I’m thrilled to present you with the second installment of Julia Kruger’s guest post series ” In Conversation with…” Make sure to go back and read her first in the series with Jonathon Bancroft Snell here. Thanks Julia for your time, passion and dedication to Canadian Craft and Art.
Deadline fast approaching! Feb 14th!!!
Apply here: www.rsvpbook.com/event.php?587134
Big Fish, Small Pot VI: Sixth International Small Teapot Competition and Show
American Museum of Ceramic Art
399 North Garey Avenue
Pomona, CA 91767
Exhibition:
April 12, 2014 through June 1, 2014
Artist’s Reception: April 12, 2012, 6 – 9 PM
Juror: Guangzhen Zhou
Eligibility
This competition is open all artists
over the age of 18. All entries must be teapotscomposed primarily of ceramic materials completed by the artist within the last three years.
Find all of the entry details here: www.bigfishsmallpot.com/brochure_2014.pdf
The non-profit organization ‘c.r.e.t.a. rome’ is offering
an international self-funded residency program in Rome, Italy. The
Italian word for clay seemed perfect to express our commitment to
creating an international reference point for ceramics and the arts
in the eternal city of Rome. Moreover, taken as an acronym, it spells
out our main activities: ceramics, residencies, exhibitions,
teaching and the arts. We are located in the mid 16th-century
Palazzo Delfini in the historical center of Rome, just blocks from
the Capitoline Hill on one side and the Pantheon on the other.
We offer artist residencies for ceramicists and visual artists for
periods of 4 to 6 weeks (or 3 months: if you are interested you can
extend your residency period into our Fall session). The residency
includes a semi-private equipped studio, housing in the historical
center of Rome, and technical assistance in procuring materials,
firings, etc., advice on museums, galleries and sites in Rome and
beyond. Artists have the opportunity to focus on their art, whether it
be creating a new body of work, expanding a well-established oeuvre
or allowing themselves to draw inspiration from their surroundings
and the centuries of culture that define the eternal city. In
addition, they will have access to the wealth of galleries and
exhibitions in Rome and beyond. Artists will have an opportunity to
present a proposal for a final exhibition of the works produced during
the residency period.
We are also offering a residency in the countyside near Bracciano,
with private accommodation in a 1-bedroom house with a garden and a
private studio. This option is particulary atractive for ceramic artists
who work with reduction firing and/or collaborative projects.
A selection committee composed of artists, art critics and historians
carefully evaluates applicants based on their artistic experience,
merit and project proposal. For more info and costs, contact Lori-Ann
Touchette, [email protected] or see our web-site:
www.cretarome.com.
SUMMER residency periods: 1-30 JUNE, 1 JULY-11 AUGUST 2014
To apply, please submit the following by e-mail to [email protected] by 1 March 2014:
curriculum vitae
artist statement (250 words max)
project proposal (500 words max)
10 images (jpeg or pdf) and an image list with year, materials and dimensions
preferred residency period
CUP SHOW
Las Vegas Nevada’s Clay Arts Vegas is pleased to host “CUP SHOW” a
national juried art exhibition, May 1 – May 31, 2014 in the Victor F.
Keen Gallery, at Clay Arts Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada. “CUP SHOW”
will feature functional and sculptural cups, tea bowls and mugs.
Deadline: April 1, 2014. Participation is open to all artists 18 years
of age or older living in the United States and Canada. Work submitted
must be original, must use clay as the primary material, must specify
firing technique(s) and size, and must have been completed within the
last 2 years.
Awards
There will be a $100 award for best of show.
Entry Requirements and Procedures
An artist may enter up to 3 works, up to 2 images per work.
There is a non-refundable jury fee of $10 per work entered, payable by
credit card or check.
Images must be JPEG, at 300 dpi (suggested minimums: 800 pixels in
either direction, with maximum file size of 1.0 MB). Each JPEG image
must be titled with the artist’s last name, first name, entry number,
and “detail” if you are including a detail image.
http://www.clayartsvegas.com/assets/images/cupshow2014.pdf
SERVE IT UP 2014
Las Vegas Nevada’s Clay Arts Vegas is pleased to host
“SERVE IT UP” a national juried art exhibition, July 1 – Aug 29, 2014
in the Victor F. Keen Gallery, at Clay Arts Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada.
“SERVE IT UP” will feature plates, platters, bowls, casseroles, and
other functional tableware.
Deadline: June 10, 2014. Participation is open to all artists 18 years
of age or older living in the United States and Canada. Work submitted
must be original, must use clay as the primary material, must specify
firing technique(s) and size, and must have been completed within the
last 2 years
Awards
There will be a $200 award for best of show.
Entry Requirements and Procedures
An artist may enter up to 3 works, up to 2 images per work.
There is a non-refundable jury fee of $10 per work entered, payable by
credit card or check.
Images must be JPEG, at 300 dpi (suggested minimums: 800 pixels in
either direction, with maximum file
size of 1.0 MB). Each JPEG image must be titled with
the artist’slast name, first name,entry number, and “detail” if
you are including a detail image
WHAT GOES BUMP IN THE NIGHT 2014
Clay Arts Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada is pleased to host “WHAT GOES BUMP
IN THE NIGHT 2014″
an annual national juried art exhibition, October 1 –October 31 at the
Victor F. Keen Gallery in Las Vegas,
Nevada. “What Goes Bump In The Night” will feature that which
captures the art of the sublime, creepy,
scary, things that make your skin crawl and captures the pain of
personal suffering: there are many things in
life that go bump in the night some physical some emotional and some
psychological. All work will use
clay as the primary medium and capture what we fear in the dark.
Deadline: September 2, 2014.
Participation is open to all artists 18 years of age or older living in
the
United States and Canada. Work submitted must be original, must use clay
as the primary material, must
specify firing technique(s) and size, and must have been completed
within the last 2 years.
There will be a $200 award for best of show.
Entry Requirements and Procedures
An artist may enter up to 3 works, up to 2 images per work.
There is a non-refundable jury fee of $10 per work entered, payable by
credit card or check.
Images must be JPEG, at 300 dpi (suggested minimums: 800 pixels in
either direction, with maximum file
size of 1.0 MB). Each JPEG image must be titled with
the artist’slast name, first name,entry number, and “detail” if
you are including a detail image
CLAY ARTS VEGAS, LLC
702-375-4147
“Moiré” from Jack Tompkins on Vimeo.
Turnaround → 4 weeks
Project Summary → Moiré is an enquiry into material and process.
My interest lies in where craft processes lie in contemporary design.
In this project I have subverted one of the oldest crafts in existence,
the coiling of clay, by automating the process using an extruding
machine. Once fired this uniform layered construct of ceramic produces
startling results, the ceramic actually behaves like a spring.
The dip dying process is again another process not usually associated
with ceramics, however I found that the porosity of the work lended
itself to absorbing colour. The piece is of no practical function but
demonstrates how, once put under different conditions, we can still
cause a material to behave completely unexpectedly.
Creative Direction → Sam Brennan
Cinematography → Jack Tompkins
