by Carole Epp | Oct 7, 2011 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Applications are now being invited for The Contemporary Craft Festival 2012. The Festival is now one of the largest and most prestigious craft events in the UK. With a lively and inspirational atmosphere, the Festival has built up a loyal following of 8000 visitors and we represent over 165 of the UK’s finest designer makers. Our additional on-site educational programme includes demonstrations, workshops for all ages, masterclasses and lectures by some of the UK’s leading names. All set in a marqueed village in idyllic parkland on the edge of Dartmoor in South Devon with excellent transport links via road, train and air. Selected by an independent panel of judges, The Contemporary Craft Festival is open to designer makers resident in Britain and Ireland working to the highest standard in ceramics, glass, textiles, jewellery, metal, wood, plastics, mixed media, leather, recycled materials and paper.
No paintings, photography or musical instruments. Greetings cards are only accepted as part of a range, not the sole product.
DEADLINE
6pm NOVEMBER 4th
The Contemporary Craft Festival
at Mill Marsh Park, Bovey Tracey, Devon, UK June 15-17 Open 10am-5pm
Contact: 01626 830612 [email protected] application forms available to download from: www.craftsatboveytracey.co.uk
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by Carole Epp | Oct 7, 2011 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
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College/Division
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Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
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Scope of Search
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Open to Public
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Grant Funded Position
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This is a grant funded position. Continuation is contingent on future grant funding.
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Posted Rate of Pay
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$12.17per hour
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Duties and Responsibilities
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This position will work closely with the museum’s director, senior curator and curator of ceramics with a contemporary studio craft collection and how it relates to the broader contemporary art context, and assist with research and development of a major traveling exhibition.
Development of strategic collection plan:
-Research and assess existing artists and objects in the craft collection;
-Research and identify potential craft acquisitions and present them to curatorial team and collections committee;
-Identify major international trends and cross-currents in the field.
Assist with the organization of pan-craft exhibition and attendant publication:
-Participate in all planning for craft exhibitions, including coordinating with collection assessment, writing, education, publicity and outreach;
-Write artist profiles for publication;
-Consult with registrar on related collection activities;
-Coordinate collection photography.
Facilitate visiting artist lectures, workshops and residences:
-Research potential visiting artists;
-Work closely with ASU faculty, museum curators in scheduling and facilitating visit;
-Coordinate lectures, workshops, class sessions and community partnerships with both emerging and established artists.
DAYS AND SCHEDULE: Monday-Friday 8:00AM-5:00PM |
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Minimum Qualifications
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Two years of general museum activities experience; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.
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Desired Qualifications
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-Master’s of Art in the history of decorative arts, material culture studies, studio craft or art/craft history and/or theory. -Enrolled in a doctoral or post-doctoral program in an accredited U.S. institution or abroad. -Previous curatorial experience in a museum preferred.
Demonstrated experience in:
-working in an art museum;
-meeting deadlines;
-collaborating and working in a team environment;
-Microsoft Office applications (i.e., Word, Excel, Outlook);
-excellent organizational and multi-tasking skills;
-results-oriented with good problem solving skills;
-working independently.
Demonstrated knowledge of curation and care of collections.
For further details visit: https://www.asu.edu/go/employment/?auth=guest&jobid=27268&SiteId=1&PostingSeq=1 |
by Carole Epp | Oct 6, 2011 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Conventional art institutions such as museums and galleries have had problematic relationships with three-dimensional utilitarian objects since their inception. As several scholars, including Ruth Phillips and James Clifford, have argued, conventional displays deprive objects of their functionality and turn them into highly anaesthetized fetishes of high culture. The notorious notion of the modernist white cube has often been challenged and debunked by craft and design practitioners as unsuitable and denigrating for exhibiting utilitarian objects. The present collection of essays seeks to address the problematic relationship and possible solutions of the conventional exhibition strategies which may include participatory happenings or alternative exhibiting venues.
