Brought to you by:
The Wayne Center for the Arts
237 South Walnut Street
Wooster OH
Exhibition: March 22- April 17
Workshop April 15-17
Presenters:
Bill VanGilder
Silvie Granatelli
For all the details and registration info please check the website.
“Today’s jewel in the crown of New York’s Winter Antiques Week, The New York Ceramics Fair, brings together a carefully selected and distinguished international group of around 36 galleries offering all things “fired” – porcelain, pottery, glass, cloisonné and enamels, in a setting perfect for the exhibition and sale of important small objects. “
SHOW DATES
JANUARY 20th – 24th, 2010
Also Check out their Lecture Series:
Sponsored by the Chipstone Foundation
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 20th
12 Noon “Sources for Services” by Angela Howard
2pm “Success to America: English Creamware for the Patriotic American Market” by Patricia Halfpenny
4pm “Small cups with one handle fit for coffee or chocolate” : Chinese Export Porcelain Coffee Wares by Ronald W. Fuchs II
THURSDAY JANUARY 21st
12 Noon “Dutch Jugs and Flint Wares: Salt-glazed Stoneware in Early America”
by Janine E. Skerry
2pm “Teapots, Coffeepots, and Cream Jugs, Oh My: Surprises in American Stoneware”
by Suzanne Findlen Hood
FRIDAY JANUARY 22nd
4pm “Wedgewood: 250 Years of Innovation and Derivation”
by Dr. Jeffrey Tulman
Both Saturday Lectures are in support of the Ceramic Fair’s 2010 Loan Exhibit
SATURDAY JANUARY 23rd
12 Noon “Making a Moravian Squirrel Bottle, Lecture-Live Demonstration.” by Michelle Erickson
2pm Pottery “For Which the People Were Eager: The North Carolina Earthenware Tradition.”
by Johanna M. Brown
LECTURE TICKETS:
$10 per person per lecture plus $20
show admission (run of show)
3 lectures $25 plus show admission.
Seating is limited. Reservations required –
please call 310.455.2886
Show Information:
Caskey Lees, Inc.
PO Box 1409
Topanga, CA 90290
310.455.2886
310.455.1951 fax
website
So I’m a total sucker for new years resolutions. I make them every year and then have to feel guilty about my failings by mid-February. This year I guess will be a replay of the usual. But maybe this year since I’m telling you all about it, I’ll have more pressure to actually hold true to my resolutions.
The main resolution of which I speak involves this blog. I’ve for a long time been intending to write more on the blog. More about the everyday of my studio practice and “musings” about clay that float through my mind in the studio. Don’t worry, I won’t overload you, and hopefully won’t bore you, and I won’t stop posting calls for entry. I’ve just always intended for this blog to more than a bulletin board of information, I guess I intended for it to be a bit more personable than virtual push pins and paper postings. And I now have more incentive than ever to make this change as I’ve been invited to participate in an upcoming exhibition about potters who blog (so exciting!!!), and if I’m going to play with the big kids, I’ve got to step up my game. Below i’ll post links to the blogs of the other participating artists so you can see what I mean. It’ll be a bit intimidating to show with so many great potters and writers.
Another reason why this is so intimidating is that my functional pottery practice is taking a major turn this year. It began part way through last year and I’m still working on trying to sort out exactly where I’m heading. I may have mentioned before, maybe not, that I haven’t been able to throw for over a year now and so I need to develop a new line of work that incorporates handbuilding, pressmolding and slipcasting. It’s been a challenge for sure to walk away from a body of work that I love, and in particular the refinement and forms I find I can achieve on the wheel seems elusive to my new work. So be it. Change is good. But the thought of a looming exhibition with great potters and me without my A game, well frankly it freaks me out. So i’m hoping to, over the course of the next few months talk a bit about the process i’m going through in developing this new work and going back to the beginning and starting from scratch. So often our new work is simply an evolution or at least a diversion from that which we already make, but to leap completely out of our process, well…it’s an adventure. Anyway, the deadline of this show and the pressure to measure up are going to be helpful to say the least.
So keep your eyes peeled for more info about the upcoming show here and on the many blogs of the participating artists. Should be pretty exciting as things evolve.
