by Carole Epp | Apr 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
The theme for this conference is ‘Subversive Clay’ and over four days it will explore clay as a medium capable of challenging artistic, social and cultural issues through an investigation across past traditions and invigorating new experimentations.
Representing excellence in contemporary clay practice from around the world, the conference will consider how ceramic artists contest traditional approaches to clay as a medium, as an important art form, and thus its role in society.
“On behalf of Craftsouth and the South Australian ceramics community I am pleased to introduce the 2012 Australian Ceramics Triennale and invite you to join us in Adelaide from 28th September to 1st October.
This will be the 13th National Ceramics Conference and we are proud to present an exciting program that brings together leading national and international ceramics practitioners, educators, collectors, critics and cultural theorists in celebrating diversity, plus social and cultural approaches to this field.”
Peter Johnson, Chair, Ceramics Triennale Steering Committee
Sophia Phillips (Ceramic Artist) goes on further to say … “’Subversive Clay’ will explore clay as a medium capable of challenging artistic, social and cultural issues through investigating past traditions and invigorating future experimentation.
The field of ceramics has a long history of ducking trends and laying its own path in the world of the visual arts. The physical versatility of clay means it is not a medium easily confined to set definitions or aesthetics. It is that slipperiness, both literal and figurative, which makes clay an excellent vehicle for the subversion of accepted norms, as well as an extraordinarily useful material.
The term ‘subversive clay’ initially leads one to think of the socio-cultural narratives and commentaries explored by many ceramic artists. However there are other quiet ways in which clay and ceramic artists subvert assumptions within and outside the field … sometimes ideas are forgotten or mistaken for one thing, when in fact they are another, or both. The contradictions, confusions and passionate disagreements over ‘The Vessel’, ‘Skill’ and the ‘Is it Art or Craft’ question (to name a few) are part and parcel of the ‘clay-game’ along with unkempt nails and questionable footwear. These points of friction are integral to development, exploration and the expansion of knowledge – and ultimately such discussions are about shaking up assumptions.”
Sophia Phillips 2011
The Speakers and Artists program will be a melting pot of debates and presentations around the important discourses within the ceramics and wider artworld, and a focal point for discussion on how the craft and its variety of practitioners are evolving to meet new challenges. The conference program will consist of keynote speakers followed by chaired panels. Akio Takamori and Masamichi Yoshikawa will lead Masterclasses in the week prior to the conference. There will be demonstrations running throughout the conference weekend at the JamFactory, University of South Australia and Adelaide College of the Arts, TAFE SA. We have over 18 artists doing demonstrations including such names as Prue Venables, Gerry Wedd, Phil Hart, Merran Esson, Ernabella, just to name a few.Find out more on their website and register today!
by Carole Epp | Apr 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
Save the date for The Bunting Biennial Ceramics Symposium, Clay Embodied: Ceramics and the Human Form, scheduled for February 22-23, 2013 at the Birmingham Museum of Art. The Symposium will be held in conjunction with the 28th Annual Alabama Clay Conference. Confirmed speakers include:
- Magdalene Odundo, Kenyan ceramic artist
- Garth Clark, internationally recognized scholar, author, and collector of modern and contemporary ceramic art
- Jeannine O’Grody, Deputy Director and Chief Curator at the Birmingham Museum of Art
Please check back for a full schedule and registration information.http://www.artsbma.org/events/the-bunting-biennial-ceramics-symposium
by Carole Epp | Apr 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
Deadline August 1, 2012 “Earth/Energy”
Houston, Texas The NCECA Biennial is a premier international juried ceramics exhibition. Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas will host the 2013 NCECA Biennial from January 26, 2013 to May 5, 2013. This exhibition will be held in conjunction with the 47th annual NCECA Conference in Houston, Texas, March 20 – 23, 2013. Held in odd-numbered years, the NCECA Biennial is open to NCECA Members and the larger ceramic community. The exhibition is juried from digital images by three prominent professionals in the field. Merit and purchase awards total approximately $7,000. NCECA produces a color catalog featuring jurors’ statements and work by all participating artists. JURORS: Cristina Cordova, Namita Gupta Wiggers and Richard Notkin ELIGIBILITY: Open to all current members of NCECA (both national and international) and to all ceramic artists, 18 years and older, residing in the U.S. Please note: artists from outside the U.S. (including Canada) must be NCECA members to enter. Entered works must have been completed within the last 2 years. Works entered in previous NCECA exhibitions are not eligible. Please do not enter the same work in more than one NCECA exhibition. MEDIA: Ceramic. Mixed Media will be accepted only when clay is the dominant material. Final determinations will be made by the jurors. NUMBER OF WORKS: Two works may be submitted with two (2) views allowed per entry. All entries must be submitted electronically using digital images. ENTRY PROCEDURES: All applicants will enter submissions online electronically through Juried Art Services at http://www.juriedartservices.com/ Online submission begins February 1 and ends August 1, 2012 (midnight EST). Artists may enter up to two works with two views per artwork.
