by Carole Epp | Oct 18, 2022 | call for entry
Gulf Coast State College Amelia Center Gallery is hosting its annual juried exhibition that explores the idea of the drinking vessel. The focus of the exhibit is on the function and concept of the drinking vessel, including its relation to history, politics, craft, technology, utility, and narrative. It is a survey of the wide variety of approaches to contemporary ceramics through the lens of the most intimate and accessible vessel – the cup.
Juror
Mike Stumbras makes ceramic vessels that are inspired by 18th and 19th century European production ware. His work is created primarily on the potter’s wheel with the immediacy and individuality attributed to hand processes and alternative firing methods. Mike was born in Chicago, IL. He studied at St. Olaf College (BFA 2007), and Louisiana State University (MFA 2017). He has completed numerous residencies across the country, and is currently Assistant Professor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
Prizes
$100 Best of Show prize will be awarded by the juror.
Eligibility
The exhibition is open to both functional and sculptural work that addresses the idea of “the cup”. Please submit only original work that has been completed in the last three (3) years. Amelia Center Gallery reserves the right to reject any work that is not suitably prepared for exhibition or that differs from the original submission.
Entries and Fees
Please submit your entries online via Smarter Entry at https://client.smarterentry.com/ACG. Each artist may submit up to three (3) images with the following specifications. Images must be saved as JPG, TIF, or PNG files not greater than 2MB. The longest side should be 1,280 pixels or greater. The files should be titled with the artist’s first and last name and entry number (example: SteveSmith1.jpg). All in one word, file names cannot have special characters. Please do not submit any other materials (CV, statement, etc.). All submissions are due October 21.
Full Prospectus HERE.
by Carole Epp | Oct 17, 2022 | residency opportunity
The Gardiner Museum is seeking proposals for the newly established Gardiner Museum Artist Residency.
About the Gardiner Museum
The Gardiner Museum brings together people of all ages and backgrounds through the shared values of creativity, wonder, and community that clay and ceramic traditions inspire. We engage audiences with exhibitions, programs, and hands-on classes, while stewarding a significant permanent collection. We interpret historical ceramics to emphasize their relevance today, and champion emerging and established Canadian artists and their role in the broader world. We innovate through clay education, as it brings together the experience of making with a deeper understanding of the art of ceramics.
About the Gardiner Museum Artist Residency
The Gardiner Museum Artist Residency will offer public working space and access to Museum resources to a single artist or collective for the development of their work. The aim of the Residency is to offer a unique opportunity to an established or mid-career artist to pursue a larger-scale project; cultivate new directions in the field of ceramic art; elevate awareness of and appreciation for contemporary Canadian ceramics; and support diverse participation in the field of contemporary ceramics.
Artist Residency Description
Residency
The Gardiner Museum Artist Residency will provide the successful applicant with a paid residency opportunity that will last 8 – 12 weeks, between April and June 2023, during which time the resident will have primary access to the Laura Dinner and Richard Rooney Community Clay Studio. Access will be granted during building hours from Monday – Friday, with limited access possible on Saturdays, Sundays, and some evenings. The resident will have a dedicated workspace and storage, while maintaining the accessibility of other scheduled programming in the studio. The resident will be trained by Gardiner staff in object handling procedures and be granted access with supervision to the permanent collection. The resident is encouraged to use the library, archives, and other Gardiner resources as part of their project. Access will be facilitated on an as needed basis.
The Residency will include a public-facing role, with Museum patrons able to visit the resident’s studio during designated hours. Further, the resident will offer a public program at the Museum, either a talk on their project; a special short-term workshop; or a sessional class.
The resident will agree to work a minimum number of hours on site (avg. 20/week) and will schedule bi- weekly check-ins with a staff member.
Projects
The outcome of the Artist Residency will be to complete a specific project that is considered a new body of work. It is acknowledged that the project may change from the time of application to the completion of the Residency. Proposed projects should be ones that the applicant would find difficult or be unable to complete without the Residency, due to time, space, equipment, or other reasons. Projects
will ideally include a research component that builds off the Gardiner Museum collections, archives, library, or other materials. Projects should use materials and equipment compatible with existing studio activities. A final exhibition of the project is not assumed to be a component of the Residency.
Budget
The Artist Resident, be they a single artist or collective, will receive a $14,000 stipend toward accommodation, travel, as well as all cost of living, salary, and outside research costs for the time spent in Toronto at the Gardiner Museum. The Artist Resident will directly manage these funds, with distribution and accountability guidelines specified at the time of acceptance. While all situations differ and thus budget allocations can vary, the program is designed for the successful applicant to receive a living wage while in Toronto. In addition to a stipend, the Gardiner Museum will provide $5,000 towards materials, equipment, and firing costs.
