Catch it before it’s gone – Biophilia exhibition by Xanthe Isbister


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Xanthe Isbister was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts Honors degree from the University of Manitoba in 2004, and her Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2008. Following her graduate studies, she had the opportunity to live and create work in a studio in Roswell, New Mexico. Since moving back to Canada, she has had the opportunity to teach at the Winnipeg Art Gallery and the University of Manitoba. Most recently she was awarded a Special Opportunities Grant from the Manitoba Arts Council and attended the year long residency at the Medalta International Artists in Residence in Medicine Hat, Alberta. She has exhibited both nationally and internationally including the National Council on Education for Ceramics Arts, the Alberta Craft Council and is creating work for an exhibition at the Gardner Museum in Toronto, Ontario this coming fall, 2011. www.xantheisbister.com.

Chinese Whispers by Johanna De Maine


Kerrie Lowe Gallery

49 – 51 King Street, Newtown NSW 2042 Australia
Phone + 61 2 9550 4433 / Fax + 61 2 9550 1996
Hours 10am – 5.30pm Mon-Sat / Thurs till 7pm
The Kerrie Lowe Gallery specializes in contemporary ceramics as well as painting, printmaking, jewellery and sculpture. We also support the ceramic community by providing Sydney’s only inner city outlet for ceramic supplies.
Located at the Sydney University end of King Street, our usual schedule features two concurrent exhibitions; one in the Shopfront Gallery and one in the Small Gallery.

An amazing blog to check out (and not just because they featured my work)


vitrified studio: inspire is full of gorgeous eye candy and amazing artists to inspire you. Please take some time to check it out.

“this blog is made for those who share an appreciation in the subtle beauty in simple handmade ceramic forms, and as an ode to the ceramic artists who inspire me. vitrifiedstudio is a small ceramics studio located in portland oregon USA specializing in simple handcrafted functional ware designed by shelley martin.” follow shelley martin’s ceramic journey here: http://vitrifiedstudiowork.wordpress.com/ to follow both blogs, become a fan on facebook. https://www.facebook.com/vitrifiedstudio www.vitrifiedstudio.com (site under construction) email – vitrifiedstudio @ gmail.com

Call For Papers

The Art of the Coroplast Speaks: The Story of Archaeology, Art History and the Ceramic Arts

Type: Calls For Papers
Posted by: Angelo State University
Deadline: 09/16/11

We welcome proposals from faculty, independent scholars and advanced graduate students whose research focuses on the ceramic arts. Paper topics that address the theme, particularly submissions that take an interdisciplinary approach to material/visual culture, are welcome. Please send an abstract of no more than 300 words for 20 minute papers with your name, title, institutional affiliation (if applicable) together with a short CV to the conference organizer, Dr. Kimberly S. Busby, [email protected] by Friday, September 16, 2011. The symposium will be held on Thursday, April 19th in conjunction with the Twenty-Seventh Annual San Angelo Ceramic Symposium, April 19-22, 2012 at Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas.

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