by Carole Epp | May 13, 2020 | call for entry
James Renwick Alliance
Chrysalis Award for Emerging Artists
2020 Focus: Ceramics
The Chrysalis Award was created by the James Renwick Alliance to encourage and assist emerging visual artists. Emerging is defined as someone early in their artistic career, without regard to age, who demonstrates excellence in their work and a commitment to developing in unique and dynamic ways, but without major gallery representation or significant exhibition history.
Our 2020 award will focus on emerging artists working in the CERAMICS field. In future years, we will solicit nominees in other media. The awardee will be selected by an independent panel of jurors. The 2020 Chrysalis Award was generously made possible by JRA member, Rebecca Ravenal.
The awardee receives a $5,000 unrestricted award, a trip to Washington, DC, for a dedicated occasion to give a formal presentation about their work (all expenses paid), and an opportunity to meet with other artists, collectors, and JRA members. Depending on health concerns/realities, these events may be conducted virtually. To further support emerging artists, especially in light of these tough times, we are offering $3,000+ in additional awards, also to emerging artists working in ceramics.
2020 Award Eligibility
The artist must have completed a four-year academic program or self-directed equivalent training within the past 5 years. Residencies, workshops, and/or a dedicated practice qualify as equivalent training. Applicants may not have had a solo commercial exhibition or be exclusively represented by a gallery or commercial entity.
The applicant must be working in the ceramics craft field and show merit, skill, and innovation in their work. Craft is the creation of original objects through the skillful manipulation of ceramic materials. Qualities that contribute to the success of a craft object include the skill of the maker, the use of the material, the refinement of the design, the originality of expression, and/or its cultural significance. The applicant must have residency in the United States. Applicants are asked to supply 3-5 images of work completed in the past five years and answer all application questions.
Application fee: WAIVED FOR 2020
Application deadline: September 8, 2020
Notification of Award: October 5, 2020
Award Presentation: by the end of 2020
Find out more on their website HERE.
by Carole Epp | May 12, 2020 | call for entry
February 2021 – “UNDERCOVER”
An Exhibition of Original Ceramic Butter Dishes
Deadline to Apply: November 1, 2020
Juror: Nikki Mizak
Invited Artists: Sunshine Cobb, Lisa Orr & Charan Sachar
· Open to residents of the Us and Canada
· $35 application fee for up to 3 entries
· $200 Juror’s Choice Award!
· Acceptance notification by late November
· Show will be online as well as in gallery February 2021
· Work shipped to gallery must be the same work accepted from the application
· Artist is responsible for cost of shipping to and from the gallery
· Work must be for sale
· Gallery will retain 40% commission for work sold
www.goodearthpots.com/call-for-entries
by Carole Epp | May 4, 2020 | call for entry
Application Deadline
May 25, 2020 (midnight)
About the Exhibition
The Clay Studio National is a biannual exhibition that showcases the wide range of ceramic art being made in the United States today.
Exhibition Dates: June 20th – August 2, 2020 – Reception, June 20th
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Due to the current situation we have made some changes to this year’s exhibition in order to best benefit artists.
Guest Juror
Lauren Sandler is the Assistant Professor and Program Head of Ceramics at Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
Sandler is an artist and educator whose work deconstructs mythologies and investigates narratives of power and perspective. With fragmented forms, allegorical vessels and mundane assemblages, Sandler amplifies interdependence, highlights stories obfuscated or erased and implicates our assumptions of normal and worth. With a background in anthropology, she examines the myriad chronicles told by objects and develops work where the visceral and structural meet a shared intersection of body, culture and history.
Full Details and Application HERE.
by Carole Epp | Apr 2, 2020 | call for entry
2018 Warren MacKenzie Advancement Award Recipient, Isaac Logsdon
The Warren MacKenzie Advancement Award (WMAA), founded in 2014, provides an opportunity for students and emerging artists to continue their ceramic research and education for a period of up to twelve consecutive months within the grant year, further expanding their professional development. This award is available to current undergraduate or graduate students, recent graduates (within one year), or those who have completed a university-equivalent training in ceramics (including apprenticeships) within the year prior to the application deadline.
During the grant year, the recipients can research a new technique or process, study with a mentor or in an apprenticeship setting, travel to other ceramic art centers or institutions for classes and workshops, collaborate with artists of another media, and travel. Proposals to fund large capital equipment purchases will not be accepted. One or two cash awards will be made in 2020, up to $3,000 each, for projects taking place between May 1, 2020, and April 30, 2021. Recipients contribute project updates to NCC’s social media and are required to give a public presentation at their school or other institution. See updates from past recipients at northernclaycenter.blogspot.com.
