by Carole Epp | Nov 2, 2009 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
(via NCECA email)
“Now is the Time! If you have an idea for an exhibition that you would like to share with the NCECA audience and the communities of Tampa and St. Petersburg, Florida, the Call for 2011 Concurrent, Independent Exhibition (CIE) Proposals is NOW OPEN! The deadline for the 2011 NCECA Concurrent, Independent Exhibitions is December 1, 2009. We need your proposals to develop a vital ceramics exhibition program for our conference.
The conference theme, Tidal Forces: the Next Wave, examines and exposes the unbroken arc spanning our deepest tradition and the most contemporary emerging work. A tidal wave can work to teardown walls between old and new while unearthing what is hidden beneath the surface. We hope to help artists look beyond what is conventional while remembering the roots of this powerful and multi-faceted art form. The 2011 conference will both celebrate the new works being created while also examining the power of traditional art.
The art scene in the Tampa/St. Petersburg area is rich, varied, and offers great opportunities to our members. The Tampa Bay area is very supportive of the arts and offers venues for every aspect of ceramics from pots to installations. The On-Site Conference Liaisons and their local committee would like to see proposals for exhibitions with themes that have been underrepresented in the past. The idea of Florida as the gateway to points south and the rich cultures found in Central and South America, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, etc. are particularly of interest. New approaches and installations are of interest to some of our venues. They also know there are collections of cutting edge ceramics as well as traditional decorative arts that could gain some exposure at the available venues.
The details and Online form may be found at the link below. We need your explanation of the concept behind your proposed exhibition, a list of the artists involved, some digital images of the type of artwork that would be exhibited, resumes, artist statements and the nuts and bolts of what you need to see your idea come to life.
The process of citing the exhibitions has already begun. The Tampa/St. Petersburg On-Sites, their local committee and I have been visiting spaces and enlisting their support, even some area museums are saving us spaces! The NCECA sponsored exhibitions are sited, our 2011 Biennial is being hosted by the new Tampa Museum of Art and the University of Southern Florida is hosting our NSJE. We have a jury that will review the proposed exhibitions, select, and then rank the proposals. The On-Sites will work with their community art leaders to match the top proposals with venues. We offer our accepted exhibition proposals to interested area venues and encourage them to select the exhibition that best suits their audience and interests.
If you have already organized and found a venue for your exhibition in the Tampa/St. Petersburg area, you can run it through our CIE jury process and it will be considered for an official NCECA Concurrent Independent Exhibition or you can skip that step and do the marketing yourself. If you would like to be included in our Gallery Guides as a “local exhibition,” you will need to notify the On-Sites, Anne Calluori Holcombe or Brian Ransom with the vital statistics. We hope to have a complete slate of exhibitions in place a year from now.
Get involved! NCECA is your ceramics organization and the quality of the exhibitions is up to our members and associates. We appreciate the energy and effort it takes to submit a proposal and thank you in advance for contributing your time and talent to making the 2011 Tampa/St. Petersburg conference an inspirational event to be remembered.”
Linda Ganstrom
2008 – 2011 Exhibitions Director
Link to the 2011 CIE Proposals details and Online Submittal form 
by Carole Epp | Nov 1, 2009 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Description of the Exhibition “Tell-Tale Tiles & Fractured Fantasies” explores contemporary tile making and ceramic mosaic as a story-telling medium in the spirit of artists Henry Chapman Mercer and Isaiah Zagar. The scope of the exhibition will be broadened to include social, political, personal and family stories. Eligibility/Media/Selection Works submitted for this exhibition should expand the boundaries of ceramic surfaces using ceramic tile and ceramic mosaic to narrate the vision of the artist, offering a platform to embrace their own social, political, personal or family stories. Art works completed in the past 16 months are eligible for inclusion. Works should be two dimensional and ready for wall mounting. Art works may consist of a choice of free-form shapes or individual tiles; panels of molded tiles (relief, bas relief, cuenca, cuerda seca, glazed, unglazed, hand painted or fired decals) together with broken or cut ceramic mosaic (with a small percentage of glass and stone) will be accepted. Jurying will take place by digital image review. Sixty to sixty-five pieces will be chosen for the exhibition. The Juror – Susan Tunick Awards $3,000 in prizes will be awarded. Entry Fees The entry fee is $45.00 from August 1st thru December 1st 2009. The entry fee is $65.00 for a late submittal. Deadline: December 8th 2009. Application Online application only via www.juriedartservices.com. Online entries must be submitted by December 1st 2009 or by the late deadline of December 8th 2009. Application dates August 1st 2009 to December 1th 2009 Late Deadline: December 8th 2009 Notification of acceptance: December 20th 2009
Find all the info you need here.
by Carole Epp | Oct 22, 2009 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
EMERGING ARTISTS 2010
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL AWARDS EXHIBITION
SlowArt Productions presents Emerging Artists 2010, the eighteenth annual competition for group exhibition, and awards. Open to all artists working in any media this event is devoted to the discovery, introduction and promotion of emerging artists. EMERGING ARTISTS AWARDS Cash Award: A $1000 grand prize cash award will be presented to one artist.
Publication Awards: One artist will be awarded a two page display in 2010 edition of Direct Art Magazine.
Two artists will be awarded one page display pages in the 2010 edition of Direct Art Magazine.
Gallery Exhibition: A group exhibition of the artist winners will be held at the Limner Gallery, March 5 – 27, 2010.
Internet Exhibition: The exhibition will also be featured on the Limner Gallery web site.
ELIGIBILITY: The competition is open to all artists, national and international, working in all media. All forms of painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, graphics, digital and installation art are eligible. Entrants must be 18 years of age or older to apply.
DEADLINE: The final postmarked deadline is November 30, 2009. Winners will be notified by December 31.
by Carole Epp | Oct 21, 2009 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Upcoming Scholarship Benefit Sale
Call for donations
Exhibition and sale coming in February 2010
Charlie Cummings Gallery has partnered with the National K-12 Ceramic Exhibition Foundation to host the debut benefit exhibition for the foundation’s scholarship fund.
Proceeds from this exhibition and sale of high quality ceramic artworks will assist promising high school seniors with scholarships toward college degrees in ceramic art. The foundation’s annual exhibition showcases ceramic artworks by kindergarten through 12th grade students from across the nation while also recognizing art teachers who inspire their students to excel.
Please lend your support to this worthy cause by contributing a ceramic artwork to sell in this on-line exhibition, or by being a patron of the sale.
If you would like to make a donation please send me an email for details. [email protected]
Click here to visit the National K-12 Ceramic Exhibition Foundation website and learn more about their mission.
by Carole Epp | Oct 17, 2009 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
XXIst INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF VALLAURIS CONTEMPORARY CREATION AND CERAMIC (BICC) July – November 2010 Deadline December 31st 2009
THE COMPETITION The competition is intended to encourage and make known European talents using the reputation of Vallauris, the town of ceramics, as a springboard facilitating their recognition around the world. The sections: Three sections have been organised: – Containers: Plastic reality or symbolic value (reflection / work on shape and decor). – Design: usual industrial or semi-industrial mass produced ceramics. – Architectural, sculptural or conceptual ceramics (installations)
For the full prospectus go here.
