by Carole Epp | Mar 15, 2011 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Deadline for Entry: APR 25
Coming Up Next . . . an exhibition featuring work by emerging fine craft artists
The Alberta Craft Council is organizing it’s 5th annual juried exhibition that is open to emerging craft artists who are in the first five years of their career or in the last year of their formal education.
Deadline for Entry: Monday, April 25, 2011
Exhibition Dates: May 28 – July 9, 2011
Artist Reception: Saturday, May 28, 2011, 2 – 4 pm
If you are creating contemporary fine craft (clay, glass, fibre, wood, furniture design, jewellery, or metals) with fresh new designs submit:
• a current cv
• artist statement and/or bio
• 3 to 5 good quality images (digital – 4”x6”) of work to be presented in the exhibition
• portrait image of artist in the studio or against a neutral background
• an image list that includes title, medium, technique, year made, size and photo credit
*NOTE: All submissions must have been produced in the last year*
This submission can be sent via e-mail or mail. E-mail: [email protected]
Mail: Alberta Craft Council, 10186 – 106 Street Edmonton, AB T5J 1H4
Questions on this call? Please contact Annette or Laura at (780) 488-6611 ext 221 or [email protected]
by Carole Epp | Mar 9, 2011 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
The Buchanan Center for the Arts is calling all artists for its 64 Arts National Juried Exhibition.
There will be $2,800 in awards given in the following categories: $1,000 for the Mary Jane Twomey award for best of show; $300 for the OSF Holy Family Medical Center painting award; $300 for the Eleanor Inness Meith Works on paper award; $300 for ceramics; $300 for sculpture; $300 for mixed media; and $300 for photography.
The juror for 64 ARTS is Adrian Arleo, a studio artist living in Lolo, Mont. She studied art and anthropology at Pitzer College and received her master’s degree in fine arts in ceramics from Rhode Island School of Design in 1986.
Her sculpture is exhibited nationally and internationally, and is in numerous public and private collections, including The World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, Icheon, Korea; The Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, Ga.; The Racine Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, Wis.; Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Mont.; Microsoft, Seattle; Harborview Medical Center, Seattle; Gloria and Sonny Kamm, Los Angeles; Ruth Kohler, Kohler, Wis.; and Candace Groot, Chicago.
In 1991 and 1992, Arleo received second place and recognition awards from the Virginia A. Groot Foundation, and in 1995, was awarded a Montana Arts Council Individual Fellowship.
Entry deadline is June 18. For a copy of the prospectus visit http://bcaarts.org, e-mail at [email protected] or call (309) 734-3033.
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by Carole Epp | Mar 8, 2011 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

exploring the voices of craft makers 35 & younger
This exhibition will reveal the distinctive voice of our current handmade culture by featuring craft artists of generation Y (born between 1976 – 2000).
Questions for reflecting on the theme:
• Why did you start making craft?
• What is the inspiration or origin of your work?
• Are you making a statement? (Feminism, environmentalism, anti-capitalism, etc.)
• What are the future goals of your craft?
This call is open to all current and former Alberta artists ages 35 and younger working in fine craft mediums. Fine craft mediums include clay, fibre, metal, glass, wood, stone & found objects.
** All pieces must be original in design – no kits or patterns **
Your submission should include:
• a brief statement answering some of the above questions
• artist bio, contact information & year of birth
• up to 10 good quality images (digital – 4”x6” 300dpi) of work to be in the exhibition
• an image list that includes title, medium, technique, year made, size & photo credit
Entry Deadline: Friday, May 13, 2011
Exhibition Dates: July 16 – Sept 24, 2011
Reception: Saturday, July 16, 2011, 2-4 pm
This submission can be sent via e-mail or mail.
E-mail: [email protected]
Mail: Alberta Craft Council, 10186 – 106 Street
Edmonton, AB T5J 1H4
Questions on this call?
Please contact Annette at (780) 488-6611 ext 221 or [email protected]
by Carole Epp | Mar 8, 2011 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
The Ceramics Annual of America (CAA) is an exhibition mounted to spotlight the quality and diversity of the contemporary ceramics field. The CAA exhibition is presented by the California Ceramics Cooperative, a dedicated, grass roots organization formed by artists, educators and curators who share a desire to invest i the future of the ceramic field by honoring recent history and focusing attention on the work of contemporary artists. The Ceramics Annual of America Exhibition and Fair will take place at Fort Mason, Festival Hall San Francisco, California Exhibition Dates: October 7-9, 2011
Opening Reception: October 6, 2011, 5:30 – 9 pm Artists may submit their portfolio and resume for consideration in the 2011 Ceramics Annual Show: http://ceramicsannual.org/artist-inquiry Deadline: May 10th, 2011 Website: http://ceramicsannual.org/press-releasevia SJSU Art blog
by Carole Epp | Mar 8, 2011 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
CALL FOR PROPOSALS and EXHIBITIONS: 2011 Regional Exhibition – UNCOMMON GROUND: IMPACT AND INFLUENCE.
A blended invitational and competitive ceramic exhibition for artists from the geographic region west of the Mississippi River. Deadline June 15, 2011.
2012 Program Proposals – ON THE EDGE Get involved with the NCECA program. Please propose a Lecture, Panel Discussion, Demonstration, Topical Discussion, or NCECA Connection for the 46th annual NCECA Conference in Seattle, Washington. Please be aware that this year our call for Topical Discussions and NCECA Connections is earlier than in past years. Deadline May 3, 2011.
2012 Invitational Exhibition – PUSH PLAY. The 2012 NCECA Invitational focuses on the importance of play as related to art and life. Deadline July 5, 2011.
Call for 2012 NSJE – 2012 NATIONAL STUDENT JURIED EXHIBITION
will open April 14, 2011.