Job Opportunity: Professor, Ceramics Studio, Sheridan College, Ontario


Application Deadline: Open Until Filled

The Crafts and Design program requires a full-time Professor for the Ceramics Studio. The Professor, in addition to teaching courses in the Ceramics program, will be the Studio Head and will have responsibilities for the studio and program administration. As Studio Head, the Professor will work collaboratively to provide academic leadership transforming a 3 year Advanced Diploma into a 4 year Applied Degree Program. Please note Sheridan College only accepts applications using Resume Basic. Please refer to our online application guide and FAQ section to learn more about the application process. Sheridan’s Online Application Guide & FAQs Responsibilities
Sheridan faculty provide academic leadership to the Studio and for courses within their areas of expertise. The Professor is also responsible for developing an effective learning environment for students by designing, revising, and updating courses, and working with the Program while respecting student’s diverse cultural and educational backgrounds, experience, and individual learning styles. They also contribute to College, School and program excellence by collaborating n a variety of initiatives such as new program development, applied research and alternative delivery strategies. Appointment Details:
Employee Group: Academic
School: Animation, Arts and Design
Campus: Trafalgar (May be assigned activity at any Sheridan campus)
Salary Range: $57,649 – $99,937 (based on relevant educational qualifications and experience)
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
Start Date: August 2011 Click here for more information on this job posting.

4Culture Gallery seeks exhibition proposals!

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The application for 2011-2012 exhibitions is now available online.
The deadline is 5:00 p.m. Monday, January 10, 2011. How to Apply
STEP 1 – Download and review the Call to Artists
Call to Artists [pdf] STEP 2 – Download and review the Application Checklist and prepare your submission
Checklist [pdf] STEP 3 – START YOUR APPLICATION Who Can Apply
Eligibility is limited to artists, artist teams, and independent curators who reside in King County, WA and are not represented by a commercial gallery at the time of application. Members of artist run collectives and cooperative galleries are eligible. Artists working in all media and genres are encouraged to apply, including those whose medium or method of work is under-represented in commercial galleries. Please contact Esther Luttikhuizen with questions concerning eligibility at 206 296.8674. Selection Process
A Selection Panel composed of regional arts professionals and artists reviews exhibition proposals and awards eleven exhibition opportunities for the upcoming gallery season (September 2011 through August 2012). The composition of the Panel changes yearly. The Panel considers geographic and cultural diversity as well as a wide variety of genres and media; final selection is based on artistic merit and strength of the proposal. An applicant’s images and statement must clearly convey their ability to execute their proposed exhibition. This is an online application only.

Figurative ceramics – call for entries

Deadline Jan 15 2011
A&C Black and artist Edith Garcia will be publishing Ceramics and the Human Figure. This publication will feature works by key ceramic artists that work within the realm of the human form, whilst each of their works offers a unique sensibility and approach within there practice this publication will be exploring clay and the figure within the field of installation and sculpture as well as those incorporating new technologies, creating works that strike a deep resonance with viewers.

This book will provide an in-depth look at global culture of clay, appealling to professional artists, emerging artists, students and teachers, opening out the world of new ceramics to a wider audience. It will be published in 2011-2012 with European and North American Distribution

For more information please download the flyer from the link below. You can find the full application details here

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Edith GarciaEmail:
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Call for Entry: Recontextualizing the Found Object

Sean Macmillan of Martha Gault Art Gallery, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania writes:

Most artists are by nature frugal individuals. More often than not we accumulate stockpiles of materials or seek out objects by visiting garage sales, scrap yards, junk stores etc. We all utilize these materials in vastly different ways. I am looking for your interpretation of found object or found material. Works ranging from high manipulation of salvaged materials to “Traditional” Found Object Assemblage and Collage are welcome.

Juror: Sean Macmillan Application Form and Prospectus are here: Recontextualizing the Found Object Application fee of $20 for up to three works. Checks need to be made out to Slippery Rock University. Applicants may submit up to three images per piece. Some images may be used for publication and advertising purposes.
Works cannot exceed a shipping weight of 40 pounds and must be able to fit through a single person-door. This exhibition is open to all artists, working in any medium. All entries must be original, completed within the last five years and accurately be represented in jpeg images. Works not meeting these criteria will not be exhibited. Post mark deadline for checks, application and images is February 7th, 2011
Notification of artists is February 21st.via All Things Metal Clay