upcoming lecture: Martina Lantin | “Role: Function and Object”

by | Oct 5, 2022 | workshops

After a more than two-year hiatus due to Covid, the North-West Ceramics Foundation is thrilled to finally be able to present Martina Lantin as their featured speaker. Martina will present via Zoom on Sunday, October 16, 2022, at 1pm PST. The presentation is free and open to all, but registration is required. Please see below for information about how to register.

Born in Montreal, Canada, Martina Lantin received her Master of Fine Art degree from NSCAD University in Halifax. She has participated in residencies in Canada, the United States, Germany, Iceland and China, including the Watershed Centre for the Ceramic Arts in Newcastle, ME; the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, TN; and the Liling Ceramic Valley Museum in Liling, Hunan Province, China.

Martina has written for various ceramic publications and edited the 2017 summer issue of the Studio Potter journal. Her work has been included in numerous juried and invitational exhibitions internationally. Recent participation includes Borderline, the Alberta Biennial 2020 and The Pots and Passion of Walter Ostrom at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.
Martina Lantin is an Associate Professor at the Alberta University of the Arts.

Martina mines the history of ornament and pattern to explore the mutation and boundaries of functional ceramics through vessels and installations. More recently, her exploration of adaptation and change has engaged emergent technologies as a method of production. In her talk “Role: Function and Object,” she will share new works produced during recent residencies in Iceland and Germany and discuss the evolution of her practice. Her talk will take place on Zoom on October 16, 2022, at 1pm. Registration is required.

To register, please click on this link, which will take you to a sign-up form. We look forward to seeing you there!

For more on Martina Lantin , please see her website 

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workshop: Pattern and Print: An Exploration of the Ceramic Surface

by | Feb 5, 2020 | workshops

This two-week workshop will focus on the multiple ways to enhance thrown and hand built ceramic forms through colour and pattern. The workshop is open to advanced students. Applicants must submit a resume of experience and six (6) images of their work. Applications must be received by April 17, 2020, and notice of acceptance will be issued by April 24, 2020.

Demonstrations will focus on monoprint, paper resist, and toner-resist transfer methods.  In addition to these wet processes, glaze application strategies will be addressed. Other surface techniques will be introduced as time allows.  Demonstrations on altering the thrown form will serve as building blocks for innovative pots that are truly one of a kind.  Emphasis will be on pouring pots and lidded forms.

Alongside daily demonstrations, the course will include informative and inspiring presentations by NSCAD University Professor Emeritus, Walter Ostrom, CM, looking at pots from cultures and contexts from the past to the present. Development of individual studio work will be punctuated by energetic conversations that integrate growing technical skill and a love of the history of ceramic objects.

Date & Time:
Jun 29 – Jul 10, 2020
9am – 4pm

Fee:
$895

Level:
Advanced

Please register online and send applications items to [email protected], subject line: Pattern and Print Application.

About Walter Ostrom and Martina Lantin:

 

 

 

Walter Ostrom, CM, Professor Emeritus, Ceramics, NSCAD

In 1997, he was awarded an Honorary Professorship at the Jingdezhen Ceramics Institute in Jingdezhen, Jianxi Province, People’s Republic of China. On February 5, 2007 he was invested into the Order of Canada in recognition of his teaching and creativity in ceramics. In November 2008 he was given the Portia White Award in recognition of his leading contribution to the arts in Nova Scotia. In 2014 he was appointed a Regis Master at the Northern Clay Center in Minneapolis, MN. Ostrom was appointed a ’Life Fellow’ in ceramics by NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, at it’s spring 2017 convocation. An outstanding educator, he is committed to Craft practice and theory.

Walter is regarded internationally and in Canada as a technical and academic expert in low-fire maiolica, an ancient ceramic technique that he has personally tailored through innovations and decorative methods to reflect the geography of the places where he has lived, whether in Nova Scotia or the Far East. His body of work has developed across many aspects of ceramics in the span of a nearly 50-year career, from experiments in high conceptualism in the 1970s to a contemporary focus on the exploration of the vast history, hybridization and social foundation of ceramics.

He has extensively exhibited and lectured internationally. His work has appeared in numerous books and periodicals. His work has been collected by many public collections, including the Museum of Civilization, Ottawa; the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia; Halifax, the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; and, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. We are fortunate to have Walter teaching for his forth Summer at our School.

Congratulations are in order for Walter on two fronts: he has been selected as a recipient of the 2020 NCECA ‘Excellence in Teaching Award’, which will be presented to him at NCECA’s 54th annual conference on Friday, March 27, 2020; and, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia is mounting a retrospective exhibition entitled “Good Earth: The Pots and Passion of Walter Ostrom” to be officially opened on April 24, 2020, including a companion catalogue and film.

