by Carole Epp | Sep 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation is the only breast cancer organization to earn the highest rating from both non-profit watchdogs Charity Navigator and the American Institute of Philanthropy. Over 90% of their budget goes directly to research & awareness programs. We are proud to support their efforts and hopeful about meeting the goal of achieving prevention and a cure for breast cancer in our lifetime. Mugs for Jugs is a national invitational exhibit, with over 50 artists accepting our call to join arms in the battle against breast cancer. We are overwhelmed by the enthusiastic support of our artist friends from around the country. MudFire instructor Emily Downey conceived the event and is a key part of the effort to realize it. The show will present the largest and most significant collection of clay artists in a single exhibit in Atlanta this year. Each artist has chosen their contribution level to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, with MudFire matching their contribution. On average, over 40% of each sale will be donated. We are still adding to the roster of participating artists, which currently includes: Autumn Higgins, Beau Raymond, Becky Strickland, Brooke Noble, Chandra DeBuse, Debra Fritts, Dow Redcorn, Emily Downey, Emily Reason, Erik Haagensen, Gay Smith, Jennifer Graff, Jeremy Randall, John Britt, John Roberts, Joy Tanner, Julia Galloway, Julie Wiggins, Justin Rothshank, Kathy King, Kathy Phelps, Keith Phillips, Kristen Kieffer, Kyle Carpenter, Lana Wilson, Leah Leitson, Linda McFarling, Lisa Orr, Lora Rust, Lori Buff, Luba Sharapan, Maria Andrade Troya, Mark Issenberg, Mark Knott, Mary Briggs, Megan Daloz, Mike Yarnold, Niel Hora, Ron Philbeck, Ronan Peterson, Sarah Anne Marraffino, Shadow May, Stacey Stanhope, Vernon Smith, and William Baker.
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by Carole Epp | Sep 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
Mark Jaroszewicz presents a solo exhibition of math-concept craft work
September 15 – October 16, 2011Public Opening Reception, Thursday, September 15, 6:00 – 9:00 pmOntario Crafts Council Gallery990 Queen St. W., Toronto The Ontario Crafts Council is pleased to present work by artist Mark Jaroszewicz (yur-a-shev-itch) in a solo exhibition showcasing a math-inspired series called
Metamorphic Numerals. The exhibition, titled “Question, Answer and the Chaos in Between,” takes place from September 15-October 16, 2011 and will also have activities during Culture Days on the weekend of October 1-2, 2011.
The arts and sciences come together in an educational, hands-on exhibition, where visitors are encouraged to participate with the displayed works. Metamorphic Numerals is a multi-sensory approach to understanding math. Counting with our fingers is an ancient method that people around the globe can relate to, and
Metamorphic Numerals revisits this past by using measured clay spheres to form three-dimensional, pinched numeral symbols that are calibrated to the gram. Essentially, each numerical form represents a number through shape and weight, and can be used to represent equations with the use of colour, texture and movement. The exhibition presents examples of how addition, subtraction, multiplication and division can be represented in a 3D format. Find out more at
www.craft.on.ca/Exhibitions/Upcoming_Exhibitions 
Question, Answer and the Chaos in Between takes place during Culture Days (
www.culturedays.ca), and two free events will be hosted at the OCC Gallery.
Saturday October 1st, 1:00 to 5:00 pm: a hands-on workshop for children, where participants will have the opportunity to make their own
Metamorphic Numerals.
Sunday, October 2nd, 1:00 to 2:30 pm: visitors will have the opportunity to meet the artist and ask questions about the series and the presented works.All media, designers, educators (both traditional and alternative), artists, math and science enthusiasts are encouraged to attend and experience an alternative way to interpret math as well as experience craft.
About the artist: Mark Jaroszewicz’s passions in material arts and math spans over twenty years. He studied ceramics and glass at OCAD and graduated with Honours from the Glass program in 1993.
