Time to step up my game…in more ways than one.
So I’m a total sucker for new years resolutions. I make them every year and then have to feel guilty about my failings by mid-February. This year I guess will be a replay of the usual. But maybe this year since I’m telling you all about it, I’ll have more pressure to actually hold true to my resolutions.
The main resolution of which I speak involves this blog. I’ve for a long time been intending to write more on the blog. More about the everyday of my studio practice and “musings” about clay that float through my mind in the studio. Don’t worry, I won’t overload you, and hopefully won’t bore you, and I won’t stop posting calls for entry. I’ve just always intended for this blog to more than a bulletin board of information, I guess I intended for it to be a bit more personable than virtual push pins and paper postings. And I now have more incentive than ever to make this change as I’ve been invited to participate in an upcoming exhibition about potters who blog (so exciting!!!), and if I’m going to play with the big kids, I’ve got to step up my game. Below i’ll post links to the blogs of the other participating artists so you can see what I mean. It’ll be a bit intimidating to show with so many great potters and writers.
Another reason why this is so intimidating is that my functional pottery practice is taking a major turn this year. It began part way through last year and I’m still working on trying to sort out exactly where I’m heading. I may have mentioned before, maybe not, that I haven’t been able to throw for over a year now and so I need to develop a new line of work that incorporates handbuilding, pressmolding and slipcasting. It’s been a challenge for sure to walk away from a body of work that I love, and in particular the refinement and forms I find I can achieve on the wheel seems elusive to my new work. So be it. Change is good. But the thought of a looming exhibition with great potters and me without my A game, well frankly it freaks me out. So i’m hoping to, over the course of the next few months talk a bit about the process i’m going through in developing this new work and going back to the beginning and starting from scratch. So often our new work is simply an evolution or at least a diversion from that which we already make, but to leap completely out of our process, well…it’s an adventure. Anyway, the deadline of this show and the pressure to measure up are going to be helpful to say the least.
So keep your eyes peeled for more info about the upcoming show here and on the many blogs of the participating artists. Should be pretty exciting as things evolve.
Clay and Blogs:Telling a Story
Arts Council of Moore County, Campbell House
Opening reception-October 1st 2010
6 to 8pm
exhibition runs until Oct.29,2010
Meredith Heywood is our most wonderful organizer and the brains and creative mind behind this endeavor. Check out her blog:
http://whynotpotteryblog.blogspot.com/
The following is (i believe) a complete list of the participating artists. If there are more I will update. If there are any problems with the links please let me know, as I’ve been working on this post while also bowing to my toddlers demands to color “tv car” at the same time. Needless to say there is marker on my laptop right now.
http://bulldogpottery.blogspot.com/
http://fromthegrounduppots.blogspot.com/
http://tgraypots.blogspot.com/
http://averypotteryandtileworks.blogspot.com/
http://chrislutherblog.blogspot.com/
http://michaelklinepottery.blogspot.com/
http://tsbroome.blogspot.com/
http://oohmyheck.blogspot.com/
http://ronphilbeckpottery.com/
http://supportyourlocalpotter.blogspot.com/
http://jimgottuso.wordpress.com/
http://fetishghost.blogspot.com/
http://feffakookan.blogspot.com/
http://bumcrane.blogspot.com/
http://joytannerpottery.blogspot.com/
http://anniesingletary.com/
http://powenliu.blogspot.com/
http://carpenterpottery.blogspot.com/
http://potsapalooza.blogspot.com/
http://mountainhousestudios.blogspot.com/
http://henhousepottery.blogspot.com/
http://claygarden.wordpress.com/
http://theponderingpotter.blogspot.com/
http://colepottery.blogspot.com/
http://www.timayerspottery.com/
http://hatchvillepottery.blogspot.com/
http://danfinneganpottery.blogspot.com/
http://bluestarrgallery.blogspot.com/
http://www.patriciagriffinstudio.com/
http://artmakinginthenorth.blogspot.com/
http://garysthirdpotteryblog.blogspot.com/
http://jennifermeccapottery.blogspot.com/
Call for Artists: Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition Application
Deadline: March 1
Now in its 49th year, the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition [TOAE] is a juried showcase featuring contemporary fine art and craft that takes place on Nathan Phillips Square every July. As the largest outdoor art exhibition in Canada, the TOAE offers a fresh-air alternative to conventional art shows and galleries. Approximately 500 artists participate and over 100,000 visitors attend the exhibition every year. Side by side, established artists, undiscovered talents and innovative students sell their work directly to the public and make lasting connections with art dealers and collectors. In 2009, the TOAE presented over $35,000 in cash awards and prizes to participating artists.
