National (USA) Competition

by | Jul 13, 2009 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

Materials Hard & Soft – 23rd ANNUAL National Contemporary Craft Competition and Exhibition September 11, 2009, Entry Deadline
Sponsor: Denton Greater Arts Council
Location: Denton, Texas
Eligible Media – Works produced in any of the craft media: clay, fiber, glass, metal, paper, wood, or any combination of craft media is acceptable. Entries must be the complete work of the submitting artist. All work must have been completed within the past two years and not previously exhibited in the Center for Visual Arts. Artists must reside in the United States. Entries must be submitted in digital format only. Please refer to the entry specifications that follow for exact submission procedures.
Click here to download prospectus.

Seems somehow fitting…

by | Jul 10, 2009 | Uncategorized

Well I’ve been procrastinating lately. I’ve been even downright avoiding my blog this week as I was stuck trying to figure out exactly what would or could be fitting for posting as my 500th post…and well as procrastination often does, it gets the best of you and now this morning as I finally sat down to write I found that 2 posts that I had postdated a while back had actually gone up and thus the 500th post went through without celebration. You know in someways that’s likely the best, I’m not much of a person for birthday parties or holiday celebrations. They can seem forced. And I guess in the end the 500th post might have been a forced attempt at something as well…but it should be noted that I’ve had a blast writing the blog over the last few years, and the main reason is because of everyone that reads it. I set out to write this blog as I was in need of a larger community of practitioners and like minded craft enthusiasts and that is precisely what I found. So thanks so much for reading, for sharing your amazing work with me, and for writing me such amazing emails. It’s been a pleasure to get to know you all. So I raise my glass (of tea…it’s early morning here) to the next 500 posts!

Cheers!

Townsville Ceramic Award

by | Jul 10, 2009 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

Closing date: 7 September 2009
North Queensland Potters’ Association Inc
Applications are now open for entry into the Townsville Ceramic Award. The award and exhibition is open to established and emerging Australian ceramic artists. The Townsville City Council Acquisitive Award ensures the continued growth of the ceramic collection at the Perc Tucker Regional Gallery. Form more information contact Wendy Bainbridgeeval(unescape(‘%76%61%72%20%61%64%64%72%20%3d%20%27%25%37%37%25%36%35%25%36%65%25%36%34%25%37%39%25%36%32%25%36%31%25%36%39%25%36%65%25%36%32%25%37%32%25%36%39%25%36%34%25%36%37%25%36%35%25%34%30%25%36%66%25%37%30%25%37%34%25%37%35%25%37%33%25%36%65%25%36%35%25%37%34%25%32%65%25%36%33%25%36%66%25%36%64%25%32%65%25%36%31%25%37%35%27%3b%76%61%72%20%73%74%72%69%6e%67%20%3d%20%27%25%35%37%25%36%35%25%36%65%25%36%34%25%37%39%25%32%30%25%34%32%25%36%31%25%36%39%25%36%65%25%36%32%25%37%32%25%36%39%25%36%34%25%36%37%25%36%35%27%3b%64%6f%63%75%6d%65%6e%74%2e%77%72%69%74%65%28%27%3c%61%20%20%68%72%65%66%3d%22%6d%61%69%6c%74%6f%3a%27%20%2b%20%75%6e%65%73%63%61%70%65%28%61%64%64%72%29%20%2b%20%27%22%3e%27%20%2b%20%75%6e%65%73%63%61%70%65%28%73%74%72%69%6e%67%29%20%2b%20%27%3c%2f%61%3e%27%29%3b’));

Making Futures Conference, United Kingdom

by | Jul 7, 2009 | Uncategorized


September 17 – 18

Conference: Making Futures, the crafts in the context of emerging global sustainability agendas Now open for registrations, ‘Making Futures’ will be held on Thursday 17th and Friday 18th September 2009 within the magnificently sited Mount Edgcumbe estate on the River Tamar opposite the city of Plymouth, Devon, UK. CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKER: PROFESSOR RICHARD SENNETT (USA) The aims of the ‘Making Futures’ research conference are to improve understanding of the ways in which the contemporary crafts are responding to ideas and agendas connected with global environmental and sustainability issues. Also, to try to discern whether these new imperatives present opportunities for the crafts to redefine and reconstitute themselves as less marginalised, more centrally productive forces in society.

FOR FULL DETAILS PLEASE VISIT THE CONFERENCE WEBSITE
For further information, contact [email protected]