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Ceramics Southern Africa (Western Cape) (Promoting, Marketing, Teaching Ceramics)

Chairman‘s

Chat

Newsletter

August

2014

Dear members The November month long ceramics programme; From African Earth; a celebration of ceramics is a World Design Capital official project #WDC577 and the Potters Market although part of the From African Earth programme has been officially recognized in it’s own right as a World Design Project # WDC 670. This means that the WDC marketing machine will promote our November events thereby attracting many more people to our exhibitions, Potters Market and Art in Clay Festival. Hence more opportunities for you to showcase your work at the 2014 Corobrik National Exhibition, CSA-Iziko exhibition and of course sell your work at the Potters Market.

Corobrik National Exhibition You are invited to submit work for the Corobrik National Exhibition.

In this newsletter you will find information about the Corobrik National Exhibition; dates, image requirements and submission methods and rules for entering work. Please note that there are only about 8 weeks left before your images must reach us .

CSA- Iziko African Heritage Vessel Exhibition This exhibition is also open to all members of CSA and has two strands. The first strand is an exhibition of African vessels from the Iziko ceramics collection reflecting our African pottery heritage and the second strand is the contemporary exhibition of CSA members pots inspired by this genre, that is smoke fired pots. More information below.

Please note that work cannot be sold at Iziko however pots may be reserved at the desk and arrangements made when the exhibition closes.

From African Earth pamphlet We have designed a pamphlet which shows all CSA’s November events as well as events allied to CSA. I have attached a copy of the pamphlet which I hope you will send onto your data base. A printed version will be in the next issue of the NCQ. Open Studios Map I am pleased to announce that the map is almost ready for printing. Shannon has designed a beautiful map which I hope will bring many people into the participants studios. If the map is a success it will be reprinted next year and those who missed out on this one will have an opportunity to get onto the next.

November is Ceramics Month It is our intention to continue with November is Ceramics Month in Cape Town beyond 2014 as in November we usually have a major exhibition, the Art in Clay Festival and the Potters Market. It makes sense to expand the number of events to include galleries and shops that specialize in ceramics and to continue with Open Studios. Cape Town will be then become known for it ceramics celebration every November and thus become a calendar event.

Magdalene Odundo Visit and Workshop Magadalene’s visit to Cape Town is an historic event. She is an International ceramic icon held in very high esteem throughout the world. Magdalene has presented workshops in prestigious academic institutions and has delivered papers at many international symposiums. Her beautiful hand crafted pots grace museums, public and private collections. We will have the privilege and honour of having Magdalene for a week in Cape Town. She is the award judge and guest speaker at the Corobrik National Exhibition, will open the CSA-Iziko exhibition and will be present at all other CSA events where you can meet and engage with her. Her workshop on Saturday 15 November is an event not to be missed. There will be a power point presentation about her life experiences, ceramics and her current installation of 1000 hand blown glass pieces in Sunderland. This is to be followed by a demonstration of her working methods. We have almost 60 bookings so please get your name onto the list or miss out on a once in a lifetime opportunity. To book please contact me on ralphjinclay@telkomsa.net.

Potters Market The next Potters Market is on Saturday 22 November at Rondebosch Park. As the market is a WDC project we would like this market to reflect some of the excitement of Cape Town being the World’s Design Capital. As Black and Yellow are the WDC official colours we would like you to bring those colours into your display by having Black and / or Yellow table cloths, wear Black and / or Yellow T shirts, wear your WDC badges (I have a few), perhaps Black and / or Yellow pots. We will have live demonstrations, trade stalls and our usual food court. We will promote and advertise this market as extensively as possible and hope you will do the same.

If you have ideas about how to make the market even bigger and better please contact myself or Iris Stuck.

See table rules and fees below.

We are excited about November 2014 and hope that you will support this wonderful opportunity to show Cape Town, South Africa and the Worlds visitors our unique, beautifully crafted ceramics.

