Luke Syson: How I learned to stop worrying and love “useless” art

by | Jan 29, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

Luke Syson was a curator of Renaissance art, of transcendent paintings of saints and solemn Italian ladies — serious
art. And then he changed jobs, and inherited the Met’s collection of
ceramics — pretty, frilly, “useless” candlesticks and vases. He didn’t
like it. He didn’t get it. Until one day … (Filmed at TEDxMet.)

Luke Syson joined the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2012 as the Iris
and B. Gerald Cantor Curator in Charge of European Sculpture and
Decorative Arts. This year, he co-curated the small but innovative
exhibition “Plain or Fancy? Restraint and Exuberance in the Decorative
Arts.” Before joining the Met Syson was Curator of Italian Painting
before 1500 and Head of Research at the National Gallery, London. While
at the National Gallery, he was curator of the exhibition “Renaissance
Siena: Art for a City,” and in 2011 he organized the groundbreaking
“Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan.”

Syson was
also one of the curators who organized the acclaimed Enlightenment
Gallery at The British Museum and was part of the team that planned the
new galleries for Medieval and Renaissance Art at the Victoria &
Albert Museum.

Dwight M. Holland Scholarship

by | Jan 25, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

Dwight M. Holland Scholarship – Deadline Extended to January 31st!

In 2012 a scholarship fund was started to honor Dwight Holland, his
vision, and his years of leadership for the NC Potters Conference. A
limited number of scholarships will be available for students to attend
the conference.

Eligibility

To be considered, applicants must be currently enrolled in an
undergraduate or graduate studies program with a focus on ceramics.

Apply

To apply, send an email to [email protected] with the following:

3 – 5 images of your work

Essay 500 words or less about why attending conference would be of benefit to your education and career.

Deadline

January 1st, 2014  Deadline Extended to January 31st!

27th Annual North Carolina Potters Conference

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ABOUT CONFERENCE

The North Carolina Potters Conference is a premier ceramics
conference.  Through its history the conference has featured the some of
the best ceramics artists from around the world.  This conference
centers on simultaneous demonstrations cultivating a dialogue of
techniques, concepts, and experiences between the artists and the
audience.  Unlike other conferences, you do not have to pick and choose
with workshops to attend.  All the demonstrations and presentations are
scheduled for the entire group. Potters at any skill level will come
away with new ideas and inspiration to improve their work.  Even
non-potters have found the weekend a worthwhile introduction into the
world of ceramics.

www.randolphartsguild.com/events/potters-conference-2014/

residency opportunity: AIR Vallauris

by | Jan 23, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 2nd , 2014
2014 RESIDENCY APPLICATIONS

We are currently accepting applications for the remaining spaces in the 2014 Residency program.

We recommend you submit your application as early as possible as your
submission date may be taken into consideration for time-slot selection
priority.

The applications can be submitted by email.

To receive an application form please email us at :
[email protected]

For more information on the program please visit: www.air-vallauris.org/residency/application/
(Photo: Atelier Madoura – Vallauris)