Medalta International Cup Show – the results are out!
I’ve been wanting to say a few words regarding the Medalta International Cup show and the jurying process for a while now, but between being gone and figuring out exactly what I wanted to say it’s been hard.
But I do want to say a few things.
To start with – wow.
That was truly a difficult task.
A super fun task, but a difficult one.
As you can imagine, I spend most of my days looking at amazing ceramic art from around the world – guilty as charged, uber ceramic geek and addicted to the internet. And there I was jurying this show and finding myself completely floored by the variety of works that were submitted. The quality, aesthetic uniqueness, and technical prowess of the applications was truly inspiring. We received applications from over 160 artists, most with 3 submissions to chose from. So basically I had to narrow the selections down to about a third of what was submitted.
I don’t say this to be discouraging. I don’t want you to take this info and think to yourself; well why should I apply for these things if its so competitive? It is competitive. I had hard choices to make and lots of great work wasn’t let into the show. It’s how it goes. And a different juror might have made very different choices. Maybe not. You’ll get to be the judge once the exhibition is up and I’d love to hear your thoughts about what got into the show.
I guess what I really should be saying here though is thank you.
Thank you to Medalta for inviting me to participate in this exhibition in this manner. It has been a great honor. I’m very excited to see this annual exhibition grow and evolve over future years into one of the best international juried shows. It’s about time Canada had one like this to call it’s own. Good on yah Medalta!
Thank you to all the artists that submitted work. It was a pleasure and honor to see and study your work.
And thank you all for all the support that you all give this blog on a daily basis. From humble beginnings back in 2007, this blog has grown in a manner I could have never imagined. And I look forward to many more years as a part of this incredible, growing online community.
As the Medalta Cup show gets closer you’ll get more updates here and i’ll be taking you behind the scenes of the exhibition when I head out to Medalta in early Sept for the opening. If you are at all able to attend this exhibition and event I highly encourage you to come and join us in celebration of the selected artists in the exhibition who showcase some incredible skills and artistic vision.
I’ll leave you now with a excert from the letter that went out to the artists who submitted work regarding my thoughts on the submissions.
xoxoxo
Carole
been asked to jury Medalta’s 1st International Cup Show, but I
honestly had no idea of the challenge that this jurying would present. The
ceramic cup is such a small object, yet so packed with meaning and reference.
The cup can often be the defining piece within a potter’s collection and one
that succinctly presents the artist’s aesthetic choices and technical
strengths.
and aesthetic rendering. Not one that didn’t have craftsmanship and vision. In
the end the chosen pieces for the exhibition were ones that stood out as having
a clearer voice of the artist, a more refined skill set, and a uniqueness that
made them stand out.
this exhibition. Even those whose work was not chosen should not be discouraged
as all of the entries confirmed my expectations that the contemporary artistic
climate of functional ceramics is solid, ever expanding, and relevant to
contemporary artistic discourses.”
monday morning eye candy: Richard Peterson aka rich the potter
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residency opportunity: The Ceramics Program at the Tyler School of Art
The
Ceramics Program at the Tyler School of Art is seeking a Resident
Artist for the 2013-2014 academic year, which includes teaching
opportunities. Please spread the word, they will begin reviewing
applications of Monday, July 22nd.
emerging artist: Trine Birgette Bond
Trine is a danish ceramist, who works with glaze experiments. She says; “When i
walk in nature i find inspiration; moss on rocks, sea and snowflake, old
paint in many layer, rust and so on. I try too transfer my impression
from nature, too my work.”
art publication opportunity – KAPSULA
KAPSULA Magazine is launching and calling for submissions
As
a listserv dedicated to engaged and evaluative art criticism, KAPSULA
Magazine promotes art criticism that dares to be critical, even if that
means publishing a negative review. Championing strong opinions and even
stronger writing, KAPSULA aims to enliven Canadian art criticism for a
new generation of readers.
LAUNCH:
After
months of rigorous preparation and hard work, KAPSULA Magazine will
release its first publication—CRISIS 1/3. This first instalment of the
CRISIS theme will be sent out on Monday, July 15th.
As
a subscriber, you’ll receive an interactive PDF file containing three
feature articles as well as some TBA content to keep you on your toes.
The authors of July’s works are Kerr Houston, Ebony L. Haynes and Ellyn
Walker. Their works are fascinating, beautifully written, and tackle the
notion of CRISIS from three different, engaging prisms. So, dear
KAPSULA subscribers, stay tuned for our first official release!
If you haven’t yet subscribed to receive KAPSULA’s monthly issues, please visit our website and do so for free:
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:
KAPSULA is already on its second round for our call for submissions!
As CRISIS
will be addressed in the months of July, August and September, a new
topic presents itself, ready to be further explored by KAPSULA’s authors
in October! The new call for submissions addresses the issue of Aesthetics within contemporary art.
