Spoon Me @ Medalta this week!

by | Aug 23, 2014 | Uncategorized

Spoon Me @ Medalta will go live online on September 1st @ www.medalta.org/spoonme

The grand prize winner of a month long Medalta residency will be announced at the opening reception @ Medalta on August 28th from 7-9pm.  Let us know if you can make it! Make sure to check out juror Carole Epp’s Musing About Mud blog for exhibition highlights and extended coverage on several selected spoon show artists in the coming months.

We have a Spoon Me event page on Facebook too, it’s where we’ll be
sharing sneak-a-peek spoon shots before the show goes live on the 1st.

If you’d like to check it out and share it’s at
https://www.facebook.com/events/921036327911952/

Spoon Me’s online guests will be directed from the www.medalta.org/spoonme
page to view the show on Medalta’s new Pinterest page. ***Note this will be live online as of September 1st.*** Spoons can be
viewed and re-pined by other Pinterest users. The link on the photo
remains with the image and will take viewers directly to the spoons
purchase page which happens to be on our brand new Medalta online shop
that we are also launching with the spoon show.  Our shop will feature
contemporary ceramics from our exhibitions, starting with Spoon Me, as
well as reproductions of historical Medalta pottery made in our Museums
production studio.

At Medalta we are passionate about ceramics, from our clay industry past
to the contemporary ceramics community. Through this exhibition, in the
gallery and online, our goal is creating more space and opportunity for
contemporary craft artists to engage with a growing audience…and our
audience is eagerly awaiting this exhibition!

(Repli) (Dupli) Cate by Jason Desnoyers @ Medalta

by | Jun 18, 2014 | Uncategorized

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(Repli) (Dupli) Cate is an exhibition of ceramic work, which is
concluded from my year long residency at Medalta’s Artist in Residency
program, in Medicine Hat, Alberta.
I look to make work that creates an effect on the individual person
rather than, at first, the community at large. For me, attracting the
individual is about finding a passion and creating a bond between maker
and user. Original work, purposeful ceramics and creating conversations
are the main points that I look to answer within my ceramic medium.
I
describe the process I have investigated while at Medalta, as “cut and
paste”. Utilizing technical aspects of ceramics, related to throwing on
the wheel, handbuilding and mold work. My aim is to create forms that
are different but that also relate to my self. This comes from
explorations of design and personal preference, but also from outside
sources such as graffiti, geometry, sociology and mass media (Tumblr)

RECEPTION WITH THE ARTIST
Thursday, June 19, 2014
6 – 9pm
NO CHARGE
Cash bar
EXHIBITION
June 19 – July 26, 2014
Open during regular museum hours (9:30am – 5:00pm)
NO CHARGE (for Yuill Family Gallery entry)
@ MEDALTA
Yuill Family Gallery
713 Medalta Ave SE

JASON DESNOYERS BIO
Jason Desnoyers was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Jason earned a
BFA in the field of Photography from Concordia University and recently
completed his BFA in Ceramics at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.
During his time at NSCAD, Jason was awarded the “FUNSCAD Homer Lord
Scholarship Award” in recognition of his ceramic work and his
dedication.

Jason’s process relies heavily on altering the clay model or the mold
itself, decorative patterns related to tessellation, and a strong ideal
based on functionality. He is currently focused on experimenting with
glazing techniques, slip casting and altering, and the perfection of his
mold making practice.
While expressing his own personal identity is important, Jason hopes
that his ceramic art creates an identity that communicates with others,
through the function and aesthetic of the piece. He measures the success
of his pieces through the utilitarian purpose and decorative allure.

http://medalta.org/replicateduplicate

Stories I Tell @ Yuill Family Gallery

by | Jun 16, 2014 | Uncategorized

Stories I Tell
An exhibit of new ceramic work by Naomi Clement in Medalta’s Yuill Family Gallery
713 Medalta Ave SE, Medicine Hat, AB
Opening reception with the artist June 19, 6 – 9pm
Show runs through to July 26, 2014

Stories I Tell is an exhibit of new
work created by Naomi Clement during her tenure as a long-term artist in
residence at Medalta’s International Artist in Residence Program in Medicine
Hat, Alberta.
As a dedicated functional potter, Naomi views functional work as a
powerful lens through which to engage with others on an intimate level and
explore ideas of home, personal space, and identity. Naomi strives to create beautiful,
useful objects that will bring joy to people’s daily lives, and go on to forge
connections and stories of their own. Ultimately, her goal is that her pots
will introduce a little beauty into the world, ideally creating a space where
the user can pause to savour a moment of calm in the midst of a busy day.
As such, a key part of the show is a collection of 40 cups that will be
given away, free of charge to members of the public throughout the exhibit,
with the goal of demonstrating how the use of handmade objects can enrich ones
daily life. In exchange for the cup, the recipient will be asked to send a
postcard to the artist with a short story or reflection on using the cup.
For more information, contact the artist: [email protected]

Object: Spoon is open!

by | May 29, 2014 | Uncategorized

During a 2013 residency at Medalta in Medicine Hat, Canada, Australian based artist Vipoo Srivilasa was seeking a way to bring fellow artists together. His compulsion for connection with other makers necessitated a simple and effective mechanism, ingeniously Srivilasa chose to invite fellow residents to make a modest, universal object as a way of both getting to know each other and celebrating their shared passion and profession. The object? A spoon!


Inspired
by the strong sense of collaboration and connection enabled by this
common object Srivilasa quickly realised the potential of the idea and
upon his return to Australia put out an open invitation through his
extensive networks, asking makers to create spoons and to submit digital
images. From 72 submissions (from 16 countries), 25 spoons were
selected by Srivilasa, with advice from Vicki Grima, editor of The
Journal of Australian Ceramics and Leslie Ferrin, curator of Ceramic Top
40.

The final collection, will be presented as a group in Object: Spoon
in the second venue of Ceramic Top 40 | New & Selected Works at
Harvard Ceramics in Allston, Massachusetts, USA.

Generated by his
basic human need for friendship in a new community, Srivilasa has
inspired an international engagement between established and
international ceramicists from 16 countries in this collaboration
OBJECT: SPOON.
This text appears in excerpted form. You can read the entire article in the OBJECT:SPOON story 
by Ramona Barry and Beck Jobson from Hand Made Life Blog 

25 spoons from these 2014 finalists will be on exhibit:
Tinne Maria
Andersen, Marta Armada, Elaine Bolt, Jim Bov’e, Meredith Brickell, Joey
Chiarello, Kris Coad, Rachel Cramer, Sally Curry, Trisha Dean, Carole
Epp, Klaus Gutowski, Evan Hobart, Vanessa Holle, Nayoung Im, Sukumarl
Leksawat, Steven Low and Thai Kwan, Miro Mackiewicz, Fiona McDonald,
Creina Moore, Jo Quirk, Bonnie Smith, Leilani Trinka, Gerry Wedd, Snow
Yu

Gerry Wedd

 

CERAMIC TOP 40  |  NEW & SELECTED WORKS
Ceramics Program, Office of the Arts at Harvard
Gallery 224, 224 Western Avenue, Allston, MA
DATES 
Exhibition: May 27–August 16, 2014
Opening date: May 27, 2014
Exhibition hours: Mon-Fri  10.00 am – 16.00 pm min and by appointment
Other Events: June 11, 2014
2–5:00pm   Workshop Demonstration with artist Lauren Mabry
5–6:00pm   Curator Lecture with Leslie Ferrin
6–8:00pm   Opening Reception

http://vipoo.com/spoon