Call for entries – NCECA Biennial

by | Jun 13, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

2015 NCECA BIENNIAL – CALL FOR ENTRIES
Deadline July 1, 2014

“Lively Experiments”
Providence, Rhode Island
Produced by the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts,
The NCECA Biennial is a premier international juried ceramics
exhibition. Brown University’s David Winton Bell Gallery will host the
2015 NCECA Biennial In conjunction with Lively Experiments, the 49th
Annual NCECA Conference in Providence, Rhode Island (March 25-28, 2015).
The exhibition will run January 24 – March 29, 2015. A juried
exhibition, submission of works for consideration is open to the broad
field of ceramic art. An expert jury panel will make selections for the
exhibition from digital images. NCECA produces a color catalog featuring
jurors’ statements and work by all participating artists. NCECA Members
receive a 50% discount on the entry fee.

JURORS:
JoAnn Conklin, Director, The David Winton Bell Gallery
Linda Christianson, Minnesota studio potter
Anders Ruhwald, Head of Ceramics, Cranbrook Academy of Art
http://nceca.net/nceca-calls-and-exhibitions/2015-nceca-biennial/

An update from Medalta and a reminder to get going making those spoons!

by | Jun 11, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

Medalta’s studios are buzzing at this time of year. Our yearlong artists in residence are preparing for their final solo shows in the gallery and a fresh group of six artists are here for the month of June, including KyoungHwa Oh, Medalta’s International Cup Show Winner of a one month residency.

“What a great opportunity, thank you so much for inviting me to the Medalta International Artist in Residence through the Medalta cup show. I have only been here one week, and it has been so great. Not only am I enjoying the studio space and beautiful facilities, but I am getting to meet everyone from the Medalta community who have made me feel very welcome.” – Kyounghwa Oh

 
We’ll keep you posted on what Kyounghwa is up to in the Medalta studios on … /Medalta’s facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Medalta & in the meantime don’t forget to apply to Medalta’s SPOON ME show to have a chance at a June 2015 residency!
SPOON ME! @Medalta 
Medalta’s International Spoon Competition 
Deadline for online submissions June 30th, 2014. 
Last year was Medalta’s international cup show and we exhibited 150 interpretations of the cup from artists around the world. This year we thought we’d switch things up… we were noticing spoons making a serious comeback and thought we’d focus on this object that has gone in and out of fashion… Spoons are the New Cup!
So this year send us your SPOONS, your ladles, your scoops and your servers. If a spoon is the feature of an object such as a soup tureen or a larger set, send us your soup tureens and sets too. We want to see what you come up with. Not working in ceramics? No problem – this year we are opening it up to our friends in other craft mediums too … clay, metal, glass, wood & fibre.

We are very happy to be working again with the talented Musing About Mud blogger and Canadian ceramic artist Carole Epp. She will have the hard task of Juror, narrowing down the entries and selecting the prize winners.

Speaking of Prizes! Last year we partnered up with Medicine Hat College, and together we gave away a free month long residency at Medalta with accommodation to the Grand Prize winner KyoungHwa Oh. She is in the Medalta studios this June and we are excited to see her creating … she makes some pretty great spoons too.

We’re cooking up even more prizes this year, we’ll update you here as soon as they’re cemented.. but we’re definitely offering a June 2015 residency at Medalta as our GRAND PRIZE! We will also have purchases prizes for the Medalta contemporary collection and several selected artists will be featured on the Musing About Mud blog. For last years featured artists & Carole’s fabulous coverage of the cup show from last year click here.

Check out the complete set of guidelines and fill out an entry form online at www.medalta.org/spoonme.

Questions? email Jenna Stanton, Medalta’s Curator of Exhibitions and Collections [email protected]


call for artists:2014 Craft Awards Program

by | Jun 11, 2014 | Uncategorized


BRINGING YOU THE CONTEMPORARY EDGE ON CRAFT PRACTICE

Craft Ontario is pleased to announce that the 2014 Craft Awards Program is open for applications and nominations! Deadline June 20, 2014.

The annual selection of Craft Award recipients presents accomplished and
dedicated practitioners in the field of craft and design. From makers
that create innovative and exceptional work to curators, administrators,
writers and volunteers who support the craft community, each award
recipient is recognized as an important contributor to contemporary
craft practice.

This year’s program has over $26,000 in awards and scholarships that
recognize excellence in craft. In addition to a total of twenty-one
available awards, we are pleased to announce the inaugural Pattie Walker Memorial Award in Architectural Glass for $1,000.  The submission deadline for the program is Friday, June 20, 2014, and to find out more about how to apply or nominate, please visit us at:

www.craftontario.com/membership-programs/craft-awards.

We are also looking forward to hosting the Craft Awards Ceremony
on Thursday, October 9, at the Artscape Wychwood Bards at 601 Christie
St, Toronto. Don’t forget to save the date and plan to join us in
celebrating excellence!