New Issue of Craft Journal
Ruth Chambers, Giardino Segreto (detail), 2002 (Photo: Don Hall)Looks to be a great issue full of ceramics:Articles
- A Case Study of the Kayak Man: How Do We Think about Objects in Craft Collections by Alena Buis
- Ruth Chambers : the Alchemical Mind by Virginia Eichhorn
- Espace Verre : a Really Well-Filled Twenty-Five Years by Léopold L. Foulem
- Eric Tardif: a Divergent Perspective on Wood Carving in Quebec by Barbara Weiser
Reviews
- Le voyage de l’âne harpiste: Appropriating Tradition by Marika Nelson
- Maurice Savoie: Art, architecture, industrie by Susan Surette
- Léopold L. Foulem: Reccuperation by Gail Vanstone
- Goyer-Bonneau: a Signature Style by Caroline Thibault
- Savaria: the Force of Fire by Annie Depont & Gilles Matte
- SOFA Event by Valérie Côté
Check the website for subscription info.
Don’t forget they are also looking for submissions – see the link here.
An Alberta Call for entry…
The Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Awards Foundation: 2010 Emerging Artist Awards
Deadline for application: February 15
The Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Awards Foundation has established a program of awards for emerging artists to support and encourage promising artists, early in their careers, while also serving to raise the profile of the arts in Alberta. The Awards are awarded every second year, beginning in 2008. Each Award consists of $10,000 and a medallion. Up to ten prizes may be awarded in each awards cycle.
Award recipients are selected by an application and adjudication process. Emerging Alberta Artists who meet the eligibility criteria may make application for the Award. Appraisals are required from two established artists who are in a position to provide the Foundation with a candid assessment of the Applicant’s current accomplishments and potential to develop.
Dawn Detarando, with appraisal support from the Alberta Craft Council, was a recipient of an emerging artist award in 2008.
The Application Guidelines, Application Form and Appraisal Form are available from the Foundation’s website at www.artsawards.ca. Deadline for receipt of Applications and accompanying two Appraisals is Feb. 15, 2010.
Artist of the Day: Vicki Hardin
I’m sure not many of you are strangers to the amazing Vicki Hardin and her tireless work for our ceramics community. If you are, do make sure to check out the links posted further down. Vicki has some of the best ceramic resources out there, and to boot her studio work is incredible too! Not sure how she finds the time…Enjoy.
Bio
Vicki Hardin, an established clay artist, has worked in clay for 30 years producing raku and pit fired pottery, garnering national and regional attention and praise for her work. She has shown throughout the southwest region, extensively in Texas, where she maintains her studio, Clay Art Pottery, home and family. Her pottery is currently on view at Show of Hands Gallery in Philadelphia and at her studio. In 1984 she established Clay Art Pottery at the Chicken Farm Art Center in San Angelo, where she continues to maintain a studio and gallery space. Her site is available at VickiHardin.com. She hosts the ClayArtWebGuide, an internet website and resource to those interested in clay, and the Kiln God National Ceramic Exhibition.
Artists Statement
Handbuilding is my passion. My work reflects my appreciation of the old, ancient works of a world that has moved on. The hand-built vessels are poised on a balance between primitive simplicity and grace, which I have often explored to free myself from a production ethic. Firing with alternative processes are my interest. This particular work is hand built and then bon fired. Website: VickiHardin.com
ClayArtWebGuide.com
and KilnGodNational.com[email protected]
Artist of the Day: Leo Neuhofer
Today’s post is so full of images I’m almost speechless. Well I’m actually a bit speechless at the impact of this work. When I read Leo’s email stating that this “work was about memorialization and a bit of politics of the time”, well the impact was even greater. There is a monumental overtone of sadness and unease – yet also rest, a sense of paying homage and an unsettling edge to this work. I only wish I could see it in the flesh as I’m sure it would be even more amazing. This work is from a show Leo had at the Jam Factory in Adelaide,South Australia in 2007, and a bronze sculpture on the beach from a few years earlier.
