by Carole Epp | Mar 21, 2020 | residency opportunity
The Visiting and Resident Artists program at the Lawrence Arts Center offers community members a unique opportunity to study visual arts with practitioners of varied backgrounds and diverse skills. New artists are invited each year to become a part of the Lawrence community and share their professional skills with Lawrence Arts Center students and artists.
These 12-month Artist in Residence programs are designed to provide a creative and supportive environment in which artists may immerse themselves in creating new work and expanding their own understanding of their medium and other media available at the Arts Center. The residencies are a multi-faceted experience including teaching, community outreach, interaction with other artists, and studio care, and culminate in an exhibition of new work.
Residencies are currently being offered in Ceramics and Printmaking. More information can be found below.
Application deadline is April 15th for 12-month residencies beginning August 1.
https://lawrenceartscenter.org/artist-resources/residencies/
Ceramics Residency
The residency will begin August 1 and end on July 31. The ideal candidate should have an MFA in ceramics, and be self-directed and able to work independently. Preference is given to candidates who have demonstrated artistic excellence as well as interest in experimentation and innovative techniques.
- The resident will be provided studio space, $1,000 per month stipend and furnished housing, free dental care, free firings, and 24 hour access to all studios, including ceramics, print, metal, photography, and digital media.
- Residents will teach a minimum of two classes per session (4 sessions a year) with opportunities to teach more.
- The Arts Center will facilitate structured and unstructured opportunities to engage with the universities and broader community, and the resident will make at least one presentation each to the school district, university, and public.
- Residents perform 15 hours per week in studio maintenance. Maintenance of ceramics studio includes: assisting in loading/unloading and firing kilns, mixing glazes and slips, recycling clay, and providing general studio maintenance and upkeep.
- The resident will assist in annual studio fundraisers and assist in the visiting artist program.
- Residents will have the opportunity for a solo exhibition of their work in the Lawrence Arts Center gallery. Curatorial and technical support will be provided by the Arts Center.
Printmaking Residency
The John Talleur Print Studio is the only community print shop in Kansas. Its facilities support a broad range of printmaking techniques, including intaglio, monoprint, relief, silkscreen, book arts, and letterpress, and offer access to Takach, Vandercook, Hoe (Washington-style), and Griffin presses. The studio emphasizes innovative and solventless techniques, and the intaglio facilities use all low toxic grounds and removers.
The residency will begin August 1 and end on July 31. The ideal candidate should have an MFA in printmaking, and be self-directed and able to work independently. Preference is given to candidates who have demonstrated artistic excellence as well as interest in experimentation and innovative techniques.
- The resident will be provided studio space, $1,000 per month stipend and furnished housing, free dental care, and 24 hour access to the studios, including print, ceramics, metal, photography, and digital media studios.
- Residents will teach a minimum of two classes per session (4 sessions a year) with opportunities to teach more.
- The Arts Center will facilitate structured and unstructured opportunities to engage with the universities and broader community, and the resident will make at least one presentation each to the school district, university, and public.
- Residents are expected to perform 15 hours per week in studio maintenance, outreach to area schools, hanging print shows, or providing other exhibition assistance. Maintenance of the print studio includes: organization and storage of type, monitoring mordants, and general studio maintenance and upkeep.
- The resident will assist in annual studio fundraisers and assist in the visiting artist program.
- Residents will have the opportunity for a solo exhibition of their work in the Lawrence Arts Center gallery. Curatorial and technical support will be provided by the Arts Center.
FULL DETAILS HERE
by Carole Epp | May 4, 2017 | job posting
The Lawrence Arts Center is seeking a part-time Exhibitions Coordinator to join our Exhibitions Team. Strong administrative skills are a must for this position – experience with Microsoft Office, especially Excel, is necessary, as well as the ability to use database and donation software. Previous gallery and installation experience is preferred.
Learn more at https://lawrenceartscenter.org/about-us/employment/
by Carole Epp | Mar 20, 2017 | job posting, monday morning eye candy, technical tuesday
The Lawrence Arts Center is seeking a Studio Manager. Located 35 minutes
out of Kansas City, in the college town of Lawrence KS, the Lawrence
Arts Center is a hub of arts and culture in the region. The Studio
Manager at the Arts Center is responsible for keeping all studios in top
working order and for ensuring that teachers, staff and students have
the supplies, equipment and facilities needed for a superior educational
experience. The Studio Manager acts as the chief procurement officer
for the education programs at the Lawrence Arts Center, is the primary
liaison between education programs and facilities, and provides
programmatic support to the arts education programs. The Studio Manager
is a core member of the Education Team who works closely with faculty,
and in partnership with the Director of Youth Education, Director of
Adult Education and Residencies, Director of Early Education, Print
Studio Fellow, and reports to the Chief Program Officer. Position is
full time, flexible schedule. Salary is commensurate with experience,
and offers an excellent benefits package that includes health insurance,
vacation, sabbatical opportunities, retirement and employee assistance
plan. Starting date for position is June 2017.
The ideal candidate will possess:
- A graduate degree in visual art
- Advanced experience in ceramics, especially firing gas and electric kilns
- Established experience running visual art studios
- Firsthand experience with artist in residency programs
- Wide range of knowledge in a variety of visual art mediums, studios and procedures
To apply, send resume, cover letter and references to:
Margaret Weisbrod Morris, Chief Program Officer: [email protected]
by Carole Epp | Oct 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
Every two years, the Lawrence Arts Center hosts six nationally
recognized ceramicists in a symposium on topics central to the
contemporary ceramics art world. This rare opportunity offers a chance
to interact and observe ceramic artists working in the top of the field.
