Call for artists: 2nd International Ceramic Triennial UNICUM 2012 – Slovenia


The emphasis is on popularization as well as presentation of contemporary ceramics as an independent area in the field of artistic creation. Triennial is connection between international and Slovene space and it gives fresh insight into artistic ceramics. Its intention is to search through elementary artistic research in connection with contemporary though; the character of contemporaneity is given by individualism, development of personal artistic language and enriched by traditional influences of old technologies.

International Triennial of Ceramics Unicum 2012 contains competitive part and accompanying events and exhibitions.

Competitive part of triennial
RULES
Call for applications is international and public.
Any individual artist or group of artists who work in this media (ceramics) may participate in the II. International Triennial of Ceramics Unicum 2012.
Members of the organizing committee, international jury and invited authors are not allowed to take part in the competitive part of triennial.
Each participant is allowed to submit up to three entries among which the international jury will make the selection.
Artworks without any ceramic techniques, technologies or approaches will be rejected. Ceramic artworks can include other materials which must not predominate.
By applying the artist assures that each ceramic artwork was created within last three years.
Costs of sending and returning artworks are author’s responsibility.

Applications
Applications to the competitive part of triennial with all documentation required should be sent via post or by e-mail.

Each author has to deliver:

  • Correctly filled entry form;
  • Three photographs of each ceramic artwork in required format and quality for printing.
  • All photos should be in JPG or TIF format, 300 dpi and marked as on the entry form.
    With application each author also allows the organizer to use all information from received documentation for promotion and the catalogue of the triennial.
    The organizer of the triennial does not take any responsibility for published information given by the authors in the application. The author is taking full responsibility for correctness of the information about him/her and his/her artwork.
    The organizer will not return the material that will be sent with applications. All the material will be kept in the archives of the triennial as a part of applications documentation.
    Artworks which will be selected on the base of received photographs authors can not exchange or replace with other artworks.

    Deadline for applications

    Deadline for application is 31st October 2011.
    The organizer will not consider incomplete applications.

    Want all the details? Check out their website here.

    15. May – 30. September 2012
    ZDSLU, Komenskega 8, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
    E-mail: [email protected]
    www.unicum.si
    Fax: +386 1 434 94 62
    UNICUM phone: +386 1 433 03 80
    ZDSLU phone: +386 1 443 04 64
    Cell: +386 40 896 785

    Call for artists: Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder’s Prize

    DEADLINE: June 3, 2011
    In 1997, in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Society for Contemporary Craft, a $5,000 prize for excellence in the field of contemporary craft was established. The biennial award is given in conjunction with a catalogue, juried exhibition at SCC, and the acquisition of the winning piece for SCC’s permanent collection. This opportunity is funded by the daughters of Elizabeth R. Raphael, the founder of SCC and a nationally known figure in the contemporary art scene for many decades.
    visit the website here.
    For more information please contact Kate Lydon,
    [email protected].
    Download the Prospectus Here!

    Monday morning eye candy: Wendy Gingell




    I really just want my work to bring a smile to people. I started doing the organs and muscles due to my lack of knowledge of my own insides and keen interest in learning more after finding out I had only one kidney and a big cyst and not really knowing what either looked like. The little characters are really just for fun, often revealing my current relationship with my husband and 2 dogs.


    www.gingellceramics.com

    Call for submissions – 500 Prints on Clay

    Lark Ceramics is publishing an exciting new ceramics book in our “500” series, and we would like you to submit images for consideration.

    Paul Andrew Wandless, author of Image Transfer on Clay, will jury 500 Prints on Clay, a 420-page, full color survey of typography, lettering, drawings, and photographs applied to clay. This international collection will be beautifully presented and widely distributed throughout the world in Spring 2013. We welcome outstanding ceramic works that feature image transfer techniques. Ceramic pieces may be created with any type of clay and employ techniques including: screening, monoprinting, stenciling, stamping, relief printing, and decals. Artists whose work is selected for inclusion will receive full acknowledgment in the book, a complimentary copy, and discounts on the future purchase of books. Artists retain copyright to their work. Lark accepts high-quality digital images. No entry fee is required. Submissions must be postmarked by September 15, 2011. Detailed entry guidelines and permission forms are included on the 500 Prints on Clay Entry Form, which can be downloaded here. Please mail your submissions to: Lark Crafts/500 Prints on Clay 67 Broadway Asheville, NC 28801 USA Attn: Dawn We look forward to seeing your work!

