Residency opportunity – call for applications

Artist In Residence (one year)Midwestern State University
Ceramics Department
Dates: September 1, 2011 through August 31, 2012

Application deadline: July 31, 2011
This self-directed residency is designed to provide a ceramic artist with studio access, as they make the transition from or between academic settings. Furthermore, the program is intended to allow a resident the time and space to pursue a body of work in a creative and energetic environment while enhancing the art program at Midwestern State University. The accepted artist will participate within the ceramics area as an informal collaborator and mentor for students, while working in the common studio space. To see images of the ceramics studio at Midwestern, go to:

http://finearts.mwsu.edu/art/ceramics.asp
Steve Hilton
[email protected]
Midwestern State University
Juanita and Ralph Harvey School of Visual Arts
3410 Taft Blvd
Wichita Falls, TX 76308

(940) 613.7041

Please do not hesitate to call or email if you have any questions
(Application deadline: July 31, 2011)

Call for entry: 6th International Arte Laguna Prize



Applications open for 6th International Arte Laguna Prize

Prize amount: 160.000 Euros
The winning artworks will remain of artists’ property

Sections: painting, sculpture, photographic art, video art and performance, virtual art
Participation: open to all the artists, without any constriction and with free topic
Deadline: 11th November 2011
Application fee: 50 € one work, 90 € two works
Collective Exhibition: Venice
Finalists: 110 Artists
Special Prizes: Personal and Collective Exhibitions, International Festivals
Artist in Residence: Loft Miramarmi, Carlo Zauli Museum, Glass School Abate Zanetti, Art Stays, iaab
Business for Art:: STILE Original Design

Prize Curator: Igor Zanti – Art Critic
Jurors:
Alessio Antoniolli – Director Gasworks of London
Chiara Barbieri – Publications Director, Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Gabriella Belli – Director MART of Trento and Rovereto
Ilaria Bonacossa – Freelance Curator
Soledad Gutierrez – Curator at MACBA Barcelona
Kanchi Metha – Curator Indian Pavillon Prague Biennale
Ludovico Pratesi – Director Centro Arti Visive Pescheria of Pesaro
Maria Savarese – Freelance Curator
Ralf Schmitt – Director Preview Berlin
Alma Zevi – Art Critic

Application : http://www.artelagunaprize.com/index.php/enrollment-of-the-6-international-art-prize-arte-laguna.html

Arte Laguna Prize
tel. +39 041 5937242 (int.4) – [email protected]
www.artelagunaprize.com

Call For Papers

The Art of the Coroplast Speaks: The Story of Archaeology, Art History and the Ceramic Arts

Type: Calls For Papers
Posted by: Angelo State University
Deadline: 09/16/11

We welcome proposals from faculty, independent scholars and advanced graduate students whose research focuses on the ceramic arts. Paper topics that address the theme, particularly submissions that take an interdisciplinary approach to material/visual culture, are welcome. Please send an abstract of no more than 300 words for 20 minute papers with your name, title, institutional affiliation (if applicable) together with a short CV to the conference organizer, Dr. Kimberly S. Busby, [email protected] by Friday, September 16, 2011. The symposium will be held on Thursday, April 19th in conjunction with the Twenty-Seventh Annual San Angelo Ceramic Symposium, April 19-22, 2012 at Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas.

via college art association

Call for artist: Contemporary Art Fair NYC American Craft Show NYC

Deadline: 8/1/11 or until the show has been filled
Contemporary Art Fair NYC American Craft Show NYC
November 18, 19 & 20
Javits Center NYC
Now, in metro NYC, an art show has emerged that embraces contemporary art and fine craft under one roof. The Contemporary Art Fair NYC provides a major showing to independent painters, photographers, sculptors or other artists doing non-functional work. The counterpart show, The American Craft Show NYC, features the work of fine artisans working with glass, ceramic, wood, and other materials.
Apply Online: http://www.AmericanArtMarketing.com/
Call for Questions: 845-3552400