by Carole Epp | Jul 15, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
The
Ceramics Program at the Tyler School of Art is seeking a Resident
Artist for the 2013-2014 academic year, which includes teaching
opportunities. Please spread the word, they will begin reviewing
applications of Monday, July 22nd.
by Carole Epp | May 31, 2013 | Uncategorized
If you follow Medalta on Facebook, twitter or Instagram (which you should) you’d have seen some pretty cool images lately of the 3D printing they’ve been doing. I was so intrigued that I bugged Aaron Nelson and Quentin Randall to send me some info and images to share with you guys. Below are some thoughts about the relevancy of the residency process for an artist and the integration of 3D printing technology.
“The value of art and artists
Artists
are experimenters, looking at new ways of using existing technologies
or developing new technologies to solve their own technical problems.
Artists today are not primarily focused on the final product. For every
piece in an art gallery, there are 100 piled in the corners of studios.
It is about the process; the experiments which yield new information.
Artist
residencies are the creative equivalent to scientific laboratories –
ideas come together and are explored to their natural end. Sometimes
it’s as a heap in the corner. In other times – exciting times – an idea
produces something revolutionary. When that happens, change happens.
Art
and Craft 3D printing is at the edge of our understanding and
development. By putting it in the hands of artists – people who make
careers out of pushing forward – their experiments will leave invaluable
and meaningful amounts of new information in their wake.
In
Medalta’s artists’ studios, 3D ceramic printing experiments are quietly
being conducted by many creative minds. The goal here is not to solve
the problems In fact, more problems are often created. The goal is to
push these two newly-convergent technologies (ceramics and 3D printing)
to their absolute limit in order to see further into the future. By
pushing further than before, artists at Medalta are able to help others
see the future. By experimenting and sharing, progress can (and will)
happen in positive, unexpected ways.
That
is the relevance of an artists’ work. To endlessly experiment, share
ideas, build on ideas, combine ideas and move this world forward.
Medalta’s artist residency program is devoted to that cause and
understands its role in the world. Medalta respects the process of
making and understands that process based learning produces new
knowledge that expands the definition of ‘possible.’”
Well if you’re like me I’m sure you’re dying to know more and if you’re lucky enough to be in the Alberta area you should make sure to check out their 3D printing demo and exhibition this weekend.
CERAMIC 3D PRINTING
Over 125 years of Ceramic technology in Medicine Hat
Exhibition & Demonstration
Saturday, June 1
7:00pm – 10:00pm
Yuill Family Gallery (Medalta)
No Charge
Artists
Steve Grimmer
Medalta is pleased to host
Ceramic 3D Printing,
a company from Omaha, Nebraska, who are using the methodologies
associated with contemporary art production in order to conduct research
into 3D printing. This company is at the leading edge of printing in
ceramics and organic material for the medical industry.
Artists
are experimenters, looking at new ways of using existing technologies
or developing new technologies to solve their own technical problems.
Artists today are not primarily focused on the final product. For every
piece in an art gallery, there are 100 piled in the corners of studios.
It is about the process, the experiments which yield new information.
Please
join us for a short demonstration of the process and to hear our five
feature artists discuss their involvement with this cutting edge
technology.
by Carole Epp | May 4, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
The DO GOOD Residency
Red Lodge Clay Center | Deadline: September 2, 2013 | Fee (USD): $10.00
The DO GOOD-MJ Wood Memorial Short-Term Residency is an underwritten residency intended to support ceramic artists who wish to develop a body of work with a socially-conscious spirit and a strong sense of community engagement. Through a competitive application process one candidate per year will be selected to work at the Red Lodge Clay Center Studios with a full waiver of the residency fee. An additional stipend may be available for selected projects to assist with travel and/or production costs during residency.
Dates of residency: Any time between December 1, 2013 and May 31, 2014
For full details of requirements follow the link below:
https://redlodgeclaycenter.slideroom.com/#/Login
www.redlodgeclaycenter.com
Wanna help make this project happen? Support it on Indigogo:
by Carole Epp | Apr 15, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Artist In Residence (one year minimum)
Midwestern State University
Ceramics Department
Dates
of Residency: September 1, 2013 through August 31, 2014 (the beginning date is
flexible from now until September 1)
Application
deadline: April 15 or until position is filled
This self-directed residency is designed
to provide a ceramic artist with studio access, as they make the transition
from or between academic settings. Furthermore, the program is intended to
allow a resident the time and space to pursue a body of work in a creative and
energetic environment, while enhancing the art program at Midwestern State
University. The accepted artist will participate within the ceramics area as an
informal collaborator and mentor for students, while working in the common
studio space. To see images of the ceramics studio at Midwestern, go to:
Midwestern will provide:
• All materials and firing
• Small office with internet
access and storage space
• Studio space in the common 4000 square
foot studio area
• 24-hour/7 days per week access
• Most university privileges
as given to full time faculty (free access to workout facility, reserved
parking, library access, etc.)
• A small furnished apartment
located at a private residence three miles from MSU (details to be discussed during
the interview process)
• A minimum stipend of $6000 (to
be discussed during the interview process)
The
Resident Artist:
• Will be responsible for 10 hours
per week of studio management and maintenance (including but not limited to the
following: loading and unloading kilns, clay inventory, mixing clay, mixing
glaze and firing kilns, Wichita Falls empty bowls)
• Will teach one continuing education
wheel-throwing course per semester
• Will attend opening
receptions and special events
• Will be responsible for all non-ceramic
related expenses aside from accommodation
• Will give one public lecture on her/his
work
• Will donate one piece for
the permanent collection of MSU
Equipment
available to Resident:
• Three large electric kilns
• Two smaller electric kilns
• Large Brent slab roller
• Two extruders
• Three pugmills
• Soldner mixer
• Separate well equipped glaze room
• Two station spray booth
• Materials and clay mixing/storage room
• 18 electric wheels
• One wheelchair accessible wheel
• A 5,000 square foot covered kiln yard
furnished with the following:
• Two 40 cubic foot Geil car kilns
• A 30 cubic foot “fast fire” wood kiln
• Two older updraft kilns
• A 30 cubic foot downdraft soda kiln
• A 3 cubic foot cone 10 test kiln
Requirements
and application:
A BFA in ceramics is required, an MFA
is preferred. All applicant reviews will be based on portfolio review and
individual merit.
For initial consideration, please
e-mail or make the following available
by website/blog by April 15 (we will
continue to accept applications until position is filled):
• Letter of interest with a paragraph on
what you would like to accomplish while at MSU
• Resume or CV
• Artist’s statement
• 15-20 jpegs of recent work
• If available, 10 jpegs of student work
• Contact information (email
and phone) for 3 references . . . Please make one a former professor
Steve Hilton
[email protected]
Midwestern State University
Juanita and Ralph Harvey School of Visual
Arts
3410 Taft Blvd
Wichita Falls, TX 76308
(940) 613.7041
