GCSC Ceramics Symposium – Figurative Clay
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.
MFA – Ceramic @ New Paltz State University of New York
technical tuesday: Two Ways to Alter Rims of Wheel Thrown Plates | JENNIFER ALLEN
monday morning eye candy: Lowri Davies
Lesley McInally – Passage @ Art Gallery of Burlington
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route or course by which a person or thing passes or travels.
channel, opening, etc, through or by which a person or thing may pass
Lesley McInally
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.
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.
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.
emerging artist: Ian Connors
Ian Connors is currently an Artist-in-Residence at Taos Clay in El Prado,
NM. He recently achieved his BFA with a concentration in Ceramics from
the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. You can find more images at www.ianconnors.com or on Instagram @ianjconnors
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