by Carole Epp | Feb 25, 2011 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
The Alberta College of Art + Design is one of only four publicly funded Canadian post-secondary institutions devoted exclusively to the advanced education of visual artists and designers. The college has recently entered into a vital new phase in its development and embraced a new mandate and vision that endorse a model of the institution as a laboratory for experimentation and as a catalyst for cultural development and creative inquiry into the arts and emergent cultural fields.
The college welcomes applications for the upcoming 2011 – 2012 academic year for the position of: Visiting Artist/Instructor – Ceramics (Competition 1011-JA-FT-30)
Nine (9) month appointment – over two (2) semesters from August 25, 2011 to May 31, 2012. This position has been an integral part of the Ceramics program for over 20 years and is currently funded under the ACAD Rawlinson Visiting Faculty Program made possible by the generous donation of the Jill Rawlinson Fund. To complement existing instructional resources, the Visiting Artist in Ceramics will instruct a total of four (4), six (6) hour long studio courses at all levels of the undergraduate BFA in Ceramics program and will be expected to participate in Ceramics program activities and administrative workload. The Visiting Artist will receive remuneration (on a prorated-basis) in line with the salary of a full time instructor teaching a two course per semester load and will be provided with a generous studio space within the Ceramics facility. Firing and glazing materials will also be provided. The Visiting Artist will be expected to maintain an active personal research/studio practice during the time at ACAD and will be invited to mount a solo exhibition/presentation of her/his research/studio practice at the college in April 2012. Qualifications:
The successful candidate will have: a significant professional exhibition record and recognition as a ceramist, an MFA or an equivalent degree or combination of education and professional experience in ceramics, substantial teaching experience at the post secondary level, excellent technical skills and a wide knowledge of all aspects of the discipline with a particular regard for the international ceramics profession. Applicants with a studio practice and teaching experience in pottery are particularly sought for this academic year. Please submit applications by March 31, 2011 including: letter of application; the names/email/telephone contacts of three (3) referees; a current curriculum vitae; Two statements, one outlining teaching philosophy and practice and one regarding studio and research practice; twenty (20) digital images of recent studio work accompanied by a corresponding numbered list including titles, medium and size to: Alberta College of Art + Design
1407 – 14th Avenue NW
Calgary, Alberta T2N 4R3
Fax: 403.284.6236
E-mail: [email protected] For further information about the college, Calgary, Alberta, Canada and this position please visit our web site at www.acad.ca. Alberta College of Art + Design is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes expressions of interest from all qualified applicants for consideration for this or other suitable vacancies. While we thank all applicants in advance for their interest, please note that only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. In situations with several qualified candidates, preference will normally be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents.
by Carole Epp | Feb 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
A Precarious Moment in Ceramics
 2008
Saggar-fired stoneware tiles and ink
150x120cm
Plan For World Peace
 2002
Clay and found objects
120cm wide
Settlers of Grey Islands
 2010
Coloured porcelain and inkjet prints
Interactive game Michael Flaherty, b. 1978, St. John’s, Newfoundland. As a graduate of NSCAD University (BFA, 2001) Michael studied salt-glaze stoneware
production under the tutelage of master potter Jackie Seaton in Ontario before moving
on to become Clay Studio Coordinator and Instructor at the Craft Council of
Newfoundland and Labrador. More studies at University of Regina (MFA, 2007)
coincided with a residency at at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts
in Montana (2005) and sessional teaching appointments at NSCAD University (2006).
In 2007 Michael returned to Newfoundland where he now maintains an active studio
practice. Recent works have included a cross-Canada bicycle ride/art intervention,
and three months spent living alone and making a ceramic installation on a deserted
island off Newfoundland’s north coast.
Michael currently lives in Corner Brook, Newfoundland, where he is the Sculpture
Technician in the Fine Arts Program at Memorial University of Newfoundland –
Grenfell Campus.
In addition to being an artist, Michael is a compulsive volunteer in artist run
culture and a bicycle advocate, instructor and mechanic.www.ceramicfundamentalist.com |
by Carole Epp | Feb 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
As a kid growing up on an apple orchard in Southwestern Ontario, mom’s homemade play dough was my favorite thing to play with. I loved the stuff. My poor mother sacrificed her dining room table for years so that I had somewhere to create. I was always a pretty creative kid and enjoyed art classes in school.
Until high school, that is. In high school we were given the opportunity to take either art or music. I chose music. Not because I didn’t want to take art, but rather, because I was horrible at drawing and couldn’t paint to save my life. For some reason, I had always just assumed that art class in high school was all about painting and drawing, and so I avoided it like the plague. I suffered all through high school taking music classes and focusing on science, all the while wishing I could take pottery classes. Once graduation rolled around, I was off to university to persue sciences but pottery was always a lingering thought. I didn’t last long in sciences. I was horribly unhappy and knew that something had to change. I made the switch to social sciences for all of one semester but there was still something missing. I decided that if I was going to be
happy, I needed to go to school for something I always wanted to do. Pottery.
Much to the horror of my parents, I dropped out, moved back home and put together a portfolio to apply to art school. Within 6 months I was on my way to Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver where I completed a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts, Visual Arts Degree in 2002.
I have never looked back. I have been a full time potter since 2005 and am currently working in functional porcelain. I have absolutely no regrets about the path I have chosen – though really, it feels more like the path chose me.
www.ragingbowlpottery.com
www.ragingbowl.etsy.com
www.ragingbowl.blogspot.com
by Carole Epp | Feb 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
Clayworks Studio-Link and the Edmonton Potters Guild invite you to learn a variety of printing techniques to create new surfaces on your finished work.
Cathy will demonstrate water-based printing techniques, from basic transfers with rubber stamps, and introduce participants to screen printing with slips and underglazes. She will demonstrate printing onto tissue-paper as well as more direct methods of printing onto clay. She will also teach you how to make decals using laser printers and photocopiers. Her range of techniques can be readily used by both beginner and advanced ceramic artists, in any type of kiln.
When: Friday March 25, 6-9 & Saturday March 26, 9-4
Where: 10125-81 Avenue (Studio-link)
Cost: $95
(payment made at either the EPG or at Studio-link by March 11)
Cathy Terepocki graduated from Alberta College of Art and Design in 2004 with a BFA in ceramics. Since then she has been selling and exhibiting her work at galleries and shops across Canada. Her pieces have been featured in major exhibitions such as Canada’s Unity and Diversity Exhibition at the Cheongju International Craft Biennale and at the Vancouver Museum as part of the 2010 Cultural Olympiad.
Contact: Alethea ([email protected]) or Elly (413-0118)
by Carole Epp | Feb 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
Installation: White Athabaska III, Red, Red III, Red IV Athabaska 120 W x 75 H inches
Shifted & Drift Ceramic, Terra Sigillata, Oil Paint 74 H x 58 W inches, 25 H x 52 W x 91 L inches
Red Athabaska IV Ceramic, Acrylic 36 W x 73 H inches
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Installation: Burnt Ceramic and Glazes 144 H x 240 W x 180 L inches
www.xantheisbister.com.
