by Carole Epp | Feb 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
Rory MacDonald Workshop
Mold making, slip casting, & working with coloured slips
Sponsored by the Moose Jaw Pottery Club
Demonstrations, artist talk, and hands-on with slip casting
June 6 & 7, 2009
Rory MacDonald is currently Assistant Professor of Ceramics at the University of Regina. MacDonald’s work in ceramics explores the history of industrial ceramic production techniques. He is interested in the role of ceramics within the practice of design and art concentrating on the development of new public audiences and spaces for contemporary ceramics. Central to his current research is the exploration of the concept of public craft. MacDonald’s current work explores site-specific firing and new techniques for glaze applications to architecture. He is the 2007 winner of the Winifred Shantz Award for emerging ceramics in Canada.
Cost: 65.00 members/80.00 nonmembers
To register, please mail a cheque that includes a contact email and/or phone
number so we can confirm your registration when we receive your cheque.
The cheque, made out to Moose Jaw Pottery Club, can be mailed to:
Moose Jaw Pottery Club
741 7th Ave. S.E.
Moose Jaw, SK
S6H 6B1
For more information contact: [email protected]
by Carole Epp | Feb 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
Not that I’m a sentimental person when holidays like Valentines roll around, but I thought I would take this opportunity – since the holiday is about showing your appreciation for others – to say thanks to everyone that’s been reading the blog and helping to make this community what it is. Thanks to everyone for all of the great emails, for sharing your work and ideas. I have such fun putting the blog together and its thanks to the great readers.
So cheers and I hope you have a great valentine’s day with your loved ones.
In the spirit of the day here’s some of Rae Dunn‘s lovely pieces.
You can find them at her etsy shop here.
by Carole Epp | Feb 11, 2009 | Uncategorized
Call for Submissions for Vantage Point, a Exhibition-in-Print curated by PAUL BUTLER
Deadline March 22
Artists of any age and discipline, from any country in the world, are invited to submit in response to our curatorial theme. Paul Butler is a Winnipeg-based artist, curator and dealer with an interest in multidisciplinary, social and alternative pedagogical practices (http://www.theotherpaulbutler.com/). Paul’s oeuvre includes The Collage Party, The Other Gallery and the Upper Trading Post. Paul has exhibited at locations including: MOCA, LA; White Columns, NYC and Sparwasser HQ, Berlin. Curatorial projects have included artists Matthew Higgs, Mitzi Pederson, DearRaindrop and Guy Maddin. 30 selected artists will be published along with a selection of Paul’s work and collaborations with other artists. To be launched in June 2009, this project is unique in the scope of it’s inclusiveness, and in the overall aim to create open dialogue in visual arts through art publications.
The curatorial theme developed by Paul is in keeping with his own collaborative multi-disciplinary and social intervention-based art practice. Artists may submit up to 3 works in response to the concept: “Community and Collaboration as a Form of Pedagogy”. For submission and further definition to to: www.VantageArtProjects.com/current_submissions.html. All submissions will be blind-juried and a submission fee is required. Vantage Art Projects supports the contemporary arts through a commitment to providing parallel opportunities for artists, and connecting art enthusiasts and collectors with exciting new talent. The scope of our projects includes: Vantage Exhibitions, Vantage Art Press and Vantage Editions. For further information email [email protected].
by Carole Epp | Feb 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
From Here to There in One Piece, How to Pack Fine Craft for Transport
Monday, February 23, 2009, 7 pm
SCC Gallery, 813 Broadway Avenue, Saskatoon
Presented by Leslie Potter and Judy Haraldson, SCC Exhibitions & Education Coordinators
To register: Contact Leslie or Judy at 1.866.653.3616 ext. 25 or [email protected].
Workshop Fee: $10 for SCC members / $20 for non-members
Payments can be made to Amanda at 866.653.3616 ext 0 or in person at the SCC Office.
Check out the SCC website for more details
by Carole Epp | Feb 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
SERES’09 ‘I. International Ceramic, Glass, Enamel, Glaze and Pigment Congress’
aims to bring academicians, artists, designers in the fields of ceramic, glass, enamel, glaze, pigment and cement and people of regarded industries together, supplying them suitable arena for sharing knowledge and experiences and for determining possible future collaborations with its wide range of coverage. SERES’09 will be held on the 12-14th of October 2009 in Anadolu University, Yunusemre Campus, Congress Centre, Eskisehir. During Congress Internationally Judged Ceramic and Glass Art exhibitions will be organised. Additionally, if supported by the European Ceramic Society, School and Workshop on Microscopy of Ceramics will be held on the 8-13th of October 2009.The official language of SERES’09 is English and the Congress will cover the following subject:§ Ceramic, glass, glaze, enamel and pigment raw materials§ Glazes and pigments in ceramic industry§ Ceramic, glass, glaze, enamel and pigment production processes§ Latest developments in ceramics, glasses, glazes, enamels and pigments§ Waste evaluations in ceramics, glasses, glazes and pigments§ Glass-ceramics§ Tiles and bricks§ Cement and concrete§ Ceramics, glasses, glazes, pigments and coro plastics in Archeology § Ceramic arts and history§ Decorations§ Ceramics, glasses and enamels in Architecture§ Designs§ Archeometry§ Quality control§ Environmental issues§ Other related subjects to conventional ceramics, glasses, enamels, glazes and pigments.
Please contact them throught their website for more information about participation, attendence and exhibitions.
by Carole Epp | Feb 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
