by Carole Epp | Oct 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
260 FINGERS: 26 CELEBRATED CERAMIC ARTISTS CONVERGE FOR 15TH ANNUAL INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION AND SALE
175 Third Ave. Ottawa, ON
Opening/Vernissage: Friday, November 8, 6-9pm
Saturday, November 9 and Sunday, November 10, 10am-5pm
Just as the farm-to-table movement shows us where our food comes from and how it is grown, handmade pottery urges us to consider the story behind the objects we hold in our hands. It is a story about processes, materials, and an individual artist’s skills and creativity as they express themselves through clay.
To join in a conversation with 26 ceramic artists and learn more about their relationship with clay, come to 260 Fingers at the Glebe Community Centre from November 8 to 10! For the 15th consecutive year, 26 of Ontario and Quebec’s most accomplished ceramic artists are converging to exhibit and sell some of the most innovative and inspiring clay work being produced in the region. The breadth and caliber of this invitational show is recognized as unique in both provinces and features work from functional to sculptural, wood-fired to electric-fired, subtle to highly decorative.
On Friday, November 8, from 6-9pm, the gorgeous, domed atrium of the Glebe Community Center will open its doors to visitors eager to be among the first to view and purchase this year’s new work. Open to everyone, the vernissage is a vibrant celebration of ceramic work complete with music, food, drink and lively conversation. The show continues Saturday November 9 and Sunday November 10 from 10am –5 pm. The artists are always available for discussions, and, with such a wide range of work and artistic practice, visitors often have questions. There are also guided tours both Saturday and Sunday during which artists talk about their work and techniques.
In addition to the solid core of accomplished potters that have made 260 Fingers such an eagerly anticipated event, eight new guest artists will be adding to the excitement with their best new work. 260 Fingers is different every year, but there is one thing that doesn’t change: the excellence of the craftsmanship and the vibrant atmosphere of an inspired artistic community that comes together to celebrate and talk about clay.
This year, among the 26 participating artists, seven are potters who fire with wood, a laborious and risky method that can result in spectacular yet subtle vessels. We are thrilled to welcome guest artists Bruce Cochrane and Tony Clennell, both well known teachers and veteran wood firers. Also in this group are Heather Smit, Anne Creskey, Andrew Kellner, Jen Drysdale and John Ikeda. Wood firing is part wild risktaking and part stuborness as it can take days to load the kiln with the pots in strategic places, and days and nights to feed wood into the fire to produce the complex interactions between clay, flame, ashes and salts. The results can be pure, poetic magic.
260 Fingers is a free event. For more information or high-res images, please email [email protected] or call Maureen Marcotte at 819-459-3164.
Participating artists for 2019 are members Anne Creskey, Bill Reddick, Carolynne Pynn-Trudeau, Chandler Swain, Cynthia O’Brien, Don Goddard, Heather Smit, Jen Drysdale, John Ikeda, Leta & Don Cormier, Maria Moldovan, Maureen Marcotte, Reid Flock, Rita Redner, Saskia Praamsma, Susie Osler, Teresa Wingar and guests Bruce Cochrane,Tony Clennell, Andrew Kellner, Terri MacDonald, Patrick Yeung, Michelle Mendlowitz, Marney McDiarmid, and Janet Keefe. To see more about their work visit: www.260fingers.ca
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by Carole Epp | Oct 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
Since the first ceramics were created, like Venus of Dolní Věstonice, before 25,000 BCE and pottery vessels that were discovered in Jiangxi, China, which date back to 18,000 BC, people have been fascinated with clay. Northern California has a rich history of talented ceramic artists from Rob Arneson to Manuel Neri. Blue Line Arts is excited to showcase the innovation of ceramic techniques and vision from around the world during this annual show. Ceramic artists who want to share their vision of ceramic art are encouraged to apply.
Judge
TBD
Important Dates
Deadline to enter: March 20th, 2020
Exhibition Dates: May 2nd- June 13th, 2020
Artist Notification: March 28th, 2020
Shipping deadline of work to Blue Line Arts: April 19th, 2020
Hand deliver work to Blue Line Arts: April 26th or April 27th from 10 to 3pm
Opening Reception: May 16th, 2020 From 5 pm- 8:30 pm
Pick up unsold work from Blue Line Arts: June 14th and 15th, from 10 am -3 pm
Eligibility
- Open to artists everywhere!
