by Carole Epp | Mar 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Hopper Prize is now accepting entries for our Spring 2021 artist grants.
We have increased grant awards to $3,500.
We are offering artist grants in the amount of $3,500 (2 available) and $1,000 (4 available). In total, 6 artists will receive unrestricted cash grants totaling $11,000 USD.
This is an open call, all media eligible.
Submissions will be juried by Selby Nimrod, Assistant Curator, MIT List Visual Arts Center and María Elena Ortiz, Curator, Pérez Art Museum Miami.
In addition to grants, 30 artists will be selected for a shortlist.
Visit https://hopperprize.org to submit your work.
by Carole Epp | Feb 24, 2021 | workshops
CLAY VOICES Season 2
Last year in June, CLAY Voices on Instagram, Canadian Ceramics Symposium was born in the middle of a global pandemic. This initiative was -and still is a response to the uncertainty we all artists were facing and its impact in our practice and our daily lives. The goal was to connect ceramic artists across Canada during the lockdown. The enthusiastic response revealed how much we miss our people.
Back then, 17 artists were interacting through Instagram during a weekend, introducing themselves and sharing views, concerns and supportive messages. Several months later restrictions are still in place and the second edition of CLAY Voices is taking over Instagram once again.
This coming weekend of March 5-7, an amazing lineup of ceramic artists across Canada will be live-streaming on Instagram 55 min. each. Through informal presentations, up-and-coming artists and established potters and sculptors will connect with the ceramics community. Using a mobile phone connected to the internet we will be watching the live talks from Alison Brannen, Catharina Goldnau,
Chris Snedden; Christy Chor, Dianne Lee, Heidi McKenzie and Tanya Besedina (ON); Jay Kimball (SK), Jordan Munro (AL); Lisa Creskey from Québec and Toni Losey from Nova Scotia. Presenters will open their studios and hearts to share with CLAY Voices followers some of the strategies they have set in place lately to keep their practice alive. To know more, follow @clayvoices and stay tuned.
Let’s connect, hear new voices and get inspired!
by Carole Epp | Feb 24, 2021 | movie day
What if a period room exposed a collector’s transgressions instead of burnishing their reputation? In the RISD Museum’s decorative arts wing, artist Beth Katleman has created a lavish porcelain room that tells the story of a disgraced antiquarian. The room is comprised of nearly 10,000 cast and handmade porcelain figurines, corporate mascots, and other pop culture icons. Katleman also created a short film called, “The Pleasures of Ownership,” in which two “citizen experts” lead a tour of the room, dropping hints about past indiscretions along the way.
www.bethkatleman.com
