Call for entry: International Contemporary Horse Teapot Exhibition

Time of
Exhibition:
 around April, 2014
Venues:  Noble Seafood Restaurants
        3883 North Hongmei Road, Shanghai, China
        66 North Shanxi Road,
Shanghai, China
        1 North Chaoyangmen
Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China
Organizer:
 Noble Seafood Restaurant   www.shnoble.com
Title of
Exhibition:
 Horse Teapot
Conditions of
Participation:
1.    
Each participant can exhibit 2 horse style
teapots at most, regardless of whether they are functional, semi-functional, or
non-functional.
2.    
Size of teapot should be no more than 40 cm. in
height, width or depth.
3.    
Participants can sell their teapots as well.  The commission is 50% of the retail
prices.
4.    
We prefer different style teapot, not only a
style with different colors.
5.    
The teapots must be ceramic.  The use of lava, cement or any other
material is not acceptable.
6.    
Collective teapots presented by two or more
creators (ceramists or designers) are acceptable.
7.    
The organizer agrees to undertake the following:
‧   all
expenses inherent to the exhibition and the promotion thereof
‧   insurance
of the exhibited works for the duration of the exhibition
‧   Chinese
customs’ formalities
‧   expenses
incurred in returning works (not including transport insurance)
‧   printing
of an illustrated invitation, catalogue, etc.
8.    
Invited artists must undertake:
‧   expenses
related to shipping the works to Shanghai (address & addressee will be designated at a later date)
‧   insurance
for the works during their transport to Shanghai
‧   all
expenses due to customs in their country of origin
‧   allow
photographs of his or her work may be reproduced, free of all rights, and used
for the exhibition or for the promotion
9.    
The organizer/exhibition center can not be held
responsible for any work that would be damaged or destroyed in transit.  If a work arrives damaged, the
organizer will have it restored as well as possible to allow for exhibition but
will not be available for sale.
Timetable:
1.    
Please email me the following materials by 30 October, 2013,
if you want to participate in this exhibition.
‧   your resume
‧   2 digital images of your personal photos/2
photos of you
(2 MG JPG file at least, good quality for publication)
‧   personal brief introduction (200~300
words, use the-third narrative, please see the following format)
Peter Lange (New Zealand)
Peter Lange, creator of the world first brick
boat and a leading figure in the craft/object art sector, has been awarded by
Creative New Zealand Craft/Object Art Fellowship this year.
Peter Lange has worked in ceramics for more
than 30 years and has been director of Auckland Studio Potters Center since
1997.  He changes his approach to
clay all the time.  Thirty years
ago he started working in the “Leach” tradition throwing high-fired
domestic-ware, but has at times embraced earthenware, slip-casting,
salt-glazing, brick sculpture, and experimental kiln-firings.  He enjoys illusion, irony and the
unexpect
ed?
Peter Lange has worked, taught and exhibited
in New Zealand and throughout the world. 
Highlights in recent years include being an official demonstrator at the
2002 Aomori Wood-fire Festival in Japan, and being selected to take part in a
terracotta and brick symposium in Eskisehir, Turkey in 2003.  In 1997, he taught at the Dubai Art Center
in the United Arab Emirates.
Peter Lange has twice received the Merit Award
at the Fletcher Challenge Art Award in 1985 and 1986.  His work features in a number of collections, including in
the Auckland Museum, Christchurch Art Gallery, the Beehive, Suzhou School of
Art and Zhengzhou Art School in China, and the Aberystwyth Arts Center in
Wales.
*   If
you have given me the above materials before, and there have been no recent
changes, you can just inform me and I will use your former materials.
2.    
Please email me 1 or 2 digital images (more are
better) of your each horse teapot by 30 January, 2014 (2 MG JPG file at least, good
quality for publication as well).
3.    
A jury committee will select the horse teapots.  If your teapot is selected, the
shipping points will be provided at a later date.
4.    
E-mail address:  [email protected]     Contact: Hwang
Jeng-daw

“Cousins in Clay” at Bulldog Pottery in Seagrove, North Carolina

“Cousins in Clay” at Bulldog Pottery in Seagrove, North Carolina
Contemporary Pottery Show and Sale
June 1-2, 2013
Meet the Potters
David MacDonald
Jack Troy
Bruce Gholson
Samantha Henneke
Michael Kline
June 1 – Saturday 10:00am – 5:00pm
music by Chronis Pou Vasilou during the day
at 3:00pm demo by Michael Kline and Bruce Gholson
June 2 – Sunday 10:00am – 4:00pm
Potters Potluck at noon – All are welcome
music by Will McCanless 
at 1:30pm Jack Troy presents selections of his poetry 
Seagrove, NC 27341
3306 US Hwy 220 Alt.
5 miles south of Seagrove traffic light – Look for the Blue Watertower 
336-302-3469
 

