Job posting: Ceramics Tech at Red Deer College

by | Jun 17, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

Just a reminder…..Applications for the Ceramics tech job at Red Deer
College Visual Art must be in by 5:00 pm today, June 17th!
We
have posted a call for applications for the Ceramics Technician position
at RDC on the RDC website. To make an application on line follow this
link: employment.rdc.ab.ca/applicants/Central?quickFind=52159

monday morning eye candy: Steve Hansen

by | Jun 16, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

Artist’s Statement:
I grew up in the rural Midwest among decaying cars, barns
and fields. My ancestors were farmers, blacksmiths and mechanics. In my work, I
try and maintain a connection to my roots, while also including a nuanced
social commentary. This work is meant to look like “outsider art”, but to
include “insider” references to post-modern readings, double meanings, and
social criticism.
I like to call my work, “Vessels for the Kool-Aid Ceremony”.
The Meta stories in our visual culture are now primarily from commercials,
advertising, and product tie-ins from movies and television. Lately, I have
focused my attention heavily on advertising from the 1930’s to 1960’s. The
advertising from this era was strongly flavored with patriarchy, racism, and
gender shaming. I re-use these messages in a very self-conscious way, offering
new context that tickles the soft white underbelly of
“traditional” American values.

Bio:
Steve Hansen is a professor at Andrews University where he
teaches a variety of courses including ceramics and sculpture. His work has
been included in over 75 exhibitions, and has appeared in Ceramics Monthly, Ceramics:
Art & Peception, American Craft, The Teapot Book, American Style, and Extruded Ceramics. His work is in the
permanent collection of the Fuller Craft Museum, the Midwest Museum of American
Art, the American Museum of Ceramic Art, The Kamm Teapot Collection, and The
University of Iowa. Since 1999 Steve has concentrated his efforts primarily on
creating work in the tradition of trompe l’ oeil ceramics, with an emphasis on
social commentary and Americana.

http://stevehansenceramics.tumblr.com
https://www.etsy.com/shop/SteveHansenCeramics?ref=si_shop

Cup: The Intimate Object X call for submissions

by | Jun 15, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday


In the fall, the Charlie Cummings Gallery will be hosting Cup: The Intimate Object X, the tenth installment of our iconic annual cup show. This
year the exhibition will once again be an invitational and juried
exhibition showing five cups from each participant. We are pleased to
invite artists to submit cups for consideration for this exhibition
celebrating the most intimate and beloved of functional ceramic
objects. To submit your cups for consideration for this exhibition,
please email the following to [email protected] by July 18th, 2014:

  • Attachments:

    • – 5 medium resolution images of the 5 actual cups you would like to
    send for the exhibition. Named using the following format-
    LastnameFirstname_01.jpg, LastnameFirstname_02.jpg… Please note
    capitalization. No detail shots please.
    – Your resume or CV in PDF format.

  • In the body of the email include:

    • – Your full contact information including email, telephone, and website address.
    – A guide to the images you submit with title, type of clay, type of
    firing, forming process, and retail price. Please identify the entries
    using the naming format listed above.

There is no jury fee associated with this call for submissions.
Please read carefully, incomplete or incorrect submissions will not be
considered.

Exhibition calendar and details:

July 18 -Submission deadline.
Aug 1 -Notifications sent.
Aug 22 -Cups shipping deadline
Aug 29 -Cup arrival deadline -No late cups will be accepted.
Oct 4 -Exhibition opens online
Oct 31 -Exhibition closes
Mid-January 2015 -Cups returned.

Artist pays shipping and insurance for shipment to and from the gallery.
Gallery insures cups while on the premises.
CCG takes a 50% commission on all sales.

Send questions to [email protected], or call Charlie at 352-359-2015.

 
Cup: The Intimate Object X confirmed participating artists:
Linda Arbuckle, JoAnn Axford, Posey Bacopoulos, Noel Bailey, Marian
Baker, Mariana Baquero, Nolan Baumgartner, Peter Beasecker, Catherine
Boswell, Brooks Bouwkamp, Jessica A Brandl, Mariko Brown, Jason Burnett,
Jeff Campana, Benjamin Carter, Pattie Chalmers, Cheyenne Chapman
Rudolph, Steven Cheek, Fong Choo, Linda Christianson, Mark Chuck, Naomi
Cleary, Blair Clemo, Julie Covington, Carolanne Currier, Megan Daloz,
Chandra DeBuse , Harris Deller, Susan Dewsnap, James Diem, Maria
Dondero, Paul Donnelly, Scott Dooley, David Eichelberger, Adrienne
Eliades, Sanam Emami, Heather Mae Erickson, Linda Fahey, Adam Field,
Marty Fielding, Susan Filley, Brett Freund, Julia Galloway, Ernest
Gentry, Bruce Gholson, Andrew Gilliatt, John Glick, Rebecca Grant, Seth
Green, Mel Griffin, Martha Grover, Bianka Groves, Julie Guyot, Perry
Haas, Amy Halko, Steve Hansen, Jeni Hansen Gard, Chad Hartwig, Gary
Hatcher, Samantha Henneke, Autumn Higgins, Steven Hill, David Hiltner,
Barbara Hoffman, Noelle Horsfield, Meredith Host, Walter Hyleck,
Matthew Hyleck, Sarah Jaeger, Tom Jaszczak, Lydia Johnson, Lauren
Karle, Peter Karner, Brett Kern, Kelly King, Amy Kline, Michael Kline,
Barbara Knutson, Rob Kolhouse, Karin Kraemer, Justin Lambert, Martina
Lantin, Glynnis Lessing, Brenda Lichman, Becky and Steve Lloyd, Lorna
Meaden, Christopher Melia, Melissa Mencini, Catie Miller, Joe Molinaro,
Steve Murphy, Mark Nafziger, Ted Neal, CJ Niehaus, Brooke Noble, Shawn
O’Connor, Lindsay Oesterritter, Deb Oliva, Gillian Parke, Ronan
Peterson, Chris Pickett, Brenda Quinn, Jeremy Randall, Beau Raymond,
Dow Redcorn, John Reinking, Daphne Roehr Hatcher, Andy Romero, Audrey
Rosulek, Nigel Rudolph, Max Schauder, Matthew Schiemann, Melissa
Schooley, Brad Schwieger, Sam Scott, Yoko Sekino-Bove, Kate Shakeshaft
Murray, Leland Shaw, Grace Sheese, Luke Sheets, McKenzie Smith, Gay
Smith, Amy Smith, Andrew Steingass, Kyla Strid, Michelle Summers, John
Tilton, Anne Tilton, James Tingey, Sandra Torres, Jack Troy, Sara
Truman, Mikey Walsh, Julia Walther, Julie Wiggins, Philip Wiggs, Tara
Wilson, Lana Wilson, Suzanne Wolfe, May Wong, Crisha Yantis, &
Future Retrieval.

