The Best Part, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo
Deadline November 1

During an interview, Robert Markle was once asked what part of his art was “Indian”. Markle’s answer was “The Best Part”. This exhibition highlights work in glass and ceramic by First Nations artists, drawing upon Markle’s answer as inspiration. This exhibition is produced in collaboration with ANDPVA (Association of Native Development in the Performing and Visual Arts).

Artists are invited to submit examples of work for juried selection.
Submissions can be made electronically to [email protected]. Please include no more than four images (include size, date and medium of each piece). Image size should not exceed 5 megabytes (MB) in total. Please include CV with contact information and artist statement. Hardcopy submissions can be sent to: Virginia Eichhorn, Curator Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery 25 Caroline St N Waterloo, ON N2L 2Y5

For info visit their website.

Feats of Clay XXI
February 1, 2008 entry deadline
California, Lincoln (April 26–May 25, 2008), open to artists working in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
Juried from digital and slides.
Entry fee: $15 for one entry; $25 for two; $30 for three.
For prospectus, send SASE to Lincoln Arts, 580 6th St., Lincoln 95648; www.lincolnarts.org; (916) 645-9713

Well I have to be the first to admit that it’s been a while since I last posted and my apologies for that. Hopefully I won’t be trailing off for such a long period of time again. I can assure it was with good reason which I’ll explain in a later post but for now here’s a posting I’ve just received for a conference at the University of Helsinki.

They’re calling for papers for the International Conference, Crafticulation and Education to be held on the 24−26 of September 2008. The Conference is hosted by the University of Helsinki, Department of Home Economics & Craft Science.

From their website:
“The conference theme is constructed under the new concept of CRAFTICULATION (craft + articulation); how the culture of craft is constantly made, unmade, and remade. We understand craft+articulation broadly: from the processes of self-expression to the cultural practices. We hope that in the end of a conference we have multiple readings of the phenomenon of craft, i.e. multiple articulations of craft, as well as articulations of the concept of crafticulation. Moreover, we would also like to encourage papers concerning the various educational contexts of craft.

We are calling for papers on any area of research on:

Craft & health, healing, beauty
Gender & Craft Education
Craft Design Technology
Web-crafts & Cultures
Domesticity & Crafts
Craft-based Design
Crafts 365

Abstracts should contain no more than 250 words, and the curriculum vitae should be no more than one page. Please send your abstract and CV and any other queries by e-mail to leena.kaukinen [at] helsinki.fi or by mail to Dr. Leena Kaukinen, Professor in Craft Science, University of Helsinki, P.O.Box 8 / Siltavuorenpenger 10, 00014 UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI, FINLAND

The deadline of the abstracts is 15. December 2007. All paper proposals will be refereed by an academic jury and the successful applicants will be notified by 1 February 2008.”