June 9th & 10th, Lord Elgin Hotel, Ottawa The Canadian Artists’ Representation / Le Front des artistes canadiens (CARFAC) is pleased to invite visual artists from across Canada to attend our annual conference in Ottawa at the Lord Elgin Hotel. Register NowConference Schedule This year’s conference will include discussions about copyright, the relationships between artists and galleries, the campaign for the Artist’s Resale Right, and the presentation of the Visual Arts Advocacy Award. Participants will also get a chance to rub shoulders with art lawyers who will be in town for their own conference – the first of its kind in Canada. Details to come shortly. Contact us for more information. Registration Rates Early Bird Rates: Members: $75 Non-members: $95 Students: $50 After April 15th: Members: $95 Non-members: $115 Students: $70 Please note: Participants will be responsible for arranging their own travel, accommodations and food. Some options are listed below. Accommodations: The Lord Elgin is offering a discounted room rate for conference participants of $159. To book a room call 1-800-267-4298 and quote “CARFAC” or the “National Conference for Visual Artists”. If you are looking for a budget option, the HI-Ottawa Jail Hostel offers shared and private rooms at very reasonable rates and is a fifteen minute walk from the conference. How to Register
Karen Bennicke, 2012, Kaleidoscope, h 82 x w 75 cm Photo: Jeppe Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
Steen Ipsen, 2012, Black/Red Geometric 2/12, h 24 x w 25 cm Photo: Jeppe Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
For its next exhibition Copenhagen Ceramics will present new works by Karen Bennicke and Steen Ipsen, two highly experienced ceramists with a particularly well-developed sense of operating visually within one of the great fields of inspiration for ornamentation – the world of geometry.
Artist talk with Karen Bennicke and Steen Ipsen on Saturday 3 March at 2 pm in the gallery.
Cost: $65 for AMOCA Members, $85 for Non-Members John Balistreri is an American ceramic artist best known for his large scale sculptures. He is currently an associate Professor of Art and the head of the ceramic art program at Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, USA. During the summer of 1987, he returned to his studio in Denver and built a large Anagama kiln.[2] After graduate school, began to make large scale work that was wood-fired. He worked as a studio artist and occasionally taught ceramics at the University of Denver and Front Range Community College. In 1996, he joined the faculty of Bowling Green University, where he remains today. From 1998 to 2002, Balisteri worked with Peter Voulkos, assisting in creating and firing his final sculptures. Later, Balistreri toured and studied ceramics in China, Japan and Korea. In 2001 Balistreri began a body of work titled Problems in Sailing which includes airplane and boat forms. This body of work continued through his sabbatical in 2005, where he built large scale airplane forms at the Kaneko Experimental Workspace in Omaha, Nebraska. His Problems in Sailing series continues today. You can learn more about John on his website.
Schedule
Saturday, March 24th 9:00 – 9:30 – Continental Breakfast & Sign-in 9:30 – 9:45 – Welcome & Introduction 9:45 – 11:45 – Throwing Demonstration 11:45 – 12:45 – Lunch Break (Bring a lunch or patronize one of the many local restaurants) 12:45 – 1:45 – “Rapid Prototyping of Ceramic Objects” Slide Show & Talk 1:45 – 2:00 – Break 2:00 – 4:00 – Construction, alteration Sunday, March 25th 10:00 – Coffee & Gathering 9:30 – 9:45 – Welcome & Introduction 9:45 – 11:45 – Technique Demonstration 11:45 – 12:45 – Lunch Break (Bring a lunch or patronize one of the many local restaurants) 12:45 – 4:00 – Finish work, Wrap-up discussion & questions Though in its infancy, new digital technologies are undeniably affecting art and artists. Professor John Balistreri bridges the gap between art and industry by using 3D rapid prototyping technology to create unique ceramic objects. Today his research team at Bowling Green State University leads the world in this new method of creating ceramics. During the workshop I will share my techniques for large scale sculpture and talk about the ceramic 3d printing I’m involved in. 399 North Garey Ave. Pomona, CA 91766http://www.amoca.org/john-balistreri-workshop
The Art Gallery of NSW is pleased to announce internship opportunities for Semester 1, 2012. Applications for these internships are due by 30 March 2012. A second round of internships will be offered in Semester 2 and in summer 2012/13, pending available projects.
Guidelines
Internships are generally available only to currently enrolled tertiary-level students.
Priority is given to students enrolled in museum studies, art history, visual arts, art education or arts administration courses, and in particular to those students for whom an internship is a course requirement.
Preference is given to students enrolled in educational institutions in New South Wales.
Information for applicants
Internships at the Art Gallery of NSW are greatly sought after by many people, which makes the application process highly competitive.
Each application will be assessed on its merits.
Your application should respond to one of the calls for interns.
Please read the description carefully and address the selection criteria in your cover letter.
Successful applicants will be subject to an interview to further determine their suitability.
Successful applicants may be subject to security clearance and working-with-children checks.
How to apply
1. Download the application form below, print it and complete it. Internship application form (PDF 35.7 KB) 2. Send the following:
Completed application form
Covering letter, clearly addressing the selection criteria
Curriculum vitae
Two references with contact details (one or more recent or current lecturers or tutors recommended)
Any other documents from your educational institution supporting your case for internship and detailing internship requirements
to: Tertiary programs co-ordinator Art Gallery of New South Wales Art Gallery Road The Domain Sydney NSW 2000 [email protected]Applications Close 30 March 2012For more info and a full list of internships available please visit their website.
March 1 – March 29, 2012 Opening Reception: Thursday, March 1st, 6-8pm
Jane Hartsook Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery is pleased to present Forehandedness – new sculpture by Baltimore-based artist David S. East. For his first solo exhibition with this gallery, East has created monuments of dailiness, sculptures that combine ubiquitous ornamentation and serene pastels – at times uniting technology and woven fabric – offering a genealogy of cultural homogenization. East’s work is thoughtful however much the installation effortlessly transposes formalism and irony.
“The approach I have taken attempts to reflect on the monumental within the mundane, and seeks to bore out the middle of modernism to see its split-level by-products. The work rotates around these axes operating as much a strategy of thinking as of making.” -David S. East.
David S. East is Chair of Ceramics at the Maryland Institute College of Art. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally in juried and curated exhibitions, most recently at the GICBiennale 2011, Icheon, Korea and has received numerous awards including an Individual Artist Award form Maryland State Arts Council, the Lighton Foundation and the McKnight Foundation. Greenwich House , Inc. 224 West 30th Street, Suite 302 New York, NY 10001 Ph: (212) 991-0003 Fax: (646) 365-5730
