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ALEX P. NORDEN/SEA, EARTH, FIRE, LEADING MASTER CLASS ON CERAMICS

2016/12/04 Editor Leave a comment

SEA, EARTH, FIRE

LEADING MASTER CLASS ON CERAMICS

led by ALEX P. NORDEN. Info: airbgr.com

VENUE : Ionion Center for the Arts and Culture, Greek Island Kefalonia

DATES : SESSION 1 : August 22^nd –August 27^th 2017

SESSION 2 : August 29^th – September 4^th 2017

ELIGIBILITY : Open to every interested world wide . (subject to early enrolment & formality of the process)

Overview

The Attendants of the master class will gain necessary skills for creating decorative ceramics with self-made glazes in a self-made kiln, gas or wood fired, budget and environmentally friendly. Draw inspiration from the rich Greek ceramic heritage.

At the end of the course, students will have skills to make decorative ceramics on their own, with locally sourced materials, adapted for wherever they live. The basis of using local materials and drawing inspiration from the surrounding environment provides ample means of self-expression and self-reliance.

Schedule and flexibility

The course takes 7 days to 14 days, depending on student interest.

If the participants would like to combine the ceramic course with other activities, they can participate 3 days total, spread over 1 or 2 weeks.

Embracing the local Greek ceramic artists

Class activities are planned so that local Greek attendants can attend only the glaze making and firing part of the courses ( half-day instruction in the evening, 2 day weekend glaze and firing ).

Exhibition

Exhibition of the created ceramics will take place in the end of the class

Activities during the class:

Research

Greek heritage, Greek Art and the Sea, and Kefalonian heritage of ceramics. The activities can be done with guidance from the Instructor, or under self-study, depending on student schedule and interest.

The Sea

Sami : Visit the ancient acropolis of Sami, with it’s ample ceramic tile shards, and the famous Antisamos Beach, observing ceramic remains spread on the beach.

Skala : observe the amphoras during snorkeling via boat or beach, depending on student interest ( extra activity or self-guided )

Ancient Cemeteries and castle: Visiting the ancient burial sites and reviewing the rich ceramic heritage and importance of ceramics for archaeology.

Self-study :Visit the local museums and observe the traditional farming exhibit and the ceramic items on display. Review suggested reading list at the Argostoli library.

Creation

A presentation with a brief overview of Greek ceramics is given during the first day of the class, while students are working with clay.

Students make clay items during the first 2 days of the course for firing during last 2 days of the course

Specifics of making ceramics for rapid firing and high-stress ( clay selection, shamotte )

Glazes – making your own glazes from scratch. Iron, Ash, clays and fluxes.

Firing

Students get to:

make their own tongs for taking work out of the fire

participate in making a ceramic fiber raku ceramic kiln

learn about different methods for firing decorative ceramics – gas, wood, and open fire ( pit fire )

Fire their own items and observe different techniques for post-firing

Using locally available “trash” like fallen leaves, seaweed and wood for sustainable decoration

Ionion inspiration – Local materials

– Collecting salt infused driftwood and seaweed by the sea to affect glazes during firing

– Local clay for some of the glazes

– Making own experimental chamotte

– Mixing clays for testing and what to look for in pre-made clays

About the Instructor Alex P. Norden

Website: airbgr.com

Taught through a traditional apprenticeship with Hiro Sato, Alex is a potter working globally, with a ceramic workshop in Sweden and ample years of instruction experience.

Exhibited worldwide, his work is represented internationally, including the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art ( USA ).

Alex is winner of the SEA(S)ARTS ,INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 2016 grant.

Preliminary Schedule

Mandatory

1 to 2 days self- study before start of course. Suggested reading list, PDF course material.

Day 1 – making ceramics, material overview

Day 2 – making glazes and kiln, firing technique theory

Day 3 – Kiln firing

4 days, Optional Art, material and technique research and ceramics creation spanning 4 days.

