TERRANCE FRANK LAZAROFF, CD, BFA

Website

Description of Activity

www.artsmontreal.org

Civil Government

Créé en 1956, le Conseil des arts de Montréal est devenu un partenaire essentiel de la création artistique montréalaise.

www.chinaclayart.com

Residencies in China

Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute at Jingdezhen is the premier international ceramic artist residency in China. "Sanbao" is a member of the International Academy of Ceramics. It is in yearly attendance at the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, USA.

www.canadacouncil.ca

Government Agency

The Canada Council for the Arts, reporting to Parliament through the Minister of Canadian Heritage, is a national arm's-length agency which fosters the development of the arts in Canada through grants, services and awards to professional Canadian artists and arts organizations, as well as administering scholarly awards, and having under its aegis the Public Lending Right Commission and the Canadian Commission for UNESCO.

http://www.potterybasics.com/

Public Forum/Organization

Pottery Basics is a lively forum of over 800 potters from all over the world. You don't have to join the discussion group to take advantage of this web site.

http://www.resartis.org

International Art Residencies

Res Artis is the largest existing network of artist residency programmes, representing  the interests of more than 200 centers and organisations in 49 countries worldwide that offer to international artists facilities and conditions conducive for making art.

http://www.ekwc.nl

Residencies in the Netherlands

As an artist-in-residence centre, the .ekwc annually welcomes about 45 artists, designers an architects to experiment with ceramics for a continuous or phased period of three months

http://www.criticalceramics.org

Media

We've published words of critical inquiry for ceramic artists for over 5 years, now. Critical Ceramics is proud to have published unique and insightful works that would not have had an opportunity elsewhere. I invite you to explore Critical Ceramics today and to keep coming back to see where we're going.

http://mudfire.com

Private Education

MudFire is not just another pottery school. We are an open playground for imaginative adults. We are inspired by people like you who know there's more to life than meetings, budgets and deadlines. Who believe in making things by hand and don't mind getting dirty. You need a place to get away from it all.

www.medalta.org

Residencies, Heritage site in Canada

The Friends of Medalta Society believe that Medalta Potteries and Hycroft China Complexes, in the context of the Medicine Hat Clay Industries National Historic District, are important industrial heritage sites and should be preserved and interpreted for the benefit of present and future generations.

www.potteryworkshop.com.cn

Residencies in China

Jingdezhen PWS Experimental Factory is a newly created ceramics design studio and residential artists studio. It is situated on the site of an old National Porcelain Company, Sculpture Factory in Jingdezhen China.

www.visualartscentre.ca

Art Courses Montreal

Our Fine and Applied Arts Department offers a full curriculum. Small classes guided by professional working artists provide the ideal setting for students to pursue their chosen medium.

http://www.khmerceramics.com/

Residencies in Cambodia

The mission of the studio is to promote the formal, aesthetic and technical development of ceramics, to help foster creative skills and to offer to resident artist opportunities to understand the unique Khmer artistic heritage. The studio is open to all challenges of ceramic research, design and experiment. With this in mind the KCS offers facilities and kilns, studio space and technical support.

http://www.lameridiana.fi.it/

Residencies in Italy

La Meridiana is a non-profit institution for the advancement of the ceramic arts. It has been founded in 1981 by Pietro Elia Maddalena. Started off as a summer school, thanks to the high standard of organisation, teaching and facilities, it has become the most important private ceramic school in Italy. The standard of teaching and facilities are inducing to a most fruitful and rewarding learning experience. The perfect environment and the friendly atmosphere make it a great place for creativity.

http://www.ruffordceramiccentre.org.uk/

Residencies in England

The Gallery at Rufford Craft Centre has acquired an international reputation for its varied programme of exhibitions and events. The Ceramic Centre was opened in 1998 and has a collection of British studio pottery, a research facility, a library, a retail area and a studio complete with a residency programme. A full programme of participatory events and workshops is also available/

http://www.arts.on.ca/index.aspx

Government Agency

Ontario Arts Council offers more than fifty funding programs for Ontario-based artists and arts organizations, with funds from the Ontario government. Grants provide assistance for a specific activity, support for a period of time, or for ongoing operations. OAC also offers awards, prizes and scholarships from private funds managed by the Ontario Arts Foundation.

http://redlodgeclaycenter.com/

Residencies in USA

It is our mission to provide a place for professionally minded ceramic artists to create new work. Red Lodge Clay Center will host Visiting Artist workshops, lectures, demonstrations, gallery exhibitions, and educational programming to share with our resident artists and the general public the importance of art in our everyday lives.

http://www.ceramike.com/

Web Gallery of Ceramicists

Ceramike is an attempt to share my enthusiasm, knowledge and photographs of functional studio pottery. I must admit to being a follower of traditional work of Leach influence and enjoy my annual pilgrimage down to St. Ives. I only wish my interest had been kindled earlier in life so I would have been able to meet more of the potters I admire and would have been able to buy at more reasonable prices.

