by Carole Epp | Mar 19, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
If you’ve ever met me, you’ll know that I speak very highly of the Medalta Artist in Residence program. These are some amazing folks doing great stuff and its so nice to see an internationally recognized residency program so close to my home. So of course I jump at any opportunity to work with them and thus I am beyond excited to announce the first ever Medalta International Cup Show. How thrilling to see an international cup show taking place in Canada.
Show us your mugs (or cups, yunomis, steins, etc) and be a part of Medalta’s first annual International Cup Show!
This show – August 23 to September 28 – is being juried by (yours truly!) Musing About Mud blogger and Canadian ceramic artist, Carole Epp.
The submission deadline is Thursday, May 30 so if
you’re interested, have a look at the eligibility requirements,
important dates and other information on this page and fill out the
handy-dandy form (along with payment). Thanks for your interest
and good luck!
JUROR
Carole Epp is likely best known for her work on Musing About Mud, (www.musingaboutmud.blogspot.com)
an online resource of ceramic related content. She is a graduate of the
Australian National University, produces two distinct lines of
functional and sculptural ceramics, exhibits internationally, and at the
end of the day is a mother to two charming young boys.
ELIGIBILITY
The exhibition is open to all international artists. Identify yourself as a student to be entered into the right competition. Work can be either
functional or sculptural so long as it addresses the idea of “the cup”.
Please submit only original work that has been completed in the last
two years. All work must use at least 50% fired clay as the primary
medium.
Work must not exceed 2 feet in width.
All work must be properly prepared for exhibition, be durable enough
to survive shipping and display, and come with exhibition/assemblage
instructions if applicable. Medalta reserves the right to reject any
work that is not suitably prepared for exhibition or that differs from
the original submission.
Medalta reserves the right to use images and photographs of accepted
works for the purposes of promotional materials, including postcards,
calendars, local media as well as online promotion.
All entries must be for sale, (priced in Canadian Dollars).
IMPORTANT DATES
Applications Due May 30th
Email Notification Begins June 15th 2013
Accepted Work Due July 20th 2013
Show Dates August 23rd to September 28th 2013.
Opening reception TBA
All sold and unsold work shipped back October 2013
SHIPMENT OF WORK
All artwork must arrive at Medalta no later than July 20th. Artists
are responsible for all shipping and insurance costs to the gallery.
COMMISSION
All entries must be for sale, (priced in Canadian Dollars). Medalta will receive commission of 40% on all sales.
AWARDS
Several of the selected artists will be featured on the Musing About Mud blog.
And we’re wrangling more prizes as we speak!
Awards will be determined by the juror and announced at the opening reception. Artists do not need to be present to win.
Find out everything you need to know and the application form here: http://medalta.org/showusyourmugs
Make sure to apply – because you know if you don’t you’ll never hear the end of it from me : )
by Carole Epp | Mar 19, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
A Câmara Municipal de
Aveiro informa da abertura do período de inscrições para a participação
na décima primeira edição da Bienal Internacional de Cerâmica Artística
de Aveiro. Os artistas interessados em participar deverão efetuar a sua
inscrição até 12 de abril de 2013 para o secretariado da Bienal que irá
funcionar na Divisão de Ação Cultural, Casa Municipal da Cultura –
Edifício Fernando Távora, Praça da República, 3810-156 Aveiro.
Na Bienal poderão
participar os artistas, nacionais ou estrangeiros, com um máximo de duas
obras que serão selecionadas pelos membros do júri. As obras poderão
ser trabalhos individuais ou coletivos.
A XI Bienal
Internacional de Cerâmica Artística, a exemplo de anos anteriores,
pretende contribuir, de forma efetiva, para o desenvolvimento
sociocultural e estimular a experimentação e a criatividade; procura ser
um espaço aberto ao diálogo, à divulgação e ao confronto de tendências e
de contacto com os conceitos atuais de cerâmica artística; tem ainda
como objetivo essencial divulgar os caminhos mais significativos da
cerâmica artística contemporânea que se faz pelos cinco continentes;
mostrar a diversidade formal e a renovação estética que se vem
processando, bem como as capacidades dos novos materiais e técnicas
postas ao serviço da arte.
Following via google translate. My apologies for any errors in translation.
