call for entry: The UNF National Juried Ceramics Exhibition
The
UNF
Potter’s Guild is pleased to host The UNF National Juried Ceramics
Exhibition.
This show will highlight ceramic excellence, according to juror Bede
Clarke. Participation is open to all artists 18 years of age or
older living in the United States. Work submitted must be original, must
use
clay as the primary material, and must have been completed within the
last 3
years.
Awards:
Purchase
Award
Best of
Show
Honorable
Mention
Calendar:
Exhibition Dates: March 4th 2014 – April 18th 2014
Application Deadline: Sunday, February 2nd by
Midnight Pacific Time
Email Notification Begins: February 10th
Accepted Works Due: February 26th
Juror:
Bede Clarke is currently a Professor of Art at the University
of Missouri. He received his BFA from Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, and
his MFA from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
He holds many awards for his wood
fired ceramic work and has exhibited, lectured and taught workshops
internationally.
Gallery:
UNF Gallery of Art
Founders Hall
Building 2 • Room 1001
1
UNF Drive
Jacksonville, FL 32224
FUSION WINTER WORKSHOP 2014 presents CATHI JEFFERSON
Kitchener Waterloo Community Theatre
9 Princess Street East, Waterloo, Ontario N2J 2H4
February 15/16, 2014
9:00 am to 5 pm
Cathi Jefferson will start the weekend with an overview of her 40 years
of making in clay, her inspirations, and progression. Over the course
of the weekend she will throw, alter, and assemble a variety of pieces:
yunomis, mugs, latte cups, cruet, teapot, an upside down bowl, and do
some slab building. She will discuss her salt firing process, as well as
her underlying views about principles of form, movement, and functional
considerations in her work. This will be a weekend of stunning visual
presentation and inspired making by one of Canada’s greatest ceramic
artists.
REGISTER ONLINE at www.clayandglass.on.ca
technical tuesday: Steven Hill Pottery Video Trailer
Introducing: The Clayer: Part Two: Surface Patterns & Molds, e-course!
a 6-week e-course with Diana Fayt
(registration ends Feburary 15th)
& Molds will be an a new take on surface and form. Part two will
focus less on drawing and more on creating patterns and rich textures on
our clay surfaces and making exciting pieces using the techniques you
learn in the ecourse. Together we will make simple plaster molds, carve
intricate patterns into clay to create bisque press molds that we will
use to give us deliciously textured surfaces. We will cut paper into
shapes and learn how to create multiple colored stencil patterns. Diana
will also teach a water abrasion technique for more precise relief work
and, also, how to combine all of these techniques together, to create
pattern rich dynamic pieces, that celebrate your personal style and
voice. Throughout the e-course, Diana will also include weekly
inspiration days where she shares interesting things
she discovers, to keep your brains humming with ideas and your creative
juices flowing. She’s also been known to throw in a recipe or two, of
something she’s been cooking, share some music she is listening to and
talk about her own journey as a Clayer, as well. The ecourse setting
will be a warm and safe, no pressure, work at your own pace,
environment, where we share what we make and learn with other
participants and positive feedback is encouraged. It’s so much fun, you
will learn so much and meet other Clayers from around the world. Are
you a ready for Part Two, Clayers?
call for artists: American Craft Exposition (ACE)
The deadline for the American Craft Exposition (ACE)is only 6 weeks away! Don’t miss the opportunity to apply for this
nationally ranked show. ACE will be held August 21-24, 2014 in Evanston,
IL on Chicago’s prosperous North Shore. The online application deadline
is Friday, February 28.
of the country’s premier fine craft shows, the American Craft
Exposition, presented by The Auxiliary of NorthShore University
HealthSystem at Evanston & Glenbrook Hospitals, brings together over
150 superior artisans exhibiting one-of-a-kind, museum quality work.
This important art event is also a major fundraiser supporting critical
ovarian cancer research at NorthShore University HealthSystem. A highly
competitive juried show, ACE features hand-crafted work in 12
media—baskets, ceramics, fiber decorative, fiber wearable, furniture,
glass, jewelry, leather, metal, mixed media, paper and wood – and draws
approximately 6,000 patrons annually.
Pure and Not-so-Simple: Ceramics Masterclass with Kirsten Coelho
Come and be inspired by one of Australia’s exciting and successful
ceramic artists! Kirsten Coelho is an award-winning ceramic artist
who works in porcelain, producing reduction fired works that attempt to
fuse the formal and the abstract.
More recently her work has been influenced by nineteenth and early
twentieth century enamel wares and and the abstracted surface
possibilities these objects can show as they begin to age.
Kirsten Coelho trained in Adelaide at the South Australian School of
Art before moving to the UK in the early 1990’s where she worked for a
number of years in a London Studio.
Since returning to Australia in 1998, Kirsten Coelho has been a
studio tenant at the JamFactory Centre for Contemporary Craft and Design
and completed a Master of Visual Art at the South Australian School of
Art . Kirsten now works from a studio at her home in Adelaide, South
Australia. She was winner of the 2012 Sidney Myer Ceramics Award and is
represented by galleries in London, US and Australia.
Her Masterclass at Slow Clay Centre will be a one-day demonstration
and discussion-based class where participants will be able to access
Kirsten’s considerable expertise and knowledge about porcelain, working
on the potter’s wheel, glazing and building a career in ceramics! All
welcome, no prior experience necessary!
https://weteachme.com/slowclay/pure-and-not-so-simple-ceramics-masterclass-with-kirsten-coelho