Happy Potting

2014

Calendar

of

Events

25 Oct - 30 Nov

11 Nov - 11 Dec

13 Nov - Jan 2015

Art in Clay Festival

Anglo Oriental & Heritage Contemporary Exhibition

CSA - Iziko Heritage and Contemporary Vessel Exhibition

Franschhoek

Rust-en-Vrede

Slave Lodge

15 November

16 Nov - 6 Dec

22 November

Magdalene Odundo Workshop

Corobrik National Exhibition Opening

Potters’ Market A WDC Programme

Groote Schuur High School Auditorium

The Great Cellar Alphen Estate Constantia

Rondebosch

Potters‘

Market

22

November

2014

Please note that to be able to trade at the Potters Market your membership must be valid and your table fees paid before the market. On receipt of your table fees we will send you a ‘Permit to trade’ which should be prominently displayed on your windscreen or front of dashboard so that the security guard on boom duty can see it easily and allow you into the park. He is instructed to only allow those traders with the permit into the park.

We will send out a reminder to book for the market in October Market rules: Please be ready to trade by 8am and all cars must be removed from the park by that time. If possible we will try to organise parking for traders in the grounds of Rondebosch Primary school.

Due to this being a special market trading will be extended to 4pm.

Table fees and table rules: One table (max 2 meters with no extensions, wings, boxes / blankets on the grass) is R220 Two or more tables (a maximum of 4 meters width on the circle perimeter with a maximum 4 meter depth into the circle. Note that 2 meters is the average length of a door / canteen table thus a maximum of 2 x 2m tables will be allowed on the edge of the circle). is R400.

The Potters Market exists for the benefit of CSA members and to ensure the continued existence of the market in it’s present form all members are expected to co-operate and pay their dues.

8

Cubic

Foot

Kiln

Needed

Maureen Visagé is looking for an 8 cubic foot kiln.

078 332 48703 (021) 438 3296 www.maureenvisage.co.za

CSA-Iziko

African

Heritage

Vessel

Exhibition

This exhibition is also open to all members of CSA. This exhibition has two strands.

The one strand is an exhibition of African vessels from the Iziko ceramics collection reflecting our African pottery heritage and the second strand is the exhibition of CSA members pots inspired by this genre, that is smoke fired pots. These may be hand built or thrown, carved or burnished or both, patterned or plain, slipped or not but all must be smoke fired in some way; pit, hole, bin etc. NO GLAZES ALLOWED and NO RAKU. Look at our African heritage pots for inspiration.

The exhibition will be opened by Magdalene Odundo and we hope will be attended

by Cultural attaches, diplomats and other VIPs. This prestigious exhibition will be at the Slave Lodge ( previously the Cultural History Museum ) at the top end of Adderley Street.

Please note that work cannot be sold at Iziko however pots may be reserved at the desk and arrangements made when the exhibition closes.

Please note that your CSA- Iziko Contemporary Exhibition images to be sent on same dates as National Exhibition images but with a separate entry form and fee.

Corobrik

National

Exhibition

NB Entry forms will be in the Spring issue of the NCQ A few notes on entries 1) 2) 3)

4) 5)

Only members who have exhibited previously on Regional exhibitions are allowed to enter the National Exhibition A non refundable entry fee of R150 must accompany your entry and images paid preferably by EFT. 3 entries per member, one of which may be an installation or a set. (Note that an installation or set is priced as a set and cannot be sold individually. Due to space restrictions you may be contacted about how the installation or set is exhibited) All work must be for sale with a 40% commission added to your selling price Images may be sent in from Monday 13th October until 15th October.

No late submissions will be accepted Important

Dates

15 October:

Final date for submission of images for Corobrik National Exhibition and CSA-Iziko Smoke Fired Vessels Contemporary Exhibition

22 and 23 October:

Selection by image for Corobrik National and CSA-Iziko Contemporary Smoke Fired Vessels Exhibitions

4 November:

9am to 3pm delivery of selected work for Corobrik National Exhibition to venue; The Great Cellar, Alphen Estate, Alphen Drive Constantia

4th November:

9am to 3pm delivery of selected smoke fired vessels to venue; Iziko Slave Lodge, Adderley Street Cape Town

11th or 12th November: Award judging for Corobrik National Exhibition 13 November:

6pm opening of CSA-Iziko African Heritage and Contemporary Smoke Fired Vessels Exhibition

16 November:

11am Opening of Corobrik National Exhibition

6 December :

Final day of Corobrik National Exhibition

8 December:

9am to 2pm Collection of unsold work.