A bit of background about LEO NEUHOFER:
Education
2004 Bachelor of Visual Arts, Honours, University of SA, Underdale Campus
1987 Life drawing, Central School of Art, SA
1976 School of Art, University of SA Bachelor of Visual Arts
Professional Development
2000-2001 Residency – University of SA Ceramic Studio
2000 Residency- JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design Ceramic Studio
1987 JamFactory Workshops
1987 Member of Central Studio Collective
1979 – 1986 Thrower, Bennett’s Magill Pottery Workshops
1978 Wood Sculpture, ST Antonin Noble Val, France
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2007 Connections, Jam Factory Contemporary Craft and Design, Adelaide, SA
2001 Translations, JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design, Adelaide, SA
1996 Greenaway Gallery, Kenttown, SA Untitled
1994 Gargantuan Prospect Gallery, Prospect, SA
1993 Soulfairing Festival Theatre Foyer, Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, SA
1992 Prospect Gallery Studio, Prospect, SA Untitled
1992 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Richmond Vic Untitled
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007 SA Ceramic Award ,Central Gallery, Norwood, SA
2006 Collectanea, South Australia Museum, Adelaide, SA
2005 Crockery, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
2005 SA Ceramic Award, Central Gallery, Norwood, SA
2004 The Last Picture Show, N Gallery Uni SA Graduation Show, Underdale, SA
2002 Summer Group Show, Haeciety Art Gallery, Melbourne VIC
2001 SA Ceramic Award, Central Gallery, Norwood, SA
2001 10 years of Jamboree, JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design, Adelaide, SA
2001 Blanc, Artspace Festival Centre, Adelaide, SA
2001 Odyssey, Adelaide, Hindley St,.SA
2001 Jamboree Clay JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design, Adelaide, SA
2000 19th National Craft Acquisition Award, Darwin, NT
Collections
Art Gallery of South Australia, SA
City of Salisbury, SA
City of Prospect, SA
South Australian Cricket Association, SA
Artbank, NSW
City of Tea Tree Gully, SA Commissions City of Holdfast Shores, SA
City of Salisbury, SA
SA Orange Lane Market, SA
Australia Remembers – City of Prospect, SA Awards
South Australian Ceramic Award 2005
Publications
“Forms into New Bodies”, Christine Nicholls,
World Sculpture News vol; 14 no.2 spring 2008
Ceramics Art and Perception issue 61 Sept 2005
SA Ceramic Award 2001, 2005, 2007
Gold Coast Ceramic Award 1998
Artist of the Day: Aaron Nelson
There are a few good reasons why I’m looking into applying for a residency at Medalta International AIR program; one of the reasons however is unrelated to making any of my own work (or maybe not) – it’s to go and meet today’s artist. I’m completely taken by Aaron’s work and the translucency of the clay body he’s developed. (yes he developed it, you can’t buy it in a store…sadness) Maybe if I get to go to Medicine Hat, i’ll find a way to get my hands on the recipe – as I reckon it’s got my beloved Southern Ice Porcelain beat….
About the Artist“Inspired by the translucent nature of porcelain and the deep rich colours of his glazes, Aaron Nelson creates unique designs that are influenced by traditional Asian aesthetics as well as modern European design.
Currently Aaron is working with experimental, highly translucent soft paste porcelain that matures at an extremely low temperature. His interest in this new material, for which there are few historical precedents, grows out of a concern for the environment and reducing the carbon footprint of his practice. With his new porcelain body, he is able to marry the gesture, spontaneity and aesthetics of hand-thrown ceramics with material a generally associated with industrial ceramics. He is intrigued by the capacity of ceramics to engage global ideas that are both ethical and technological in nature.
After previous studio practices in Victoria, Chicago, Vancouver and Montana, Aaron Nelson is currently the Artistic Director of the Shaw International Centre for Contemporary Ceramics in Medicine Hat, Alberta. Aaron has taught in Canada and the US.”
You can contact Aaron about his amazing work or about the Medalta International Artists in Residence through their website www.medalta.org
or
Aaron Nelson
Artistic Director
e. [email protected]
(oh and keep yours eyes peeled for info about the Medalta AIR, i’ll be posting the 2010 info very soon…)
Call for Entry – Teapots
January 20, 2010 Entry Deadline
Armory Art Center, Florida, West Palm Beach
Exhibition Dates: March 2–16, 2010
Open to all craft media focusing on the theme of fun, wild ‘n wacky teapots, sugar & creamers, tea cups, sandwich plates, spoons, forks, knives and cake platters. Mad Hatter’s Tea-Party is open to all artists in the United States and its territories. Works must not exceed 36 inches or 90cm in any direction. Artwork entered should not be so fragile that shipment of public display is potentially harmful to the work or viewer. Art must be properly prepared and presented for display.
Accepted artwork which differs greatly from the slides may be disqualified. No accepted entry may be withdrawn prior to the close of the exhibition. CDs of accepted work will become the property of the Armory Art Center. This is an open jurying and all slides are viewed anonymously. All accepted work must be available for sale.
The Artist will receive 50% of the retail price of all works sold. Proceeds from the Mad Hatter’s Tea-Party will benefit the Artists-in-Residence Program at the Armory Art Center. Participants wishing to donate a greater percentage of their sales are invited to do so. For more information and to download prospectus visit: Mad Hatter’s Tea Party.
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