Since
the 1960s, post-structuralist and postmodern theories have influenced
artists and writers to move towards complacent relativism. The classical
discourse of aesthetics—the pleasure of looking at something, or the
appreciation of the concept of beauty through regarding it— has been
replaced by a discourse of images as references. Often in contemporary
art, the work is little more than a signifier for a chain of ‘absent’
images that it’s referencing—those seen in the mind and not in the
gallery. In other words: the art is in the room, and the image is
somewhere else.
But are these disavowals of honed skill and
technical virtuosity entirely accurate anymore? To grapple with this
question, KAPSULA welcomes submissions that seek to explore the notion
of aesthetics in contemporary art, and writers who are interested in the
vital role of visual pleasure in producing critical moments and
paradigm shifts within art.
Although the theme of aesthetics can be taken broadly, some directions could include:
- Returns to formalism
- The problem of aesthetics in architecture (Bauhaus vs. Bilbao)
Aesthetics & public opinion—the challenges of making public art - The nouveau bourgeois
- Gender in aesthetics
- Anti-aesthetic art
- Aesthetics as a means of control, or the ‘mainstream aesthetic’
- Money and aesthetics (social class/global and local economy)
- The
politics of ornamentation (see Adolf Loos’ argument that ornament
betrays function and does nothing to further the culture that creates
it) - Net aesthetics
For further submission details please visit: http://kapsula.ca/submissions
deadline:
August 30th, at midnight
MORE CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS:
KAPSULA Magazine is always on the look for exhibition reviews and cover images!
EXHIBITION REVIEWS:
Starting
mid-July, KAPSULA will begin releasing bi-weekly exhibition reviews.
This means that our call for exhibition review submissions will be
ongoing, with no deadlines!
This will give you the opportunity to write about a current show that
you feel passionate about. It will also give KAPSULA’s subscribers the
opportunity to read your work and see the art exhibition that provoked
your critique!
Since there are no set themes, the exhibition and topic you choose to write on are entirely up to you, regardless of location. Our only requirement is that you make it spicy and intelligent.
For more details regarding submission guidelines, please visit our website at: http://kapsula.ca/submissions/
COVER IMAGES:
Great news for artists!
Due
to an overwhelming amount of artwork submissions, the KAPSULA team
found it appropriate to incorporate contemporary artists and their work
to the monthly feature publications. We are looking for one new cover
image each month. This image should thematically relate to the current
call for feature articles that is posted on our official website. The
topic is completely open to your conceptual and visual interpretation.
The call for image submissions is ongoing.
For information on image guidelines and submissions, visit: http://kapsula.ca
To submit an image, e-mail us at: [email protected]
For any further inquiries, please contact Yoli Terziyska at [email protected]
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emerging artist: Jasmine Wallace
BIOGRAPHY
Jasmine
Wallace is a Canadian Sculptor Born in Prince George, British Columbia,
Canada. She comes from a family of self taught artists and grew up in
the artist community of Vancouver Island. Influenced by the various
disciplines of the studio artists that surrounded her, she quickly began
an art making practice using whatever materials were at hand. Since
that time her art making practice has been constant and diverse. In 2005
she graduated from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design with a Minor
in Drawing and a Major in Ceramics. During that time she studied abroad
as an assistant on a large public sculptural project with Professor Neil
Forrest at the Sculpture Symposium, International Ceramic Center in
Guldageraard, Denmark. In 2010 she completed a Master’s of Fine Arts
with a Major in Ceramics and a Minor in Museum Studies at the University
of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She has exhibited extensively
throughout Canada and the United States. Currently she lives and works
in Vancouver.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Witnessing the processes of time and history – construction,
deconstruction and the transformation of cities with the resulting
affects on the landscape are the main source material for the work. I
am interested largely in the spaces that have been abandoned, destroyed
and transformed by such actions, such as dead zones, pockets of lands
cut off by roadways, abandoned industrial areas and residual landscapes.
In these locations the natural environment and the built environment
interact. Within these forgotten spaces the two worlds are allowed to
form a relationship freely without any form of maintenance or control.
The resulting relationships are the main inspirations for my sculptures,
drawings and installations.
Focusing on how plants and organic life intermingle within urban
centers, each work deals with the tension between the natural world and
the built world. Drawing inspiration from the cracks in sidewalks and
other concrete constructions where plants defiantly push themselves
through; I am reminded of the constant wrestling between the built and
the natural. We can all witness the persistence of the natural world
through the invasive grasses and weeds that bust through sidewalks, tear
down fences and destroy gutters. What is most inspiring is this idea
that no matter how hard we try to pave over nature, hide or destroy it,
it keeps fighting back and persevering. These small acts of defiance are
positive affirmations of the endurance of life in our seemingly chaotic
and unstable world – that no matter what happens – life will persist.
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