by Carole Epp | Apr 28, 2026 | call for entry
Juried by Ching Yuan Chang @chingyuan.chang . “Baltimore Clayworks Clay Biennial” is a national juried exhibition presented in conjunction with the 61st Conference of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), that celebrates the vitality, diversity, and evolving language of contemporary ceramics. Open to ceramic artists working in all styles, techniques, and conceptual approaches, the exhibition seeks work that reflects both technical excellence and compelling artistic vision. Functional, sculptural, installation-based, and experimental works are all welcome.
Exhibition Dates: January 9 – March 13, 2027
Application Deadline: September 25, 2026
Learn more and apply by clicking the link in our bio or visit baltimoreclayworks.org/exhibitions/calls-for-entry
by Carole Epp | Apr 20, 2026 | call for entry
What forces are at play, shaping and defining the world we experience? What impulses do we contain that form or override these forces?
Play is integral to the human experience and fundamental to the creative process. There is a tension inherent in play that is exhilarating yet risky, competitive yet collaborative. Through play we can put down the weight of a loaded past, imagine radical futures, and yet remain truly present. Play provides not only refuge, but resistance.
Play allows us a sense of joy, moving lightly between structure and chaos without fear of failure. It exists at the threshold of uncertainty – where systems can be questioned, patterns broken, conventions overturned. Play offers us the freedom to pivot, adapt and shape-shift, opening up space for thinking otherwise—about material, making, and consequently about the world we are part of.
In this third edition of the Indian Ceramics Triennale, we see the exhibition as an incubator of possibilities. We invite artists to hold this undefined and unknown moment filled with potential, to dare to play through inventiveness, provocation, humour, satire, meaning, absurdity, performance and colour. To use play as an institution of and for disruption, dreaming into existence the unexpected and unacknowledged. To question, through play, the forces at play.
The open call is open to professional and emerging artists over the age of 18, working in ceramics or exploring clay in interdisciplinary practices. While the Indian Ceramics Triennale focuses on clay based practices, we welcome proposals from artists working across disciplines who engage with clay conceptually, materially, or contextually.
Applications must be submitted online through the google form Indian Ceramics Triennale 2027. Please read the guidelines and FAQs carefully before submitting your application.
The deadline is May 15, 2026. Late submissions will not be considered.
Please email us at [email protected] with “Open Call Query” in the subject line. We will also conduct a live Q and A sessions online and will announce the dates on Instagram and on the websi
by Carole Epp | Apr 3, 2026 | call for entry
This year’s contest theme, “Bold Choices,” will include work from across our field from makers unafraid to stand out. Whether you express yourself with vivid colors, exciting forms, eye-catching surfaces, grand adornment, or bold concepts, we want to showcase the many ways makers use their work to communicate with courage and drama. Deadline is June 21, 2026!
Submit your work here.
by Carole Epp | Nov 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
Hunterdon Art Museum invites applications to our first triennial juried exhibition of ceramics. The form and content of your work will be up to you, the artist/maker. We are seeking lively and interesting interpretations of clay as material and idea. Your work may – or may not – fall within the traditional terms of description as “functional” or “sculptural”.
Juror – Jennifer D. Martin is the Executive Director of The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, and is also an accomplished artist. Her ceramic work is nationally recognized in numerous exhibitions and publications.
Awards – First Prize: $1,000
Second Prize: $500
Three Honorable Mention prizes will be awarded.
Entry Fee $40 for up to four entries
Entry fees are non-refundable
Submission Deadline – February 1, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. EST
Artist Notification April 5, 2023 (by email)
In-Person Delivery
May 3-5, 2023 during office hours (9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.)
Deadline to Receive Shipped Artwork
May 5, 2023
Exhibition Opening Reception
Sunday, May 21, 2023
2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Pre-paid Artwork Return and In-Person Pick-up
September 7-12, 2023 during office hours
www.hunterdonartmuseum.org/exhibitions/claybash
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.