Find all the details here.
by Carole Epp | Apr 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
This t-shirt was produced to help in the repair and reconstruction of Shoji Hamada’s Reference Museum in Mashiko, Japan, which was severely damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011. Special thanks to Ryotaro Sasame (Sprout Design Studio) for the designs.
Read more about it and buy yours here.
by Carole Epp | Apr 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
Galateea Gallery, Bucharest
April 19 – May 7, 2012
Opening reception: April 19, 6-9 pm.
The second edition of Ceramics Now Exhibition presents at Galateea Gallery, Bucharest, the works of 22 contemporary ceramic artists from 9 countries – Romania, USA, Canada, Israel, Italy, Ireland, United Kingdom, South Korea and Poland. The works of the Romanian artists who are presented in the exhibition are an addition to the 15 works that were exhibited in December 2011 at The Paintbrush Factory, Cluj-Napoca.
Through this exhibition, Ceramics Now Magazine is trying to bring together and open a dialogue between contemporary ceramic artists from all over the world – all working in different techniques and approaching a variety of subjects and motifs. The catalog of the exhibition is available for free download here: www.ceramicsnow.org/mediapack
EXHIBITING ARTISTS: Arina Ailincăi (RO), Chang Hyun Bang (KR), Antonella Cimatti (IT), Patrick Colhoun (UK), Romana Cucu Mateiaş (RO), Carole Epp (CA), Simcha Even-Chen (IL), Shamai Gibsh (IL), Mark Goudy (US), Roxanne Jackson (US), Marta Jakobovits (RO), Margrieta Jeltema (IT), Maciej Kasperski (PL), Jim Kraft (US), Cynthia Lahti (US), Claire Muckian (IE), Connie Norman (US), Aniela Ovadiuc (RO), Oriana Pelladi (RO), Eugenia Pop (RO), Cristina Popescu Russu (RO), Liza Riddle (US).
Curator: Romana Cucu Mateiaş
Coordinator: Vasi Hîrdo
The international exhibition “Ceramics Now” is an itinerary exhibition of contemporary ceramics which presents works that are featured in the issues of Ceramics Now Magazine. The goal of the exhibition is to raise visibility of contemporary ceramics in Romania. The exhibition reunites artists from different countries and communities, and facilitates contact between them and the public. Ceramics Now Magazine and Exhibition operate as an exchange platform between artists, galleries, museums, collectors and people passionate about art.
Ceramics Now Magazine is a comprehensive and innovative quarterly publication specialized in contemporary ceramics. Founded in 2011, the magazine features interviews, articles, reviews and works of emerging and world-renowned ceramic artists. It is distributed all over the world in a network of libraries, galleries, museums and institutions.
Reopened at the initiative of the Romanian Fine Arts Union in December 2011, Galateea Gallery is the first gallery of contemporary ceramics in Romania.
