The Silent Evolution by Jason deCaires Taylor
Not clay, but worth seeing:
via Crafthaus
Not clay, but worth seeing:
via Crafthaus
Submission Deadline: January 28, 2011
Exhibition: May 6-May 29, 2011
Red Lodge Clay Center is celebrating five years of success with the introduction of a Bi-Annual Juried National. It is our mission to provide a place for professionally minded ceramic artists to create new work and share the collective importance of art in our everyday lives. The Center hopes to extend our mission by showcasing the most current and thoughtful innovations and practices in the field of ceramics today.
MERIT AWARDS:
Juror’s Choice Award $500
Director’s Choice Award $300
Curatorial Choice Award $200
Click link for Prospectus: http://www.redlodgeclaycenter.com/pdf/National-Juried-Prospectus.pdf
Sakuraba Gallery, located in Sendai, Japan, announces their international art competition to recognize the best artists from outside of Japan. The artists that are selected to exhibit will be brought to Japan from their home country to attend the opening reception. Airfare, cost of hotel stay for up to ten days, and a small group tour of Sendai are included. Meals and spending money are not provided. The competition is open to artists 18 years of age or older world-wide. However;
-Artists must not currently reside in Japan or have resided in the past for longer than two years.
-Artists cannot be Japanese citizens or hold duel citizenship with Japan and another country.
-Publishers, galleries, agents, and collectors may not submit artwork on behalf of artists.
-All works submitted must be original in design and concept. Artwork must not be copied, in part or wholly, from any published or copyrighted work. Artwork based upon a copy-written work for the sake of parody or critic is acceptable on a case by case basis. Eligible media: Drawings, paintings, printmaking, photography, digital art, sculpture, installations, ceramics, fiber art, wearable art, jewelry, and mixed media.
Media not accepted: Video/film and live performance pieces. All entries must be received by January 1, 2011. 12:01pm JST. For link to online entries and more information: http://www.sakurabagallery.info/international-art-competition.php
“Celebrated artist and paper-cut genius, Rob Ryan AKA Mister Rob makes intricate and delicate papercuts painstakingly cut by hand. Both wistful and whimsical, Rob Ryan freely admits his pictures and stories are unashamedly sentimental…so there!”
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