Vitrify Alcorso Ceramic Award 2012

Ben Richardson. Instill 2 – Light and shade. Woodfired stoneware 2010.

The Award

The Vitrify Alcorso Ceramic Award is a $10,000 annual prize for ceramic art. Established in 2011, the award is open to artists nationally and is non-acquisitive. Four artists are selected from the entries received to develop work for a group exhibition of ceramic art at a commercial gallery. From these four artists, one is selected to receive the prize money. Selection of finalists and the judging of the award is made by a panel of expert judges. Vitrify is presented by the Alcorso Foundation, a not-for profit cultural organisation with its home in Tasmania. For more information about the Foundation and its initiatives, please visit the website www.alcorso.org.au. Vitrify 2012 will be hosted by the JamFactory in Adelaide. The exhibition of finalists’ work will open on Friday, September 7 2012 and continue until October 19 2012. Applications to enter open on Friday August 12 2011 and close 5pm Friday October 7 2011. Judges for the 2012 award will be Professor Noel Frankham, Head of the Hobart School of Art; Prue Venables, highly regarded ceramicist and Creative Director of the Ceramics Studio at the JamFactory; and Robert Reason, Curator of European and Australian Decorative Arts, the Art Gallery of South Australia.Please visit their website for all the details.

Open Studio – Judith Rolevink



Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st 11am to 4pm Open Sculpture Studio at 20 Greenway Drive, Surrey Downs South Australia. Artist is working on a new sculptural bust of Mary MacKillop.Find out more details on her blog.

Michigan Mud 2011

Michigan Mud is a conference offered every 2 years by the Michigan Ceramic Art Association. The conference includes demonstrations and lectures by many Michigan ceramic artists. This year the featured keynote speaker is Robert Piepenburg.

The conference also will include sessions on construction techniques, surface treatment, and glazing. Whether a full-time potter or one who wishes they had more time to work with clay, a college art instructor or a public school teacher, a graduate student or someone still in high school, you will find many things at this conference that will be practical.

October 7 & 8, 2011

Washtenaw Community College

4800 E. Huron River Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48105

9:00am – 4:00pm each day

Exhibition of Presentor’s Work at Gallery One, Student Activites Building on WCC Campus Juried Student Show: Details for submitting work coming soon. Cup & Mug Fundraiser: Details for donating cups for the sale coming soon. Keynote Speaker: Robert Piepenburg, plus book signing following the keynote address. Michigan Mud Registration: Family, Student or Faculty registration: please use the Mail-in Registration Form Individuals and Institutions can Register online for Michigan Mud 2011 with a major credit card using PayPal. Click here to go to the Online Registration page.

Presenters & Demontrators Click here for details on lectures and demonstrations. Friday

  • Robert Piepenburg: Keynote Speaker
  • Jeremy Brooks: Lecture
  • Jeri Hollister: Demonstration
  • Daria Kim: Brush Workshop
  • Nicole Marroquin: Demonstration
  • Ian Thomas: Demonstration

Saturday

  • Craig Clifford: Demonstration
  • Daria Kim: Brush Workshop
  • Paul Kotula: Lecture
  • Debbie Kupinsky: Demonstration
  • Gail Piepenburg: Demonstration
  • Greg Stahly: Lecture

Visit their website here.

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