Clay and Blogs:Telling a Story
Arts Council of Moore County, Campbell House
Opening reception-October 1st 2010
6 to 8pm
exhibition runs until Oct.29,2010
Meredith Heywood is our most wonderful organizer and the brains and creative mind behind this endeavor. Check out her blog:
http://whynotpotteryblog.blogspot.com/
The following is (i believe) a complete list of the participating artists. If there are more I will update. If there are any problems with the links please let me know, as I’ve been working on this post while also bowing to my toddlers demands to color “tv car” at the same time. Needless to say there is marker on my laptop right now.
http://bulldogpottery.blogspot.com/
http://fromthegrounduppots.blogspot.com/
http://tgraypots.blogspot.com/
http://averypotteryandtileworks.blogspot.com/
http://chrislutherblog.blogspot.com/
http://michaelklinepottery.blogspot.com/
http://tsbroome.blogspot.com/
http://oohmyheck.blogspot.com/
http://ronphilbeckpottery.com/
http://supportyourlocalpotter.blogspot.com/
http://jimgottuso.wordpress.com/
http://fetishghost.blogspot.com/
http://feffakookan.blogspot.com/
http://bumcrane.blogspot.com/
http://joytannerpottery.blogspot.com/
http://anniesingletary.com/
http://powenliu.blogspot.com/
http://carpenterpottery.blogspot.com/
http://potsapalooza.blogspot.com/
http://mountainhousestudios.blogspot.com/
http://henhousepottery.blogspot.com/
http://claygarden.wordpress.com/
http://theponderingpotter.blogspot.com/
http://colepottery.blogspot.com/
http://www.timayerspottery.com/
http://hatchvillepottery.blogspot.com/
http://danfinneganpottery.blogspot.com/
http://bluestarrgallery.blogspot.com/
http://www.patriciagriffinstudio.com/
http://artmakinginthenorth.blogspot.com/
http://garysthirdpotteryblog.blogspot.com/
http://jennifermeccapottery.blogspot.com/
The Effect of the Global Economic Recession on Canada’s Creative Economy in 2009 Cultural Human Resources Council, November 2009.
In this issue: A number of recent reports, using quite different methodologies and with different timing, have examined the effects of the recession on the cultural sector in Canada and elsewhere. The main consensus of these reports appears to be that endowments, foundations and business-related funding sources are probably the hardest hit by the recession.
Full report: http://www.culturalhrc.ca/announcements/2009/PR2009-11-26-e.asp
I’m sure you’ve all been holding your breath in eager anticipation…so here we go:
The artist of the day who will be getting a little Carole Epp piece in the mail is Laura B. Cooper.
Tracey Broome will also be receiving a cup thanks to her comment regarding Jim Gottuso’s work. Congrats to both. In order to receive your prizes you’ll have to email me at [email protected] with your mailing address and then I’ll pop them in the mail for you.
Again many, many thanks to everyone that participated. This blog is what it is thanks to it’s readers.
On a separate, yet interestingly related note – in regards to how small the world really is – a while back I received a lovely email from someone who had purchased some of my work. Seems that they had also purchased some of Laura B Cooper’s work as well (what good taste indeed!) They were kind enough to forward me the following images of our works in their home, which is always so lovely to see. I’m sure you can agree with me that there is no greater joy in making art then knowing that what you have made from your heart and mind is cherished by another. These images made my day.
Well I can think of no better way to ring in the New Year than with some thought provoking ceramics! Today is the official end to the Artist of the Day Month, and I sincerely thank each and every artist who participated. Thank you for generously sharing your work with me and the readers of musing. It has been a glorious month here at musing and here’s to a even better new year!
Today’s featured artist is Julie Lovelace, who I think I should maybe do a show with someday in the future as I think our works speak very similar dialogues, yet through their own individual voices. Julie’s work is meticulous, kitschy, and thought provoking. A great recipe for great ceramic work. Enjoy and all the best for the New Year.
“Artist Statement
The aim of my studio practice is to celebrate the duality of make believe and reality. I find particular interest in working with nostalgic images, as the past is often idealised and revered. My work has a strong ties with the innocence of childhood juxtaposed with current world situations. In the work I contrast the objects (moulded using commercial moulds) with columns and cubes, which act as plinths, giving the objects their individual space to occupy. Later these plinths become canvasses for decoration with layers of glaze, air brushed colour, transfers, and lustres.”
For more info about Julie check out her website and facebook page.
