Call for entry – Emerging artists

EMERGING ARTISTS 2010
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL AWARDS EXHIBITION

SlowArt Productions presents Emerging Artists 2010, the eighteenth annual competition for group exhibition, and awards. Open to all artists working in any media this event is devoted to the discovery, introduction and promotion of emerging artists. EMERGING ARTISTS AWARDS Cash Award: A $1000 grand prize cash award will be presented to one artist.
Publication Awards: One artist will be awarded a two page display in 2010 edition of Direct Art Magazine.
Two artists will be awarded one page display pages in the 2010 edition of Direct Art Magazine.
Gallery Exhibition:
A group exhibition of the artist winners will be held at the Limner Gallery, March 5 – 27, 2010.
Internet Exhibition: The exhibition will also be featured on the Limner Gallery web site.
ELIGIBILITY: The competition is open to all artists, national and international, working in all media. All forms of painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, graphics, digital and installation art are eligible. Entrants must be 18 years of age or older to apply.
DEADLINE: The final postmarked deadline is November 30, 2009. Winners will be notified by December 31.

Upcoming Scholarship Benefit Sale
Call for donations
Exhibition and sale coming in February 2010

Charlie Cummings Gallery has partnered with the National K-12 Ceramic Exhibition Foundation to host the debut benefit exhibition for the foundation’s scholarship fund.

Proceeds from this exhibition and sale of high quality ceramic artworks will assist promising high school seniors with scholarships toward college degrees in ceramic art. The foundation’s annual exhibition showcases ceramic artworks by kindergarten through 12th grade students from across the nation while also recognizing art teachers who inspire their students to excel.

Please lend your support to this worthy cause by contributing a ceramic artwork to sell in this on-line exhibition, or by being a patron of the sale.

If you would like to make a donation please send me an email for details. [email protected]

Click here to visit the National K-12 Ceramic Exhibition Foundation website and learn more about their mission.

Congrats to Lilach Lotan…

The Nanaimo resident is the only Vancouver Island artisan among the four people recently awarded $2,500 and a 2009 B.C. Creative Achievement Award for Applied Art and Design.

Read the full article here.
And check out more of her amazing work here.
Got great news of your own? Wanna share? Drop me a note: [email protected]

House with Wood kiln and studio for sale, Vancouver Island

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South-facing house, 2,500 sq ft, on 4 acres in rural location approx 15 minutes from Parksville, 40 mins from BC Ferries to Vancouver and one hour from Mt Washington world-class ski facilities.
The house has 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 500 sq ft studio in walk-in basement, heating is by two efficient wood-stoves with electric baseboards in bedrooms. There are 2 wells and a septic system, a car-port and wood-shed and other out-buildings. The property is fully fenced, partially treed and includes a deer-fenced garden area approx 75×75 ft
The wood-kiln is housed in its own building which includes space for wood storage. The kiln has two chambers each approx 50 cubic feet, and bourry-box. Kiln can be fired using one chamber or two. Both chambers can reach cone 10 within 36 hours using approximately 1.5 cords of wood. Local saw-mills supply waste slabs and off-cuts of maple, fir and yellow cedar.
The house is currently divided into two parts, the main or front section with two bedrooms being rented out to potentially long-term tenants as a mortgage-helper. Location is 2kms from a very popular Provincial Park enhancing Gallery traffic potential. It is also en-route to Tofino, a year-round resort on the West coast of the Island. The property is zoned for a second dwelling and has low property taxes.
Asking price: $350,000.00

Please contact Alison Tang, [email protected] for details and further information