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Post Bac? Here's a good opportunity that is opening up at Indiana University Southeast. Brian Harper (who, in addition to being a great artist and educator, is also the founder of ArtAxis) would be fantastic to work with, and the price is very reasonable. Take a look for yourself, undergrads!
A quick look into Ayumi Horie's studio practice. Using porcelain, she shows how to make bowls, plates, a match striker, and applying decals to pottery. She talks about the importance of touch and the haptic in life and what it means to make slow pots.
Sponsored by a number of departments, we're lucky to have Lawrence Weschler with us this week. Yesterday, he had studio visits with our grads, and tonight he will be giving a lecture. Info below:
Acclaimed essayist and author Lawrence Weschler will deliver a talk at 7pm, March 11, in the Walker Hall Auditorium on campus. The event is free and all are welcome to attend!
Join us at 7pm, March 11, when acclaimed author and essayist Lawrence Weschler gives a talk entitled "Wonder and the Jurassic" in the Willard J. Walker Hall Auditorium on campus. This open lecture is based on his best-selling book Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder, which explores the origin of modern museums and the explosion of curiosity about the natural world that characterized the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Europe.
This event is free and open to the public. It is made possible by the University of Arkansas Honors College, the Fulbright College Honors program, the Program in Creative Writing & Translation, and the Departments of Art, English, History, and Mathematical Sciences.
Source: http://mfa.uark.edu/8736.php
Two articles discussing the role of musicians in contemporary/modern art museums. Asking, are these museums the right placement for the exhibition? And do curators really know how to make the experience worth while for the viewer?
Linda and I know most of the folks that have passed through this residency, and it's a good one! If you want the full story about it, ask Kensuke.
UAFS Hosts “of the soil” Exhibit at The Blue Lion | University of Arkansas - Fort Smith
The Blue Lion at UAFS Downtown is displaying an art exhibit until March 31 featuring a collection of plant-themed works from two University of Arkansas - Fort Smith faculty members, with a reception taking place at 5 p.m. Feb. 19 at The Blue Lion.
Adjunct professors Nichole Howard of Fayetteville and Mary Spears of Van Buren are showcasing their works from various mediums, including ceramics, encaustic painting, plant artistry and photography that encompasses ecological themes.
Source: http://uafs.edu/news/4206
Groys speaking at the symposium, WE ARE TIME, at the Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam.
This talk gets into "the transformation of oneself into an image of universality." I am posting this in relationship to the book currently being read and discussed in our Graduate Ceramics Seminar called On the New penned by the philosipher himself.
My apologies for taking so long to get this up! Here are some images from our latest end-of-semester summary exhibition. For those of you unfamiliar, each semester, the ceramics area takes the Saturday before finals to open our doors to the public and share some of the best work of the semester from all levels of ceramics students. Here's a sampling of the fall semester's most interesting work:
This past week we enjoyed a visit from Austin potter, Ryan McKerley. It's been a good long while since we had a functional potter come through—our most recent visits have been from Kristen Morgin, Lauren Gallaspy, Kim Dickey, Julia Haft-Candell, and Pattie Chalmers, to name a few. It was a great change of pace, and very useful for the students.
Some back-story: Last year, Adam Posnak was part of "Art of the Pot" studio tour (that Ryan has helped organize for over a decade) and he and Jeannie came back from Austin with such enthusiasm for what Ryan and his friends have been doing, that we simply had to bring him in. We're glad we did. Ryan's demo was fantastic, and his lecture seemed to hit just the right notes for our beginning students. He's a very confident and engaging speaker, with great skills to boot. Beyond this, Ryan did a great job of sharing some of his insights on assembling a life around making and selling functional ceramics.
As part of our ongoing exchange with Tainan National University in Taiwan, we were lucky to have hosted Hsinyi Tien for the fall semester. She was a wonderful presence in the studio—dedicated and funny, we were all sad to see her leave at the end of the term. Before she left though, Tien had a small exhibition of her work at LaLaLand. It was a great way to cap off a productive semester. Here are some images from the show.
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)
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/)
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.
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
A little primer. Enjoy.
From LA Louver:
Source: http://vimeo.com/101592661
Summer in China sound interesting? Check with WVU. Sounds like they still have some spots to fill.
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