A week away…..

by | Jan 3, 2013 | Uncategorized

I can hardly wait…tomorrow morning i’ll be flying to Tennesse for a week away at a residency at Arrowmont. Jason Burnett, a current artist in residence at Arrowmont has invited a very cool looking list of artists out for a week long residency : the Ceramic Surface Forum 2013.

Not only am i excited about all of the creative shoulders i’ll be able to peak over and learn from, but for me it’s a perfect way to get my brain back into a head space for creating figurative sculptures. This last year, with it’s added sleepless nights and baby/toddler scheduling has had an impact on my time for getting sculptural work accomplished. Functional work for sales took over, and although it was fun and some interesting new directions were developed, i’ve been craving getting my hands and mind dirty again with the dark world of my kitsch sculptures. So this next week for me will be a week of glaze testing, surface development, and thinking and sketching and thinking and sketching some more, maybe walking, maybe some blank staring off into space enjoying the quiet of a child free environment, but mostly sketching for the upcoming year’s worth of sculptural work. I can’t tell you how much fun this is going to be. And productive i’m sure. The first full night of sleep in over a year….yah i’ll be super productive!!!

So stay tuned for more as I blog from Arrowmont!

25th Annual California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art

by | Dec 17, 2012 | Uncategorized

April 26th – April 28th, 2013

“This is the kind educational, intellectual event one
expects from museums or universities, but which public institutions seem
less and less able to provide.” – ARTWEEK

CCACA brings the ultimate ceramic sculpture event to Davis, CA from
April 26 – April 28th, 2013. In an intimate setting, you can interact
with top artists in a way not possible at other venues. UC Davis, home
to the late sculptor Robert Arneson, was instrumental in defining a new
direction for ceramic art. Enjoy delightful downtown Davis and be
inspired by nationally recognized ceramic art talents.

Demonstrations, lectures, shows—no other event delivers more inspired
knowledge of ceramic sculpture for a better price. Meet face-to-face
with distinguished ceramic sculptors you might only read about; see and
hear from the artists what makes them top in their field.

45 Major Shows

Local gallery exhibitions and over 40 college shows bring the best work of the year within easy reach.

  • John Natsoulas Gallery’s 23rd annual 30 Ceramic Sculptors
  • The Artery’s California Clay Competition
  • The Davis Art Center
  • The Pence Gallery
  • Ceramics from UC Davis’s permanent collection, featuring Robert Arneson’s masterpiece, The Palace at 9 a.m.

These shows run concurrent with CCACA 2013. See all this and over 40
amazing student shows within a short walk. This is a chance to surround
yourself with the top ceramic art of today and the ideas of the artists
of tomorrow.

The following are the schools who participated in 2012: Academy of
Art University, American River College, Cabrillo College, California
College of the Arts, CSU Chico, CSU Fullerton, Chabot College, College
of Marin, College of the Redwoods, Cosumnes River College, Cypress
College, Davis High School, Delta College, Diablo Valley College,
Emerson Junior High School, Humboldt State College, Los Medanos,
Foothill College, Fresno State, Fresno City College, Mendocino Art
Center, Mendocino Junior College, Merritt College, Oregon School of Arts
and Crafts, Reedley College, Sacramento City College, Sacramento State,
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco State University, San Jose
State University, Santa Rosa Junior College, Sierra College, Sierra
Nevada College, Skyline College, Solano College, Sonoma State
University, Southern Oregon University, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, West
Valley College.

Find out more here.