Michigan Mud 2011

by | Aug 15, 2011 | Uncategorized

Michigan Mud is a conference offered every 2 years by the Michigan Ceramic Art Association. The conference includes demonstrations and lectures by many Michigan ceramic artists. This year the featured keynote speaker is Robert Piepenburg.

The conference also will include sessions on construction techniques, surface treatment, and glazing. Whether a full-time potter or one who wishes they had more time to work with clay, a college art instructor or a public school teacher, a graduate student or someone still in high school, you will find many things at this conference that will be practical.

October 7 & 8, 2011

Washtenaw Community College

4800 E. Huron River Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48105

9:00am – 4:00pm each day

Exhibition of Presentor’s Work at Gallery One, Student Activites Building on WCC Campus Juried Student Show: Details for submitting work coming soon. Cup & Mug Fundraiser: Details for donating cups for the sale coming soon. Keynote Speaker: Robert Piepenburg, plus book signing following the keynote address. Michigan Mud Registration: Family, Student or Faculty registration: please use the Mail-in Registration Form Individuals and Institutions can Register online for Michigan Mud 2011 with a major credit card using PayPal. Click here to go to the Online Registration page.

Printable 8.5×11 Poster Printable 8.5x11 MI Mud Poster

Presenters & Demontrators Click here for details on lectures and demonstrations. Friday

  • Robert Piepenburg: Keynote Speaker
  • Jeremy Brooks: Lecture
  • Jeri Hollister: Demonstration
  • Daria Kim: Brush Workshop
  • Nicole Marroquin: Demonstration
  • Ian Thomas: Demonstration

Saturday

  • Craig Clifford: Demonstration
  • Daria Kim: Brush Workshop
  • Paul Kotula: Lecture
  • Debbie Kupinsky: Demonstration
  • Gail Piepenburg: Demonstration
  • Greg Stahly: Lecture

Visit their website here.

Jun Kaneko @ the Gardiner Museum in Toronto until September 18th

by | Aug 10, 2011 | Uncategorized



Jun Kaneko (American, born Japan 1942) studied painting in his native Japan as a young man. In 1963, he moved to the United States where he studied ceramics with a number of influential artists from the California School, including Peter Voulkos and Paul Soldner. Although Kaneko is best known for creating large-scale ceramic sculptures and installations, painting has remained an important part of his artistic practice throughout his career. In recent years Kaneko has also branched out to design opera sets and costumes for several productions in Omaha, Atlanta, Philadelphia and Vancouver. This exhibition presents a survey of 39 works by Kaneko ranging in date from the early 1980s to the early 2000s. The works in the exhibition include a mix of large and small ceramic sculptures as well as a selection of paintings and drawings. The combination of works in different media emphasizes Kaneko’s strong command of form and colour, and his longstanding interest in optics and perception. Jun Kaneko is a traveling exhibition organized by Smith Kramer Fine Art Services for a tour of North America. The Gardiner Museum is the final stop on the tour and the only scheduled Canadian venue for the exhibition.Visit the gallery website for more info.

Columbia Basin Studio Tour – Robin Dupont

by | Aug 9, 2011 | Uncategorized



August 13-14

Robin DuPont is a contemporary ceramic artist working out of his home based studio in the Slocan Valley. Specializing in atmospheric fired pottery, Robin primarily uses wood as the fuel source to fire his work, and in doing so creates beautiful and functional art through purposing byproducts of the local forest industry. Robin makes a variety of forms including teapots, bowls, mugs, dinnerware sets, vases, jars and bottles, for domestic use in the home, kitchen, garden and decorative setting. Each piece of pottery is hand-crafted from stoneware or porcelain and is dishwasher and oven safe.

LOCATION:

4562 Hwy 6,

Winlaw, BC VOG 2JO

Directions: 20km North of the junction on hwy 6-7 km south of Winlaw.

For more details visit http://cbculturetour.com/artists_2011/artist-45.htm

Julie Moon exhibition: “Pretty, Strange”

by | Aug 8, 2011 | Uncategorized



Narwhal Art Projects is pleased to present Pretty, Strange, an exhibition of works by Julie Moon from August 11th to September 4th, 2011. Inspired by the tactility and anthropomorphic qualities of clay, Moon’s undulating, organic sculptures pay reference to the human form through their limb-like protuberances and rolling, fleshy surfaces. These indelicate figures contrast sharply with the dainty ornamentation with which they are applied: from their pastel palette to their intricate overlays, each piece deliberately juxtaposes effete flourishes with corpulent silhouettes. The result is an imbalance between elegance and awkwardness, forcing the viewer to confront their own preconceptions of beauty, femininity and alterity. Consisting exclusively of ceramic media, Pretty, Strange incorporates wall-mounted sculpture as well as freestanding forms. The addition of surface applications and glazes, fabric, frill and lace trim informs the unique identity of each piece: in Ballerina, a pointe slipper adorns the toes of an otherwise bloated and distended leg-like appendage, while Shoe farcically applies a delicate pattern to a bulbous-looking foot. The effect is reminiscent of the frivolous figurines of a china cabinet, albeit without the grace, delicacy and literal representation of such traditional ephemera. Pretty, Strange is the culmination of Moon’s thesis work at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University as well as her current residency at the Center for Ceramics in Berlin. Moon has previously shown both locally and internationally, most notably through her solo exhibition Pretty Pleas at the Fosdick Nelson Gallery in New York State (2010). Opening reception:

Thurs August 11th

7-10pm

Artist will be in attendance.

Runs Aug 11 -Sept 4, 2011

For information, artwork availability or press preview:

[email protected]http://www.narwhalartprojects.com/events-exhibitions/julie-moon/