call for entry: Me, Myself, and I

by | Mar 22, 2017 | call for entry, Uncategorized

Juror Kathy King

Clay Art Center's 2018 national juried exhibition Application opens March 1 Deadline September 22, 2017

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        Description The 2018 gallery year will feature 4 Degrees of Separation, a series of four exhibitions featuring artists whose works examine the intricacies of maneuvering life, lifestyles and living within a global society with its political and social ramifications. The first exhibition is titled Me, Myself and I and will be followed by THEM, US  and ALL. CAC is committed to exhibiting emerging, mid-career, and established artists, as it seeks to become a platform for the field to express potent ideas and  relevant topics of our time. Me, Myself and I will be the premiere exhibition of Clay Art Center’s year-long focus. This open juried show invites artists to submit vessel based work that explore issues surrounding identity. Artists are asked to think about such passionate issues such as who we are and how do we see ourselves within the context of society, family, relationships, and most importantly within our own skin? What role does culture, lineage, inheritance, and other characteristics of personality and sub-personalities play in how we see ourselves and define who we are? This exhibit seeks submissions from artists who use their functional and vessel-based ceramic art to explore concepts around self, experiences, and the triumphs and challenges faced either in the daily tasks of living or one’s place in society. This national call for entries will be juried by Kathy King, a renowned artist and educator whose own work reflects the very core theme of the show. As guest juror, she has invited kindred artists Mark Burns, Cheyenne Rudolph, Beth Lo, and Matt Nolen who also use their art to reflect identity and self-awareness. Find out more here: www.clayartcenter.org/call-for-entry/

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Harvard Ceramics looking for a new Artist-in-Residence

by | Mar 22, 2016 | Uncategorized

About the Artist in Residence Program

Application Deadline: April 15, 2016
Notification of Residency: May 9, 2016
Residency Dates: September 1, 2016 – August 31, 2017

The Artist in Residence Program through the Ceramics Program, Office
for the Arts at Harvard, offers dedicated artists the opportunity to
involve themselves in research and growth, pushing their art in new
directions in a dynamic, urban studio connected to the Harvard
community. Individuals will have the opportunity to build relevant
skills in research, professional development, technical ability,
creative problem solving, teaching and community involvement through our
Artist in Residence Program.

The Artist in Residence Program offers 

  • Personal studio space (60 sq. ft.) in addition to use of common studio space
  • 7 day studio access
  • Free access to materials – clay, glaze and use of kilns (electric, saggar, wood fire, soda and gas) up to excess
  • Opportunities to take classes and firing workshops within the program
  • Paid teaching opportunities within the program
  • Solo exhibition in Gallery 224 of work completed during residency
  • Attend visiting artist workshops and symposium offered within the program
  • Exhibition/sales opportunities in two annual Show and Sales
  • Access to studio equipment including slab roller, extruder, spray booth, plaster mold-making room and glaze mixing area
  • Access to studio lighting and background material for documenting work
  • Website visibility
  • Access to Harvard University Library and Museums with provided ID.

Expectations of Artist in Residence 

  • One year commitment
  • Must spend 20 hours/week of time dedicated to personal work
  • Must spend 5 hours/week dedicated to work within the program
  • One public workshop presentation
  • Provide presentations to classes
  • Participation in program events and special projects with the Harvard Community 
  • Artist is asked to leave one work for the permanent collection
  • Responsible for own housing 

Application Process

Application can be submitted via hardcopy or provide us with a
link to an on-line, downloadable, file-storage site (i.e. Dropbox):

  • Resume with personal contact information
  • Artist statement
  • Personal statement that reflects your reason for applying to the residency program
  • 10 digital images, plus one optional detail per image. Files in jpeg
    format at 300 dpi, with images’ longest dimensions exactly 7
    inches/2100 pixels. Each image should be labeled with the following
    format:
    image number_first initial_last name (example: 1_j_smith.jpg, 2_j_smith.jpg, etc.). Images will be used for promotional purposes upon acceptance to the program.
  • Corresponding image list. List should address each image by number
    in terms of: title, year, size of work, medium/techniques used.
  • Work should be current and completed within the last 2 years
  • List of 3 references – please provide, name, title, mailing and email address and telephone.
  • No discs will be returned if sending hardcopy
  • THERE IS NO FEE FOR APPLICATION
  • Notification will be made via email

Send invitation to online, downloadable file storage site:
Kathy King, Director of Education, at [email protected]

If sending hardcopy, mail to the following address:

Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
Attn: Artist in Residence Program
224 Western Avenue
Allston, MA 02134

Important Dates

April 15, 2016 – Application materials must be submitted
April 25 – April 29, 2016
– Finalists will be notified to arrange a phone/Skype interview with
Co-Directors Kathy King, Director of Education and Shawn Panepinto,
Director of Operations. 
May 9, 2016 – Notification will be made via email.
May 30, 2016 – Selected artist must accept or decline the residency.

