April 29 (4pm-9pm), April 30 (11am-6pm) and May 1 (11am-5pm)
Chinese Cultural Centre: 197 1st St sw
www.makeitvancouver.com
$5 at the door (kids under 12 are free)
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http://www.mendel.ca/exhibitions/future/artists-by-artists-kennedy-epp
Ai Weiwei, detained by the Chinese authorities and unreachable since 3 April, (guardian article) has joined a select band of artists who have risked everything for their ideals.Please read more details here on Jonathon Jones on art blog.
Please spread the word and use available networks to try to make action happen to ensure his safety.
via Brigitte Martin on Crafthaus
A Bit of Clay on the Skin: New Ceramic Jewelry explores the manifold appeal of ceramics, especially porcelain, in jewelry. Organized by the Fondation d’Entreprise Bernardaud and curated by the renowned German-born goldsmith and jewelry artist Monika Brugger, the exhibition showcases the versatility and allure of the medium, which can be modeled or cast, used alone or with metal, wood, and stone, and vary in color and texture. Best known as the stuff of the luxurious and the mundane, of fine tableware and technical equipment, when used in jewelry, porcelain sparks the visual and physical sensations to become an object of desire. The exhibition showcases the scope and ingenuity of the more than one hundred works on view and features the work of 18 cutting-edge jewelry artists, including creations by such notables as Peter Hoogeboom, Evert Nijland, Ted Noten (The Netherlands), Gésine Hackenberg (Germany), Marie Pendariès (Spain), and Shu-Lin Wu (Taiwan). While some make reference to traditional jewelry in materials and symbolism, others altogether redefine it in substance, form, and matter.For more info please visit Crafthaus
by the lovely miss cathy terepocki.
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find out more about cathy here and here.
28 April – 1 May 2011 Deloraine
Woodfire Tasmania 2011 is an event for potters, sculptors, students, educators, collectors, curators, and anyone else with an interest in the ceramic arts. The program will grow from the interests and offerings of makers from around Australia and overseas and be a revelation and celebration of the visions, prophesies and imaginings of a variety of clay and fire practitioners. There will be exhibitions, demonstrations, guest speakers, forums, individual presentations, films, and pre and post program offerings.
All the details can be found here on their website.
