Job Opportunity – University of North Carolina Pembroke

by | Jul 27, 2009 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

UNC website: http://www.uncp.edu
UNC Human Resources: http://www.uncp.edu/hr/

position to start Spring 2010

Teach four courses a semester and manage ceramics studio. Participate in professional, departmental, and university activities, including creative production and scholarship, student advising, committee work, assessment, curriculum development, etc. Community activities required for positive performance evaluations.

The Art Department includes 9 tenured or tenure-track faculty, 1 Visiting Martha Beach Chair, and 7 adjuncts. We offer BA degrees in Art Education (K-12) and Fine Arts, with specialization in Ceramics, Digital Arts, Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, and Sculpture; MA and MAT degrees in Art Education, and minors in Media Integration Studies and Art History.

For additional department information see: http://www.uncp.edu/art/

Minimum Training & Experience Requirements:
MFA in Ceramics or Craft, exhibition record, teaching experience in ceramics beyond graduate assistant, and the ability to maintain all aspects of a ceramics studio, including safety standards and the maintenance and operation of wood, electric, and gas kilns.

Applicants should use the UNCP Online Employment System at https://jobs.uncp.edu Attach a letter of interest and vita.

Please mail 3 letters of reference, teaching philosophy, artist statement, copies of transcripts, PowerPoint presentations with 20 images of your artwork and 20 images of student work clearly labeled, and a SASE to Richard Gay, Art Department Chair, Art Department, UNCP, P.O. Box 1510, Pembroke, NC 28372-1510.

Review of applications will begin immediately and will be accepted until October 15, 2009. We anticipate hiring for the Spring 2010 semester.

UNC Pembroke conducts pre-employment background investigations on all candidates selected for Security Sensitive positions. If hired, the candidate will be required to submit proof of eligibility to work in the United States. New employees are paid only by direct deposit to the financial institution of their choice. Candidates claiming Veterans Preference will be required to provide a copy of their DD-214 to Human Resources on or before their hire date.

Call for entry – Carbondale Clay National V

by | Jul 21, 2009 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

Carbondale Clay Center in Carbondale, CO has an open call for its annual juried exhibition Carbondale Clay National V from September 2 to October 29, 2009. This exhibition will highlight the eccentric and curious ritual of useful pottery. In this exhibition, accessibility will guide selection. The first is to get the viewer to look, second is to get the viewer to touch, and third is to get the viewer to engage daily. This exhibition will focus on pottery shapes, from cups to bowls, vases to jars. $40 entry fee for up to three entries. Send entry materials, fee and completed form to:
CCC Carbondale Clay National V 2009
135 Main St
Carbondale, CO 81623 For more information visit: http://www.carbondaleclay.org/
Deadline: July, 29, 2009

Big Fish Small Pot: Fourth International Small Teapot Competition and Show

by | Jul 21, 2009 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

December 11, 2009 entry deadline
Mission Viejo, California, USA.

Show runs February 11 – March 11, 2010
Call for for small teapots (less than 16 ounces). Initial selections for competition juried from digital images.
Fee: $40 for three entries.
Awards: over $5000, including grand prize trip to China.
For prospectus got to visit http://gallery.saddleback.edu,
or send SASE to
Art Gallery
Saddleback College
28000 Marguerite Pkwy
Mission Viejo
CA 92692

or email to [email protected].

Call for entry – Porcelain works

by | Jul 17, 2009 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

September 26, 2009 entry deadline

Proverbial Porcelain: Zelli Porcelain Award 2009
Dates: October 19–31
Open to artists working with porcelain and pieces under 40 cm.
Juried from digital or slides.
Fee: $15.
Contact, Zelli Porcelain,
55/57 Chiltern St.,
London, W1U 6ND England
E: [email protected]
W: www.zelli.co.uk
P: 020 7224 2114