by Carole Epp | Oct 15, 2009 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery Masters Ceramic Workshop Series for 2010 – Peter Callas
Launched in 2009, with the Robin Hopper workshop, the Ceramic Master’s Workshop is a special weekend-long event for professional potters or ceramics artists. Hosted by the Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery, it is designed to provide a high level of professional development for Moose Jaw professional potters and others as space allows.
The 2010 workshop, One of a Kind Forms, will be led by Peter Callas. Peter Callas has forged a career over 35 years, which has earned him a worldwide reputation for both his pioneering work with the anagama kiln and his unique style of ceramic art. Callas, “is credited with bringing the first anagama and the technique of prolonged wood firing for aesthetic affects to America in 1976. For many years he fired Voulkos’ work in his New Jersey kiln and traveled extensively worldwide with Voulkos as his assistant. Today Peter Callas is considered to be one of America’s foremost authorities on the wood fire anagama kiln tradition.”[i] At this workshop Peter Callas will demonstrate ways to deal with slab and wheel surfaces, and the aesthetics of One of Kind Forms. Technique/Focus will emphasize sculptural challenges, abstracting vessels, and constructing maquettes. Callas’ work often “speaks” to the viewer and his spirited, poetic approach will help and encourage students to handle clay in new and exciting ways. This intimate presentation will make it a rewarding experience for participants at all levels. Visit his website www.petercallas.com for more information,
The Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery is nestled in the heart of Moose Jaw, on the edge of Crescent Park, and provides an excellent facility for this kind of informal workshop. Other events such as studio tours and social activities are designed to allow everyone at the workshop to learn in a collegial and supportive environment.
The key goals of the workshop are:
· To provide an opportunity for interaction among professional ceramic artists.
· To observe a prominent ceramic artist, in an informal setting.
· To have the group tour the local pottery studios and to interact with the vibrant local ceramic community during both social and demonstrative events.
· To provide participants with an opportunity to bring work for discussion with other peers and presenter.
· To raise the profile of the Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery.
2010 Workshop Fee: $150
If you are accepted into the workshop then your fee of $150 must be paid in full by December 31, 2009. Partial refund of workshop fee will be considered only in the event of illness or injury.
Billeting: is available by special request.
Application Required Information: Please submit 8 to10 labelled images of recent work in jpeg digital format on disc or by email, or on printed hard copies by mail, a CV, a one paragraph summery biography, a statement about your work, and a statement about why you would like to attend this workshop. Space is limited.
The selection committee will make their selections n the first week of December, 2009.
Deadline: Applications must be received in by the MJM&AG by December 1, 2009.
Workshop Dates: Friday January 22, 2010, 7:30 p.m.- Peter Callas will give a lecture that is free and open to the workshop participants and the public.
January 23 to 24, 2010 – Workshop for invited participants 9:30 to 4:30 daily.
Contact information: Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery 461 Langdon Crescent Moose Jaw, SK S6H 0X0 692-4471 Heather Smith or Christy Schweiger
[email protected] [i] Cited from: http://www.americancontemporaryceramics.com/blog/2009/04/15/sparks-the-ceramic-art-of-peter-callas/
by Carole Epp | Oct 13, 2009 | Uncategorized
featuring John Boyd, Glaze Specialist
Albert Community Center Loft
610 Clarence Ave.
Saskatoon
Early registration by Oct. 14th is $45.00
Door registration starting at 8:30 am Oct. 17 is $50.00
Oct. 16th – Artist talk 7:00-9:00pm- in the loft
Oct. 17th – Sessions 9:00-12:00, 1:00-4:00
Lunch not provided, but coffee, water and snacks provided for breaks.
by Carole Epp | Sep 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
ACAD Ceramics will host the annual 1000 Miles Apart conference this fall. The event will take place over three days, October 1st, 2nd and 3rd. The itinerary will present a series of exhibitions, artists’ demonstrations, presentations and social events to facilitate exchange and
dialogue.
