SCC Announces New Studio Apprenticeship Program

by | Jun 1, 2012 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

Emerging Artists Encouraged to Apply 

Applications Due Monday, June 18, 2012 
The Society for Contemporary Craft has launched an exciting new 
apprenticeship program for a recent B.A. or M.F.A. graduate who works in a craft medium. The apprentice will work full-time for SCC’s education department and enjoy access to our studio facilities. This opportunity is ideal for emerging artists looking to gain professional experience in an educational setting while building their own body of work over the course of one year. The apprentice will receive a monthly stipend of $1,000 plus a $300 housing allowance each month. Responsibilities include: 
  • Acquire real-world experience in the day-to-day operations of an educational studio facility.  
  • Teach introductory studio courses and enhance personal teaching skills.  
  • Be mentored by, and assist nationally and internationally known visiting artist instructors.  
  • Learn about marketing, pricing, merchandising and how to sell work through retail galleries.  
  • Create new work while having free access to SCC’s studios and equipment (the apprentice is expected to make work outside of business hours as well as document progress through postings on SCC’s blog).  
  • Work 40 hours per week in The Studio, with one half day set aside weekly to work on personal projects during SCC’s open hours.   
  • Monitor classes, and maintain studio facilities and equipment.  
  • Work with the public to engage visitors in the creative process through artist demonstrations.  
  • Exhibit new works in SCC’s Studio Gallery.  
Click here
to download more information and an application for the Studio
Apprenticeship Program. Please share the information with artists who
may be interested in this opportunity. 

 

Visiting artist workshop with Matt Nolen, who is based in New York City.
East Carolina University Professor and distinguished artist Robert
Ebendorf works one-on-one with a student in The Studio at SCC.

2100 Smallman Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 | 412.261.7003 | www.contemporarycraft.org

Call for Entry: Craft Forms 2012

by | May 31, 2012 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

The 18th international juried exhibition is dedicated to enhancing the public’s awareness of contemporary
craft while providing a venue for established and emerging artists alike
to share their functional and sculptural creative endeavors.

Juror – Cindi Strauss

Cindi Strauss is Assistant Director, Programming and Curator for
Modern and Contemporary Decorative Arts and Design at the Museum of Fine
Arts, Houston. She holds a BA with honors in Art History from Hamilton
College and an MA in the History of Decorative Arts from the
Cooper-Hewitt/Parsons School of Design. Cindi is a member of the board
of the American Craft Council and the Advisory Council of the Houston
Center for Contemporary Craft and has served as a grant evaluator for
the Pew Charitable Trust and the Center for Craft, Creativity, and
Design.

Entry Deadline September 13th.
Find all the details here.

Wayne Art Center Contacts:

Nancy Campbell, Executive Director
Karen Louise Fay, Director of Special Projects
Wayne Art Center
413 Maplewood Avenue
Wayne, PA 19087
610.688.3553
www.wayneart.org
www.craftforms.com

Call for artists: FUSION Mentorship Workshops 2012/2013 – OTTAWA

by | May 22, 2012 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

Mentor: Leta Cormier

is
proud to announce the launch of the Ottawa Region Mentorship – “the Ten
Month Workshop.” These workshops are intended to be significant
learning experiences that are transformative for the participating
artists. A maximum of ten participants per workshop will be asked to
take creative risks. The workshop will begin with a session during which
participants will present their work and their goals for the workshop.
Each participant will then be asked to set learning goals and objectives
for the duration of the workshop. The group will meet over the next ten
months to review their progress, participate in group critiques, and
revise objectives as necessary. The workshop will culminate in an
exhibition.

TO QUALIFY

You should be actively involved in an artistic practice, producing work, exhibiting, and should:

•
have completed three years of study or the equivalent. Self educated
artists with no formal training but plenty of experience are encouraged
to apply.

• be willing to make a ten month commitment.

•
through discussions with the mentor and others in the group, be
prepared to set yourself learning goals and be willing to take risks
with your work and accept criticism in a constructive manner.

• meet the criteria established by the mentor described above.

• be a member of FUSION.

TO APPLY

Submission Deadline: All applications MUST be received by the FUSION Office by 5 pm, Friday, June 29, 2012.

 
Find full details here.  

Call for entry: Geelong Regional Artists Exhibition

by | May 17, 2012 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

Are you a regional artist looking for an opportunity to showcase your work?  
The Gordon Gallery is now seeking applications for this annual exhibition.
THE GEELONG REGIONAL ARTISTS EXHIBITION
is an annual event on The Gordon Gallery Calendar. Now in its tenth
year, this exhibition is designed to celebrate and promote the
extraordinary artistic talent of the region. It provides local artists
with the opportunity to further develop and professionalise their
artistic practise.
Criteria:  
  • The Gordon Gallery will accept
    contemporary works in any medium such as painting, printmaking,
    photography, sculpture, glass, ceramics, textiles, jewellery,
    performance art or new media.
  • Applicants must either have been born,
    currently live, or have resided within the boundaries of the City of
    Greater Geelong, the Borough of Queenscliff, Surf Coast, or Golden
    Plains Shires for a period of at least six months.
Application form and further information click here

Applications Close: Friday 1 June 2012.