by Carole Epp | Oct 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
We all know that being an artist is an incredibly rewarding job but it’s also a lot of grueling hours and hard work. One of the most successful ways in which we as artists can help educate the buying public about the value of handmade objects is to share our stories and our processes with them.
Make and Do and National Clay Week want to share these unique stories and processes with the world. We’re asking you to share with us little peeks inside your studio to help share the “behind the scenes” of what goes into each mug, bowl, sculpture, and work of art.
It’s easy to participate:
Step one – go to work on Monday morning (October 10th)
Step two – take a picture of what you’re working on in the studio that day.
Step three – tag it with #mondaymorningmaker and @nationalclayweek and @make_and_do_ceramics
Step four – upload it to your instagram account.
The rest is up to us!
So sit back and follow @make_and_do_ceramics to see into the studios of artists around the world.
Some submissions will also be shared on @potsinaction on Monday so send us your best photos.
And as always please help us spread the word by sharing this post. Maybe even send it to a few artists who you’ve been dying to see what they’ve been up to!
Thanks
xoxo
Carole + make & do members: Mariko Paterson, April Gates, Krystal Speck, Lesley McInally, Marney McDiarmid, Heather Braun-Dahl, Robin Dupont, Cathy Terepocki, Shane Weaver, Russell Hackney, Sarah Pike, Jenna Stanton, Katy Drijber
by Carole Epp | Sep 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
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| Maureen Marcotte |
175
Third Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario
Opening/Vernissage:
Friday, November 11, 6-9pm
Saturday,
November 12 and Sunday, November 13, 10am-5pm
If BBC’s reality TV show The Great Pottery Throwdown, high-profile
art competitions like RBC’s Emerging
Artist Peoples Choice Awards, and numerous prestigious international
ceramics competitions are any indication, clay is now being acknowledged as a valued
contemporary medium that is increasingly popular with artists, audiences and
collectors. Ceramic work has spread its wings and is catching some well-deserved
limelight! The ceramic world has become…well…something akin to sexy!
But this is something that the members of
260 Fingers have known for decades, and celebrating high-calibre ceramic work
is the reason this speacial exhibition and sale was established 12 years ago. This
November 11-13th, the twenty-six ceramic artists and potters of 260
Fingers 2016 will congregate at Ottawa’s Glebe Community Centre for their
annual exhibition and sale of some of the most inspiring and diverse ceramic
work from Ontario and western Quebec. The breadth and caliber of this show is recognized
as unique in the province and features work from functional to sculptural,
wood-fired to electric-fired, from formal, to functional, to highly decorative.
The event features numerous award-winning
artists with international followings. This past
summer, among the 100 participating artists in the prestigious Biennial of
Ceramics in Taiwan, six were from Canada. Four of these six were our own 260
Fingers artists: Lisa Creskey, Paula Murray, Reid Flock, and Cynthia O’Brien
who travelled to Taiwan for the exhibition. Others have participated in
national and international residencies over the last few years. Still others have
had significant exhibitions locally and internationally. Each of the artists
views 260 Fingers as a welcome opportunity to present their newest and in many
cases, most daring or challenging work.
Each year new guests are invited to
participate to help keep 260 Fingers fresh.
This year’s guests are Toronto potters Chiho Tokita, Loren Kaplan, Jeannie
Pappas and Heather Smit as well as Quebec artists Don Goddard and Marianne
Chenard.
On Friday, November 11, from 6-9pm, the
gorgeous, domed atrium of the Glebe Community Centre will open its doors to
visitors eager to be among the first to view and purchase this year’s new work.
The vernissage is open to everyone and is truly a festive celebration of
ceramic work complete with music, food, drink and lively conversation. The show continues Saturday, November 12 and
Sunday, November 13 from 10am – 5pm. Artists will be present all weekend. Tours
of the show are each afternoon at 2pm and offer an opportunity to hear about
each artist’s unique work and processes and to ask any questions you may have
about their work and studio practice.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/260fingers
