The
Ceramic Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa is pleased to host the second
bi-annual Iowa Clay Conference. In conjunction with the conference –
this show – “River to River” will highlight the richness and diversity
of ceramic art within Iowa and across the Midwest. Participation is open
to all artists 18 years of age or older living in Iowa, Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Indiana, Michigan,
Ohio, North Dakota and South Dakota. Work submitted must be original,
must use clay as the primary material, and must have been completed
within the last 2 years.
Jurors
Clary Illian, Matt Rude, Dolores Fortuna
Awards
There will be a $300 prize for Best in Show, as well as three $100 Merit Awards.
Entry Requirements and Procedures
An artist may enter up to 3 works, up to 2 images per work.
My
name is Kim Luther and I am a Ceramics Grad at Indiana
University-Bloomington. Currently, I am researching
hysteria; how it has been depicted in art, contrived and medicated by
men and how that is still seen in our culture today wether referenced in
music and cinema or politics. I have also done some photography with
clay that was more about filling voids, space and female relationships
(mother/daughter or sister).
Want
to be featured as an emerging artist on musing? All you have to do is
send me some images, a brief write up if you’d like, and a
website if you have it to [email protected] If you could put emerging
artist in the subject header of the email so it doesn’t get lost in my
spam folder that would be great. Thanks!
I recently got the chance to snoop around David’s studio while I was at Arrowmont and was completely blown away by his work. Today I thought I’d share a little video i shot of him talking about his work, some images from his studio and a few pics from his website of his installations. Please make sure to check out his website for more.
Mei-ling Hom, Cloud Bend, 2012, 3.5 X 4.75 X 3.5, Ceramic, gesso, graphite; hand built.
Featured in the Museum’s
Main Gallery, this exhibition will showcase the works of 26 artists from
Japan, South Korea and the United States. The East & West Ceramics
Association was formed more than a dozen years ago by South Korean
Professor Gil Hong Han. While a visiting instructor at Long Island
University, he traveled around the northeastern U.S. sharing his dream
of creating a multinational group of ceramic artists. Soon the dream
took wing and within a year, artists from Japan, South Korea, and the
United States worked together to create an exhibition in New York City.
The artists who comprise the East & West may struggle to understand
each other when they speak, but when it comes to working with clay,
their ability to communicate is effortless.
Closing Reception: March 10, 2013
Featuring the work of:
Emiko Asada Yuchiko Baba Ruth Borgenicht Byong Keon Choi Susan Eisen Ayato Fujiwara Ikuzo Fujiwara Gil Hong Han Mei-Ling Hom Akihiko Ishijima Shellie Jacobson James Jansma Jong Hyun Kim Jae Yong Kim Jong Sook Kang Jung Suk Lee Myung Ah Lee Bo Na Lim Wook Jae Maeng William C. McCreath Yoshiji Onuki Hyeu Won Park Jeff Shapiro Ryo Suzuki Adam Welch Satoshi Yokoo Ji Yong Yoon
Hunterdon Art Museum Gallery Hours: Tue-Sat 11am-5pm 7 Lower Center St, Clinton, NJ 08809
As anyone whose every attended a residency can attest to it’s beyond all else overwhelming. This is not a bad thing by any means, but it does result in the inability to verbalize adequately all of the amazing conversations, sights, sounds, and artworks that surrounds you. My intentions were to blog everyday and share all the details of my trip to Arrowmont, yet now that i’m finally siting at the computer i’m lost, not sure where to begin, and more than slightly aware of the magnitude of information that has been packed into my brain over the last few days.
As many of you might know this is my first real venture away from my littlest babe so it’s been a time for re-awakening the dormant parts of my creative brain after a long sleep. This alone has made the transition back into a communal studio where academic and creative language abounds a bit stressful for me. The theoretical mind is a muscle that if not stretched dies off and not much short of shock therapy is needed to get it working again.
So i began my travels with a day of flights from the cold north of
Saskatchewan down into the Southern United States and the great state of
Tennessee. I’ve never been this far south in the USA and quite honestly
had no idea what to expect. There is as always with Americans a
generosity and kindness, humor and sincerity that always brings me back
to the USA happily. Tennessee has a wealth of beautiful scenery to
behold and the drive from Knoxville to Gatlinburg (where Arrowmont is
located) was a road trip to burn into memory. The Smoky Mountain
National Park was lovely this time of year and I predict would be even
more breathtaking in the summer or fall months.
A little on why I’m here: Early last year I received one of those emails that makes you giddy and uncontrollably dance happily around your kitchen (hopefully only for you to see). Jason Burnett, one of my current favorite contemporary potters contacted me regarding The Ceramic Surface Forum, which is a week long forum in it’s second year. Its an initiative that Jason pitched to Arrowmont and which Arrowmont eagerly supported, and somehow, just somehow I got on the ceramic gods good side and was invited to participate this year. I’ll be posting images of the other artists work over the next few days and will get around to posting links to all of their websites right away as well. For me this was the perfect way to start off my year. Last year was a blur, a baby, some sales, a move, who knows what else. And at the end of it all i was shocked to realize that a year had gone by without me having made even one new figurative sculpture. What?! I know. Embarrassing. That part of my brain had given itself up to the survival mode of parenting and craft sales. But in the fall I had applied for a grant with the Saskatchewan Arts Board which I recently found out I had received. This grant would financially support this residency as well as a research based trip to Los Angeles later this spring (more on that another time) and the production of a new body of figurative work.
So i looked that this week away at Arrowmont as the perfect way to start sketching ideas and content development for this new project. Plus on top of it all I would be surrounded by artists with a wealth of knowledge, particularly regarding ceramic surface techniques which I could learn from, test and possibly incorporate into new surface treatments for my figurative work.
Urgh glaze testing. How I hate thee. But with only a week and the inability to really bring anything back with me there was no point in making any sculptures – even if the idea of a weeks worth of uninterrupted days could have resulted in more physical work than what i created all last year. So instead i’m spending a lot of time peering over shoulders and learning, engaging in conversations about clay, craft, academia, life, you name it, and basically easing my way back into a making mode. Needless to say it’s been lovely, truly exactly what i needed and more.
For now I’ll leave you with some eye candy from around the studio as i’m eager to get away from this computer and back to the studio. I promise to fill you in more about Arrowmont, Gatlinburg and all of the artists i have the pleasure and honor to be working beside as soon as i have a spare minute. Until then enjoy!
