April 24, 2009 entry deadline
Ohio, Cincinnati
“5th Annual Magnitude Seven” is open to work no larger than 7 in. in any dimension. Juried from digital.
Fee: $30.
Contact Terra Firma,
Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center,
PO Box 6218, Cincinnati,
OH 45206;
[email protected];
www.manifestgallery.org
These gorgeous cups are brought to you by Rose Bauer. I first met Rose a few years back when I was the visiting artist at the Red Deer College and was helping out with the distance ceramics program co-run by the Australian National University and the Red Deer College. Rose made fantastic work, a bowl of hers with my name on it is still floating around out there somewhere…
These pieces are hand built from Southern Ice Porcelain slip. Unglazed outside with a clear liner glaze. Rose is also a member of INTO Ceramics so look her up to see more work or to inquire about this work.
It’s no secret that I have a hard time writing. Simply put i’d rather be making…but there is a time and place I feel for a bit of theory, critical writing and contemplation on just what exactly all this “craft” is about. So I find myself currently working on (stressing over) a paper that I’m co-writing for the Australian National Conference this summer in Sydney. Some days I question my sanity over deciding that I could find the time and mental space with a one year old to sit down and pen some thought provoking phrases about the current state of many things craft. I normally love getting absorbed in the theory and the academic writing. But I’m a few years removed from academia and the longer I go, the harder it seems to get that part of my brain working again. But so as I trudge along hoping to make sense in my paper and to hopefully make some valid and thought provoking points I’ll give you a link to a great site I just discovered with some great writing by the gifted minds of the likes of Tanya Harrod, Edmund de Waal, Love Jönsson among many others.
So if you find yourself with plenty of time on your hands indulge in the free downloads and prepare your mind for thinking!
American Craft Council Show
Apr. 27 — Apr. 27 2009
San Francisco, California
http://www.craftcouncil.org
The American Craft Council is now accepting AltCraft applications for show in San Francisco!
Show dates are August 14-16.
The deadline for applications is Monday, April 27.
Sixteen makers will be juried into this bustling section, which celebrates the innovative techniques and materials of the burgeoning handmade movement. This is an opportunity for talented artists and indie designers to gain national exposure at a well-established show.
Located at Fort Mason Center on the San Francisco waterfront between Fisherman’s Wharf and the Golden Gate Bridge, this show features 250 artists and serves a well-established audience of over 10,000 Bay Area craft enthusiasts.
The average booth is valued at $1,000 but as part of the Council’s commitment to indie crafters, the cost of participation is just $350, which includes a 10-ft skirted table, electricity and lighting trusses in a shared loft space. Plus, there’s no application fee!
Applicants are eligible only if they have NOT shown in an American Craft Council show previously. Embellished commercially-bought objects (e.g., tee shirts, note cards, etc.) are not eligible.
Please submit:
(3) low-resolution images of your work
A brief description of your work (materials, dimensions, techniques)
Your contact information (mailing and email addresses)
Send submissions and inquiries to Erika at [email protected].
Finalists will be announced in May.
Jim is a ceramics artist living in Louisville, Kentucky whose story was of particular interest to me. After news of his first child Jim decided to give up the work he was doing and follow his passion for making ceramics. It was a gutsy move. I keep thinking that having my first child almost compelled me to consider finding a “real job”, so Jim is a great reminder to me that this is a real job, worthy of pursuing against the odds and that being fulfilled as an artist can translate to being an amazing parent as well.
For more info and images of his great pots check out his blog at
http://jimgottuso.wordpress.com
