Tulipieres: The Tulip Vase Revisited curated by Carol Gouthro
March 24, 2012 – June 10, 2012
Saturday, March 24, 2-5pm Opening reception
Lois Harbaugh Say “Tulip”, 2011 photo by Richard Nicol
Lois Harbaugh Say “Tulip”, 2011 photo by Richard Nicol (detail)
Kathleen Skeels Death Cage Tulipiere
Kathleen Skeels Death Cage Tulipiere (detail)
Margaret Ford, Basket and Hat, 2012 photo by Rob Vinnedge
Patti Warashina, Vaso da Fiori, 2012 photo by Rob Vinnedge
Mark Stromm Tulipiere
In 1637 Tulip Mania reached its peak in the Netherlands with tulip bulbs trading for astronomical prices. It was there in the 17th century in the Delft Potteries of the Netherlands that the tulip vase was born. Originally a 17th century Delft stacking form with multiple openings for displaying tulips. The Skagit Valley to the north of Seattle rivals Holland in its tulip growing fame and it is there at the Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner that ceramic artists will revisit this unique vessel form. Tulipiers or Tulip Vases , as a form, present a unique challenge and creative opportunity for ceramists. Carol Gouthro, guest curator and ceramist , invited 32 northwest ceramic artists to create Tulipiers in their own style.
Museum of Northwest Art
121 South First Street
La Conner, WA 98257
http://www.facebook.com/events/248783081870149/
Encore: New work by Alex Matisse.
Crimson Laurel Gallery
We thought our most successful successful solo show of 2011 deserved an encore. This show features Alex’s favorite pots from his last two firings. Alex Matisse lives and creates his work in the Mountains of Marshall NC. He apprenticed in the workshops of North Carolina potters Matt Jones and Mark Hewitt. “The pots in this collection are from the 3rd and 4th firings of my kiln. Each firing has been distinct and varied and each has had success and failures. These are a few of those success, a harmonious marriage of form and glaze and flame.
My favorite pots are those made on the good days. It is a joy when the clay, pinched between knuckle and middle finger, seems to rise off the wheel toward the sky with its own momentum and volition. The pitchers in this show were made on such a day: their weight and mass distributed perfectly.
On the bad days, when the clay is short and dry and the eye wants more than the hand can match, the hardest part is not in the mechanics but in the mind. When everything seems to elude me, staying calm and collected is the most difficult part of all. Those days come and go like the March rains we will soon see and, I’m learning, are followed by the sun.” – Alex Matisse, March 2012
Crimson Laurel Gallery
23 Crimson Laurel Way
Bakersville, NC 28705
Video Wednesday – Ryota Aoki
Call for Submissions: Okotoks Art Gallery | at the Station
The deadline for submission of exhibition proposals is May 15, 2012. As per standard art gallery practice, the Gallery’s exhibition schedule is programmed a full year in advance. This enables the gallery to fulfill provincial and federal government funding requirements and provide adequate planning time to mount significant exhibitions that are supported through educational programs and public relations.
Selection of exhibits for 2013 will be finalized by August 31, 2012. A selection committee reviews the submissions and final selection occurs through studio visits and correspondence with artists and curators in whom the gallery has an interest.
For more information please e-mail [email protected]
Okotoks Art Gallery (OAG)
Station Cultural Centre
53 North Railway Street
Okotoks AB
Ph: 403.938.3204
Fx: 403.938.8963
http://www.okotoks.ca/artgallery.aspx
Call for entry: CLAY NATIONAL VIII 2012
“Sculptural Ceramics” A National Juried and Invitational Exhibition
JURIED BY Tyler Lotz and Erin Furminsky at The Carbondale Clay Center in Carbondale, Colorado
This exhibition is open to all types of sculptural ceramics as well as small installations. Clay should be the primary medium. Artwork under $2000 preferred. All work must have been
completed within the last two years.
Exhibition dates: June 1st– July 2nd 2012
Public Reception: First Friday, June 1st 2012 6-8 pm
Application must be received by: Friday, April 27th
Notification of acceptance by email: Monday, May 7th
Accepted work delivered to CCC Gallery by: May 28th
2012
Click here to download prospectus for more information
CCC-CARBONDALE CLAY : Clay National VIII
135 Main Street
Carbondale CO 81623
V&A Ceramics Residency – Studio Ceramics: Established Makers
The V&A is inviting applications from UK-based studio ceramicists who wish to develop their practice in designing and making ceramics through working with the V&A’s collections and through public engagement activities.
The Residency will be based in a purpose-built studio in the Ceramics galleries, at the V&A in London. This is part of an exciting new programme of residencies specifically situated in the Ceramics galleries. This Residency will take place over a six-month period from October 2012 –March 2013 in London.
£ 8400 (Bursary)
Deadline for applications – Midnight, 12 April 2012
Interview date – Friday 4th May, V&A, South Kensington, London
Click here to view full job specification
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