21st Century Sketchbook @ Red Lodge Clay Centre

by | Nov 13, 2013 | Uncategorized

21st Century Sketchbook
Opening: 12.06.2013
Closing: 12.31.2013
Description: Artist’s Reception: Friday, December 6, 2013

Exhibition Posted Online: Monday, December 9, 2013 by 10 AM Mountain Time

21st Century Sketchbook is an exhibition showcasing a contemporary social networking tool-cum-research/inspirational device, a who’s watching who in contemporary ceramics. The idea for this exhibit came when we received a google alert after Birdie Boone pinned an image from the Red Lodge Clay Center website to her board.

Birdie Boone pins Peter Beasecker, Andrew Martin, and Joe Pintz; Mariko Paterson pins Michael Corney, Jen Allen, and Carole Epp; Emily Schroeder Willis pins Maren Kloppmann and Sam Chung; Ron Philbeck pins Diana Fayt and Sandy Simon; Grace Sheese pins Kelly King, Brian Jones, and Pattie Chalmers.

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Janet Macpherson Wins the 2013 Winifred Shantz Award!!!

by | Nov 12, 2013 | Uncategorized


Janet Macpherson

The Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery Announces 2013 RBC and Shantz Award Winners

WATERLOO (ONTARIO) CANADA. November 9, 2013: The Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery
announced the winners of the 2013 Winifred Shantz Award for Ceramics and RBC Award for Glass at an Awards ceremony held at the Gallery on November 9. The ceremony featured keynote speaker Marie A. Côté, a Montreal artist who delivered a riveting talk about her ceramic and sound installations that evoke Canada’s Arctic. This work was at the heart of her exhibition, Of Vessels and Voices, held at the Gallery June 27 to September 1, 2013.

The winner of the 2013 Winifred Shantz Award for Ceramics is Janet Macpherson. Ms. Macpherson began studying ceramics at Sheridan College. For several years, she maintained a studio practice in Toronto before going to Ohio State University where she received her MFA in Ceramics. Her new work has been exhibited extensively across the United States. In 2012, Macpherson held an artist-in-residence/faculty position at Sheridan College and is currently an artist-in-residence at the Craft Studio at Harbourfront Centre in Toronto. This award will allow her to undertake a three-month period of work and research at the Zentrum fur Keramik in Berlin, Germany.

Carole Epp

 Carole Epp of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan received the second prize.
The Winifred Shantz Award for Ceramics was juried by Bruce Cochrane, Jennifer Leskiw, Jessica Steinhäuser.

Brad Turner


The winner of the 2013 RBC Award for Glass is Brad Turner of Calgary, Alberta. Mr. Turner received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Alberta College of Art and Design and, most recently, his MFA from the School of Art and Design at Alfred University (Alfred, NY). Turner’s work has been exhibited extensively in the Toronto area as well as at the Museum of Vancouver, SOFA New York, SOFA Chicago, Glassmuseet Ebeltoft (Denmark) and the Cheongju International Craft Biennial (South Korea). This award will enable Turner to travel throughout Germany, Denmark and Norway to visit museums and glass blowing production studios before producing new work while in residence at Glazenhuis in Lommel, Belgium.

Aaron Oussoren
Aaron Oussoren

Aaron Oussoren of Toronto, Ontario received the second prize.
The RBC Award for Glass was juried by Susan Edgerley, Elena Lee and Tina Poplawski.

CERAMIC TOP 40 | 2013

by | Nov 7, 2013 | Uncategorized


20 artists under 40, 20 artists over 40 years of age currently working in ceramics
November 1 – December 31, 2013

 show overview
gallery

CERAMIC TOP 40 | 2013

20 artists under 40
& 20 artists over 40
currently working in ceramics
presented by Ferrin Contemporary
and Red Star Studios
Belger Crane Yard Studios
Kansas City, Missouri
The
Ceramic Top 40 | 2013 is an exhibition that presents the work by juried
and invited artists currently working in conceptual utilitarian and
sculptural ceramics. From the exhibition, forty artists, 20 over the
age of 40 and 20 artists under age 40 will be chosen to represent those
working on the cutting edge of current processes, ideas, and
presentation concepts by both the up-and-coming generation of artists
and established artists who are breaking new ground. This final
“list” will be announced on November 7th after a final jurying of
the installation takes place.
The collaboration with Red Star
Studios developed as the project evolved early in 2013. According to
Michael Baxley, Gallery Manager/Curator at Red Star, “It is a perfect
storm …, our new galley space opened at a time that Ferrin was
seeking a central location for the exhibition. Ferrin inquired about
our space after she selected several key artists who are currently
working in or around the Kansas City area. The timing for the artists,
the project, and our new space fit perfectly.”
Ferrin explains
the concept of the show. “In the past, periodic survey exhibitions
took place sponsored by institutions such as the Everson Museum of
Art’s Ceramic National, American Craft Museum’s Young Americans, and the recent exhibition at the Smithsonian Museum of Art’s Renwick Gallery, 40 under 40: Craft Futures,
a multimedia survey. With increased media recognition and integration
of contemporary ceramic art and objects in museum exhibitions and
contemporary art galleries, it seemed important to fill the gap that
opened up by the Renwick show and provide a subjective survey to the
medium of clay. The process of creating this exhibition reveals what an
important moment this is for a generation of makers and collectors.”
Using
farming as a metaphor to describe this transitional moment for the
field of ceramics, Ferrin states, “through this show, we are looking
at who are the established masters continuing to break creative ground
alongside the next generation of artists who are developing a strong
root system of their own at mid career.”
Red Star Studios,
a mainstay in Kansas City’s ceramics scene for almost fifteen years,
has partnered with the Belger Arts Center in Kansas City’s
Crossroads Arts District. Red Star Studios has recently expanded to
Belger Crane Yard Studios, located at 2011 Tracy in Kansas City. The
Red Star gallery is open Wednesday through Friday from 10am to 5pm and
Saturdays from 10am to 4pm. The gallery remains open until 9pm on the
First Friday of every month. Red Star Studios also features studio
spaces for resident artists and offers classes and workshops for all
skill levels to the public.

  • Exhibition Dates | November 1 – January 25, 2014
  • Opening Reception | Friday, November 1 | First Friday Opening 6 – 9 pm
  • Curator Lecture with Leslie Ferrin | Thursday, November 7, 7 pm.
  • Curator Tour with Leslie Ferrin followed by reception | Saturday, November 9, 4:30 – 6:30 pm

    MORE … link to Ceramic Top 40 | 2013

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