job posting: Medalta seeks Education Coordinator
is a leadership position responsible for planning and delivering
educational programs, consistent with the goals of the Historic Clay
District, to a variety of audiences. The Coordinator’s scope of
responsibility includes the year-round interpretive programs related to
the museum and exhibit displays, the ongoing development of the K-12
curriculum based learning programs, public programming related to the
goals of the District and coordination of the continuing education
programs. The Coordinator will establish liaisons and partnerships with
affiliated education and community agencies that have an interest in the
District’s education programs.
movie day: Design and Ceramics in Dieulefit
technical tuesday: Eric Boos demonstrates Sand Molding Clay Sculpture
Call for entry: MWSU Clay Guild – Twin Cups: National Ceramics Exhibition 2014
Missouri Western State University Clay Guild is sponsoring a National
Ceramic Exhibition titled Twin Cups. The exhibition is open to all
artists 18 years and older residing in the U.S. Submitted artworks may
be either functional or sculptural representations of a pair of cups,
mugs, or drinking vessels, etc. The $25.00 jury fee entitles each
artist to submit a maximum of two entries (each entry consisting of a
set of two). Artworks must have been completed within the last two
years. Entry deadline January 15, 2014. Details and prospectus are
available on the MWSU Clay Guild website at http://www.missouriwestern.edu/clayguild/TwinCups.html
Aaron Nelson – Connectivity @ the Esplanade in Medicine Hat
OCTOBER 26, 2013 – DECEMBER 7, 2013
Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre. Medicine Hat, Alberta
As a craftsman, a clay expert and the Artistic Director of the Shaw
International Artist Residency program at Medalta Historical Clay
District, Aaron Nelson has a very broad and deep view of making craft
today. To create the art in this surprising, smart and fun exhibition he
investigated how to mesh sophisticated digital technology with
traditional ceramics, and explore ideas about networking and
connectivity.
In Connectivity, Aaron’s handmade traditional tea cups, platters,
vases and porcelain chandeliers are connected, sometimes by way of their
decorative gold luster, with electrical and electronic circuitry,
telephones, iPods, generators, light bulbs and audio speakers. The
gilded decoration works as a simple circuit board – the surfaces of the
ceramics become energized with flowing electrons as they transmit
electrical current and data. Visitors are invited to ‘turn on’ and
interact with the pieces physically or through their electronic devices.
Elegant and innovative, serious and playful, Nelson’s new work in
Connectivity links the richness of craft objects and craft practice to
our lives today, through which both digital and communication
technologies flow – exploring the connections, both literal and metaphorical, between electronics, communication and craft.
***Public Reception with the Artist – Thursday November 21, 7-10pm***
www.aaronnelson.ca
www.esplanade.ca/aaron-nelson-connectivity/
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