by Carole Epp | May 6, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Termini d’inscripcions per a la VII Biennal de Ceràmica del Vendrell: 14 de juny de 2013
Plazo de inscripciones para la VII Bienal de Cerámica del Vendrell: 14 de junio de 2013
Registration period for the Seventh Biennial Ceramics Vendrell: 14th June 2013
Data limite d’inscription pour la VII Biennale de la Céramique du Vendrell : 14 juin 2013
Butlleta/ ficha / form / fiche: http://www.elvendrell.net/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=cceramica
Bases / rules / conditions: http://www.elvendrell.net/el-vendrell-per-temes/cultura/actes-culturals/biennal-de-ceramica.html
La Rambla, 24
43700 El
Vendrell
Tel. 977 66 56 84
by Carole Epp | May 5, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
“For me it’s not about making masterpieces or perfect things. I just
love clay and I enjoy the process of touching it every day. Clay
smells like wet soil, and wet soil smells like summer.
Since I was a child I’ve always been scared of becoming an artist. I
grew up with the thought that it’s the most vulnerable, insecure and
tragic occupation ever. I’m still quite uncertain whether it’s a wrong
belief or not, but I guess I simply stopped caring about this. I fear,
but I know I can express this fear in uneven surface, flawed form or
dark color”.
by Carole Epp | May 4, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Growing up in the Rocky Mountains, I have always felt held in by their
walls; through the medium of clay, I play with this sense of containment,
creating spaces for people to enter into within the context of their daily
lives. Working through function, I create spaces from which to draw sustenance
in a literal way; this references the sustenance I draw metaphorically from the
landscape which is so important a part of my identity.
In my practice, I try
to find balance between the piece that gets put in the glass cupboard and never
used and the piece that goes straight from the dish drying rack and onto the
table again. I blend the natural world outside the doors of the home with the
friendships and relationships that grow and develop around the dinner table. I
strive to create work that injects ethereality into everyday life, work that
brings small moments out of the drab or the ordinary. Utilizing the
transformative power of clay, I create microcosms which the viewer or user can
explore – portals of escape into a fantastical refuge from the everyday.
The thin and
translucent porcelain used in my sculptural and functional work is evocative of
much of what I love about the natural world – for instance, the petals of a
flower or the veils of rain of a passing storm. I fire most of my ceramics in
the soda kiln. This, for me, is also inextricably bound to my concepts of
animation, gesture and the natural world. I enjoy the interplay between rough
surfaces like bare clay or thin layers of flashing slip, and the wet and
luscious surface of a glossy, runny glaze. Through the unpredictable process of
soda firing, fleeting flashes of brightness and color, so illusory and hard to
pin down in the natural world, can be captured upon the surface of a piece for
people to enjoy for years in their everyday lives.
by Carole Epp | May 4, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
The DO GOOD Residency
Red Lodge Clay Center | Deadline: September 2, 2013 | Fee (USD): $10.00
The DO GOOD-MJ Wood Memorial Short-Term Residency is an underwritten residency intended to support ceramic artists who wish to develop a body of work with a socially-conscious spirit and a strong sense of community engagement. Through a competitive application process one candidate per year will be selected to work at the Red Lodge Clay Center Studios with a full waiver of the residency fee. An additional stipend may be available for selected projects to assist with travel and/or production costs during residency.
Dates of residency: Any time between December 1, 2013 and May 31, 2014
For full details of requirements follow the link below:
https://redlodgeclaycenter.slideroom.com/#/Login
www.redlodgeclaycenter.com
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by Carole Epp | May 2, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Application deadline: June 1, 2013
Entry Fee: 32.45 (25 Euro)
Show Date: July 6–August 31
Small Art Objects is a fund raising undertaking sponsored by A.I.R. Vallauris and consists of a competition, involving the creation of small art objects, their exhibition and sale. A call for entries is communicated to solicit artist participation from all over the world. Small art objects can be made from any material, but are restricted in size to 15 cm x 15 cm x 15 x cm (6 inches x 6 inches x 6 inches). Creations must also be consistent with the theme determined for the undertaking. Timing for this exercise is co-incident with the Fete Picasso, a popular celebration that takes place annually in Vallauris in honour of its most famous artist in residence. From 1946 and for 10 years, Picasso discovered ceramics with a passion in Vallauris. Coincidentally, Vallauris was already thriving economically with traditional pottery and was a lively and rich cultural environment, enhanced by the presence of Baud, Capron, Derval, Eluard, Picault and Ramié.
Picasso’ s arrival in Vallauris stimulated an artistic effervescence, prompting the influx of numerous artists and intellectuals at that time such as Aragon, Brassaï, Cocteau and Prévert, who came to visit Picasso in his studio. Corridas as well as Picasso’s birthday parties were organized and celebrated in his honour by the town’s population. The “Picasso Effect” was equally evident in the development of the arts. Several painters and sculptors, among them Chagall, Matisse and Brauner followed Picasso into studios in Vallauris. Many ceramists: les Argonautes, Baudard, Collet, Crociani, Gerbino, Gourju, Kostanda, Perot, Raty, Roy, Thiry, Valentin, Volkoff, le Tryptique (Del Pierre, Dialto, Portanier), also worked and created during this same period and were encouraged and entranced by the active artistic ferment.
Contact details:
A.I.R Vallauris
Place Lisnard, 1 Boulevard des Deux Vallons
[email protected]
www.air-vallauris.com
Phone: 33 (0)493 646 550
