MSOP Member Judith Hokky past along this invite...
Join us in February as we celebrate the success of our Mosaic Workshop.
Meet the Artists Reception
Friday, February 10 from 7 - 9 p.m. in the Camphill Café
Coffee and Dessert
Live Music
Artwork available for purchase
Directions at www.camphillkimberton.org
How do you feel about making easy decisions?
Well, we are presenting you with an opportunity to make some of the easiest decisions you’ll ever have to make! Will you help keep the Mosaic Society of Philadelphia vibrant and exciting? Will you do what you can to provide the members of MSoP with everything that you’ve enjoyed so far? YES?
Over the last twelve months we have had an especially great year!
Exploring the results of our art practices always gets people excited,
supporting community and oozing with mosaic love!
We want to share with you some thoughts about how we transform our organization and inspire members and our community over the past five years, especially this past year.
As you may know, it was in 2011 when a small group of mosaic devotees morphed into the Mosaic Society of Philadelphia and began the unique relationship with other artists, mosaic collectors and enthusiasts, gathering, supporting and sharing the love of mosaic art.
To help you with your EASY DECISIONS, let’s look at what we’ve accomplished so far! We have:
Connected and networked with other communities, continually pushing the envelope and exploring new methods of improving and offering mosaic art.
Offered FREE presentations and educational components at every MSoP meeting!
Offered trips to inspire, gather and experience mosaic installations in NYC with an upcoming trip to Baltimore.
Saved a magnificent mosaic from destruction in partnership with the Loews Hotel, The City of Philadelphia and The Philadelphia High School for the Performing Arts.
Identified innovations that further good stewardship and development of mosaic art-focused activities throughout Philadelphia, NJ, NY and its suburbs.
Offered financial aid for those members who wish to take mosaic workshops through our Art Share Grant program.
Maintained an up-to-date MSoP website including our blog, activities and events, as well as a public and private members Facebook Page.
Brought in mosaic artists nationwide to offer specialty workshops.
Introduced mosaic art to early Alzheimer’s patients and their partners.
Celebrated our member’s mosaic art in highly successful exhibits yearly; this past year at Gratz College Gallery.
Offer a yearly monetary prize to a mosaic work at Main Line Art Centers’ Member Show in memory of Joel Segal, one of the beloved founders of MSoP.
Brought the Society of American Mosaic Artists (SAMA) to Philadelphia for their annual conference.
Worked with underserved communities introducing mosaic art.
…and so much more.
The Mosaic Society of Philadelphia is proud to be an all-volunteer organization of mosaicists, mosaic art supporters and lovers. We have an active Board of Directors with board meetings just before each general meeting - five times yearly. We are dedicated, but we cannot do all that we do without your help. Here’s where your easy decisions come in!!!
Will you decide to renew your membership today? YES!
We can’t do anything without a strong membership!
If you are able, will you decide to help an MSoP member enjoy a
mosaic workshop through ART SHARE, our grant program? YES!
Donating any amount will help!
(You can link to PAYPAL or send a check for your membership dues. You can also include an added gift to Art Share at that time.)
Will you decide to volunteer in a committee? YES!
If you’ve offered before and didn’t get that call to help, offer again! Sometimes we’re so busy and get distracted, we don’t hear you the first time! But we need you!
These are EASY DECISIONS for an organization that feels like home for so many; that offers learning, support and friendship.
With deepest gratitude and wishes to all for a happy and healthy New Year!
Carol Shelkin, Sharon Ritz, Laura Lyn Stern, Veronica Kairos, Carol Hemsley, Rise’ Skobeloff, Ricki Lent, Robyn Miller
MSoP Board of Directors
MSoP
PO Box 9012
Collingswood, NJ 08108
www.mosaicsocietyofphiladelphia.org
mosaicsocietyofphila@gmail.com
Ceramic Art by Chris Gustin
April 1 – April 29, 2017 · Entry Deadline: February 6
Davenport Gallery
This international juried exhibition is dedicated to enhancing the public's awareness of contemporary ceramics while providing a venue for established and emerging artists alike to share their functional and sculptural creative endeavors.
Juror – Chris Gustin, Founding Member of the Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME and Owner, Gustin Ceramics Tile Production.
Gustin earned his BFA in ceramics in 1975 from Kansas City Art Institute and then his MFA in 1977 from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. His 20-year teaching career included terms at Parson’s School of Design, Boston University and the Swain School of Design (later Southeastern Massachusetts University, now University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth), where he headed the ceramics program. Along with other ceramicists, Gustin founded the Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts in 1986, which continues to offer residencies to artists from around the world. He now runs Gustin Ceramics Tile Production and produces large-scale sculptural and studio ceramics.
Says Gustin, “I am interested in pottery that makes connections to the human figure. The figurative analogies used to describe pots throughout history all in some way invite touch. The pots that I respond to all speak of a clear, direct sense of the hand. The hand is celebrated in the work by its maker, whether it is that of a fifteenth century rural potter or a nineteenth century court artisan. And it becomes a necessary tool for the user in understanding the relationship of the object to its function, and subsequently, to how that object informs one’s life.”
Awards
Our efforts to cultivate organizations that acknowledge artists in various disciplines are ongoing. We are very pleased to announce $3,000+ in prize awards this year. Gustin will jury the work submitted online and will present the awards at the opening reception on April 1, 2017.
Calendar of Events
February 3, 2017, midnight EST
Digital entry deadline ($45 fee)
February 6, 2017, midnight EST
Digital entry extended deadline ($65 fee)
February 21, 2017
Notification of accepted and declined work
April 1, 2017, 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Juror's Lecture and Meet the Artists
April 1, 2017, 5:00 – 7:00 pm
Opening Reception for Ceramics Innovations and Essential Earth
April 1 – April 29, 2017
(Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm and Saturday 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, closed on Sundays)
Exhibition dates
April 2 – April 3, 2017, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Chris Gustin workshop. Please register at www.wayneart.org for the workshop.
» View the full exhibition schedule
http://www.wayneart.org/exhibitions/ceramic-innovations/