- All artwork must be original and completed within the last two years
- Artwork cannot have been previously exhibited at Blue Line Arts
- All 2-D works must be ready to hang
- All artwork must be for sale
- Accepted artwork that differs significantly from image in online submission will be disqualified
- No accepted entry may be withdrawn or sold outside of the exhibition prior to the closing date
- Blue Line Arts handles all sales transactions. Non-member artists receive a 50% commission from all gallery sales and members receive a 60% commission
- Size limitations
- Art must be able to enter through the doors with a clearance of 94”h x 91”w
- Ceilings in the gallery are 10 feet high
- Nothing over 60 lbs will be accepted
- All artwork images must be renamed in the following format:
- LastNameFirstName_ArtworkTitle
- The artist is responsible to pay for all shipping and should have a prepaid label from FedEx or UPS (No US Mail) for return of artwork.
ENTRY FEES
There is a non-refundable entry fee for Off Center show of $35; there is a $5/image fee for every additional image upload.
Application Requirements: Applicants must apply using the form on the Blue Line Arts website, http://www.bluelinearts.org/call-to-artists. You must be 18 years or older to apply.
Questions: If you have any questions about submissions, please contact Blue Line Arts staff during open hours at (916) 783-4117 or email [email protected]
www.bluelinearts.org/off-center-2020
by Carole Epp | Oct 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
We are pleased to bring you this spectacular show featuring more than 1000 cups by more than 200 artists from 10 countries. Each year this show gathers some of the most exciting handmade cups being made in contemporary ceramics by established artists as well as artists new on the scene. This intense labor of love celebrates the most beloved of ceramic objects, the most intimate of vessels, combining the skill and talent of these wonderful potters into an awe-inspiring collection that can be viewed in full in our brick-and-mortar as well as on our website.
Particpating artists:
Senta Achée, Araceli Adams, Kristine Aguilar, Jennifer Allen, Marion Angelica, Michelle Arabian, Linda Arbuckle, Mark Arnold, Camilla Ascher, JoAnn F Axford, Posey Bacopoulos, Noel Bailey, Marian Baker, Mariana Baquero, Rickie Barnett, Charlotte Barvinok, Eric Beavers, Eve Behar, Ashley Bevington, Sandra Blain, Beth Bolgla, David Bolton, Catherine Boswell, Eric Botbyl, Joe Bova, Helle Bovbjerg, Ariel Bowman, Meredith Bradley, Angel Brame, Nathan Bray, Kaitlyn Brennan, Cate Brus, Julie Burstein, Laurie Caffery, Dawn Candy, Benjamin Carter, Mike Chappell, Adam Chau, Hoyt Childers, Adriana Christianson, Linda Christianson, Mike Cinelli, Autumn Cipala, Bede Clarke, Craig Clifford, Greg Cochenet, Faith Connor, Christy Culp, Sarah Day, Sarah De Berry, Harris Deller, Andrea Denniston, Grace DePledge, Julie Devers, Avesha DeWolfe, Maria Dondero, Paul Donnelly, Barbara Donovan, Scott Dooley, Doug Dotson, Audra Doughty, Rod Dugal, Eileen Egan, Adrienne Eliades, Carole Epp, Machiko Erhard, Michelle Ettrick, Gerard Ferrari, Alexandra FitzGerald, Brock Flamion, Linda Ge, Mike Gesiakowski, Daniel Gillberg, James Gottuso, Martha Grover, Chris Gustin, Annemiek Hamelink, Kayla Harbeitner, Wesley Harvey, Eric Heerspink, Elaine Henry, Amy Henson, Steven Hill, Tiffany Hilton, Barbara Hoffman, Erin Holmes, Noelle Hoover, Meredith Host, Samantha Hostert, Jordan Howerton, HungryMunchy, Matthew Hyleck, Kirk Jackson, Jordan Jones, Denise Joyal, Shellie Kacillas, Ashley Kim, Margaret Kinkeade, Lucien Koonce, Tim Kowalczyk, Karin Kraemer, Allison LeBaron, Dianne Lee, Dick Lehman, Keok Lim, Austin Lindsey, Paul Linhares, Renee LoPresti, Toni Losey, Louise Lovelace, Scott Lykens, Terrie MacDonald, Shaun Mallonga, Maureen Marcotte, Virginia Marsh, Jessie Martin, Jodie Masterman, William McComb, Paul McCoy, Mynthia McDaniel, Linda McFarling, Susan McHenry, Andrew McIntyre, Christopher Melia, Sam Mendez, Branan Mercer, Ron