ΑPPLICATION- TERMS – CONDITIONS

Web application: http://goo.gl/forms/q2f8aD9uzk

Email application: info@ionionartscenter.gr

In all cases is required the follow information in word document :full name of the applicant , postal address, phone, country , email address, web site(if available), profession, discipline , short statement of the applicant no longer than 200 words , short cv no longer than 200 words. In case of group /collective project( group -school- organization) is required title of the group -school- organization, full name of the person representing OR leading the group , postal address, phone, country , email address, web site(if available) of the group -school- organization , short statement no longer than 200 words , short cv of every group member no longer than 200 words.

Every submission requires an application/entry fee of euro 30, non refundable.

Each Application toward been considered must be completed including the follow:

-Short submission notice -3 lines- in word document addressed via email to the address info@ionionartscenter.gr

– The transfer confirm of the entry fee payment, Euro 30 for every separate application.

– CV/Biography of the participant or CV/Biography for each of the group members in case of group project(text in word document non exceeding the 200 words)

– A short statement (text in word document not exceeding the 200 words, short description of the expectations of the participant).

FEES (master class fees) &PAYMENT METHODS

Fees including tuition fees, 7 days full housing accommodation and personal support are based on the Ionion Center master classes pricing list 2017 , taxes added on the official invoices . For details please email to : info@ionionartscenter.gr

NOTICE

-All the submissions/ completed participations on the program are eligible for the year Grants 2017 of the Ionion Center for the Arts and Culture as follow:

Grants connected to the residency of the year program : Starting from 1000 up to 30.000euro.
Grants connected to the SEA(S) FORUM: Starting from 2000 up to 50.000euro per year(in case of formal participation in the SEA(S)2017).

All the participations will be followed by Certificate

For additional information & personal support please email : ionionartscenter@gmail.com

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TRIANGULAR PROJECT EXPERIMENTAL MODELS EXPLORING SPATIAL AWARENESS

2016/12/04 Editor 1 Comment

EXPERIMENTAL MODELS FOR

EXPLORING SPATIAL AWARENESS

JUNE 26th – JULY 2nd, 2017

A 7 days Master Class exploring experimental models enhancing the awareness of space.

Led by TRIANGULAR PROJECT

www.triangularproject.net

Sandra Volny: www.sandravolny.com

Florine Leoni: www.florineleoni.net

Macarena Ruiz-Tagle: www.macarenaruiztagle.com

LOCATION : The Greek Island Kefalonia.

TIME : June 26th –July 2nd 2017

OPENING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS : December 1^st 2016

DEADLINES FOR SUBMISSION : March 30th, 2017

PROJECT OVERVIEW:

“Working on site, TRIANGULAR will develop a series of workshops together with the participants in order to enhance spatial awareness (consciousness of the limits of our body and senses in space with the possibility of working, researching and creating at sites on the Kefalonian Island environment.)
Through various methodological models: actions/situations, spontaneous drawings, field recordings and ethnographic camera exploration; the aim is to concentrate on the impact of territory from an emotional , aural and mental state perspective.”

ELIGIBILITY

Visual/sound artists, designers, photographers, architects, performers interested in experimenting various situations and methodological models exploring the impact and possibilities of aural, visual and mental (emotional/psychological) spatial awareness.

OBJECTIVES

Working on site, TRIANGULAR will develop a series of workshops together with the participants in order to enhance spatial awareness (consciousness of the limits of our body and senses in space).
Through various methodological models: actions/situations, spontaneous drawings, field recordings and ethnographic camera exploration; the aim is to concentrate on the impact of territory from an emotional , aural and mental state perspective.
Applicants working in the fields of visual arts, design, photography, architecture, performance, theater, psychology and anyone who is interested to experiment space through subjectivity and the main fields of TRIANGULAR : auditory spatial awareness, psychological/mental space, optical/perceptual space, are welcome to participate.
The learning process will include presentations by the artists of the conceptual frame as well as technical workshops in order to provide the participants with tools to explore their own practice.
Participants will be encouraged to develop their own project out of these experiments: collecting, developing and selecting one specific experiment on site.
At the end of the master-class, the participants will be invited to present a gesture, a photography, a sound recording, a small installation, a video, a performance, an action or experimental act in a collective set up responding to TRIANGULAR’s original exhibition. The artistic experiments will then resonate and further the inquiries about spatial awareness.
Note: Participants are responsible to bring their personal laptop, software, digital camera and/ or microphone depending on the project they wish to develop during the master class.

