LAND ART at Arte Laguna Prize: Call for Submissions through January 20th, 2015

by | Jan 8, 2015 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

Through January 20th, 2015, Arte Laguna Prize is open for
entries for a new contest section, Land Art, conceived in
collaboration with Thetis Spa from Venice. Artists
worldwide are eligible, with no restrictions to creativity
in investigating the landscape and in putting nature in the
spotlight.

Artists can submit projects of environmental and
land art featuring the interaction of the artistic
intervention with the environment it was designed for. There
are no restrictions in the choice of the place of
intervention. Projects are expected to enhance nature and
its characteristics, and more generally the environmental
space or the landscape they are inserted into.
The best 10 projects will

be exhibited at the Arsenale of Venice during the finalists
exhibition of the Arte Laguna Prize
in March 2015 and the overall
winner will be awarded € 7,000 euro
prize money and announced during the opening
ceremony on March
21st, 2015.

The jury selecting the 10
best

projects
includes Roberto

Zancan, chief curator of Inside the Academy
Program at BE OPEN Foundation and Claudio

Bertorelli, landscape designer and Director
of Fabbri Foundation, besides the Prize curator
Igor Zanti and the representatives of Thetis.

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job posting: Tenure Track Position in Ceramics

by | Jan 6, 2015 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

Tenure Track Position in Ceramics Marlboro College invites applications from broadly trained, dedicated teachers for a full-time, tenure-track position in Ceramics. The successful candidate’s core responsibilities will be to teach introductory and intermediate courses in Ceramics as well as a second subject such as drawing or two-dimensional design and will support advanced, independent, often cross-disciplinary undergraduate work in a liberal arts setting. Applicants should be solidly grounded in the vessel tradition; should have knowledge of form, function, and design principles; and should also have knowledge of the diverse field of contemporary ceramics. The successful candidate will demonstrate enthusiasm for and ability to maintain the studio, kilns, and glazing facility that are a crucial part of the broader visual arts program at Marlboro. College teaching beyond the graduate assistant level desired. MFA required.

Marlboro College is noted for its intellectual rigor and lively classroom discussion. We are committed to the development of clear writing and a global perspective. Our nearly 300 undergraduate students enjoy a 7:1 student-faculty ratio, a voice in governing the community, and individualized courses of study on a 350-acre campus in the hills of southern Vermont. Marlboro College is an Equal Opportunity employer. The faculty, students, and staff share a commitment to diversity and the values of equality, inclusion, and respect for all human differences.

Application consideration begins January 26th, 2015; position begins September 2015. All applicants must apply below. Electronic attachments to the online application should include: a curriculum vitae; a letter of application; statement on teaching philosophy; artist statement; images of artwork and, if available, student work; and evidence of effective teaching, including course evaluations if available. In addition, applicants will need to provide the names and contact information for three references, at least one of whom should be able to speak to their teaching.

For more details and to apply online visit: https://nook.marlboro.edu/public/offices/hr/jobs/application/61