by Carole Epp | Sep 29, 2010 | Uncategorized
There is so much to talk about this week I hardly know where to start and hopefully I won’t forget any details. To begin with, yesturday was the install day for my exhibition here in Saskatoon (woohoo hometown show!) with Robin Lambert and Jody Greenman-Barber. You’ll likely remember Robin from my tales of the residency at Medalta this summer. We both spent the month working on this exhibition in studios side by side and blogging the process simultaneously. A curious process indeed. Very public…very vulnerable.
I’ve long wanted to show with these two artist so yesturday was a very exciting day indeed. The show boasts three very different bodies of work, each in their own way exploring the current climate of craft practice, technique and installation. I think it came together quite well despite my initial fears that the install of three such different styles within one space would be problematic and disjointed.
But i reckon the install was a success and as always for a stay at home mom, a day out and about with a fellow artist, chatting about art and even getting to eat lunch in an old favorite pub was quite the treat.
Here’s some of the work in progress at the end. Days of glueing out enjoying the beautiful fall we’re having here lately.
Contemplative Robin with some of his work.
A gallery shot, i’ll show some better ones once the show is lit properly.
Some of Jody’s incredible dancing pots.
But this isn’t the only instance of blogs colliding this week. I am also very pleased to announce the opening of the Clay and Blogs exhibition I was invited to participate in.
From the Website:
Curated by Meredith Heywood of Whynot Pottery
Take a glimpse into a unique community of 50 working potters who are separated by distance, but brought together through the common language of clay and the written word in a digital world. These potters share their lives, skills, thoughts, triumphs and defeats through an on-line medium called a blog or web log. Plan to join us for an exciting show in October as we bring their diverse styles of individual work together. For a list of the potters and their blogs, scroll down. In addition, most of the Clay and Blogs potters are offering a piece for sale exclusively online. Click here to view our very first online gallery. Opening Reception: Friday, October 1, 2010, 6 to 8 p.m.
Exhibition Dates: October 1-29, 2010
Weekday Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Online Gallery Dates: September 1-October 29, 2010 Online Gallery Hours: Everyday, All day.”If you go to the website (here) you’ll find a comprehensive list of the participating artists plus links to each of their blogs. So many amazing artists…Meredith in particular has just been amazing organizing all of this, so if you live anywhere nearby please do take the time to go and check out the show. I sooo wish I could be there. So many bloggers out there become good friends through the sharing of their lives, art, practice with others. Would be an honor to meet them in person.
Here’s some images of the pieces I sent:
Okay that’s enough for now. Back to the studio, but more news to come…
by Carole Epp | Sep 25, 2010 | Uncategorized
If you have no plans for the 2nd of October, well here’s the best idea I can think of:
Check out the awesomeness here.
by Carole Epp | Sep 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
ANIMA MOTRIX: motive spirit
recent collaborative works
September 9 – October 10, 2010
Meet the artists: Saturday, September 25, 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. 
by Carole Epp | Sep 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
RDC Ceramics is pleased to host 1000 MA in the New Centre for Visual Art
FEATURED ARTISTS
JULIA GALLOWAY is a potter who creates utilitarian work, and is a professor and Director of the School of Art at the University of Montana – Missoula. www.juliagalloway.com
TERI FRAME received a BFA from Kansas City Art Institute in 2005 and MFA from Pennsylvania State University in 2008. She is the Visiting Artist/Instructor in Ceramics at ACAD this year.
ROBERT HARRISON will install one of his brick sculptures that he is famous for over the week of the September 27 to October 3rd. Robert lives and works in Helena, Montana.
DAVID BIAN is a Chinese ceramic artist who works at the Pottery Workshop in Shanghai and will be at RDC as an artist-in-residence for September -October. www.potteryworkshop.org
for up to date information we are on
Facebook
Log into Facebook and search for 1000 Miles Apart Group and Event. Join the Group for regular updates and information on accommodations and if you have any questions e-mail: [email protected]
Silent Auction
1000 Miles apart is a student run and supported conference that is free to all the attendees. Please help support the students by donating one of your ceramic pieces for a silent auction that will be held over the duration of the conference. Student reps will be on hand to receive your works and put them on display when you arrive to the event.
Exhibition
Students and instructors from the participating institutions are invited to send works for an exhibition of ceramics that will be up for the duration of the conference. Please send the details for the labels in advance to: [email protected]
Ceramics Program Showcase
a representative from each institution is invited to give a short presentation on their program. Please burn the presentation to a CD in PowerPoint format.