http://arttoartpalette.homestead.com/PottersShedSection.html

Media

The Art-to-Art Palette began publishing in 1988. Over the years, it has worn many public servant hats. Today, the heart of its core news, stories and features mainly revolve around those within Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky, Western portions of Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Virginia; Northern Tennessee and Eastern Illinois. Continuing, the Palette also opens its Main Section with the artistic and educational happenings from its national associations formed throughout its history

http://www.missa.ca/

Residencies and Art Courses

Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts (MISSA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing specialized courses for adult professional artists, serious adult students and teachers. Course offerings generally include ceramics, painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, writing, music, metal, as well as other media. 2008 marks the twenty-fourth session of MISSA.

http://www.arcus-project.com/en/

Residencies In Japan

ARCUS Project was launched in 1995 by Ibaraki Prefectural Government as its main organizer. It mainly offers an artist-in-residence program as well as other programs such as exhibitions, workshops, lecture series, concerts and film screenings.
In artist-in-residence program, ARCUS Project invites the artists from all over the world through the public selection. ARCUS promotes each artist’s activities by providing with the studio space and financial support. It also gives the artists the opportunities to interact with the local community.

http://www.culturemonteregie.qc.ca/6_navigation.html

Conseil Montérégien de la culture et des communications.  French culture website with events and news about the Montérégie region.

Depuis 1977, le Conseil montérégien de la culture et des communications (CMCC) assiste, informe, regroupe et représente les professionnels de la culture en Montérégie. Par ses activités de formation, de concertation et de promotion, le Conseil facilite la réalisation des projets de ses membres et leur diffusion.

http://northernclaycenter.org/

Ceramic Resource Center

Northern Clay Center's mission is the advancement of the ceramic arts. Ongoing programs include exhibitions by contemporary regional, national and international ceramic artists, as well as historical and architectural ceramics; classes and workshops for children and adults at all skill levels; studio space and grants for artists; and a sales gallery representing many top ceramic artists from the region and elsewhere.

http://www.oakwoodceramics.co.uk/index.htm

A Gallery with lots of photos.

The Oakwood Gallery was founded in 1999 by husband and wife team David & Ausma Binch. Although only opening a gallery in 1999 David & Ausma's interest in pottery and potters goes back over thirty years. 

http://glazes.org

Interesting method to develop glazes

Ian Currie.....
lives and works in Queensland, Australia, on a community at Maryvale about two hour's drive from Brisbane. He has been studying and working with clay and glazes for over 40 years.

Within his primary focus as a potter, he has built a reputation as a teacher with a deep understanding of ceramic glazes. His Grid Method has been internationally accepted as a powerful method for the study of glazes.

http://www.gartside.info

New Zealand potter who has worked extensively with paper clay.

Brian Gartside, potter and ceramic art, offers magazine articles from "The New Zealand Potter" with information on glaze texture, surface design, paperclay, raku, digital art, crawl glazes, wood ash, terra sigillata, lowfire salt, kiln building, andcone six glazes.

http://www.1001pots.com

One of the largest out door sales dedicated solely to Ceramics.

Quebec ceramists unveil some of their most exclusive pieces. A large number of them are present on the site to explain their techniques and discuss their latest creations. The event is organized like an intimate meeting in a lovely garden surrounded by a thousand and one pots for every kind of use. From teapots to cheese plates to bowls for your morning coffee, decorative objects of all sorts shared the garden space outside the workshop of Kinya Ishikawa, the exhibition's founder and master ceramist.

www.ceramicartsdaily.org

Ceramic Resource and Media material

CeramicArtsDaily.org is an online community serving active potters and ceramic artists worldwide, as well as those who are interested in finding out more about this craft. CeramicArtsDaily.org provides a wide array of tools for learning about and improving skills, and a place for artists to display their work and to share ideas and perspectives about how their art and life interact to shape each other.

http://australianceramics.com/home/

Association of Australian Ceramists

A comprehensive resource of working Australian artists and craftspeople, galleries and organisations.
 

http://accessceramics.org/

Public Ceramic Image Collection

accessCeramics is a growing collection of contemporary ceramics images by recognized artists enhancing ceramics education worldwide.

http://www.ceramistesdelongueuil.e-monsite.com

nouveau site des céramistes de Longueuil.

This is the new site of a small but dedicated Ceramic group that has their studio in Longueuil, Quebec.

http://www.startlocal.com.au/articles/educational_pottery.html

Educational

Good info website for those who are learning and for those who have achieved a good ability with their clayart. 

Ceramic Museum

Le Haut-Richelieu a une riche histoire militaire, sociale, économique et politique. Son positionnement géographique privilégié, aux abords de la rivière Richelieu, en fait un lieu de convergence qui influence non seulement la région mais également tout le développement du Québec.

Global Art Community.

This is one of the best collections of art activities.  A must visit

http://www.handbuiltpotteryonline.net/

Ceramic and pottery resource website

Also a good link to a youtube video of pottery.  http://www.handbuiltpotteryonline.net/