by Carole Epp | May 20, 2011 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
The Department of Visual Arts at the University of Western Ontario invites applications for an Artist/Scholar-in-Residence to take place from September 01, through December 31, 2011. The Residency celebrates contemporary art and innovative scholarly research in art history and visual culture. The competition is open to artists and scholars at any stage of their career; emerging artists and junior scholars are encouraged to apply. Deadline for applications is June 15, 2011. The successful candidate will be provided with a $5000.00 stipend, a paid one course teaching allocation, assigned studio or office space, and an exhibition or public lecture opportunity in the Department’s ArtLab Gallery. To apply please send a brief statement outlining your interest in and suitability for the Residency, along with a CV, and a portfolio of work (images, audio/video files, etc), or an outline of a current research project and writing sample to:
Joy James,
Ph.D. Chair
Department of Visual Arts
John Labatt Visual Arts Centre
The University of Western Ontario
London, ON N6A 5B7
CANADA
[email protected]
Telephone: 519-661-3440 • Fax: 519-661-2020 • www.uwo.ca/visarts
by Carole Epp | May 19, 2011 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
JOB POSTING Y11-12 Faculty Position Vacancy CERAMICS INSTRUCTOR VISUAL ARTS SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCECamosun College, Victoria BC CLOSING DATE: June 3, 2011 Part-time Term Faculty Position August 30, 2011- December 19, 2011 The Visual Arts department in the School of Arts & Science requires an instructor to teach two ceramics classes in the 2011 fall semester. Typical academic responsibilities for instructional faculty at Camosun College include a commitment to higher-education best practices in the areas of teaching, service to students, collegiality, operational, professional development and community involvement.
Applicants should possess a master’s degree in ceramics and/or visual arts and have teaching experience in ceramics and other visual arts disciplines or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Salary is commensurate with education and experience. We would like to thank everyone in advance for applying, as only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Please reply in confidence by June 3, 2011, quoting Y11-12 with your resume, student evaluations, copies of undergraduate and graduate transcripts quoting posting to [email protected]. For detailed application instructions, please click here. Camosun College is an Equal Opportunity Employer
by Carole Epp | May 17, 2011 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
–The NICHE Awards competition is open to professional craft artists over the age of 21 who reside in America or Canada and are actively involved in the design and production of craftwork supplied to galleries and/or craft stores. –The NICHE Student Awards competition is open to any craft student residing in and attending an American or Canadian undergraduate, graduate or certificate arts program. Submitted work must have been produced or introduced after August 31, 2010 to be eligible. Work previously submitted to the competition will not be accepted. Artists may enter as a student for up to one (1) year after graduation; however, work submitted must have been produced while an artist was still a student. Professionals may only submit work produced within the U.S. or Canada. Work produced in secondary studios within other countries may not be submitted. NICHE magazine reserves the right to merge categories that do not accrue an appropriate number of applications. The only way to enter the 2012 NICHE Awards or 2012 NICHE Student Awards is by completing an application online. Paper applications will not be accepted. One application per artist is allowed. Each application allows for up to three pieces of work to be submitted; no more than two pieces may be submitted in the same category. The competition is judged on a per piece basis, not on an application basis. It is therefore possible to be up to a three-time winner. Artists may enter in either the professional division or student division, not in both. Entries must be submitted by the artist in the artist’s name, not in the name of a company or school. No additional images showing detail will be accepted for jurying. The image photo submitted may be enlarged by the judges to see detail. Each image must be a separate piece of work and show the work in its entirety. Applicants may not enter an individual piece in more than one category. Installation art will not be accepted in any category. Entry fee. For more complete information: http://www.nicheawards.com/apply-now/ Guidelines: http://www.nicheawards.com/guidelines/ Deadline: September 30th, 2011
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by Carole Epp | May 16, 2011 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
I stopped in to visit my sister today to discover that she had a most wonderful gift for me. Much to my delight she had bought Hiroe Hanazono’s tumblers for me from the Handmade for Japan auction. So today’s eye candy is particularly lovely as I get to look at it and enjoy it in person too!
View more gorgeous work here.
by Carole Epp | May 11, 2011 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Posted by: The Anton Art Center
Deadline: 05/31/11
The Anton Art Center is accepting submissions for a juried exhibition highlighting the talent and sophistication of ceramics across the state. Juror is Benjamin Teague. Open to artists 18 and up residing in Michigan. Work submitted must be original and completed in the past two years. Each artist may submit a maximum of 5 pieces. No entry fee! Non-cash awards will be given.
Work must be ceramic-based media and ready to hang/install. To submit, send completed entry form along with CD/digital images of your work (jpeg files – 72 dpi, no larger than 1500 pixels, maximum of 3 views per piece). By post: Anton Art Center, 125 Macomb Place, Mount Clemens, MI 48043. By email: [email protected]. *MUST BE RECEIVED BY MAY 31.
Jury Results: June 8th
Receiving All Artwork: June 15–19th
Exhibition Dates: June 24–July 29th
Closing Reception: July 29th, 6–9 pm
Artwork Pickup: July 30–31st
For more information, call 586-469-8666 or email [email protected].
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by Carole Epp | May 10, 2011 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Summer 2011The University of Regina’s Department of Visual Arts is seeking artists to fillproject based Resident Artist positions for summer 2011. The length of residencywill be determined by the applicant’s needs within the period of May 23 – August rd12 , 2011. Each position offers: free studio accommodation and limited access to thefacilities and equipment, dependent on need, experience and availability. Inexchange the Resident Artist agrees to volunteer their time to be available tostudents on an informal basis, while in studio and to present their work in a groupformat for the Art for Lunch series in the fall of 2011. Resident’s will also beinvited to participate in an exhibition at the Fifth Parallel Gallery in September of2011. For application to the program, a description, with sketches wherepertinent, of the project or projects you would like to engage in while atthe University is required. Applications from all artists are encouraged but priority will be given to Universityof Regina alumni. Applications will be juried by the Visual Arts Lecture andResidency Committee: Please snail-mail or email a letter of intent, CV anddocumentation of approximately five recent works with project descriptions and aSASE, if you require your application material to be returned, by May 20th to: Visual Arts Lecture and Residency CommitteeDepartment of Visual Arts – RC247University of Regina3737 Wascana ParkwayRegina, SK S4S 0A2 For further information, or to send your application electronically, please contact:Professor Sean WhalleyEmail: [email protected](306) 585-5581orProfessor Leesa StreiflerEmail:ERLINK”mailto:[email protected]”[email protected](306) 585-5529
