by Carole Epp | Dec 18, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Radcliffe Trust provides small grants in support of Crafts and Music, particularly in the field of Classical music. Crafts are broadly defined, including building conservation skills, rural skills and traditional creative craft skills. In the area of crafts the main objective is the support of craft training among young people both at apprenticeship and postgraduate levels. For other craft grants the Trustees’ main objective is to achieve a standard of excellence in crafts related particularly to conservation. * apprenticeships * bursaries * conservation skills and projects * rural skills and projects * creative craft skills and projects * miscellaneous The majority of grants awarded are for amounts between £1,000 – £5,000.During the year 2008 grants totaling £282,355 were made by the Trust. Craft Deadline: April 30th for June meeting; August 31st for November meeting. More information and guidelines at: www.theradcliffetrust.org
by Carole Epp | Dec 18, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST) makes awards ranging up to £15,000 to craftsmen and women of all ages to help them further their careers. Since 1991 the Trust has awarded £1.35 million to 208 craftspeople aged between 17 and 50 plus for study, training and work experience.
QEST was established in 1990 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Royal Warrant Holders Association and the 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. There is no age limit. But you need to demonstrate you already have a high level of skill and are firmly committed to your craft or trade.
Deadline: 8 January 2010
Source: VAN News
by Carole Epp | Dec 18, 2009 | Uncategorized
Ruth Chambers,
Giardino Segreto (detail), 2002 (Photo: Don Hall)
Looks to be a great issue full of ceramics:Articles
- A Case Study of the Kayak Man: How Do We Think about Objects in Craft Collections by Alena Buis
- Ruth Chambers : the Alchemical Mind by Virginia Eichhorn
- Espace Verre : a Really Well-Filled Twenty-Five Years by Léopold L. Foulem
- Eric Tardif: a Divergent Perspective on Wood Carving in Quebec by Barbara Weiser
Reviews
- Le voyage de l’âne harpiste: Appropriating Tradition by Marika Nelson
- Maurice Savoie: Art, architecture, industrie by Susan Surette
- Léopold L. Foulem: Reccuperation by Gail Vanstone
- Goyer-Bonneau: a Signature Style by Caroline Thibault
- Savaria: the Force of Fire by Annie Depont & Gilles Matte
- SOFA Event by Valérie Côté
Check the website for subscription info.
Don’t forget they are also looking for submissions – see the link here.
by Carole Epp | Dec 18, 2009 | Uncategorized
I’m sure not many of you are strangers to the amazing Vicki Hardin and her tireless work for our ceramics community. If you are, do make sure to check out the links posted further down. Vicki has some of the best ceramic resources out there, and to boot her studio work is incredible too! Not sure how she finds the time…Enjoy.
Bio
Vicki Hardin, an established clay artist, has worked in clay for 30 years producing raku and pit fired pottery, garnering national and regional attention and praise for her work. She has shown throughout the southwest region, extensively in Texas, where she maintains her studio, Clay Art Pottery, home and family. Her pottery is currently on view at Show of Hands Gallery in Philadelphia and at her studio. In 1984 she established Clay Art Pottery at the Chicken Farm Art Center in San Angelo, where she continues to maintain a studio and gallery space. Her site is available at VickiHardin.com. She hosts the ClayArtWebGuide, an internet website and resource to those interested in clay, and the Kiln God National Ceramic Exhibition.
Artists Statement
Handbuilding is my passion. My work reflects my appreciation of the old, ancient works of a world that has moved on. The hand-built vessels are poised on a balance between primitive simplicity and grace, which I have often explored to free myself from a production ethic. Firing with alternative processes are my interest. This particular work is hand built and then bon fired. Website: VickiHardin.com
ClayArtWebGuide.com
and KilnGodNational.com[email protected]
by Carole Epp | Dec 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
Today’s post is so full of images I’m almost speechless. Well I’m actually a bit speechless at the impact of this work. When I read Leo’s email stating that this “work was about memorialization and a bit of politics of the time”, well the impact was even greater. There is a monumental overtone of sadness and unease – yet also rest, a sense of paying homage and an unsettling edge to this work. I only wish I could see it in the flesh as I’m sure it would be even more amazing. This work is from a show Leo had at the Jam Factory in Adelaide,South Australia in 2007, and a bronze sculpture on the beach from a few years earlier.
