residency opportunity: London Potters Guild

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Artist in Residence Program
Description
The Artist in Residence program was created to give up and
coming artists an opportunity to set up a studio in exchange for 8 hours of
studio technician support each week at the London Clay Art Centre.  This residency program allows ceramic
artists to pursue their artistic endeavors while working in a state of the art
ceramic studio and contributing to the community of fellow ceramic
artists. 
What the London Clay
Art Centre Provides
·      
Private studio space, 7 feet by 10 feet, electric
wheel, electrical hook-up, standard shelving
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24 Hour access to the studio
·      
Access to all equipment, (3 electric kilns, two
slab rollers, well stocked glaze kitchen, two extruders)
·      
Opportunities for sale of work in the retail
store and Annual Fall and Spring Sales
·      
Paid teaching and workshop opportunities
·      
Exit Show/exhibition
·      
Opportunities to be featured artist in the
gallery space
·      
Website visibility
·      
Participation in bi-monthly critiques
·      
Free attendance at workshops presented at the
LCAC, in exchange for setup and tech work during workshop (above and beyond the
8 hours scheduled work each week)
·      
10 Kilograms of reclaim clay a week provided
What the Artist In
Resident Contributes
·      
Commit to one 8 hour shift or two 4 hour shifts
each week of technical work. 
Shifts will be coordinated in conjunction with the Studio Technician and
may include tasks such as helping maintain a clean studio, loading and
unloading of kilns, maintaining glazes, slips, and clay reclaim.
·      
Spend a minimum of 10 hours within the studio
each week dedicated to personal work
·      
Process all personal work (ie. load and unload
kilns with personal work in them)
·      
Maintain a personal blog or website that the
LCAC can link to from its website
·      
Contribute one piece to the LCAC permanent
collection at the end of term
·      
Resident Artists are responsible for their own
housing
 Please visit their website for full details.
      London Potters Guild
C/O London Clay Art Centre
664 Dundas Street
London, ON. N5W 2Y8
Tel: 519-434-1664
www.londonpottersguild.org

emerging artist: Kaitlyn McGill

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Kaitly is a recent graduate from
the Alberta College of Art & Design who is currently
Artist in Residence at the London Clay Art Centre in London,
Ontario. She makes lovely functional pottery, but is also am a paper cut artist and is investigating a collaboration between the two mediums.
 

 

Artist Statement

There is something quite remarkable about children and stories. I think its
because the imagination of a child has no boundaries – it is tremendously limitless.
Children live in a wonderful world of make believe and for a short fleeting time cherish
childhood characters bound in books as their closest companions. For some of
us, as we age and grow these friends are slowly packed away in boxes, placed on shelves; the memories of them slowly disappearing just as the colourful pages
in which they live too begin to fade with time. I suppose I am not like most, for
the days lived in the pages of my favourite books are still as bright and clear as they
were in my young wanderings. For me, the characters of my childhood are not limited to these young fables; they exist within the birch trees in my parent’s back yard
and the fine chipped china in my grandmother’s kitchen cabinet.  To me, these are all representations of humble narratives. Whether it be made with paper or
porcelain, my artistic practice explores the glorious relationship between objects and
stories.


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