Become a Social Media Liaison for NCECA!!!!!

Are you one of those cool kids who just can't get enough of your Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Vine, and/or Tumblr account? Are you interested in becoming more involved in the ceramic community? If you answered OMG YES!!! to both of these questions, you should apply to become a Social Media Liaison for the upcoming NCECA Conference year (Mar. 2015 - NCECA 2016). The link to the application is listed below. This is a great opportunity for grads or undergrads. Check it out! http://nceca.net/call-for-social-media-liaison/

The application deadline is Friday, February 6th! (aka 3 days from now)

Amnesia: Various, Luminous, Fixed. Joseph Kosuth at Sprueth Magers, London.

An exhibition of Kosuth's neon works from 1965-2011 is ending next weekend at Sprueth Magers London gallery location.  The collected works are all centered around the meaning of art and language, the artist's main conceptual obsession.  

Joseph Kosuth during installation at Sprüth Magers gallery, Berlin. April 2013.

sourced from (http://www.neonlauro.it/page/3/)

Su Wu interviews Matthias Kaiser on CFile.

Excerpt from the interview:

SW: There’s been some talk of a ceramics resurgence or Renaissance right now. Why do you think people are moved by ceramics, by vessels?

MK: In a life filled to the brim with engagement, the emptiness contained in a vessel may have some appeal. But I actually don’t think that’s the reason for the current resurgence of ceramics. In a world communicating with two invisible digits and curated by an omniscient robot, hands-on experiences become attractive again. What could be more sensual and tactile than beards, organic gardening, and pottery?

I’m being a little cynical here, but I do think that it has something to do with the amorphous nature of clay, its inherent irregularity and softness, that makes it attractive as a revolutionary material to counteract the prevalent rigidity in art and design.

Matthias Kaiser. Cracked Slip Vase.

Red Lodge Clay Center - Long Term Residency Deadline Feb. 1

The Long-Term Residency (September 1 - July 31) is ideal for committed individuals in transition from post baccalaureate studies to graduate school, as well as those pursuing the development of professional artistic careers. Self-directed ceramic artists searching for the time, space and resources needed to explore new ideas and create new work will enjoy the rural mountainous setting. Accepted residents will be provided with studio space, housing, utilities, and a monthly stipend in exchange for twenty hours of work per week at the Clay Center. Responsibilities will include assisting in the retail operation of the gallery, teaching community clay classes, as well as cleaning and maintenance of the studio and gallery. Residents will be responsible for personal living expenses, as well as all material and firing expenses. The application deadline is February 1st annually.

http://www.redlodgeclaycenter.com/residency-info.php#.VLfqaorF9yQ

Robots, the Internet, and Drugs.

http://hyperallergic.com/174827/art-bot-buys-drugs-tests-the-bounds-of-consciousness/

COLOR by Tom Sachs

A little primer. Enjoy.

Ben Jackel: Fire Hydrants

From LA Louver:

WVU Ceramics in China

Summer in China sound interesting? Check with WVU. Sounds like they still have some spots to fill.

Nicolás Guagnini at Bortolami (from Contemporary Art Daily)

Make of this what you will...

Department of Art Transforms Complex Into Art and Design District | Arkansas Newswire | University of Arkansas

We're thrilled to finally announce publicly that the Windgate Charitable Foundation has generously come to our aid in ushering along some much-needed improvements to our department. The award will be distributed among the multiple areas of the art department, with the most significant chunk helping get our new sculpture facility off the ground and well-equipped. Obviously, the ceramics area also has plans for some new equipment to be acquired in the coming year. Keep an eye on our posts... things are going to be changing a lot around here! For more details, click on the link below.

Julian Stair at Corvi Mora

Yes, thank you.

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The Clay LA

Julia Haft-Candell has started a LA-area blog chronicling ceramics in the region. Take a look...

Take 2: "State of the Art": Four for Four - BurnAway - BurnAway

Linda Lopez gets a nod as standout work at State of the Art. Nathan Larson says about Lopez's piece that is is "a wonderful example of craftsmanship with curiosity." Follow the link for the full article...

Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennial - Deadline Nov. 7

Ceramics competition welcoming artists to re-interpret traditional values of ceramics in unique ways. 

Deadline Nov. 7 and there is no entry fee. 

Follow the Link for more details. 

Call for Entries: Graphic Clay—A Survey of Illustrated, Printed and Innovative Surfaces

Hosted by Baltimore Clayworks, juror Jason Bige Burnett writes, "This exhibition will highlight what is happening now in studio ceramics. It will showcase new talent and highlight known experts in the field. All forms will be considered that include graphic and illustrative surfaces including, but not limited to: sgraffito, mishima, china paint, and print processes on clay; image transfers and decals. Professional, novice, emerging, all artists highlighting these processes are encouraged to apply! It will be an exhibit that’s vibrant in content and surface."

Deadline for application is January 16th.

Linda Lopez | State of The Art

We're very proud that Linda has been chosen to be included in Crystal Bridges' "State of the Art" exhibition. If you haven't yet visited the show, you definitely should! And, if you're too far away to make the trip, you should at least tale a look at the comprehensive website they have created for the show. 

The exhibition opened on September 11th and will be up through January 9th.

An artist's studio just shouldn't be this nice, right?

DSDHA creates warehouse studio and gallery for Edmund de Waal

Visiting Artist Kristen Morgin

Lecture: Thursday, October 23, 2014 @ Kimple 102, 5:30 PM

Kristen Morgin, whose work is formed with a mixture of clay, glue, cement and other media, comes from a ceramic background, but goes far beyond traditional uses of the medium. Her sculptures have an affinity to the assemblages of George Herms, Edward Keinholz, and Michael Mc Millen, but also evoke relics of contemporary culture that have been buried and unearthed at a later date. As Morgin states: “My works are delicate things that express the preciousness, nobility and stubborn-headedness of matter that resists its own inevitable demise in spite of its dilapidated condition and predestined downfall.”

Morgin was born in 1968 in Brunswick, Georgia. She completed her BA at California State University, Hayward, and her MFA at Alfred University. Work has recently been acquired by LACMA, the Hammer Museum and The Rubell Family Collection. Kristen Morgin has been included in the Thing exhibition at the Hammer Museum in 2005, the New Museum’s inaugural show in New York in 2007, and has participated in the Istanbul Biennial curated by Jens Hoffman.

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Grayson Perry is finishing up a new piece of work that is... well as eccentric as he is.

Artist Grayson Perry has been constructing a cottage of sorts in Essex.  If you are not familiar with his work he is a decorative vessel maker that uses imagery on his pots to comment on social mores and cultural issues surrounding gender and sex, primarily.  For his current project he has become designer and architect, constructing a gaudy work of art covered in green and white ceramic tile and laced with the history of odd narrative surrounding a fictional woman whom the house was styled.  The project has been getting mixed reviews from the locals and local government.  Have a look. There is a video of Perry speaking about his work on the site, and don't forget to say hello to Claire for me.