INTER-CHANGES: Craft & Context Symposium, Exhibitions and Evening Lectures

Symposium:
INTER-CHANGES: Craft & Context Symposium

Date: 9:00am – 5:00 pm  13-14 April 2010

Venue: National Collage of Art and Design, 100 Thomas Street, Dublin

Full program: http://craftandcontext.blogspot.com/2010/03/symposium-timetable.html or download program here: click on: Inter-changes: Craft and Context program ( 6.44 MB)

Fee: €23/day and €12/day;  Lunch is included. Pre-registration is required as places are limited.

Please register online by visiting: http://craftandcontext.blogspot.com/

NCAD Students and staff are invited to attend gratis, but are asked to Pre Register  by  March 31 in CGM office or by email:  Aideen at craftandcontext@gmail.com.

Exhibitions:
Inter-changes: Craft and Context Exhibition

Venue: Mason Hayes & Curran, South Bank House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4.

Dates: April 14th – May 4th 2010.

The exhibition will be open to the public:4 – 6 pm: 14th, 15th, 20th, 27th April and 4th May 2010.

To arrange to see the exhibition outside of these hours: please contact Colleen Dube, Executive Director, Fulbright Commission, T: +353 1 660 7670 E: colleen.dube @fulbright.ie

Craft and Context: Influx Exhibition

Venue: Irish Museum Of Contemporary Art. Plane/Site Gallery, Lad Lane (Old OPW), Off Baggot Street, Dublin 2, Republic of Ireland.

Dates: April 9th – 22nd 2010;  Mon.-Sun. 12pm–5pm;  6:00pm – 8:00pm, Admission Free

Opening Night: 18.00 pm April 14th 2010;  Admission Free

More Info see: http://craftandcontextinflux.wordpress.com/

Evening Lectures
EVENING LECTURES AT EXHIBITION SITE Mason Hayes & Curran

A series of evening lectures will accompany Inter-changes: Craft and Context

Venue: Mason Hayes & Curran, South Bank House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4.

Time: 6 – 8pm

Dates & Speakers:

• April 20th             Mary White, Muriel Beckett and Eva Kelly
• April 27th            Dr. Audrey Whitty, Assistant Keeper, National Museum of Ireland, Geraldine Grubb and Karina Abdulbaneeva
• May 4th               Caroline Madden, Deirdre Rodgers and Kirsty Mc Ghie

Contact Person: Executive Director, Fulbright Commission, T: +353 1 660 7670E: colleen.dube @fulbright.ie   Admission Free

INTER-CHANGES: CRAFT AND CONTEXT SYMPOSIUM

The formation of a critical context for craft is the subject of a rich international debate within which, over the last ten years, many disciplines have found a voice. Irish makers, as they understand and articulate their practice through the new and evolving language of craft, have begun to take their place among this intellectual community.The programme of this symposium offers possibilities for contemporary makers, designers, sculptors and anyone interested in the crafts to build alliances to sustain creativity, create new avenues of interest and help ensure future development of this sector. The symposium is open to the public.

• Symposium Keynote presentations will be made by Glenn Adamson – Head of Graduate Studies in the Research Department at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and Arline Fisch, who has played a central role in the revitalization of jewellery as a contemporary art form and was Professor of Art (Emerita) – San Diego State University from 1961 – 2000.

• Contributing international professionals include: Robert Brady  (US), Frances Chapin (US), Vanessa Cutler (UK), Geoffrey Mann (UK), Lesley Millar (UK), Robert Milnes (US), Alex Robins (US), Sandy Simon (US), and Wayne Strattman (US).

• Contributing professionals from Ireland include: Stanislava Antonijevic-Elliott, Nicola Gordon Bowe, Marie Brett, Mary Cahill,  Róisín de Buitléar,  Mark Elliott, Sandy Fitzgerald, Michael Flannery, Eleanor Flegg, Olivier Gaillot, Lisa Godson, Ed Kuczaj, Anna Moran, Hilary O’Kelly, Cearbhall E. O’Meadhra, Gana Roberts, Georgie Thompson, and  Audrey Whitty.

