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2012 is proving to be a very busy
year for potters in SE QLD . The
main focus for the Gold Coast
Potters Association has been their
inaugural Art & Crafters Market,
held in May, and the 3rd Empty
Bowl event in June. With about
600 bowls this year, it's been a
magnificent ach ievement. The
silent auction attracted works from
prominent artists Gerry Wedd,
Geoff Crispin, Sandy Lockwood,
Michael Pugh, Len Cook, Stephanie
Outridge-Field, Stephen Baxter, Su
Brown, Peter Wallace, Anne Mossman, M ichaela
Kloeckner, Megan Puis, Katherine Mahoney,
Di Buckland and others.
The Gold Coast Potters are conducting two
workshops this year - Precious Gold Secrets
with Midge Johansen on 29 July, and Raku Kiln
Making (using Ikea metal bins) with Stefan Jakob
from Switzerland to be held 26-28 October. For
information go to www.goldcoastpotters.com.
Entries have now closed for the Gold Coast
International Ceramic Art Award, which will be
held 25 August - 14 October 2012;
www.ceramicartaward.com.
The Swell Sculpture Festival will be held on the
C urrumbin foreshore from 14-23 September,
2012; www.swellsculpture.com.au.
The Wide Bay Burnett Potters 37th Convention,
from 19- 21 October, will star five brilliant
local potters - Gai MaCDonald, Janna Pameijer,
Ian Reid, Stephen Roberts and Gary Zhai. The
cost is $75 for WBBP members and $85 for nonmembers.
The convention is supported by an
RADF grant from Sunshine Coast Council
and Arts Queensland. Contact Debra for
more information on 07 54562743 or email
potterinpurple@hotmail.com.
If any groups in SE QLD have news they would
like to include in the next 2012 issue, please
email me.
Happy potting, Lyn Rogers
E: romeo-whisky@bigpond.com
kathryn Mitchell, Miro Constellation Series 2, exhibited
in June 2012 in The Art of Spain group exhibition at
19 Karen Contemporary Artspace, Mermaid Beach, QLD
W ith the 2012 Australian Ceramics Triennale,
Subversive Clay, approaching fast, Adelaide
is abuzz with anticipation and conference
organisation. With the help of various
committees, project manager extraordinaire Amy
Worth is pulling all the pieces together, for an
amazing four days filled with discussion, debate,
exhibitions and workshops.
Exhibition highlights include Bruce Nuske
and renowned furniture deSigner Khai Liew's
exhibition, Irrational and Idiosyncratic, at the
Samstag Museum. This collaborative show will
explore the makers' shared interest in the 19th
century European response to all things oriental.
The Post-Skangaroovian Funk exhibit ion in
UniSA's Kaurna Gallery will exhibit work that
exemplifies the legacy of the Skangaroovian Funk
movement of the 70s, which was characterised
by non-functional ceramics that made social,
political and cultural commentary. The sister
show at the Art Gallery of SA exhibiting original
artworks from this unique period. Another
exhibition not to miss during the Triennale
features Prue Venables, Kirsten Coelho, Bruce
Nuske and Liz W illiams at BMG Art Gallery. And
finally, Klaus Gutowski will have one of the few
solo shows, at Peter Walker Fine Art. He was
recently awarded the Helpmann Academy's
Ashington Mentorship with the renowned Akio
Takamori, who is giving a masterclass in the
week preceding the conference and will remain
in town to mentor Klaus.
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