by Carole Epp | Jun 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
The Ceramics Ireland International Festival 2014
5th – 7th September
Grennan Mill, Thomastown, Kilkenny
Put
the dates in your diary, we are looking forward to hosting the festival
again and will be updating information as artists are confirmed
Demonstrators at this years festival
Just confirmed NEIL READ – IRELAND
Shozo Michikawa – Japan, Grainne Watts – Ireland, Sergei Isupov – Russia/USA, Lisa Hammond – UK
by Carole Epp | Jun 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
Venue: Royal Danish Academy School of Design Bornholm
Date: 12. Sep. 2014
Time: 9.00 – 17.00
Tickets: €80 regular
/ €50 students. Tickets are sold through Billetlugen.dk
Investigating Ceramic EducationThis
is a full day educational seminar, engaging educators and students in
discussions and problem solving on current issues and challenges in
ceramic education.
IntentionUsing
the international and diverse group of educators and students
participating in ECC2014 as a starting point, we invite professionals
and students engaged in ceramic education to participate in mapping and
exchanging knowledge and resources in the field of ceramic education.Participants
are asked to bring the current issues, questions or themes, which they
are engaged in at the moment and are seeking input for, in order to
improve the quality of their ceramic program or learning environment. The
seminar will facilitate the collective resources and knowledge of the
group, to generate solutions to challenges and questions raised by the
participants.
ParticipantsEducators and students 50/50.In
order to create a dynamic dialogue and exchange of imput and knowledge,
teachers and educators are encouraged to bring a student to the
seminar, .
Assignment for participants
Each participant
should bring 3 themes / issues / questions, in which you are engaged in
your practice as a teacher of ceramics and crafts education.
Students/faculty are encouraged to bring a visual presentation of a
project or one of their core concerns from a teaching
situation/challenge.
Examples of questions
we need more contacts
to international internships / how do we meet students individually in
critiques / can we use tutoring to………… / how can we include the
experiences of alumni students in the ceramic program / What does the
future call for, when it comes to education in ceramics? / If we were
allowed to bring only three elements from our present ceramic education
into the future; what would they be? / how do we incooperate
professional partnerships in teaching projects / Balance between
academia and craft skills / ……………..
Program:
9.00 – 10.00 Introduction short mapping of questions / issues / themes
10.00 – 11.00 Lecture by specialist within learning and creativity11.00 – 12.00 Participatory seminar activities12.00 – 13.00 Lunch while still working in groups / exhibition opening of student projects at KADK13.00 – 15.30 Participatory seminar activities16.00 – 17.00 Summary and conclusion
http://www.europeanceramiccontext.com/events/educational-seminar#.U596jS92Yy5
by Carole Epp | Jun 19, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Yeah! NCECA released the video of the first part of our Virtual Clay presentation at NCECA. Check out our introductions on you tube and then head over to The Tales of the Red Clay Rambler for a special podcast of the question and answer portion of our panel.
I hope you enjoy it. It was a blast to work with the amazing creative and professional minds of Adam Field, Ben Carter and Michael Kline. Ben did a great little write up over on his blog so head on over and check it out please. Would love to hear your thoughts on the panel.
by Carole Epp | Jun 16, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Artist’s Statement:
I grew up in the rural Midwest among decaying cars, barns
and fields. My ancestors were farmers, blacksmiths and mechanics. In my work, I
try and maintain a connection to my roots, while also including a nuanced
social commentary. This work is meant to look like “outsider art”, but to
include “insider” references to post-modern readings, double meanings, and
social criticism.
I like to call my work, “Vessels for the Kool-Aid Ceremony”.
The Meta stories in our visual culture are now primarily from commercials,
advertising, and product tie-ins from movies and television. Lately, I have
focused my attention heavily on advertising from the 1930’s to 1960’s. The
advertising from this era was strongly flavored with patriarchy, racism, and
gender shaming. I re-use these messages in a very self-conscious way, offering
new context that tickles
the soft white underbelly of
“traditional” American values.
Bio:
Steve Hansen is a professor at Andrews University where he
teaches a variety of courses including ceramics and sculpture. His work has
been included in over 75 exhibitions, and has appeared in Ceramics Monthly, Ceramics:
Art & Peception, American Craft, The Teapot Book, American Style, and Extruded Ceramics. His work is in the
permanent collection of the Fuller Craft Museum, the Midwest Museum of American
Art, the American Museum of Ceramic Art, The Kamm Teapot Collection, and The
University of Iowa. Since 1999 Steve has concentrated his efforts primarily on
creating work in the tradition of trompe l’ oeil ceramics, with an emphasis on
social commentary and Americana.
http://stevehansenceramics.tumblr.com
https://www.etsy.com/shop/SteveHansenCeramics?ref=si_shop
by Carole Epp | Jun 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
about
me: I love throwing pots. I have a very small studio in Paris where I
give a few classes and work mostly on functional pieces. I consider
myself “emerging” because I don’t live off of my pottery activity and
because my style isn’t very well defined yet – there are so many
interesting things to try that I have trouble settling on a particular
issue and really working it to perfection. The last photograph is my
current attempt at building a series and sticking to it across various
shapes.