David MacDonald

David MacDonald is
an emeritus professor from Syracuse University and lives in Syracuse,
New York.  MacDonald received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) in 2011.
“For
more than four decades, David MacDonald has masterfully created richly
patterned utilitarian objects from clay that have come to symbolize
tremendous integrity and endurance. Despite the national recognition
MacDonald has earned for his superb work, he remains committed to, and
most content when he is producing, functional works of art in beautiful
forms that will be touched, held, and most importantly used by people
who will admire and appreciate their inherent beauty.”
— Everson Museum of Art, 2011

Jack Troy is
an emeritus professor from Juniata College and lives in Huntingdon,
Pennsylvania. Troy received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) in 2012.
He
began teaching young artists in 1967 at Juniata College, has taught
over 185 workshops, written 2 books about clay, a book of original poems
titled “Calling the Planet Home”, published over 60 articles and book
reviews, all while producing a constant stream of pottery at his
Pennsylvania studio.  Jack Troy gives homage to our state of North
Carolina in his Wood-fired Stoneware and Porcelain book (1995), “If
North America has a pottery state it must be North Carolina”.
Michael Kline 
Michael Kline,
a studio potter from Bakersville, in the mountains of North Carolina.
He creates inspired traditional forms that are graced with his elegant
floral brushwork giving a botanical theme to his wood-fired pottery jugs
and jar forms.  Sometimes his pots are covered with a honey amber color
glaze that is as appetizing as maple syrup.  His work has been
published in many books and magazines and he has written several
articles for the Studio Potter, and writes regularly for his blog
Sawdust and Dirt.
Michael Kline will be presenting a demonstration along with Bruce Gholson on Saturday afternoon at 3:00 pm.
Samantha Henneke,
the host of “Cousins in Clay”in Seagrove, lives and operates Bulldog
Pottery along with her husband Bruce in Seagrove, North Carolina.  She
wants her functional work to be both beautiful and comfortable to
use. She likes to decorate her pottery with a simple swirl and at other
times the form becomes a canvas for a dotted effect which can show how
tight patterning can affect ones vision, creating an op-art effect of
movement and vibration. She is fascinated with macro photography and
exploring her garden in the summer time while collecting images of
insects in their environments.  She utilizes this activity to capture
stories among the foliage, to create colorful insect compositions on her
porcelain canvases, forming a snapshot in time and imagination.
Bruce Gholson,
the host of “Cousins in Clay” in Seagrove, NC, lives and operates
Bulldog Pottery along with his wife Samantha in Seagrove, North
Carolina.  He has been fascinated with fossils, fish, reptiles and
insects since childhood. Recent interests have included fossilization in
amber, Chinese scholar stones, and arrowheads from the region.
 Researching the chemistry of other arts such as fabric dyes, analog
photography, and pyrotechnics provides him with inspiration in the form
of comparative formula based cabalistic ceramic mediation.  These
interests blend into an esoteric mix that is hopefully evident in the
overall feeling and imagery found in his work. Success is of course a
matter of perception and opinion, but for Bruce having the goal aids in
facilitating an aspect his journey- “Making pots in my own voice”.
 
Bulldog Pottery
Bruce Gholson and Samantha Henneke
3306 US Hwy 220 Alt North
Seagrove, NC 27341
910-428-9728
B’s cell  336-302-3469
S’s cell  336-302-4452

a site to see friday: Ordinary made Extraordinary

Add the extraordinary to your collection of everyday mugs with a one-of-a-kind BAC Art Mug!

Susan Card

In honour of the BAC’s 35th Anniversary and in support of
its Permanent Collection of Contemporary Canadian Ceramics, the
Permanent Collection Committee selected 35 gifted Canadian ceramists to
create and donate five unique mugs for an on-line auction to raise funds
for the purchase of artwork. These limited-edition and unique
sculptural creations will be sold to the highest bidders from May 20 to
June 3.

It’s an affordable way to start a truly extraordinary collection. In
fact, these mugs are so special that each artist was asked for one
additional mug to include in the Permanent Collection. The remaining
five mugs from each artist will go up for auction online, making them
true collector’s items.

How Does It Work?

These one-of a kind mugs can be seen online starting on May 3. They
will be divided into three auction lots, each lasting five days,
starting on May 20.

All the funds generated from the auction will go to the Permanent Collection Committee for new acquisitions.

Register to Bid Today!

Lot I Closes: May 24 at 6pm

Lot II Closes May 29 at 6pm

Lot III  Closes June 3 at 6pm  Happy 35th BAC!

Come check out the Mugs now.

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