Over the course of two days, this select group of artists are active in
studios at the Lawrence Arts Center demonstrating sculpting processes,
wheel throwing, surface decoration and glazing, representing a diverse
range of techniques and approaches to ceramic art. The six artists are
paired up in three studios at the Arts Center, to demonstrate their
techniques and encourage dialogue with the audience. Attendees are
encouraged to visit each of the three studios throughout the two day
symposium on Friday, October 10 and Saturday, October 11 from 9:30am to
4:30pm.
This years artists are:
Sunshine Cobb
Gerit Grimm
Chris Gustin
Akio Takamori
Patti Warashina
Stan Welsh
http://lawrenceartscenter.org/ceramics-symposium/
souvenirs from the future
A SURVEY OF CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS
Curated by Ben Ahlvers
October 10 – November 22
RECEPTION OCTOBER 10 | 7 to 9pm INSIGHT
Art Talk with Ben Ahlvers OCTOBER 23 | 7pm
This group exhibition explores juxtapositions whether they be visual
or conceptual as well as the connections that can be formed in the
context of a group exhibition. The works included in this exhibit looks
to the future in order to acknowledge the past. They make connections
and blur definitions of ceramic materials, processes. The exhibit
delectably and mysteriously explores tensions between nature and the
synthetic, the hand and the machine, history and the future. This
exhibit brings together nearly 40 artists working in North America, each
working with ceramic material and processes.
Adam Shiverdecker Adam Welch Amanda Salov Angela Carbone Brett Kern
Brian Harper Carole Epp Colleen Toledano David Bogus Elenor Wilson
Eric Mirabito Ian F. Thomas Israel Davis Jess Riva Cooper Joe Pintz
John Zimmerman Jon McMillan Kala SteinKate MacDowell Kelly Schnorr
Kyle Bauer Kyungmin Park Linda Lopez Lindsay Pichaske Matt Ziemke
Michaelene Walsh Molly Ann Bishop Rain Harris Roberto Lugo Sarah Gross
Scott Bennett Shalene Valenzuela Stephanie Craig Tim Berg/Rebekah Myers
Tim Rowan Valerie Zimany
by Carole Epp | Apr 4, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
The Lawrence Arts Center is committed to supporting the work of the
artists around us and to infusing energy into the cultural life of the
region. We invite artists from around the world to work in our
facility, share their expertise, to teach and interact with the
community to create new work. From commissions to project-based
residencies, to year-long residencies, we support the creative and
dynamic interplay of the familiar and the new.
The Visiting and Resident Artists program at the Lawrence Arts Center
offers area residents a unique opportunity to study visual arts with
practicing artists of varied backgrounds and diverse skills. New artists
are invited each year to become a part of the Lawrence community and
share their professional skills with Lawrence Arts Center students and
artists.
The residency will begin August 1 and end on July 31.
The ideal candidate should have an MFA in ceramics, and be
self-directed and able to work independently. Preference is given to
candidates who have demonstrated artistic excellence as well as interest
in experimentation and innovative techniques.
- The resident will be provided studio space, $1,000 per month stipend
and housing, free dental care, free firings, and 24 hour access to all
studios, including print, metal, photography, and digital media.
- Residents will teach a minimum of two classes with opportunities to teach more.
- The Arts Center will facilitate structured and unstructured
opportunities to engage with the universities and broader community, and
the resident will make at least one presentation each to the school
district, university, and public.
- Residents perform 15 hours per week in studio maintenance.
Maintenance of ceramics studio includes: providing orientation to
students enrolled in open studio, assisting in loading/unloading and
firing kilns, mixing glazes and slips, recycling clay, and providing
general studio maintenance and upkeep with education staff.
- The resident will assist in annual studio fund raisers.
- Residents will have the opportunity to exhibit their work in the
Lawrence Arts Center gallery, and they will contribute to and receive a
publication about their exhibits. Curatorial and technical support
provided by the Arts Center.
About the Lawrence Arts Center
The Lawrence Arts Center, built in 2002 and located in downtown
Lawrence, Kansas has 40,000 square feet of programming spaces,
consisting of 5 exhibition galleries, a 300 seat theater, 2 dance
studios, 2 arts-based preschool classrooms, and 7 visual arts studios.
The Arts Center offers programs to the public, attracting 200,000 people
annually.
Located 30 minutes from Kansas City, Lawrence is home to the
University of Kansas, which hosts the Spencer Museum of Art, and Haskell
Indian Nations University. Lawrence is a vibrant art, music, and
cultural community. Brackers Good Earth Ceramic Supply is located 5
minutes from the Arts Center.
The Art Center’s mission is to enrich individuals and the community
by nurturing love for the arts through education, exhibition, and
performance.
This 12 month Artist in Residence program is designed to provide a
creative and supportive environment in which artists may immerse
themselves in creating new work and expanding their own understanding of
ceramics and other mediums available at the Arts Center. The residency
is a multi-faceted experience that will include teaching, community
outreach, interaction with other artists, and studio care, and will
culminate in an exhibition of new work.
