Gerit Grimm workshop this weekend!

by | Mar 25, 2021 | workshops

Gerit Grimm: Wheel-Thrown Figure Assembly Workshop
Virtual Live Ceramic Workshop & Q & A
When: Saturday, March 27th 2021
Time: 1 to 4 pm (PDT)
In her online demo, this professor from University of Wisconsin, Madison, will show you how to assemble a figure using parts assembled on a throwing wheel. This 3-hour demo will feature a Q&A section where you can interact with Gerit and gain further insight on how to build stunning large human and animal figures like hers.

upcoming zoom: Forward Motion How craft can help us move from a crisis of care to a culture of care.

by | Mar 16, 2021 | workshops

Forward Motion
How craft can help us move from a crisis of care to a culture of care.

Hosted on Zoom April 1, 1 pm CT
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Marking one year of living under the shadow of a global pandemic, we’re taking an opportunity to pause, to look around us, to reflect. The difficulties we have all grappled with this year have amplified fissures in our society’s concept of care. Reflecting on this pivotal moment, we ask how craft can comfort us and move us from a crisis of care to a culture of care. We’ve designed this American Craft Forum to build on the themes explored in the Spring 2021 issue of American Craft.

Register HERE.

 

Sundays in Conversation with Australian Super Stars!

by | Mar 15, 2021 | workshops

Melbourne Clay is hosting a series of informal presentations by some of Australia’s most experienced and respected ceramics practitioners.
This is a rare opportunity to take an intimate journey with each artist into their distinctive world of making with insights into how they have all carved out thoroughly individual and unpredictable paths to success.
The style of presentation will be casual and conversational with discussion and reflection welcome amongst all participants.
Program
Owen Rye May 02 @owenryeceramics
Kate Jones Jun 20 @_kate_j_jones_
Jane McKenzie Jul 25 @janeamckenzie
Sophie Moran Aug 01 @sophiejanemoran
Sandra Bowkett Aug 29 @sandrabowkett
Amy Kennedy Sep 12 @amykennedyceramics
Su Hanna Oct 17 @suhanna_1
Limited Tickets on sale for all events. Full refunds will be given for any Covid related rescheduling or cancellation by Melbourne Clay or you.
Register HERE.

save the date: CLAY VOICES Season 2

by | Feb 24, 2021 | workshops

CLAY VOICES Season 2

Last year in June, CLAY Voices on Instagram, Canadian Ceramics Symposium was born in the middle of a global pandemic. This initiative was -and still is a response to the uncertainty we all artists were facing and its impact in our practice and our daily lives. The goal was to connect ceramic artists across Canada during the lockdown. The enthusiastic response revealed how much we miss our people.

Back then, 17 artists were interacting through Instagram during a weekend, introducing themselves and sharing views, concerns and supportive messages. Several months later restrictions are still in place and the second edition of CLAY Voices is taking over Instagram once again.

This coming weekend of March 5-7, an amazing lineup of ceramic artists across Canada will be live-streaming on Instagram 55 min. each. Through informal presentations, up-and-coming artists and established potters and sculptors will connect with the ceramics community. Using a mobile phone connected to the internet we will be watching the live talks from Alison Brannen, Catharina Goldnau,

Chris Snedden; Christy Chor, Dianne Lee, Heidi McKenzie and Tanya Besedina (ON); Jay Kimball (SK), Jordan Munro (AL); Lisa Creskey from Québec and Toni Losey from Nova Scotia. Presenters will open their studios and hearts to share with CLAY Voices followers some of the strategies they have set in place lately to keep their practice alive. To know more, follow @clayvoices and stay tuned.

Let’s connect, hear new voices and get inspired!