31 January 2015:

Final day of CSA-Iziko Smoke Fired Vessel Exhibition

2 February 2015:

9am to 3pm collection of work from CSA- Iziko Smoke Fired Vessel Exhibition

Images

for

Selection

for the Corobrik National Exhibition and the CSA- Iziko Smoke Fired Vessel Exhibition Images may be sent as from 13 October until 15 October 2014 - no late entries will be allowed.

National Exhibition You may enter 3 works of which one may be a set / installation Send 3 views of each work entered. Place a match-box in one of the images to give us an idea of the size of the work.

Please photograph all work against a white backdrop (if you have a light grey backdrop that will also do) and on a white base.

If possible photograph with light from a window or light source from one side for maximum impact.

Email your images to Jeanne Crooke at crooke@me.com or send on a flash drive or CD to 13 Chesham Road, Claremont, Cape Town 7708 CSA-Iziko Exhibition You may enter 3 works of which one may be a set / installation Send one image of each work entered. Choose the best view.

Please photograph all work against a white backdrop and on a white base. (if you have a light grey backdrop and base that will also do) If possible photograph with light from a window or light source from one side for maximum impact.

Email your images to Jeanne Crooke at crooke@me.com or send on a flash drive or CD to Ralph Johnson, 13 Chesham Road, Claremont, Cape Town 7708 Images for the National Exhibition catalogue We will use images submitted for selection for the catalogue. To have uniformity we would like all work photographed with a white background and base.

CSA reserves the right to use your images for the catalogue, publicity and marketing purposes.

If possible have your work photographed by a professional photographer.

Western Cape We have engaged the services of Les Hammond who has offered to take photographs at his studio in Pinelands. He will photograph 3 works under professional conditions for a fee of R80 per 10 minute session if there are at least 10 people. These images will not be tweaked or enhanced. Please let me know if you are interested in taking up this offer asap so that I can confirm this arrangement. The date for taking images would be the week of the 6th October 2014 Les Hammond is a well known professional photographer who amongst other assignments photographs for the Stephan Welz & co auction catalogues.

Clay

Start

End

Museum

Exhibition Theme

19-Aug 11-Sep Out of the Blue

Exhibition

Ceramic Curator Mervyn Gers

Schedule

Ruth Prowse Lynette Bester

+

Design

Cube Artist(s)

2014

Office Showcase Artist

Mervyn Gers +

Mervyn Gers +

Mignon Hattingh

Ceramics Gauteng : Cube + 1 cabinet (tbc)

Ceramics Gauteng tbc

(Outreach)

Outreach : 2 cabinets+Gift Box

n/a

n/a

(Fine Art) 16-Sep

9-Oct

14-Oct

6-Nov

The Name of the Colleen Lemkhul tbc Rose (Betsy : co-ordinator)

Ceramic Month 11-Nov 11-Dec the Anglo-Oriental Monica Ross experience

n/a

Note : START DATES are exhibition openings at Rust-en-Vrede : The Exhibition Theme is normally held over for 2 Gallery exhibitions Note : The Cube contents and participants is the decision of the Ceramic Curator Note : The ceramic curator will co-ordinate the ceramic participation Note : Western Province Rose Society will collaborate in The Name of the Rose Note : The exhibition openings are on a Tuesday evenings, and end of exhibitions are the Thursday before the next opening

Welcome

to

New

Members

Juliet Eidelman, Luisa Belter, Ena de Villiers, Erna Ziegelmeier, Samantha Rushovich, Karen Lijnes, Pieter Mostert, Trevor Rizzato, Katherine Rosenberg, Christine Gittens, Alna Prodgers, Claire Shields, Eugene Marais

Committee Members Chairperson

Ralph Johnson (021) 671 6139

Exhibitions

Lesley Porter (021) 701 1952

Education/ Ralph Johnson Skills Training (021) 671 6139

National Rep

Betsy Nield (021) 797 8651

Workshops

Betsy Nield (021) 797 8651

Website

Treasurer

Hylett Engelbrecht (021) 976 6316

Potters Market Iris Stuck (021) 715 5530

Contact Details

Secretary

Ralph Johnson (021) 979 3537 Yvonne Thurtell (021) 975 6228

Banking Details

(021) 979 3537 info@ceramics-sa-cape.co.za

Cheques must be made payable to Ceramics Southern Africa

www.ceramics-sa-cape.co.za

Bank: First National Bank, Rondebosch Branch Code: 201- 509 Account: Ceramics Southern Africa Account number: 59381145811

Advertising Costs

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