Givat Haviva
Collaborative Art Center
We are opening our doors for an 8 Day Residency at the Art Center at Givat
Haviva in Israel. This residency is intended for professional ceramic artists
who have chosen ceramics as a way of living. An opportunity to meet and get to
know each other, to share ideas and views, dreams, both theoretical and
practical and mainly professional experiences. This as well as to enjoy a well
equipped studio, 8 days of free creating without dealing with daily chores and
each others’ company. This residency is intended for International and Israeli
artists.
The Ceramic section, at our center, has 3 large rooms equipped with
wheels, slab rollers extruder and spray booth, a big glaze room and a kiln room
with 2 large electric kilns and two smaller ones. There is a big covered porch
with gas kilns, two small electric kilns, two Raku kilns and two frames for pit
and smoke firings.
This residency
includes: Full
board, Full use of facilities, Glazes and slips and materials that are in stock
Does not include: Clay, Firings, Any
specific or special materials that are not in stock
Our ceramic center is an educational
facility where
students come and enjoy working and learning about ceramics. There are long
term courses in various ceramic subjects, clay sculpture, hand building, wheel
work,
glaze technology, firings and more.
We also do short term workshops in the various ceramic fields: slab building,
calligraphy, model figure sculpture and more.
The Collaborative Art Center rans courses and projects also
in the fields of painting, photography and silk screen
printing as well as the Peace Gallery that holds exhibitions year round. For more about the Givat
Haviva art center http://www.artcenter.org.il
Givat Haviva is a non-profit organization founded
in 1949 as the national education center of the Kibbutz Federation in Israel. It is dedicated to promoting a shared
society. For more about Givat Haviva here
We are situated half way between Haifa to the North
and Tel Aviv in the center on the eastern hills of the country.
we require that those who are
interested will send:
A portfolio including:
·
Up to 20 images of work done in the past 5 years
·
A short artist statement up to 250 words
·
A comprehensive c.v.
send by mail to: artcentergh@gmail.com (up to 7 mega bite)
Applicant's dead line is 20th
of May 2018
For more details and prices and any
questions via mail: artcentergh@gmail.com
Or phone -
+972- 54-4627804
