by Carole Epp | Jan 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
So I’m a total sucker for new years resolutions. I make them every year and then have to feel guilty about my failings by mid-February. This year I guess will be a replay of the usual. But maybe this year since I’m telling you all about it, I’ll have more pressure to actually hold true to my resolutions.
The main resolution of which I speak involves this blog. I’ve for a long time been intending to write more on the blog. More about the everyday of my studio practice and “musings” about clay that float through my mind in the studio. Don’t worry, I won’t overload you, and hopefully won’t bore you, and I won’t stop posting calls for entry. I’ve just always intended for this blog to more than a bulletin board of information, I guess I intended for it to be a bit more personable than virtual push pins and paper postings. And I now have more incentive than ever to make this change as I’ve been invited to participate in an upcoming exhibition about potters who blog (so exciting!!!), and if I’m going to play with the big kids, I’ve got to step up my game. Below i’ll post links to the blogs of the other participating artists so you can see what I mean. It’ll be a bit intimidating to show with so many great potters and writers.
Another reason why this is so intimidating is that my functional pottery practice is taking a major turn this year. It began part way through last year and I’m still working on trying to sort out exactly where I’m heading. I may have mentioned before, maybe not, that I haven’t been able to throw for over a year now and so I need to develop a new line of work that incorporates handbuilding, pressmolding and slipcasting. It’s been a challenge for sure to walk away from a body of work that I love, and in particular the refinement and forms I find I can achieve on the wheel seems elusive to my new work. So be it. Change is good. But the thought of a looming exhibition with great potters and me without my A game, well frankly it freaks me out. So i’m hoping to, over the course of the next few months talk a bit about the process i’m going through in developing this new work and going back to the beginning and starting from scratch. So often our new work is simply an evolution or at least a diversion from that which we already make, but to leap completely out of our process, well…it’s an adventure. Anyway, the deadline of this show and the pressure to measure up are going to be helpful to say the least.
So keep your eyes peeled for more info about the upcoming show here and on the many blogs of the participating artists. Should be pretty exciting as things evolve.
Clay and Blogs:Telling a Story
Arts Council of Moore County, Campbell House
Opening reception-October 1st 2010
6 to 8pm
exhibition runs until Oct.29,2010
Meredith Heywood is our most wonderful organizer and the brains and creative mind behind this endeavor. Check out her blog:
http://whynotpotteryblog.blogspot.com/
The following is (i believe) a complete list of the participating artists. If there are more I will update. If there are any problems with the links please let me know, as I’ve been working on this post while also bowing to my toddlers demands to color “tv car” at the same time. Needless to say there is marker on my laptop right now.
http://bulldogpottery.blogspot.com/
http://fromthegrounduppots.blogspot.com/
http://tgraypots.blogspot.com/
http://averypotteryandtileworks.blogspot.com/
http://chrislutherblog.blogspot.com/
http://michaelklinepottery.blogspot.com/
http://tsbroome.blogspot.com/
http://oohmyheck.blogspot.com/
http://ronphilbeckpottery.com/
http://supportyourlocalpotter.blogspot.com/
http://jimgottuso.wordpress.com/
http://fetishghost.blogspot.com/
http://feffakookan.blogspot.com/
http://bumcrane.blogspot.com/
http://joytannerpottery.blogspot.com/
http://anniesingletary.com/
http://powenliu.blogspot.com/
http://carpenterpottery.blogspot.com/
http://potsapalooza.blogspot.com/
http://mountainhousestudios.blogspot.com/
http://henhousepottery.blogspot.com/
http://claygarden.wordpress.com/
http://theponderingpotter.blogspot.com/
http://colepottery.blogspot.com/
http://www.timayerspottery.com/
http://hatchvillepottery.blogspot.com/
http://danfinneganpottery.blogspot.com/
http://bluestarrgallery.blogspot.com/
http://www.patriciagriffinstudio.com/
http://artmakinginthenorth.blogspot.com/
http://garysthirdpotteryblog.blogspot.com/
http://jennifermeccapottery.blogspot.com/
by Carole Epp | Dec 11, 2009 | Uncategorized
Shoko Teruyama
Circa Ceramics
This one is definitely worth checking out, especially since it’s online as well. Some of those plates, well it might be the photo, but at a quick glance you’d be tricked into thinking they’re clay. Interesting show concept.