Eligibility
The Artist Residency is designed for established and mid-career artists with a demonstrated commitment to ceramics. That is, someone who can benefit from the opportunity of dedicated work time and space, as well as the further resources of the Museum, but not someone who is at the initial stages of their work as an artist. Mid-career in this context would typically mean more than eight (8)
years of professional experience as an artist but less than thirty (30). Artists should have a clear interest in ceramics, although it does not need to be their exclusive medium. Artists will be citizens or Permanent Residents of Canada, with a record of having presented original artwork in Canada. Applications will be solicited nationally, and the Gardiner encourages applications from all qualified candidates, including those from visible and invisible minority groups such as Black and Indigenous people, people of colour, and those with disabilities.
Proposal Requirements
Interested applicants are required to please submit the following:
1. CV (up to 5 pages)
2. Letter of Intent (1 page) providing a narrative description of your practice, commitment to ceramics, and current career status, emphasizing how the Artist Residency will nurture development in these areas.
3. Project Proposal (4 pages maximum) describing what the applicant intends to make, why, and how being at the Gardiner would support the realization of the project. Proposals can include sketches, diagrams, and images as part of the four-page maximum. Images of completed works by the artist should be included in the portfolio rather than proposal. Ceramics should be the dominant material of the project, but does not need to be the sole material. Not all elements of the project need to be completed at the Gardiner. Only one proposal per artist or artist team will be considered. Proposals should include a budget and timeline.
4. Portfolio (15 images total) of completed artworks by the artist or collective. Recent rather than retrospective images are preferred. Detail images are welcome, but they will contribute to the total which should not exceed 15. Please ensure artworks are clearly visible.
Please submit materials as a single digital PDF. Complete submissions must be received by the Gardiner Museum by 5 pm EST on October 28, 2022, to be considered. Incomplete submissions will be subject to disqualification. All submission materials will be retained by the Gardiner Museum.
Finalists can expect to be contacted by late November for an informational interview.
Submit complete proposals to:
[email protected]
Only packets received electronically will be reviewed.
Selection Process
Applications will be assessed based on merit; a demonstrated commitment to the field of ceramics; benefit to the candidate; feasibility and originality of the project; and ability of the candidate/project to engage the full resources of the Museum. Proposals will be measured also on their potential to be realized within the budget and time allotments. We hope that any applicant would bring a fresh perspective on ceramics and Gardiner’s collection, while enriching the diverse dialogue that helps the Gardiner build community with clay. The Gardiner Museum Artist Residency is made possible through the generous support of Dr. Pamela Goodwin.
www.gardinermuseum.on.ca
by Carole Epp | Oct 5, 2022 | call for entry
Please review the exhibition Prospectus. (copied below)
Follow the link below to application form where you can upload your images and details.
Application Form
Hang Up’s – Prospectus
Exhibition Title: Hang Up’s
Juror: Soojin Choi
Exhibition Location: www.goodhabitpottery.com
Dates for Exhibition: January 30, 2023 – April 2, 2023
Submission Deadline: November 13, 2022
Ship work by: December 15, 2022
Fee: $10 USD, up to 3 works
Hang Up’s is an exhibition of wall mounted/hanging ceramic works, hosted online by Good Habit Pottery Co.
Eligibility
Open to all artists living in North America, 18 years of age or older. Works must wall hanging, have a ceramic component(s) and be no larger than 18 inches in the largest dimension. All works must be ready to hang. Please provide any special hardware or hanging instructions as needed.
Juror
Soojin Choi was born and raised in South Korea, and she has worked as an artist in the United States since 2010. Soojin earned her BFA at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2015 with a double major in Craft/ Material Studies and Painting/ Printmaking. She continued her studies at Alfred University to pursue a MFA degree in ceramics in 2018. After graduate school, she accepted a residency at the Northern Clay Center in Minneapolis, MN with funding by Anonymous Artist Studio Fellowship, and a long-term resident artist at Red Lodge Clay Center in Red Lodge, MT. Currently, she is a long-term resident artist at Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, MT. Her work transforms objects, figures and spaces into visual language by repeatedly layering flat and spatial surfaces.
Submissions
Artists may submit up to three works. Images must be formatted JPEG, a minimum of 1200px on the small dimension. Artists may submit up to 3 views of each piece.
Name files in the following format “lastname_firstname_title_view(A,B,C).jpg”
Fee
Artists may submit up to three submissions for a fee of $10 USD. Fee must be paid with credit card through the Good Habit Pottery Co. website ‘Open Call’ page.
Sales
All work must be for sale, Artist will be paid 55% of the retail price, Good Habit Pottery Co. will retain 35%, and 10% will be donated to one of our three beneficiary organizations.
