The Journal of Australian Ceramics Vol 53 No 2 July 2014

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CORRECTION
Karen Weiss would like to
apologise for the mistake
which appeared in The Journal
of Australian Ceramics,
53/1, April 2014 in her article
Another Country. On page
38, paragraph 3, it read, "Kim­
Anh Nguyen left her birthplace,
Vietnam ... . " Kim-Anh Nguyen
was actually born in England.
On page 40, paragraph 1,
mention was made that .
"by then she had two small
children". In fact, by then Kim­
Anh had three small children .
I NEW DVD
I A short film has been made by
filmmaker Carolyn Constantine
about The Course of Objects
- the fine lines of inquiry,
TACA's 2014 biennial exhibition
at Manly Art Gallery & Museum;
16:30 mins. The DVD includes
interviews with curator Susan
I Ostli ng and artists Simone Fraser
and Toni Warburton in their
studios; $15, includes postage
within Australia.
Call 1300 720 124 or go to
I www.australianceramics.com
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I THANK YOU SQUARE ONE!
The Australian Ceramics Association
would like to thank Square One
I Studios at Erskineville for their
warm welcome at recent meetings
of the Association committee and
members. SQ 1 Studios houses many
artists, potters and other creatives.
I Among them are Julia Meyerowitz­
I Katz, Claypool Ceramics Studio,
I Deb Taylor, Milly Dent, Naomi Taplin,
Merran Esson and Jan Downes.
www.sq1.net.au
NEW WEBSITE
Ceramics Victoria's newly
redesigned website.
www.ceramicsvictoria.org.au
VAUCLUSE HOUSE RESIDENCY
Andrei Davidoff has been awarded
an Australia Council for the Arts
Early Ca reer Residency Grant, which
he will be undertaking at Vaucluse
House in September 2014, with the
resulting project being exhibited in
December. See article on Andrei's
work on page 20 of this issue.
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CERAMIC SHOTS
Our photographic cha llenge for The
Journal of Australian Ceramics, 53/3, is
Clay with Scale . Take a photo of one (or
more) of your ceramic creations and play
with the scale. Make it look BIG I Make it
look small. Whatever your idea, there must
be a ceramic link. Submit your image to
The Journal of Australian Ceramics by
following the requirements outlined here:
http://tinyurl.com/claywithscale
See the winners of ... and the word is
CLAY on pages 93-95 of this issue.
BOOKS ON THE SHElF
30 Objects 30 Insights
Published in April 2014 by the
Gardiner Museum; Editors Rachel
Gotlieb and Karine Tsoumis. A profile
of 30 historically and culturally
important objects from the renowned
Gardiner Museum, Toronto, which
has one of the greatest collections
of ceramics in the world. The
paperback features works by illustrious
names such as Marc Chagall,
Betty Woodman, Marilyn Levine,
Wedgewood and Delft.
To purchase go to http://
blackdogonline.com; USD$29 .95
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SO HOT RIGHT NOW?
Check out curator Glenn
Barkley's feature article in Issue
51.4, May 2014, of ART and
Australia titled, 'So Hot Right
Now? Contemporary Ceramics
and Contemporary Art'.
Go to:
www.artandaustralia.com
to buy the issue.
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