by Carole Epp | Aug 28, 2018 | call for entry
The Open to Art award dedicated to the promotion of contemporary ceramics is at its third edition. Launched in 2014 to promote the use of ceramics in contemporary art and design, the competition – open to artists of all nationalities, single or associated, without age limits or thematic constraints – is now open.
The third edition confirms the first two Cash Prizes, worth € 5,000 each for the Art section and the Design section.
In addition to these, numerous collateral prizes:
Artist residence at Sundaymorning@ekwc,The Netherlands
Artist residence during the International Ceramic Art Festival in Sasama, Japan
Artist residence at Amfora in Seinäjoki, Finland
Artist residency at Guldagergaard – International Ceramic Research Center, Denmark
Artist residency at Carlo Zauli Museum, Italy
Artist residency and exhibition at Ceramic Museum of Mondovì
Cover Award, Fragile magazine
Focus Award, Fragile magazine
Works of all finalist artists will be exhibited at Officine Saffi gallery.
The jury will evaluate the participants according to the principles of originality, research, technical quality and will be composed of leading figures from the world of art and design. The jurors of the 2018 edition are:
Felicity Aylieff, artist, responsible for the RCA program
Laura Borghi, Officine Saffi
Flaminio Gualdoni, journalist, art critic and professor of the Brera Academy
Tom Morris, editor and consultant specialized in design, interiors and architecture
Isabelle Naef Galuba, director of the Ariana Museum
Elisa Ossino, architect, stylist
Ranti Tjan, director of EKWC
Matteo Zauli, curator, director of the Carlo Zauli Museum
Full details here: http://www.officinesaffi.com/en/open-to-art/2018/home
by Carole Epp | Aug 16, 2018 | call for entry
24th International Juried Exhibition of Fine Craft
Deadlines: September 14th, 2018, midnight CDT
Digital Entry Deadline ($45 Fee)
September 18th, 2018 midnight CDT
Digital Entry Extended Deadline ($65 Fee)
Established in 1995, Craft Forms is dedicated to enhancing the public’s awareness of fine contemporary craft while providing a venue for established and emerging artists to share their creative endeavors. Craft Forms is internationally recognized as one of the premiere contemporary craft exhibitions. The finest works of ceramics, wood, fiber, metal, glass, mixed medium and 3D printing are featured, supporting the Center’s mission of expanding the public’s awareness of fine contemporary crafts, and significantly benefiting all educational and outreach programs for children and adults.
One of the most highly esteemed museum-quality craft exhibitions in the United States, Craft Forms consistently draws upward of 5,000 visitors during its two month exhibition. More than 250 guests, including art collectors, supporters of the Wayne Art Center, and artists, annually celebrate Craft Forms and its companion show at the Opening Gala. The exhibitions and special events continue to attract local, regional, nation and international visitors throughout the duration of the show.
Juror: Perry Allen Price, Executive Director, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas. Previously, Price was director of education at the American Craft Council (ACC) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he developed, managed and implemented all aspects of local and national outreach and programming for nearly four years. He offers HCCC a wealth of experience in arts administration, including project and fiscal management, fundraising, scholarship programs and exhibitions, as well as a passion for developing and fostering national relationships in the world of contemporary craft.
Eligibility: Open to all professional artists working in clay, fiber, quilt, glass, metal, jewelry, wood, 3D printing, and/or mixed media fine craft.
Works submitted must have been completed after January 1st, 2016. If the work was accepted into a previous Craft Forms exhibitions, this work CANNOT be re-submitted for this or future Craft Forms.
Awards: Our efforts to cultivate organizations that acknowledge artists in various disciplines are ongoing. We are very pleased to announce $8,000+ in prize awards this year. Craft Forms 2018 Juror, Perry Allen Price, will select the award winners on December 7th, 2018. Once an artist is accepted into Craft Forms, future group and/or solo exhibition opportunities may become available at Wayne Art Center. An abbreviated catalog of artwork will document the juried exhibition and two copies will be supplied to accepted artists.
For more detailed information, submission guidelines and link to entry via CaFE: https://www.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=5347
Website link: http://www.craftforms.org/call-for-entries/
About Wayne Art Center: The purpose of the Wayne Art Center is to provide both instruction in the studio, and to build appreciation of the visual and performing arts through our many exhibits, lectures and programs. The Center affords artists an interdisciplinary venue to share, learn, exhibit and perform. They are located in Wayne, Pennsylvania.
by Carole Epp | Aug 16, 2018 | call for entry
AWARDS
1st place – $1000 / 2nd place – $500 / 3rd place – $250 / Honorable Mentions
ELIGIBILITY
This juried show is open to all US artists/residents (ages 18+) working in clay/ceramics. Works must be original, handcrafted, and have been completed in the past two years. Works submitted for consideration must fit on a 24”x24” or 15”x15” pedestal. Works may not have been previously exhibited at the North Carolina Pottery Center. Submission of an entry to this show constitutes an agreement by the artist to all conditions and stipulations listed in this Call for Entries.
ENTRY FEE
Artists may submit images of up to three (3) works for a non-refundable $35 fee. Submissions will not be considered complete until both the entry submission and the entry fee have been received by the North Carolina Pottery Center. Preferred entry fee payment is online by credit card via the center’s secure payment form at tinyurl.com/2019artofclay-entryfee.
If you need to pay by check, please make payable to North Carolina Pottery Center and mail to: North Carolina Pottery Center, PO Box 531, Seagrove, NC 27341.
