Ayumi Horie is a
potter, maker, and activist living and working in Portland, Maine. She
is also a social media innovator in the craft world and the curator of
the popular Instagram feed Pots In Action (@potsinaction).Recently, as a
recipient of the United States Artist Fellowship, she has turned her attention to learning and including digital and industrial processes in her work.
Australian
ceramics donated for auction to raise $ for charities helping the
people of Aleppo and Syria. DM to donate a piece or bid in comments.
Earthlings is an exhibition of visionary ceramic sculpture and works
on paper, produced both individually and collaboratively, by seven
contemporary artists. Otherworldly, surreal, magically figurative, and
underpinned by complex narratives, the works in this exhibition are the
products of a range of deeply personal practices that are informed by
idiosyncratic realities and myths, real and imagined spaces, sensuality,
and spirituality.
Ashoona (Cape Dorset), Boyle (Toronto), and the ceramic artists of
Matchbox studio in Rankin Inlet share a handcrafted, intuitive approach
to transformative imagery that is as sympathetic as it is culturally
distinct. The exhibition will feature recent and landmark works by each
artist as well as collaborative explorations, including sculptures
produced in September 2016 by Pierre Aupilardjuk, Shary Boyle, and John
Kurok while in residence at the extraordinary Medalta in Medicine Hat.
eskerfoundation.com
calgaryherald.com/entertainment/local-arts/earthlings-seven-artists-bridge-north-and-south-with-group-exhibition
I just wanted to take a minute to say a huge thank you to Pottery Making Info!
What an honor to be named top blog of 2016 : )
(insert 20 minute long happy dance in my kitchen here)
And I was also recently listed as the third best in a list of 40 Ceramic Websites and Blogs on the Web by Feedspot.
It’s a honor to play a role in this community, to participate, to engage, to learn, and to be inspired by each of you. Thanks to all my readers. Seriously. It makes my year that little old me from Saskatoon can play a part in this international community of makers. You all give so much, inspire so many. I’m just thankful to be along for the ride.
xoxox
Carole
From their call: Blue Line Arts is proud to present Off Center, a
brand new international ceramic art competition for 2017. This year, we
are honored to have such illustrious ceramic artists, Sandra Simon and
Robert Brady, as our judges. Since the first ceramics were created, like
Venus of Dolní Věstonice, before 25,000 BCE and pottery vessels that
were discovered in Jiangxi, China, which date back to 18,000 BC, people
have been fascinated with clay. Here is your opportunity to show what
your vision is in ceramics.
Awards: First Place: $1000., Second Place: $750.,
Third Place: $500., Curator’s Choice: A solo exhibition, to take place
in our Westpark Workshop Gallery in 2018, will be given to one
participating artist.
Eligibility:
1) Off Center is open to all ceramic artists worldwide.
2) Artists may submit up to three (3) entries that are original pieces
and are made up of at least 80% clay as the primary medium. Three (3)
Images (views – front, back, top) per ENTRY may be submitted.
3) Size limitations: Pieces must be able to enter through doors with
clear entry of 94″ h X 91″ w inches. Please have mercy on us and do not
submit pieces that are over 60 pounds.
4) We have 10 foot ceilings in the gallery.
5) Submission of all works must be done online via EntryThingy. Click on
the “Call For Artists” button on the Blue Line Arts website and you
will be taken automatically to the EntryThingy sign-in.
6) All works submitted must have been created after January 2014
Prospectus for more detailed information: http://www.bluelinearts.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Prospectus_Off-Center.pdf
Website: http://www.bluelinearts.org/
About: The Non-Profit Organization Blue Line Arts is an active South
Placer community resource established over 45 years ago to promote the
arts. Blue Line Arts showcases the works of regional and national
artists, and offers flexible exhibition space suitable for small musical
performances, lectures, parties, and demonstrations. A special
Childrens Gallery provides a dedicated location for children’s programs.
Blue Line Arts, 405 Vernon Street, Suite 100, Roseville, California
I wouldn’t really classify myself as a PRO at anything. I’m stumbling through my life and career trying to figure things out as I go so I find it interesting when others ask to interview me as though I had some type of a system sorted out or special behind the scenes knowledge. The more I know, the more I realize how little I actually know about all things art and career related. But heck I love listening to others talk about the ins and outs of their careers so maybe you’ll like to have a listen to me talk about mine : )
Huge thanks to Jessica Watchorn for the interview it was super fun!
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