PUBLIC OUTCOME

Class members will develop various methodologies to explore spatial awareness.
Participants will have the chance to exhibit their own work at the end of the workshop.
They will gain insight in a selection of works by international artists working the field of spatial awareness and will be exposed to a broad spectrum of ideas.
The workshop gives the participants the chance to meet and interact with other artists and potential collaborators from all over the world.
The participants will present and reflect on each other’s practice.
The workshop offers the opportunity to learn various practical as well as theoretical

techniques.

The workshop offers time to dedicate to an experimentation project.

A 7 DAYS MASTERCLASS PROGRAM

Daily action practice-based exploring spatial awareness.
Conceptual/ theoretical lectures related to contemporary art practices led by each artist from the collective Triangular in its field of interest (auditory spatial awareness,optical/perceptual space, mental/emotional space).
Specific methodologies and process experimentations related to Triangular artistic practice.
Practical workshops applied to conceptual and performative process including audio-visual field recording and editing. For example using field recording sound devices and microphones, filming with different cameras, gaining insight in different filmicapproaches such as camera ethnography, the participatory and/or observing camera.
Create a color study of daylight on site. Identify the specific colors in order to make a collection and elaborate a feasible map of the island´s tones. Make connections between the students and the locals color perception of their environment.
Triangular’s artist talk presenting the exhibition at the Ionion Center for the Arts and Culture.
Development by the participants of a personal project with support and inputs byTriangular’s instructors .
Preparation of a final presentation by the participants.
Exhibition by the participants of their personal project at the Ionion Center for the Arts and Culture with a final discussion of individual or collective produced works.

Certificate of participation will be available.

Note: Participants are responsible to bring their personal laptop, softwares, digital camera and/ or microphone depending on the project they wish to develop during the master class.

ΑPPLICATION- TERMS – CONDITIONS – FEES

Application is required through web application form at the address :

http://goo.gl/forms/q2f8aD9uzk

Email application is also acceptable to the email -address : info@ionionartscenter.gr

Every submission requires an application/entry fee of euro 30, non refundable.

Each Application toward been considered must be completed including the follow:

Short submission notice -3 lines- in word document addressed via email to the address info@ionionartscenter.gr

The transfer confirm of the entry fee payment, Euro 30 for every separate application.
CV/Biography of the participant or CV/Biography for each of the group members in case of group project(text in word document non exceeding the 200 words)
A short statement (text in word document not exceeding the 200 words, short description of the expectations of the participant).

PARTICIPATION FEES/ INFO: info@ionionartscenter.gr

GRANTS ELIGIBILITY

All the completed participations on the program are eligible for the year Grants 2017 of the Ionion Center for the Arts and Culture

Grants connected to the residency of the year program : Starting from 1000 up to 30.000euro.
Grants connected to the SEA(S) FORUM: Starting from 2000 up to 50.000euro per year(in case of participation in the SEA(S)2017).

For detailed info about APPLICATIONS,TERMS, CONDITIONS, FEES , PAYMENTS METHODS &

PERSONAL SUPPORT : info@ionionartscenter.gr

APPLICATIONS : http://goo.gl/forms/q2f8aD9uzk

APPLICATIONS BY EMAIL :info@ionionartscenter.gr

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CRAIG DONGOSKI /2017 MASTER CLASS IN ART &TECHNOLOGY

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CRAIG DONGOSKI ” 2017 Master Class In Art and Technology – Craig Dongoski”
Website: http://radionion.com img_7006-1024x586

May 13th -May 28th 2017.

RadiOpolis 2017: is a 2-Session <(8)days per session> Masterclass led by artist Craig Dongoski. The class will be held on the island of Kefalonia, Greece and hosted by Ionion Center for Arts & Culture. A call for applications is open and a mix of (12) visual artists, musicians, programmers, filmmakers, writers, performers will be selected based on individual strengths and willingnesses to cooperate within group dynamic. This will be a multidisciplinary program. There will be no priority placed on a particular medium. We will instill and operate from an openness dictated by the make-up of the collective artists meshed with the experience on the island. Our focus is on producing new models & new vocabularies. Artists will have the option in their pursuits to be as raw and removed from technology as they prefer and/or as immersed. There will also be an opportunity to contribute to the painting of a significant mural in Kefalonia.

