#11 – An interview about an international ceramics residency center
Ceramics Now Weekly #11 features an interview about Sundaymorning@ekwc, new artists and exhibitions, and the week's news in the ceramics world.
Hello! Welcome to the 11th edition of Ceramics Now Weekly. This is Vasi Hirdo, the founding editor of Ceramics Now.
I hope you’re doing great today 👋 Let’s see what’s new.
An interview with the director of Sundaymorning@ekwc
A few months ago we interviewed Ranti Tjan, the director of Sundaymorning@ekwc, an international artist-in-residence and center-of-excellence for ceramics based in Oisterwijk, The Netherlands. We asked him to present our readers with the center’s activities and plans. Here’s the interview.
"At the moment I’m working on the EKWC 2030 Plan, thinking about how a residency like ours can still be relevant in 2030. We have to change to stay the same, we have to change to catch up, we have to change to be relevant. We have to change to keep up with the rest of the world and think about all these contemporary issues, like what it means to be part of the Anthropocene. There is so much to do, it makes me nervous!" Ranti
New featured artists on Ceramics Now
Exhibition openings
Have a look at these exhibitions that were recently featured on our website.
Ritsue Mishima: Riflessioni at Pierre Marie Giraud, Brussels (glass)
Gareth Mason: A Decade in Cahoots at Jason Jacques Gallery, New York
Terres Catalanes is on view at Galerie Capazza, Nançay, France
Concepts In Clay: Artists of Color, an online exhibition by Clay Art Center
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The week's news in the ceramics world
🔥 Simone Leigh, an American sculptor working with ceramics, will represent the United States at the 59th Venice Biennale in 2022. Born in Chicago to Jamaican missionaries in 1967, Leigh will be the first Black woman to hold the position. The artist is represented by Hauser & Wirth.
🔍 Barbro Åberg: Organic Memory is on view at Lucy Lacoste Gallery / Hands & Earth: Perspectives on Japanese Contemporary Ceramics is on view at Katonah Museum of Art / Alchemy, a group show presenting Australian ceramics is on view at Kerrie Lowe Gallery / Akiko Hirai: About Emotions of the Inorganic is on view at Contemporary Ceramics London
📍 The Local Clay Potters' Guild in Bloomington, Indiana is organizing a virtual event featuring studio tours, demonstrations, an online shop and giveaways. Starts later this week.
🎓 Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, California, is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Curator of Ceramics and Clay Art Center (Port Chester, NY) seeks a Program Coordinator
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