Winifred Shantz Award for Ceramists

Deadline: August 10, 2007
As the only national award for young ceramic artists and potters, The Winifred Shantz Award presents $10,000 annually to an artist to recognize achievement and invest in the future.

The Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery welcomes submissions from Canadian ceramic artists and potters who have been working for a minimum of five years and a maximum of ten years in a productive studio capacity.

This award is designed to allow the recipient time away from the studio, travel for career development, connect with mentors, visit other studios, study museum collections, investigate kiln sites, or liaise with industry to perform research that will further in-studio production. It may also be used for international residencies or symposia. While recognizing that not all ceramists arise from an academic background, this award is intended to assist at a post-graduate level of accomplishment and may not be used for tuition purposes.

The selection panel is comprised of experienced contemporary ceramic artists, potters and curators. This jury will choose one winner and the results will be announced at a gala event at the Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery on September 20, 2007.
Hard-copy applications should be delivered to the Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery by August 10th, 2007 by 5pm. Applications should include:

* 2-page cv detailing the applicant’s accomplishments over the past five years
* Creative Material:
o 20 labelled .jpg images, 72 dpi, maximum 1024 x 768 (height must not exceed 768 pixels). Title each file with a number, your name, and title of the work. (ie. 01.artistname.title.jpg). Save images directly on the CD-ROM without creating folders, and do not submit PowerPoint.

OR

o 20 slides clearly numbered and labelled with the artist’s name
* image list indicating the number, title, date, process and size of each work
* single-page outline describing how the award will be used, i.e. a proposal of the research program and its intended relevance to the applicant’s future work

All submissions will be kept on file at the Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery’s Artists’ Registry for archival purposes and cannot be returned. All applications must be hard copy (email submissions will not be accepted); additional support materials are not required

Submissions should be sent to:
Winifred Shantz Award
c/o Robert Achtemichuk, Director
Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery
25 Caroline Street North
Waterloo, ON N2L 2Y5

The award recipient must deliver a brief report to the Gallery, summarizing the benefits received from the award, no later than two years after the award is granted. Documents outlining itinerary, as well as confirmation by receiving mentors or industrial partners and disclosure of the terms of agreement between partners and the recipient, may be requested prior to disbursement.

For more information, contact:
Robert Achtemichuk
Executive Director
519.746.1882, #231
[email protected]

http://www.canadianclayandglass.ca

5th International Biannual of Ceramics, the City of Kapfenberg, Austria – 6/15/2007
Deadline: June 15, 2007
Topic: Illusion
September 28th – November 11th 2007

A maximum of three works are allowed to be entered to the competition. The works must not exceed the age limit of two years and there has to be an obvious connection between the topic of the biannual (“Illusion”). Only works that have never been entered to take part at any other competition are accepted.

The dimensions of the objects entered have to be of reasonable size, height and weight. In other words, an exhibition at the gallery of the Cultural Center should not take extraordinary efforts for the organizers.

Photographs of the works are required. Please take the pictures in front of neutral background. The minimum size of each photograph is 13×18 centimetres of measure. The photographs can also be sent via CD ROM. A resolution of at least 300dpi is required. Please take the pictures of each work from at least two different angles.

On the backside of each photo taken, please write the name of the artist, the year of production, as well as the title of each along with its measures and forms of technique.

To enter the competition/exhibition of the 5th Biannual of Ceramics the Cultural Center of Kapfenberg requires a package of the following data:

The filled out application form. The list of works entered. The photographs of the works entered.

Please write the password “Keramikbiennale” (Biannual of Ceramics) on your package and send it to the following address:

Stadtgemeinde Kapfenberg
Kulturzentrum, Mürzgasse 3
A – 8605 Kapfenberg Austria

All entries have to reach the Cultural Center before June 15th 2007.

An eventual publication of the works is only possible if the photographs are liable to be reproduced or – in case of digital photographs – contain a high resolution (300 dpi).

The data/documents entered will remain with the organizer and will hence not be returned.

All participants that are admitted to enter the contest / exhibition will be notified until July 10th, 2007.
For more information visit, http://www.keramik-biennale-kapfenberg.at

The New Cartography of Craft: Charting a Course from Regional to Global

As part of Craft Year 2007, the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University will be hosting the NeoCraft Conference, 23-25 November 2007. This conference has been designed “with the objective of further developing critical thinking, theory and history in relation to the crafts. It is the intention of NeoCraft to not only acknowledge the vital role the crafts play in our culture and economy and to challenge the position of craft by creating a forum for lively exchange and debate. Modern art has always been defined by the way it deals with material modernization. The next modern art will likewise address global modernization. As part of this process, the crafts need to continually rethink their position. NeoCraft, the conference, will explore the possibility of craft practice that engages with the modernizing world.” (Source: www.neocraft.ca)

This exhibition, The New Cartography of Craft: Charting a Course from Regional to Global, has been designed with the NeoCraft Conference in mind; the exhibition will be on public display concurrent with the Conference. The NSDCC seeks submissions of works that look beyond our geographic and/or cultural boundaries; works that consider global cultural influences and reflect those influences through the work, utilizing innovations in techniques, materials, designs and/or subject matter while still retaining the unique identity of the maker. Submitting artists are also asked to submit a brief explanation of each work and the cultural references that inspired its creation.

For more information, please contact the NSDCC office at 902.423.3837.