Shipping
Selected artists are responsible for shipping costs to Good Habit Pottery Co. and must include a prepaid return shipping label. All works must be shipped by December 10, 2022.
About Good Habit Pottery Co.
Good Habit Pottery Company is an aspiration to focus more time on the good things in life – to celebrate our good habits. The craft of pottery is one of humanity’s earliest inventions and is, at it’s root, about nourishing our family and community.
As craftspeople and artists, we know it is a luxury to pursue our passion through a life in the studio; as collectors of pottery, we know it is a luxury to adorn our homes with thoughtfully crafted wares.
We hope to inspire our customers to slow down, appreciate the small things, and take care of one another. To that end, we at Good Habit Pottery Company donate 10% of every sale to community building organizations.
Currently, we are supporting Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity, Days for Girls, and Crafting the Future.
Contact
Any and all questions can be submitted to [email protected]
by Carole Epp | Aug 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
An announcement for UK Artists: Applications for BCB’s AWARD 2023 exhibition are now open.
AWARD is the British Ceramics Biennial’s headline exhibition, formed from an open submission that celebrates the vitality of contemporary ceramics practice in the UK.
BCB invite applications from UK-based individual practitioners, collaborators or collectives who use clay as their primary creative material.
10 artists will be selected to exhibit in the 2023 BCB festival. Each artist receives £1,000 towards the presentation of their work. 1 artist is awarded a £10,000 cash prize and an invite to exhibit in ‘Awarded’ at the BCB 2025 festival.
Deadline: Midnight, 12 October 2022
Visit the BCB website for full details on how to apply: http://ow.ly/EWeU50Jz3kL
photo: Stephen Dixon, AWARD 2021 winner. Credit Jenny Harper
by Carole Epp | Aug 9, 2022 | call for entry
| The Crocker-Kingsley Exhibition was first juried in 1940, a tradition that continues to the present day. Over the past 80 years, this prestigious show has included many premier names in American and California art, including Robert Arneson, Elmer Bischoff, Fred Dalkey, David Gilhooly, Ralph Goings, Gregory Kondos, Roland Petersen, Mel Ramos, Ruth Rippon, and Wayne Thiebaud. Works selected by this year’s juror, Emma Saperstein, Chief Curator and Director of Education at SLOMA, will be on display in all 4 galleries at Blue Line Arts. Cash awards will be presented for the following:
1st place: $2,000
2nd place: $1,500
3rd place: $1,000
4th place: $750
5th place: $250
Juror: Emma Saperstein, Chief Curator at the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art (SLOMA)
Crocker Art Museum staff will select five pieces from the show (which may or may not be award winners), for public display at the museum following the exhibit at Blue Line Arts.
Important Dates
Application deadline: Online applications must be submitted by 5:00pm PST on October 14th, 2022.
Show dates: December 2nd, 2022 – January 14th, 2023
Notifications: Results will be sent by 5pm PST on October 28th, 2022.
Shipping deadline of work to Blue Line Arts: November 11th, 2022
Hand deliver work to Blue Line Arts: November 27th and 28th from 10am-3pm
Opening Reception – Awards and Crocker Selections announced: Saturday, December 17th, 2022
Pick up unsold work from Blue Line Gallery: January 15th & 16th, 2023 from 10am-3pm
5 Artists Selected for the Crocker Art Museum: February 5th – April 30th, 2023
Application requirements: Applicants must apply using the online application form, available through the Callforentry.org website.
There is a $45 fee for all applicants. Up to 10 additional images can be submit for an extra $5/image. Please capitalize first letters of all names, titles and medium in application.
Image specifications:
■ Between 1mb and 3mb in size
■ Minimum of 1200 px on one side
■ Images must be in JPG format.
Limitation and restrictions
■ All work must be original and completed within the last two years.
■ Works must not have been previously exhibited at Blue Line Arts.
■ All 2-D works must be ready to hang with wire backing (no sawtooth hangers).
■ All artwork must be for sale.
■ Blue Line Arts handles all sales transactions and receives a 50% commission from all gallery sales for non-members and a 40% commission from artist members. (Artist level Membership costs $72 for the year starting the day you join)
■ Accepted artwork which differs significantly from the image in the online submission will be disqualified.
■ No accepted entry may be withdrawn or sold outside of the exhibition prior to the closing date.
■ The artist is responsible to pay for all shipping and should have a prepaid label from FedEx or UPS (No US Post) for return of artwork.
■ Size limitations:
Artwork must be able to enter through the doors with a clearance of 94”h x 91” w.
Ceilings in the gallery are 10 feet tall.
Eligibility
Open to all artists residing in the United States.
Must be 18 years or older to apply.
Questions: If you have any questions about submissions, please contact Blue Line Arts staff during open hours at: (916) 783-4117 or email [email protected] |