All interested individuals are welcome to visit the Ceramics Program
prior to application and or acceptance. To arrange a visit and receive
more information, contact Kathy King, Director of Education at kking@fas or Shawn Panepinto, Director of Studio Operations and Outreach at panepint@fas or call 617-495-8680.

Potters Retreat with Ben Carter, Chandra Debuse and Kathy King

by | May 19, 2015 | Uncategorized

June 10-13th, 2015
 
The
Mary Anderson Center for the Arts is excited to host our second
Potters’ Retreat.  This June our presenters will be Ben Carter, Chandra
DeBuse and Kathy King. 
Come to the beautiful
grounds of Mt. St. Francis for this amazing three day workshop
experience. Not only will each artist work independently, but the three
will work together, interacting and exchanging stories and insights into
their lives as working artists. This workshop is designed to be a true
retreat, set on the 450 acres grounds, you will be recharged by the
community of fellow artists and the land around you. Meals will be
provided on site by the Mount’s two professional chefs and rooms are
available on site. Come and experience this fantastic retreat.
This demonstration only workshop
will showcase each artists’ work, focusing on their approach to the
surface and decoration. The intimate and personal talks with each artist
will give insight into their process and the unique approach each of
them take to their work.

Ben Carter will
demonstrate quick manipulations of soft wheel thrown clay to create
expressive pitcher, bowl, and cup forms.  He will also cover decorating
with deflocculated slip and techniques for drawing on clay, including
sgraffito, wax resists, and underglaze painting.
Chandra DeBuse
will demonstrate how she designs unique and personal pottery forms using
simple and inexpensive materials, such as plywood and craft foam.  In
addition to handbuilding, Chandra will share techniques used to alter
wheel-thrown work and to create multiple parts for building narrative
pots.

Chandra will share her surface decoration techniques, which include
sprigging, stamping, freehand drawing, underglaze inlay, sgraffito, and
the use of wax resist to create a layered and colorful surface.

Kathy King will
demostrate how to center on building a personal vocabulary of imagery
while considering methods of composition of that imagery onto the
wheel-thrown and hand built ceramic form.  With humor as a tool to
create narratives within her work, King will introduce some
non-traditional ideas about function and methods of storytelling.   She
will carve through slip-colored clay (sgraffito) and will showcase other
methods on leather-hard clay with transfer techniques such as decals,
silk-screening, resist printing from a photocopy and block-printing
images onto clay.  In addition, glaze techniques that will enhance
surface work will be demonstrated.

 www.maryandersoncenter.com

Sexual Politics: Gender, Sexuality, and Queerness in Contemporary Ceramics @ Northern Clay Center

by | Mar 13, 2015 | Uncategorized

Mar 13 to Apr 26
Main Gallery

This
exhibition brings together objects that navigate complicated
expressions of sexuality, gender identity, and queerness in contemporary
ceramics. Six artists, at various stages in their careers, skillfully
give voice to themes of sexual politics, from quiet suggestions to overt
articulations, through a full variety of ceramic expressions—functional
vessels, wall tiles, and sculptural forms. In the past four decades,
our society has seen dramatic shifts in the visibility and social
acceptance of sexual and gender identities and expressions once
dismissed simply as deviant. Through humor, irony, and tension, Sexual Politics aims to acknowledge these changes, pause in the moment, and problematize the future. Curated by Kelly Connole, Sexual Politics features the work of Jeremy Brooks (Carbondale, IL), Mark Burns (Las Vegas, NV), Ron Geibel (Port Chester, NY), Kathy King (Boston, MA), Christina West (Marietta, GA), and Dustin Yager (Minneapolis, MN).

Related Educational Events

We are excited to also welcome Mark Burns for the opening reception
on March 13. Burns will give an artist talk on Thursday, March 12, at 6
pm in NCC’s library. This event is also and open to the public.

Finally, Kathy King will present a free workshop during the closing
weekend of the show. King’s graphic pots and sculpture will be the
subject of her artist talk and hands-on workshop. Join us to tell your
own stories in clay! Saturday, April 25, 12 – 5 pm. Reservations are not
required, but space is limited. All materials will be provided.

Ron Geibel joined us as a resident artist from January 2 – 18, in preparation for the exhibition.

Related Resources

Jeremy Brooks’s website: www.klai-body.com
Emerging Artists, a list of artists to watch by Ceramics Monthly.
Ron Geibel’s website: www.rongeibel.com
Kathy King’s website: www.kathykingart.com
Kathy King: the ceramics of satire, sexuality, and feminism (an essay).
Christina West’s website: www.cwestsculpture.com
ReFiguring Connections, an interview with Christina West.
Bits and Pieces, an essay by Christina West.
Audio Download, a lecture by Christina West.
Where the Wild Things Are, an essay by Peter Barr on West’s ceramics.
Shadows and Fog, an essay by Lucy Yau on West’s ceramics.
Ceramics and the Human Figure, a book available at the NCC library.
Dustin Yager’s website: www.ceramicsandtheory.com