Janet DeBoos: A Survey

by | May 21, 2015 | Uncategorized

Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre is honoured to be presenting, Janet DeBoos: A Survey. A survey exhibition of Deboos’ work from the 1960s to 2015 guest curated by Peter Haynes and a major component of Stepping Up.

Exhibition opening: Thursday 28 May 2015, 6pm.
Where: Craft ACT: Craft & Design Centre, Level 1 North Building, 180 London Circuit, Canberra.

Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre invite the public to a series of
associated talks in conjunction with the exhibition. In particular, we
invite curators – new and established alike – to Peter’s talk, Evolution
of an exhibition: Peter Haynes on curating, being a perfect opportunity
to build on knowledge and gain valuable insights into curatorial
processes.

 

Evolution of an exhibition: Peter Haynes on curating

When: Friday 29 May, 4.00pm – 5.00pm
Where: Craft ACT Gallery
Cost: FREE
Guest-curator, Peter Haynes, one of Australia’s highly-acclaimed
curators and commentators of Australian ceramics, will share his
knowledge and expertise in an informal talk on the evolution of an
exhibition – from the background of curating a major exhibition to its
final execution. With over 35 years’ experience in curating, writing and
arts administration, Peter will provide unique insights into the
exhibition.

Janet DeBoos artist floor talk

When: Thursday 11 June, 2.00pm – 3.00pm
Where: Craft ACT Gallery
Cost: FREE
Iconic Canberra ceramicist and internationally renowned artist, Janet
DeBoos will present a floor talk in the Craft ACT Gallery, enlightening
visitors on the scope of her artistic production and career of over
fifty years.

For further information on the exhibition and public program visit the website.
Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre, Level 1 North Building, 180 London Circuit
Canberra City, PO Box 992. Civic Square ACT 2608. Ph: 02 6262 9333
www.craftact.org.au 

Upcoming workshops: Melbourne, Canberra, Prince George

by | May 19, 2015 | Uncategorized

I’ve got a busy few months ahead of me, 
and I’d love to see you out at these events if they are in your part of the world. 
I’ll be demonstrating alongside some amazing artists. 
I can’t wait to learn as well : )

SURFING the SURFACE: 
Ceramic workshop with Ben Carter (US) and Carole Epp (Canada)
@ Slow Clay Centre 

Globe-trotting contemporary ceramic artists Ben Carter and Carole Epp
deliver a one-day workshop that will inform you of the rich variety of
surface decoration approaches that they use in their individual
practises. Whilst demonstrating their techniques they will also discuss
their different blogs (Musing about Mud) and podcasts (Tales of the Red
Clay Rambler) and the way they utitlise the possibilities of the
internet and social media to engage new audiences.

This workshop will inspire you to approach your surfaces with rich
variety and also be inspired to see the inherent possibilities of the
internet and social media to expand your reach thereby making your
practice more sustainable.

Content will cover: Each artist will give a presentation about the
development of their work and career, discussing their achievements and
their use of blogs, podcasts and social media. They will then
demonstrate their unique surface techniques which will include
variations of slip and engobe deocration, sgraffito, underglaze colour,
burnishing and Ben and Carole’s individual developments in the surfaces
they use. There will be scope for deep discussion and enagagment with
these two well-known and highly respected artists. All welcome!

When: Sunday 19 July, 2015, 10am – 4pm
Where: Slow Clay Centre, 13 Keele St, Collingwood
Cost: $265 ($245 early-bird price until 1 June) Bookings are essential due to limited places.

Find out more or sign up here!

Winter
School 13-15 July
Form and
Surface with Carole Epp and Ben Carter
@ Canberra Potters Society

Focus will be on developing rich surfaces for both
functional and sculptural ceramics. Participants
will learn a variety of surface-design methods
including slip decorating, sgraffito, underglaze
painting, resist painting, mishima, and layering
stains. During the workshop we will discuss
aesthetic issues (i.e. proportions, color theory,
etc.), making strong functional pottery forms, using
metaphor and story telling as a basis for sculpture,
and creative problem solving in the studio.
Additional discussions of marketing, social media
and the changing landscape of contemporary craft
will leave the workshop attendees recharged,
rejuvenated and ready to grow in their own studio
practice.

