Call for artists: Third Annual: Ceramics Annual of America – September 14 – 16, 2012

by | Feb 28, 2012 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

Ft. Mason Festival Pavilion – San Francisco, CA The Ceramics Annual of America is a gallery format exhibition featuring the work of an impressive group of ceramic artists. This is your opportunity to be included in the largest exhibition of ceramic fine art in the United States. Last year’s exhibition attracted over 7,000 collectors, art enthusiasts, educators and students. Entry Guidelines: Open to all artists 18 years and older working in clay 1. All works must be one of a kind, non-production work, made primarily of clay. 2. Digital entries submitted for jury must be representative of the artwork that will be shown in the exhibition. 3. Artists will be responsible for installing their own work in a preassigned space, not a booth, which will accommodate 4 – 6 life size pieces or 6 – 8 smaller pieces of artwork. This is a gallery exhibition, not a vendor booth setup. Free standing I-beam and T-shape areas are available for wall displays. Lighting and background walls will be provided by CAA. Artists will provide their own pedestals, painted a specified white color. 4. Artists must be present during the exhibition. 5. Sales will be handled by CAA staff with a 30% commission going to the CAA. 6. If your application is accepted, the fee to participate in the exhibition is $1,000. payable in 2 installments – $500 due June 1 and $500 due August 10. CAA, managed by the California Ceramics Cooperative, is a not-for-profit organization of regional ceramic artists. All revenue from fees, commissions and sales covers the costs of the exhibition. Calendar Entry submittal deadline: May 15 Acceptance notification: May 25 1st payment due June 1 Final payment due August 10 Delivery of work and installation Thursday, September 13 Opening reception Friday, September 14 Show ends and move out Sunday, September 16Find more info here,or
Contact: Nancy Resler
Telephone: 1.877.459.9CAA
Email: [email protected]

Tamed: Recent work by Bethany Krull at Indigo Art

by | Feb 23, 2012 | Uncategorized




Tamed; Recent work by Bethany Krull will open at Indigo Art on March 2nd with a “First Friday” reception from 6-9 pm. The exhibition will run through March 31s t.

Krull’s porcelain and mixed media animal sculptures illustrate both mans love of the natural world as well as its tendency to maintain domination over other species. Her current series “Dominance and Affection” speaks specifically to our relationship with the creatures we have made into companions. She states, “In today’s increasingly nature deprived society the most intimate connection with the natural world tends to be with plants and animals that have been drastically altered through the process of domestication. Wild animals have been turned into pets, genetically sculpted into sweeter, cuter, less dangerous versions of themselves. We shower our pets with love at the same time we cage and contain them and it is this affection contradicting complete control that I am interested in illustrating in my work. For no amount of love lavished upon these creatures will erase the fact that the success of the relationship lies in our complete domination over all aspects of their existence.

 Krull, a Buffalo native who has recently moved back to the area, studied ceramics at Buffalo State College where she is now teaching as an adjunct instructor in the design department. She received her Masters of Fine Arts from the School for American Crafts at the Rochester Institute of Technology and went on to travel the country teaching and working at various community art centers. Her work has been included in many regional, national and international venues including, The Meadows Museum in Shreveport, Louisiana, The New Hampshire Institute of Art, David Castillo Gallery in Miami, Florida, The Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana as well as The Mordes Collection in West Palm Beach, Florida. Her last solo exhibition in Buffalo was held at the Burchfield Penney Art Center in 2010. Indigo Art 74 Allen Street Buffalo NY 14202 Hours: noon-5pm, Tuesday-Friday noon-3pm, Saturday or by appointment Phone: 716-984-9572
www.bethanykrull.com

Call for entry: JURIED TILE SHOW, SILVER CITY CLAY FESTIVAL, NEW MEXICO, USA

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

CLICK here for the Juried Art Tile Show Prospectus!

ELIGIBILITY
• The Silver City Clay Festival’s Juried Art Tile Show is open to all artists residing in the USA, Canada, and Mexico.
• All submitted work must be original, must be executed since January 1, 2011, and must not have been previously submitted for other shows.
• Tiles must not be larger than 12” by 12” and must be prepared for hanging.
• Tiles can be mono- or poly-chromatically glazed, high or low relief, cuenca, cuerda seca, majolica, sgraffito, china painted or a mosaic composite.
• Each tile submitted must be entered into one of the following categories:
A. Animals/Whimsy
B. Abstract
C. Faces/Portraits
D. Historic Native American
E. Touching on the Sacred
• Tiles must be entered for jurying as digital images on CD and all digital images will be viewed anonymously.
• A maximum of three (3) tiles may be entered.
• Accepted tiles that differ greatly from the submitted images will be disqualified.
• Accepted tiles must be available for sale.
• Accepted tiles may not be withdrawn or sold outside the show prior to the end of the show.

Mail CD, Entry Fee
Payment, and Entry Form no later than march 30, 2012 to:
Silver City Clay Festival
c/o Syzygy Tileworks
106 N. Bullard Street
Silver City, NM 88061