grant opportunity: CERF+ The Artists Safety Net COVID-19 Relief Grant

by | Sep 2, 2020 | call for entry, emerging artist

GRANT OPPORTUNITY: If you are artist working in a craft discipline (or you know of one) who has been affected by COVID-19,

CERFplus is here to help.
We’re now accepting applications for the second cycle of our COVID-19 Relief Grant Program. This program will provide one-time $1,000 grants to artists working in craft disciplines who are facing dire circumstances due to food, housing, and/or health insecurities. Here’s the link! https://cerfplus.org/cerf-covid-19-relief-grant/
Priority will be given to eligible artists who have traditionally been underserved by the grantmaking community, including people of color and folk and traditional artists. The deadline for the second cycle is September 9 at 5:00 P.M (ET).
Pictured: Rachael Scharf of RachaelPots Kitchen
Rachael is a studio potter and ceramic artist who received a Get Ready grant from @CERFplus to purchase a ceramic grade HEPA vacuum for her studio.

call for artists: 2021 Cheongju International Craft Competition

by | Sep 2, 2020 | call for entry

Starting in 1999 and producing 1,700 award-winning works from 47 countries,
we are presenting the competition guidelines for <2021 Cheongju International Craft Competition>, a representative event of the Cheongju Craft Biennale 🙂
The total prize for this competition is KRW146,000,000.
– Competition 1: Craft Competition
– Competition 2: Craft City Lab Competition
In both competition, you can apply for any age and nationality, and winners will receive awards, including a certificate and a plaque.
The application period is
from May 1st to 31st, 2022.
For details, visit the official website
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residency opportunity: Taoxichuan Art Center

by | Sep 2, 2020 | residency opportunity

Taoxichuan Art Center – International Studio located in the city of porcelain – Jingdezhen, China is now open for the application of Artist-in-residency for the calendar year 2021 & 2022.
The mission of Taoxichuan Art Center is to provide a platform for artists to work at the well-supportive studio environment and explore a thousand-year history of porcelain in Jingdezhen.
For the past 5 years, over 100 artists coming from 30 countries took part in our artist-in-residence. We held more than 50 solo and group exhibitions, 30 workshops, 5 Spring and Autumn Art Fairs, and 2 Ceramic Film Weeks.
In 2021 and 2022, Taoxichuan Art Centre will continuously enrich our existing artist-in-residence program by adding 2 new locations in two of the famous Celadon historical kiln sites. One is in Longquan, Zhejiang Province. The other one is in Tongchuan, Yaozhou Kiln, outside of Xian in Shanxi Province.
We expand and designate the goal of the artist-in-residence program in four categories.
1. create and exhibit
2. masterclass teaching and research
3. design prototype for a line of industrial production
work
4. film production about ceramic art, design, craft, culture and history.
For further information please contact: