by Carole Epp | Apr 28, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
If I move forward and you move back, what happens to the space in between us? What is lost when something is gained? Often times, while working on a piece, a question is answered in the form of another question.
My forms are inspired by my memories as well as my daily experiences and my emotional reactions to them. For me, creating is a form of play in which I formally investigate thoughts and feelings, memories, desires, and expectations. Whether I’m working in a controlled or a spontaneous method, process is very important. By rearranging different components of each piece and by using traditional as well as unconventional ways of working with a material, I attempt to discover new relationships among the things around us.
by Carole Epp | Mar 25, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
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by Carole Epp | Feb 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
Established Gold Coast ceramicist Megan
Puls has captured attention with her distinctive work for nearly three
decades. After four solo exhibitions on the Gold Coast and in Brisbane
she is now joining forces with emerging ceramic artist Kathryn Mitchell
to exhibit a new body of work in an exhibition titled Ebb Tide at Clay
Art Benowa opening on Saturday 2 March 2013.
The exhibition will explore the movement
of water, connections and journeys through Megan and Kathryn’s distinct
ceramic styles. Both artists have a deep affinity to water; Megan is
fascinated with the Australian and New Zealand coastlines after
extensive travels, whilst Kathryn grew up on the Isle of Man, a small
British island with the sea less than an hour’s drive in any direction
and criss-crossed by rivers and lakes. Their visions are translated
through delicate porcelain ceramic pieces; Megan painstakingly drills
hundreds of holes into each vessel and Kathryn meticulously hand paints
her illustrations.
“Ebb Tide is in the middle, a balance,
yin and yang. To me, that is how we live. Creating is how I live in all
forms,” says Megan.
With an understanding of the vision in
Megan’s mind, Kathryn took to hand her mentor’s musings and found a
connection that bonds the Ebb Tide exhibition together.
“I could see links between our work and
the concepts I had been experimenting with. This exhibition was an
opportunity to pursue those ideas and bring them to life. Inspiration
ranges from lyrics by Florence and the Machine, to Frida Kahlo paintings
and my fascination with the connections we form with the people in our
lives, be them fleeting or enduring,” says Kathryn.
Only three years into her art practice,
Kathryn is excited by the opportunity to share exhibition space with
such an established artist as Megan.
“It’s a privilege for young artists to
exhibit alongside their role models – I’m honoured that Megan invited me
to join her in launching her new work. Receiving this kind of support
and encouragement is invaluable to my fledging career,” says Kathryn.
And Megan couldn’t be happier helping out an enthusiastic and dedicated emerging ceramicist as Kathryn.
“My nature is: what you give out is what
you get back. I believe Kathryn is giving back two-fold. I love
enthusiasm, energy and passion,” she says.
Clay Art Benowa is a quaint cottage
gallery situated on Ashmore Road, Benowa, near Pindara Hospital. At
nearly 100 years old, the traditional building offers a unique space for
Megan and Kathryn’s ceramic art.
www.meganpuls.com
www.kathrynmitchellceramics.com
Image details:
Kathryn Mitchell, ‘Follow your heart lines’, Wheel thrown + hand painted porcelain, 10.5 h x 6 w cm, photo: Mark Bermingham
Megan Puls, ‘Bloom’, Southern Ice Porcelain and reclaimed wood, 80 h x 30 w cm, photo: Peter Hamilton
by Carole Epp | Dec 12, 2012 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
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20 artists under 40, 20 artists over 40 years of age currently working in ceramics
May 25 – July 14, 2013
 show overview
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Call for Entries | Due February 1, 2013
Ferrin Gallery is seeking 20 artists over and 20 artists under the age of 40 for Ceramic Top 40 | 2013. This exhibition will present the “IT” artists
currently working in conceptual utilitarian and sculptural ceramics.
The show seeks to identify those working on the cutting edge of current
processes, ideas and presentation concepts by both the up-and-coming
generation of artists and established artists who are breaking new
ground. One artist from the group exhibition will be awarded a solo
show during 2014.
Applications are due February 1, 2013.