Galateea Gallery is located on 132 Victoriei Avenue, Bucharest, and is opened from Monday to Friday between 12 am – 8 pm, and on Saturdays between 11 am – 7 pm.
Exhibition organized by Ceramics Now Association and the Romanian Fine Arts Union.
www.ceramicsnow.org/exhibition · www.galeriagalateea.blogspot.com
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/339342859458311/
by Carole Epp | Apr 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
Sep. 19, 2012 – Sep. 22, 2012
Held every four years since 1992, Arrowmont’s utilitarian clay symposium enjoys an international audience in celebrating and demonstrating the limitless interpretations of the utilitarian clay object. The symposium attracts those who are interested in not only the practical concerns with making functional objects, but also in the more theoretical issues related to the field. The Symposium—limited to 200 attendees—provides an intimate atmosphere for meaningful dialogue, discussion and social activities.
Program:
• Keynote Address by Wesley McNair, poet laureate of Maine
• Rotating studio demonstrations and presentations (42 sessions)
• Evening panels moderated by Andrew Glasgow
• Studio to Market: Complexities and Challenges
• Where do we go from here: what are our questions, who are our leaders, how do we remain responsible?
• Afternoon historical pottery lectures by Peter Pinnell
• The Art of Drinking, Parts 1 & 2: The lectures will discuss the artistic and aesthetic potential of drinking, drinking customs and drinking vessels
• Round table conversation by all 17 presenters discussing and exhibiting their “Favorite Pots” brought from home and on exhibit at Arrowmont
• Exhibitions Opening Reception
• Tasty meals served in the Arrowmont dining room
• Live Bluegrass Music BBQ and dancing under the stars
• Symposium participant cup exchange. Each participant is asked to bring a cup. A system for cup exchange will be initiated on Thursday morning before breakfast.
Exhibitions:
• Presenters Exhibition: 85 objects by 17 national presenters
• Mentors Exhibition: 32 objects by the national presenters invited “mentors”
• Past Presenters Exhibition: Works from past symposium presenters (1992 – 2008)
• Potters Favorite Pots Exhibition: 17 pots from the personal collections of the 17 presenters
• Pottery Selections From the Arrowmont Permanent Collection
Presenters: Jen Allen · Nicholas Bivins · Blair Clemo · Sunshine Cobb · Molly Hatch · Bryan Hopkins · Brian Jones · Lindsay Oesterritter · Doug Peltzman · Peter Pinnell · Monica Ripley · Emily Schroeder Willis · Deborah Schwartzkopf · Kevin Snipes · Shawn Spangler · Shoko Teruyama · gwendolyn yoppolo
Keynote Speaker: Wesley McNair
Panel Moderator: Andrew Glasgow
Symposium Coordinators: Bill Griffith & Peter Beasecker
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Registration (by fax, phone, or mail only) begins at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, April 23.
Space is limited to 200 participants—first come, first served.
PHONE: 865-436-5860
FAX: 865-430-4101
MAIL: P.O. Box 567 (556 Parkway), Gatlinburg, TN 37738
Symposium Fee: $455
Includes programs, events, gallery reception, all meals from Thursday-Saturday, and the Saturday night dinner & dance.
Housing Fee: $100 to $280 total for four nights—Wednesday through Saturday—depending on selection and availability of on-campus, dormitory style facilities. See the application form for options.
Refunds/Cancellations/Disclaimer:
All cancellations must be made in writing by mail, fax or email (no phone calls please). A cancellation fee of $100 will be charged on cancellations received more than 45 days prior to the start of the symposium. Cancellations received 45 days or less prior to the symposium receive no refund. No refunds will be given to those who must leave the symposium early. In the event that Arrowmont cancels the symposium, registered participants will receive a full refund. Arrowmont cannot be responsible for airline tickets or other travel costs in the event of cancellation.
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