by Carole Epp | May 4, 2021 | call for entry
Submission deadline: July 2, midnight Eastern
We are accepting submissions for Cup: The Intimate Object XVII, which we will host this fall. Each year this international exhibition brings together some of the most exciting handmade cups in contemporary ceramics. We welcome submissions by national and international artists in all stages of their careers, from current students and artists who are just emerging on the scene to those who are well established.
We require submissions to include exactly five outstanding cups that are the same ones you would send for the show if accepted. You can review all submission requirements and details under Gallery Submissions on our website. As usual it is free to submit cups for consideration for this exhibition.
View submission details and important show dates
here.
We look forward to seeing your cups!
Artists from Cup: The Intimate Object XVI pictured above (L to R): Avesha DeWolfe, Helle Bovbjerg, GretaMichelle Joachim, Louise Lovelace, Rom Marinkovich, Adriana Christianson, Jana Evans, Allee Etheridge, Annemiek Hamelink, and Maureen Marcotte
by Carole Epp | Apr 21, 2021 | movie day
Zhang’s work weaves in and around the intersections of design and craft fostering a practice within both Industrial Design and Ceramics. Fusing technology into traditional clay techniques, his pieces combine elements of furniture, sculpture, installation and experimentation. His forms are inspired from his travels, captured in his photography, from the mountains of Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, China to the interior volcanos of Iceland. In Fall 2021, Zhang will enter the Global Innovation Design (MA) at Royal College of Art in London in hopes to further his aesthetic fusions and broaden expectations of what clay can do.
This series highlights the intersections of art, design, theory, social justice and research in interviewed conversations within the RISD community, its faculty and students.
Written | Directed | Edited by Holly Gaboriault [MA Global Arts + Cultures ’21]
Original Music by Antonio Forte
by Carole Epp | Apr 6, 2021 | workshops
Sundays, April 25-June 27, 2-4pm EST
This series of workshops will bring together the talents and perspectives of 10 women working in clay from around the country. Each week a different instructor will demo one of their special skills or favorite techniques online via zoom. Price is for all 10 workshops. BIPOC folks pay half. Email [email protected] for a discount code. Here’s the line up:
Week 1: Melissa Weiss will demonstrate how to handbuild large vases using coil building.
Week 2: Nala Turner from Carlynne Ceramics will discuss visual characterizations of trauma and the resilience of the black body in relation to social narrative + power; and demonstrate finding safety through the ceramic process.
Week 3: Candice Methe will demonstrate how to handbuild a lidded vessel using coiling, cutting, and darting.
Week 4: Jen Allen will demonstrate how she hand-builds teapots discussing form and texture along the way.
Week 5: Gabo Martini will demonstrate throwing in sections and large-scale sgraffito.
Week 6: Dina Nur Satti from Nur Ceramics will discuss the spiritual and communal essence of pottery and building asymmetrical vases and embellishments.
week 7: Yiyi Mendoza will demonstrate slab building and making funky plates.
week 8: Sara Morales-Morgan will demonstrate how to create illustrative surfaces using underglaze and china paint.
Week 9: Zoe Dering will discuss form and texture while demo-ing a carved and altered wheel-thrown pot.
Week 10: Tiffany Saw will demonstrate traditional carving techniques from Jing de Zhen.
Register HERE.
