Ikebana class

 From Barbara Cahn

Hi - I've been speaking with a friend, Elizabeth Berry, who is a certified teacher of  Ikebana (Japanese flower arranging) about the idea of doing an Ikebana demo with our group next spring.

I'm proposing it now to see if there is interest from the group.

Elizabeth has been practicing Ikebana for more than 30 years, and exhibiting her work in Ikebana shows all over the world. She has formal certification from two Ikebana schools in Japan.

This past spring she did a demo with a group of potters in Lorton VA, where people brought in their pots, and she created Ikebana arrangements in them.  She has sent me photos, which I can forward to Sabina to post on the blog.

She likes to see the pots before she buys the materials, so we would have to arrange that.

She is based in Virginia, but visits New York often to visit family. She is proposing the weekend of May 4 next spring, but we can choose another time if that's not good for people.

Health Care Survey

From Ed:

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Survey of US-Based Artists About Their Access to Health Insurance

Tue Aug 27, 2013 4:45 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Association of Teaching Artists"

The Future of Music Coalition, the Artists’ Health Insurance Resource Center and Fractured Atlas are conducting a survey of US-based artists about their access to health insurance. They are gathering data in order to be able to better inform artists of their care options under the Affordable Care Act. (More at: http://futureofmusic.org/article/research/artists-and-health-insurance-survey) Please help us get the word out and share this survey with your network of artists! This is a critical moment to capture baseline data from US artists about their access to health insurance – the last day to participate is this Saturday, Aug 31.
ARTISTS: do you have health insurance? If not, why not? Nonprofit artists advocacy groups are conducting an online survey from July 17 – Aug 31 to assess how many US-based artists have health insurance on the eve of the Affordable Care Act. These results will contribute to a body of research that aims to provide artists with accessible information about their care options.

Click here to participate in this brief survey:
http://www.research.net/s/artistsandhealthinsurance

All answers are anonymous and confidential, and the survey should take about 10 minutes to complete. We urge you to participate so we can really understand the health insurance needs and priorities of the artist community. Survey closes August 31.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Flannery

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Flannery Patton
Communications + Services Manager
Alliance of Artists Communities
255 S Main Street
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Submitted by Ed The Prez

Wood Fire - Sept 7 2013

Email TonyMoore@optonline.net

Telephone (845) 265 3097

www.TonyMooreArt.com

See earlier posts for more info and forms

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Also a Job in Maryland

The thriving Ceramic Arts Program at Hood College is searching for a talented ceramic artist to serve as technical coordinator.  We will be building three new gas kilns in the next year. MFA applicants may also be able to serve as adjunct faculty.

Please find the job description attached.

I look forward to talking with anyone who is interested and answering any questions you may have.

Joyce

Joyce Michaud

Director of the MFA , MA and Graduate Certificate in Ceramic Arts

Hood College

401 Rosemont Avenue

Frederick, MD 21701

301-696-3526

jmichaud@hood.edu

To Apply

Qualified candidates are invited to apply on-line via our electronic application which requires submission of a cover letter, résumé and three professional references.  (The electronic application is found at the end of the job description on the lower right hand side, "Apply On-line".) 

If you need assistance with the on-line application process, please email humanresources@hood.edu or call (301) 696-3592.

Hood College is committed to diversity in its faculty and staff and subscribes to a policy of hiring only individuals legally eligible to work in the United States. EOE

Hood College does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, disability, religion, or age in recruitment, admission and access to, or treatment, or employment in its programs, services, benefits, or activities as required by applicable laws including Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and complies with the law regarding reasonable accommodation for disabled applicants and students. Inquiries about discrimination or reasonable accommodation should be referred to the Title IX and Section 504 Coordinator at Alumnae Hall, 401 Rosemont Avenue, Frederick, MD. 21701 (AD 312), (301) 696-3592.  For complete information on Hood College’s nondiscrimination policy, please visit www.hood.edu/non-discrimination.

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Call for Entry

Submitted by Susan Handwerker:
The submission date has been extended until July 30
Check it out:

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September Wood Firing

Hello Wood-fire Enthusiasts,

 

 

You are invited to participate in the next wood-firing of  my Anagama-Noborigama kiln in Cold Spring, NY loading on Sat. Sept 7 and firing Thur Sept 12 thru Sun Sept 15. Unloading on Sat Sept 28.

 

Please  see the attached firing announcement for details, firing fee forms, recommended clays for wood and directions to the kiln.

 

Please let me know if you intend to participate and your stoking availability for the above dates.

 

If there are any questions, please get in touch, but first please check out the attachments.

 

Looking forward to seeing you for the Sept 7 firing.

 

*Reminder -- The June/July firing is unloading at 10am on Sat July 13

 

Happy making.

Best,

Tony

 

email: TonyMoore@optonline.net

www.TonyMooreArt.com

Painted Pot, Brooklyn needs...

The Painted Pot is looking for a studio manager. The deal is a barter for studio space plus a small stipend. Contact Lisa Mendosa for all details and responsibilities at: lisa@paintedpot.com

NCECA Call for Entry

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May 17, 2013 E-Blast TABLE OF CONTENTS Earth Moves: Shifts in Ceramic Art and Design - DEADLINE MAY 28 Flow: The 2014 NCECA Invitational - CALL for Submissions

EARTH MOVES: SHIFTS IN CERAMIC ART AND DESIGN DEADLINE MAY 28, 2013 Earth Moves: Shifts in Ceramic Art and Design is a national exhibition open to artists working throughout the US. Ceramic artists examining creative responses to shifts in world and work are encouraged to submit images for consideration. This blended invitational and competitive ceramic exhibition explores the challenges and opportunities of evolving technologies, approaches to materials, studio practices and market. NCECA and the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities are collaborating on this national exhibition. NCECA Exhibitions Director, Linda Ganstrom will work with Arvada Center's Exhibitions Director, Collin Parson and Ceramics Director, Bebe Alexander to select works for the exhibition. The exhibition takes place September 12 – November 10, 2013 at the Arvada Center, a top venue for contemporary art in Denver. The entry deadline is midnight EDT, May 28, 2013. CALL for Submissions DEADLINE JUNE 5, 2013 This week NCECA's board is meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, host city of NCECA's 48th annual conference. Flow: The 2014 NCECA Invitational will be a cornerstone of the ceramic art experience being developed throughout the region. Flow will be held at the architecturally stunning Milwaukee Art Museum from February 22 to March 23, 2014. NCECA Exhibitions Director Linda Ganstrom and Mel Buchanan, Mae E. Demmer Assistant Curator of 20th-century Design at the Milwaukee Art Museum are exhibition organizers and co-curators. The 2014 NCECA Invitational explores the significance of flow in physical, historical and symbolic manifestations. We experience flow through material and movement as embodied in water, clay and glaze. Flow can also be a feeling as manifested in the quality of a line or the experience of music. Flow is also the energy of electricity and Ideas. Artists can flow in a state of focused motivation that brings a deep enjoyment to the process of their activity. Our present fluidly becomes our past. The museum promotes the flow of culture through the presentation of artworks and ideas of material culture. Included artists will be eligible for a limited reimbursement of shipping expenses and receive a complimentary copy of the exhibition catalog.

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