by Carole Epp | Jun 1, 2017 | call for entry
Deadline: All images and entry fees must be RECEIVED (not postmarked) by June 30, 2017.
Eligibility: The competition is open to artists anywhere in the world, 18 years of age or older. Publishers, galleries, agents, and collectors may not submit artwork on behalf of artists. Drawings, paintings, printmaking, photography, digital art, sculpture, installations, wood, glass, ceramics, fiber art and mixed media are eligible. Media not accepted: video/film, wearable art (clothing or jewelry). All works submitted must be original in design and concept. Artwork must not be copied, in part or wholly, from any published or copyrighted work. Compositions from published photographs not taken by the artist or images derived from other artists’ work are not considered original and are not eligible. Work previously shown in an Art Kudos exhibition is ineligible. Please do not submit images which would be inappropriate for general audiences.
Awards Judge for 2017: Mike Calway-Fagen is an artist, writer, and curator based in Athens, GA where he is Assistant Professor of Sculpture at the University of Georgia.
Awards: Exemplary works will be displayed in a year-long online exhibition at www.artkudos.com. Cash awards totaling $4,500 will be distributed as follows: Best of Show – $1,200; Second Place – $1,000; Third Place – $750; Founder’s Award of Distinction – $500; (3) Merit Awards – $250 each; (3) Honorable Mentions – $100 each.
Sales/Commissions: No commissions are taken for sales generated via the exhibition, and works submitted do not have to be available for sale. Sales will be encouraged, however, and artists will have the option to display their contact information beside their images.
Submission Guidelines: Artists must submit a completed entry form and pay a non-refundable entry fee of $35 US dollars (check, money order, or PayPal) to submit 3 images. For sculptural or three-dimensional pieces, artists may submit 2 views of each work (for a total of 6 images).
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Image size, format and resolution: Horizontal images should have a width of 1000 pixels or more, and vertical images should have a height of 850 pixels or more. Images must be in a .tif or .jpg format and in RGB color mode (not CMYK). A resolution of 72 dpi is all that is necessary (images should not be greater than 300 dpi). Do not submit slide shows, Flash files, PowerPoint, etc. Do not add borders, watermarks, or text.
File size limitation: Save your images with as little compression as possible (i.e. choose the best quality) while maintaining a file size less than 1 MB (or 1000KB) for each image.
File name: File names are limited to 15 characters and cannot have spaces, punctuation marks, or non-English characters. (Do not include characters such as ?!@.’#$%^&*()_+ as part of the file name.)
Acceptable file name: MarysBlueCoat.jpg Not acceptable: Mary’s Blue.Rain Coat.jpg
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Acceptance/Notification: A list of the artists accepted into the exhibition will be posted here on August 1st. Award winners will be announced with the opening on August 15th. Due to the nature of competition, some artists will NOT be selected for inclusion in the exhibition. By submitting your works for consideration, you acknowledge that there are NO guarantees of acceptance.
We reserve the right to use accepted images for inclusion in the online exhibition and for the purpose of publicity.
Checklist for Artists:
1. Submit a completed entry form »
2. Submit images of your work »
3. Send $35 entry fee (non-refundable) »
Questions? Contact us at [email protected]
www.artkudos.com/prospectus.html
by Carole Epp | May 19, 2017 | call for entry
DEADLINE FOR ENTRY: FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2017, 11:59 EST
EXHIBITION DATES: AUGUST 19 – OCTOBER 29, 2017
LOCATION: ART GALLERY OF BURLINGTON ~ 1333 LAKESHORE ROAD, BURLINGTON
The Art Gallery of Burlington, in collaboration with Craft Ontario, is pleased to announce the inaugural Canadian Craft Biennial, August 19 to October 29, 2017. As part of Biennial pro-gramming, Nothing is Newer than Tradition will present the work of emerging Ontario makers that reflect a dedicated engagement with specialized skills and materials. The exhibition will explore how craft materials, tools and processes are creatively reiterated through the hands of a new generation of makers.
