by Carole Epp | Aug 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
April 30 – May 2, 2010
Contact: Nancy Resler, 530.756.3938
John Natsoulas Gallery
521 First Street, Davis, CA 95616 The annual Ceramics Festival, hosted by the John Natsoulas Center for the Arts enters into its 21st year and continues to bring the leading national and international ceramic artists to Northern California for a weekend of creative instruction and collaboration. This year the conference showcases internationally known sculptors Jack Earl and Richard Notkin. Also, Judith Schwartz, distinguished writer, curator and professor at NYU will be among the presenters. Lectures and hands-on demonstrations will feature Bill Abright, Clayton Bailey, Kelly Connole, Margaret Dodd, David Kuraoka, Michael Lucero, Louis Marak, Kevin Nierman, Justin Novak, John Toki and more! Kevin Nierman, artist, teacher, and founder of the Kids’n Clay Pottery Studio in Berkeley, will also present free hands-on workshops for kids, allowing children of all ages to experiment and interact with clay. Kids’n Clay workshops are scheduled for Saturday, May 2nd, from 12 noon to 3:00 pm. In addition, there will be special workshops for those of all ages sponsored by the Art Science Fusion Program at UC Davis, which features a hands-on interactive workshop integrating clay and science, which will take place at the Davis Commons, Saturday afternoon May 2nd (time tba) Supplementing the ceramics-packed weekend, free exhibitions of burgeoning student art from over 40 colleges and universities will be on display throughout downtown Davis. Local ceramic artists’ work will also be on exhibit at ten other Davis locations. The John Natsoulas Center for the Arts will hold its annual gallery-wide 30 Ceramics Sculptors exhibition in concurrence with the conference. The exhibition will run from April 30 – May 2, 2010. This show was first conceived in 1986, a collaboration between the late Robert Arneson and John Natsoulas, and continues the ceramic traditions made famous by instructors and students of the University of California, Davis Art Department and the University of California at Berkeley. For more up-to-date information, schedules, and conference registration, please visit http://www.natsoulas.com/html/ccaca/index.html.
by Carole Epp | Aug 12, 2009 | Uncategorized
When: 19-27 September 2009 Where: London Design Festival
60 Frith Street
London, W1D 3JJ
020 7734 6444
Visit London Design Festival’s website for all the details and event listings.
Now in its seventh year, the Festival will bring the city to life with a broad variety of design events providing designers, manufacturers, students, consumers, businesses and enthusiasts with an opportunity to meet, exchange ideas and celebrate the diversity of world-class design talent that London offers.
This year’s Festival – supported by the London Development Agency – promises a unique blend of up to 200 events and activities taking place in the capital. The varied programme will include international exhibitions, trade events, local showcases, installations, talks and seminars, product launches, receptions, private views and parties – all reflecting London’s place at the heart of the international design community.
by Carole Epp | Aug 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
Image: Clare Twoney, Monument, 2008
Positioning itself at a moment of change in contemporary ceramic practice Possibilities and Losses exposes contemporary thinking and making in this media. These artists challenge traditional perceptions about clay practice and its relationship to the historic model of craft, they present certain possibilities for clay as a specific media, while at the same time recognizing that change is inevitably at the expense of that which came before.
The exhibition has been curated by mima together with Clare Twomey, an artist at the forefront of practice in this area. Clare Twoney’s work is featured in the exhibition alongside works by Keith Harrison, Linda Sormin and Neil Brownsword.
Major new commissions will be included in the exhibition, in direct response to mima’s gallery spaces. Together they will offer an insight into the experimental large-scale clay work emerging from contemporary, contextually aware, ambitious and material-specific artists.
When: until 16 August 2009Where: mima
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art
Centre Square
Middlesbrough
TS1 2AZ
t: +44 (0) 1642 726 720
f: +44 (0) 1642 726 722
e: [email protected]
Visit mima’s website
by Carole Epp | Aug 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
You should really take a bit of time to got through the Cheongju International Craft Biennial website, especially over the next few months as I’m sure they’ll add more pictures of the events and exhibitions. Canada has it’s own exhibition as we were the invited country this year. The show was curated by Dr. Sandra Alfoldy, editor of ‘Neo-Craft: Modernity and the Crafts’, which if you haven’t read yet, you should. And even better if you ever get the opportunity to hear her speak don’t hesitate, it’s worth it I promise you, oh she’s so lovely and brainsmashingly smart! Anyway…check out the Craft Biennial site, but remember to check back later for more…
82 43 277 2501 3 | www.okcj.org | [email protected]
by Carole Epp | Aug 7, 2009 | Uncategorized
This fine friday morning you should HURRY over to have a look at the gorgeous website of Paterson Industries aka Mariko Paterson. It’s well worth your time. Fantastically subversive work and a great artist statement to boot.
And while you’re at it might I suggest checking out one of her latest initiatives Box Social, a Canadian online gallery and shop. They also have a blog listing all of their real world activities as well if you want to experience the art in person. Like this one:
Have a great friday everyone!
by Carole Epp | Aug 5, 2009 | Uncategorized
Local artist to unveil art exhibition in Historic Clay District On Friday, August 7, local artist Juliana Greaves will be hosting an opening reception for her ceramic art show, “Aerial Pursuit.” The show is scheduled to run in the Historic Clay District’s Squared Gallery from August 5 – 21. The reception will give everyone a chance to meet the artist and discuss her work.
Greaves graduated in 2008 from Emily Carr University in Vancouver with a Visual Arts degree, focusing on ceramics. For the past year, she has been travelling throughout Europe, taking part in residencies in France and Hungary before returning to Medicine Hat to participate in the Medalta International Artists in Residence (MIAIR) program. She will be attending the University of Wales, Cardiff, in the fall to pursue her Masters in Ceramics. Greaves’ work concentrates on quality of line, simplicity of form and the relationships between objects and their environments. Aerial Pursuit is inspired by the bird’s-eye views of the Southern Albertan and Hungarian landscape – particularly fields of crops – which echo her focus on simplicity.
Growing up in Medicine Hat, Greaves says she was surrounded by ceramic objects, yet was completely oblivious to the impact they had on her life. “I guess when you’re raised in a certain environment, you take for granted everything that’s around you.” The simple forms of Medicine Hat’s surrounding landscape, when viewed from above, are dramatic but tend to go largely un-noticed. “It wasn’t until I returned to Medicine Hat for a visit [from Vancouver] that I became aware of how dramatic the scenery is. There is a certain elegance that comes from the prairies that took a long time to reveal itself to me,” she explained.
The Opening Reception for Aerial Pursuit runs from 7:00 – 9:00pm on Friday, August 7. The Medalta International Artists in Residence (MIAIR) program provides artists with the opportunity to pursue their work in a unique historic setting – Medicine Hat’s Historic Clay District – which tells the story of early western Canadian industry. The residency concept gives ceramic artists the opportunity to re-enter a community atmosphere and explore new artistic directions. MIAIR has brought international attention to the city and continues its rich clay tradition through contemporary ceramics.For more information contact: Quentin Randall – Marketing and Fundraising Coordinator – Historic Clay District – 403.529.1070 – [email protected] – www.medalta.orgAlso Check out Juliana’s website for more of her great work. (* via press release)
