by Carole Epp | Aug 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
Artist Talk
Saturday, August 25, 2012 beginning at 7:30 pm
In the Resident Center and free and open to the public.
Archie
Bray visiting artist and workshop instructor Christa Assad will present
a talk on her work and influences at the Archie Bray Foundation
Residence Center at 7:30 on Saturday, August 25, 2012.
 Christa Assad, a mid-career artist based in Berkeley, CA, is best known for her ReObjectification series — teapot designs based on objects and buildings from American industry.
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teacher, traveler and full-time ceramist with an MFA from Indiana
University, Assad’s work is in the permanent collections of the Fine
Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Ceramics Research Center at Arizona
State University Museum and the Penn State Fulbright Scholar Collection,
among others. Assad is represented by Ferrin Gallery, Harvey Meadows
Gallery and Fourth & Clay. She teaches and exhibits internationally, creating both useful and sculptural pieces.
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by Carole Epp | Aug 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
Photo: Jane Rosemont
Tuesday, August 14, 6 pm
Armory for the Arts Theater
Co-sponsored by Turner Carroll Gallery and Moss Outdoor
Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio are life and business partners
celebrating 33 years together and are considered the leading experts on
modern ceramics today. They founded the Garth Clark Gallery in Los
Angeles in 1981, and added New York in 1983. The gallery soon became the
leading space internationally for modern and contemporary ceramic art,
presenting over six hundred exhibitions. Together they also ran the
non-profit group Ceramic Arts Foundation that has published books,
organized exhibitions and held eight major international conferences of
ceramic art and criticism in Syracuse, Kansas City, London and
Amsterdam. The duo has received numerous awards from the Museum of Arts
and Design, New York, the Kansas City Art Institute and other
institutions. Clark, the author of over sixty books, was made a Fellow
of the Royal College of Art and also was the winner of 2005 Mather Award
for Distinguished Art Journalism from the College Art Association.
As gallerists, scholars, authors, and collectors, Garth Clark and
Mark Del Vecchio have helped shape the field of ceramics by expanding
notions of the medium’s possibilities. Their esteemed collection of
ceramics was given to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in 2007, and is
the subject of a 500-page comprehensive catalogue published this year by
Yale University Press. Clark has just competed two new books, Mind Mud: Ai Weiwei’s Conceptual Ceramics and Lucio Fontana Ceramics.
The Armory Theater for the Arts in Santa Fe
by Carole Epp | Aug 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
Penny Byrne: Leaking like a SIEV 2008.
Vintage wooden model boat, vintage ceramic and porcelain figurines, plastic police
Public Lecture
Penny Byrne meticulously constructs manipulated figurines from
damaged and antiquidated ceramic objects into artworks that fiercely
wield a political message. The use of fragile ceramics contradicts the
political issues evident in her work. Byrne’s satirical viewpoint
confronts a number of contemporary political issues that presents an
ongoing inquiry into popular culture and international politics.
| Speaker/Host: |
Art & Confrontation: Penny Byrne |
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School of Art lecture theatre |
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Wednesday, 8 August 2012 |
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1:00 PM – 2:00 PM |
| Website: |
http://soa.anu.edu.au/art-forum |
| Enquiries: |
Waratah Lahy on 6125 9356
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by Carole Epp | Jun 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
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| Peter Calla |
On July 7 at 5pm Crimson Laurel Gallery will host a lecture by internationally recognized ceramic sculptor Peter Callas at the Historic Mitchell County Courthouse in downtown Bakersville, NC. The lecture will include an overview of Peter’s 40 year career, his 23 year collaboration with Peter Voulkos and a discussion of “Serendipity: An International Exhibition of Wood Fired Sculptural Ceramics” that opens on July 1. Andrew Glasgow, the retired executive director of the American Craft Council, will introduce Peter and offer opening remarks.
