by Carole Epp | Aug 30, 2019 | emerging artist, workshops
The ‘Ceramic Communities’ symposium will explore how sharing skills and ideas can lead to more supported and sustained artistic practice. There will be:
– Interactive workshops
– Film premiers of innovative arts practices
– An exhibition of interactive ceramic works
– Panel discussions in the Cardiff School of Art & Design Ceramics Archive
– Presentations exploring a diversity of models of collaborative practice, from conventional residencies/studio co-operatives to new innovations, with Haptic/Tacit, Collective Matter, Clayground Collective and Whitegold
– Posters illustrating the ‘About’, ‘Goals’ and ‘Methods’ of a diversity of creative practice.
Wed, 25 September 2019
National Centre for Ceramics Study, Wales
Wales Cardiff School of Art & Design, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Llandaff Campus Western Avenue Cardiff CF5 2YB United Kingdom
Full conference details HERE.
by Carole Epp | Aug 23, 2019 | workshops
Come and celebrate the Society’s 40th Anniversary at our three days Australiana symposium, “Made in Australia”. We have a fantastic line up of speakers including Stephen Bowers (contemporary Australian ceramic artist), John Hawkins (QLD opals in Australian jewellery) and Julian Bickersteth (conservation of Australian furniture). Richard Neville, Mitchell Librarian and Director of Education & Scholarship from the State Library of NSW will be talking about the library’s collection and showcasing its treasures. There will also be presentations from curators and our members.
Come and hear about contemporary ceramics, colonial and mid-century modern Australian furniture, convict artists, goldfields jewellery, female woodcarvers, china painting and pottery, quilts, conservation of important furniture, ceremonial maces, Queensland opals in jewellery and much more!
Full details and registration HERE.
by Carole Epp | Aug 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
American Pottery Festival 2019
Northern Clay Center, 2424 Franklin Ave E, Minneapolis, MN 55406
612.339.8007
Get concentrated time with some of the best ceramic artists in the field with Pre-Festival Workshops at American Pottery Festival 2019, September 6 – 8.
Jan McKeachie Johnston & Linda Christianson: Hygge in Clay
Thursday, September 5, 9 am – 5 pm
Friday, September 6, 9 am – 4 pm
Students, Educators, NCC Members: $200 (non-members $225)
Join these powerhouse potters for a two-day, hands-on workshop filled with astute tips, lots of individual instructor attention, and laughter born of Midwestern wit and pragmatism. Hygge (Hoo-gah) is a quality of coziness and comfortable conviviality. The concept aligns with how Jan and Linda and their pots make us feel. Whether we are gazing upon one of McKeachie Johnston’s generous baskets, or warming ourselves drinking from Christianson’s mugs, we experience an overwhelming confluence of intention and execution. Primarily a handbuilder, McKeachie Johnston will demonstrate her slab work and carving from a solid. Christianson will work on a treadle wheel, creating various parts to alter and assemble. Throughout the workshop they will discuss proportion, form, intention, gesture, the benefits of cross-country skiing, and maybe a joke or two. One can expect to leave with a deeper knowledge of how to create energetic connections between parts of a form while capturing the intentional gesture of your hand in clay. Lunch included.
Register here: https://store.northernclaycenter.org/jan-mckeachie-johnston-linda-christiansonhygge-in.html
Sunshine Cobb: Square Things and Round Things
Friday, September 6, 9 am – 5 pm
Students, Educators, NCC Members: $115 (non-members $130)
Sunshine Cobb will share her approach to square things, like garlic boxes, and round things, like pitchers and vases. She will talk about how abstract concepts make their way into her work, and how to foster similar insertion into your own creative practice. Her demonstration will motivate you to experiment with new and old forms and methods of construction. Basic handbuilding methods will be applied to hard and soft slab construction as a way to generate various components for constructing pots. In this one-day workshop, participants can expect to complete one form. Lunch included.
Register here: https://store.northernclaycenter.org/sunshine-cobbsquare-things-round-things.html
About American Pottery Festival
The American Pottery Festival is a three-day event highlighting the immeasurable talent, the commitment, and the epic chops of your favorite ceramic artists and some icons in the making.
Ceramic artists from across the country will converge on Minneapolis to offer their wares and share glimpses of their studio practice, focusing on critical insight and technical information. In panel discussions, artist talks, demonstrations, and gallery chats, we will delve into the principles and elements of design in relation to dynamic utility. NCC will once again deliver a combination of engaging, influential voices from across the spectrum of American Ceramics!
Learn more about APF: https://www.northernclaycenter.org/apf
Sign up for Weekend Workshop All-Day Passes
Saturday, September 7: https://store.northernclaycenter.org/saturday-session.html
Students, Educators, NCC Members: $55 (non-members $65)
Sunday, September 8: https://store.northernclaycenter.org/sunday-study.html
Students, Educators, and NCC Members: $30 (non-members $40)
by Carole Epp | Feb 26, 2019 | workshops
About this Event
The Socially Engaged Craft Collective, in partnership with the School of Design and the Arts at Minneapolis College, is excited to announce a day of workshops, panels, and participation with Cross Pollination: an NCECA pre-conference for artists and educators about socially engaged craft, pedagogy, and artistic action.
Cross pollination suggests exchange and interchange, collaborative action and genetic recombination. Craft and education, art and society are each varietals of humanity’s richest plants. We aim to speak to interdisciplinarity, remixing, intersectionality, and novel combinations while considering traditional and emergent theories of making and teaching.
A one-day participatory conference experience, Cross Pollination will incorporate expert voices from both craft and social engagement perspectives. Participants will find resources and emerging ideas for their art practices and classrooms through panel discussions, lectures and interactive learning experiences. Breakout sessions will focus on the following: Communities (Engaging in Cross-Sector Collaboration); Pedagogy (Engagement and Collaboration in Learning); Idea Generation (Socially Engaged Craft in Practice); and Logistics (the “How To” of Socially Engaged Craft including Ethics and Sustainability).
Date: Conference Tuesday, March 26, 2019; 8:30 am – 5:30 pm
See the full schedule and register HERE.
