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Museum of Fine Arts, Chur, Switzerland - Barozzi Veiga

https://barozziveiga.com/

Places: Art Galleries

A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world.

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MANIERA is currently presenting the first exhibition in its new gallery space Hôtel Danckaert, also known as Villa Dewin, originally designed by Jean-Baptiste Dewin. The opening exhibition showcases 15 original pieces by acclaimed artists and architects who engage in a dialogue with the building, creating a seamless integration.

Laurie Anderson

Embracing Creativity and Community: My Journey with Bespoke House Artisan Community

In the bustling world of creativity, finding a nurturing community that fosters artistic growth and supports creators of all kinds is a true gem.

Ello luvs! For those of you who don’t know, I am Erin Meyers. In the bustling world of creativity, finding a nurturing community that fosters artistic growth and supports creators of all kinds is a true gem. I am incredibly proud to be a member of the Bespoke House Artisan Community, where events, interactive themes, workshops, gallery space, and digital marketing support come together to create…

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Inside the White Cube - The Ideology of the Gallery Space - Brian O'Doherty - Introduction by Thomas McEvilley - The Lapis Press Santa Monica San Francisco

Josef Scharl, 1933, "Burning Stars"

Fletcher Sibthorp, 1967, "The Devotion"

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wow kris you sure are only taking a select few darkners back with you to castle town why’s that haha. why’s it so cold

Have you taken any pottery classes or were you entirely self taught? I REALLY want to get into it but classes are quite expensive

I took some sculpting in undergrad, but it was in the context of casting and mold-making, not ceramics. So I'm fairly comfortable with clay as a medium but not so much with clay as an end product--not being able to do armatures and having to think about firing is weird. (If I had the opportunity to do bronze casting again, though, I would, no hesitation.) That puts me in the minority of my current pottery peers, who are largely self-taught or only learned in our studio.

I do pottery now at a co-op studio space, and technically that means that I'm taking classes there--but the classes are more like guided lab time? There's not really assignments or anything, and there's only a couple other people who sculpt, none of whom are in my class. Mostly the class just means that the person in charge demonstrates a technique or two once a week and then lets us do our thing.

Personally I think that shared studio space is the absolute best way to go. You spend less in startup costs (kilns are EXPENSIVE, running kilns is expensive, glaze is expensive) and it plugs you directly in to a group of fellow artists who can help and support you at whatever skill level you're at. Yes, classes are expensive--my class is $250 per season. But for me that includes lab space, 50 lbs of clay per season, almost all of the glaze I use, kiln time, and other people doing all the maintenance and kiln loading/unloading etc. Very much money well spent.

Artist-run shared spaces are often not turning a profit on anything with studio fees, just covering operations costs, so while it's pricey, it generally is just...what it costs to do that hobby. And it is sooooo much easier to be motivated when you're going to what is, basically, Grown-Up Art Club.

But if costs are prohibitive for you to do pottery via classes, and you want to learn to sculpt, then get some polymer clay and see what you can do. It's a different game than actual clay, but form is form, and the medium is secondary to figuring out how to translate an idea into reality.

Polymer clay is relatively affordable and doesn't require nearly the infrastructure of ceramics. If you can't spend the money on classes or a shared studio, then polymer clay is a great way to develop technique and an eye so that when you're in a position to spend the money, you already have the skills to make it worth what you're spending.

Located in Ostend’s East Bank harbor area, Oever Gallery, designed by 5AM design studio, has opened its doors. This space, devoted to contemporary art, draws inspiration from the city’s urban art scene and its historical ties to Belgium’s capital. The gallery’s interior design seamlessly blends elements of its urban surroundings with modern minimalism.

Marcel Vidal