“Serendipity: An International Exhibition of Wood Fired Sculptural Ceramics” will feature fourteen artists from five countries and also includes a functional element that features eight exceptional wood fired ceramic artists . This exhibition is curated by Asheville NC sculptor Eric Knoche. Eric’s goal for this exhibition is to present a group of artists from across the spectrum of wood fired sculptural ceramics never before seen in this part of the world. He is particularly interested in how various artists have adapted the wood fired patina to their own sculptural work.
The sculptural artists included in this exhibition include Ted Adler, Mary Bowron, Joy Brown, Peter Callas, Jason Hess, Eric Knoche, Tim Rowan, Mat Rude and Jeff Shapiro from the United States, Neil Hoffman from Australia, Nina Hole and Ann-Charlotte Ohlson from Denmark, Koichiro Isezaki from Japan and Michal Puszczynski from Poland. The functional artists include Chris Campbell, JD Jorgenson, Lucien Koonce, Simon Levin, John Martelle, Dan Murphy, Tara Wilson and Shumpei Yamaki.
Tim Rowan
The exhibition will open on July 1 and remain through August 31. Please join us for an artist’s reception at 6pm on July 7th. Crimson Laurel Gallery following the Peter Callas lecture which takes place at 5pm. The exhibition can be seen and purchased online. For more information call 828-688-3599 or online at
www.crimsonlaurelgallery.com.
by Carole Epp | May 1, 2012 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
NCECA 2013 – 47th Annual Conference
Houston, Texas
March 20-23, 2013
THE THEME: Earth/Energy
Ceramics and Ceramic Process bring together two essential elements:
EARTH and ENERGY. The theme of NCECA’s 2013 Conference in Houston,
Earth/Energy pays tribute to the places we live and create, the
materials we use, and the ENERGY that drives our process as ceramic
artists, educators and enthusiasts.
The ENERGY of creation and transformation culminates in work
with ENERGIZED forms and surfaces, work that ENERGIZES space and
ultimately this ENERGIZES our imaginations.
New ENERGY sources and innovations may result in work that is
EARTH friendly and, in this global era, we often aim to make work that
is EARTH conscious.
NCECA invites proposals for programming including lectures,
panels and topical discussions that explore the synthesis and
multi-faceted nature Earth/Energy may inspire, as well as proposals that
relate to the region of Houston as relevant to our field.
TOPICS FOR PROPOSALS
For the 47th annual meeting of NCECA in Houston, Texas we call
for proposals of lectures and panel discussions relating to issues of
earth and energy, as well as issues specific to this region and
location. As always, we also welcome proposals on all subjects
relevant to our field. Submissions will be evaluated in regard to
merit, the presenter’s expertise in the area, and a general interest in
providing a balanced and inclusive program for the members. The
general categories for proposals are as follows:
∙ Aesthetics, Critical Theory and Practice,
including presentations about concepts of beauty and value, art
attitudes, art in society, content and interpretation, analysis and
evaluation.
∙ Art History, including presentations about
traditional and non-traditional artists and movements, styles, surveys
of regional, national and international art in clay.
∙ Education, presentations about traditional
and non-traditional curricula, goals, standards, methods and pedagogy
including but not limited to those that advance knowledge and awareness
of environmental concerns.
∙ Professionalism, including presentations
about working standards, goals, methods, and attitudes or, the
professional working relationships of guilds, co-ops and other ceramic
centers.
∙ Technology and Sustainability,
presentations about traditional and non-traditional materials,
processes, kilns, equipment, including but not limited to those that
mitigate adverse environmental impact through innovations in
sustainable systems and practices.
∙ New Work, is a category of proposals for up
to four artists to present a 15-minute visual presentation on the
subject of a body of their own work completed within the last three
years. Artists 30 years and older who have been working professionally
for at least five years since completing their training are eligible to
submit.
For full details visit their website here.
The deadline for your proposal is May 15, 2012, 11:59 pm MST.
