Call for entry: 2013 Niche Awards

by | Aug 26, 2012 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

handbuilt pottery

2012 NICHE Award winner, Ceramics – John Davis

Entries are being accepted now for the 2013 NICHE Awards, a prestigious juried competition recognizing excellence in fine craft design.

Professional and student artists may apply online at www.NICHEAwards.com. The deadline for entries is September 30, 2012.  Contest categories include ceramic, fiber, glass, metal, wood, and jewelry arts.  New categories added this year seek original artist-made holiday ornaments and decorations; objects for the kitchen and for dining; and jewelry made from alternative materials.
Judging of entries is based on three main criteria:
  • technical excellence, both in surface design and form
  • a distinct quality of unique, original and creative thought
  • market viability (professional entries only)

2012 NICHE Award winner Basketry – C. Smathers
The entry fees are $40 for professional craft artists and $18 for students; up to three artworks may be entered per person. The judging will take place in October. Finalists will be invited to display their work in a NICHE Awards exhibit at the Buyers Market of American Craft, a national wholesale tradeshow of American-made products, February 16-18, 2013, in Philadelphia. Winners will be announced at a ceremony during the Buyers Market on February 17, 2013.
handmade cabinet

2012 NICHE Award winner Furniture (Cabinetry) Austin Heitzman
The NICHE Awards are sponsored by NICHE magazine, the quarterly trade publication for U.S. and Canadian retailers of fine craft and artist-made products. NICHE is published by The Rosen Group, a Baltimore-based arts marketing, publishing and advocacy firm.
A complete list of last year’s NICHE Awards winners can be found at www.NICHEAwards.com.  Requests for images can be sent to the contest coordinator, Jean Thompson, at [email protected] or call 800-432-7238, ext. 218. 

movie day – Janet DeBoos: An Interview by Jan Howlin

by | Aug 22, 2012 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

Janet DeBoos: An Interview by Jan Howlin from Australian Ceramics on Vimeo.

Janet DeBoos: An Interview by Jan Howlin

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Hear Janet DeBoos talk about her experiences in
China. Jan Howlin visited Janet at her home and pottery in the
Brindabella Ranges west of Canberra and in this interview excerpt,
accompanied by a slideshow, Janet describes how she became the designer
of factory-produced ceramics, and how this involvement has radically
changed the work she makes. The interview is accompanied by images of
Janet’s home, studio, office and work taken by photographer Anthony
Browell.

Call for entry: “Earth”

by | Aug 16, 2012 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

OLD FORGE — View, an arts center in the
Adirondacks, is seeking entries to “Earth” a juried ceramics exhibition
to be displayed in the Henry Kashiwa Eco Gallery from Oct. 6 to Dec. 12.

Entries will be selected for
the exhibition and juried by Eric Serritella. The last day to submit an
entry is Aug. 25. The winner of Best in Show will be invited to have an
exhibition of their work at View.

For complete entry guidelines visit www.ViewArts.org .

The Juror Eric Serritella, is a nationally exhibiting
ceramic artist specializing in handcarved trompe l’oeil vessels
transformed into birch and weathered logs. Serritella’s one-of-a-kind
ceramic sculptures have been awarded and exhibited in galleries and
museums from coast to coast and in Asia. His work is included in
permanent museum collections, including Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum and
The Everson Museum of Art’s world class ceramics collection in
Syracuse.

This exhibit is open to all living artists working in
ceramics. Work must be original, completed within the past five years
and not have been exhibited previously at View.

Artists may submit up to three different works for
consideration with an entry fee of $40 ($30 for arts center members).
Wall pieces may not exceed 36 inches in any dimension, and may not weigh
more than 30 lbs.

To enter the exhibition visit http://www.viewarts.org/earth_.cfm, email [email protected] for a prospectus, or call View at 315.369.6411 to have a prospectus mailed to you. To learn more about View Programming visit www.ViewArts.org