Baltimore Clayworks, call for entries: Daily Companions…Cups, Mugs and Teabowls

From their website: The cup is one of the most basic of forms, but provides infinite possibilities. We will be looking for cups that are visually compelling and serve their purpose. We welcome a broad definition of Cup, which may include cups, mugs, tumblers, tea bowls, yunomis — with trays or saucers or not, sets or not. The cups must be functional in a utilitarian way. Website: http://www.baltimoreclayworks.org/exhibition/exhibition_gallery/12/Daily_Companions.html Prospectus: Cup_Show-Prospectus Deadline: October 7th, 2011, Application postmark deadline About: Baltimore Clayworks is the region’s only cultural institution dedicated solely to the ceramic arts. Founded by nine artists in 1980, Clayworks is a mid-sized cultural 501(c)3 non-profit, attentive to its neighborhood, possessing a national and international reputation for artistic excellence, artists’ support, and community involvement. The mission of Baltimore Clayworks is to develop, sustain, and promote an artist-centered community that provides outstanding educational, artistic, and collaborative programs in the ceramic arts. Its core values are artist-centeredness, excellence, inclusivity, integrity, and joy. Baltimore Clayworks is located in Baltimore, Maryland.via bay area art grind

“To Go” Call for entry


Mendocino Art Center and ceramic artist, CHRISTA ASSAD, invite you to submit images for a national juried exhibition entitled, “To Go,” a statement on today’s fast-paced, particularly American on-the-go style of dining, working, multi-tasking, etc.

Open to interpretation, the theme, “To Go,” hopes to inspire both vessel and sculpture creation, from the obvious flasks, thermoses, car cups, lunch boxes, things with lids, wheels… to the more outrageous or unpredictable. The possibilities are endless – surprise us!

October 15 Entry Deadline

For more details download the PDF here.

Reminder: 2012 Invitational “Push Play” Call for Submissions

The 46th Annual NCECA Conference, “On the Edge”, will be held in Seattle, Washington at the Washington State Convention Center, March 28 – March 31, 2012. In conjunction with the conference, The Bellevue Arts Museum will host the 2012 NCECA Invitational “Push Play” from January 19 to June 17, 2012.Calendar
Detailed information and Online Submittal form: Available Jan.12, 2011
Online Submittal deadline: July 5, 2011 (midnight EST)
Acceptance notification: August 1, 2011
Contracts and Statements due: August 15, 2011
Delivery of accepted work: Before December 19, 2011
Installation: December 20 – January 18, 2012
Exhibition dates: January 19, 2012 –June 17, 2012
Return of work: After June 17, 2012For all the details and submission info please visit the NCECA website here.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS DEPARTMENT OF VISUAL ARTS RESIDENT ARTIST PROGRAMME

Summer 2011The University of Regina’s Department of Visual Arts is seeking artists to fillproject based Resident Artist positions for summer 2011. The length of residencywill be determined by the applicant’s needs within the period of May 23 – August rd12 , 2011. Each position offers: free studio accommodation and limited access to thefacilities and equipment, dependent on need, experience and availability. Inexchange the Resident Artist agrees to volunteer their time to be available tostudents on an informal basis, while in studio and to present their work in a groupformat for the Art for Lunch series in the fall of 2011. Resident’s will also beinvited to participate in an exhibition at the Fifth Parallel Gallery in September of2011. For application to the program, a description, with sketches wherepertinent, of the project or projects you would like to engage in while atthe University is required. Applications from all artists are encouraged but priority will be given to Universityof Regina alumni. Applications will be juried by the Visual Arts Lecture andResidency Committee: Please snail-mail or email a letter of intent, CV anddocumentation of approximately five recent works with project descriptions and aSASE, if you require your application material to be returned, by May 20th to: Visual Arts Lecture and Residency CommitteeDepartment of Visual Arts – RC247University of Regina3737 Wascana ParkwayRegina, SK S4S 0A2 For further information, or to send your application electronically, please contact:Professor Sean WhalleyEmail: [email protected](306) 585-5581orProfessor Leesa StreiflerEmail:ERLINK”mailto:[email protected][email protected](306) 585-5529

CALL FOR ENTRIES National Cup Show 2011

Dutchess County Arts Association/ Barrett Clay Works
3RD Annual National Cup Show
Ceramics Exhibition

JUROR: Adam Welch, Director of Greenwich House Pottery
Manhattan NY

Exhibition Dates: September 24th – December 17th
Opening Reception on Saturday September 24th
Closing Reception Saturday December 17th

The National Cup Show is an exhibit that highlights the many diverse
interpretations of the cup. Both functional and sculptural, this utilitarian
object has been part of daily life for centuries. This event helps to promote
contemporary ceramic artists locally and nationally to celebrate the creativity
and endless interpretations of the simple form: a cup.

Open to all U.S. ceramic artists, age 18 and over. All works submitted should
be 90% clay. Both functional and non-functional pieces are welcome.

Work completed within the last 2 years is eligible. No student projects or work
completed in class will be accepted.

Submitting Images:
There are two ways to submit images:
You may send a CD of your images in JPEG format (300 dpi, 1200 x 1800 pixels)
along with the entry form to 55 Noxon St., Poughkeepsie NY 12601
OR
E-mail your images in high resolution JPEG format (300 dpi, 1200 x 1800 pixels)
along with your contact information (name, mailing address, home/work/cell
phone number) to lspence@…. All image file names must list:
Last name, First name, title, size. (Please no asterisks or quotes.) Work
previously exhibited at DCAA/ Barrett Clay Works are not eligible.

Entry Fee: $30 for the first 3 images; $6 for each additional image.

Awards: Recipients of cash awards will be determined by the juror and
announced at the opening reception. Artists need not to be present to win.

If you have questions, or need more information, please contact Loretta
Spence at (845) 471-2550 or lspence@… or Eileen Sackman at Eileen.Sackman@…
Download the Entry Form at www.BarrettArtCenter.org

About the Juror:
Adam Welch became the director of Greenwich House Pottery in March of 2011.
Born in Fairfax, Virginia, he received his BFA from Northern Arizona University
in 2000 and his MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2003.