by Carole Epp | Nov 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
Well in case you haven’t
heard the sad news, Saskatoon is losing the ever lovely Cathy Terepocki.
So if you want one last chance to see and grab one, or two or three
pieces of her amazing work for yourself then you’d better not miss her
studio sale. One day only this Sunday from 1pm to 4pm.
Of course you can still
find her work on Broadway at the Better Good. But this will be a great
opportunity to pick up some new work or old stock and seconds in both
dishes and jewllery.
221 31st Street. W. Saskatoon (back alley studio entrance)
by Carole Epp | Nov 16, 2012 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
DEADLINE JAN 4th
From March 19 to 22 of 2014 Milwaukee will serve as the host city for the 48th
Annual Conference of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
(NCECA). I am pleased to be serving as the on-site liaison for this conference.
The theme of the conference, Material World, will be dedicated to an
investigation of the complex ways that materials acquire meaning through the things
that we make and those that surround us in our daily lives. Exhibitions and programs
will expand on traditional definitions of fine and decorative arts, craft and design in
the context of the 21st century.
As
a way of reaching out to innovative artists and thinkers I am writing
to let you know about the call for proposals for the 2014 NCECA
concurrent independent exhibitions. We
are looking for dynamic exhibition proposals from artists at various
stages in their career that will be housed throughout Milwaukee in
conjunction with the conference. Deadline for submission is January 4.
Selected
by a review committee, proposals are considered for their ability to
successfully respond to the thematic structure of the conference and in
the way that they showcase the field at this particular moment in time.
I
hope that you will consider making a proposal, and would ask that you
pass this email along to anyone that you feel would be interested in the
project. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Best,
Paul Sacaridiz
________________
Associate Professor and Graduate Chair
Art Department
University of Wisconsin-Madison
2014 on-site conference liaison
The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
www.nceca.net
by Carole Epp | Nov 13, 2012 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
So I’ve always known to “never let your clay freeze”. It was just one of those things you were told and you followed without question. I know, it’s water expansion…don’t do it. Well I didn’t question what exactly would happen, that is up until the other day when I was in a need to know situation regarding exactly what was going to happen to all of the supplies in my studio as the temperature started to dip. Was everything at risk – glazes, slips, underglazes, mixed china paints?
You see since moving this past summer we have yet to install any heat into my new studio space. Yeah duh I knew winter was coming, we just hadn’t figured out how we were going to separate the double car garage/studio space into two separate work spaces. One for clay, the other for building custom bikes. So I know, I know, procrastinating is never the answer. But we did, and then this happened….
Pretty maybe, but with the crunch of pre-holiday sales looming it was frankly not invited. My studio temperature crashed, even with the kiln firing. And one night I went to go out only to see that the temperature was this…
That’s Celsius folks. And bloody cold. Needless to say I had to wear a different uniform to work that day:
And as you can see my water pail was forming a layer of ice already.
So the rest of the night was spent moving leather hard work and pails and boxes of clay into the basement and out of harm’s way. But the entire time I wondered to myself what exactly was going to happen to all of my supplies if I hadn’t gotten to them on time. What would have been salvageable and what would have been a goner?
So today I share some links with you that I found useful and I share the hope that you find yourself in much more pleasant climates in your own studio spaces : )
http://www.dogwoodceramics.com/misc/freeze-warnings-for-slips-clay-and-glazes.htm
http://www.highwaterclays.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/feature.display/feature_id/93
And on a happier note I did have some nice results in the kiln lately. Just in time for the upcoming sales. I’m finding myself having more fun with the functional stuff lately. Feeling inspired, but at the same time looking forward to the sale season to be over and done with so that I can sink my teeth into some figurative sculpture pieces I’ve had bouncing around my head for a while now. More on that in the new year…
by Carole Epp | Nov 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
The
public is cordially invited to attend the opening reception of the
upcoming Exhibition: “Ceramic Art of North Carolina University and
College Faculty,” at the North Carolina Pottery Center. The reception
will be held on Saturday, November 10, 2012, between 12:00 noon and 2:00
p.m., at the Center on 233 East Avenue in Seagrove , NC . The
Exhibition will continue through January 19, 2013. An illustrated
catalog documenting the work will accompany the show and will be
available for sale.
The
Exhibition showcases the high quality and rich diverseness of clay art
created by faculty who are instructors of ceramics at universities and
colleges throughout North Carolina . At the same time, it gives
evidence of the experience available to college students in North
Carolina ’s Universities and Colleges and aptly reflects the spirit of
design and the faculty’s commitment to North Carolina ’s ceramic
education.
Featured
faculty in the exhibit are; Lynn Duryea, Lisa M. Stinson, and Roy St ra
ssberg of Appalachian State University, Mark Gordon of Barton College,
Seo Eo and Jim Tisnado of East Carolina University, Michael Sanford of
Elon College, Socorro Hernandez of Fayetteville State University, Janet
Gaddy of Greensboro College, Charles Tefft of Guilford College, Andrea
Wheless of High Point University, Holly Fischer, Warner Hyde, and Lisa
F. Pearce of Meredith College, Yun-Dong Nam of the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, Janet Williams of the University of North
Carolina at Charlotte, Nikki Blair of the University of North Carolina
at Greensboro, Vicky Smith of the University of North Carolina at
Wilmington, Leah Leitson of Warren Wilson College, Joan Byrd and George
Rector of Western Carolina University, and Marilyn Hartness of Wingate
University.
Also on Saturday, November 10th, the Center is opening its doors and grounds for the education and benefit of the public with 5th
generation Seagrove potter Chad Brown of the Chriscoe family, firing
the groundhog kiln on the pottery center lawn. The firing of the
groundhog kiln takes approximately 15 hours and uses 2 cords of wood.
The public is welcome to come out to view the firing and see how the
process was done over 200 years ago and still continues today.
