by Carole Epp | May 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
Common/Opposites Apr 30-Jun 19 2011 Les Manning
RECEPTION WITH THE ARTIST
THURSDAY, MAY 5, 7 PM
FREE ADMISSION
Common/Opposites presents the most recent works in clay by Les Manning, the internationally recognized ceramist based in Medicine Hat, Alberta. For the past several decades, Manning has elegantly rendered the topographical forms of the Rockies in laminated and shaped clay vessels. In these new sculptures, Manning uses his firm grounding in the land and landscape around us to create ceramic works that vault beyond, into a realm where our recognition of everyday things jostles and collides with metaphor, revealing the rich and contradictory poetry of our ordinary world.
Les Manning is the Senior Artist in Residence at the Shaw International Centre for Contemporary Ceramics in Medicine Hat, Alberta. His work has been shown around the world, most recently in Scotland, the Netherlands, Latvia, the United States, Greece and China, and is held in private, corporate and public collections, including the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea.
Les Manning was the Director of the Ceramic Studio at the Banff Centre for the Arts for 20 years, and has contributed to ceramics world-wide as a teacher, lecturer, conference and symposium participant and organizer, as well as Vice President of the International Academy of Ceramics, founding member and Vice-President of the Alberta Craft Council and first President of Canadian Craft Council.
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by Carole Epp | Apr 22, 2011 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Competition * Exhibition September 30th – November 6th 2011
Motto : „INSIDE OUT“ Open to all artistic forms of expression concerning the use of ceramics – with the exclusion of china, serially manufactured objects and ceramic design. A maximum of three works are allowed to be entered to the competition. The works must not exceed the age limit of two years and they have to correspond to the motto of the Biannual of Ceramics 2011. Only works that have never been entered to take part at any other competition are accepted. For further details please visit their website here.
by Carole Epp | Apr 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
Michael Ciavarella
Official opening: Friday 29 April, 6.00pm
Opening speaker: Stephanie Outridgefield
Contemporary Artist (Public Art) The concept of miniature artworks en masse has been intriguing and fascinating art-lovers from the very beginning of Up in Smoke at the Clay Energy Conference in Gulgong, where 150 matchboxes were filled with a ceramic artwork crafted by each contributing artist. Michael Ciavarella has an ambitious long-term goal of a collection of 5000 matchbox artworks to be exhibited at the International Ceramics Conference in Finland in 2014. Ceramic artists from around the world are invited to contribute an artwork to the collection.Noosa Regional Gallery[email protected]www.noosaregionalgallery.org
by Carole Epp | Apr 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
Jason Walker : Cup
Maren Kloppman : Oval Platter
Sam Chung : Cloud Bowl
Kari Radasch : Sugar Jar
Featured Artists: Dan Anderson, Mary Barringer, Sam Chung, Jim Connell, David Crane, Josh DeWeese, Kathryn Finnerty, Delores Fortuna, Julia Galloway, Silvie Granatelli, Jason Hess, Charles Jahn, Eric Jensen, Gail Kendall, Suze Lindsay, Maren Kloppmann, Ron Kovatch, Steve Young Lee,Andrew Martin, Matthew Metz, Ron Meyers, Emily Murphy, Jeff Oestereich, Kari Radasch, Laurie Shaman, Ellen Shankin, Mark Shapiro, Linda Sikora, Margaret Park Smith, Jason Trebs, Jason Walker and Michael Wisner.
April 8 – May 1
RECEPTION April 29, 6-9pm
ARTIST WORKSHOP
Gestural Pots with Ron Meyers
April 30 & May 1, 10am – 5pm Cost: $200 if registered by April 8th / $250 after April 8th
by Carole Epp | Apr 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
Illustrative Ceramics by Eleanor Annand and Jason Bige Burnett
April 2 – April 30
Submerging the Bathysphere is an illustrative ceramics exhibit featuring Eleanor Annand and Jason Bige Burnett. These two artists have come together to investigate life at sea through illustrative ceramics. In both form and content they have combined their playful sensibility to create decorative and functional ceramic work.View the work online here.
