This year’s contest theme, “Bold Choices,” will include work from across our field from makers unafraid to stand out. Whether you express yourself with vivid colors, exciting forms, eye-catching surfaces, grand adornment, or bold concepts, we want to showcase the many ways makers use their work to communicate with courage and drama. Deadline is June 21, 2026!
The Banff Artist in Residence program is designed for visual artists to focus on their practice in a supportive learning environment. Within this residency, you are encouraged to self-direct your research and time, as well as cultivate new directions in your work. Your artist in residence experience, is further supported through individual studio visits with guest faculty and dialogue amongst peers.
The program encourages experimentation and risk-taking via access to shared production facilities and knowledgeable staff who are available to provide technical support and assistance. In addition, you will have the opportunity to build connections, create networks, and share your work with other artists-in-residence and the public.
The Banff Artist in Residence program offers you the opportunity to delve deeply into their practice while away from the constraints of everyday life. You will be are provided with a studio, accessible 24 hours a day, as well as access to our extensive facilities.
This residency is for visual artists who have completed formal training at the post-secondary level, or who have equivalent experience and recognition from their peers.
Banff Centre invites applications from anywhere in the world, and artists of all ages, backgrounds, gender identities, and expressions.
For full details on vaccination requirements, masking, safety protocols, and COVID related policies please visit: www.banffcentre.ca/covid-19-measures
Adjudication is based on artistic merit, the potential impact of the program on artists’ practice and careers, project feasibility and the capacity of Banff Centre to help realize the project, and the project’s fit with Banff Centre’s values and strategic directions as described in its strategic plan. Banff Centre respects the need for artists to plan ahead for their visit; applicants will be notified as soon as adjudication is complete.
Banff Centre welcomes domestic and international applicants for this program. Please note, Banff Centre programs do not meet Canadian Student Visa eligibility requirements, you must obtain a Visitor Visa to enter Canada. Accepted individuals are responsible for identifying and complying with the immigration requirements to enter Canada as a visitor from their country of origin. Current wait times to receive a visa are much longer than normal, so applicants who require a Visitor Visa should check the current expected processing times prior to applying.
All programs, faculty, dates, fees, and offers of financial assistance are subject to change. Program fee is subject to applicable taxes. Non-refundable fees and deposits will be retained upon cancellation. Any other fees are refunded at the discretion of the Banff Centre. The application deadline is 11:59 p.m. Mountain Standard Time.
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Gulf Coast State College Amelia Center Gallery is hosting its annual juried exhibition that explores the idea of the drinking vessel. The focus of the exhibit is on the function and concept of the drinking vessel, including its relation to history, politics, craft, technology, utility, and narrative. It is a survey of the wide variety of approaches to contemporary ceramics through the lens of the most intimate and accessible vessel – the cup.
Juror
Mike Stumbras makes ceramic vessels that are inspired by 18th and 19th century European production ware. His work is created primarily on the potter’s wheel with the immediacy and individuality attributed to hand processes and alternative firing methods. Mike was born in Chicago, IL. He studied at St. Olaf College (BFA 2007), and Louisiana State University (MFA 2017). He has completed numerous residencies across the country, and is currently Assistant Professor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
Prizes
$100 Best of Show prize will be awarded by the juror.
Eligibility
The exhibition is open to both functional and sculptural work that addresses the idea of “the cup”. Please submit only original work that has been completed in the last three (3) years. Amelia Center Gallery reserves the right to reject any work that is not suitably prepared for exhibition or that differs from the original submission.
Entries and Fees
Please submit your entries online via Smarter Entry at https://client.smarterentry.com/ACG. Each artist may submit up to three (3) images with the following specifications. Images must be saved as JPG, TIF, or PNG files not greater than 2MB. The longest side should be 1,280 pixels or greater. The files should be titled with the artist’s first and last name and entry number (example: SteveSmith1.jpg). All in one word, file names cannot have special characters. Please do not submit any other materials (CV, statement, etc.). All submissions are due October 21.
Full Prospectus HERE.
Read all the details here.
Please review the exhibition Prospectus. (copied below)
Follow the link below to application form where you can upload your images and details.
Hang Up’s – Prospectus
Exhibition Title: Hang Up’s
Juror: Soojin Choi
Exhibition Location: www.goodhabitpottery.com
Dates for Exhibition: January 30, 2023 – April 2, 2023
Submission Deadline: November 13, 2022
Ship work by: December 15, 2022
Fee: $10 USD, up to 3 works
Hang Up’s is an exhibition of wall mounted/hanging ceramic works, hosted online by Good Habit Pottery Co.
Eligibility
Open to all artists living in North America, 18 years of age or older. Works must wall hanging, have a ceramic component(s) and be no larger than 18 inches in the largest dimension. All works must be ready to hang. Please provide any special hardware or hanging instructions as needed.
Juror
Soojin Choi was born and raised in South Korea, and she has worked as an artist in the United States since 2010. Soojin earned her BFA at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2015 with a double major in Craft/ Material Studies and Painting/ Printmaking. She continued her studies at Alfred University to pursue a MFA degree in ceramics in 2018. After graduate school, she accepted a residency at the Northern Clay Center in Minneapolis, MN with funding by Anonymous Artist Studio Fellowship, and a long-term resident artist at Red Lodge Clay Center in Red Lodge, MT. Currently, she is a long-term resident artist at Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, MT. Her work transforms objects, figures and spaces into visual language by repeatedly layering flat and spatial surfaces.
Submissions
Artists may submit up to three works. Images must be formatted JPEG, a minimum of 1200px on the small dimension. Artists may submit up to 3 views of each piece.
Name files in the following format “lastname_firstname_title_view(A,B,C).jpg”
Fee
Artists may submit up to three submissions for a fee of $10 USD. Fee must be paid with credit card through the Good Habit Pottery Co. website ‘Open Call’ page.
Sales
All work must be for sale, Artist will be paid 55% of the retail price, Good Habit Pottery Co. will retain 35%, and 10% will be donated to one of our three beneficiary organizations.
Shipping
Selected artists are responsible for shipping costs to Good Habit Pottery Co. and must include a prepaid return shipping label. All works must be shipped by December 10, 2022.
About Good Habit Pottery Co.
Good Habit Pottery Company is an aspiration to focus more time on the good things in life – to celebrate our good habits. The craft of pottery is one of humanity’s earliest inventions and is, at it’s root, about nourishing our family and community.
As craftspeople and artists, we know it is a luxury to pursue our passion through a life in the studio; as collectors of pottery, we know it is a luxury to adorn our homes with thoughtfully crafted wares.
We hope to inspire our customers to slow down, appreciate the small things, and take care of one another. To that end, we at Good Habit Pottery Company donate 10% of every sale to community building organizations.
Currently, we are supporting Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity, Days for Girls, and Crafting the Future.
Contact
Any and all questions can be submitted to [email protected]
