Call for entries – online competition – ART KUDOS

by | May 12, 2010 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

Entry Deadline: June 30, 2010

Art Kudos is an annual international juried competition that serves to recognize and honor excellence in the visual arts. Artists who are selected as finalists benefit from world-wide exposure in a year-long online exhibition (www.artkudos.com) and have the opportunity to win cash awards for their exemplary work.

A total of $4,500 will be awarded: Best of Show – $1,400; Second Place – $1100; Third Place – $750; Founder’s Award of Distinction – $500; (3) Merit Awards – $250 each.

Each year a distinguished art professional is chosen to serve as juror of awards and to ensure a diverse range of perspectives and expertise. We are very pleased to have Mitchell Albala serving as juror of awards for the 2010 exhibition. Mitchell Albala teaches landscape painting at the Gage Academy of Art in Seattle. A respected and dedicated teaching artist for more than 20 years, he is best known for his atmospheric and semi abstract landscapes of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. He has lectured on Impressionism at the Seattle Art Museum and written about landscape painting for American Artist Magazine. He is also the author of Landscape Painting: Essential Concepts and Techniques for Plein Air and Studio Practice, published by Watson-Guptill in 2009. As a professional artist he exhibits his paintings nationally and is represented by Lisa Harris Gallery in Seattle.

The Art Kudos competition is sponsored by Artshow.com, a company that offers web-based services and resources for artists and arts organizations.

Prospectus (Rules & Guidelines) »

Entry Form »

Call for entry – It’s Only Clay 2010

by | May 11, 2010 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

The Bemidji Community Art Center and the Bemidji State University Visual Arts Dept announce the 8th annual, It’s Only Clay National Juried Ceramics Competition and Exhibition. This annual National juried ceramics competition and exhibition is a collaboration sponsored by the BCAC and Bemidji State University. IOC features a workshop on the campus of Bemidji State University by artist and potter Simon Levin, a community lecture and a juried exhibition of functional ceramics by the Bemidji Community Art Center on exhibit in Nov. and Dec. 2010.
2010 IOC Juror – Simon Levin
For more information about Simon go to www.woodfire.com.
IOC 2010 JURIED COMPETITION & EXHIBIT – WORKSHOP – LECTURE Juried Exhibit at the Bemidji Community Art Center
The IOC 2010 exhibit is a juried competition focusing on, and dedicated to, functional clay vessels. Selected works will be a part of the exhibit at the BCAC from November 5th to December 18th, 2010. Prize money for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners equaling $1,600.00 and additional purchase awards for work going towards the Margaret Harlow Vessel Collection at BSU.

  • Guidelines: for submissions are outlined in the It’sOnly Clay – 2010 Prospectus
  • Deadline for submissions: all IOC 2010 Exhibit Application must be complete and postmarked September 3, 2010.
  • Application fee: $30.00 for 3 entries.
  • Exhibition Dates: November 5 through December 18, 2010
  • Opening Reception and Awards: November 5 from5 to 7 pm.

Awards – In 2010 there will be prize money for 1st place $800.00, 2nd place $500.00 and 3rd place $300.00 plus additional purchase awards will be made with work going towards the Margaret Harlow Vessel Collection at BSU . “Throwing With The End In Sight” a Workshop with Simon Levin – this years day-and-ahalf workshop will be on the campus of Bemidji State University. Workshop dates are Thurs Nov 4th from 9am to 4pm and Friday, Nov 5th, from 9am to 12 noon. Find more information about the workshop and registration details, download the IOC 2010 Workshop Application . Fee for the 2010 IOC workshop is $25. Simon Levin Lecture The IOC Lecture will be on Wed, November 3rd at 7pm at the Headwaters School of Music and the Arts. The Lecture is free and open to the public.
Via Benidji Community Art Center

Where i’ve been hiding…

by | May 10, 2010 | Uncategorized


I realize it’s been a while since I actually wrote anything on the blog other than calls for entry. So much for the new years resolution, I know. Since getting back from setting up and opening my exhibition in Quebec at Centre Materia, it’s been a whirlwind of productivity around here.

See i signed myself up to do four sales in two months. I know not much for some market professionals, but for a novice like me, well there’s been a learning curve to say the least. So i’ve been in the studio focusing on my more commercial line of functional wares. It’s been a ton of fun though too.

Not too much to share in that vein, but if you haven’t heard yet I’m heading off to Medicine Hat for a residency for the month of July and will be elbow deep in some more figurative pieces so keep your eyes peeled for that. I hope to do a bit more writing about process and technique and give you some behind the scenes glimpses as well.

In the meantime here’s a few pics of the last kiln load of functional work ready for sale.

Oooh another of my favorites and me with no time/money to get there…

by | May 9, 2010 | Uncategorized

DIANA FAYT
Nature on the Surface

June 4 – 6 | Friday – Sunday | 10AM – 4PM
$450 for a three day workshop Using simple three dimensional forms students will explore composition and drawing on the form, taking into consideration all aspects of the three dimensional surface and not be limited by edges and boundaries. Diana’s daily demonstrations will include using molds to build simple forms, surface applications such as layering of slips and underglazes to create rich fields of color, drawing on and in the clay, the use of oxides, firing and tips and tricks to obtaining clean crisp lines in clay. Diana will also discuss and demonstrate other ceramic mediums and processes to create rich and interesting surfaces on your three dimensional forms, using things like cardboard letter stencils and old letterpress typeface, as well as how to transfer your images onto clay surfaces without sophisticated drawing skills. During her demonstrations, Diana will discuss elements of design, how to push the boundaries and see your pieces as limitless surfaces for expressing your visual ideas.Details of workshop here.
Click here to view more of Diana’s work.

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