Calendar
- Applications must be RECEIVED no later than February 1, 2013.
- Notification will be emailed by March 1, 2013.
- Artwork is due to Ferrin Gallery May 1, 2013.
- Exhibition Dates: May 25 – July 14, 2013.
- Applications must be submitted to: Ferrin Gallery
Attn: Ceramic Top 40 | 2013
437 North Street
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Eligibility
- Open to all Artists Domestic and International.
- Conceptual Utilitarian and Sculptural Ceramic works are eligible.
- Work must be made primarily of ceramic material.
Rules
- Artists will be expected to exhibit the actual works submitted or create new works similar to those presented in the images.
- All exhibited work must be for sale.
Terms
- Ferrin Gallery receives a 50% commission on all sold work.
- Artist
pays shipping to the gallery, suitably packaged with reusable materials
for return by common carrier. Alternate arrangements for delivery or
return will be considered on an individual basis.
- Consignment term: May 1 – December 31, 2013.
- Accepted artists will be asked to provide a self-portrait, digital image (same size as above).
Application Must Include
- Completed Application Form
 Print and fill out by hand or- Fill out form on computer, then print.
- Resume – 2 pages only
- Disc
with 5 Images – 300 dpi (Image file names must include your last name,
your first name, and image number. Ex. DoeJ01, DoeJ02)
- Image List (Title, Size, Materials, Price)
- Statement describing the 5 works or proposed works – 100 words or less
Questions? Contact Leslie Ferrin at [email protected]. |
by Carole Epp | Nov 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
Ying-Yueh Chuang, Flower Series #1 (detail). Fabric, porcelain, 302 x 265 x 12 cm. 2011
“As
a collector of things, it is the small elements that most people
overlook that inspire me most, the pieces that are thrown out or read as
undesirable. “
The North-West Ceramics Foundation is pleased to announce Ying-Yueh Chuang as their featured speaker at a free public lecture Thursday, November 29, at 7:30 pm.
The lecture will be held in Room 245 in the North Building of Emily
Carr University of Art + Design (1399 Johnston Street, Granville Island,
Vancouver). All are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Born
and raised in Taiwan, Ying-Yueh Chuang came to Canada in the 1990s,
attending and receiving a diploma from Langara College in 1997 and a BFA
from Emily Carr Institute in 1999. She received her MFA in Ceramics
from NSCAD University, after which she participated as an Artist-in
Residence at Harbourfront Centre in Toronto, where she continues to live
and work, from 2001 to 2004. Chuang received the Winifred Shantz Award
for Ceramics in 2006 as well as a number of Provincial and Canada
Council awards for her work. Her work is included in numerous public
collections such as the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, the Canada Council
Art Bank and the WOCEK Icheon World Ceramic Centre in Korea, and it has
been featured in Art in America, Ceramics Monthly, Ceramic Review and Ceramics Art & Perception.
She has participated in exhibitions in Canada, the United States,
Hungary, Taiwan, Korea, China and Australia. In May of 2012, her work
was shown in a two-person travelling exhibition with Eliza Au, Variations on Symmetry, at the Evergreen Art Gallery in Coquitlam.
Chuang
finds inspiration in things as simple as a grocery store, where the
myriad forms and textures of vegetables suggest possibilities for
exploration. Observing plants, she notices how structures and
environments integrate and repeat to make complex wholes, which have the
potential to expand exponentially. Much of her work incorporates
complex symmetries, which she observes in nature, using hundreds of
brightly glazed components assembled on site. Often organized
geometrically, her compositions suggest scientific specimens, with
figures pinned to a board rather than left living and free. Underlying
the candy-coloured surfaces is an examination of order and freedom, both
personal and social, which reflects her experience in both the
populated, fairly homogenous culture of Taiwan, where rigid expectations
govern family and social relations, and the sparsely populated and
heterogeneous Canadian environment. Chuang values both, and her
installations grow out of mediating the tensions between the two
cultures.
The lecture will take place on Thursday, November 29 at 7:30 pm in Room 245, NB, Emily Carr University. We look forward to seeing you there.