Here’s the details: www.canberrapotters.com.au/c_workshops.html

NORTHERN BC CLAYFEST
with Brendan Tang, Cathi Jefferson, 
Bill Reddick and Carole Epp

August 7th-9th, 2015

Join us in Prince George for our fourth Northern BC Clayfest! This
exciting event will offer you the opportunity to learn about advanced
clay techniques. You will have the opportunity to network with your
fellow artists, and meet our exciting workshop presenters. We are
hosting four nationally acclaimed clay artists who will present two days
of techniques. Presenters will also provide a 45 minute slide or video
along with their hands-on techniques for the benefit of the
participants.
This year Prince George is celebrating its 100th birthday, and the
University of Northern BC is celebrating is 25th anniversary, so we will
helping to commemorate these special occasions with our events.

Full details here

Potters Retreat with Ben Carter, Chandra Debuse and Kathy King

by | May 19, 2015 | Uncategorized

June 10-13th, 2015
 
The
Mary Anderson Center for the Arts is excited to host our second
Potters’ Retreat.  This June our presenters will be Ben Carter, Chandra
DeBuse and Kathy King. 
Come to the beautiful
grounds of Mt. St. Francis for this amazing three day workshop
experience. Not only will each artist work independently, but the three
will work together, interacting and exchanging stories and insights into
their lives as working artists. This workshop is designed to be a true
retreat, set on the 450 acres grounds, you will be recharged by the
community of fellow artists and the land around you. Meals will be
provided on site by the Mount’s two professional chefs and rooms are
available on site. Come and experience this fantastic retreat.
This demonstration only workshop
will showcase each artists’ work, focusing on their approach to the
surface and decoration. The intimate and personal talks with each artist
will give insight into their process and the unique approach each of
them take to their work.

Ben Carter will
demonstrate quick manipulations of soft wheel thrown clay to create
expressive pitcher, bowl, and cup forms.  He will also cover decorating
with deflocculated slip and techniques for drawing on clay, including
sgraffito, wax resists, and underglaze painting.
Chandra DeBuse
will demonstrate how she designs unique and personal pottery forms using
simple and inexpensive materials, such as plywood and craft foam.  In
addition to handbuilding, Chandra will share techniques used to alter
wheel-thrown work and to create multiple parts for building narrative
pots.

Chandra will share her surface decoration techniques, which include
sprigging, stamping, freehand drawing, underglaze inlay, sgraffito, and
the use of wax resist to create a layered and colorful surface.

Kathy King will
demostrate how to center on building a personal vocabulary of imagery
while considering methods of composition of that imagery onto the
wheel-thrown and hand built ceramic form.  With humor as a tool to
create narratives within her work, King will introduce some
non-traditional ideas about function and methods of storytelling.   She
will carve through slip-colored clay (sgraffito) and will showcase other
methods on leather-hard clay with transfer techniques such as decals,
silk-screening, resist printing from a photocopy and block-printing
images onto clay.  In addition, glaze techniques that will enhance
surface work will be demonstrated.

 www.maryandersoncenter.com

Ayumi Horie is looking for an intern

by | May 19, 2015 | Uncategorized

How to Apply
Deadline June 12, 5 pm EST
Notification by June 19
Job starts during the month of August 2015, depending on your schedule

Email [email protected]

-resume
-short bio
-10 images, 1000 px across
-five hundred word statement of intent outlining why you want to work
with me in particular. Please address past experiences and future goals
that would make this a good fit.
-list of two references including phone and email (no letters necessary)

READ MORE ABOUT THE POSITION HERE.

one more sleep till the AKAR Yunomi Invitational (I will dream of Yunomies tonight)

by | May 14, 2015 | Uncategorized

Upcoming Show: May 15
2015 Yunomi Invitational (Online Only!) 