The Municipality of Aveiro informs the opening of the registration period for participation in the eleventh edition of the International Biennial of Artistic Ceramics Aveiro. Artists interested in participating should make their registration until April 12, 2013 to the Secretariat of the Biennale that will work in the Division of Cultural Action, Municipal House of Culture – Fernando Távora Building, Republic Square, 3810-156 Aveiro.
May participate in the Biennial artists, domestic or foreign, with a maximum of two works that will be selected by the jury. The works may be individual or collective.
The Eleventh International Biennial of Artistic Ceramics, like previous years, intends to contribute effectively to the socio-cultural development and encourage experimentation and creativity; seeks to be an open dialogue, disclosure and comparison of trends and contact with current concepts of artistic ceramics, has yet to disclose the essential objective ways most significant contemporary artistic pottery that is made by the five continents, showing the diversity and formal aesthetic renewal that comes from processing, as well as the capabilities of new materials and techniques put at the service of art.
Find out more on their website here.
by Carole Epp | Mar 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
Leading Latvian and worldwide well known award winning porcelain and
ceramics artists Ilona Romule and Peteris Martinsons invite artists to
spend the summer together in Latvia, Zvartava manor.
During 21 – 31 July, 2013 in Zvartava manor will be held Masterclass
“Lithophane” – a practice based workshop in lithophane technique by
Ilona Romule for participants with figurative and narrative ideas.
„Lithophane” Masterclass will be followed by a Symposium “Masculine
and feminine ceramics” which will take place from 2 – 12 August, 2013.
The symposium will be led in tandem by Ilona Romule and Peteris
Martinsons.
Three money prizes have been established for the best works created
during the Symposium “Masculine and feminine ceramics”. Symposium
masters – Ilona Romule and Peteris Martinsons – together with each
Symposium participant will select one of the created artworks to be
dedicated for the symposium exhibition and afterwards to be left at
disposal of Symposium organizers.
From all selected artworks for the exhibition, Symposium masters will
take the decision on 3 best works to be awarded with following money
prizes – 250 EUR for the 1st place, 200 EUR for the 2nd place and 150
EUR for the 3rd best artwork.
For participation fees and application procedure, please see the official website www.symposiums.lv
You are also welcome to follow the updates on their Facebook page.
CONTACT
Linda Rasenbauma
[email protected]
by Carole Epp | Mar 16, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
So one of the new changes around musing that I wanted to implement this year (yeah a realize it’s already March, give me a break) is a new feature focusing on student and emerging artist work. Most of the eye candy monday features showcase artists who have gained a level of recognition already within our field and community. I would like to start to support the more emerging artists out there in gaining exposure, and hopefully feedback on their work.
Starting today I’ll be presenting two emerging artists each weekend. Now this is going to be a regular feature so long as you all help me spread the word and help search out these fresh new artists. I can’t do it without you as most of this work is going to be off the radar and not the kind of thing you can just run across in an afternoon on Pinterest. So teachers, guild members, fellow students, each of you – nominate a friend or spread the word that I’m on the lookout for some new talent.
What qualifies? Well I think the term student is obvious enough, but emerging, well it can be a grey area. I really just want to be inclusive of emerging artists young and old. So doesn’t matter if you are 20 and have no formal training or 65 and have just fallen in love with clay.
What am I looking for?
- A few images, they don’t have to be professional or on a grey background. So long as we can clearly see the work that’s fine.
- If you’ve got a website, facebook page, etc, please send me the link to share. If you don’t have a website don’t worry about it.
- A little write up would also be nice. Tells us about yourself, about your work. Include an artist statement if you have one. Again though no pressure. Sometimes the images can speak for themselves.
Where to send it? Just drop me a line at [email protected] with “emerging mud” in the subject.
Thanks everyone!
by Carole Epp | Mar 16, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
“The
work I am currently creating stems from a long time fascination with the
teapot. When I began working in clay in 2008, all I wished to create
was an aesthetically pleasing and well functioning vessel for tea.
However, this form proved too challenging, and in frustration I set it
aside. Only recently (and after a number of years learning to work with
clay) have I began to readdress the teapot, and pouring vessels in
general.”
If you’ve ever met me, you’ll know that I speak very highly of the Medalta Artist in Residence program. These are some amazing folks doing great stuff and its so nice to see an internationally recognized residency program so close to my home. So of course I jump at any opportunity to work with them and thus I am beyond excited to announce the first ever Medalta International Cup Show. How thrilling to see an international cup show taking place in Canada. 