Charlie Cummings Gallery portfolio submission guidelines. We welcome portfolio submissions from artists working in clay and printmaking.

Please include the following in your portfolio packet:
-Cover letter with contact information: address, phone, email, etc.
-10 to 15 digital images or a link to your website with up to date work.
-Digital copies of your resume and artist statement in word or PDF format.

Email submissions to: [email protected]

Call for entries – NCECA Biennial

by | Jun 13, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

2015 NCECA BIENNIAL – CALL FOR ENTRIES
Deadline July 1, 2014

“Lively Experiments”
Providence, Rhode Island
Produced by the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts,
The NCECA Biennial is a premier international juried ceramics
exhibition. Brown University’s David Winton Bell Gallery will host the
2015 NCECA Biennial In conjunction with Lively Experiments, the 49th
Annual NCECA Conference in Providence, Rhode Island (March 25-28, 2015).
The exhibition will run January 24 – March 29, 2015. A juried
exhibition, submission of works for consideration is open to the broad
field of ceramic art. An expert jury panel will make selections for the
exhibition from digital images. NCECA produces a color catalog featuring
jurors’ statements and work by all participating artists. NCECA Members
receive a 50% discount on the entry fee.

JURORS:
JoAnn Conklin, Director, The David Winton Bell Gallery
Linda Christianson, Minnesota studio potter
Anders Ruhwald, Head of Ceramics, Cranbrook Academy of Art
http://nceca.net/nceca-calls-and-exhibitions/2015-nceca-biennial/

An update from Medalta and a reminder to get going making those spoons!

by | Jun 11, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

Medalta’s studios are buzzing at this time of year. Our yearlong artists in residence are preparing for their final solo shows in the gallery and a fresh group of six artists are here for the month of June, including KyoungHwa Oh, Medalta’s International Cup Show Winner of a one month residency.

“What a great opportunity, thank you so much for inviting me to the Medalta International Artist in Residence through the Medalta cup show. I have only been here one week, and it has been so great. Not only am I enjoying the studio space and beautiful facilities, but I am getting to meet everyone from the Medalta community who have made me feel very welcome.” – Kyounghwa Oh

 
We’ll keep you posted on what Kyounghwa is up to in the Medalta studios on … /Medalta’s facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Medalta & in the meantime don’t forget to apply to Medalta’s SPOON ME show to have a chance at a June 2015 residency!
SPOON ME! @Medalta 
Medalta’s International Spoon Competition 
Deadline for online submissions June 30th, 2014. 
Last year was Medalta’s international cup show and we exhibited 150 interpretations of the cup from artists around the world. This year we thought we’d switch things up… we were noticing spoons making a serious comeback and thought we’d focus on this object that has gone in and out of fashion… Spoons are the New Cup!
So this year send us your SPOONS, your ladles, your scoops and your servers. If a spoon is the feature of an object such as a soup tureen or a larger set, send us your soup tureens and sets too. We want to see what you come up with. Not working in ceramics? No problem – this year we are opening it up to our friends in other craft mediums too … clay, metal, glass, wood & fibre.

We are very happy to be working again with the talented Musing About Mud blogger and Canadian ceramic artist Carole Epp. She will have the hard task of Juror, narrowing down the entries and selecting the prize winners.

Speaking of Prizes! Last year we partnered up with Medicine Hat College, and together we gave away a free month long residency at Medalta with accommodation to the Grand Prize winner KyoungHwa Oh. She is in the Medalta studios this June and we are excited to see her creating … she makes some pretty great spoons too.

We’re cooking up even more prizes this year, we’ll update you here as soon as they’re cemented.. but we’re definitely offering a June 2015 residency at Medalta as our GRAND PRIZE! We will also have purchases prizes for the Medalta contemporary collection and several selected artists will be featured on the Musing About Mud blog. For last years featured artists & Carole’s fabulous coverage of the cup show from last year click here.

Check out the complete set of guidelines and fill out an entry form online at www.medalta.org/spoonme.

Questions? email Jenna Stanton, Medalta’s Curator of Exhibitions and Collections [email protected]