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Chris Drobnock, current MFA ceramics grad at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, had two artworks accepted into the 12th Annual Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Student Exhibition at the Philadelphia Clay Studio and was awarded the First Place Prize of $1,000.
The exhibition is on view from June 26th to August 2nd, 2015 at the Philadelphia Clay Studio located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Way to go Chris!
The full show can be seen online here.
Katrina Rattermann, Bleeding Heart, Part II, 2015
Katrina Rattermann, current 1st year MFA Ceramics grad at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, was accepted into the 9th Annual Master Pieces exhibition at Manifest Gallery located in Cincinnati, Ohio. Above is an image of her work, Bleeding Heart, Part II, installed at Manifest Gallery. Rattermann spent the week leading up to the opening of the exhibition installing her mixed media installation on site.
Background: The Master Pieces exhibition is an exhibit of works by current or recent graduates of MFA programs across the United States. This 9th installment of the Master Pieces project continues to reveal the intensity and professionalism of students working towards their terminal academic degree in the field of art or design. The works selected for this exhibition are believed to be works that in the truest sense of the term are "contemporary masterpieces" – in other words, works that set the standard of quality that the artist is expected to maintain throughout his or her professional career and justify the degree of Master. All 5 of Manifest's exhibit spaces are devoted to the 9th Annual Master Pieces exhibition. This is the only exhibit to-date which is presented throughout the entire gallery facility.
The 9th Annual Master Pieces exhibition is on view from July 10th to August 7th, 2015 at Manifest Gallery located in Cincinnati, Ohio. There will be an opening reception held on Friday, July 10th from 6-9pm. If you are in the area, check it out!
To view a full description of the Master Pieces exhibition, click here.
Hey undergrads!
You should hop in your car this weekend and head to Kansas City to check out their BFA show! As you know, KCAI has some really great ceramics students, and this would be a good opportunity for you to see what the work of your peers looks like.
An opening preview for the 2015 Annual B.F.A. Exhibition will be held on Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the H&R Block Artspace at KCAI, 16 E. 43rd St. The exhibition features works by more than 120 B.F.A. candidates from KCAI majoring in animation, art history, ceramics, creative writing, digital filmmaking, digital media, fiber graphic design, illustration, painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture.
http://www.kcai.edu/artspace/exhibitions/8502/2015-annual-bfa-exhibition-april-18-may-16-2015
https://news.artnet.com/market/15-brooklyn-galleries-to-know-272519
Installation view of "Time Remembered" at William Arnold.
Photo: Courtesy of William Arnold.
https://youtu.be/dq8LK83Shbk
Some pretty good looking 3D printed clay...
Source: http://oliviervanherpt.com/
Gibberish: Sapient Fool’s Gold a solo art exhibition by Jeannie Hulen, associate professor of ceramics at the University of Arkansas, will run March 25-May 2 at the GRIN Gallery in Providence, Rhode Island.
The show is presented in conjunction with the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts 2015 annual conference and calls attention to less evident aspects of the relationship between people and the natural world. The exhibition considers intellectual and psychological aspects of the natural world and explores various facets of the symbiosis between the two.
“Humor, sarcasm and outright disdain for popular and contemporary culture have been expressed through use of materials,” said Hulen, chair of the Department of Art in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences. “My work consistently draws on ceramic’s post-industrial and consumer meaning and references the material value and historical significance of terracotta and porcelain.”
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.