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SEA(S) ARTS

2016/02/24 ionioncenter Leave a comment

SEA (S) ARTS

The endless relationship between the Man and the Sea.

The Sea, explored in a systematic interface between Human Civilization, Nature, Technology throughout the various landscapes of the Planet, virtual or physical,connecting People, Eras and Continents. Topics such as Environment, Incipient, Contemporary and Potential World Seas will be explored, documented and presented in multiple artistic or scientific ways.
SEA (S) ARTS 2019 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
SEA(S) GRANTS 2019
General info: http://seas.ionionartscenter.gr/

SEA(S) ARTS

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”Expanded Social Documentary: Strategies, Techniques & Experimental Forms” MASTER CLASS

2016/01/24 Editor

IONION CENTER FOR THE ARTS AND CULTURE
border_exchange MASTER CLASSES 2016

”Expanded Social Documentary: Strategies, Techniques & Experimental Forms”

MASTER CLASS led by

Prf. SCOTT TOWNSEND

Concept : Social Capital Greece:

Diaspora, Negotiation, Allegiance, Exchanges and Borders.

I have worked with people and communities in southern Europe through several projects and exhibitions. I have conducted workshops, interviews, digital data collection using mapping with participants, etc. to understand how communities perceive the EU and globalization, and their own local community identity. The topics and visual references from this research are the basis for a series of short animations.

There are four themes/animations: Diaspora, Negotiation, Allegiance, Exchanges and Borders.

The installation includes 4-5 interviews, and a collection of common visual symbols that the interviewees referred to. Each participant/interviewee has created their own taxonomy of visual references based on their interview text. Additional boxes containing common visual symbols will be used to help structure and provide common references in additional interviews. The additional interviews and taxonomies may be added to the installation over time.

Bio

I am an Associate Professor College of Design/NC State University. In 2002 I began working with site specific/online audiences in project spaces where broad globalization issues were having particular effects on communities. Projects and exhibitions are often part of a greater program of local engagement that also includes workshops, lectures, and other activities connected to the project space. I have exhibited or created projects in over 90 national and international group and solo exhibitions in the Czech Republic, Cuba, Mexico, Canada, Germany, Japan, Iran, Italy, Serbia, and the United States. My articles have appeared in Zed, Statements, Brujula, Art Papers, Visual Communication, Design and Culture, and Design Issues. I am currently an ongoing contributor and co-editor of Design and Culture.

(my bio and cv are here:http://www.imaginarycountry.org/www_09/about.html)

INFORMATION/BLOGS : http://www.imaginarycountry.org/www_09/greece.html,

www.ionionartscenter.gr

Venue : Ionion Center for the Arts and Culture /Island Kefalonia-Greece

Eligibility: The class is addressed to artists, designers, video artists, photographers, animators or anybody interested developing a new practice.

Time : May 16TH to May 23th 2016/ Opening Date for Applications : January 30th 2016 – no deadline

Details: A 7 day intensive course provides an introduction to: •History of documentary: ethnographic issues, photography and photo essay •Current practices: video, audio, methods of working with people and place, working with and as a participant •Current practices of collaboration, distribution and advocacy, through digital networking and social media •Class members will be encouraged to find their own unique way of defining their interests and work •Techniques and strategies include camera use and creative effect on form and content, editing techniques and how to tell a story, introduction and application of 2-d design, picture relationships and editing, composition and hierarchy (including writing and typography).

Contact : sttwn@ncsu.edu, info@ionionartscenter.gr

Applications : http://goo.gl/forms/q2f8aD9uzk

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INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM

Image 2016/01/18 Editor

THE INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM OF THE IONION CENTER

GLOBAL PROGRAM INCLUDING SCIENTIFIC, CULTURAL AND ADVANCED RESEARCH ASPECTS, ADDRESSED TO EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF ALL LEVELS IN THE FIELDS OF SCIENCES AND ARTS, TO ART’S ADVANCING OR ΤΟ INTERESTED IN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION ORGANISATIONS.

The Ionion Center for the Arts and Culture operates in a Global environment in the fields of Higher Education, Arts, Sciences and Research.

