“Current technologies facilitate the instantaneous acquisition, manipulation, and subsequent redistribution of perceptual experiences.” This excerpt is from Darien Johnson’s artists statement. He goes on to describe his work as representations of “entanglement of human cognition and digital processing”. Its so fitting to be reading about Darien’s work on this blog.. the information presented here has been processed over and over : Typed, edited, transcribed from a face-to-face interview in Seattle, recorded on an [...]
Hello from Houston! As the 2013 NCECA Conference in Houston, Texas approaches we are gearing up for many exciting events including exhibitions, conference programming, pre and post conference workshops, and more. Each month we plan to send out information about conference events and insider information about what to see and where to go in Houston to help you plan your trip. This year’s conference has an amazing line-up of presenters. [...]
Way back…Mathew McConnell…thought he would be a dentist, until he landed in the clay studio. Why ceramics? He loved the idea of doing something hands on and really direct. Mathew holds an MFA in Ceramics from the University of Colorado at Boulder (2009) and a BFA in Studio Art from Valdosta State University (2004). Now fast forward to his time as a technician at Edinboro University where he also worked for [...]
Attention artists! NCECA is looking for the next biggest talents in our field. Could this be you? Our goal is to provide a boost to early career artists that show exceptional promise in the field. Applications for the NCECA Emerging Artist Program will be accepted until midnight, October 1st. Thanks to the generosity of the Windgate Charitable Foundation, NCECA has been able to enhance the strength of this program and [...]
Peter Johnson is an Associate Professor of Art at Eastern Oregon Universitywhere he has been teaching for 8 years. Peter and his work have really come to the forefront in the past three years gaining exposure through residency opportunities and exhibitions. He recently completed summer residencies at the LH Project in Oregon and the Archie Bray Foundation. And, congratulations to Peter and his wife Sarah, best wishes for their new baby! Peter’s commitment to his development as an artist has clearly [...]
Chandra DeBuse originally comes from the Midwest: land of practicality. She shared her hometown with the very practical and famous Vice Grip tool. Most recently, Chandra was a resident artist at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Tennessee. Now in Kansas City, Chandra has in independant studio and is set up work as a fulltime studio artist. Chandra’s business model is anchored in a well-crafted a story that describes characters and scenarios, play and imagination. It is this story, [...]
I’m back and all settled on New York soil after a compelling and education trip to the far East. China! The route was Beijing > Jingdezhen > Yichang (3 Gorges Damn) > Chengdu > Xian (terracotta warriors) > Beijing. The trip was prompted by critiques of the graduating student work at the Central Academy of Fine Arts- City Design School, then continued on to be a total of 21 days. I loved the food. I was [...]
Today I present snippets of the back story of Brian R. Jones, ceramic artist and podcaster. Brian is featured here, in the Emerging Artist Report, not because he was a 2012 NCECA Emerging Artist, but because it was his podcast that inspired me to conduct the interviews that will later be published here. I have to say that Brian’s genuine, pessimistic nature exposed in the posdcast is endearing. I immediately felt that I knew Brian for a long [...]
With my feet re-planted on east coast soil, I bring you the introductory entry for the Emerging Artist report. I’d like to introduce myself to begin with- My name is Kala Stein; I live in western NY state and split my time between Alfred, where I teach ceramic art at the New York State College of Ceramics and keep my winter studio, and Canadice, where I live an even more [...]
This great show at Soil is open through April 14th. Click here for more information, or scroll down the left sidebar to view the video without leaving our blog What is soil? Founded in 1995, SOIL is a not-for-profit cooperative space established, supported and operated by local artists. SOIL exists as an alternative venue for artists to exhibit, develop, and advance their work, and is committed to exhibiting and celebrating art of [...]
