Sobey Art Award Announces Call for Nominations for $50,000 award for Canadian artist

by | Mar 15, 2011 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

The deadline for nominations is APR 1

The Sobey Art Award is officially accepting nominations for this year’s prize. The $50,000 award is Canada’s premier visual art award given annually to a Canadian artist under 40 who has exhibited in a public or commercial art gallery within 18 months of being nominated.

The five finalists of the 2011 Award will be announced in June, 2011. Selected work from the shortlisted artists will be featured in Halifax in an exhibition hosted by the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia from September 17th, 2011 and run until January 8th, 2012. The winner of the 2011 Sobey Art Award will be announced during a gala event at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in October 2011.

The 2011 curatorial advisory panel is made up of five distinguished representatives from a Canadian art gallery in each of the five regions: the Atlantic Provinces, Quebec, Ontario, the Prairies and the North, and the West Coast and Yukon.

For more information and nominations guidelines please visit www.sobeyartaward.ca

via Alberta Craft Council e-news

ACC CALL FOR ENTRY: Coming Up Next

by | Mar 15, 2011 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

Deadline for Entry: APR 25

Coming Up Next . . . an exhibition featuring work by emerging fine craft artists
The Alberta Craft Council is organizing it’s 5th annual juried exhibition that is open to emerging craft artists who are in the first five years of their career or in the last year of their formal education.

Deadline for Entry: Monday, April 25, 2011
Exhibition Dates: May 28 – July 9, 2011
Artist Reception: Saturday, May 28, 2011, 2 – 4 pm

If you are creating contemporary fine craft (clay, glass, fibre, wood, furniture design, jewellery, or metals) with fresh new designs submit:
• a current cv
• artist statement and/or bio
• 3 to 5 good quality images (digital – 4”x6”) of work to be presented in the exhibition
• portrait image of artist in the studio or against a neutral background
• an image list that includes title, medium, technique, year made, size and photo credit

*NOTE: All submissions must have been produced in the last year*

This submission can be sent via e-mail or mail. E-mail: [email protected]
Mail: Alberta Craft Council, 10186 – 106 Street Edmonton, AB T5J 1H4

Questions on this call? Please contact Annette or Laura at (780) 488-6611 ext 221 or [email protected]

Handmade for Japan: eBay auction March 18-20 to help the victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami

by | Mar 14, 2011 | Uncategorized


Mission:
Handmade For Japan’s mission is to raise money through an online auction on March 18-20 for relief efforts to assist the victims of Japan’s catastrophic earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear emissions.

Handmade for Japan is an online auction of unique, handmade art donated by concerned, invited artists. One hundred percent of all net proceeds collected via the auction will be donated to the relief efforts in Japan.

Because of the urgency of the situation, the auction will begin on eBay on Friday, March 18th and end on Sunday, March 20th. The auction items will be listed under the “Handmade for Japan” seller ID.

Previews of the auction items will be available in English and Japanese through Facebook pages and Twitter updates. All inquiries in either language should be sent to [email protected].

Who We Are:
Handmade For Japan was borne out of concern for Japan’s residents by Japanese-American ceramic artist Ayumi Horie. She, Ai Kanazawa Cheung, and Kathryn Pombriant Manzella have mobilized to solicit, promote, and auction handmade pieces of art generously donated by talented artists throughout North America and Japan.