Tons of stuff happening at The Clay Studio this summer!

by | Jul 4, 2012 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

The Ninth Annual Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Student Exhibition  

The Ninth Annual Marge Brown Kalodner
Graduate Student Exhibition
Harrison and Reed Smith Galleries & the Bonovitz Space

July 6 – August 12, 2012 
Opening reception, First Friday, July 6th, 5pm – 9pm
Chris Vicini

Guest Artist in Resident Lecture: Chris Vicini

Please join us, Thursday, July 26th, for
a reception and lecture from our new Guest Artist In Residence, Chris
Vicini. Reception starts at 6pm with lecture to follow at 6:30pm. Free
and open to the general public, light refreshments will be served.

More information about Chris and to register for the lecture


Jimmy Clark 12-SU-WK39 Artist Workshop with Jimmy Clark

with Jimmy Clark
All skill levels
$250, $225 for members
Sat Jul 21, 10am – 5pm
Sun Jul 22, 10am – 5pm
Sat Aug 4, 10am – 12pm
Sun Aug 5, 11am – 12pm
click HERE to register
This
four day workshop is designed to dispel the notion that pinching is
merely a beginner’s technique. Students will explore numerous
variations on the method including creating large forms, working
intuitively, exploring asymmetrical forms, incorporating found objects,
burnishing and applying terra sigilatta. The pieces will then be smoke
fired at Cheltenham Art Center. Smoke firing is a process in which
bisqued pots are buried in sawdust and smoldered overnight in a kiln.
This results in random and unpredictable smoke patterns on the pots’
surfaces. *The workshop takes place on the 21st and 22nd at The Clay
Studio, and on the 4th and 5th at Cheltenham Art Center. Please call
Sara Gallo, School Coordinator at 215-925-3453 x23 for more details.


Heeseung Lee 12-LAWS-06 Surface Decoration Through Layering: Oxide Transfers, Decals, Relief, and Lusters

with Heeseung Lee
All skill levels
$50, $45 for members
Sun Jul 15, 10am – 1pm
click HERE to register 
Heeseung
will provide an overview of layering techniques, materials, and firing
processes in this workshop, along with information about how to use
lusters as a layering element. Students will enjoy hands-on
demonstrations of photocopy oxide transfers on leather hard clay, decal
application on glazed objects, and relief decorating on masked
greenware. Some basic tiles will be provided by The Clay Studio for the
leather hard and greenware hands-on portion of the workshop. If
students would like to experiment with applying decals, the Studio asks
that you bring your own gloss-glazed pieces to use.

Looking for a space to work?
Apply for the Associate Program!

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 Looking
for a studio that can provide you access to ceramic equipment? Look no
further! The Clay Studio’s Associate Program provides access to
equipment and a community of like minded artists!

More information on The Clay Studio’s Associate Programhand build
If
you are interested in becoming an Associate or have more questions,
please contact Director of Education and Operations Jennifer Martin
via email at [email protected] or call 215-925-3453 x16.

The Clay Studio | 137-139 N. Second Street | Philadelphia | PA | 19106
www.theclaystudio.org 

Internationally recognized wood fired artist Peter Callas to lecture in Bakersville

by | Jun 30, 2012 | Uncategorized


Peter Calla
On July 7 at 5pm Crimson Laurel Gallery will host a lecture by internationally recognized ceramic sculptor Peter Callas at the Historic Mitchell County Courthouse in downtown Bakersville, NC. The lecture will include an overview of Peter’s 40 year career, his 23 year collaboration with Peter Voulkos and a discussion of “Serendipity: An International Exhibition of Wood Fired Sculptural Ceramics” that opens on July 1. Andrew Glasgow, the retired executive director of the American Craft Council, will introduce Peter and offer opening remarks.

“Serendipity: An International Exhibition of Wood Fired Sculptural Ceramics” will feature fourteen artists from five countries and also includes a functional element that features eight exceptional wood fired ceramic artists . This exhibition is curated by Asheville NC sculptor Eric Knoche. Eric’s goal for this exhibition is to present a group of artists from across the spectrum of wood fired sculptural ceramics never before seen in this part of the world. He is particularly interested in how various artists have adapted the wood fired patina to their own sculptural work.
The sculptural artists included in this exhibition include Ted Adler, Mary Bowron, Joy Brown, Peter Callas, Jason Hess, Eric Knoche, Tim Rowan, Mat Rude and Jeff Shapiro from the United States, Neil Hoffman from Australia, Nina Hole and Ann-Charlotte Ohlson from Denmark, Koichiro Isezaki from Japan and Michal Puszczynski from Poland. The functional artists include Chris Campbell, JD Jorgenson, Lucien Koonce, Simon Levin, John Martelle, Dan Murphy, Tara Wilson and Shumpei Yamaki.
Tim Rowan
The exhibition will open on July 1 and remain through August 31. Please join us for an artist’s reception at 6pm on July 7th. Crimson Laurel Gallery following the Peter Callas lecture which takes place at 5pm. The exhibition can be seen and purchased online. For more information call 828-688-3599 or online at www.crimsonlaurelgallery.com. 

The Fabric of Clay: Alexandra McCurdy

by | Jun 23, 2012 | Uncategorized

black and white raffia box
Alexandra McCurdy
Black box with raffia, 2009
Porcelain, wire, beads, raffia
13 x 13 cm
photo: Chris Myhr
25 May – 29 July 2012
Main Gallery:
The Fabric of Clay: Alexandra McCurdy
in collaboration with Burlington Arts Centre
Curator: Gloria Hickey
This career retrospective of work by Nova
Scotian ceramist Alexandra McCurdy is organised around the artist’s
ongoing engagement with textiles. Her work often directly reflects, not
only the surface ornament, but the structural patterning of fibre media.
As curator Gloria Hickey notes in her catalogue essay, McCurdy “has
never made pots about pots or ceramic history,” but “about textiles and
autobiographical ceramics.” The exhibition pairs McCurdy’s ceramics with
their textile and fibre companions and displays them against the
backdrop of the artist’s personal narrative. Saint Mary’s University Art
Gallery produced the full-colour exhibition catalogue in partnership
with the Burlington Art Centre.
Side Gallery
Lorenzen Pottery: 50 Years in the Making
Curator: Victor Owen

The Fabric of Clay exhibition will be accompanied by a small
retrospective of the ceramics of Alma and Ernst Lorenzen- a Danish
immigrant and his Canadian-born wife- who were active in the Maritimes
for four decades, starting in the 1940s, and helped to introduce
modernist ceramics to the region. Dr. J. Victor Owen, of the Saint
Mary’s University Geology department, has assembled a detailed narrative
of their careers and examines the chemistry of their ceramics.

For more info: http://www.smu.ca/administration/externalaffairs/artgallery/ex.html

Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery

Location:
5865 Gorsebrook Avenue, B3H 1G3 (street address)

The Gallery is located on the 1st floor of the Loyola Academic Complex
on the Saint Mary’s University Campus, accessible from Gorsebrook
Avenue or off Robie Street south of the McNally Building.