call for artists: Clay Jewelry

by | Jul 7, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

Deadline July 11, 2014

Northern Clay Center is a community-based organization in Minneapolis
with a nationally recognized ceramics sales gallery. NCC will be
expanding the scope of its sales gallery to include a limited inventory
of ceramic jewelry.  We encourage artists who employ clay in their
jewelry to submit applications.

Please submit the following no later than July 11, 2014:

  • 8 – 10 images of work produced within the last two years.  Read NCC’s digital submission guidelines for more details. 
  • Corresponding list of date created, materials used, and prices for submitted images
  • Artist Statement
  • CV
  • List of other venues where your work is available
  • 4 sample pieces.  Mail work to: NCC Jury, 2424 Franklin Ave E.,
    Minneapolis, MN  55406.  Work should arrive no later than July 11.  Work
    mailed to NCC must come with return shipping, preferably via UPS or
    USPS.

Please note:  July 11 is not a postmark deadline.

NCC will review applications and notify artists no later than August
1.  Selected artists will be asked to send in a body of work for our
November 1, 2014 Holiday Exhibition and Sale deadline.

Questions:  Please contact Karen McPherson, Sales Gallery Manager, at [email protected] or at 612.339.8007 x 300.

call for entry: Port Hacking 18th National Pottery Competition and Exhibition

by | Jul 7, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

Port Hacking Potters are pleased to announce their 
48th National Pottery Competition will be held
 in September at the Community Gallery
of Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, The Kingsway, Gymea.

 

 
Entry Forms now available-

Phone 0407 229 151 or email to [email protected] 

(copy and paste address)

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Entries close 8 September 2014.

emerging artist: Amanda Barr

by | Jul 6, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

My ceramic work is an exploration of
color, graphic imagery and text on porcelain. I enjoy the intimacy of
using functional objects as narrative vehicles for my inner
monologue. These objects then become part of the user’s narrative,
becoming part of their daily life through the ritual of use and by
decorating their living spaces. Each piece is a reflection of myself,
and in choosing to accept it into their life, it also reflects the
user.

I am often inspired by my background in
literature, thematically as well as being a source for much of my
text and my love of vintage illustrations. Through books one can
travel through time, to faraway lands… anywhere the imagination can
create. My work is an extension of my love of reading; it is about
expression and escapism, imagination and history. I want to make work
that will capture the imagination and create a dialogue with the
viewer, force them to think and dream and make their own journeys.  

movie day: The Potter from Turquoise Mountain

by | Jul 2, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

The Potter from Turquoise Mountain on Vimeo.

Abdul Matin is a potter from the village of
Istalif. Nestled in the foothills of the Hindu Kush, Istalif is home to a
pottery tradition stretching back over 400 years. Using traditional
techniques, materials and designs, Matin is keeping Afghanistan’s
pottery traditions alive. As a teacher at the Turquoise Mountain
Institute in Kabul he passes on his knowledge to Afghanistan’s next
generation of craftsmen, and as a businessman he sells his pottery all
over the world, from London to Dubai. This video tells his extraordinary
story.

Abdul Matin is supported by Turquoise Mountain, a charity
regenerating the Old City of Kabul and reviving the Afghan Crafts
Industry. To check out the work of other Afghan artisans like Matin
visit turquoisemountainarts.org