Monday, September 26, 2011

meeting minutes, sept 21

Cup and Bowl Sale
       Reminder - group bisque is Friday, 9/23 - Luke and Kevin will coordinate
                          group glaze is Thursd. 9/29 - Travis and Garrett and in charge

                         Emily H. is dropping off fliers with Travis who will disperse
                         Kristin M. will stuff faculty mailboxes at the art office and we will break into pairs to                       plaster the individual department mailboxes
 
Wood Firing!
       Change of plans - wood kiln loading will be November 14-16th
                                    wood firing November 17-19th

Rick Nickel workshop
        Coming up fast and furious!
         Derek D. has draft of fliers - we edited during the meeting- he will have 30 printed out - Travis will    disperse
        Chuck J. is reserving Wiley lecture hall for Rick' talk

Loveland Display Case
       -Good news is that we have some work in there, but it needs some serious TLC.
       -Luke and Garrett volunteered to spend some quality time organizing
       -We are going to need volunteers throughout the school year to install work
       -Linda C.'s large sculpture project will be installed in a couple of weeks and then we can do a wood fire display in November - maybe a visiting artist display of Kristin and Rick's bisque ware?


Gary Spinosa
        New visiting artist schedule (go Ceramic Dpt! 3rd one this semester!)
        Artist Talk for 10/13 - Chuck J. is looking into reserving a lecture hall
        Fliers?

Mark Arnold and Chuck P Bates Show

Congratulations to members Mark and Chuck for another wonderful ceramic show in the Bates!



Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Bates Gallery Show

Great job installing the show!  Everyone's work looked awesome- here are some images courtesy of Mary!



Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Meeting Minutes


Clay Club Meeting Minutes 9/7

            Cup and Bowl Sale
Homecoming Week (Oct 6-7) in front of Hamilton                       
                        Goup bisque – on Loveland shelf by 9/23
                        Group Cone 6 Glaze Firing – on Loveland shelf by 9/29
                        Emily Hamilton making posters, Travis posting up around campus
           
            Wood Firing
                        Loading 9/30-10/1
                        Firing  10/5 – 10/7 – sign up for shifts
                        There will be shop liner glazes, flashing slips, wadding provided

            Rick Nickel – 10/3 and 4th
                        Derek Decker and Travis taking care of posters
                        Chuck Johnson will reserve the Wiley lecture hall
                       
            Bates Show
                        Install show on Saturday 9/10, meeting around 12:30pm
                        Mark Arnold will print out labels
                        Gratia and Travis will take care of posters
                        Garrett will make price list and show statement
                        Clay Club will receive 25% of all sales
                        Opening is Wednesday 9/14, 7pm – a refreshment
sign up sheet will be posted on chalkboard in East hall

            Loveland Hall Display Case
                        We would like to start utilizing the hallway display cases in the first                            floor of Loveland.
Volunteers are needed to provide ceramic work and install the work in Loveland – people should drop off work this Saturday during the Bates Gallery set up.
            SOFA
Emily H. and Kristen M. are going on a fact finding mission to start organizing a club trip to SOFA Chicago. (early Nov.)
           
            NCECA
Kristen (and Gratia?) are going to work on a SGA proposal for NCECA funding
                        Things to think about:  new EUP poster, NCECA booth in Seattle.
                        

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

ALOHA!

Clay Club greeted potential members at the Art Department Aloha festival.  Thanks to Kristen Muscaro, Garrett Loveless, and Mark Arnold for donating pieces for the raffle!

Bates Two Person Show!


Clay Club members Emily Hamilton and Krista Sukovsky installed a two person ceramic show at the Bates Student Gallery.

Here is a sampling of their work:









NCECA Student Show

Just a reminder:  the NCECA Student Show deadline is coming up September 29th.  Please see their website for information to enter:  http://www.nceca.net/static/NSJE2012.php