Tuesday, March 6, 2012
New Studio Photos
It is spring break at UF. In honor of the flowering azaleas we took some new studio photos for my website. Here are some fun pictures of me and my dals.
Workshop at Syracuse University
I was great to visit the Ceramics Program at Syracuse University and to present a two day workshop, lecture and crit student work. The Students are doing great and varied work. The studios are really well equipped. I enjoyed spending time with faculty Margie Hughto and Peter Beseaker and thier students.
Residency in Israel
I wanted to share some great news, now that Watershed has announced this publicly.
I have been selected for an international residency in Israel this July along with Molly Hatch and Marc Luethold. We will work in an art center at Givat Haviva, a kibbutz north of Tel Aviv. We will be there for two weeks for the program co-sponsored and fully funded by Watershed and the Association of Israel Decorative Arts.
I am honored to be taking part in this second year of the program and to work alongside Marc, Molly and Israeli studio artists. Travel and lectures are being planned as well.
From Tyler Gulden...
"Watershed & AIDA Partnership in Israel"
Watershed is very pleased to share news of developments in a partnership with the Association of Israel's Decorative Arts (AIDA).
First, a little history....
Watershed has been hosting 2-5 ceramics from Israel each year since 2005. These artists are identified and funded by AIDA for this special opportunity at Watershed. During this time many friendships and relationships have formed and grown, as well as professional opportunities and exhibitions.
In 2009 discussion began about creating a residency opportunity in Israel based on the Watershed model, including guest artists from North America - appropriately called AIDAshed.
In July 2010, Watershed and AIDA collaborated to have Christa Assad, Sana Musasama, and Dirk Stachke travel to Israel to participate in a two-week residency hosted at Givat Haviva. More than a dozen Israeli artists participated in this session, and the results were very positive. The rest is history (in the making).
Watershed and AIDA build on the success of the AIDAshed residency by collaborating again in 2012 to bring Marc Leuthold, Nan Smith and Molly Hatch to Israel July 18 - July 30. The studio at Givat Haviva, directed by Avner Singer (a former Watershed resident too!) will again be the host site for lively artist exchanges and studio work.
Watershed and AIDA are proud to be partners in this continued relationship as it represents important growth of the international dialogue in contemporary ceramics.
I have been selected for an international residency in Israel this July along with Molly Hatch and Marc Luethold. We will work in an art center at Givat Haviva, a kibbutz north of Tel Aviv. We will be there for two weeks for the program co-sponsored and fully funded by Watershed and the Association of Israel Decorative Arts.
I am honored to be taking part in this second year of the program and to work alongside Marc, Molly and Israeli studio artists. Travel and lectures are being planned as well.
From Tyler Gulden...
"Watershed & AIDA Partnership in Israel"
Watershed is very pleased to share news of developments in a partnership with the Association of Israel's Decorative Arts (AIDA).
First, a little history....
Watershed has been hosting 2-5 ceramics from Israel each year since 2005. These artists are identified and funded by AIDA for this special opportunity at Watershed. During this time many friendships and relationships have formed and grown, as well as professional opportunities and exhibitions.
In 2009 discussion began about creating a residency opportunity in Israel based on the Watershed model, including guest artists from North America - appropriately called AIDAshed.
In July 2010, Watershed and AIDA collaborated to have Christa Assad, Sana Musasama, and Dirk Stachke travel to Israel to participate in a two-week residency hosted at Givat Haviva. More than a dozen Israeli artists participated in this session, and the results were very positive. The rest is history (in the making).
Watershed and AIDA build on the success of the AIDAshed residency by collaborating again in 2012 to bring Marc Leuthold, Nan Smith and Molly Hatch to Israel July 18 - July 30. The studio at Givat Haviva, directed by Avner Singer (a former Watershed resident too!) will again be the host site for lively artist exchanges and studio work.
Watershed and AIDA are proud to be partners in this continued relationship as it represents important growth of the international dialogue in contemporary ceramics.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Nan Smith Awarded SEF Research Grant and Sabbatical
After a year of hard work on the UF Pre-Conference for NCECA, curatorial work for the UF NCECA Invitational exhibition, and Alchemy the Harn Musuem Juried Ceramics National, I am now able to fully focus on my studio practice.
I am very excited to have been awarded two very competitive honors from the University of Florida.
I have received a significant research award to fund my new sculpture "Mercury". This award covers my sculpture materials, studio assistant and life model for the project. I am working in collaboration with two UF scientists and a UF Professor of lighting design on my new installation.
I will have the time to do much work in the studio. I have been awarded one of the few fully funded sabbatical leaves offered within the College of Fine Arts for fall semester 2011.
It is wonderful to have the next 8 months to develop and create this new installation.
I am very excited to have been awarded two very competitive honors from the University of Florida.
I have received a significant research award to fund my new sculpture "Mercury". This award covers my sculpture materials, studio assistant and life model for the project. I am working in collaboration with two UF scientists and a UF Professor of lighting design on my new installation.
I will have the time to do much work in the studio. I have been awarded one of the few fully funded sabbatical leaves offered within the College of Fine Arts for fall semester 2011.
It is wonderful to have the next 8 months to develop and create this new installation.
Nan Smith shows at Studio @ 620 and Florida Craftsmen Gallery during NCECA 2011
My new sculpture "Summer's Over" was exhibited in "Resonance" at the Studio@620 in St. Petersburg, Florida -- a 2011 NCECA CIE Exhibition in March- April. "Summer's Over" continues my investigation of environmental impacts to human health. This sculpture is based on the Gulf Oil Spill; specifically how this contamination may impact the waterways and aquatic life such as the Gulf Menhaden called "the most important fish in the sea".
Two other sculptures ("Courtship" and "Romance") were included in "Hot and Humid" at the Florida Craftsmen Gallery's NCECA CIE Exhibition.
Nan Smith and UF Ceramics students
Here I am with a favorite group of students at UF Ceramics during a critique. This shot was taken during class in the fall term 2010 and then used for the cover of the UF Ceramics NCECA brochure. Our junior majors are a very talented group of young artists who excelled in the Ceramics Sculpture courses I offered this year.
Nan Smith at NCECA 2011
I am honored to have my sculpture pictured on the cover of the 2011 NCECA Journal, Volume 32. Also to have my sculpture appear in the Ceramics Monthly ad for NCECA and on the 2011 NCECA Conference poster.
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