by Carole Epp | Aug 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
You
fell in love with ceramics as a hobby, spent years honing you skills
and now you are ready to build your own successful ceramics business.
It’s easy
to build a successful ceramics business in the beginning. There are few
barriers to entry, startup expenses are modest and you can often sell
your work with little initial effort. The problems begin when your
friends and family have exhausted their immediate need for pottery.
Running a
profitable pottery business requires both sound business skills and a
high-quality, desirable product line. You have to understand what makes
your products unique, and create a plan for creating and selling them at
scale. This three-day live online workshop is designed to help you
build a successful business designing, producing and selling ceramics.
We have
brought together three successful ceramic artists to give you an inside
look at how they built their businesses. They will share some of the
insights and strategies that made them successful, and answer any
questions you have about building your own ceramics business. The
program will include one-hour live streamed sessions with Lisa Jones of
Pigeontoe Ceramics, Peter Sheldon + Ellen Woglom of
Sheldon Ceramics and Lorna Meaden of
Lorna Meaden Pottery.
Here are some of the topics we will explore:
– Honing your style and designing products that sell
– Developing a retail business & selling wholesale
– Building a brand & getting press for your work
– Building an audience & selling ceramics online
– Social media for ceramic artists
– Selling in galleries
by Carole Epp | Aug 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
Deadline: October 15, 2016
This call for proposals is open to professional artists/craftspersons
from the province of Quebec, from Canada and from abroad, whose
practice is tied to fine crafts through the techniques or material they
use. Their works must emerge from significant research and go beyond the
traditional functions of the objects. Materia also invites exhibition
curators and organisations to submit innovating projects devoted to the
advancement of fine crafts.
> About Materia
Content of the proposal for Artists/Craftspersons
- Project description (500 words max.)
- Artistic approach (250 words max.)
- Recent resume (3 pages max.)
- A visual file including 5 to 10 good-quality recent images (2300-pixel wide min.)
- A descriptive list of the images (title, date, material, dimensions, photo credit for each piece)
- Any other relevant document (examples: sketch, technical specifications, press review)
Content of the proposal for Exhibition curators/Organisations
- Project description (500 words max.)
- Resume of the curator or the organisation (3 pages max.)
- Resume of the artists/craftspersons (3 pages max.)
- A visual file including about 3 images of recent works by each participating artist (2300-pixel wide min.)
- A descriptive list of the images (title, date, material, dimensions, photo credit for each piece)
- Any other relevant document (examples: sketch, technical specifications, press review)
General Information
Clearly identify the category in which you belong: emerging artist,
mid-career artist, established artist, exhibition curator or
organisation.
Send your proposal by email no later than October 15, 2016, 11:59 p.m., at [email protected].
You will receive an email confirming that your proposal has been
successfully submitted. Incomplete proposals or submissions after the
deadline will be discarded.
Virtual tour of the exhibition space
Plan of the exhibition space
Selection criteria
- Technical mastery
- Innovation
- Artistic approach
- Project originality
- Project relevance
Information: Ève Préfontaine, Coordinator, 418 524-0354 ext. 249
by Carole Epp | Jul 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
July 23, 2016 to December 4, 2016
Curator: Sandra Alfoldy
Clay Bodies I is the first of two exhibitions which explore
the complex relationship between clay and bodies, both figurative and
geographical. In this exhibition, clay and its relationship to the human
body is explored through a number of works. These pieces have been
chosen to represent the different ways in which the body can be
expressed through ceramics.
Examples by artists Teresa Bergen, Shary Boyle, Allison Britton,
Michael Flynn, Alma and Ernst Lorenzen, Walter Ostrom, Krystyna Sadowska
and Konrad Sadowski, and Brother Thomas point towards a deeper
understanding of the relationship between the medium of clay and the
body.
www.artgalleryofnovascotia.ca/exhibitions/clay-bodies
by Carole Epp | Jul 25, 2016 | Uncategorized

The Australian Design Centre invites you to attend the opening of our new exhibition
Clay Intersections.
Curated by Cath Fogarty, Clay Intersections presents the work of eight contemporary artists exploring varied approaches to making and working with clay.
Clay Intersections
Thursday 28 July, 6 – 8pm
101-115 William Street, Darlinghurst 2010
The exhibition will be opened by special guest Roderick Bamford, Senior Lecturer, School of Design Studies, UNSW Art & Design.
Guests will be treated to complimentary drinks on arrival.
Exhibition dates: 28 July to 21 September 2016