Portage Ceramic Awards 2009 – Ceramics Exchange

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When:

Fri 16 Oct ’09, 10:00am–5:00pm

Where: Lopdell House, 418 Titirangi Rd, Titirangi Show map

Restrictions: All Ages

Ticket Information:

General admission: $25.00
Booking fees may apply

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10am winners floor talk in the gallery
11am Coffee and Symposium on the top floor of Lopdell House

Over the course of the day several key players in the ceramics/craft/education and funding community from around the country have been invited to "exchange" thoughts and ideas on the position of ceramics in New Zealand today. Come along and add your viewpoint to what is sure to be a day of stimulating discussion.

Session 1 The Present (11.15am - 12.15pm)
Where is NZ ceramic studio practice today?
Led by Scott Chamberlin, we will start this one-day symposium with Scott's impressions about the ceramic community at large, from jurying the Portage Awards and having a studio practice here for almost a year.
Panelists will endeavour to talk about acquiring expertise in studio practice: how does one acquire expertise for their studio practice? Acquire studio space and go to work? Form a cooperative studio space with like-minded practitioners?
Respondents: Brian Wood, Lauren Livingstone, Andy Kingston

Lunch 12.15pm - 1.30pm

Session 2 What Next? (1.30pm - 2.15pm)
What changes might be helpful for the future of the ceramic community? Are there ways in which the vessel makers and the sculptors see their work discussing similar ideas? How are ceramic practitioners learning about other ceramic art on an international scale?
Respondents: Richard Fahey, Trudie Kroef, Richard Stratton

Session 3 Criticality (2.15pm - 3.30pm)
In the ceramic community, is there vitality in the sharing of critical dialogue? What is the role of writing, publishing books/catalogues and sharing dialogue? Why are there more commentators/writers in the mainstream visual arts? Is intellectual lethargy common in the ceramic community?
Respondents: Kim Meek, Anna Miles, Grant Thompson

Tea break 3.30pm - 4pm

Session 4 Institutions and Organisations: how can they help? (4pm - 4.45pm)
How can studio practitioners engage with institutions and organisations? What are the responsibilities of organisations, exhibition spaces, etc. in regards to the practitioners and the creation of historical archives/evidence?
What about practitioners creating their own organisations/gallery spaces?
Respondents: Philip Clarke, Justine Olsen, Emma Ward

Book Launch
Cone Ten Down: Studio Pottery in New Zealand, 1945-1980 by Moyra Elliott and Damian Skinner
Please join us at the end of what will be a lively and stimulating day to celebrate the launch of a new book that will make a significant contribution to the critical dialogue of the history of ceramics in New Zealand.

Date Friday 16 October, 10am - 5pm
Venue Top Floor of Lopdell House, 418 Titirangi Road, Titirangi
Fee $25 (includes lunch)
Bookings Kate Frances 09 817 8087 x201, info@lopdell.org.nz

Image: Lower Life Forms of the Fellfield Zone: Vegetable Sheep (detail), Madeleine Child & Philip Jarvis