Call for entry: Clay Arts Vegas – Raise a Cup of Cheer

by | Oct 15, 2012 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday


Clay Arts Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada is pleased
to host “RAISE A CUP OF CHEER” a national juried art
exhibition, January 4 -January 28, 2013 at Clay Arts Vegas’ Victor F. Keen
Gallery in Las Vegas, Nevada. “RAISE A CUP OF CHEER” will showcase
ceramic drinking vessels by contemporary artists from around the United
States.  The focus of the exhibit is on
the variety of ways artists create vessels for “everyday” use, in functional,
sculptural, traditional, and non-traditional forms.

 Entry Guidelines


Work shall have been completed within the last two
years. Mixed media works will be permitted if clay is the primary component.
Selections will be conducted from images of works. Artists may submit up to
three entries with two images (including one detail) of each, not to exceed six
images.


 Accepted art work must be available for the entire
exhibition, and for sale.


 Jurors come from Clay Arts Vegas Staff with
invited guest
John Gregg (Clay Arts Vegas wheel and hand
building instructor, Alternative firing and kiln tech) John took pottery classes
at Arcadia high school in Phoenix. The major influence behind his art was his
mother, Corrine Mathisen Gregg who was a prolific artist. After her passing,
John returned to pottery in her memory. Having grown up in Arizona his work is
heavily influenced by the desert south west color and texture. John’s love and
understanding of traditional south west pottery has led him to specializes in
alternative firings. He has studied with Tome Coleman, Don Ellis, and Randy
Brodnax to name a few.

Peter Jakubowski (Clay
Arts Vegas Gallery Supervisor, Education Advisor and Design Expert) Peter comes to fine art
and sculpture through an extensive theatre back round having received his BA in
theatre from SUNY Buffalo and an MFA in design from Temple University. He
currently heads the only design for dance program in the United States at the
University of Nevada Las Vegas and has over 20 years of experience as a
professional lighting and scenic designer. He works in a variety of art mediums
and enjoys sculpture, lapidary, and silver-smithing. His love of clay developed
from the study and collecting of traditional South East folk pottery.

Guest Juror: TBD
Awards
There will be no awards for this 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.
If you are submitting a CD, please label with
artist’s full name and email address.
Applications must be received by December 8,
2012.
Send entry materials, fee and completed form to:
CLAY ARTS VEGAS
Attn: Juried Show CUP
1511 South Main Street
Las Vegas, NV 89104
Checks should be made payable to: Clay Arts
Vegas
To apply online, go to:
http://www.clayartsvegas.com/cup.htm
1) fill out the application form via the link
button
2) E-Mail digital images of the work to:
[email protected]
“RAISE A CUP” in the subject line of the E-Mail.
Important Dates
Exhibit Dates: January 3 – January 28, 2013
Entry Deadline: December 8, 2012
Juror Results: January 3, 2013
Accepted Art Work to be Delivered to CAV by:
December 20, 2012
Hand Delivered Work to The Clay Arts Vegas:
December 27 – December 30, 2013
Opening Reception: Friday, January 4, 2013
Pick Up Art Work: February 4, 2013  10-5pm @ CAV



Delivery and Return of Work

All artists who have a work accepted into the
exhibit will be E-Mailed instructions for
shipping, dropping off, return shipping, and
pick-up of artworks.
Shipping costs are a sole responsibility of the
artist both to and from the gallery.
Exhibit Policies
Total weight of an individual piece should not
exceed 75 lbs. All work must be properly prepared for display. CAV will not be
held responsible for work submitted to the exhibit which is improperly packaged
for handling. No accepted entries may be withdrawn prior to the close of the
exhibition. CAV will keep images of all accepted work and may make the images
available to the public for publicity, documentation, and educational purposes
before, during, and after the scheduled exhibit. Please note and record the
number of parts or pieces per entry. Please make sure each work is identified
with the following information:
artist name, title, media, price, and phone
number.
Insurance and Liability
All work must have a declared insurance value
that must not exceed the selling price if the work is for sale.
CAV will insure responsibility for the piece
during the exhibition (between delivery and pick up dates), but will not be
responsible for any work delivered in damaged condition. You will be notified
if work arrives damaged. Artists will be responsible for insurance during
shipping both to and from the exhibition.
Sales
A 40% commission is retained by CLAY ARTS VEGAS
on each work sold during the exhibition. For every piece sold, a check will be
issued by CLAY ARTS VEGAS and mailed to the artist within one month of the end
of the show. Work not for sale must be marked NFS, but a value must be stated
for insurance purposes.
Artist Agreement
All artists will be notified of the jurors’
decision via e-mail. All accepted work will remain as placed by the
installation team and may not be withdrawn before the close of the exhibit. If
the piece is of a delicate nature or easily damaged, the artist may be asked to
assist the exhibition staff in the installation of that work. The jurors may
exercise the right to reject any work not accurately represented by the image
submitted or work that fails to meet eligibility requirements.
Rights and Reproductions
CAV reserves the right to use submitted images
or to photograph and reproduce, in color, black and white, or video, all
entries accepted to the exhibition regardless of copyright. Photographs and/or
reproductions may be used for educational and/or publicity purposes only.