We welcome applications from artists working in a wide range of traditional and experimental art forms. Applications can be downloaded from the TOAE website at www.torontooutdoorart.org or call 416.408.2754 for more information.
Call for Submission: Calgary Clay Arts Association OUT OF THE BOX, Calgary
Deadline January 29
Show at Centennial Gallery, March 6 to April 2, 2010. Members of the Calgary Clay Arts Association will present innovative and contemporary clay based art. Opening and artists’ reception March 6. Everyone welcome!
For information on submitting pieces and the show, contact Susan Thorpe [email protected] or [email protected]
For more information on Calgary Clay Arts Association check out: visit: www.calgaryclayarts.org
Job posting – Westminster College
Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania.
One year, Assistant Professor position beginning the Fall of 2010 to Fine Art Foundations and Beginning Ceramics. Teach three courses per semester from 2-D and 3-D Design, Wheel-Throwing, Hand-Building, and Art Appreciation in small liberal arts college environment. Manage established studio.
MFA in Ceramics/Sculpture or related field. University teaching beyond graduate level.
Westminster College is a selective, residential, national liberal arts institution with historical ties to the Presbyterian Church (USA). The College enrolls about 1,500 full-time students and employs about 105 full time faculty. Located in rural western Pennsylvania, Westminster is within one hour of both Pittsburgh and Cleveland.
Application review begins immediately and will continue until January 18, 2010.
Candidates should submit the following materials to Dr. David L. Barner, Chair of Communications Studies, Theater and Art, 306 Thompson Clark Hall – Box 162, Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA 16172-0001.
Items to include: letter of interest, curriculum vitae, artist’s statement, teaching-philosophy statement, names with email/street/ phone contact of three references, digital files of 20 recent works and 20 student works at jpgs on CD, and Image List. Also include 5 color printouts of personal works. Materials will be returned if SASE is included. Transcripts may be requested at a later date.
Impacts of the Recession on the Cultural Sector
The Effect of the Global Economic Recession on Canada’s Creative Economy in 2009 Cultural Human Resources Council, November 2009.
In this issue: A number of recent reports, using quite different methodologies and with different timing, have examined the effects of the recession on the cultural sector in Canada and elsewhere. The main consensus of these reports appears to be that endowments, foundations and business-related funding sources are probably the hardest hit by the recession.
Full report: http://www.culturalhrc.ca/announcements/2009/PR2009-11-26-e.asp
25th Annual Tallahassee International Call for entry
Entry Deadline: February 14, 2010
The Tallahassee International is an annual juried competition organized by Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts. The competition is open to all media and is juried by a panel of faculty from within the College of Visual Arts, Theatre and Dance.
View the 2009 Exhibition Selections.There is a $20.00 entry fee. A maximum of two (2) works per person may be submitted. Digital images or slides will be accepted, but digital images are preferred and must be in jpeg format (300dpi – 3MB or less). No SASE is necessary – NEITHER SLIDES NOR CD’S WILL RETURNED. The FSU Museum can only accept cash, checks, traveler cheques or money orders. Foreign checks and currencies cannot be processed. For a PDF Entry Form please click here.
For all the details view their website here.
Florida State University, Museum of Fine Arts
850-644-3906 | www.mofa.fsu.edu/pages/participate/tallahasseeinternational.shtml | [email protected]
Take my Illustrative Pottery Workshop with the Ceramics School
about me
Follow me on Instagram
Carole’s Website
MAKEANDDO.CA
Web Hosting sponsored by:
