by Carole Epp | Jul 8, 2010 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
DEADLINES : MARCH 15 & OCTOBER 15 of every year Growing out of the feminist art movement and founded in 1973, La Centrale galerie Powerhouse is one of the oldest artist-run centers in Quebec. The center’s mandate expands on a history of feminist art practices and engages a broader spectrum of underrepresented artists and their initiatives within established art institutions. The gallery aims to provide a platform for contemporary art informed by feminist and gender theory, as well as intercultural and transdisciplinary practices. This involves networking and developing professional exchanges at the local, national and international levels. We promote the work of artists at all stages of their careers to allow for intergenerational dialogue. The programming and events at the gallery are a reflection of our members and their interests and involvements. Please include the following with your application :
- A curriculum vitæ
- A project proposal including artist statement and description of technical requirements (500 words maximum)
- Visual and audio support material for your proposal (Mac OSX compatible CD or DVD)
- Visual documentation (if applicable),10 to 15 digital photos
- Video documentation (if applicable), NTSC VHS or DVD only
- Soundtrack (if applicable)
- Interactive digital or web-based project (if applicable), website , interactive portfolio, digital slideshow, digital video, Quicktime or Flash movie, or other digital material
- A list describing all your support material and visual documentation including dimensions of work, media, title and year of production
- A press kit (if applicable)
- SASE for the return of your support material (All applications without SASEs will be available for pick-up during gallery hours for no longer than 3 months after the Programming Committee’s final decision and response)
- A completed application form (download PDF from lacentrale.org)
Please send your post-dated application to the attention of :
ATT: Programming Committee
LA CENTRALE GALERIE POWERHOUSE
4296 Boulevard Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec,H2W 1Z3, Canada
by Carole Epp | Jul 7, 2010 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
  We are pleased to be holding our third annual international call for entries, Beyond the Brickyard.
The selected works will be exhibited at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena. MT, January 2011. This year’s exhibition will be juried by 2010 Voulkos Fellow Paul Mathieu. |
Specifications
- The competition is open internationally to ceramic artists 18 years of age or older.
- Artists may submit up to 3 works for consideration, and up to 2 images of each piece (one complete photo plus one detail or alternate angle).
- All artwork must be available for sale and available during the time of exhibition.
- The artwork exhibited must be the same piece(s) submitted for consideration.
- Submitted artwork must not exceed 36” in any direction.
- The artwork entered should be prepared for professional display and not so fragile as to be potentially dangerous to the work or others when shipped/displayed/handled with reasonable care.
- Artists are responsible for cost of shipping selected work(s) to the Archie Bray Foundation (ABF). Artists are responsible for their own insurance for shipping to ABF and during the time that artwork resides there. ABF will assume cost and shipping insurance for the return of any unsold work.
- For good image quality and a fast upload, your image files should be sized no larger than 1800 x 1800 pixels at 72 dpi (approximately 6″ x 6″ at 300 dpi)
Applying
Submissions to Beyond the Brickyard will only be accepted online. By clicking on the link at the bottom of the page you will be taken to Slideroom.com which will allow you to register and upload your images. Submissions can be edited and are not officially submitted until you choose the “Complete Submission” tab and enter your payment method.
Submissions must be received online by midnight MST, September 15, 2010. Entry Fee
The cost of entering Beyond the Brickyard is $35 USD for up to 3 works.
All major credit cards are accepted.
Awards
From the successful entrants, two awards will be selected:
Juror’s Choice Award: $400
Director’s Choice Award: $400 Sales Commission
Artists will receive 55% commission of their work sold during exhibition, while ABF will retain 45%. Exhibition Schedule
By applying all applicants agree to the following schedule if selected to exhibit:
Applications due September 15, 2010
Entrants notified of jury results by email no later than October 31, 2010
Work to be received by Archie Bray Foundation by December 11, 2010
Work exhibited in Beyond the Brickyard, January 2011 Questions about your application?
For technical support please contact [email protected]
For questions about submission information please contact [email protected] Your completed application must be received on or before September 15, 2010.  |
| Click here to view the 2010 Beyond the Brickyard Exhibition. |
by Carole Epp | Jul 1, 2010 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Time of Exhibition: around February 24, 2011 Venues: Noble Seafood Restaurants 3883 North Hongmei Road, Shanghai, China 66 North Shanxi Road, Shanghai, China 1 North Chaoyangmen Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China Organizer: Noble Seafood Restaurant www.shnoble.com Title of Exhibition: Rabbit Teapot Conditions of Participation: 1. Each participant can exhibit 4 rabbit style teapots at most, regardless of whether they are functional, semi-functional, or non-functional. 2. Size of teapot should be no more than 40 cm. in height, width or depth. 3. Participants can sell their teapots as well. The commission is 50% of the retail prices. 4. We prefer different style teapot, not only a style with different colors. 5. The teapots must be ceramic. The use of lava, cement or any other material is not acceptable. 6. Collective teapots presented by two or more creators (ceramists or designers) are acceptable. 7. The organizer agrees to undertake the following: ‧ all expenses inherent to the exhibition and the promotion thereof ‧ insurance of the exhibited works for the duration of the exhibition ‧ Chinese customs’ formalities ‧ expenses incurred in returning works (not including transport insurance) ‧ printing of an illustrated invitation, catalogue, etc. 8. Invited artists must undertake: ‧ expenses related to shipping the works to Shanghai (address & addressee will be designated at a later date) ‧ insurance for the works during their transport to Shanghai ‧ all expenses due to customs in their country of origin ‧ allow photographs of his or her work may be reproduced, free of all rights, and used for the exhibition or for the promotion 9. The organizer/exhibition center can not be held responsible for any work that would be damaged or destroyed in transit. If a work arrives damaged, the organizer will have it restored as well as possible to allow for exhibition but will not be available for sale. Timetable: 1. Please email me the following materials by 30 September, 2010, if you want to participate in this exhibition. ‧ your resume ‧ 2 digital images of your personal photos/2 photos of you (1 MG JPG file at least, good quality for publication) ‧ personal brief introduction (200~300 words, please see the following format) ＊ If you have given me the above materials before, and there have been no recent changes, you can just inform me and I will use your former materials. 2. Please email me 1 or 2 digital images (more are better) of your rabbit teapots by January 1, 2011 (1 MG JPG file at least, good quality for publication as well). 3. Shipping points will be provided at a later date. 4. E-mail address: [email protected] Contact: Hwang Jeng-daw
by Carole Epp | Jun 24, 2010 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
DEADLINE: JULY 31, 2010
Exhibition Dates: September 24 to October 3, 2010
Fees: £10 ‘Grand and spectacular, ephemeral or concealed, art qualified and created by daily life.’ ~ The theme of our competition is based upon the Statement of intent for Deptford X 2010 by Mark Titchner. Artists working in all mediums are welcome to apply to be selected for an exhibition at Core Gallery which will run during the Deptford X 2010; an international contemporary Arts Festival in South East London, with an audience of over 2,000. Please send a cd with 3xjpegs at low res (120 dpi each), cv and statement plus entry fee of £10 cheque or postal order payable to Cor Blimey Arts Ltd. Send info to: Deptford X Open submission, Core Gallery, Cor Blimey Arts
C101 Faircharm Trading Estate, 8-12 Creekside, Deptford, London, SE8 3DX
Works will need to be delivered to Core Gallery August 2nd-8th. Core Gallery takes a commission of 30% on all works sold at the Exhibition. If you require further information you can email us at [email protected] or look on http://coregallerydeptford.blogspot.com
by Carole Epp | Jun 17, 2010 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Exhibition Opportunity
Closing date: 30 July 2010
The Museum of Arts and Crafts Japan
Applications are now open for the annual Itami international craft competition. The theme of 2010 ITAMI International Craft Exhibition is Shuki-Shuhaidai (a service for drinking sake). Applicants will craft sets of cup, bottle and stand that is most appropriate for drinking sake, not wine or whiskey!
For all the details visit their website here.
