Curator Talk: elegant disorder

by | May 28, 2012 | | 0 Comments

elegant disorder

perspectives on porcelain

Elegant Disorder: Perspectives on Porcelain is a
group exhibition featuring contemporary artists Paul Mathieu, Sin-Ying
Ho, Shelley Miller, Elizabeth Zvonar and Brendan Tang. Presented at
Satellite Gallery, this exhibition engages with the history of
porcelain—in particular, contemporary expressions of the blue-and-white
motifs reminiscent of Chinese Ming Dynasty wares. With more than a dozen
works on display touching on pottery, sculpture and photography, this
exhibition joins new perspectives to familiar porcelain motifs.

The works in this exhibition make a compelling statement: porcelain
is an active and vivid vehicle for our imagination. It has always been a
force in global trade and industrialization since early modern times
and, while its proliferation is a direct consequence of Western
colonialism, it is seldom considered within critical discussions of that
history. This ancient material may seem obsolete within today’s
technocratic societies, yet it continues to thrive, as it has for
thousands of years, in both applied and creative fields.

Elegant Disorder seeks to make visible the tensions between
local and global identities embedded within porcelain’s materiality and
design. It is from this perspective that each artist in the exhibition
subverts expectations of craft and decorative arts as well as gender
roles. Each engages with the questions of history, technology,
sexuality, colonialism, and labour that have long intersected on
porcelain’s elegant surface.

Elegant Disorder: Perspectives on Porcelain is curated by
Louis-Alexandre Douesnard-Malo, a candidate in the Master of Arts
program in Critical and Curatorial Studies at the University of British
Columbia. For more information please visit: http://www.curatorialstudies.ca

This exhibition is made possible with support from the Michael
O’Brian Family Foundation, the Killy Foundation and the Audain Endowment
for Curatorial Studies through the Department of Art History, Visual
Art and Theory, in collaboration with the Morris and Helen Belkin Art
Gallery at the University of British Columbia.

Please join us for the Curator’s Tour of Elegant Disorder with Louis-Alexandre Douesnard-Malo.

Saturday, June 2, 2012 at 2pm

Space is limited. Please RSVP to reserve your place: [email protected] or
604-681-8425.

Free. Refreshments will be provided. Visit our website for further information: www.satellitegallery.ca

Call for artists: FUSION Mentorship Workshops 2012/2013 – OTTAWA

by | May 22, 2012 | , , , , , , , | 0 Comments

Mentor: Leta Cormier

is
proud to announce the launch of the Ottawa Region Mentorship – “the Ten
Month Workshop.” These workshops are intended to be significant
learning experiences that are transformative for the participating
artists. A maximum of ten participants per workshop will be asked to
take creative risks. The workshop will begin with a session during which
participants will present their work and their goals for the workshop.
Each participant will then be asked to set learning goals and objectives
for the duration of the workshop. The group will meet over the next ten
months to review their progress, participate in group critiques, and
revise objectives as necessary. The workshop will culminate in an
exhibition.

TO QUALIFY

You should be actively involved in an artistic practice, producing work, exhibiting, and should:

•
have completed three years of study or the equivalent. Self educated
artists with no formal training but plenty of experience are encouraged
to apply.

• be willing to make a ten month commitment.

•
through discussions with the mentor and others in the group, be
prepared to set yourself learning goals and be willing to take risks
with your work and accept criticism in a constructive manner.

• meet the criteria established by the mentor described above.

• be a member of FUSION.

TO APPLY

Submission Deadline: All applications MUST be received by the FUSION Office by 5 pm, Friday, June 29, 2012.

 
Find full details here.  

technical tuesday: throwing the wave

by | May 22, 2012 | , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Ceramic artist, Marge Margulies, demonstrates the art of throwing one of her favorite pieces, The Wave. See the collection at: margemarguliespottery.com

*sorry about the hiccup this morning. the video should be working now. if there’s still problems please let me know : )

“Cousins in Clay” – Seagrove, NC – Bulldog Pottery

by | May 21, 2012 | | 0 Comments

“Cousins in Clay” – Seagrove, NC – Bulldog Pottery

“The Cousins are Coming”
Hello, Happy and Warm Summer Days Ahead…
This
coming weekend on May 26 and 27, Ron Meyers, Judith Duff, and Micheal
Kline will join us with their fabulous pottery here at Bulldog Pottery
for the 4th annual “Cousins in Clay”
May 26 – Saturday 10:00-5:00

May 27 – Sunday 10:00-4:00
For
this year we have made a slight change on where we will display all of
the pottery. We are planning to have the Cousins in Clay event at our
house instead of tents outside of our shop. There seems to be a chance
of showers on the days we would be setting up the tents, and we thought
it best to focus on getting one location ready for the event. For those
of you who are coming to “Cousins,” if you don’t need to park close
please park up at the garden and walk down via the gravel driveway.
That way it will leave the parking spaces closer to the house for those
that are less nimble. To get to our house by car just follow the gravel
driveway pass the yellow cottage and shop and around the garden to the
white house at the end of the gravel driveway …. we will be set-up in
the breeze way. — Look for the flags.
On
Saturday starting shortly before noon Bruce’s brother in-law, Chronis
Pou Vasilou, from Greensboro will be playing his Bouzouki for an
afternoon of Greek music.
And
there will be a light buffet throughout Saturday for as long as the food lasts.
Michael Kline will present a brush work demonstration on Saturday at 2:00 and Sunday at 1:30.
On
Sunday there will be a potters potluck at noon. All are welcome.
Please join us to celebrate and meet our special guest “cousins”
potters, Ron and Judith.
Come on out, it will be comfortable Rain or Shine.
All Our Best,

Bruce, Samantha, Ed, and Gloria (and Maxwell though he may not be available for most of the day, but not by his choice)
P.S. As always check out our pottery blog to see what we are up to at “Around and About with Bulldog Pottery”. And for more details about the this special event visit the “Cousins in Clay” website
3306 US Hwy 220 (40 miles south of Greensboro, NC) see map below

336-302-3469 or 910-428-9728

Samantha Henneke – Dung Beetle with Girl in Red Dress

Bruce Gholson – Fossil Fish Pitcher

Ron Meyers – Rabbit Platter

Judith Duff – Wood-fired Basket

Michael Kline – Wood-fired Plate
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Carolina Arts May Issue

May issue of the Carolina Arts
The Carolina Arts
online newspaper is focused on North and South Carolina Art happenings.
There is an article about Cousins in Clay on page 39 and on page 38
Rhonda McCanless’ writes a column about what is happening in Seagrove
called “In the Grove”.
Hot off the Carolina Arts Unleashed press, Tom Starland writes about the Making Plans for the Big Weekend in Seagrove.
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©2012

Bulldog Pottery – Bruce Gholson and Samantha Henneke [336-302-3469
or 910-428-9728] www.bulldogpottery.com | 3306 US Hwy 220, Seagrove, NC
27341

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