Art + Teach: How Tech is Distrupting the Art World

by | Feb 5, 2015 | Uncategorized

 Object is teaming up with General Assembly later this month for an event looking at the myriad ways new and emerging technology is disrupting the art world.
Join us on Thursday 19 Feb at 6pm
for a discussion on how tech is intersecting with art – disrupting
marketplaces, redefining access, and reshaping the future of art and art
businesses.
Speakers on the night include Lukasz Karluk, interaction designer responsible for projects like Flume’s Infinity Prism, and Ivan Vysotskiy, Product Delivery Manager at print-on-demand marketplace Redbubble – with more to be announced soon.
The event is free, and you’re invited to join us afterwards to connect with fellow artists, designers, creatives, and innovators over drinks.
Spaces are limited and tickets are going fast, so click here to reserve your seat.
 
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General Assembly hosts events and classes in design, marketing and
entrepreneurial business with campuses in Sydney, Melbourne and around
the world.
Find out more here.

GCSC Ceramics Symposium – Figurative Clay

by | Feb 5, 2015 | Uncategorized

We are excited to announce the first annual GCSC Ceramics Symposium.
The symposium will be held at Gulf Coast State College in Panama City,
Florida from March 6-8, 2015. This
year’s focus will be on the figure in clay. There will be three days of
presentations, demonstrations and panel discussions. Presenting artists
are Pavel Amromin, Liz Bryant, Tammy Marinuzzi, Beau Raymond, Derek
Reeverts, and Meghan Sullivan. Panama City is located on the Gulf of
Mexico in beautiful Northwest Florida and is a great place to visit in
early March.

Visit http://www.gulfcoast.edu/arts/ceramicssymposium/ to learn more about this event and how to register.

Lesley McInally – Passage @ Art Gallery of Burlington

by | Feb 2, 2015 | Uncategorized

Passage:
a
portion or section of a written work; a paragraph, verse, etc.:
an
act or instance of passing
from one place, condition, etc., to another; transit.
the
route or course by which a person or thing passes or travels.
a
channel, opening, etc, through or by which a person or thing may pass
Artist statement:
Lesley McInally
My current series of clay works
examines the relationships between the natural land and ancient manmade
structures, in the past abandoned, left to be transformed through time by the
force of the elements and generations of human contact and interpretation. The
relationship and interaction of landscape, seascape, weather and archaeological
sites of Neolithic chambers, dwellings and monuments found in the Orkney
Islands have been the predominant influence in my most recent body of work.
What has become increasingly intriguing for me is the historical narrative
encapsulated within and on these ancient monuments.
Stone: Once a naturally occurring material it was re-manipulated
into structures to imbue meaning and value to the original culture, then sat
quietly for thousands of years accumulating dialogue from many different groups
of individuals. Ancient ogham inscriptions, pictish carvings, nordic runes and
victorian text are but some of the graffiti shaping the skin of these
monuments. The discovery of this graffiti changes our understanding of the
world and our place within it. We witness a layering of historical events as
they travel the passage of time.
There is a powerful sense of time embedded within these
structures, a humbling sensation to feel the presence of those who have come
before us, leaving their mark and introducing a dialogue between the ancient
and the contemporary.  Only the
contemporary society can witness one particular part of its existence. The
structures themselves and what we place upon them will continue to evolve and
change with time leaving insights for the coming generations.
Curator: Jonathon Smith
Art Gallery of Burlington, Perry Gallery.
January 24-March 22
Opening Reception: 8th February 2-4pm
Lecture by the artist: 11 February 10am