As a celebratory year, 2017 is the 150th anniversary of both Canada and Ontario, and
Nothing is Newer than Tradition will present work that opens up an experience of craft history, where the making of objects critically intersects with both our past and present cultural, social and political ways of being in the world. Craft traditions of making are deeply rooted in identities and cultures that extend beyond current national boundaries and con-ventions, and remain critical in presenting work that enriches and reflects our lives today.
Craft Ontario welcomes emerging craftspeople throughout Ontario to submit their work to Nothing is Newer than Tradition. Please see the exhibition information below for more details, and contact us at [email protected] with any questions.
For more information on the Canadian Craft Biennial, please see: canadiancraftbiennial.ca
by Carole Epp | May 15, 2017 | call for entry
As part of National Clay Week 2017 we are looking for Canadian makers to share their pottery and favorite recipe to be showcased in a print publication that will be launched this October. Our aim is to highlight not only the wide variety of skills by Canadian Artists but also the wealth of culture and experience that makes Canada unique. Beyond highlighting the ceramic talent that exists across Canada, the proceeds from this cookbook will be donated to food based charities in Canada.
National Clay Week in its second year, is focusing on Community, and we are aiming to push for a dramatic Canadian presence as part of the event. We are partnering with them to create a publication that will be available for online order in October 2017, and a subsequent website and social media accounts will be established to promote all of the artists involved. Please check out their website for more information and additional ways to get involved.
Jurors:
Julia and Yolande Krueger: Sisters Julia and Yolande Krueger come as a pair. They both attended the Alberta College of Art + Design and have collaboratively published essays on Canadian glass. Their love for baking, sweets and ceramic plates have led them to explore a new recipe on a weekly basis. The baked results are paired with a ceramic work from their collection and subsequently shared with their friends, co-workers and family.
Christopher Reid Flock: Reid is often known for his installation work that draws heavily from his ceramic education in Japan for nine years. He has exhibited internationally and is the 2014 recipient of the Winifred Shantz Award in Canada. He is also highly active and community minded as seen in his involvement as the Director of the FUSION Clay and Glass Show, the Director of Programs at the Hamilton Potters Guild and Chair of the Art Gallery of Burlington Acquisition Committee. Through a pure love for food, Reid enjoys preparing dishes for others as much as devouring every last plated morsel.
Carole Epp: Epp is known for her long standing blog Musing about Mud. She has exhibited her ceramic art internationally, and has significant experience as a writer, workshop presenter, and is an all around ceramic addict who lives and breathes art to an unhealthy extent. As for a love of good food, well that goes without saying, especially if she doesn’t have to cook it herself.
Deadline to get your images and info in is June 10th at Midnight.
Please fill out the following Application Form. Have all your text and images ready to go when you begin this process to avoid any complications.
Applications will consist of the following:
1 – Artist’s name:
2 – Email address:
3 – Website:
4 – Social media/Instagram account:
5 – Four images:
- Image of your work.
- Image of your pot in use with recipe.
- Image of studio or work in process.
- Portrait of the artist – art work or casual.
Title each image with under this format: SmithJohn01.jpg and so forth.
Image quality – Minimum size is 300dpi (6in x 6in). These images must be print quality and thus applications with images that don’t meet this requirement cannot be considered.
6 – Family Recipe with directions (you must have permission to share this recipe).
Please use Imperial measurements (cups, teaspoons, etc.).
7 – Up to 60 words about the family recipe (this might get edited for length).
8 – Up to 60 words about you and your work (inspiration/process etc.).
Images l-r top: Mariko Paterson, Christopher Reid Flock, Carole Epp
Images l-r bottom: Carole Epp, Friederike Rahn
Please contact us at [email protected] prior to that deadline with any questions or concerns.
And follow us on instagram @TheCraftedDish
by Carole Epp | May 15, 2017 | call for entry
We are extending our Clay National XII: The Art of Utility deadline to midnight (MST) Friday May 19th.
We are taking applications preferably via email at [email protected] or by mail at 135 Main St Carbondale, CO 81623. Application fees can be processed through our website at http://www.carbondaleclay.org/gallery/
by Carole Epp | May 4, 2017 | call for entry
Long Shadows: Tradition, Influence, and Persistence in Modern Craft
Friday, November 10, 2017
The keynote lecture will be given by Jenni Sorkin, Associate Professor of Art History, UC Santa Barbara, and author of Live Form: Women, Ceramics, and Community (University of Chicago Press, 2016).