The International Strategy of the Institution in accordance to its Establishment Act is embracing the Globalization needs of the Academic and Art’s World. Knowledge, Academic Research and Innovation in a cross border model constitutes the core program of the Institution.

GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND TOPICS

Economic, geopolitical, social transformations, migration, fast changing multicultural societies, high demands of industry and work rights, arts and design in production and markets, social involvement.
Sciences and Arts in conjunction with advanced technologies, social consciousness, past, present and future.
Climate change, toxic environments, continents, seas, oceans, sustainable planet.

EDUCATION

Education is the key point of the leading program of the Ionion Center, advanced through the establishment of paths connecting Sciences and Art’s within the Academic World. The significance of the communication and connectivity, the intercultural understanding, new training languages and practices, creativity, innovation, new technologies and experimentation are adopted into the International program of the Ionion Center.

Τhe Ionion Center International Program aims to:

-Increase the international institutional collaborations in the fields of Creation and Research in Arts and Sciences.

-Adopt new academic fields through new academic partnerships and linkages.

-Enrich and expand a strong international network with mutual benefits for the connected Institutions and Communities.

-Offer to the collaborating Institutions an alternative leading model in Education.

METHODS & MODELS

– Flexible methods embracing the World (academic exchange –mobility- recruitment-innovation)

– Cutting edge practices in higher education (adapted to the specific needs of the partner institution).

– New models & training programs operating in new learning environments.( Teaching – learning-practicing, approaches aiming the intercultural experiences for students and professors)

– Past and new frameworks co-existing (professional frameworks and associations, acting in conscious management toward planning and improving the future)

PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES

A Team of leading and renowned Educators from all over the world are planning and developing the core program of the Institution.

The program is based on Arts (fine and applied Arts) , Sciences, Natural, Social and Cultural Environments.

It is a program open to innovation, experimentation and new ideas of the Academic Partner Institutions, Researchers and Scientists.

The program has a deep focus on the Cultural Development of Kefalonia under the general plan: “Plan for Creation of Permanent Infrastructures for Rescue and Exploration of the Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Islands of Kefalonia and Ithaca”.

The implementation of the project leads step by step to a long-term strategic basis for the sustainable development of the natural and cultural areas of the islands Kefalonia and Ithaca in absolute harmony with the natural, residential, social, financial, educational, cultural environment.

The challenging program of the Ionion Center is adopted by the local Community, recognized as initiator for social- economic growth and prosperity through the broad frame of Culture. It is a plan opening new paths to the Academic Institutions and researchers, artists, thinkers and activists offering:

Connectivity through the academic collaborations and professors active within the Ionion Center global network.

Educational/ research collaborations, will be in permanent basis open to students and professors, while they will enjoy all the benefits of the Ionion Centre’s links worldwide and the opportunity to experience a new understanding of the Global and European Civilization

Benefits of the existing international programs of the Ionion Center, sharing knowledge, and creation, while new teaching methods and strategies will transform in positive ways.

Access to the existing natural and cultural wealth of Kefalonia and Ithaca

ACADEMIC FIELDS

(Proposed fields, subject to additions according to the programs of the collaborating institutions )

Architecture/ Design/ Arts/ New-Digital Media/ Communications / Sustainability/Environment/Agriculture/Tectonics/Biodynamics/Seas-Oceans/ Poetry-Literature/Archaeology/History/Health/Statistics. (All the above fields are included in the operational frame of the Center with academic support in PhD level).

Activities on annual basis:

Higher Education Institutions, Artists, Scientists, Researchers with personal or group projects are encouraged to participate by submitting proposals:

Short and long term research and training programs

Exhibitions, Festivals, Symposiums, Conferences

Master classes, Thematic workshops, Short courses, & Seminars

Faculty led programs

International Summer schools

Field Studies and Semester abroad programs ( archaeology , environment, energy, natural resources management, new technologies, arts)

Volunteering, Cultural training, Social involvement (creation of art works in public sites of great significance for the Island and the Community, Social research and improvement)

Sea Sports Training (Professional Seas Sport Training –swimming- kayaking – rowing in collaboration with the Nautical Club of the Island Kefalonia )