call for entry: The UNF National Juried Ceramics Exhibition

by | Jan 21, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

The
UNF
Potter’s Guild is pleased to host The UNF National Juried Ceramics
Exhibition.
This show will highlight ceramic excellence, according to juror Bede
Clarke. Participation is open to all artists 18 years of age or
older living in the United States. Work submitted must be original, must
use
clay as the primary material, and must have been completed within the
last 3
years.


Awards: 
Purchase
Award
Best of
Show
Honorable
Mention


Calendar:
Exhibition Dates:  March 4th 2014 – April 18th 2014 


Application Deadline: Sunday, February 2nd by
Midnight Pacific Time


Email Notification Begins: February 10th


Accepted Works Due: February 26th

Juror: 
Bede Clarke is currently a Professor of Art at the University
of Missouri. He received his BFA from Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, and
his MFA from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
He holds many awards for his wood
fired ceramic work and has exhibited, lectured and taught workshops
internationally. 

http://unfceramics.webs.com/

Gallery: 
UNF Gallery of Art
Founders Hall 
Building 2 • Room 1001
1
UNF Drive
Jacksonville, FL 32224


call for artists: American Craft Exposition (ACE)

by | Jan 21, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

The deadline for the American Craft Exposition (ACE)
is only 6 weeks away! Don’t miss the opportunity to apply for this
nationally ranked show. ACE will be held August 21-24, 2014 in Evanston,
IL on Chicago’s prosperous North Shore. The online application deadline
is Friday, February 28. 
The application fee is $50.00. For more information, visit www.americancraftexpo.org
One
of the country’s premier fine craft shows, the American Craft
Exposition, presented by The Auxiliary of NorthShore University
HealthSystem at Evanston & Glenbrook Hospitals, brings together over
150 superior artisans exhibiting one-of-a-kind, museum quality work.
This important art event is also a major fundraiser supporting critical
ovarian cancer research at NorthShore University HealthSystem. A highly
competitive juried show, ACE features hand-crafted work in 12
media—baskets, ceramics, fiber decorative, fiber wearable, furniture,
glass, jewelry, leather, metal, mixed media, paper and wood – and draws
approximately 6,000 patrons annually.

call for artists: 2014 Chilkoot Trail Artist Residency Program

by | Jan 20, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

Together
Yukon Arts Centre, Parks Canada and the US National Park Service are
seeking three visual artists – one from Canada, one from the United
States and one regional (Yukon or Alaska) – to participate in a
cross-border creative journey.
The Chilkoot Trail Artist Residency Program invites artists to hike the
famous Chilkoot Trail, passing through Klondike Gold Rush National
Historic Park (Alaska) and Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site
(northern British Columbia). Entering its fourth consecutive
year, this one-of-a-kind program is a unique opportunity for artists to
practice and promote their work in a spectacular setting!
                        
Some details about the program:
  • each artist will individually spend a two week period (between late June
    and early August) hiking the historic trail once traversed by Tlingit
    First Nation traders and Klondike Gold Rush Stampeders, spending one to
    three days at each campsite
  • selected artists are expected to interact with hikers, make art and engage with site’s natural and historic heritage
  • each artist must provide and carry all of their backpacking gear, food
    and art supplies for the journey;  artists should be accompanied by a
    friend or family member as support during their trek

  • during and following the residencies, artists will present public
    outreach programs through artist talks, workshops and/or demonstrations

  • a $1000 CAD honorarium will be provided by the Yukon Arts Centre, as
    well as up to $400 USD for travel expenses from Alaska Geographic and
    $100 USD for art supplies from Skagway Arts Council
Deadline for submission is February 1st, 2014. Program information and application forms are available at

http://yukonartscentre.com/programs/chilkoot_trail_artist_residency_program. For more information, please email
[email protected].
Sincerely,
Angharad Wenz
Gallery Intern

emerging artist: Chris Hudson

by | Jan 18, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

 

Each of us has a personal history that we carry
with us. We also share a social history. These histories are a direct
reflection and response to our surroundings. I am interested in the way our
memories of our personal past and social past impact our attitudes, and how
they manifest into different
feelings. I am directly inspired by the people around me in my everyday life. I
often use them as direct characters in my work. I dress them up as bears and
use them as my actors to play out specific scenes that have affected me and
stuck in my mind. I like to believe that the legacy of
the people I feature in my work will carry on through time. Each of my objects
represents a single picture of a single story. The story may be short or long,
simple or complex, but each story interweaves with every other.  The
meaning of the single frame I represent may be understood, or lost, depending
on the viewer’s own memories, both social and personal. Together I hope the
frames will weave new stories, with new links to the viewer’s worlds. Thus expanding their knowledge
or emotional response to their own lives and symbolically their surroundings.