In his 2003 article “The Long Shadow of William Morris,” Edward S. Cooke Jr. argued that “American scholars of twentieth-century material culture remain mired in the celebration of either individual craftspeople or designers and emphasize historical narrative at the expense of critical analysis or interpretation.” Cooke ascribed this limited view, in part, to the influence of the Arts and Craft movement advocate William Morris, whose emphasis on individualism discouraged an understanding of craft’s true social and economic role.
In the years since Cooke’s article, a new generation of scholars has begun to construct an alternative map of modern craft—one in which the idealistic figure of the solitary studio craftsman has been displaced from the center, making way for a multidimensional account of skills at work in myriad kinds of situations. Building on these new approaches, this symposium looks at some of the questions that remain. One of these is the proper understanding of what Cooke called “historical narrative” in the analysis of modern craft. Should we resist conceptions of tradition as inherently vague and mystifying? Or does tradition still have an important role to play, as an anchor and binding agent? How should we understand the phenomenon of knowledge transmission, once guild-based apprenticeships began to decline drastically in the nineteenth century? Most generally, what role does the past play in contemporary making?
For this graduate student symposium, we invite papers based on history, theory, and practice. Proposals might include specific case studies, in which the persistence of making traditions is at stake; methodological papers, which propose models for the analysis of craft’s past and present in relation to one another; and historiographies, which examine current scholarship or primary texts in relation to the symposium’s theme.
We are accepting proposals for twenty-five-minute papers from graduate students working in any discipline and MFA students whose work addresses the symposium themes are also eligible to apply. Travel and accommodation costs will be covered by the organizers. Please apply here by uploading an abstract of no more than three hundred words along with a one-page CV. The deadline for applications is June 15, 2017.
The symposium is inspired by the exhibition “Things of Beauty Growing”: British Studio Pottery, on view at the Center from September 14 to December 3, 2017.
More info here.
by Carole Epp | Apr 23, 2017 | call for entry
Appalachian Hills of Ohio Territory, The Muskingum County Community Foundation, Seilers’ Studio & Gallery and the Artist Colony of Zanesville, with support from the Ohio Arts Council, Mayco, and the Pioneer School Zanesville Clay Center, present the Zanesville Prize for Contemporary Ceramics, the largest best of show prize in ceramics in the Western Hemisphere.
The 2017 Zanesville Prize Best-of-Show award will be $20,000. An additional $11,000 in prizes will be awarded to other successful competitors. This event is the third of a competition for the Zanesville Prize that is now held every two years.
Jurors will select up to 100 entries into the exhibit from the images of works that will be submitted worldwide to the competition. From those finalists the jurors will choose the Zanesville Prize recipient and the other award recipients.
The Best-of-Show Prize of $20,000, the largest in the Western Hemisphere for contemporary studio ceramics, along with $11,000 in additional prizes, will be awarded in October 2017.
For a $45 entry fee, ceramists may submit two images each of three (3) different works completed within the past two years.
New for 2017:
There will be four categories of entries; each will receive a “Best of” award except for the Best of Show Zanesville Prize winner, which will be selected from the four category winners:
- Functional
- Sculptural
- Vessel
- Mixed Media
We anticipate accepting up to 100 entries into the exhibit.
The three jurors are:
- Mary Jo Bole, past professor of art at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Leslie Ferrin, director of FerrinContemporary and Project Art, North Adams, Massachusetts
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For more information, and to see the galleries of 2014 and 2015 Zanesville Prize finalists, visit zanesvilleprize.org.
The deadline for submission is July 17, 2017.
Go to zanesvilleprize.org for more information and to submit.
The 2017 Zanesville Prize for Contemporary Ceramics show will be held at
The Zanesville Museum of Art will exhibit the top award winners and the People’s Choice award from November 22, 2017 to January 13, 2018.
During the public viewing of the show (October 8, 2017 through November 18, 2017) all finalist entries will be offered for sale with the commissions used to support the Zanesville Prize competition in 2019.
