MIAIR Solo Exhibitions Artist Talks Tomorrow!

by | Jun 27, 2021 | workshops

You are invited to join us on Monday 28 June at Noon MT for virtual talks presented by Carmen Belanger, Yvonne Kustec, Julie-Claude Vezeau-Croteau, Amy Duval, with Carole Epp, Curator.
Our year-long Artists-in-Residence and Studio Technician/Permanent Resident will speak about their Solo Exhibitions that are currently installed in our Yuill Family Gallery.
For more information on their shows and to view the exhibitions online, please go to:
If you are in town, the exhibitions are now open for viewing until July 3rd.
Meet Medalta is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: MIAIR Solo Exhibitions Artist Talks
Time: Jun 28, 2021 12:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
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Upcoming workshops with Ruth Chambers!

by | Jan 28, 2021 | workshops

SCULPTING PORCELAIN FROM LIFE WITH RUTH CHAMBERS

ONLINE DEMO

Date: Friday, March 26

Time: 6 pm – 8 pm

Location: Zoom video conference

Fee: $10

Register ONLINE or call 306-522-5940

Ruth Chambers shares her creative process, rooted in minute and careful observation of bulbs and flowers at all stages in their life cycle in this online Zoom video conference demo. Watch as she delicately sculpts blooms and roots in porcelain, and glean insight into her unique approaches, such as working coloured porcelain slip into the clay body to tint her sculpted objects.

SCULPTING PORCELAIN FROM LIFE WITH RUTH CHAMBERS

IN-PERSON WORKSHOP

Date: Saturday, March 27

Time: 10 am – 4 pm (1-hour lunch break)

Location: SILT Studios, 200-2275 Albert St

Fee: $235 members, $275 non-members

Register ONLINE or call 306-522-5940

Observation is the foundation of creation. Professor Ruth Chambers invites beginner and experienced ceramic artists to carefully observe and sculpt porcelain from life conveying sensitivity, amplifying empathy for the still life subject, and appreciating the sensual tactility of this delicate material in this day-long workshop held at SILT studios.

Learn the specialized methods developed over years of experimentation developing a special formulation of porcelain that has delicacy and strength and is prepared in such a way that it is malleable and resilient enough to sculpt by hand.

Workshop fee includes specially-prepared porcelain and kiln costs to dry and fire participants’ completed pieces. Pieces will not be glazed and re-fired, instead participants will learn how to colour their sculptures by incorporating stain pigments into the clay body itself.

Please observe social distancing protocols, wear a mask and follow sanitation procedures.

workshop offered in partnership with SILT Studio, Regina.

THE ARTIST IS IN

Date: Wednesday, March 10

Time: 7 pm

Location: Zoom video conference

Fee: Free

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMscuusrTojEtaOnx3DRsrJdWs1mFdA8UmY
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Get to know ceramic artists in your community! The Artist Is In is a forum for discussion featuring short presentations by artists about their work. The AGR has invited KC Adams (Winnipeg), Carole Epp (Saskatoon) and Brenda Wolf (Regina) to share their practices as they resonate or contrast with our scheduled main gallery exhibition, Tend, featuring a profusion of porcelain flowers and bulbs sculpted by Ruth Chambers.

Audience members are encouraged to ask questions following these presentations. AGR staff member Sandee Moore will direct questions to the panel as a whole and engage our Zoom audience in discussion about these artists’ diverse and innovative approaches to this challenging medium.

“Workshop from Home” webinar with Carole Epp

by | Jan 21, 2021 | workshops

Delve into the entire process of bringing narrative illustration to life on functional ceramics with Carole Epp! Over the course of this 2-hour all-demonstration workshop there will be discussions of design elements and color theory as it applies to surface and object design, as well as the how-tos of storytelling. Plus detailed handbuilding, Mishima, and underglaze painting techniques will be shown.

Carole Epp will teach you how to:

  • Handbuild a plate using found-object slump molds
  • Use the Mishima process to bring a variety of styles of illustration to life on your work
  • Create beautiful narrative surfaces using design elements and color theory
  • Use underglazes like watercolors to create depth and visual interest in your illustrations
  • Translate your ideas into interesting visual narratives

Our Workshop from Home webinars are just like in-person workshops, except you are guaranteed a front-row seat! Ask questions throughout, or during the Question & Answer session at the end.

Wednesday, January 27, 2021, from 1–3 pm EST USA

Registration fee: $35

Registrants can access a recording of the video for 30 days following the event to revisit techniques! (Registrants will be emailed a video link within 48 hours of the webinar conclusion.)

Space is limited!

Register HERE!!!