Call for entry – Undergrad students

Ceramics Monthly has just sent out a call for an upcoming issue that will profile work by undergrad students. What a fantastic way to get some exposure! The competition is open to all undergraduate students enrolled in ceramics classes at accredited post-secondary educational institutions, including 2009 graduates. The winners get their work featured in Ceramics Monthly.


Apply now, tell your friends, tell your students! Check out their website for all the details, images from last years amazing students and the downloadable prospectus.

Surveying all clay artists…

Erin of the blog Ceramic Erin is putting together a survey of ceramic artists and will be posting answers every Monday on the blog. You should check it out and you should contribute to the survey! (…she says while still searching for time to do the survey herself!)

Upcoming events – International Ceramics Studio

The international Ceramics Studio in Hungary has an amazing list of upcoming events you should definitely check out if you’re looking for some great workshops.

June 21-28
MARIA GESZLER COURSE II
Working with one of the world’s leading exponents of printmaking on ceramic surfaces.

July 1-29
THE FIGURE
This symposium will investigate figurative ceramic sculpture in its technical and conceptual aspects.
Invited artists include: RIMAS VISGIRDA (USA), DALIA LAUCKAITE-JAKIMAVICIENE and RYTAS JAKIMAVICIUS (Lithuania)

July 8-17
FAST FIRE KILN
Kiln building with FRED OLSEN. Join Fred Olsen, the world’s leading kiln building expert, and learn to build and fire a new Fast Fire wood kiln.

August 4-31
WHITE GOLD
Porcelain symposium with invited guest artists including JINDRA VIKOVA (Czech Republic), MICHAEL MOORE (Ireland)
In the studio we have one of the best examples of this ‘noble material’, porcelain, available in the world. To co-incide with the symposium there will be visits to the world famous porcelain factory at Herend.

August 12-19
EXPERIMENTAL CERAMIC SURFACES
A master-course with PETER BEARD (GB)

September 16-23
NAKED RAKU
A master-course with DAVID ROBERTS (GB)

Check out their website for all the details and info about the Studio.

Melissa Mytty at the Clay Studio


I’m just loving these pieces by Melissa Mytty, the Clay Studio’s recent resident artist. Check out the show online here or in person if you can before the 28th of June. There’s also a great artist statement on the website and a few other shows running concurrently that also look amazing.


The Clay Studio
139 North Second Street
Philadelphia PA 19106
215-925-3453

New work by Kate MacDowell


New works by Kate MacDowell will be on display in Santa Fe Clay during SOFA West. Check out “Curiosities” a four person show also including new work by Lindsay Feuer, Andy Rogers, Kathleen Royster Lamb.The work all focuses on issues of growth, decay, and metamorphosis in the natural world.

You can see the exhibition in Santa Fe at http://www.santafeclay.com/gallery.htm (to be posted soon) or all of Kate’s her work at http://www.katemacdowell.com/portfolio.html

Pete Pinnell Video


Tumblestack just twittered about Pete Pinnell’s video “Thoughts on Cups” and I figured it was too great not to share it with all of you that don’t twitter so check it out here. Sorry I couldn’t figure out how to embed a Google video.

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