ICAN CALENDAR 2023 WINNER
Mari Emori‘s sculpture titled “Barren” was chosen for the 2023 ICAN (International Ceramic Artists Network) Wall Calendar, Color Burst Collection. 21/13/12 in., coil-built stoneware, fired to cone 6 in reduction, 2021. You can purchase the calendar online here. ICAN (formerly Potters Council) was formed to create a community of potters and ceramic artists from around the world. The editorial staff from Ceramics Monthly and Pottery Making Illustrated have made their selections.
GRANT AND HONORABLE MENTION AWARDS
I am please to announce two recent awards. A development grant by the Arts Council of Santa Cruz County for new corelite kiln shelves. These shelves will be used in firing the gas kiln used by four ceramic artists at the Tannery Arts Center studio 120.
I have also been awarded honorable mention in the 3rd Annual ICAN Holiday Cup Show. https://ceramicartsnetwork.org/ican-membership/ICAN-Members-Juried-Exhibition-Opportunities
KINGS MOUNTAIN ART FAIR SEEKING NEW ARTISTS
Have you ever applied to the Kings Mountain Art Fair? If not, do consider it – the deadline is Jan. 31st. The fair is a three-day outdoor exhibition held annually during Labor Day Weekend, on Skyline Blvd. above the town of Woodside (near Palo Alto).
Here’s a link with much more information about the event and the application process. High quality images are a must! Allow yourself plenty of time.
https://kingsmountainartfair.org/call-for-entry/
If applying, be aware that this can be a physically challenging event – setting up on hillsides can be tricky, or you could get very hot out on the flat parking lot. In spite of these challenges, this is a very well supported event. KMAF has a long history of excellence and its purpose is to raise funds for the local volunteer fire department.
POTTERS FOR PEACE HAS A NEW NAME AND EXPANDED MISSION
ACGA supported Potters for Peace for many years. They were primarily focused on teaching communities in Nicaragua how to make ceramic water filters to produce clean, healthy drinking water. Now they have expanded their mission to include more countries, broadened their projects (adding hygiene and women’s economic self-sufficiency) and chosen a new name, Good Foundations International. You can read more, and donate if you wish, at their new website: https://www.goodfoundationsinternational.org/
SEEN & IMAGINED
Seen & Imagined Gallery Route One’s Annual Juried Show 2023
Juror: Jeremy P. H. Morgan, Faculty member, Lucid Art Foundation, Visiting Professor, Shanghai Academy and the China Academy of Art, Hangzhou
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, Feb. 18 – Sat. March 18, 2023
Reception and Awards: Saturday, Feb 18, 3-5 pm
Route One Gallery: 11101 Highway One, Ste. 1101, Point Reyes Station, CA 94956
My piece “Rumble” was juried into Route One’s Annual Juried Show.
I work from both memory and photography.My work records what is real in our environment.My work also records what is perceived.The marks and textures in my work help to create sensations, real or perceived that I would want you the viewer to experience.I hope that my work will bring a sense of wonder and curiosity.The combination of familiar forms and textures will cause you to marvel at things you notice if you take the time to slow down and experience the world around you.
Rumble
Ceramic Wall Sculpture
7.25″ h x 14.25″ w x 1.375″ d
Stoneware, Underglazes fired to cone 5
IN MEMORIUM Remembering a Classic Inner Mongolian Ceramic Artist – Na LIsha
Na Lisha was an emeritus Professor, excellent sculptor, international recognized artist, good friend to many artists. A number of ACGA members met Na Lisha at a ceramics festival in Beijing or when she visited California in 2016.
She was Ceramic Professor in Sculpture Department Research Institute in Inner Mongolia Normal University. President of Inner Mongolia Ceramic Art Institute, Executive Director of Inner Mongolia Sculpture Institute, member of Chinese Sculpture Institute, Executive Director of Sculpture Art Council in Chinese Arts and Crafts Institute.
Na Lisha passed way due to Covid complications.