This award is made possible through the support of generous individual and institutional donors in honor of MacKenzie’s legacy of ceramic education, both traditional and non-traditional.
The deadline for the Warren MacKenzie Advancement Award application is Friday, April 17, 2020, by 5 pm.
Find out more and apply here: https://www.northernclaycenter.org/artist-services/artist-grants/warren-mackenzie-advancement-award
by Carole Epp | Mar 31, 2020 | call for entry
Summer is Served: Plates call for submissions
This summer Charlie Cummings Gallery will host Summer is Served: Plates, an exhibition exploring the dinner plate, one of the vessels most closely associated with cooking and serving in the home or dining out and with celebrating with family and guests. This exhibition will be via both invitations and submissions showing four individual plates from each participant and will be online only. We are pleased to invite artists to submit plates for consideration for this exhibition celebrating this vital functional ceramic object.
Deadline: midnight Eastern, May 31st, 2020
Exhibition calendar and details:
May 31 – Submission deadline
June 19 – Notifications sent
July 9 – Plates Ship-by Deadline
July 16 – Plates due at gallery
August 1-27 – Summer is Served: Plates online
May 2022 – Unsold plates returned
Cup: The Intimate Object XVI call for submissions
This fall Charlie Cummings Gallery will host Cup: The Intimate Object XVI, the sixteenth installment of our iconic annual cup show. This year the exhibition will once again be via both invitations and submissions showing five individual cups from each participant and will be online and installed in our brick-and-mortar gallery. We are pleased to invite artists to submit cups for consideration for this exhibition celebrating the most intimate and beloved of functional ceramic objects.
Deadline: midnight Eastern, June 28th, 2020
Exhibition calendar and details:
July 5 – Submission deadline
July 20 – Notifications sent
August 21 – Cups Ship-by Deadline
August 24-September 4 – Cups due at gallery
October 5-October 31 – Cup: The Intimate Object XVI online
February 2021 – Cups returned
Our Lives in Clay call for submissions
In December Charlie Cummings Gallery will host Our Lives in Clay, exhibition exploring the iconography of the ceramist and a life immersed in the culture of handmade ceramics. The kiln, the potter’s wheel, the warm cat on your lap, the faithful studio dog at your feet, and a favorite cup on the studio table are symbols of a clay artist’s life. The neatly arranged rows of cups on the shelves of a beloved cup collection are immediately recognizable to collectors who choose to fill their lives with handmade ceramics. Tables full of gorgeous wares and sculpture the speak of ceramist’s booths at art festivals and the bountiful collections found at ceramics galleries. These images describe a life lived in appreciation of enduring things produced by human hands with great time investment and skill to be used an enjoyed intimately in the home and proudly shared with all who will touch them and all who will listen. This exhibition will focus on self-referential ceramics that celebrate and examine the life we’ve chosen working with clay.. The exhibition will be via both invitations and submissions showing three individual ceramic works from each participant and will be online only. Pottery, sculpture, and clay prints are welcome. We are pleased to invite artists to submit works celebrating Our Lives in Clay.
Deadline: midnight Eastern, September 13, 2020
Exhibition calendar and details:
September 13 – Submission deadline
October 23 – Notifications sent
November 11 – Work Ship-by Deadline
November 18 – Work due at gallery
December 12-January 7 – Our Lives in Clay online
July 2021 – Cups returned
Send questions (not submissions) to [email protected], or call 352-514-8821.
Full submission details are posted HERE.
by Carole Epp | Mar 20, 2020 | call for entry
Please email submissions to [email protected]
The Caudill College Department of Art & Design at Morehead State University located in Morehead, Kentucky is seeking exhibition submissions from interested solo and group artists. Exhibitions will be held in Fall 2020 during the months of October and November. All media are eligible for consideration. Artists will be chosen in early May by the Gallery Director and the faculty of the Art & Design department.
The recently renovated three-level gallery features approximately 2500 square feet of quality exhibition space with a screening room to display new media.
Artists are responsible for the cost of delivery to and from the Golding-Yang Art Gallery. Some promotional expenses are covered depending on the needs of the artist.
Your submission should include the following:
- Up to 10 high-quality images (NOTE: 1mb max per image)
- ID List of Images: Title(s) of work, year completed, medium, size, retail price
- Artist Statement
- Current CV or Resume
- Exhibition Proposal
The deadline for submissions is Thursday, April 30th
For questions and more information please contact Melissa Yungbluth, Gallery Director, at [email protected]