Waterford glass blowers from Irish Handmade Glass will demonstrate blowing and glass cutting in the glass shop. On Wednesday there will be a porcelain throwing demonstration. Please see schedule and blog for more information.

This programme of events is conceived and negotiated by Fulbright scholar Mary B. White, Caroline Madden, NCAD Glass lecturer and nineteen co-researchers who participated in the NCAD, Landscape of Aesthetics and Design, seminar series since October 2009: twelve contemporary Irish makers, Muriel Beckett, Peter Fulop, Geraldine Grubb, Breda Haugh, Eva Kelly, Aoife Ludlow, Liz Nilsson, Renata Pekowska, Deirdre Rogers, Clare Turley, Brigitta Varadi, and Suzannah Vaughan, alongside seven NCAD CGM MA students, Karina Abdulbaneeva, Julie Connellan, Lesley Kelly, Kirsty Mc Ghie, Richard Quin, Suzanne Rogers and Eleanor Swan.

The programme is sponsored by the Crafts Council of Ireland, Fulbright Commission, Mason, Hayes & Curran and the National College of Art and Design and is co-directed by Louise Allen, Education & Awareness Manager, CCoI, Colleen Dube, Executive Director, Fulbright, Caroline Madden, Glass Lecturer, NCAD and Mary B. White, US Fulbright Scholar.

For more information, please contact Aideen Mc Cole, events co-ordinator at:craftandcontext@gmail.com or visit http://craftandcontext.blogspot.com

Dear Co Researchers,

Greetings.

What an inspiring and informative talk Barbara Dawson gave on Friday, an example of an individual who visioned beyond the ordinary and saw rich possibilities that she was able to foster and share.

Schedule for March 12 and March 19

Two important items.

-REHEARSE PRESENTATIONS

-CHOSE AND PAINT PLINTHS

We would like to do practice presentations during the next two Fridays, using the equipment we have in the lecture halls we will use in April.

Please prepare your slides and be ready to give a ten minute rehearsal to the group. We will film the presentations, and also ask other participants to give written comments to the presenter. We hope to bring in a theatre director, Michele Manahan, to give you suggestions for your slide shows.

How are you all doing on your presentations? Please be in touch. I can help you out outside of class time. Please just let me know if you want to set a time and date to talk on phone or meet. I have prepared some guidelines for the presentations. Download here: click on Tips for making a successful presentation 2

It is exciting to see you all developing your wonderful presentations. They will be terrific!

Best,

Mary

Hi Everyone Just want to let you know that Barbara Dawson will be giving a talk to our group on Friday morning (March 5th) at 11am and it would be great if as many as possible could attend. Barbara is the Director of the Hugh Lane Gallery and will be talking about the Gallery and how they acquired the Francis Bacon Studio. Hope you can make it. Eleanor

Hugh Lane Gallery: http://www.hughlane.ie/

Located in Dublin’s city centre, the Hugh Lane Gallery, which is funded by Dublin Corporation, houses one of Ireland’s foremost collections of modern and contemporary art.The Gallery also has a dynamic temporary exhibitions programme which encourages contemporary dialogue, often encompassing the permanent collection, as well as exploring new expression in multimedia. The Gallery also stages historical and retrospective exhibitions, particularly of Irish art.As well as a diverse and stimulating exhibitions programme, the Gallery’s wide range of activities both within and outside the Gallery continues. A lively education and outreach programme has forged strong links with local school and community groups wi th activities ranging from Kids Club workshops, adult education courses and the ever-popular Sunday lecture series.

Inter-changes: Craft and Context

Symposium: 13th & 14th April 2010, NCAD, Dublin

Exhibition: 13th April – 4th May 2010, Mason Hayes and Curran, Dublin

Website:   http://craftandcontext.blogspot.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Inter-changes-Craft-and-Context/291845614756?ref=ts

Twitter:    http://twitter.com/craftandcontext

Inter-Changes: Craft and Context Symposium

Alternative Exhibition ; Titled:

Craft and Context – Influx

Venue: Plane/Site Gallery, IMOCA – Irish Museum of Contemporary Art

Date: April 9th and 22nd 2010

Viewing: Mon.-Sun. 12pm–5pm.

Opening Night: 6:00pm – 8:00pm, April 14th.

