upcoming workshop: Web Presence for Artists with Carole Epp

by | Feb 11, 2020 | workshops

I’m super excited to announce that I’ll be in Ottawa this May teaching! Really hope you can join me at this incredible clay studio for an evening of talking online presence and social media.

May 21st, 2020 from 6pm – 9pm.

Reg price of $75. Early Bird registration fee: $60 (Early Bird sale ends March 31st.)

LOAM will have the pleasure to welcome Carole Epp to the studio for a Master Class like no other.

Want to effectively use the internet to drive your career in the arts? Then this workshop is for you! Carole will teach you how to map out and establish an online presence that is both efficient and effective for creatives. We’ll begin with the solid foundation of a portfolio based website that anyone can build and then expand to include a number of social media sites and how to maintain and optimize them. This workshop covers content development, context concerns and considerations, and how to focus your time and energy spent online. We’ll also spend some time introducing fun apps that make branding and content creation fun and engaging. Course is open to artists with all levels of experiences.

Expect to come away with new insight into:

  Branding, website development, and design.
  Different social media platforms for creatives.
  Effective and efficient approaches to content development.
  How to set up a realistic plan for consistency.
  Easy to use Apps to solidify your branding across web platforms.
  Building your audience and community through active contribution.

Participants are encouraged to submit their current website and social media links prior to the workshop in order to receive specific feedback on their current practices. Existing website and social media links are however not a requirement.

Contact LOAM to register.

Also happening in Ottawa starting the next day is the NEW CLAY CONFERENCE – why not make it a full weekend of ceramics and the art of business?

Find out more about New Clay Conference HERE.

 

 

residency opportunity: The Artist in Residence (AiR) Program on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia

by | Feb 6, 2020 | residency opportunity

The Salt Spring Arts Council (SSAC) Artist in Residence (AiR) Program, now in its fifth year, provides an opportunity for artists to work in the vibrant arts environment of Salt Spring Island. The program is open to all professionals working in the arts, in any genre or medium, at any stage of their careers. The intent of the program continues to be the provision of time and space for creativity and productivity for the chosen visiting artists and to introduce them to Salt Spring Island and its arts community. We welcome both National and International applicants to the program.

All submissions are juried with residencies awarded based on artistic merit, available facilities, potential links to the Salt Spring community and associated collaborative opportunities.

Our residents this year are Joyce Majiski from Whitehorse, working on a multi-media installation “Song of the Whale,” painter Claudia Wilholt from Hanover, Germany, working with egg tempera on canvas, and writer Julie Burtinshaw working on her next book: Petit Treason: One Women’s Journey to the Gallows.

As in previous years, as well as working on their own projects, the artists will share their expertise and enthusiasm through presentations, workshops, demonstrations and exhibits, enriching our island with their work and ideas, interacting with Salt Spring artists and enjoying our unique island lifestyle. For information about these artists and events go to; ssartscouncil.com/artist-in-residence/residencies/

The AiR program invites artists to engage with the creative cultural community of Salt Spring Island. Within the spirit of this framework, collaborative proposals by members of the Salt Spring arts community which involve off-island artists are actively encouraged.

In 2021 the annual SSAC presentation Easter Art Show will centre on an exploration of colour, artists who feel their work, explorations, and timing might fit into this scenario should make note of this on their application.

Applications for the AiR program can be submitted on or before April 15th. 2020 for tenure between January 2021 and April 2021. Application information is available at ssartscouncil.com/artist-in-residence/

For More Information:

Artist in Residence (AiR) Program, Salt Spring Arts Council

114 Rainbow Road, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada V8K 2V5,

Email: [email protected]

residency opportunity: Lunenburg School of Arts

by | Feb 6, 2020 | emerging artist, residency opportunity

It is the intent of the our Artist-in-Residence program to provide a space for emerging artists, including recent graduates, to enable them to develop and enhance their practice in their chosen medium. Applications will be reviewed and selections awarded by a committee comprised of directors of our School The program will host two artists each year, one in each of our two terms:

  • Fall Term: September 8, 2020 to December 15, 2020.
    Application Deadline: March 15, 2020
    All fall term applicants will receive notice on their application status by the end of April 2020.
  • Winter Term: February 14, 2021 to May 15, 2021
    Application Deadline: August 15, 2020
    All winter term applicants will receive notice on their application status by the end of September 2020.

The Artist-in-Residence will have 24-hour access to an independent studio space at the Lunenburg School of the Arts located in the heart of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, a UNESCO World Heritage site and hub for arts, culture, and music.

The Artist-in-Residence will receive a stipend of $500.00 (CDN) per month and is responsible for her/his own material costs and sourcing. This program is a studio only residency; the Artist-in-Residence is responsible for her/his own living and travel arrangements and expenses.

