by Carole Epp | Sep 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Awards & Scholarships is an OCC flagship program
that celebrates excellence in making, allows for peer recognition, and
provides opportunity for promotion.
Its days of accompanying the Annual General Meeting are
gone – instead, the 2012 Award & Scholarships recipients will be
honoured with a special event. As such, we are very excited to introduce
you to the inaugural Craft Awards Ceremony – a night
dedicated to makers and objects, and to celebrating the very best of
contemporary craft. As part of the evening we will be announcing the
award recipients of the prestigious John Mather Award for Lifetime Achievement, as well as the Volunteer Committee Outstanding Service Award.
In order to build anticipation and excitement, we will be
withholding the announcement of which award each recipient has won
until the Ceremony on Thursday, October 4, 2012. We invite you to join
us in celebrating the award winners with friends, family, patrons,
donors, collectors, and the OCC board, staff and volunteers.
Awards Ceremony
- Thursday, October 4, 7:00 – 9:00 pm
- Gladstone Hotel Ballroom
- 1214 Queen Street W, Toronto
- Tickets $15, or $10 for Students
- Light refreshments will be served with a cash bar
- Dress: Business/formal
Followed by a reception at the OCC Gallery for the Award Winners 2012 exhibition
- Thursday, October 4, 9:00 – 11:00 pm
- OCC Gallery
- 990 Queen Street W, Toronto
- Free
- Light refreshments served
Special thanks to the 2012 Awards & Scholarships jury,
Kai Chan, Heidi Earnshaw, Melanie Egan, Karl Schantz, Chiho Tokita, and
John Wiggers.
Thanks also to the many donors and supporters that
continue to sustain this program, as well as the OCC Volunteer Committee
for their long term commitment to creating awards that make a
difference.
For more information please contact Janna Hiemstra at [email protected] or 416-925-4222 x 225.
For a full list of awards and scholarhips see: www.craft.on.ca/Programs/Award_List
by Carole Epp | Sep 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
Earth & Alchemy
September 24 – December 24, 2012
Stephen D. Paine Gallery
Reception: Monday, September 24, 6:00-8:00PM
Panel Discussion: Wednesday, November 14, 6:00PM
With artists Syd Carpenter, Annabeth Rosen, Paul Swenbeck, and MFA curator Emily Zilber
621 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA
Participating artists: Yo
Akiyama, Syd Carpenter, Sam Chung, Mark Cooper, Laurent Craste, Bean
Finneran, Klara Kristalova, Kate MacDowell, Warren Mather, Naoko
Matsumoto, Megumi Naitoh, J.J. McCracken, Valéria Nascimento, Kamio
Ogata, Elizabeth Orleans, Annabeth Rosen, Takayuki Sakiyama, Linda
Swanson, Paul Swenbeck, Akio Takamori, Xavier Toubes, Eugene Von
Bruenchenhein, Jason Walker
Earth & Alchemy celebrates
contemporary ceramic sculpture and showcases a cross-generational
selection of nearly two dozen influential artists. Exploring a range of
ideas encompassing conceptualism, social activism, materiality, and
humor, this exhibition presents a survey of approaches to ceramics that
often push the boundaries of one of the world’s oldest media. Whether
through expansive sculptures, extraterrestrial installations, or
fantastical vessels, the artists included in the exhibition have
developed novel techniques—such as using oven-baked backyard clay
covered with house paints, layering slip over glaze to create richly
textured and encrusted surfaces, or silk-screening digital imagery onto
porcelain. Earth & Alchemyexamines the depth and range of ceramic practice today—a macrocosm of clay.
by Carole Epp | Sep 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
An exhibition with sparkling, new work of upcoming, talented designers.
Passionately experimenting, exploring new techniques,
making unconventional use of conventional materials.
Striking out upon new paths. Resulting in series of seducing pieces.
Small, medium, large. Wood, gold, clay, glaze.
Jewellery and objects bursting with life, with intensity.