Yunomi (U-know-me)- A form of teacup, typically made of ceramic
material, being taller than wide, with a trimmed or turned foot. Unlike
the more formal chawan tea bowl which is used during the Japanese tea
ceremony, the Yunomi tea bowl is made for daily (or informal) tea
drinking. 


The Countdown Has Begun!

The Yunomi Invitational is only a few days away! As the
gallery puts the final touches on the 2015 Yunomi Invitational, we want
to make sure you feel prepared for the show, too. This is our largest
annual show – this year we have a total of 1,030 Yunomi.

For the seventh consecutive year, artists have elected to donate
portions of their sales to The Studio Potter, a non-profit organization
dedicated to all things clay. Of our 206 participating artists, 139
individuals are donating from a total of 245 yunomi!

With a show of this grand scale, we thought a few tips
and hints might help to make your online Yunomi experience pleasant and
seamless. Please remember this is an online event only, therefore
phones lines may be very busy. Send us an email at [email protected] and we will do our best to respond quickly. This Friday, May 15, at 10:00 AM Central Time all Yunomi will be available at www.akardesign.com.

Tips for a Successful Yunomi Experience:

You will need to create an account at www.akardesign.com if you want to be ready to make a request when the 2015 Yunomi appear this Friday at 10:00 AM Central Time. If you have already registered on our website, be sure your account information is current.

To register as a new customer visit your account login https://www.akardesign.com/account/login.asp page.
Submit your email and password, and then fill out your account
information. You will not need your credit card information to register.

After you’ve created your account, you can immediately
browse the site and pick products from our selection of artists and
designers. If you find an artist on the 2015 Yunomi list above whose
work you like, consider book marking his/her artist page. When the new
Yunomi appear, you’ll save precious moments as other customers race to
find and purchase their own favorites.

When you click a product on our website, a pop-up window
will appear with more photos and a more detailed description of the
item. To reserve a Yunomi or another product, simply click the BUY
button in the bottom right corner of the pop-up window. On the next
page, click the submit button to put in a purchase request for the item.
When a piece has been requested and submitted an orange dot will appear
by the product. If multiple requests come in for an item, the request
with the earliest timestamp will be honored.

After we approve your purchase request, you will receive
an email that confirms your order. At this time you will have 24 hours
to visit the site and purchase your item (now you will need credit card
information) before it is released. After your purchase is complete a
red dot will appear by each product indicating it has been sold. 

Orders will be shipped in order recived.
Shiping charges are figured on 15% of the total perchase price, with a
minimun of $12 USD. All shipments are double boxed and are insured
through UPS or USPS.

If you have questions about the ordering process or the 2015 Yunomi Invitational, please call the gallery at (319)351-1227 or email [email protected].

List of Artists:

Ted Adler, Jake Allee, Dan Anderson, Nicole Aquillano,
Linda Arbuckle, Robert Archambeau, AJ Argentina, Posey Bacopoulos,
William Baker, Mary Barringer, Kirsten Bassion, Ben Bates, Hayne,
Bayless, Nicholas Bernard, Andrzej Bero, Douglas Black, Zygote Blum,
David Bolton, Catherine, Boswell, Brooks Bouwkamp, Lynn Smiser Bowers,
Jeni Brant, Wayne Branum, Cynthia Bringle, Robert Briscoe, Jeff Brown,
Lisa Buck, Richard Burkett, Elizabeth Burritt, Peter Callas, Jeff
Campana, Chris Campbell, Kyle Carpenter, Pattie Chalmers, Mike
Chappell, Billy Cho, Victoria Christen, Linda Christianson, Mark
Chuck, Sam Chung, Antonella Cimatti, Benjamin Cirgin, Bede Clarke,
Tony Clennell, Sunshine Cobb, Greg Cochenet, Steven Colby, Mark Cole,
Elaine Coleman, Tom Coleman, Josh Copus, Michael Corney, Julie
Covington, David Crane, Guillermo Cuellar, Carolanne Currier, Israel
Davis, Nick DeVries, Josh Deweese, Susan Dewsnap, Marc Digeros, Dawn
Dishaw, Judith Duff, Robin DuPont, Sanam Emami, Carole Epp, Jana Evans,
Mark Errol,, Adam Field, Susan Filley, Donna Flanery, Jessica Fong,
Yoshi Fujii, Nancy Gardner, Shiloh Gastello, Michael Gesiakowski, Bruce
Gholson, Rolando Giovannini, John Glick, Lisa Gluckin, Silvie
Granatelli, Julie Guyot, Kenyon Hansen, Steve Hansen, Phil Haralam,
Julie Harbers, Mike Helke, Samantha Henneke, Fred Herbst, Jason Hess,
Autumn Higgins, Steven Hill, Chuck Hindes, Samuel Hoffman, Harlan
House, Michael Hunt & Naomi Dalglish, Bob and Cheryl Husby,
Matthew Hyleck, Tom Jaszczak, Kyle Johns, Peter Karner, Ani Kasten,
Matt Kelleher, Gail Kendall, Kristen Kieffer, Jeffery Kleckner, Michael
Kline, Rob Kolhouse, Lucien Koonce, Matthew Krousey, Eva Kwong, Tim
Lake, Justin Lambert, Laurie Landry, Martina Lantin, Robert
Lawarre, Steven Lee, Dick Lehman, Forrest Lesch-Middelton, Simon
Levin, Levin/Smith Collaborative, Brenda Lichman, Suze Lindsay, Chris
Lively, Kirk Mangus, Sarah-Anne Marraffino, Mike Martino, Shadow May,
Matthew McGovern, Kent McLaughlin, Lorna Meaden, Christopher Melia,
Jennifer Mendes, Didem Mert, Matthew Metz, Ron Meyers, Megan Mitchell,
Sebastian Moh, Ryan Myers, Mark Nafziger, Ted Neal, Karen Newgard, Amy
Nichols, Sarah Nikitopoulos, Brooke Noble, Sean O’Connell, Lindsay
Oesterritter, Jeff Oestreich, Deb Oliva, Gillian Parke, Lisa Pedolsky,
Doug Peltzman, Ian Pemberton, Richard Peterson, Ronan Kyle Peterson,
Ron Philbeck, Carla Prinster, Liz Quackenbush, Patrick Rademaker, Beau
Raymond, Don Reynolds, Barry Rhodes, Stephen Rosini, Audrey Rosulek,
Justin Rothshank, Tim Rowan, Matt Rude, Akira Satake, Deborah
Schwartzkopf, Brad Schwieger, Yoko Sekino-Bove, Nancy
Selvin, Laurie Shaman, Ellen Shankin, Jeff Shapiro, Joey Sheehan,
Grace Sheese, Jana Shimonov Ceramics, Amy Smith, Stacy Snyder, Stacey
Stanhope, Tyler Stoll, Mike Strumbras, Liz Zlot Summerfield, Angelique
Tassistro, Charlie Tefft, Al Tennant, Shoko Teruyama, Steve Theberge,
John Tilton, Sandra Torres, Rimas VisGirda, Lars Volts, Mikey Walsh,
Julia Walther, Logan Wannamaker, Shane Weaver, Kurt Webb, Adero Willard,
Elenor Wilson, Lana Wilson, Tara Wilson, Matt Wilt, Shumpei Yamaki,
Gwendolyn Yoppolo, Casey Zablocki

Artists Photographed Above:

(Top Row) Jake Allee, Dick Lehman, Ryan Myers, Karen Newgard, Al Tennant, Sandra Torres, Ellen Shankin, Logan Wannamaker (Middle Row) Linda
Arbuckle, Sarah-Anne Marraffino, Megan Mitchell, Shumpei Yamaki, Liz
Zlot Summerfield, Deborah Schwartzkopf, Tara Wilson, Matt Wilt
(Bottom Row) Grace Sheese, Steve Theberge, Shadow May, Deb Oliva, Yoko Sekino-Bove, Lars Voltz, Elenor Wilson, Jana Shimonov