Martina Lantin, Associate Professor, Ceramics, Alberta University of the Arts (formerly “ACAD”)

Born in Montreal, Canada, Martina Lantin received her Bachelor of Art (1996), from Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, and her Master of Fine Arts (2009) from NSCAD University. She has completed residencies in the United States and China and taught workshops throughout North America. Martina is an Associate Professor at AUArts in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Lantin’s work has been recognized in numerous juried and invitational exhibitions internationally. Committed to the joys of working in earthenware, Martina explores the history and boundaries of functional ceramics through objects and mixed media installation.

Find out more on the Lunenburg School of The Arts Website

call for entry: Eighth Annual Cup Show – Form and Function

by | Oct 15, 2015 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, technical tuesday

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

Juror
Born in Montreal, Canada, Martina Lantin received her Bachelor of Art from Earlham College (1996) and her Master of Fine Art from NSCAD University (2009). She has completed residencies at Baltimore Clayworks and Arrowmont School of Art and Craft, and the Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts and taught workshops throughout the United States. Currently, Martina teaches at the Alberta College of Art and Design. Selected as an Emerging Artist by Ceramics Monthly her work has been recognized in numerous juried and invitational exhibitions. Martina has also published articles in both Studio Potter and Pottery Making Illustrated and was the subject of a feature article in Ceramics Monthly in February, 2014. Committed to the joys of working in earthenware, Martina creates functional ceramics through thrown and altered forms. The thin layer of white slip serves to accentuate the construction methods and to invite an exploration of the making process.
 
Eligibility
The exhibition is open to both functional and sculptural work that addresses the idea of “the cup”. Please submit only original work that has been completed in the last three (3) years. Amelia Center Gallery reserves the right to reject any work that is not suitably prepared for exhibition or that differs from the original submission.
 
Entries and Fees
Please submit your entries online via Smarter Entry at https://client.smarterentry.com/acg. Each artist may submit up to three (3) images with the following specifications. Images must be saved as JPG, TIF, or PNG files not greater than 2MB. The longest side should be 1,280 pixels or greater. The files should be titled with the artist’s first and last name and entry number (example: SteveSmith1.jpg). All in one word, file names cannot have special characters. Please do not submit any other materials (CV, resume, statement, etc.). Description Please select your clay body from the drop down menu and include a detailed description of firing and decoration techniques in the Additional Notes window.
Entry Fee there is a non-refundable entry fee of $25 for up to three (3) entries. You may submit additional entries for an extra fee of $5 per image. All fees are paid online via Smarter Entry https://client.smarterentry.com/acg.
 
Notification
Email notification will begin on October 26.
 
Shipment of Work
All artwork must arrive at the Amelia Center Gallery no later than November 10. All shipping and insurance fees to the exhibition will be the responsibility of the artist. Please pack cups in a well-secured package (double boxed), with any special handling/packaging instructions clearly visible. Packaging will be reused for return shipment. The Amelia Center Gallery will pay for return shipping and insurance of all unsold work. 
Our mailing address is
Gulf Coast State College, 
Visual and Performing Arts, 
Attn: Pavel Amromin, 
5230 West U.S. Hwy 98, 
Panama City,
FL 32401-1041
 
Commission
Amelia Center Gallery will receive commission of 30% on all sales.
 
Photography
Amelia Center Gallery reserves the right to photograph works, and use submitted photo materials of accepted pieces for the purposes of documentation, education, publicity, promotion and future grant proposals.
 
Liability
Every precaution will be taken in handling the work. The gallery reserves the right not to exhibit work that is deemed too fragile or not suitably prepared for presentation. Amelia Center Gallery will insure all works for the duration of the show, and return shipping. Artists will be responsible for insuring work in transit to the galley. Submission of work to this exhibition shall constitute an agreement to conditions set forth in this prospectus and permission to reproduce work for the purposes of documentation, education, publicity and promotion.
 
Calendar
Application Due October 19 Show Opens November 20
Notification Begins October 26 Show Closes December 17
Accepted Work Due November 10 Unsold Work Shipped January 8

upcoming @ Medalta: Greg Payce and Tool

by | Aug 14, 2015 | Uncategorized

  

GREG PAYCE

Opening Saturday, Aug 22
Opening Thursday, Sept 3. 6-8pm
Yuill Family Gallery @Medalta

Greg
Payce’s Continuum is an exciting new experience for Medalta. In
addition to his early work in our gallery, projections and other
experimental works of his will be found throughout Medalta’s historic
spaces.

