monday morning eye candy: Sandra G. Storey and Margriet Aasman

by | Oct 23, 2017 | monday morning eye candy

 

From the Arts Underground website:

“Sandra’s statement: My practice usually keeps me solitary. Conversations go on internally and choices are made without external input. The Doll Show as we began to call it was a completely different adventure. Taking on the role of mentor, choosing to work towards a joint exhibition and making dolls? Stepping out of my comfort zone has never been so rewarding. The technical challenges of using a variety of materials and how to connect them has both informed and delighted me. Sharing my love of clay with a talented and dedicated emerging artist has deepened my understanding of the medium as well as instilling the confidence to explore pushing the boundaries of my own creativity in ways I would not have thought of before. As for dolls? Well, playing with dolls is just plain fun.

Margriet’s statement: By way of my wonderful career with Aasman Brand Communications, I know how much better I can be as a creative individual through teamwork. Missing colleagues, and needing help to master a brand new medium, I looked for a mentor. I have been so blessed to find one here in the Yukon, in the person of Sandra Storey. This show is about our special relationship, breaking down barriers to learning the technical skills, problem solving creative solutions, and stepping out of our comfort zone to push creative concepts. Developing our show based on dolls, from our personal experiences and perceptions to creative projections, has been so much fun! Although I love what was created, it is really about the process and a daily focus on living a purposely creative life.

Bios:
Sandra is a clay sculptor who was born and raised in Whitehorse Yukon. She graduated with distinction from Emily Carr School of Art in Vancouver. Sandra spent many years traveling by sailboat and lived for twelve years in New Zealand where she became a teacher of art and opened Burning Issues glass and ceramic gallery in Whangarei. In 2006 she returned to the Yukon and settled at Tagish Lake. Sandra is a full time sculptor who draws her inspiration from the boreal forest, it’s animals and the mythology that surrounds them.

Margriet has been a Yukoner for almost 40 years. She has worked for much of that time as graphic designer, creative director and brand strategist in the agency she founded with her husband Al. Three years ago she chose to invest her creative energies in non-commercial work. This freed her to follow her passion for sketching, painting and three-dimensional artwork. Ultimately, she focused her attention on the discipline that has always been near to her heart, clay sculpture. Even so, her family, including eight beautiful grandkids, all living in the Yukon, remains the most important focus in her life.”

Exhibition on until October 28, 2017

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call for entry: The Cup Show 2017 @ Clay Arts Vegas

by | Oct 21, 2017 | call for entry

PROSPECTUS is the link below:

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Las Vegas Nevada’s Clay Arts Vegas is pleased to host “the CUP show 2018” an international juried art exhibition, January 4 2018- February 24 2018 in the Victor F. Keen Gallery, at Clay Arts Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada. “the CUP show 2018” will feature functional and sculptural cups, tea bowls and mugs.
The cup maybe the most intimate of ceramic objects. We caress it in our hands, raise it to our delicate lips and imbibe the fluid of life. Be part of our annual juried show and have your cup seen in Las Vegas. Tall, small, tea bowl or handle each cup is a work of art created to entice the soul of the drinker.

Deadline: November 17, 2017. Participation is open to all artists 18 years of age or older. Work submitted must be original, must use clay as the primary material, must specify firing technique(s) and size, and must have been completed within the last 2 years. All cups must be functional and food safe

Jurors come from Clay Arts Vegas Staff with invited guest juror and featured artist Lelani Trinka

Peter Jakubowski (Clay Arts Vegas Gallery Supervisor, hand building instructor, Education Advisor and Design Expert) Peter comes to fine art and sculpture through an extensive theatre design back round having received his BA in theatre from SUNY Buffalo and an MFA in design from Temple University. Clay started as a medium for him to develop props and masks and has morphed into a wide variety of forms from functional to sculptural. His ceramic work has been seen in gallery shows in the south west and is in private collections around the globe. He focuses on an exploration of the natural beauty of clay. His work is often characterized by the use of oxided washes, raw clay and heavy organic textures.
He has extensive teaching experience having been a tenured professor of design and has over 25 years of experience as a professional lighting and scenic designer. His theatrical experience is seen in his work as he plays with the use of positive and negative space to create a sense of visual movement and theatricality in his pieces. He works in a variety of other art mediums and enjoys sculpture, lapidary, and silver-smithing. His initial love of clay developed from the study and collecting of traditional South East folk pottery.

Guest Juror and Featured Artist: Leilani Trinka is a ceramic artist, specializing in hand built objects with a functional approach. She works exclusively in porcelain. Her work is small in scale, highly detailed and meticulously handcrafted yet playful in character. The pieces work as part of a set or collections but every object is a unique, one of a kind entity.
Drawing her inspiration from both the natural and the manmade, Leilani is enthused by detail, pattern, texture, familiar forms and diminutive size. Through her work, she aspires to make a connection with the viewer and entice them to interact with the objects she makes; for the pieces to be held, examined and used.
Born and raised in Hawaii before traveling the world, Leilani finally stopped in South East Asia in 2002. She currently lives in Singapore, where she is a practicing artist and a supply teacher at the British International, Tanglin Trust School. She is also a mother to Kaimana and a wife to Chris.
Leilani’s work has been exhibited internationally including England, Wales, Singapore, Australia, Germany, Canada and throughout the United States.

Awards
There will be a $200 award for best of show.
Entry Requirements and Procedures
An artist may enter up to 5 works, up to 2 images per work.
There is a non-refundable jury fee of $35 total for fist three works entered additional pieces maybe entered for $10 per piece, payable at http://clayartsvegas.bigcartel.com/ or by credit card or check.
Images must be JPEG, at 300 dpi (suggested minimums: 800 pixels in either direction, with maximum file size of 1.0 MB). Each JPEG image must be titled with the artist’s last name, first name, entry number, and “detail” if you are including a detail image

Important Dates
Exhibit Dates: January 4, 2018 to February 24, 2018
Entry Deadline: November 17, 2017
Juror Results: November 21,2017
Accepted Art Work to be Delivered to CAV by: December 18,2017
Hand Delivered Work to The Clay Arts Vegas: December 18,2017
Opening Reception Best of Show Announcement: First Friday January 5,2018
Pick Up Art Work: February 28, 2018 between 10-5pm @ CAV

call for entry: 10th Anniversary Cup Show!

by | Oct 19, 2017 | call for entry

Gulf Coast State College Amelia Center Gallery is hosting its annual juried exhibition that explores the idea of the drinking vessel. The focus of the exhibit is on the function and concept of the drinking vessel, including its relation to history, politics, craft, technology, utility, and narrative. It is a survey of the wide variety of approaches to contemporary ceramics through the lens of the most intimate and accessible vessel – the cup.
Prospectus
 
Direct link for e submissions.