by Carole Epp | Dec 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
Leading up to December 18, designated “International Migrants Day” by the United Nations, Immigrant Movement International is mobilizing artists, immigrants, activists, and interested members of the public across the globe to develop projects related to the issues and experience of migration.
Following Text by Julie Lovelace via Facebook:
Sunday December 18, 2011. Global action “International Migrants Day” Street Art done in response Immigrant Movement International (IM International), an ongoing project initiated by artist Tania Bruguera and co-presented by Creative Time and the Queens Museum of Art, today announced an open call for submissions for actions that will take place on December 18, 2011, designated “International Migrants Day” by the United Nations. The organizers call on artists, immigrants, activists, and interested members of the public to stage an action on December 18, 2011 at 2pm local time in recognition of the concept of transnational migrants as a “global class” united across continents and cultures by common political and social conditions, as well as by the human experience of being a migrant. By engaging participants across the globe in a UN-endorsed project, the organizers hope to promote understanding of the specificity of local migration issues and the political interconnectedness across nations and regions that migration engenders
Below is a description of the work presented in the images (images via facebook) from the website for the International Migrants Day which can be found here.
Unsanctioned public art intervention in Johannesburg (Central Business District), South Africa.
The intervention consists of ceramic sculptures placed in an urban liminal space, under a bridge. The very nature of a bridge permits its symbolic use: it is a structure that joins two otherwise separate pieces of land, yet at the same time enhances their separateness. One can travel across a bridge, but while on it the traveller is neither in one place nor the other, thus a bridge is a quintessentially liminal object. In Johannesburg many displaced, migrant and homeless people live under bridges they survive without electricity and water it is their ‘home’. I will populate the space with objects that reflect my own liminal migrant cultural hybridity in a post-colonial urban society. I use the notion of cultural hybridity as presented in Homi Bhabha’s (1994) theory of hybridity and the third space. Bhabha contends that a new hybrid identity emerges from the mutual intermingling of two cultures; that a “third language” evolves that is neither the one nor the other. With regards to the definition as I have used it here, the third space enables other positions to emerge, positions which are both inclusionary and multifaceted. Finally I will record my own unsanctioned public art intervention which re-purposes the space of the urban environment to engage with the urban dweller in a playful way; highlighting the consequences of the mufti faceted nature of liminal migrant hybridity. I will compile and present photographic documentation of the sculptures in situ and the ephemeral life span of these objects.
Corner of Fox Street and Ferrea, Johannesburg
Tania Bruguera, 2011. Material can be downloaded and shared with others as long as the authorship is credited and there is a link back to the website of the author. This material cannot be altered in any way or used for commercial purpose.
Visit Tania Bruguera’s website here.
by Carole Epp | Dec 22, 2011 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Artists who are willing to participate in Ceramic Creative Center’s 2012 Artist-in-Residency Second-term program are welcome to submit an application. The residency program is hosted by the Clayarch Gimhae Museum and will be carried out in connection with the museum’s diverse programs, such as exhibitions, academic events, workshops, education programs, and architectural ceramics projects. The program will foster active exchange among artists at home and abroad. Ceramic Creative Center’s Residency is the only one of its kind in Korea to specialize in ceramic art, and is looking forward to the participation of domestic and foreign artists who possess passion for ceramic art.
| Application Procedure |
Deadline : January 16(Mon). 2012, 6pm |
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Documents
to be
submitted |
• by online
Upload to server : www.webhard.net (ID: clayarch / password: 7000)
click! Upload only> Artist In Residency> You may upload application after
creating NEW FOLDER of your name
• by E-mail : [email protected]
• by post : (Attn: Ceramic Creative Center Residency Program)
Clayarch Gimhae Museum, 275-51, Jillye-ro, Jillye-myeon, Gimhae-si,
Gyeongsangnam-do, 621-883 South Korea
※ Application must arrive by January 16, 2012. |
For all the details please visit their website here.
Ceramic Creative Center Seung-Taek Kim
Tel. 055) 340.7006 | Fax. 055) 340.7077 | E-mail [email protected]
by Carole Epp | Dec 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
February 29 and March 1, 2012
at David Voorhees Pottery Studio, Zirconia, NC
Noted British potter Ruthanne Tudball will lead a two-day
demonstration workshop covering throwing, altering, and decorating
techniques used for her functional stoneware pottery.
Using a momentum wheel, allowing for a slow forming pace, she
completes altering and slip work on freshly thrown clay. She will
also cover designing pots and slip use intended to be enhanced
by soda vapor and wood firing. She will present slides and discussion
of her work and artistic development.
•Fee $295 Workshop limited to 15 participants, includes lunches.
•For more info or to register contact:
David Voorhees, 828 698-8775, or [email protected]
•Wood firing session to follow workshop. Fire your work in David’s
wood fired soda/salt car kiln (with pizza oven). Fee $100 includes
slips, glazes, kiln space allotment, and pizza!
via clay club
by Carole Epp | Dec 21, 2011 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
In order to suit the needs of a variety of artists and maintain an atmosphere of momentum and diversity, the Red Lodge Clay Center offers two residency options. Year-long residencies run from September 1st through August 15th. Short-term, proposal based residencies ranging from one to eight weeks, are considered from October 1st through July 31st. Please submit separate applications if applying for both residency options. The year-long residency 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. The short-term residency is ideal for the ceramic artist who is working to complete a special project requiring one to eight weeks’ time. Accepted short-term residents are provided with studio space and 24 hour access to the studio. Fully furnished apartments are available for $350.00 per month or a prorated basis congruent with the scheduled residency. Short-term residents will be responsible for personal living expenses, as well as all material and firing expenses. The application deadline is January 1st for residency proposals running March 1st through July 31st. The application deadline is August 1st for residency proposals running October 1st through February 28th. The Red Lodge Clay Center welcomes applications from ceramic artists who will thrive working as a team, in a community minded atmosphere. Apply OnlineVisit their website for more details.
by Carole Epp | Dec 21, 2011 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Closing date: 1 February 2012
Entries for the 2012 Sidney Myer Fund Australian Ceramic Award (SMFACA) can only be submitted online via our Online Entry Form. With $55,000 in prize money, the SMFACA cements its place as the premier Australian / International acquisitive ceramic art award. Three artists will be shortlisted in each category; Australian, International and Emerging Australian. One recipient artist will be chosen from the shortlisted artists in each category and receive a significant stipend to produce a body of work for exhibition on the understanding that the gallery will select part of the work for its collection. There will be six months between the announcement of award recipients and the delivery of works to the gallery.
Find all the details here.
Below is a description of the work presented in the images (images via facebook) from the website for the International Migrants Day which can be found here.
Corner of Fox Street and Ferrea, Johannesburg