Metamorphic Numerals has exhibited in group exhibitions in Canada, Scotland and South Korea. Children’s workshops have already taken place in Cheongju and Seoul, South Korea. Recently, Mark participated in a symposium at the
Subtle Technologies Festival 2011. Mark lives in Toronto, Ontario and enjoys sharing his perspective of craft’s endless potential and new horizons of cultural contribution to Canadians and the world. Mark Jaroszewicz gratefully acknowledges the Toronto Arts Council and the Ontario Arts Council for their assistance with this exhibition.
by Carole Epp | Sep 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
Opening reception : 8 -10pm September 16th
Exhibition duration: September 16-26th
Artist talk: PWS education centre 7pm September 16th
Address: 139 East Xinchang Rd. Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China, Pottery Workshop 3330001
Artist website: www.yingyuehchuang.com
by Carole Epp | Sep 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
March 28 – March 31 : Seattle, Washington
Washington State Convention Center
800 Convention Place
Seattle, WA 98101-2350
Invited presenters include: Demonstrators: Christa Assad, Walter Keeler, Tip Toland, Jason Walker Keynote: Mark Dion Distinguished Lecture: Stefano Catalani and Gwen Chanzit – Curatorial Perspectives Lectures:
The New Sawdust Injection Burner – W. Lowell Baker
China Paint: New Directions – Marci Blattenburger and Paul Lewing
Boredom, Skill and the Creative Act – Janet DeBoos
Maori Clay: Inventing a Tradition? – Moyra Elliott
Room of a Thousand Porcelains – Julie Emerson
Why was Porcelain Technology First Invented in China and What is its Chinese Imperial Association? – Mimi Gates
The Land Within the Sea – John Grade and John Roloff
The Old Weird Clay World – Garth Johnson
How to Practically Apply Digital Techniques in Ceramics – Mark Hall and Greg Pugh
The Hardened Hobbycraft Criminal – Charles Krafft
In Context: Anne Hirondelle Ceramics – Jo Lauria and Jake Seniuk
The Ceramics PhD: Re-thinking Creative Pedagogy – Andrew Livingstone
Soda Kiln Doctors – Matt Long and Gail Nichols
The Contemporary Figurine – Paul Mathieu
From the Melting Pot into the Fire: Contemporary Ceramics in Israel – Yael Novak
Electric Kiln Doctor – Saadi Shapiro and Mike Swauger Closing Lecture: Love , Money and Sin – Robert Brady and Sandy Simon Panels:
Ceramics at the Edge of Form – Daniel Bare, Susannah Biondo-Gemmell, Amy Gogarty, Linda Swanson
Life on the Edge – Mashiko Rebuilds – John Baymore, Ayumi Horie, Lynn Zetman, Valerie Zimany
Sustainable Ceramics: Contradiction or Possibility? – David Binns, Gerard Blaauw, Nancy Selvage
Substance: Three Artist’s Passions – Wally Bivins, Richard Notkin, Tip Toland, Patti Warashina
Studio Practice/Entrepreneurial Attitude – Andy Brayman, Alleghany Meadows, Linda Sikora
So You Want to Talk Glaze Chemistry? – Bill Carty, Dave Finkelnburg, Tina Gebhart, Matthew Katz
The Evolving Role of Residencies – Cynthia Consentino, Martina Lantin, Jill Oberman, Kari Radasch
Teaching 3-D in a Virtual Plane – Jennifer Frahm, Sin Ying Ho, Sonya Paukune, Shana Salaff
Distillations and Eruptions: Installation Today – Priscilla Hollingsworth, Jen Mills, Beth Sellars, Christian Bernard Singer New Work:
Confections and Contrivances – Nick Kripal
Matt Nolen’s Grotesque Garden – Matt Nolan
In Search of Streams and Mountain – Jae Won Lee
Yoga: Finding Your Personal Edge – Debra Chronister Randall Session: Little Big Band Friday Night Dance: The Big Sky Mudflaps
by Carole Epp | Sep 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
Urbanisms II: Uber GurlzSeptember 16th – October 30th, 2011 Reception: September 29th, 2011 | 7:00pm 
Cate Francis, Sometimes Things Just Stick, 2010 | *Image Courtesy of the Artist Urbanisms II: Uber Gurlz spotlights women artists working in the urban art scene. The exhibition is the second in the Urbanisms series devoted to urban art forms and contemporary social and political issues. Art can bring focus to the nebulous anxieties of contemporary life, not just through the factual (which can prove as slippery as a three eyed pickerel), but also by conjuring the fantastical. The work in this exhibition uses urban art forms as a lens to look at society’s issues with empathy and often humour. Urbanisms II: Uber Gurlz is comprised of ceramic sculptures reminiscent of the figurine collectible, prints and paintings influenced by street art and alternative music poster styles, electronic toys altered to respond to viewers, as well as video, performance art and music. The artists unapologetically