ENTRY PROCEDURES
Up to three (3) works may be submitted for consideration. Images of works must be submitted online via tinyurl.com/2019artofclay-entrysubmission for preliminary judging. For each work, up to three (3) separate images showing details or different views may be submitted.
Images of works accepted will be retained/used by the North Carolina Pottery Center for record-keeping, documentary, and publicity purposes.
Digital images must be submitted in jpg format. Artist names should not appear on the image itself.
For good image quality and a fast upload, your image files must be sized around 1800 x 1800 pixels at 72 dpi (approximately 6″ x 6″ at 300 dpi). Please do not submit images smaller than this. Each image should be no larger than 5mb.
Digital files must be named using the following naming scheme:
FirstInitialLastName-entrynumber-imagenumber
Example:
jdoe-entry1-image1
jdoe-entry1-image2
jdoe-entry1-image3
To insure impartiality, the Juror will select works for the exhibition using a blind jury process. Artist names will not be included with any digital images sent to the Juror.
Entries will not be considered complete until the entry submission fee has been received. Entry materials and entry fee are due no later than December 15, 2018.
JUROR
Douglas Fitch (www.douglasfitch.co.uk)
Doug is also going to be one of the featured presenters at the 2019 North Carolina Potters Conference, sponsored by the Randolph Arts Guild, in Asheboro, NC, the first weekend in March 2019.
Says Doug, “My wife and I are long established potters with international reputations, havingtraveledd in Japan and throughout the USA, to exhibit our work and to deliver workshops and lectures. In 2013, we became partners in life and in business. Our styles compliment, as we have evolved from similar influences, but our work is nevertheless clearly distinct from one another.
I have been making pots for most of my life. It’s a strange thing, to be excited by something as simple as a brown clay jug and I can’t explain it, but it seems that it happens to some people; it just gets under your skin.
It was at the age of eleven that I first encountered medieval pottery. My headmaster, a keen archaeologist would take us on trips to formerly inhabited sites, commonly ploughed fields, where our eyes would scour the furrows in search of fragments of pottery. Back in the school room, he would show us photographs of the type of pottery that these shards had once formed a part of. The experience gave me my understanding at the time, of what I considered pottery made by hand looked like. This aesthetic has formed the basis of my work ever since.
We share materials, working in red earthenware, decorated with a self-imposed restricted palette of coloured slips, covered with rich honey glazes. The pots are fired in the wood kiln, which we stoke continuously for up to twenty hours. Subsequently we travel together to shows up and down the country, selling our wares. Our life is our work and our work is our life, we live and we breathe pottery.”
For more info: ncpotterycenter.org/artofclay2019/
by Carole Epp | Jul 30, 2018 | call for entry
The Port Hacking Potters are based in Cronulla a suburb of Sydney NSW Australia and this year will celebrate their 50th National Pottery Competition in October 2018. Call for entries is now open and closes 9 October 2018. No International entries but entries from any state in Australia are welcome. Read all about it from this link on the Australian Ceramics website: https://www.australianceramics.com/2018/07/24/the-50th-national-pottery-competition-and-exhibition/ follow the links and download the entry form or email to [email protected] to have one sent to you. Follow us on Facebook or Instagram for updates.
by Carole Epp | Jun 29, 2018 | call for entry
This fall Charlie Cummings Gallery will host Cup: The Intimate Object XIV, the fourteenth installment of our iconic annual cup show. This year the exhibition will once again be an invitational and juried exhibition showing five individual cups from each participant and will be online only. We are pleased to invite artists to submit cups for consideration for this exhibition celebrating the most intimate and beloved of functional ceramic objects.
To submit your cups for consideration for this exhibition, please email the following to [email protected] by midnight Eastern, July 8th, 2018:
Part 1 – In the body of the email include:
1. Your full contact information including email, telephone, and website address.
2. A guide to the images you submit with title, type of clay, type of firing, forming process, dimensions, and retail price. Please identify the entries using the naming format listed above.
Part 2 – Attachments:
1. Five (5) medium resolution images of the 5 actual cups you would like to send for the exhibition. Named using the following format- LastnameFirstname_01.jpg, LastnameFirstname_02.jpg… Please note capitalization. No detail shots please.
2. Your resume or CV in PDF format.
There is no fee associated with this call for submissions.
Please read carefully. Incomplete or incorrect submissions will not be considered.
Exhibition calendar and details:
July 8 – Submission deadline
July 20 – Notifications sent
August 10 – Cups Ship-by Deadline
August 17 – Cups due at gallery
October 6-November 2 – Cup: The Intimate Object XIV online
December 2018 – Cups returned
Artist pays shipping and insurance for shipment to gallery and for return of unsold work.
Gallery insures cups while on the premises.
Gallery actively advertises and promotes the exhibition.
Gallery takes a 50% commission on all sales.
Send questions (not submissions) to [email protected], or call 352-514-8821.
Portfolio Submissions
Ceramic artists who would like for their work to be considered for inclusion in group exhibitions, features, and solo exhibitions may submit a portfolio including the following:
Cover Letter, CV, 15-20 images of artwork (Named using the following format- LastnameFirstname_01.jpg, LastnameFirstname_02.jpg…,) A guide to the images you submit with title, type of clay, type of firing, forming process, dimensions (H x W x D,) and retail prices, and full contact information including email, telephone, and website address to: [email protected]
ORIf your website includes ALL of the information requested above, send a cover letter and the link to your website to: [email protected]
Send questions (not submissions) to [email protected], or call 352-514-8821.
