by Carole Epp | Oct 18, 2008 | Uncategorized
Don’t forget that NOV 7th is the deadline for Emerging Artist Nominations.
And for the students out there: NOV 17th is the deadline for the 2009 Regina Brown Undergraduate Student Fellowship Nominations and the 2009 NCECA Graduate Student Fellowhip.
NOV 17th is also the deadline for exhibition proposals for the 2010 conference in Philadelphia.
If you haven’t heard yet, NCECA has updated their website, you should take a minute to check it out, it’s a definite improvement and full of pictures too!
by Carole Epp | Oct 16, 2008 | Uncategorized
Well today is blog action day and I’m sadly finding myself at the last minute making a post, is it better late than never? If you don’t know about blog action day please check out their website. Basic idea is to unite bloggers all over the world once a year to discuss a certain topic, create awareness and dialogue, and hopefully action and change. Over the day I’ve been trying to think about this year’s topic in relation to ceramics – a stretch i know, but I try to keep the blog ceramic related. I shouldn’t have bothered though as the topic needs not, and benefits little from being trivialized. I am a very lucky person that I have the means and the skills to live my dream as an artist as I’m aware that there are so many that struggle each and every day just to survive. Reminding myself of that means that I will winge less on the days I don’t get into the studio, or when the kiln is an utter disaster. I’m not going to go on a political rant or commentary in this post. I don’t want to trivialize the struggles and the pain. But am writing a post, bringing the issue to the table as a simple reminder to me, and maybe to you as well of the blessings in our lives. My list is long, longer than I deserve. I hope you as well are blessed, with family, health, freedom, creativity, hope and happiness. I am taking a moment today to think about poverty, the miriade of interconnected issues that cause it and my role and responsibility to help in anyway I can.
Best wishes to all.
by Carole Epp | Oct 13, 2008 | Uncategorized
Application Deadline: 5:00 pm, November 30th, 2008 (local time).
Award winners will be announced January 1, 2009.
For over 30 years, the One of a Kind Show has been helping artists and craftspeople from across the country to make a living out of their passion. We know it can be a challenging thing to do, especially in the early stages of a career. And we want to do more to help!
The One of a Kind Show is excited to introduce a brand new awards program to help develop the careers of emerging artists and craftspeople. The awards are presented in partnership with the Crafts Association of British Columbia (CABC), the Gardiner Museum of Ceramics , the Harbourfront Centre Craft Department , the Ontario Crafts Council (OCC) , and the Textile Museum of Canada .
There are five awards:
The One of a Kind Award for Excellence in Craft (Eastern Canada), presented by the Ontario Crafts Council
The One of a Kind Award for Excellence in Craft (Western Canada), presented by the Crafts Association of British Columbia
The One of a Kind Award for Excellence in Ceramics, presented by the Gardiner Museum
The One of a Kind Award for Excellence in Glass, presented by the Harbourfront Centre Craft Department
The One of a Kind Award for Excellence in Textiles, presented by the Textile Museum of Canada
For more information on the awards, eligibility etc check out the full call for submission at akimbo.
For more details on the application process, go to the One of a kind website.
Questions? Contact Heather Read by email at [email protected] , or by phone at 416 960-4511.
by Carole Epp | Oct 13, 2008 | Uncategorized
Launching new e-journal on artaxis.org
Category: Call for Papers
Posted by: artaxis
Deadline: 11/15/08
artaxis.org announces the inauguration of an electronic Journal of criticism and theory at www.artaxis.org. The first issue will be reviewed by abstracts and the subsequently chosen will appear as full length articles in March 2009. The e-journal will be a thematic based journal published annually. Its articles will focus on art produced across the globe, from antiquity to the present/future.
The first edition seeks scholarly research, exhibition reviews, artist statements, or theoretical essays regarding kitsch and its re-emergence into the ceramic sphere.
Submit abstracts for the following:
-feature articles (1500-3000 words)-exhibition reviews (1000-3000 words)-artist statements (1000-2000 words)
Abstracts should be between 150-200 words and should include 3-5 representative images.Abstract submission should be sent as Microsoft Word documents or as pdf’s.
Email Editor at [email protected] with abstracts and questions.
Deadline for Abstracts: November 15, 2008.
Notification by December 15, 2008.
Final copy deadline: February 5, 2009.
artaxis.org permits fair use of the images and text on this site. “Fair use” can include using the images for noncommercial, educational purposes. Any use beyond “fair use” is prohibited.
by Carole Epp | Oct 13, 2008 | Uncategorized
FOSHAN CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
Competition / Exhibition / Seminar / Tour
Guangzhou China
Deadline Oct 31st
Jurors –
Ronald Andrew Kuchta – editor of American Ceramics Magazine
Huining Tong – professor of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, College of Design.
For more info contact:
Wenzhi Zhang
[email protected]
Phone: 011 8620 3425 9051
by Carole Epp | Oct 7, 2008 | Uncategorized
Well I’ve just arrived back home from 1000 Miles Apart, which is a ceramics conference held each year in Canada at one of the Western Canadian universities or art colleges that have ceramic programs (University of Regina, University of Winnipeg, Red Deer College, Alberta College of Art and Design, and sometimes Emily Carr). Needless to say I’m still buzzing from all the events of the weekend, the talks, the artwork, all the fantastic people, the challenging ideas and conversations about craft and ceramics, the good food and great company. I’m a junkie for ceramics conferences though. I can’t get enough. I mean I work alone in the studio normally (productive? yes, quiet? yes, lonely? sometimes) and so to have the opportunity to get out and spend time surrounded by other great makers, getting inspired by their work, ideas and techniques always feeds my practice for the next few months. Thanks so much to everyone who worked so hard to bring it all together (Darcy you especially rock!) and to everyone who traveled so far to be there – North Dakota so nice of you guys to make the trip! See you all next year if not sooner.
