by Carole Epp | Nov 4, 2009 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Alright folks, I’ve been thinking again lately that it’s time for another ARTIST OF THE DAY month here at musing. Last April was so much fun, so let’s give it another go. This time to sweeten the deal I’m going to be offering a giveaway as incentive to get you guys to send in your work. Here’s how it will go:
- Open to any reader of the blog. International submissions encouraged.
- All you need to do is send me some images of your work, a brief bio, a brief statement about your work (nothing serious, don’t stress about it!) and a link to your website/and/or email if you want people to be able to contact you. (let me know if you DON’T want your email included in the post)
- Include your mailing address (for my eyes only in case you win)
- Artists previously shown in the last Artist of the day month are still eligible, but you MUST send me new work.
Now I know what you’re saying – what about the giveaway Carole?????
There will be 2 prizes, so 2 ways to enter – but you can only win once.
#1 way to win – SUBMIT YOUR WORK!!! I’m going to randomly chose a day of the month out of a hat (after the month has passed) and the artist showcased on that day will be a winner.
#2 way to win – COMMENT,COMMENT,COMMENT!!! Give these artists of the day some love and adoration and you could be on your way to winning! At the end of the month I’ll randomly chose another number out of a hat for a day of the month, then I’ll randomly chose a number to correspond with the number of comments attached to the post. If your comment represents the chosen number you are a winner. If you are the comment winner I’ll notify you at the end of the month to get address info.
Sounds complicated? Naw, simple. All you have to do is send me your info and images ASAP to ensure you have a spot as an Artist of the month and then once the posts go live in December comment as much as you can.
Oh and as for the prizes??? Well it’ll be 2 ceramic items of equal value from the shelves of my studio, not sure what yet, but i promise it’ll be worth it!
It’s up to you guys to make December full of beautiful posts here on Musing, and my gift in return is a piece of my own artwork sent to you, wherever in the world you might live – free of charge.
by Carole Epp | Nov 4, 2009 | Uncategorized
Barbara Tipton – Ceramics Exhibition
November 12 to 18
Reception, Saturday, November 14, 2 to 4 pm, artist in attendance.
A solo exhibition by an expressive and innovative ceramic artist, who explores the aesthetic as well as technical elements of clay. This new body of work offers up pieces that will inspire and educate.
Visit the gallery’s website for more info.
by Carole Epp | Nov 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Future of the Figurine By Caroline Roux
In the latest issue of Crafts Magazine.
Read it here.
by Carole Epp | Nov 3, 2009 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts is a nationally renowned center of contemporary arts and crafts education. Arrowmont’s Artist-in-Residence program began in 1991 and is designed to provide pre-professional, self-directed artists time and space to develop a major body of work in a creative community environment of students and visiting faculty.
WHO SHOULD APPLY?
The ideal candidate for Arrowmont’s Artist-In-Residence Program is pre-professional, self-directed and able to work independently as well as in a group. The candidate should be eager to be involved with Arrowmont’s diverse existing programs such as conferences, adult and children’s classes, Elderhostel, and community outreach with varied age groups. Candidates who enjoy the “team spirit” in working with staff, visiting faculty and other residents are encouraged to apply. At this time, the Arrowmont Artist-in-Residence Program is only open to citizens of the United States.
HOW TO APPLY:
Submit the following by February 1st
• Complete application (click here to download)
• Twenty (20) images of your most recent work. Submit your slides in a plastic slide sleeve. Label each slide with title, medium, size and date executed. A CD of digital images is also accepted. Digital images must be high quality JPEGs with a minimum resolution of 800×600 pixels at 300 ppi/dpi. Please include a contact sheet of the images with your CD.
• Two letters of recommendation
• $25 non-refundable application fee
• Resumé
• A personal statement including why you are interested in a residency at Arrowmont. It should also include your future goals, what you expect to gain from Arrowmont’s Residency Program and any other information you feel best represents you.
NOTE: The application will show in your window for printing.
To Save: You must choose File>Save to save the application to your computer.
Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to download the PDF application.
Click here to download it now for free.
Arrowmont School
of Arts & Crafts
556 Parkway
PO Box 567
Gatlinburg, TN 37738
Ph. 865-436-5860
[email protected]
VIA http://www.arrowmont.org/residency.html
by Carole Epp | Nov 2, 2009 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
(via NCECA email)
“Now is the Time! If you have an idea for an exhibition that you would like to share with the NCECA audience and the communities of Tampa and St. Petersburg, Florida, the Call for 2011 Concurrent, Independent Exhibition (CIE) Proposals is NOW OPEN! The deadline for the 2011 NCECA Concurrent, Independent Exhibitions is December 1, 2009. We need your proposals to develop a vital ceramics exhibition program for our conference.
The conference theme, Tidal Forces: the Next Wave, examines and exposes the unbroken arc spanning our deepest tradition and the most contemporary emerging work. A tidal wave can work to teardown walls between old and new while unearthing what is hidden beneath the surface. We hope to help artists look beyond what is conventional while remembering the roots of this powerful and multi-faceted art form. The 2011 conference will both celebrate the new works being created while also examining the power of traditional art.
The art scene in the Tampa/St. Petersburg area is rich, varied, and offers great opportunities to our members. The Tampa Bay area is very supportive of the arts and offers venues for every aspect of ceramics from pots to installations. The On-Site Conference Liaisons and their local committee would like to see proposals for exhibitions with themes that have been underrepresented in the past. The idea of Florida as the gateway to points south and the rich cultures found in Central and South America, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, etc. are particularly of interest. New approaches and installations are of interest to some of our venues. They also know there are collections of cutting edge ceramics as well as traditional decorative arts that could gain some exposure at the available venues.
The details and Online form may be found at the link below. We need your explanation of the concept behind your proposed exhibition, a list of the artists involved, some digital images of the type of artwork that would be exhibited, resumes, artist statements and the nuts and bolts of what you need to see your idea come to life.
The process of citing the exhibitions has already begun. The Tampa/St. Petersburg On-Sites, their local committee and I have been visiting spaces and enlisting their support, even some area museums are saving us spaces! The NCECA sponsored exhibitions are sited, our 2011 Biennial is being hosted by the new Tampa Museum of Art and the University of Southern Florida is hosting our NSJE. We have a jury that will review the proposed exhibitions, select, and then rank the proposals. The On-Sites will work with their community art leaders to match the top proposals with venues. We offer our accepted exhibition proposals to interested area venues and encourage them to select the exhibition that best suits their audience and interests.
If you have already organized and found a venue for your exhibition in the Tampa/St. Petersburg area, you can run it through our CIE jury process and it will be considered for an official NCECA Concurrent Independent Exhibition or you can skip that step and do the marketing yourself. If you would like to be included in our Gallery Guides as a “local exhibition,” you will need to notify the On-Sites, Anne Calluori Holcombe or Brian Ransom with the vital statistics. We hope to have a complete slate of exhibitions in place a year from now.
Get involved! NCECA is your ceramics organization and the quality of the exhibitions is up to our members and associates. We appreciate the energy and effort it takes to submit a proposal and thank you in advance for contributing your time and talent to making the 2011 Tampa/St. Petersburg conference an inspirational event to be remembered.”
Linda Ganstrom
2008 – 2011 Exhibitions Director
Link to the 2011 CIE Proposals details and Online Submittal form 
