The Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize Exhibition


22 October to 6 November 2011 Woollahra Council Chambers 536 New South Head Road, Double Bay. Free Entry Now in its 11th year, the prestigious Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize attracted 542 entries from Australia and around the world Come and see our 40 finalists and cast your vote for the Viewer’s Choice Award. The Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize totals $13,000 across three categories: · The Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize: an acquisitive award of $10,000; · The Special Commendation: a non-acquisitive award of $2,000 · The Viewers’ Choice: a non-acquisitive award of $1,000. Exhibition: 22 October to 6 November 9am-6pm weekdays, 10am-4pm weekends Woollahra Council’s historic Redleaf building, 536 New South Head Road, Double Bay. Free Entry Artist Floor Talks: Saturday 22 October 2pm – 4pm A selection of 2011 finalists will be conducting free community floor talks at the exhibition.
Free Entry Kid’s Day Out: Sunday 23 October 10am-2pm. Free family cultural event featuring the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize and Environmental Schools Sculpture Prize. Sculpture Tea Topic: Friday 28 October 10am-11am. A guided tour of the exhibition and High Tea (bookings essential) Free The prize is held in conjunction with the Environmental Schools Sculpture Prize which is open to all schools in the municipality. For more information please visit: http://sculptureprize.woollahra.nsw.gov.au/ . FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: TEL: 02 9391 7135 EMAIL: [email protected]

BBC 4 – Handmade In Britain – Ceramics: A Fragile History. 10 October 2011 at 9.00pm

Ceramics: A Fragile History There are three episodes to this one hour BBC4 programme: on Mondays 10, 17 and 24 October 2011. Episode 1 is looking at domestic pottery from the Tudor period onwards. It traces the evolution of different techniques and styles involved in the art of pottery and examines in intimate detail what British pots can tell us about how generations before us lived and how they saw themselves. Episode 2. Focuses on Stoke on Trent including those responsible for the dominance of British Ceramics from Josiah Wedgewood and Josiah Spode to Clarice Cliff and Susie Cooper. Episode 3. From the mass produced pots of the industrial revolution to the Arts and Crafts Movement to the rebirth of handmade pots by Bernard Leach to the imaginative and exciting ceramics of the current period. See more detail on the BBC site: www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2011/09_september/30/handmade2.shtml If you are interested in the story of British Ceramics this is a series not to be missed.via StudioPottery.co.uk

Ceramics Monthly – Ceramic Artist of the Year


I can’t think of anyone more deserving of the title of Ceramic Artist of the Year than Ayumi Horie. An amazing artist, a generous humanitarian and activist. Many congrats to you Ayumi! I’ll raise my cup (made by you of course!) to you today.

Read all about Ayumi and the award here.
And please check out Ayumi’s website here.
And last but not least check out the Ceramic raffle to support Japan – ends on October 9th

Call for entry: Cups of Fire – National Ceramic Cup Competition

Clay Gallery: Cups of Fire – National Ceramic Cup Competition
335 S. Main St., Ann Arbor, MI 48105
ATTN: COF-Y. K. Lee

Images – Minimum: 1 , Maximum: 3

Entry Fee (Clay Gallery: Cups of Fire – National Ceramic Cup Competition): $25.00

(per image over minimum): $

A juried cup exhibition embraces a wide spectrum of cup forms both sculptural and utilitarian.

• The Show is open to all artists who are residents of and working in the United States.
• All work is expected to be predominately made in clay.
• All work accepted must be available for sale during the exhibition.
• Each piece of work is limited to 15 pounds and must not exceed 30 inches in all dimensions.
• Work entered should not be so fragile that shipment or public display is potentially harmful to the work or the viewer.
• Work must be properly prepared and presented for display.
• Work selected by the juror MUST be the work displayed at the Cups of Fire Exhibition
• Clay gallery reserves the right to make the final decision on displaying juror selected cups based on technical factors and accuracy of the work as represented in the submitted image.

The non-refundable processing fee for applying electronically by November 1, 2011 is $25.00, payable online at the time you fill out the application at https://www.callforentry.org
Each entrant may submit up to three (3) pieces of work with one digital image per piece for consideration by the juror. Images must be of current work and representative of work the artist plans to exhibit at the show.

Awards
Cash awards will include the following:-
Best of Show: $500.00
Second place: $300.00
Third place: $150.00
5 Honorable Mentions:$100.00 Each

Calendar
Application Deadline November 1, 2011
Notification Begins November 16, 2011
Accepted Work Due January 9, 2012
Show Opens January 29, 2012
Exhibition Gala February 3, 2012
Show Ends March 3, 2012

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