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.

call for entry: International Triennial of Silicate Arts

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

In
March 2005 the 1st International Triennial of Silicate Arts was
held in the Hungarian town of Kecskemét. Organised by the
International Ceramics Studio, a world famous ceramic art centre
and the Foundation for Contemporary Ceramic Arts. From an idea originated
by János Probstner, founder and director of the ICS, this
is a new internatinal exhibition and competition focussing on the
silicate arts of ceramics, porcelain, glass and concrete.
The
aims of the International Silicate Triennial are to stimulate both
fine and applied artists to create interesting and innovative objects
and to give scope to the industrial and artistic application of
new materials and technologies, encouraging the widening of directions
in 21st century silicate arts. 
We
would like to take this opportunity to inform you that the 4th
International Silicate Arts Triennial will again take place
in Kecskemét, Hungary in August 2014 and we hope it will build
on the success of this first competition and become a major part
of the international exhibition forum. Information and application
forms for the 4th Triennial will be available on our website from
December 2013 and the application deadline will be 31st March 2014.
Organised
by the Foundation for Contemporary Ceramic Arts and the International
Ceramics Studio.
Details
will be available on this website as they are confirmed. Application forms are available for download on the conditions page

artist in residence opportunity: Harbourfront Centre

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

 

We are now accepting applications for the Artist-in-Residence programme.  

The deadline is Friday, March 14, 2014 @ 5pm Toronto local time.

Please direct any questions about the Artists-in-Residence programme to [email protected].

MORE INFORMATION and downloadable PDF

Craft at Harbourfront Centre is a dynamic axis point for contemporary
craft in Canada and an integral part of the country’s largest public
multi-disciplinary arts complex. We inspire people to engage with the
ideas being expressed by today’s craft artists and designers.

Founded in 1974 The Craft Department is a unique Canadian institution
that assists recent graduates to establish professional careers in
Textiles, Hot Glass, Ceramics, and Metal/Jewellery. Harbourfront
Centre’s Craft Department is the only post-graduate national training
facility for craftspeople, recognized by Canadian Heritage.

call for entry: Ceramics Biennial (Belgium)

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Opening of applications call : November 1, 2013 > Closing June 30, 2014

  • For the Exhibition of COntemporary ceramics (May 24 > June 7, 2015)
  • For the Thematic Exhibition of Contemporary ceramics (May 24 > June 7, 2015)
  • For the Market of ceramists (May 24 & 25, 2015)
Duration of the event

The 14th Biennial of Ceramics Andenne will be held on 24 and 25 May 2015. The exhibitions of contemporary ceramics will be extended until 7 June 2015.

The Ceramists market will run on May 24 & 25, 2015.

Eligible applications

There is no restrictions of nationality or age to participate .

The main medium must be ceramic.

Applications delivered by individual artists are welcome. Groups of
artists are not accepted ; an artist belonging to a group may, however,
submit a file individually.

The artist must specify whether he wishes to
participate to the Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramics , the thematic
exhibition of contemporary ceramic, or the ceramists market .

Each artist can apply only once for the same exhibition.

If the artist wishes to apply for more than one exhibition,
he have to submit a file for each one, specify for which exhibition the
file is submitted for and join the specific related documents
(pictures).

Details on submissions for the Contemporary Exhibition and for the Ceramists Market

Applications must be submitted electronically (e -mail ) or on
digital media (such as CD- ROM) or by the online form. The file can also
be submitted on paper but the pictures of the works printed on paper
are not accepted .

Any media (projection , soundtrack, etc. . ) accompanying the works must be mentioned in the file .

The artist must ensure that the works can be packed , moved or transported.

There is no participation fee for the exhibition of contemporary
ceramics. The participation fee for the ceramic market is 135 € .

For the Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramics, four works (max) may be presented during the exhibition.

For the Cermaists market, there no limitation of exhibited works. This is left to the good sense of the participant.

Important information : during the exhibitions of contemporary
ceramics, works can be sold with a 30% commission for the organizer. At
the Market, once the registration fee paid, the sales profit returns
fully to ceramists.

A Jury will reward some artists participating the exhibition of contemporary ceramics and also to Ceramists market.

Details on submissions for the Thematic Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramics

A new section is open into the exhibition of contemporary ceramics.
The Biennale is calling for proposals for an exhibition of works created
specifically for the 2015 edition .

The theme of this year is “FRONTIER“. For further details see this page.

By artists, it is understood artists developing a contemporary approach using ceramics, regardless of age or nationality.

The submitted works may be part of a new project or an existing
process, but the works that have been exposed before are not accepted.
Only original works, with ceramics as primary medium, are accepted.

The artist must propose between 2 and 4 works or one installation. If
the artist proposes an installation, this one should be able to be
shown indoor or outdoor.

The file must contain drawings, plan drawings or pictures of the
project, and contain complete information on the technical
specifications of the work as well as the statement of intent explaining
the link with the given theme (use the attached inscription form) .

Important information : there is no participation fee for this
exhibition, but during the exhibitions of contemporary ceramics, works
can be sold with a 30% commission for the organizer.

A Jury will reward some artists participating to the exhibition.


For full details please visit their website: http://en.biennaledelaceramique.be/candidatures/procedure/