Meyers, Brooke Millecchia, Reiko Miyagi, Nikki Mizak, Joe Molinaro, Eric Moore, Stephen Mullins, Kate Murray, Ryan Myers, Mark Nafziger, Ted Neal, Lindsay Oesterritter, Debra Oliva, Samantha Oliver, Åsa Olofsson, Brent Pafford, Elizabeth Paley, Jessica Palmer, Gillian Parke, Erica Passage, Ronan Kyle Peterson, Teresa Pietsch, Sarah Pike, Sarah Piper, Carla Prinster, Fredi Rahn, Jeremy Randall, Dow Redcorn, Kyle Rees, Ryan Reich, Don Reynolds, Mea Rhee, Barry Rhodes, Joseph Rincones, Tilla Rodemann, Anthony Rollins, Mat Rude, Ann Ruel, Lora Rust, Eileen Sackman, Adrian Sandstrom, Masa Sasaki, Alexandra Saunders, Gabrielle Schaffner, Pete Scherzer, Britta Schroeder, Ryan Schulz, Deborah Schwartzkopf, Brad Schwieger, Yoko Sekino-Bové, Nikki Serra, Erin Shayler, Joey Sheehan, Tim Sherman, Takuro Shibata, Amy Smith, Liz Smith, Amy Smith and Simon Levin, Amelia Stamps, Chad Steve, Rebekah Strickland, Mike Stumbras, Katie Susko, Joy Tanner, Chance Taylor, Charlie Tefft, Susan Thomas, Samuel Thompson, Alex Thomure, John Tilton, James Tingey, Sue Tirrell, Christian Tonsgard, Sandra Torres, C A Traen, Leilani Trinka, Sara Truman, Sami Tsang, Clovy Tsuchiya, Eric Van Eimeren, Lynn Anne Verbeck, Jake Vinson, Carolyn Von Zabern, Mikey Walsh, Julia Walther, Melissa Weiss, Philip Wiggs, Stephanie Wilhelm, Bryan Wilkerson, Erik Wilson, Hedy Yang, Meghan Yarnell, Levi Yastrow, Tony Young, Melissa Yungbluth, Caleb Zouhary
Orders containing cups from Cup: The Intimate Object XV will begin shipping October 21st. This does not mean your cups will ship on the 21st. We expect a multitude of orders, and it will take us weeks to pack and ship them all. Orders will be shipped in the order they were received. Thank you for your patience.
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Cup: The Intimate Object XV here.Artists pictured above: Joey Sheehan, Ronan Kyle Peterson, Charlie Tefft, Linda Arbuckle, Autumn Cipala, Grace DePledge, Matthew Hyleck, Eric Botbyl, Senta Achée, JoAnn F Axford, Lucien Koonce, Ted Neal
by Carole Epp | Oct 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
“Rudy Autio, one of the important figures in the contemporary clay movement beginning in the 1950s, discusses his early days growing up in a Finnish immigrant family in Butte, Montana, his time in the Navy at the end of WWII, the start of the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana, with Peter Voulkos, and his building methods of early murals using brickyard clay. Later he helped K Ross Toole, the new director of Montana Historical Society Museum in Helena, with a number of dioramas there in 1954, especially the Lewis and Clark diorama. He then was hired at University of Montana in Missoula to build a ceramics program by President McFarland. He discusses noteworthy students he learned from during his 28-year teaching career and various commissions he built during those years, like the Grizzly, the ceramic murals for Polson, Walla Walla, and Helena. In the 1970s workshops in ceramics demonstrations became popular, especially after the first SuperMud conference, and Rudy describes some of these. Later chapters explore his first trips to Finland, meeting relatives and artists alike. He discusses ways his work changed throughout his life. About the author (2019): Rudy is considered one of the most important and influential ceramic artists to ever touch the medium of clay. His masterful works are in permanent collections of museums around the world, including the American Craft Museum, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Brooklyn Museum, the Carnegie Museum, the Metropolitan Museum, the Portland Art Museum, the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian, the St Lousi Art Museum, and others. Rudy Autio has left an indelible mark on the world with his art. He taught ceramics and sculpture at the University of Montana in Missoula from 1957 to 1985, and is best known for his figurative work on clay.” –Jason Lawfer
rudyautio.com
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