by Carole Epp | Sep 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
“The Journal of Modern Craft covers all aspects of craft as its exists within the condition of modernity (conceived as roughly from the mid-19th century to the present day) without geographical or disciplinary boundary. The journal is published 3 times a year by Berg Publishers. This website features responses, notices and short contributions relevant to the journal.”
While your there make sure to read the feature article Virtual Guilds: Collective Intelligence and the Future of Craft by Leonardo Bonanni and Amanda Parkes from issue 3.2A great website to stay current on the contemporary climate of craft disciplines and relevant theory and context. Check them out here.
by Carole Epp | Aug 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
Today’s site to see is a shout out to my local pottery supply store here in Saskatoon.
Tree opened back in 1974 and has been supplying the local community of ceramic artists ever since. Louise Roy, the shops’ owner is one of the most fantastically lovely people to do business with. My little guy and always enjoy our visit.
Check out the website here.
Got a suggestion for a site to see fridays or monday morning eye candy? Drop me a line at [email protected]
by Carole Epp | Aug 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
From their website:
“About Us
Our Mission
The short-term goals of the coalition includes two specific asks to all parties:
- increase the annual budget of the Canada Council for the Arts to $300 million; and
- invest in a new market access and development fund – an investment measure aimed, in part, at replacing cut programs that supported international touring and dissemination.
The Canadian Arts Coalition is the largest consortium of arts, culture, and heritage supporters — business leaders and arts philanthropists, sponsors and volunteers, artists and cultural workers, and arts, culture and heritage organizations, — ever assembled in Canada.
We all believe that the future of our citizens, their towns and cities, and indeed, the nation itself depends on a rich, vibrant and diverse arts and heritage community. The viability of cities greatly depends on their cultural opportunities. Our artists are inventive and generous. But the arts can flourish only when they have adequate, stable, sustained investment.
History
The CAC was originally assembled to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Canada Council for the Arts and to advocate for the Government of Canada to further invest in stable, long term support that increases the Canada Council’s budget by an additional $100 million per annum. We believe the Canada Council is fundamental to the cultural infrastructure of Canada as the key public vehicle for supporting the promotion and development of the arts in Canada. In 2007, we applauded the federal government for a $30 million permanent increase to the Canada Council for the Arts.”Find out more and about ways to get involved here.
by Carole Epp | Aug 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
As i’m slowing trying to better structure and add to the blog and its content, i thought i’d add to Eye Candy Monday by ending the week with A Site 2 See Fridays. Love it? Hate it? Other suggestions? As always I’m very open to advice and suggestions on how to make the blog better for you guys, the readers. I’m hoping to expand on Mondays gorgeous images and context with posts on fridays leading you to interesting blogs, galleries, podcasts, videos, craft writing, etc.
If you have ideas or would like to promote your own work, website, event, organization please feel free to drop me a line at [email protected]. I always try my hardest to get back to everyone. If you don’t see your content live on the blog in a reasonable amount of time, feel free to write again and bug me, sometimes things get lost in the spam folder or in my messy life : )
So for today’s A Site 2 See please check out the figurative work of Jill Marleah Bell on her blog Jill Bell Ceramics: Ceramics, drawings and all round nice girl.