    Call For Submission – Boxed In


    The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery & the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador

    Boxed In! an exhibition of small sculptural works Deadline: 30 June 2011

    Simply put, a box is a container with a lid. Until it is opened, a box protects the secrecy of its contents. It is imbued with mystery and the promise of surprise. As such,the empty box can metaphorically take various meaning such as that of confinement, absence, hiding place. In our day to day life we make casual contact with the mail box, the lunch box or the toolbox. And then, there are others such as the fusebox, blackbox, glorybox, coachbox, treasure box and ballot box. Each one has its own particularities and functions,a direct meaning that can take on a metaphorical one if we think outside the box. To bring Canadian artists together, and considering the size of our country and the cost of shipping, we propose an exhibition of small sculptural works that would fit in a specific box and spring from the idea of the box itself or of one of its metaphors. The works must be three-dimensional and can be presented on a shelf, plinth, suspended or mounted on the wall. Your proposed work should fit in a box no bigger than 16x12x12 inches, wrapping included with the lid on, without any alteration to the box. Of course, the work can be smaller but not bigger than this set size. The proposal should be for a work of expression, functional or not, that pushes the limits of your practice within a conceptual approach. Your application must include the attached completed form, a half to one page proposal, artist statement, drawings or sketches of the proposed work and its technical information (medium, finished size, presentation), CV or resume (maximum of three pages), up to ten digital images of recent works (no earlier than 2005) and a list of images. All images (drawings, sketches and previous works) should be in JPG format at a resolution of 72 dpi (no more than 1800×1800 dpi in size). For more information: www.therooms.ca/artgallery/ Inquiries : [email protected] Submissions should be sent to the following address:
    Denis Longchamps, curator
    Boxed in! Exhibition Project
    The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery
    9 Bonaventure Avenue P.O. Box 1800, Station C St. John’s, NL, Canada
    A1C 5P9 Deadline to send your application: postmarked no later than June 30, 2011.
    (Please note submissions will not be returned)

    via The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery

    CALL FOR ENTRIES National Cup Show 2011

    Dutchess County Arts Association/ Barrett Clay Works
    3RD Annual National Cup Show
    Ceramics Exhibition

    JUROR: Adam Welch, Director of Greenwich House Pottery
    Manhattan NY

    Exhibition Dates: September 24th – December 17th
    Opening Reception on Saturday September 24th
    Closing Reception Saturday December 17th

    The National Cup Show is an exhibit that highlights the many diverse
    interpretations of the cup. Both functional and sculptural, this utilitarian
    object has been part of daily life for centuries. This event helps to promote
    contemporary ceramic artists locally and nationally to celebrate the creativity
    and endless interpretations of the simple form: a cup.

    Open to all U.S. ceramic artists, age 18 and over. All works submitted should
    be 90% clay. Both functional and non-functional pieces are welcome.

    Work completed within the last 2 years is eligible. No student projects or work
    completed in class will be accepted.

    Submitting Images:
    There are two ways to submit images:
    You may send a CD of your images in JPEG format (300 dpi, 1200 x 1800 pixels)
    along with the entry form to 55 Noxon St., Poughkeepsie NY 12601
    OR
    E-mail your images in high resolution JPEG format (300 dpi, 1200 x 1800 pixels)
    along with your contact information (name, mailing address, home/work/cell
    phone number) to lspence@…. All image file names must list:
    Last name, First name, title, size. (Please no asterisks or quotes.) Work
    previously exhibited at DCAA/ Barrett Clay Works are not eligible.

    Entry Fee: $30 for the first 3 images; $6 for each additional image.

    Awards: Recipients of cash awards will be determined by the juror and
    announced at the opening reception. Artists need not to be present to win.

    If you have questions, or need more information, please contact Loretta
    Spence at (845) 471-2550 or lspence@… or Eileen Sackman at Eileen.Sackman@…
    Download the Entry Form at www.BarrettArtCenter.org

    About the Juror:
    Adam Welch became the director of Greenwich House Pottery in March of 2011.
    Born in Fairfax, Virginia, he received his BFA from Northern Arizona University
    in 2000 and his MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2003.