Food on Campus
Beverages and food are available on Campus on Friday, there are various locations but the closest is ‘The Patch’ just outside the doors to Ceramics. The Library Cafe serves Starbucks coffee and will be open Friday and Saturday to ensure that you can get your Lattes and Cappuccinos.
Itinerary
Friday October 1st
9:00-12:00 and 1:00-4:00 Throwing Demonstrations with Julia Galloway (Room 944B) 4:00 Ceramics Performance by Teri Frame (Room 944A)
6:00 Exhibition Reception and mixer.
Saturday October 2nd
9:00-12:00 Demo Julia Galloway 12:00 1:00 Lunch provided 1:00 to 5:00 School Presentation, and Lectures
5:00 to 7:00 Pizza Party Ceramics Studio 944B 9:00 FarSide Pub Live Band
Sunday October 2nd
10:00-12:00 Exhibition Takedown and Farewell.
1000 MILES APART
A LITTLE HISTORY
The Red Deer College Ceramics Program is hosting the annual 1000 Miles Apart conference October 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 2010. This conference was first organized in 1989 by faculty and students from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg and Red Deer College, Alberta. The distance between the institutions was the origin of the name 1000 Miles Apart. Participating institutions later included the University of Regina and Alberta College of Art + Design. Each year the conference is organized collectively and rotates to a new host institution for that year. It provides an excellent opportunity for students and faculty to meet and network, and creates a valuable forum to develop and strengthen the ceramics community in Western Canada. Members of the public, along with University of Regina, Red Deer College, and University of Manitoba, students and faculty from nearby Ceramics Programs are also invited to attend the conference events.
by Carole Epp | Sep 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
FROM OCTOBER 7
UNTIL JANUARY 30, 2011,
AT TORONTO’S GARDINER MUSEUM
BREAKING BOUNDARIES presents four young Canadian artists whose work challenges our perceptions and expectations about materials, form, function and meaning. The four artists – Shary Boyle, Marc Courtemanche, Carmela Laganse, and Brendan Tang – create works that are both accessible and ambiguous. They are accessible because they draw on objects and images familiar to us from our popular culture. They are ambiguous because it is not always clear what the works are made of, what their forms and functions are, and what stories or meanings they convey.
This combination of accessibility and ambiguity requires viewers to engage actively with the works of art in order to appreciate them fully. The works are not merely demonstrations of technical skill, expressions of the artists’ personalities, or didactic statements about specific aspects of our culture. Rather, they are catalysts that encourage viewers to draw on their own memories, experiences, assumptions and imaginations to create meaning and significance.
In this way, the works in the exhibition break down the boundaries between artist and audience, and transform the gallery visit into a truly democratic experience. In keeping with the dynamic quality of the art, Breaking Boundaries will include spaces in the installation and on the Museum’s website where visitors will have opportunities to respond to the artworks, to create their own artworks, and to engage with each other through the artworks. Come and be part of this exciting exhibition. Breaking Boundaries is curated by Gardiner Museum Chief Curator Charles Mason. It is complemented by a 56-page catalogue of the exhibition published in 2010 by the Gardiner Museum.
Exhibition Partner
Partners in Art
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Catalogue Partners
Hal Jackman Foundation
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EXHIBITION-RELATED EVENTS
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Members’ Preview
Lunch with Curator Charles Mason
Wednesday October 6
12 – 1:30 pm
BUY TICKETS – LIMITED SEATING, REQUIRES ADVANCE BOOKING
A special Members’-only lunchtime sneak peak at Breaking Boundaries with Chief
Curator Charles Mason including a delicious lunch from Jamie Kennedy Kitchens.
$35 Limited Seating |
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Brendan Tang
Talk and Demonstration
Wednesday October 6
6 – 8 pm
BUY TICKETS – LIMITED SEATING, REQUIRES ADVANCE BOOKING
Exhibition artist Brendan Tang demonstrates his working methods and reveals his artistic influences – from manga-influenced comics, Ming dynasty ceramics, European decorative ormolu and post-modern theory.
$10 / $8.50 for Gardiner Members, seniors and students |
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Shary Boyle
Tuesday October 26
8 – 10:30 pm
BUY TICKETS – LIMITED SEATING, REQUIRES ADVANCE BOOKING
One of Canada’s most celebrated contemporary artists conjures visual magic in this piece of performance art. Shary will create “live drawings” with the help of vintage overhead projectors and music.
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