take on the big topics including societal and environmental consequences of colonialism and unbridled consumption. Many of the works in this exhibition open up visions of an alternately marvellous and horrible inner life of everyday reality, giving us viewers a momentary glimpse into a world – as we may have only suspected it exists.The reception for this event will take place on Thursday, September 29th at 7:00pm at the Mann art Gallery with an art event which also kicks off IPAC’s annual Two Story Café and will feature: performance artist Tanya Lukin-Linklater originally from the Native Villages of Port Lions and Afognak in the Kodiak archipelago of Southwestern Alaska and now based in North Bay, Ontario; Metis jiggers from Women of the Earth in Prince Albert; from Saskatoon, video artist Carrie Gates and circuit-bender Leeane Berger; and finally the mesmerizing noise/musical styling of Calgary’s Mares of Thrace, Stefani MacKichan on drums and Thérèse Lanz on guitars and vocals. The exhibition also brings together the works of visual artists Cate Francis, Carole Epp and April Doepker of Saskatoon, and Emma Zulkoskey, Emma McDonald and Terri-Lynn McDonald of Prince Albert. Curated by: Michel Boutin and Judy McNaughton (Prince Albert, SK) in collaboration with the Mann Art Gallery, IPAC (Indigenous Peoples Artist Collective), Women of the Earth, and Common Weal Community Arts. 
The Mann Art Gallery | 142 – 12th Street West | Prince Albert, SK | S6V 3E5[p] (306) 763-7080 | [f] (306) 763-7838 | [e] [email protected] | [w] www.mannartgallery.caHours: Monday – Sunday | 12:00pm – 5:00pm The Mann Art Gallery is grateful for the support of Mann Northway Motors, City of Prince Albert, Prince Albert Arts Board, Saskatchewan Arts Board, Canada Council for the Arts, Sask Culture, Sask Lotteries, Museum Association of Saskatchewan, and Canadian Heritage.
by Carole Epp | Sep 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
1000 Miles Apart – 2011 Ceramics Conference
September 29 – October 1
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
The Ceramics Area at the School of Art, University of Manitoba will host 1000 Miles Apart from September 29 to October 1, 2011. 1000 Miles Apart will feature a number of high caliber artists who will present lectures and demonstrations, and provide a forum for exchange between students, faculty, and professionals in the field.
John Balistreri, professor at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, will share his latest research on using clay as a printing material in the rapid prototyping of three-dimensional forms. Virginia Scotchie, world renowned for her energetic and stimulating ceramic workshops, will join us from the University of South Carolina. Paul Mathieu, professor of ceramics at Emily Carr University in Vancouver, will present a lecture on his recent art and industry experiences in China, and provide a critical view of the state of ceramics in the 21st century. Rory MacDonald, professor of ceramics at NSCAD University in Halifax, will present the closing address at 1000 Miles Apart, a lecture that is free and open to the public as well as conference participants.
1000 Miles Apart will include an exhibition at Gallery One One One in the FitzGerald Building. The exhibition will include work by ceramics students, faculty, and the visiting artists. Concurrent with the conference, visitors may investigate site specific installations by artist Rory MacDonald on the University of Manitoba campus and beyond.
Concurrently with the conference, Winnipeg Art Gallery is hosting a lecture on September 29 at 7:00 p.m. by Greg Payce who is participating in the exhibition Precise: Craft Refined. This event is open to the public and admission will be charged.
Further program details will be available closer to the conference.
Registration and Information
Registration is free for all university and college students, faculty and sta”. For all others the
registration fee is $50.00, payable by cash or cheque to the University of Manitoba.
Be sure to register by September 15 to ensure your space in conference workshops .
Contact:
Steve Grimmer
[email protected]
T. (204) 474-9650 F. (204) 474-7605
www.umanitoba.ca/schools/art
Registration Form
Please print out and fill in this form and mail with a $50.00 registration fee (cheques only
please, payable to the University of Manitoba, with 1000 Miles Apart in the memo line) to:
School of Art
203 FitzGerald Building
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2
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