Full Name (as you want it
to appear): _________________________________________

Address:_________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
City:____________________________________
State:_____________ Zip:__________
Home/Cell
Phone:____________________ E-Mail:______________________________
Signature:
________________________________________ Date:______/______/ 2012
Signature /date above
indicate that you have read and understand the Exhibit Policies.
Entry 1: Title of
Work:________________________________________________
Material/Firing:______________________________________________
Dimensions
(HxWxD):_________________________________________
Price (if NFS indicate
insurance value):____________________________
Entry 2: Title of
Work:________________________________________________
Material/Firing:______________________________________________
Dimensions
(HxWxD):_________________________________________
Price (if NFS indicate
insurance value):____________________________
Entry 3: Title of
Work:________________________________________________
Material/Firing:______________________________________________
Dimensions
(HxWxD):_________________________________________
Price (if NFS indicate
insurance value):____________________________
By submitting this
application, the applicant agrees to all provisions of entry to this
exhibition, including the use and reproduction of any images
of their work by Clay
Arts Vegas
        

Clay Pride @ MudFire Gallery

by | Oct 12, 2012 | Uncategorized

 Amy Santoferraro

 

Opens October 12, 2012

MudFire Gallery and ceramicist Kathy King have joined forces to
create a very special exhibition that will coincide with Atlanta’s 42nd
Annual PRIDE Festival. Kathy was kind enough to curate the show and
select artists for this invitation. Participating artists were asked to
create work in a show of support for the LGBT community. The results are
humorous, heartfelt, insightful, affectionate and occasionally
off-color.

Participating artists were invited, regardless of their own
sexual preference, to show their support of the LGBT community by
sending 1-2 works of art. The show opens the same weekend as Atlanta’s
42nd Annual PRIDE Festival being held October 13th-14th. If you have
ever been to Atlanta for PRIDE you know it is an incredible event with
one of the most spectacular parades in the country with over 5,000 very
colorful people attending the festival!

In the spirit of PRIDE, we requested works for the show that celebrate
or reflect upon the LGBT community, but that could also address themes
of tolerance and diversity. Artists were invited to to take aim at their
favorite bigots, to employ humor, wield sarcasm, affectionately
document, or just show their colors.

The resulting exhibit is as diverse as the community it celebrates, and
certainly one of the liveliest we have had the pleasure to host. We hope
you enjoy it as well!

 

We’ll kick off the exhibit with a celebration and artist reception on Friday, October 12, 2012 from 5:00 – 9:00 pm.

Work will post in preview mode by October 8, and will be available for purchase starting Noon on Friday, October 12, 2012.

A very VERY good day…

by | Oct 12, 2012 | Uncategorized

Well it’s not often in my life that I get the rockstar treatment by being flown across the country for an awards ceremony, so I savored every moment. The Canadian Clay and Glass sure does put on an amazing show. I was beyond honored to be shortlisted for the Winifred Shantz Award, and to top it off an extra special treat was to have the keynote speaker be none other than Jack Sures, a Canadian Ceramic treasure, and one of my very first ceramics professors. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that he is a huge part of the reason I am doing what I’m doing today. It was fantastic to have sometime to enjoy his retrospective exhibition at the gallery, a must see if it tours anywhere near your hometown.

This little piece of mine was up in the gallery when I got there! (yeah!)

And here I am with the incredibly talented Eliza Au who took home the top prize.
Many Congrats Eliza! 

 
All in all not too shabby a day. I meet some lovely people, soaked in some wonderfully encouraging words about my work and had a full 24 hrs of quiet away from the family which was enough quiet to fill my mind with newly inspired ideas for some new pieces…

A huge thanks to everyone at the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery for all their dedicated hard work and support of Canadian Ceramics. Beautiful gallery, amazing staff, wonderful experience. And thanks to everyone who sent me such lovely words of encouragement over the last few weeks. Your support and kind words mean the world to me. Cheers!