THE CLAY STUDIO OF MISSOULA has 2 calls for entry on their site:
SODA SALT NATIONAL
and
INTERNATIONAL CUP
Application, slides, check, and self addressed, stamped
envelope must be received by AUGUST 1ST, 2008 for either competition.
Application forms and further info available on the website.
The International Festival of Postmodern Ceramics
Organized by: KERAMEIKON, Croatian Ceramic Association in partnership with The City Museum of Varazdin
Deadline for submission of applications:
October, the 30 2008 (post stamp)
“Only works which embody the concept of ceramics as a means of free artistic expression will be accepted: sculptures, installation, and works serving a non-functional and functional purpose. Artists are expected to contribute by presenting distinctively personalised, original and novel ceramic art works characterised by a sincere approach, an ebullient, vivaciously creative and imaginative form of expression. A combination of various materials may be used but the work must be done primarily in ceramics.”
KERAMEIKON,
Croatian Ceramic Association
Krizaniceva 13
42000 Varazdin
Croatia
Tel: ** 385 42 211 227
Fax: ** 385 42 210 450
e-mail: [email protected]
Or visit: www.kerameikon.com
Exhibition: Midstream: New Ceramics from the Heartland
Exhibition Dates: August 23, 2008 – February 28, 2009
Deadline May 23rd
The Arizona State University Art Museum’s Ceramics Research Center, in an effort to define the front edge of experimental ceramic work, is looking for limited submissions for the exhibition Midstream: New Ceramics from the Heartland. Artists in the Midwestern region of the U.S. can submit up to 5 low resolution digital images and a brief resume and statement. Artists residing in the following states are eligible: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
Contact: Peter Held, Curator of Ceramics at [email protected] or find more info here or here.
In combination with the exhibition Object Factory: The Art of Industrial Ceramics
which runs May 15 – Sept 7, 2008 at the Gardiner Museum in Toronto, tomorrow they are hosting:
EXHIBITION SYMPOSIUM
Craft and Design Interface
May 17, 1 – 4 pm at Gardiner Museum
$20 Public/ $16.25 Members/ OCAD students free
Speakers include:
Jorunn Veiteberg
Glen Brown
Ezra Shales
Dov Granchrow
Marek Cekula
Sara Diamond
From the Gardiner Website:
“This groundbreaking exhibition will both startle and delight you with the work of international artists and industrial designers re-imagining the possibilities of ceramics in the 21st century.
See more than 200 objects from eighteen countries, including work by artists Cindy Sherman and Arman, designers Ettore Sottsass and Masahiro Mori, and industrial manufacturers Rosenthal and Nymphenburg.
Curator Marek Cecula emphasizes the new relationship between artists, designers and industry that “has heralded a vitality and fresh orientation to ceramic material.” The exhibition also includes sections devoted to recent advances in ceramic materials and technologies, and to the creative manipulation and re-use of industrial ceramics by studio artists.”
Sounds like an amazing exhibition so hopefully some of you can check it out. For the rest of us there are some podcasts on the Gardiner website.
First Contemporary Ceramic Award At Hallward
Deadline – 17th July 2008
Prize – solo exhibition at the Hallward in 2009/10
For more details visit the website.
You’ll have to forgive the lack of ceramic content in this post, but I wanted to share a video with you of an amazing graffiti animation I ran across. At first it seems like a post production work, but quickly you realize that this guy actually painted each image and photographed them. If I figure it takes forever to make ceramic work with all the firings and everything, I can’t imagine how long this might have taken.
Enjoy!