A public exhibition of the work completed here by the Artist-in-Residence will be held at the end of the term at the School, together with a reception hosted by the School. At this event the Artist-in-Residence is expected to give an ‘Artist Talk’ in relation to the work she/he has completed during the term. The School also asks that the Artist-in-Residence provide our School with one piece of art created during the residency period, which artwork will become a part of our School’s archives and may be used for fundraising.

To apply, please submit the following in a single email to [email protected], subject line: “Artist-in-Residence Application”.

  • A current résumé/curriculum vitae
  • Artist Biography
  • Project Brief and Timeline (300 words maximum)
    • Describe materials and process
  • Five to ten Digital Images of your work (image format: JPEG)
    • Include respective titles, dates, dimensions, and material/medium
http://www.lunenburgarts.org/artists-in-residence
Lunenburg School of the Arts, 6 Prince Street, Lunenburg, NS

 

workshop: Pattern and Print: An Exploration of the Ceramic Surface

by | Feb 5, 2020 | workshops

This two-week workshop will focus on the multiple ways to enhance thrown and hand built ceramic forms through colour and pattern. The workshop is open to advanced students. Applicants must submit a resume of experience and six (6) images of their work. Applications must be received by April 17, 2020, and notice of acceptance will be issued by April 24, 2020.

Demonstrations will focus on monoprint, paper resist, and toner-resist transfer methods.  In addition to these wet processes, glaze application strategies will be addressed. Other surface techniques will be introduced as time allows.  Demonstrations on altering the thrown form will serve as building blocks for innovative pots that are truly one of a kind.  Emphasis will be on pouring pots and lidded forms.

Alongside daily demonstrations, the course will include informative and inspiring presentations by NSCAD University Professor Emeritus, Walter Ostrom, CM, looking at pots from cultures and contexts from the past to the present. Development of individual studio work will be punctuated by energetic conversations that integrate growing technical skill and a love of the history of ceramic objects.

Date & Time:
Jun 29 – Jul 10, 2020
9am – 4pm

Fee:
$895

Level:
Advanced

Please register online and send applications items to [email protected], subject line: Pattern and Print Application.

About Walter Ostrom and Martina Lantin:

 

 

 

Walter Ostrom, CM, Professor Emeritus, Ceramics, NSCAD

In 1997, he was awarded an Honorary Professorship at the Jingdezhen Ceramics Institute in Jingdezhen, Jianxi Province, People’s Republic of China. On February 5, 2007 he was invested into the Order of Canada in recognition of his teaching and creativity in ceramics. In November 2008 he was given the Portia White Award in recognition of his leading contribution to the arts in Nova Scotia. In 2014 he was appointed a Regis Master at the Northern Clay Center in Minneapolis, MN. Ostrom was appointed a ’Life Fellow’ in ceramics by NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, at it’s spring 2017 convocation. An outstanding educator, he is committed to Craft practice and theory.

Walter is regarded internationally and in Canada as a technical and academic expert in low-fire maiolica, an ancient ceramic technique that he has personally tailored through innovations and decorative methods to reflect the geography of the places where he has lived, whether in Nova Scotia or the Far East. His body of work has developed across many aspects of ceramics in the span of a nearly 50-year career, from experiments in high conceptualism in the 1970s to a contemporary focus on the exploration of the vast history, hybridization and social foundation of ceramics.

He has extensively exhibited and lectured internationally. His work has appeared in numerous books and periodicals. His work has been collected by many public collections, including the Museum of Civilization, Ottawa; the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia; Halifax, the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; and, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. We are fortunate to have Walter teaching for his forth Summer at our School.

Congratulations are in order for Walter on two fronts: he has been selected as a recipient of the 2020 NCECA ‘Excellence in Teaching Award’, which will be presented to him at NCECA’s 54th annual conference on Friday, March 27, 2020; and, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia is mounting a retrospective exhibition entitled “Good Earth: The Pots and Passion of Walter Ostrom” to be officially opened on April 24, 2020, including a companion catalogue and film.

Martina Lantin, Associate Professor, Ceramics, Alberta University of the Arts (formerly “ACAD”)

Born in Montreal, Canada, Martina Lantin received her Bachelor of Art (1996), from Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, and her Master of Fine Arts (2009) from NSCAD University. She has completed residencies in the United States and China and taught workshops throughout North America. Martina is an Associate Professor at AUArts in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Lantin’s work has been recognized in numerous juried and invitational exhibitions internationally. Committed to the joys of working in earthenware, Martina explores the history and boundaries of functional ceramics through objects and mixed media installation.

Find out more on the Lunenburg School of The Arts Website