Job Posting – American Craft Council

The American Craft Council is seeking qualified candidates to apply for the position of Executive Director.

The next Executive Director will have the unique opportunity to lead and sustain the American Craft Council through an exciting new phase of the Council’s history. With the relocation to Minneapolis, this chief executive will dynamically and strategically lead the future vitality, relevance, and impact of the Council.

As a nonprofit, membership-centric organization, the Executive Director is accountable to the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees for the execution of the strategic plan and development and implementation of the programs, policies, and practices of the Council. Within that framework, the Executive Director is responsible for the management and development of approximately 15 employees and a budget of $6 million.

Specifically, the successful candidate will be responsible for strategic direction, external relationships and fundraising, board and executive committee relations, membership growth and development, spokesperson and public relations, and administration.

This position is located in Minneapolis, MN (relocation from New York City to be completed by July 2010).
Information: http://www.craftcouncil.org/

DESIGN FOR EVERYONE EXPRESSION OF INTEREST OPEN

28 January 2010 DESIGN FOR EVERYONE EXPRESSION OF INTEREST OPEN The Victorian Government’s State of Design Festival is a key element of the Design Victoria Strategy developed to increase the awareness of the value of design and showcase how design generates innovation, promotes sustainability and adds value to business and society. For 2010, Design for Everyone, the Festival’s public program, will explore and communicate the importance of design to a broad public audience. Participation in Design for Everyone is an opportunity for individuals, organisations and businesses to demonstrate how design is improving living conditions, creating sustainable development opportunities, increasing commercial advantages and generating new and innovative products and services. The 2010 State of Design Festival theme of ‘Change by Design’ promotes the value of design as a practical tool for the creation of sustainable communities and competitive industries. The theme is communicated via the Design for Everyone program to a broad business, design industry and general public audience. The Festival is seeking Design for Everyone content that showcases design and the Victorian design industry, and falls within the category of eco-design aimed at the general public. Past public events and exhibitions that respond to the 2010 theme include:

    • Native furniture launch at Format Furniture
    • Shelter Stories exhibition presented by Architecture without Frontiers
    • My Patch, My Future-City: Children’s sustainable workshop presented by Artillery Interior Architecture
    • Design of the Times: eco-design talk by Liane Rossler, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
    • Lightcycle: Sustainable Lighting Exhibition presented by Electrolight
    • The Garbage Warrior: Michael Reynolds, eco-design talks in Melbourne and Bendigo
    • 6 Star building tours with Bendigo Bank, Bendigo

The State of Design Festival is now seeking expressions of interest for public exhibitions, projects, installations, seminars, workshops and creative events to be included in the 2010 Design for Everyone program. Download the Expression of Interest PDF Design for Everyone FAQs Apply online
Deadline for application is Monday 15 February 2010.

ADJUDICATOR FOR POTTERY SHOW NEEDED IN HINTON, APRIL

The Yellowhead Rotary Arts Festival features a variety of art displays, including a pottery show. They are looking for an experienced potter to spend a day in Hinton judging the entries and providing a demonstration. All travel costs will be covered in addition to payment for services. This is an excellent opportunity to share your expertise with a small community of enthusiastic potters! Please contact Lisa at [email protected] or 780-712-6313 if you are interested or would like more information. Date: April 17 or 24 (TBA soon).

CALL FOR ENTRIES: COMING UP NEXT, ALBERTA CRAFT COUNCIL

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: APRIL 26, 2010
Exhibition Dates: June 5 – July 17 (Discovery Gallery)
Artists Reception: TBA The Alberta Craft Council is organizing it’s 4th annual juried exhibition that is open to emerging fine craft artists who are in the first five years of their career or in the last year of their formal education. If you are creating contemporary fine craft (clay, glass, fibre, wood, furniture design, jewellery or metals) with fresh new designs submit:

  1. current CV
  2. artist statement
  3. bio
  4. 3 – 5 good quality images (digital – 4″x6″ 300dpi) of work presented for the exhibition
  5. Portrait image of artist in the studio or against a neutral background
  6. an image list that includes title, medium, technique, year made, size and photo credit

Note: All submissions must have been produced in the last two years.
Send your submission to the Alberta Craft Council 10186 – 106 Street, Edmonton AB T5J 1H4.

CALL FOR PROPOSALS: CITY OF LETHBRIDGE PUBLIC ART OPPORTUNITY

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MARCH 1, 2010
Installation Deadline: September 1, 2011

Open to regional, national and international artists The City of Lethbridge is inviting artists to participate in a three stage public art competition. The winning submission will receive a commission to create and install a public art work on site at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery in conjunction with the grand re-opening of its newly renovated spaces.

For further information please contact Suzanne Lint at [email protected], Executive Director, Allied Arts Council of Lethbridge (AAC), 403.320.0555, www.artslethbridge.org.

CALL FOR ENTRIES: FEATS OF CLAY XXIII (2010)

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF DIGITAL IMAGES: FEBRUARY 5, 2010
Lincoln Arts & Culture Foundation, April 24 to May 30, 2010 Lincoln Arts & Culture Foundation will present its twenty-third annual juried competition of ceramic works April 24 – May 30, 2010 featuring artists residing or working in the United States, Mexico & Canada. This celebratory exhibition of contemporary ceramic art (sculptural, non-functional,functional) will be held on the property of the renowned Gladding, McBean Terra Cotta Factory, and displayed inside an original 35-foot beehive kiln and in the historic architectural design studio. Access to the exhibit is by tour only. Prospectus available here.