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cooling kilns,demos and wisdom?
Just finished a demo and talk for the Clay grads here. I statrted with Chun Yuan interpreting but soon it bercame all hands gestures and mime. It was fun..i enjoyed it although I'm not sure how much was understood. Sam ...well he's heard alot of it before so he had to laugh at the food and pottery stories ,the golden mean talk and the proportions of space along the axis of the pots. I did run on as the demo was simple so i found myself bringing up most any and all issues regarding clay history a… Continue
Posted on September 25, 2008 at 4:39am — 1 Comment
kiln dreams
Its been three weeks of working each day on making pots,sculptures and looking at this new culture and its history. The trip to Taipei museums ,most significantly the ceramics museum at Yingge was one of the best expereiences of the trip. truly a thourough review of international ceramics the Taipei biennial was continually amazing from gallery to gallery. i hope to be able to share it with you all . i think you would find it impressive. The mstreet market culture ( see Sam's blog ) is a large p… Continue
Posted on September 24, 2008 at 1:52am — 3 Comments
sabbatical trip
Hey friends,
I'm heading off to Taiwan to work as a visiting artist for the month vof sept.
it's Tainan,National university of the Arts and I've asked Sam Davis a second year grad to join in . we'll both be working as much as possible to get work done and take it all in. If I can remember the steps to post images I'll try to add them to the page and also BLOG a bit . Dennis I know your proud of me!
best, Mike
We landed in Taiwan sunday evening around 10 pm here it is tuesday evening and we s… Continue
I'm heading off to Taiwan to work as a visiting artist for the month vof sept.
it's Tainan,National university of the Arts and I've asked Sam Davis a second year grad to join in . we'll both be working as much as possible to get work done and take it all in. If I can remember the steps to post images I'll try to add them to the page and also BLOG a bit . Dennis I know your proud of me!
best, Mike
We landed in Taiwan sunday evening around 10 pm here it is tuesday evening and we s… Continue
Posted on August 28, 2008 at 1:30pm — 4 Comments
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Shane Acker, Feature Film Director talk at Clemson at 119 McAdams
November 11, 2009 from 5:45pm to 7pm
Shane Acker, director of "9" a major motion picture will be doing a talk at Clemson.
Wed. 11th at 5:45 pm at 119 McAdams Lecture hall.
Small Works On Fabric at The Discovery House, Clemson University
November 2, 2009 at 10am to January 31, 2010 at 4pm
The work of Clemson artist Terry Jarrard-Dimond is on exhibit in the Fran Hanson Gallery at Discovery House located in the SC Botanical Gardens at Clemson University. The group of ten pieces explore themes from the natural world. The work is made ...
Margarete Heymann, who studied ceramics there from 1920 to 1921, and was as gifted and gutsy as her famous contemporaries. She also created an impressive body of work, yet is rarely mentioned in the many books, essays and exhibitions on the Bauha...
Small Works On Fabric at The Discovery House, Clemson University
November 2, 2009 at 10am to January 31, 2010 at 4pm
The work of Clemson artist Terry Jarrard-Dimond is on exhibit in the Fran Hanson Gallery at Discovery House located in the SC Botanical Gardens at Clemson University. The group of ten pieces explore themes from the natural world. The work is made ...
Small Works On Fabric at The Discovery House, Clemson University
November 2, 2009 at 10am to January 31, 2010 at 4pm
The work of Clemson artist Terry Jarrard-Dimond is on exhibit in the Fran Hanson Gallery at Discovery House located in the SC Botanical Gardens at Clemson University. The group of ten pieces explore themes from the natural world. The work is made ...
FASA's annual Halloween Party included a pumpkin carving contest. Pumpkin seeds flew as artists sculpted their innovative and radical interpretations of the Jack O' Lantern.
This pumpkin won in hotly contested Faculty/Student Collaboration category.
October 30, 2009
Dum spiro, spero (While I breathe, I hope)
EVER SPERO
By Hans Ulrich Obrist
In memory of Nancy Spero (1926–2009)
"The one thing that artists must possess above all other qualities is immense courage," the filmmaker and anthro...
Greenville Open Studio Tour at Greenville, SC
November 7, 2009 at 10am to November 8, 2009 at 6pm
Hours:
Saturday, November 7, 10am - 6pm
Sunday, November 8, Noon - 6pm.
Some artists will also be open Friday, November 6, 6 - 9pm. These artists are indicated with a door icon and "Open Friday" on their web page.
Presented by Wachovia Bank, N.A...
I think this is pretty neat, but odd at the same time. Why is it so important to the Japanese to preserve Western art?
Otsuka Art museum, Japan´s largest museum holds 4000 masterpieces, covering the entire history of art - except it´s all reproductions. Nothing in this museu...
Some panels are fantastic and some are not. If you go to the conference, I would try to do something like the portfolio review -- take advantage of being there. The panels are probably the most informative aspect of the conference if you hit the b...
Yep. Graphite is conductive, so holding the pencil in one hand, then touching the line with the pther complete the circuit, which produces the sound.
Center for Visual Arts Open House at Department of Art and Lee Gallery
October 23, 2009 from 10am to 4pm
All graduate and undergraduate studios in Lee and Freeman are open. Come get your hands dirty or just watch ceramics, drawing, photography, painting, printmaking, sculpture, wood design.
That is very weird -- particularly when they draw lines, then touch them and they make sounds!?! At first I wasn't sure I had seen that correctly.
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Thinking of you....Kat & Roger
You look like you're doing well and enjoying the break from being Chair. Good to see you in the studio. Eat lots of food and drink lots of rice wine. Take Care, Roger
Take care.
Greg
Sounds like the program is doing really well. We're out here representing Clemson in the Pacific NW. Got a couple shows lined up and making more work. Hope you're doing well and keep in touch.
Warner, Raiford, Lucy Boone
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