The week’s news in the ceramic art world – January 17, 2024

👌 Applications are now open for the European Ceramic Context 2024. Their open call, How can ceramic makers, designers and artists adapt to more sustainable practices?, invites European artists to apply with artworks, installations, functional ware, etc, where sustainable practices are essential (the materials used must be predominantly ceramics). The ECC is part of the Bornholm Triennials for Contemporary European Glass and Ceramics. Applications are due March 1.

📍 ceramic brussels, the first major fair dedicated to contemporary ceramics, will take place between January 25-28, 2024 on the Tour&Taxis site in Brussels. For its first edition, the fair will bring together around 60 international galleries, institutions and key players in contemporary ceramics. Twenty galleries will showcase a single artist in a solo show specially designed for the event. In addition to the participating galleries, ceramic brussels offers a series of conferences and other events, including presenting Johan Creten as guest of honor.

✅ The American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA) welcomes applications for 2024-2025 residencies. The Artist in Residence Program provides self-directed artists time, space, and support to experiment and develop a new body of work in a creative and supportive environment. Residencies last 9-12 months. Open to US-based artists. Prospective applicants are invited to join a live information session on Zoom with AMOCA staff, alongside current/former resident artists, to learn more about the Artist in Residence program. Applications are due January 31, 2023.

📍 Two weeks are left to apply for the 2024 Westerwald European Ceramics Prize. The Westerwald Prize was awarded for the first time in 1973 in order to present outstanding ceramic works in a competition and an exhibition. Only residents or citizens of the geographical area of Europe are eligible to enter the competition.

☀️ Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts (Edgecomb, Maine) invites artists to apply for summer residency sessions. These sessions offer artists uninterrupted time to focus on their practices. During a session, up to sixteen artists form a creative community while living and working on campus. Participants enjoy 24-hour studio access, comfortable accommodations, and delicious meals. Organizing artists develop the themes for each session and invite a small group of artists to anchor the session with them. Applications are due February 1.

📙 Read Victoria Anastasyadis’s article about Sarah Pschorn’s work. To Sarah Pschorn (b. 1989), her solo exhibition ‘Records of Gravity’, held at Gerhard Marcks Haus in Bremen in early 2023, is not so much a look back as a look forward. Despite her years of experience working with clay, she feels she is still a novice. This is a portrait of a young sculptor and her art. This article is a specially updated and translated version for Ceramics Now of a text that previously appeared in Vormen uit Vuur 252 (2023/2), a Dutch academic journal on glass and ceramics.

📋 The Australian Ceramics Triennale announced the dates and location of the 2025 edition. They invite researchers, artists, educators, and industry professionals to submit abstracts for oral presentations, panel discussions, and workshops addressing several themes.

📕 Read Adil Writer’s article about the inspiring life and legacy of Deborah Smith, co-founder of Golden Bridge Pottery (India). This moving tribute takes us through her journey to Pondicherry, showcasing her contribution to the world of ceramics and the profound influence she had on her community.

🗺️ Explore MoCA-NY’s interactive Ceramic World Destinations map, an online directory housing over 3,000 destinations, where you can navigate and experience the global impact of ceramics. It serves as an unconventional mode of travel while offering avenues for education and exploration. The destinations range from museums, galleries, and design stores to residencies and artist studios.

🎓 The Ceramics Program in the Department of Art at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University, invites applications for a full-time, two-year, non-tenure track faculty appointment beginning in Fall 2024, with the possibility of renewal.

🔍 What’s On View: Aesthetics of Everyday Objects: The Cup is on view at ATLA, Los Angeles / Nina Malterud: Glaze Stories is on view at Peach Corner, Copenhagen / Claire Curneen: A Creature Made of Clay is on view at James Freeman Gallery, London / Chase Travaille: Exquisite Corpse is on view at LaiSun Keane, Boston / Caro Suerkemper: Let Gravity Do Its Work is on view at Kunstforum Solothurn, Solothurn / Macarena Salinas: Cartografías Ancestrales is on view at Galería La Sala, Santiago de Chile / Volume 1: Reshaping Roots by Joanne Seongweon Lee is on view at Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale / b. brown: a handful of earth, a handful of sky is on view at Hecho a Mano, Santa Fe / Krestine Harboe: Mytiske Horisonter is on view at Jacob Bjorn Gallery, Aarhus