreat setting have made it
a model of experiential education. The school offers workshops in
books and paper, clay, drawing and painting, glass, iron, metals,
photography, printmaking and letterpress, textiles, wood, and other media. Penland
sponsors artist residencies, a gallery and visitors center, and
community education programs.
Each year approximately 1200 people come to Penland
for instruction and another 14,000 pass through as visitors. Penland
has no standing faculty; its instructors include full-time studio
artists as well as teachers from colleges and universities. Students
live at Penland and take only one class at a time allowing them
to learn by total immersion–the ideas and information gained in
a two-week session might take a year to absorb and process.
The school has also become the focal point for a lively community of
craft artists, thanks in part to the resident program which has
encouraged many artists to settle in the area. The student experience
is greatly enhanced by the presence of so many nearby studios.
Students come from all walks of life. They range from 19 to 90 years of age
and from absolute beginners to professional craftspeople. Some see
Penland as a productive retreat, some as a source of inspiration
for their personal creative lives, and others as a place to exchange
vital information about material, technique, and process. What brings
them all together is a love of materials and making, and the often
transformative experience of working with intensity and focus in
a supportive community atmosphere.
Penland School began out of a strong belief in a few simple values. Penland’s founder, Lucy Morgan
summarized these as “the joy of creative occupation and a certain
togetherness-working with one another in creating the good and the
beautiful.” For more than seventy-five years, these principles have
guided a remarkable institution which has had a pervasive influence
on American craft and touched the lives of thousands of individuals.
Penland School of Crafts is a nonprofit, tax-exempt
institution.”
View a full list of upcoming workshops
here.
by Carole Epp | Jan 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
from my family to yours all the best for the new year.
xoxo
carole
by Carole Epp | Dec 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
DEADLINE: March 1 annually Grant Amount: $20,000
The Canada Council for the Arts Fine Craft: Grants to Artists and
Curators program supports studio-based artistic practices and curatorial
research in contemporary fine crafts. Grants cover artists’ subsistence
costs as well as the direct expenses for a period of independent
research, creation, production of artworks for public exhibitions or development of prototypes.
You must meet the Canada Council’s definition of a professional artist.
CONTACT: José Niaison Program Officer, Visual Arts Section, Canada
Council for the Arts, 350 Albert Street, P.O. Box 1047, Ottawa, ON K1P
5V8. 1-800-263-5588.
http://canadacouncil.ca/en/council/grants-and– prizes/find-grants-and-prizes/grants/fine- craft-grants-to-artists-and-curators
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