Check it out here or in person until the 9th of January
by Carole Epp | Dec 8, 2009 | Uncategorized
A Perfect State of Happiness
Candace Makowichuk & Ruth-Anne French
Until December 18th
“This group exhibition unites the small-scale ceramic sculptures of Ruth-Anne French and the photographic work of Candace Makowichuk. Both artists entertain aspects of play within their work while investigating individual points of interest. Using manufactured molds, thrown clay pottery and an intense colour pallet, French tinkers with formal design, pop culture and the handmade to present a series of amusing but bittersweet narratives that question beauty and truth. Makowichuk merges two photographic series; “The Identity Project” which examines identity issues in the context of women in society and identity in relation to the family, and “Through the Eyes of a Child,” depicting the playful aspects of childhood that remain constant over time, generations and cultures.”
Harcourt House Gallery
by Carole Epp | Dec 8, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Red Lodge Clay Center has got many lovelies up for sale on their website. Gorgeous works by some amazing artists.
Jenny Mendes
Amelia Stamps
Renee Brown
It also looks like they have a pretty sweet line of exhibitions in the new year worth checking out.
by Carole Epp | Dec 4, 2009 | Uncategorized
I know recently done a post about the centennial at Greenwich House Pottery, but I just wanted to put it on your radar again as there are so many amazing activities, exhibitions, talks, you name it, going on.
Greenwich House Announces Centennial Celebration “100 Years of Clay” to Feature Exhibitions, Studio Sales, Soirees, Community Open Houses, Field Trips, and Classes ———————————————————————————————————————————– Greenwich House Pottery (GHP) has unveiled its plans for its much-anticipated Centennial, “100 Years of Clay,” a true smorgasbord for pottery enthusiasts and newcomers alike. The hope is to reach well beyond the traditional boundaries of those affiliated with the ceramics world, and to connect with people of Greenwich Village and the greater New York community. Having begun in September 2009, “100 Years of Clay” will showcase some of the world’s most noted ceramic artists, play host to open houses and studio sales, offer a full roster of classes and workshops, and–most importantly–celebrate ceramics, New York City, and Greenwich House Pottery as an institution. “This Centennial is a thank you, from Greenwich House to the Greenwich Village community and beyond,” said Sarah Archer, director of Greenwich House Pottery. “Rarely has such a rich symbiosis existed between an arts institution and the community that nurtured it. Indeed, we strongly believe that Greenwich House Pottery has helped shape the community, just as we have been shaped by it.”
Over the last century, GHP has pioneered the field of ceramics in New York City offering courses in hand building, wheel-throwing, photo-ceramics, ceramic jewelry, glaze chemistry, kiln classes and sculpture, as well as classes for children and seniors. Greenwich House, the parent organization of GHP, was founded in 1902 by Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch and other social reformers. Its mission was to improve the living conditions among the predominately immigrant population in Greenwich Village, at that time New York’s most congested neighborhood. Seven years later, Greenwich House Pottery was founded and extended that mission. While the audience may have changed throughout the years GHP has continued to provide a rich, tactile experience in the face of rampant mechanization, and an individuated product in the face of encroaching uniformity.
“Greenwich House Pottery has added to New York’s cultural tapestry in so many ways over the last century,” says Sarah Archer, Director of Development and Communications at Greenwich House. “We look forward to a year’s worth of celebration, the opportunity to reach out to legions of new pottery enthusiasts, and the second one hundred years of GHP.”
Greenwich House Pottery Located at 16 Jones Street, Greenwich House Pottery has been introducing New Yorkers to clay since 1909, and over the years has become an internationally recognized center for ceramics. It features diverse programs, classes, exhibitions, residencies, community outreach and special events. Greenwich House Pottery is a program of Greenwich House Inc., a settlement house founded in 1902 by Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch.
Greenwich House Pottery maintains an ongoing exhibition series in the Jane Hartsook Gallery. The Jane Hartsook Gallery and Storefront Gallery are committed to supporting both emerging and established ceramic artists, and to the educational mission of making, exhibiting, and learning from contemporary ceramics.
About Greenwich House:
Located at 27 Barrow Street, Greenwich House offers a wide array of programs designed to enrich the lives of New Yorkers, including a Music School (46 Barrow Street), nursery and Preschool programs, health care and services for people living with HIV/AIDS, and Senior services.