A bit of background about LEO NEUHOFER:
Education
2004 Bachelor of Visual Arts, Honours, University of SA, Underdale Campus
1987 Life drawing, Central School of Art, SA
1976 School of Art, University of SA Bachelor of Visual Arts
Professional Development
2000-2001 Residency – University of SA Ceramic Studio
2000 Residency- JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design Ceramic Studio
1987 JamFactory Workshops
1987 Member of Central Studio Collective
1979 – 1986 Thrower, Bennett’s Magill Pottery Workshops
1978 Wood Sculpture, ST Antonin Noble Val, France
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2007 Connections, Jam Factory Contemporary Craft and Design, Adelaide, SA
2001 Translations, JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design, Adelaide, SA
1996 Greenaway Gallery, Kenttown, SA Untitled
1994 Gargantuan Prospect Gallery, Prospect, SA
1993 Soulfairing Festival Theatre Foyer, Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, SA
1992 Prospect Gallery Studio, Prospect, SA Untitled
1992 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Richmond Vic Untitled
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007 SA Ceramic Award ,Central Gallery, Norwood, SA
2006 Collectanea, South Australia Museum, Adelaide, SA
2005 Crockery, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
2005 SA Ceramic Award, Central Gallery, Norwood, SA
2004 The Last Picture Show, N Gallery Uni SA Graduation Show, Underdale, SA
2002 Summer Group Show, Haeciety Art Gallery, Melbourne VIC
2001 SA Ceramic Award, Central Gallery, Norwood, SA
2001 10 years of Jamboree, JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design, Adelaide, SA
2001 Blanc, Artspace Festival Centre, Adelaide, SA
2001 Odyssey, Adelaide, Hindley St,.SA
2001 Jamboree Clay JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design, Adelaide, SA
2000 19th National Craft Acquisition Award, Darwin, NT
Collections
Art Gallery of South Australia, SA
City of Salisbury, SA
City of Prospect, SA
South Australian Cricket Association, SA
Artbank, NSW
City of Tea Tree Gully, SA Commissions City of Holdfast Shores, SA
City of Salisbury, SA
SA Orange Lane Market, SA
Australia Remembers – City of Prospect, SA Awards
South Australian Ceramic Award 2005
Publications
“Forms into New Bodies”, Christine Nicholls,
World Sculpture News vol; 14 no.2 spring 2008
Ceramics Art and Perception issue 61 Sept 2005
SA Ceramic Award 2001, 2005, 2007
Gold Coast Ceramic Award 1998
by Carole Epp | Dec 16, 2009 | Uncategorized
There are a few good reasons why I’m looking into applying for a residency at Medalta International AIR program; one of the reasons however is unrelated to making any of my own work (or maybe not) – it’s to go and meet today’s artist. I’m completely taken by Aaron’s work and the translucency of the clay body he’s developed. (yes he developed it, you can’t buy it in a store…sadness) Maybe if I get to go to Medicine Hat, i’ll find a way to get my hands on the recipe – as I reckon it’s got my beloved Southern Ice Porcelain beat….
About the Artist
“Inspired by the translucent nature of porcelain and the deep rich colours of his glazes, Aaron Nelson creates unique designs that are influenced by traditional Asian aesthetics as well as modern European design.
Currently Aaron is working with experimental, highly translucent soft paste porcelain that matures at an extremely low temperature. His interest in this new material, for which there are few historical precedents, grows out of a concern for the environment and reducing the carbon footprint of his practice. With his new porcelain body, he is able to marry the gesture, spontaneity and aesthetics of hand-thrown ceramics with material a generally associated with industrial ceramics. He is intrigued by the capacity of ceramics to engage global ideas that are both ethical and technological in nature.
After previous studio practices in Victoria, Chicago, Vancouver and Montana, Aaron Nelson is currently the Artistic Director of the Shaw International Centre for Contemporary Ceramics in Medicine Hat, Alberta. Aaron has taught in Canada and the US.”
You can contact Aaron about his amazing work or about the Medalta International Artists in Residence through their website www.medalta.org
or
Aaron Nelson
Artistic Director
e. [email protected]
(oh and keep yours eyes peeled for info about the Medalta AIR, i’ll be posting the 2010 info very soon…)
About the Artist