Unique items. Colourful or severe. Fragile yet strong.
anne marie laureys ceramics hans-henning pedersen wood christina schou christensen ceramics lucia massei jewellery
galerie sofie lachaert sint jozefstraat 30 9140 tielrode belgium tel +32 3 7111963
during exhibitions: fri sat sun mo 11am – 6pm or by appointment
between exhibitions: by appointment only
by Carole Epp | Sep 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
Please join us at Mobilia Gallery to meet the artists and view this extraordinary collection of sculptural and functional teapot forms.
The teapot is an enduring symbol of hospitality throughout
the world, and exploring the sculptural teapot form has been a source of
inspiration for artisans throughout history. For The Teapot Redefined,
we have invited a variety of artists working in diverse media such as
paper, glass, wood, metal, beads, ceramic and textiles to add their own
unique interpretation of the teapot form.
Mobilia Gallery
358 Huron Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
T: (617) 876-2109
F: (617) 876-2110
by Carole Epp | Sep 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
ONEONTA, NY – Stephanie Rozene,
assistant professor of art at Hartwick College, will soon be included
in a community-wide, multi-venue biennial exhibition to be held at the
Everson Museum in Syracuse, NY. The project aims to highlight the rich
talent of artists across Upstate New York, with a special focus on
Central New York and the surrounding counties.
The exhibition, titled: “The Other New York (TONY): 2012” is
scheduled to open on September 22, 2012. Running from September, 2012
through early January, 2013, the exhibit will include a work from Rozene
entitled: 270: The Corrosive Use of Money in Politics. Rozene’s
installation, however, will be on display within the museum for the
entire year, per the request of Museum Director Steven Kern.
This project, comprised of 270 plates mounted on the wall, continues
Rozene’s investigation into tableware and American politics, and in
particular how European tableware was used as currency during the second
half of the 18th century by French Kings and Queens who wished to
demonstrate their wealth and power to other developed nations.
This work builds off of Rozene’s previous installation, The Politics
of Porcelain, (2011) which used porcelain tableware, and a border of
porcelain forms recalling rococo plasterwork to create place settings.
When hung on the wall, they created three vertical tables. This act of
hanging the china elevated its importance and status to that of a
painting. The work sought to begin a conversation about the importance
of china and its ability hold with it immense power.
270: The Corrosive Use of Money in Politics continues the
investigation of French influences on American china and politics. By
taking patterns and forms from two different china services, Rozene
alludes to the two main political parties in the US, their relationship
to money, power, and role in the upcoming presidential election (270
electoral votes are needed to elect a president), the increase of
Congress’ wealth from insider trading deals, and the glaring disparity
between the wealthiest and poorest in our economy. Through symbolism and
history, Rozene raises the question of money’s influence in politics
and how it affects the American people.
This body of work was supported by the Winifred D. Wandersee Scholar
in Residence Award at Hartwick College, The Milne Family Fund and the
Hartwick College Faculty Research Grant program. Assisting Rozene
throughout the course of this project were Hartwick College students Alexandra Forst ‘13, Elliot Henry ‘13 and Samantha McFarland ‘12.
In addition to the display, there will be an alumni reception hosted
by Hartwick at the Everson Museum in Syracuse, NY, on November 20, 2012
beginning at 6:30 p.m. At the reception, Rozene will give a gallery
talk and will speak about her installation.
For more details on “The Other New York (TONY): 2012” and the Everson Museum, visit http://www.everson.org/ exhibitions/details.php?id=600 .
For additional information on the upcoming Alumni Reception at the Museum, contact Director of Alumni Engagement Duncan McDonald at 607-431-4032 or at [email protected].
For additional information on the installation at the Museum, contact Rozene at 607-431-4833 or at [email protected].
ABOUT HARTWICK
Hartwick College is a private liberal arts and
sciences college of 1,500 students, located in Oneonta, NY, in the
northern foothills of the Catskill Mountains. Hartwick’s expansive
curriculum emphasizes a uniquely experiential approach to the liberal
arts. Through personalized teaching, collaborative research, a unique
January Term, a wide range of internships, and vast study-abroad
opportunities, Hartwick ensures that students are prepared for the world
ahead. A Three Year Bachelor’s Degree Program and strong financial aid
and scholarship offerings keep a Hartwick education affordable.
by Carole Epp | Sep 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
via Anneke Short @ AMS Design Blog