Artist Statement
This exhibition presents works from the first thirty-five or so years of
my practice.  It shows chronologically, how I began making ceramics as a
kid and continued on making them through my K-12 education, my post-
secondary education, and my early teaching career. Greg Payce -continuum is a prequel to the work being shown concurrently in Greg Payce -Palimpsest  at the Esplanade Gallery, which showcases the last fifteen or so years of my fifty-plus years in the medium.

The
fact that I was able to actually start making and developing my
ceramics at an early age is a testament to strong dedication, education
and mentoring from a range of people including my family, friends,
teachers, professors, colleagues, and community mentors.
medalta.org/gregpayce

TOOL

Reception & Opening
Thursday, September 3. 6-8pm
Yuill Family Gallery @Medalta

call for artists: Tool juried by Martina Lantin

by | Jun 7, 2015 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

CALL FOR ARTISTS

 


Apply today for Medalta’s International Art Exhibition

Application Deadline: June 20, 2015

Calling all artists – we’re accepting applications for our third annual international exhibition. First you mugged us (and we LOVED it), then we spooned (or should we say … ‘swooned’? Never mind, I’ll show myself out …). This year, let’s talk about your tool … wait, let us finish!

Each year we focus on a new theme and this year we’re looking at
process. You know what that means? That we’re providing the venue to
talk Shop with brilliant creative minds from around the world! We want
to hear about the process behind your beautiful work. What tools do you
use that are central to your process? Are you an improvisationalist or
are you more of a purist? Maybe you have a little something that aids in
firing … we don’t know but whatever it is, we would love to hear from
you.

Our 2015 exhibition is titled ‘Tool’. We want to see photos of any tool
that’s central to your process and the work you make with it. It’s a
fascinating opportunity to connect to so many other artists and share
ideas through an exhibition. Time’s running out so get your application
in today!

Apply online and share your process with the world through Medalta’s International Art Exhibition!

For full details on application, an introduction to our Juror, or pretty much anything else, please visit our WEBSITE or email our Curator, Jenna Stanton at [email protected].

Here’s a bit more about this year’s Juror Martina Lantin:

Medalta is excited
to welcome Martina Lantin into the Alberta Ceramics neighborhood and put her
through the paces as juror for our third annual international exhibition, TOOL.
“I am honored to be the juror of Medalta’s
annual International exhibition. 
This year’s theme is “TOOL”. Medalta invites makers to submit
a photo with your favourite tool or tools and a description of how this tool is
an integral part of your process… and of course you will also show off what you
can create with these great tools of our trade so submissions will also include
up to 5 pieces of your work.” (DEADLINE JUNE 20th Online Submissions
and info @ www.medalta.org/tool )
This past
year Martina joined the faculty of the Alberta College of Art + Design in
Calgary.   She says of this
move: “I am excited for the opportunity to return to Canada and work within a
strong Ceramics BFA program and also be a part of the school’s growing
interdisciplinary MFA in Craft program.”
  
This new MFA in Craft Media, which is currently accepting
applications for their launch in September 2015, establishes ACAD as a unique
international centre of excellence for graduate studies in ceramics, glass,
fibre, metals and jewelry. The college is committed to a solid studio-based
experience for students with rigorous studio programs led by faculty who are
committed to teaching & leading by example through their individual professional
practices. Lantin is no exception. 
In her first year as the new full time permanent faculty in ceramics,
Martina has exemplified the dedication, hard work and diverse skill set that it
takes to be a professional artist both in and outside the classroom. 
With a studio space alongside students Lantin mounted the
solo exhibition ‘Iterative
Imitation’ in Calgary this spring and created work for the upcoming ‘Maverick
Pottery Invitational’ curated by Eva Lys Champagne at the Maverick Potter in
Salida, Colorado.
The May 2015
issue of Ceramics Monthly includes Lantin’s work from the ‘Maverick Pottery
Invitational’  as well as a feature
reflecting on her transition to earthenware from wood firing in the magazine’s
Spotlight’ section.  
This summer
Martina will co-lead a residency: “Create and Collaborate” at the Watershed
Center for the Ceramic Arts in Maine. 
Joshua Paul Hebbert, Lantin and other invited artists will explore
collaboration and individual work in the studio with a focus on how objects are
translated between the hands and minds of a group of makers. 
To see more
images from Martina’s exhibitions and adventures head to her website at
mlceramics.com
Image Caption:
‘Iterative
Imitation’ included a large scale embroidered teacup model made from Tyvek,
wallpaper based on the Blue Onion pattern, and a sequence of pinched cups
reflecting the Hutschenreuther prototype.