Submissions which deal with less conventional methods of display in such venues as craft fairs, commercial galleries, department stores, artists’ studios, and life demonstrations are highly welcome. This collection will try to analyse the following ideas and questions: how craft and design displays contributed to the rethinking of the notional white cube and have helped to come up with alternative strategies for display and public engagement; how touch and texture are two of the most pivotal issues of the production of craft objects; how tactile experiences have been conveyed in different situations and venues, for examples those which have or have not included the opportunity to touch the objects. How have the performative aspects of craft and design production help to attract audiences to museums and exhibitions? How have the relationships between artists and curators changed through the twentieth century, and why? What are the many roles of the media in the display of the craft and design products?
Original previously unpublished contributions of between 5,000 and 7,000 words including footnotes and bibliography are welcome, as well as interviews with craft practitioners and curators. The latter should be between 4,000 and 6,000 words.
The deadline for abstracts (max. 500 words) is 1 November, 2011.
The deadline for chapters will be June 1st, 2011.
Please send abstracts and CVs by e-mail to Dr. Alla Myzelev, [email protected].
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by Carole Epp | Oct 5, 2011 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Women’s Studio Workshop in Rosendale, New York offers ceramics
ceramics internships and
fellowships. The next deadline is October 15, 2011.
Visit their website
here.via Margaret Henkels
by Carole Epp | Oct 5, 2011 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Clay Gallery: Cups of Fire – National Ceramic Cup Competition
335 S. Main St., Ann Arbor, MI 48105
ATTN: COF-Y. K. Lee
Images – Minimum: 1 , Maximum: 3
Entry Fee (Clay Gallery: Cups of Fire – National Ceramic Cup Competition): $25.00
(per image over minimum): $
A juried cup exhibition embraces a wide spectrum of cup forms both sculptural and utilitarian.
• The Show is open to all artists who are residents of and working in the United States.
• All work is expected to be predominately made in clay.
• All work accepted must be available for sale during the exhibition.
• Each piece of work is limited to 15 pounds and must not exceed 30 inches in all dimensions.
• Work entered should not be so fragile that shipment or public display is potentially harmful to the work or the viewer.
• Work must be properly prepared and presented for display.
• Work selected by the juror MUST be the work displayed at the Cups of Fire Exhibition
• Clay gallery reserves the right to make the final decision on displaying juror selected cups based on technical factors and accuracy of the work as represented in the submitted image.
The non-refundable processing fee for applying electronically by November 1, 2011 is $25.00, payable online at the time you fill out the application at https://www.callforentry.org
Each entrant may submit up to three (3) pieces of work with one digital image per piece for consideration by the juror. Images must be of current work and representative of work the artist plans to exhibit at the show.
Awards
Cash awards will include the following:-
Best of Show: $500.00
Second place: $300.00
Third place: $150.00
5 Honorable Mentions:$100.00 Each
Calendar
Application Deadline November 1, 2011
Notification Begins November 16, 2011
Accepted Work Due January 9, 2012
Show Opens January 29, 2012
Exhibition Gala February 3, 2012
Show Ends March 3, 2012
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by Carole Epp | Oct 4, 2011 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
craftNEWYORK, a show and sale to benefit CERF+ and produced by Artrider Productions , is accepting applications for exhibitors for its second annual show scheduled for March 30 – April 1, 2012. Premiering to rave reviews from both artist exhibitors and attendees in 2011, we anticipate an outstanding second year as excitement continues to build for this show among collectors and craft artists. craftNEWYORK is held at 7 W New York, an intimate, gallery-like setting in Manhattan’s newest and most successful upscale event venue on 34th Street at 5th Avenue, across from the Empire State Building. Jurors for the 2012 show are: Elissa Ehlin, enamellist; Jean McLaughlin, Executive Director of Penland School of Crafts; Josh Simpson , glass blower; Brent Skidmore, furniture maker; and Lana Wilson , clay artist. Join the very best craft artists in the country by submitting your show application by October 14, 2011. To apply, go to CRAFTNEWYORK 2012 at www.zapplication.org.via Crafthaus
