by Carole Epp | Jun 13, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
2015 NCECA BIENNIAL – CALL FOR ENTRIES
Deadline July 1, 2014
“Lively Experiments”
Providence, Rhode Island
Produced by the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts,
The NCECA Biennial is a premier international juried ceramics
exhibition. Brown University’s David Winton Bell Gallery will host the
2015 NCECA Biennial In conjunction with Lively Experiments, the 49th
Annual NCECA Conference in Providence, Rhode Island (March 25-28, 2015).
The exhibition will run January 24 – March 29, 2015. A juried
exhibition, submission of works for consideration is open to the broad
field of ceramic art. An expert jury panel will make selections for the
exhibition from digital images. NCECA produces a color catalog featuring
jurors’ statements and work by all participating artists. NCECA Members
receive a 50% discount on the entry fee.
JURORS:
JoAnn Conklin, Director, The David Winton Bell Gallery
Linda Christianson, Minnesota studio potter
Anders Ruhwald, Head of Ceramics, Cranbrook Academy of Art
http://nceca.net/nceca-calls-and-exhibitions/2015-nceca-biennial/
by Carole Epp | Jun 11, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Medalta’s studios are buzzing at this time of year. Our yearlong artists in residence are preparing for their final solo shows in the gallery and a fresh group of six artists are here for the month of June, including KyoungHwa Oh, Medalta’s International Cup Show Winner of a one month residency.
“What a great opportunity, thank you so much for inviting me to the Medalta International Artist in Residence through the Medalta cup show. I have only been here one week, and it has been so great. Not only am I enjoying the studio space and beautiful facilities, but I am getting to meet everyone from the Medalta community who have made me feel very welcome.” – Kyounghwa Oh
We’ll keep you posted on what Kyounghwa is up to in the Medalta studios on … /Medalta’s facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/Medalta & in the meantime don’t forget to apply to Medalta’s SPOON ME show to have a chance at a June 2015 residency!
SPOON ME! @Medalta
Medalta’s International Spoon Competition
Deadline for online submissions June 30th, 2014.
Last year was Medalta’s international cup show and we exhibited 150 interpretations of the cup from artists around the world. This year we thought we’d switch things up… we were noticing spoons making a serious comeback and thought we’d focus on this object that has gone in and out of fashion… Spoons are the New Cup!
So this year send us your SPOONS, your ladles, your scoops and your servers. If a spoon is the feature of an object such as a soup tureen or a larger set, send us your soup tureens and sets too. We want to see what you come up with. Not working in ceramics? No problem – this year we are opening it up to our friends in other craft mediums too … clay, metal, glass, wood & fibre.
We are very happy to be working again with the talented Musing About Mud blogger and Canadian ceramic artist Carole Epp. She will have the hard task of Juror, narrowing down the entries and selecting the prize winners.
Speaking of Prizes! Last year we partnered up with Medicine Hat College, and together we gave away a free month long residency at Medalta with accommodation to the Grand Prize winner KyoungHwa Oh. She is in the Medalta studios this June and we are excited to see her creating … she makes some pretty great spoons too.
We’re cooking up even more prizes this year, we’ll update you here as soon as they’re cemented.. but we’re definitely offering a June 2015 residency at Medalta as our GRAND PRIZE! We will also have purchases prizes for the Medalta contemporary collection and several selected artists will be featured on the Musing About Mud blog. For last years featured artists & Carole’s fabulous coverage of the cup show from last year click here.
Check out the complete set of guidelines and fill out an entry form online at www.medalta.org/spoonme.
Questions? email Jenna Stanton, Medalta’s Curator of Exhibitions and Collections [email protected]
by Carole Epp | Jun 11, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
by Carole Epp | Jun 8, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Bio: Born and raised in Anchorage, AK, where I earned my BFA in Ceramics from the University of Alaska Anchorage. Spent a year at the Oregon College of Art and Craft in Portland, Oregon before being accepted to the WVU Ceramics MFA program, which began with living in Jingdezhen, China for three months. I am a drawer and painter as well, and I’m deeply interested in facets of interior design and industrial design.
Artist Statement:
I make utilitarian pots with a design aesthetic. The practical beauty of my work is intended to overpower the mundane, mass-produced objects, and enrich experiences. Through thoughtful craftsmanship, I intend to communicate the importance, permanence, and necessity of my pots. I use porcelain to throw and hand build shapes that are informed by facets of design, historical ornamentation, and Modernism.
These forms reflect my desire to replace the boring objects in our lives with objects that have meaning. Practical beauty is conveyed through the articulation of curves and edges that create the forms and adorn their surfaces. I am drawn to the dynamic form change that occurs when a graceful curve moves around a pot and into an edge. The additions of crisp linear compositions on the surface further convey a modern design aesthetic.
www.sarahjewellolsen.com
by Carole Epp | Jun 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
Now accepting applications
We offer two opportunities for ceramic artists with application deadlines this month:
2014 Artist in Residence
Application Deadline: June 23, 2014
Notification of Residency: July 7, 2014
Residency Dates: September 1, 2014 – August 31, 2015
The Artist in Residence Program through the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
offers one dedicated artist the opportunity to involve themselves in
research and growth, pushing their art in new directions in a dynamic,
urban studio connected to the Harvard community. Individuals will have
the opportunity to build relevant skills in research, professional
development, technical ability, creative problem solving, teaching and
community involvement through our Artist in Residence Program.
Our Artist in Residence Program offers:
- Personal studio space (60 sq. ft.) in addition to use of common studio space
- 24/7 studio access
- Free access to materials – clay, glaze and use of kilns (electric, saggar, wood fire, soda and gas) up to excess
- Opportunities to take classes and firing workshops within the program
- Paid teaching opportunities within the program
- Solo exhibition in Gallery 224 of work completed during residency
- Attend visiting artist workshops and symposium offered within the program
- Exhibition/sales opportunities in two annual Show and Sales
- Access to studio equipment including slab roller, extruder, spray booth, plaster mold-making room and glaze mixing area
- Access to studio lighting and background material for documenting work
- Website visibility
For more information and instructions on how to apply for our Artist In Residence Program, go here.
Mima Weissmann Memorial Fund for the Study of Ceramic Art
2014 Application Deadline: July 15
Applicants will be notified by: July 30
The Mima Weissmann Memorial Fund for the Study of Ceramics Arts will award tuition to one individual for a year of study at the Ceramics Program of the Office for the Arts at Harvard.
The annual cycle runs from the Fall term through the following Spring
and/or Summer terms. Ideally, an applicant would be able to use the
studio all 3 terms, but individuals may apply for fewer terms of
tuition. In loving memory of Mima Weissmann, friends and family have
contributed to a scholarship fund that has been established by her
husband, Dewey Fraser, for the Ceramics Program of the Office for the
Arts at Harvard. The generous donations will enable recipients to study
in the educational environment and community that Mima helped to shape
during her many years as a valued staff member, teacher, and
artist-in-residence.
Applicants must have been working in ceramics for at least one year.
For more information on how to apply for the Mima Weissman Memorial Fund award, go here.
For more information about these and other opportunities for artists
at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard, please see our
website.