This conference was organized about 20 years ago by faculty and students from the University of Manitoba and Red Deer College, Alberta. (The distance traveled inspired the name). Participating institutions later included the University of Regina and Alberta College of Art + Design. Each year the conference is organized collectively and rotates to the host institution for that year. It provides an excellent opportunity for students and faculty to meet and network. The conference maintains a valuable forum to develop and strengthen the community in the west. Along with University of Regina, Red Deer College, and University of Manitoba, students and faculty from nearby Ceramics Programs will also attend if possible, including Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Kootenay School of the Arts and the University of North Dakota.
This year Guest Artists will include Sam Chung, Andy Brayman, Emily Schroeder (ACAD’s incoming Visiting Artist/Instructor) and a keynote address by Robin Lambert. The annual highlight of the Students/Faculty exhibition of all participating institutions will be held in ACAD’s Gallery 371. A show and silent auction will be held in the Marion Nicholl Gallery on campus.
by Carole Epp | Sep 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
1st International European Woodfire Conference – This international conference aimed at exploring current research and trends in wood firing will be held at Bröllin from 2nd to 5th September 2010.
Well known keynote speakers will address a series of questions, follow-up forums will give an international overview and discuss technical and aesthetical issues. Exhibitions will be held to coincide with the conference – aimed at presenting a wide survey of wood fire practice. Forums will be held each day, as well as demonstrations, exhibition openings, kiln firings and social events. There will also be Pre-Conference Workshops in the week leading up to the Conference. After the conference we offer excursions to places of interest for woodfirers, for example to La Borne, where a part of the pre-conference of the AIC general assembly will be held some days later.
***Workshops with Owen Rye and Paul Davis***
Wanted: Conference presentations
We invite individual papers on any of our themes. Interested parties should address the above themes, however issues relevant to contemporary woodfired ceramics that fall outside the major themes will also be considered. Please send initially a brief abstract of 250 words and a short biography of no more than 150 words (a single attached Word doc. would be fine) by email to [email protected].
Please include title of paper; name of author(s); address; full contact details, especially your web site.
Successful applicants must submit completed papers by the end of July, 2010 on a cd. Only the following formats are allowed: text as .doc, rtf or txt, pictures as .tif, .jpg is second best. Please take care that the size of the pictures is suitable for printing. Please don’t send in PowerPoint presentations. The organizing committee is presently exploring options for publication and further information will be available when confirmed.
For questions or suggestions contact Markus Böhm, Alt Gaarz 6, D-17248 Lärz +49(0)39833-22219, [email protected]
Please see website for all the conference details.
by Carole Epp | Sep 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Ceramics area at University of Manitoba is pleased to announce Tamura Shizuo will be our visiting artist for Fall, 2009.
Tamura will present a studio workshop in the ceramics area of the School of Art at University of Manitoba from September 21-25, 2009.
At the conclusion of the workshop, pots made by Mr. Tamura will be fired in the wood-burning kiln at the U of M from September 28-30. The kiln will be opened on October 5 at 10:00 AM.
The workshop and demonstrations will take place in room 115 of the Ceramics/Sculpture building at the University of Manitoba from 9:30 to 3:30 each day. Mr. Tamura will produce traditional and contemporary pottery from Shigaraki using locally-available materials.
Mr. Tamura will also present a public lecture on his work and on the famous Shigaraki region of Japan on September 24 at 3:30 PM in room 207 of the FitzGerald Building at the University of Manitoba. Following the lecture, a public reception and potluck will take place in the ceramics area.
During the workshop, an exhibition of Mr. Tamura’s ceramic artwork from Japan will be on display at the Mennonite Heritage Centre Gallery on the campus of Canadian Mennonite University. There will be an opening reception and slide presentation at the gallery on Wednesday September 23 at 7:00 PM. Traditional Japanese refreshments will be served during the reception. The Mennonite Heritage Centre Gallery is located at 600 Shaftesbury Blvd., south of Grant Avenue, on the south campus of Canadian Mennonite University. The gallery is open from 8:30 to 4:30 Monday through Friday and Noon to 5:00 PM Saturday.
All events are free and open to the public.
We hope to see you in the ceramics area!
For more information please contact:
Professor Stephen Grimmer, Chair of Ceramics
University of Manitoba
Winnnipeg, MB R3T 2N2
(204) 474-9560
[email protected]
http://ltc.umanitoba.ca/blogs/grimmer
