Workshops and Residency program in Bali

The following is a list of upcoming workshop hosted by GAYA Ceramic and Design in Bali. A quick look through their website and I’m quite convinced I need to not only attend a workshop, but maybe do a residency as well. The facilities seem amazing and that’s not even mentioning the villas and spa…yup, I said spa. Anyone out there want to foot the bill to send me? Anyone?

WESTERN RAKU AND SMOKE
Instructors: Marcello Massoni and Hillary Kane
Course level: beginning throwing skills recommended
Dates: NOVEMBER 1-14, 2009

FINDING CENTER : Introduction to Wheel-throwing
Instructor: Hillary Kane
Course level: no prior experience necessary
Dates: NOVEMBER 22-DECEMBER 5, 2009

ALTERED FORMS : Throwing Beyond Round
Instructors: Hillary Kane
Course Level: minimum beginning throwing skills recommended
Dates: JANUARY 17-30, 2010

SCULPTURAL OBJECT/FUNCTIONAL ART : Hand-building
Instructors: TBA
Course Level: all levels
Dates: MARCH 21- APRIL 3, 2010

A THOUSAND SURFACES
Instructors: Hillary Kane and Michela Massoni
Course Level: minimum beginning throwing skills recommended
Dates: MAY 9-22, 2010

SPONTANEOUS GLAZING : Soda and wood-firing
Instructors: TBA
Course Level: minimum beginning throwing/hand-building skills recommended
Dates: JULY 18-31, 2010

CULINARY CLAY : Food and Design
Instructors: Hillary Kane and extraordinary international guest chef.
Course Level: minimum beginning throwing/hand-building skills recommended
Dates: AUGUST 15-28, 2010

You can find all the info on their website here.

Jl. Raya Sayan, Ubud
Bali, Indonesia 80571
Phone: +62 (0)361 7451413 / 976220
Fax: +62 (0)361 976220
Email: [email protected]

Call for Submissions, Resident Artist Program @ the Living Arts Centre

Deadline: Ongoing

The Resident Artist Program has been created to provide opportunities for a blend of recent graduates of arts and design institutions, as well as mid-career artists, to create, explore, learn and exchange ideas and insights within a multi-disciplinary environment. We have eight professional studios in Wood, Flameworking, Glass, Sculpture, Textiles & Fibre Arts, Photography, Painting & Drawing, and Ceramics.

Short and long-term residencies are available.
Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.

Operating within a facility that offers a diverse choice of performing and visual arts programs, patrons of all ages enjoy a line-up of musicians and artists, and opportunities for hands-on creative expression in a professional arts environment. This marriage between visual and performing arts, community education and professional art practice provides a valued and unique atmosphere for emerging artists.

Resident Artist Benefits:

* Resident Artist office – computer, printer, slide scanner, fax machine, telephone, Internet
* Teaching and assisting opportunities
* Opportunity for inter-disciplinary activities
* Representation on the Centre’s website
* Annual Resident Artist Exhibition
* Opportunity for corporate commissions and to sell work in the Centre’s Gift Shop
* On-site Studio Technician
* All utilities provided
* Free parking

The Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Drive, Mississauga, Ontario L5B 4B8

For more information about the selection criteria and the application form, please visit our website at www.livingartscentre.ca or contact Cole Swanson, Exhibitions and Residency Coordinator, at 905.306.6161 or via email at [email protected].

Residency Opportunity @ the Living Arts Centre

The Resident Artist Program has been created to provide opportunities for a blend of recent graduates of arts and design institutions, as well as mid-career artists, to create, explore, learn and exchange ideas and insights within a multi-disciplinary environment. They have eight professional studios in Wood, Flameworking, Glass, Sculpture, Textiles & Fibre Arts, Photography, Painting & Drawing, and Ceramics.

Short and long-term residencies are available. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.

Operating within a facility that offers a diverse choice of performing and visual arts programs, patrons of all ages enjoy a line-up of musicians and artists, and opportunities for hands-on creative expression in a professional arts environment. This marriage between visual and performing arts, community education and professional art practice provides a valued and unique atmosphere for emerging artists.

Resident Artist Benefits:

* Resident Artist office – computer, printer, slide scanner, fax machine, telephone, Internet
* Teaching and assisting opportunities
* Opportunity for inter-disciplinary activities
* Representation on the Centre’s website
* Annual Resident Artist Exhibition
* Opportunity for corporate commissions and to sell work in the Centre’s Gift Shop
* On-site Studio Technician
* All utilities provided
* Free parking

The Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Drive, Mississauga, Ontario L5B 4B8

For more information about the selection criteria and the application form, please visit our website at www.livingartscentre.ca or contact Cole Swanson, Exhibitions and Residency Coordinator, at 905.306.6161 or via email at [email protected]

European Ceramic Context 2010


Well the website doesn’t have all the info yet, but I could wait to share the news of an amazing ceramic opportunity in 2010. Three extensive exhibitions with the best of European contemporary ceramics, workshops, lectures, masterclasses and artist residencies will take place on the island of Bornholm September 2010! Could it get much better?
From their website:
European Ceramic Context 2010 forms part of a biennial symposium for European contemporary glass and ceramics on the island of Bornholm in Denmark. Through comprehensive exhibitions, workshops, master classes, lectures and an artist in residence program, an opportunity will arise to discuss and present the best of contemporary European ceramics today. All 27 members of the European Union as well as Iceland, Norway and Switzerland will be participating.European Ceramic Context 2010 is organizing a conference that will spotlight and discuss current themes in contemporary European ceramics. Lecturers and speakers will be among the leading theorists, curators and artists within the field of ceramics. The conference will take place at the Glass and Ceramic School on Bornholm.European Ceramic Context 2010 is organizing a number of Master Classes, that will be open for enrollment to all professional ceramic artists who wishes to extend their knowledge or seek inspiration and challenge for their daily studio-practice. Master classes will be taught by accomplished instructors and professional artists.
European Ceramic Context is organizing a series of artist residencies in collaboration with Res Artis, a world wide network of artist-residencies and residential art centers. Selected artists will be given the time and space to develop a new project or body of work in ceramics. Artists will be working at Svaneke Gaarden, Møbelfabrikken and The Glass and Ceramic School for a period of approx. 6 weeks. During the residency artist will be asked to work on a given theme, to be presented at the ECC2010 conference at the end of their AiR session.
More details will be forth coming so bookmark the site and start booking your time off and flights!

Residency opportunity – Montreal Canada

Artist Residency at Creative Boost, Montreal

Emerging and established artists, as well as artist sponsors and organizations, are invited to apply for artist residency at Creative Boost. Situated in the heart of downtown Montreal, Creative Boost is surrounded by a thriving cultural scene, offering artists a stimulating space in which to realize their artistic vision.

The facility consists of both private and communal studios, a fully equipped clay studio, and an art gallery. Creative Boost also offers a unique language immersion program where students improve their English or French through planned learning activities where art in all its forms plays an important role.

For all applications, please visit our website, www.creativeboost.ca.