Participants: Liz Nilsson, Mary White, Aoife Ludlow, Suzannah Vaughan, Brigitta Varadi, Richard Quin, Peter Fulop, Lesley Kelly, Suzanne Rogers

Website:  http://craftandcontextinflux.wordpress.com

Draft Speakers List for April 13-14 2010 Symposium

download here:  symposium schedule word 1-29

A Digital Craft Aesthetic?   Panel Session

Proposed Speakers:  Geoffrey Mann & Tavs Jorgensen (or AN. Other- still trying to think of a suitable textile person), Aoife Ludlow.

Geoffrey Mann – Product Artist – www.mrmann.co.uk

Studio*Mrmann was founded in 2005 by Geoffrey Mann, a Scottish product artist who transposes the ephemeral into the tangible through embracing the integration of digital media and the physical form. Since graduating from the Royal College of Art in 2005, Mann’s critically acclaimed Long Exposure and Natural Occurrence series have been exhibited Nationally and Internationally featuring at Design and the Elastic Mind MoMA New York, International Bombay Sapphire Glass prize 2005/2008 and Digitalability DesignMai Berlin. Through synthesizing the temporal processes of movement, a recurrent theme throughout Mann’s portfolio, he reconstructs pure sensation in objective terms through the notion ‘motion engendering form’ creating tangible objects of mysterious beauty.

Tavs Jorgensen – www.oktavius.co.uk

Tavs Jorgensen arrived in Britain in 1991 after completing a four-year pottery apprenticeship in native Denmark, later studied 3D ceramic design at Cardiff Institute of Higher Education. He has been running his own design consultancy since 1995. Throughout this period Jorgensen has been closely associated with Dartington Pottery, operating as the pottery’s main shape designer. He continues to work as an independent designer and researcher, frequently guest lecturing at international universities and colleges. He has, throughout a twenty-year career, been involved with numerous projects in many diverse areas of ceramics and design, lately focusing on research into the use of information technology based creative tools.mWinner of the ceramic and glass category of the 2000 Peugeot design award. Winner of the Wedgwood tableware award 1996

Draft Abstract

This panel will discuss the idea of a ‘digital craft aesthetic’. The last 15 years has seen the emergence of new practices and transdisciplinary work in the craft domain, frequently making use of digital and IT tools and increasingly referred to as ‘digital craft’. What are the characteristics of ‘digital craft’? Is there a digital aesthetic? Is this really craft?

What is the impact of digital technologies and tools both on craftspeople and also on the wider public and what they perceive to be a “digital aesthetic”?

Friday, tomorrow, we are hoping you will all read your artist statement, as a way of practicing presentation skills and meeting everyone in Group A and B.

Some of you have asked for more guidance on the artist statement. A few weeks ago I sent out this link to an “American” version of the steps of writing an artist statement, and am sending it again. Perhaps it will be useful?

http://www.mollygordon.com/resources/marketingresources/artstatemt/

SYLLABUS AND CALENDAR  SPRING 2010

Download here:Calendar and Syllabus 2010

Reading list for spring 2010

Download here:READING LIST 2010

The first session of the seminar starts this Friday.Here is the schedule for this Friday.We will meet in the Sheridan Room at 11 am with both groups A and B. Bring lunch or food to share so during lunch there is time to get to know each other. I have sent the readings from Thinking Through Craft by Glenn Adamson. We will not discuss them till the Jan. 22 and 29 meetings, but start reading as soon as you can. Glenn Adamson has agreed to be our Key note speaker at the Symposium April 13, 14!

Download readings here: sp 10 GA1 Adamson Contents Intro p.0-7 &   sp 10 GA2 adamson p. 165-169. conclusion. lad pdf

Below are the printers we – the Tower- used for our Catalogue for the Wunderkammer exhibition .  the cost was approx €1580.00 incl VAT for 700 + catalogues and 500 invites. The representative Is Brian Grant – who was very good.- all the best Breda

Speciality Print & Design Ltd., Donore Avenue, Dublin 8, Republic of Ireland Tel: +353 – 1 4536077 Fax: +353 – 1 4543163/4

Email: info@specialityprint.ie