call for entry: OPEN TO ART

by | Apr 15, 2016 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, technical tuesday

 

OPEN TO ART
 
International Art and Design Ceramics Competition
 
Competition rules available at the website: www.officinesaffi.com

Created and promoted by Officine Saffi, Open to Art
confirms its status as a tool for enhancing and promoting the use of
ceramics in contemporary art, design and furnishing. The competition
also represents an opportunity for reflecting on the latest developments
in visual design and technology.

Open to Art is a competition open to artists of any age, without any limits on subject matter, and with the only requirement that ceramic has to be the principal material used in the work. There are two sections in which artists can take part: Art Ceramics, and Design Ceramics. The complete competition rules can be downloaded from the website www.officinesaffi.com. Applications are accepted up until 30 June 2016.

The Jury
An international jury will assess the works submitted, according to criteria of quality, research, originality and contemporaneity. The jurors are:

 

  • Laura Borghi, creator and promoter of the prize, Officine Saffi, Milan
  • Aileesh Carew, Project Director of the National Craft Gallery, Ireland
  • Carlotta de Bevilacqua, vice-president of Artemide and President of Danese Milano
  • Paolo Dell’Elce, designer
  • Flaminio Gualdoni, art critic and historian, editor of the magazine La Ceramica in Italia e nel Mondo
  • Franco Marrocco, Director of the Brera Fine Arts Academy
  • Shozo Michikawa, artist
  • Museo del Design 1880-1980, Milan
  • Kristina Riska, designer and artist

Prizes
For the winners, the prize money available is 10,000 euro, shared between two first prizes, one for the Art category and one for the Design category, so that each has a value of 5,000 euro.
As well as the first prizes in the two categories, there are 5 additional prizes, two of which comprise artists’ residencies, one in Japan during the International Ceramic Art Festival, Sasama, and one in Finland.
The Museo del Design 1880-1980, Milano will offer to a selected artist the Solo Show Prize, a solo exhibition in the museum spaces. A special Production Prize will be offered by FABLAB Milano. As in the previous edition, Open to Art dedicates particular attention to young artists, by means of an Under 30 Prize with support from the Brera Fine Arts Academy, which will select a work by a young artist to be exhibited at the Academy.

Finalist’s Exhibition
All the finalist works in Open to Art will be presented in a special exhibition that will open in January 2017 at Officine Saffi in Milan. The winners will be announced at the exhibition inauguration.

OFFICINE SAFFI
Officine Saffi, an organization based in Milan, is an experimental hub dedicated to contemporary ceramics.
Its audience comprises artists, designers, architects, ceramists and
everyone interested in ceramics and art. The project consists of the Art gallery, for exhibitions with works by international artists, the Workshop for courses, also used for artists’ residencies and production by artists and designers, and the Publishing Company that produces art catalogues and the quarterly magazine La Ceramica in Italia e nel mondo (www.laceramicainitalia.com).

Part of Officine Saffi’s mission is the Open to Art International Competition,
dedicated to Art Ceramics and Design Ceramics. Through its operations,
Officine Saffi represents a point of reference for international
ceramics, with a mission to enhancing the significance of ceramics in
the areas of art, design and architecture.

Useful information:
Competition: Open to Art, International Art and Design Ceramics Competition
Applications can be submitted from 31 March 2016
Deadline: 30 June 2016
Prize-giving and exhibition inauguration: January 2017
Location: Officine Saffi Ceramic Arts Gallery, Via Aurelio Saffi 7 – Milan.
Tel: +39 02 36 68 56 96
E-mail: [email protected]
Info: www.officinesaffi.com

Crystal Morey: Anthropomorphic Sculpture May 14th & 15th at Mountain Maid Workshop

by | Apr 14, 2016 | Uncategorized

Workshop Description:

10:00 am-5 pm (both days)

From ancient cave paintings to contemporary artwork, humans have used
animal imagery to show emotion, express culture and understand the
natural world around us.

In this workshop we will build clay figures with animalistic
qualities that tell our own personal stories. Workshop demonstrations
will include: the anatomical and fluid body, incorporating realistic
animal elements, gestural hands, and the human head. All of these
components will reveal themselves as useful tools to create an
anthropomorphic sculpture, while also telling your own personal
narrative.

This workshop is open to all skill levels, bring an open mind
and an eagerness to learn and explore.

Clay is included for this workshop.

Tools and additional materials list provided upon registration.

About Crystal: As a visual artist, Crystal Morey takes inspirations
from an alternative upbringing where she closely connected with the
natural landscape around her. Living in rural Northern California shaped
her perspective on nature and how humans interact with land, animals
and each other. Now living in an urban environment, Morey aims to show
our relationship to the world around us through the fragile medium of
porcelain. With this delicate material she creates a heightened sense of
urgency and stress, commenting on our human evolutionary path.

Morey received her BFA in Ceramic Sculpture from the California
College of the Arts and her MFA in Spatial Art from San Jose State
University. Her work has been included in many publications and online
periodicals such as 500 Figures in Clay, Juxtapoz, Hi-Fructose,
Beautiful Surface, and Beautiful Decay. Morey has been an artists in
residence at both Watershed Center for the Ceramic Art and Penland
School of Craft. Morey currently lives in Oakland, California where she
maintains an active studio practice exhibiting her work in galleries and
museums regionally, nationally, and internationally.

To view more of Crystal’s work please visit her website at crystalmorey.com

TERMS & CONDITIONS:

Cancellation Policy: No refunds after April 13, 2016. No exceptions.
All requests for refunds must be received in writing before April 13,
2016. (You may have someone else take your spot before April 13, 2016,
but we must be notified in writing of all changes). In the case of acts
of God, war, disaster or unforeseen circumstances, Mountain Maid
Workshops reserves the right to reschedule workshops. Registration fees
are non-refundable.

*Important Airfare Liability Waiver: Registered students should not
purchase tickets for air fare, etc., until receiving a confirmation
email from Mountain Maid Workshops. Registered students will receive an
email announcement no later than April 13, 2016 to confirm that the
course has met its enrollment requirements.

Release Form: I have read all the above policy information and I
agree to assume all risk of personal harm or injury relating to or
resulting from my participating in all workshops and activities
associated with Mountain Maid Workshops, and to hold Mountain Maid
Workshops and its teachers, harmless as to liability for any such harm
or injury.

$285 ($55 non refundable registration fee included)

Sign up here: www.mountainmaidworkshops.com/product/crystal-morey-sculpture-workshop