We are accepting applications for all functional vessels and vessels referencing function that pay special attention to surface treatment. The exhibition will run from August 26th – September 18th. All Applications must be received by July 15th! To apply, please submit a maximum of 3 images and a $35 application fee to: http://www.lillstreet.slideroom.com This years Juror is Matthew Metz: Matthew Metz has been a making his living as a studio potter for the last 20 years. He shares a home and studio in Alfred Station, NY with potter/educator Linda Sikora. Awards he has received include a NEA Crafts Fellowship, and two McKnight Fellowships. He shows and sells his pottery throughout the U.S. and internationally- including the St. Croix Potter’s tour, the Old Church Pottery Show, and the Philadelphia Craft Show.
To be considered, please submit the following by June 30, 2011: • Up to five professional-quality digital images (300 ppi resolution on CD) and complete descriptions of each work submitted • A full-size color print (as large as the image will print at 300 ppi) of each image. Images should print to at least five (5) inches in the smallest dimension; because accepted entries are printed, larger is better. • Full contact information including e-mail • 500 words discussing the body of work you are submitting • Instructor name(s) and contact information • Institution at which you study Mail to: Undergraduate Showcase | Ceramics Monthly | 600 N. Cleveland Ave. | Suite 210 | Westerville, OH | 43082 Arrival deadline: June 30, 2011 Do not submit materials in binders or folders. E-mailed submissions and submissions of more than five images will not be considered. Submitted materials will not be returned. Due to the volume of submissions, we are unable to acknowledge receipt of materials. Notification via e-mail will be sent by the end of July. Please, no phone calls. Do you know a deserving undergraduate? Do they need a nudge? Pass this along and help them get the recognition they deserve. Open to all undergraduate students enrolled in ceramics classes at accredited post-secondary educational institutions, including 2011 graduates.
A two-day ceramics workshop takes place June 10 and 11 at STC’s Pecan Campus Art Building Ceramics Lab, Room 113. Art talks will take place Saturday, July 11 from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the same location. All this is free of charge. Participants will see clay demonstrations and art talks by nationally recognized and distinguished ceramicists Ovidio Giberga and Paul Northway. Both artists’ work references and expresses personal ideas of identity, time and place. Also an exhibition of student work from regional campuses will be on display for a month.
