#16 – A free webinar about sustainable ceramic studios
Ceramics Now Weekly #16 features an invitation to a webinar, new artists and the week's news in the ceramics world.
Hello! Welcome to the 16th edition of Ceramics Now Weekly. This is Vasi Hirdo, the founding editor of Ceramics Now.
I hope you are doing great today 👋 Let’s see what’s new this week.
A presentation about sustainable ceramic studios
On August 13, 2021, Craft in America invites you to a free webinar about Eco-Responsible Ceramic Studios. Panelists: Julia Galloway, Dr. Wendy Gers, Steven Portigal, Joan Takayama-Ogawa and Bryan Vansell.
This presentation and conversation will delve into current and forward-thinking environmental approaches to ceramic studios from a variety of perspectives. Panelists will discuss their individual studio practices, institutional efforts towards sustainability, developing ceramics resources, and shifts that are taking place in the ceramic industry today. Participation is free.
New artists featured on Ceramics Now
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The week’s news in the ceramic world
🔥 The Internationale Keramiktage Oldenburg is ON later this week! Over 100 ceramic artists from all over Europe will meet in Oldenburg for a celebration of ceramics, which includes an international fair and exhibitions. This year, an online presentation of the participants is also available.
📙 I just discovered the Ceramic Literacy Bookclub, a fantastic project curated by Bridget Fairbank. Each month, she invites artists and creative minds to discuss a book about ceramics. This month, it's The Art of The Future: 14 Essays on Ceramics by Paul Mathieu. If you'd like updates on this, join Bridget's newsletter.
🎓 Registrations are now open for the Fall 2021 Courses at the Harvard Ceramics Program. From beginning wheel throwing to hand building, figurative and abstract sculpture to experimental photography on clay, they have courses to suit adults of all levels.
📍 The City Council of Bailen (Spain) announced that applications are open for the online International Fair and Contest of Artistic and Structural Ceramic of Bailén, to be held (online) in October. Participation is free.
💻 The International Ceramics Studio in Kecskemét (Hungary) will start organizing online courses this fall. These masterclasses will be live in real time with the tutors, bringing their teaching directly into your own workshop. Courses: Illustrating on Clay with Wendy Kershaw, Sculpting Nature with Wendy Lawrence, China Painting with Ilona Romule, LandEscapes with Steve Mattison.
🔍 Emma Woffenden's works are on view in Marsden Woo's virtual showroom / Intuition & Reflection: The Ceramics of Toshiko Takaezu is on view at Allentown Art Museum, Pennsylvania / 'Summer Sculptures' is on view at Joan B Mirviss LTD / 'From Japan' is on view at Oxford Ceramics Gallery / Anna Lambert: 40 Years in Clay is on view at the Contemporary Ceramics Centre, London / Koji Hoashi: The Journey Continues is on view at Skepsi Gallery, Australia
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Exhibition openings
Anton Alvarez: Tight Squeeze at Huxley-Parlour Gallery, London
Brian Molanphy: Silent Partner at Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas
A Dead Reckoning: Navigating Contemporary Ceramics at Pensacola Museum of Art, Florida
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