Job Posting: Visiting Assistant Professor in Ceramics

by | Sep 25, 2012 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

Position Announcement

Title:                                    Variable-time Visiting
Assistant Professor (Ceramics), School of Art and Design, SIU   Carbondale.
Rank:                                   Visiting Assistant
Professor (non-tenure track).
Start Date:            January 1, 2013.
This is a 4.5 month appointment with the possibility of renewal contingent on
performance and curricular need.
Qualifications:            MFA degree in
ceramics required at time of application. Applicants must demonstrate a strong
commitment to teaching. University teaching experience beyond graduate teaching
assistantship level is preferred. Applicants must have good communication and
organizational skills and have the ability to work closely and productively
with another faculty member as well as undergraduate and graduate students in a
successful BFA/MFA program. Knowledge and skill of traditional and contemporary
ceramic techniques and methodologies is required. Applicants must also be able
to teach courses in one or more of the School’s program areas in addition to teaching
ceramics, such as  2-D, 3-D
foundations, and or drawing.  Applicants
must have an ongoing program of creative activity that promises continued
professional achievement and recognition. 
Computer skills are desirable.
Duties                                      The
assignment will include teaching courses in ceramics at various levels and/or
teaching a course in another area within the School of Art and Design.  The assignment will include
coordination and maintenance of the ceramics studio, including ordering of shop
supplies and supervision of student workers and graduate assistants. This
position requires the faculty member to have a regular and accessible presence
in the ceramics studio.  A work
space will be provided. 
Application Deadline:              November
15, 2012 or until filled.
Application
Procedure:            Send letter of
application, resume, three current (within the past 12 months) letters of
recommendation, 20 slides of own work, 20 slides of students’ work, if
available, and official
transcript.  Further portfolio or
dossier material may be requested. 
Submit to:  Pattie Chalmers,
School of Art and Design, Mail Code 4301, 1100 S. Normal Ave., SIU Carbondale,
Carbondale, IL 62901.
The School:            The School offers a BFA degree with
specializations in Art Education, Industrial Design, Communication Design,
Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture, Ceramics, Glass, and Metals/Blacksmithing;
a BA degree in Art with specializations in General Studio, Art
Education, and Art History, a BA in Design with specializations in General
Design and Industrial Design; an MFA degree with specializations in Painting,
Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture, Ceramics, Glass, Metals/Blacksmithing; and a
graduate certificate in Art History. 
The ceramics program at Southern
Illinois University Carbondale is part of the School of Art and Design. The
program has seven full time graduate students with individual studio spaces and
offers BFA and MFA degrees. Facilities include a soda kiln and wood firing
kiln.
Southern Illinois
University Carbondale has an enrollment of over 16,000 students and is a
Carnegie Doctoral/Research-Extensive institution.  The School of Art and Design, which is housed in the College
of Liberal Arts, has 25 full-time faculty members, 450 undergraduate majors,
and 50 graduate students and is accredited by the National Association of
Schools of Art and Design (NASAD), 11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21, Reston,
VA  20190; (703) 437-0700.
SIU Carbondale is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer that
strives to enhance its
ability to develop a diverse faculty and staff and to increase its potential to
serve a
diverse student population. All applications are welcomed and encouraged and
will receive consideration.

Pot Luxe Deux @ the Clay Studio

by | Sep 21, 2012 | Uncategorized

Pot Luxe Deux
Join us for an evening of fine art, fine food and fine wine to benefit The Clay Studio

Enjoy a reception at The Clay Studio, followed by a
fabulous dinner and wine pairings prepared by one of the region’s top
chefs in the private home of a Philadelphia area collector.  

Space is limited, so register today!

Click HERE to register.
 
Special thanks to the chefs and hosts for their generous contributions to Pot Luxe Deux.

Cost is $250 per person for Dinners #1-9, $125 for Young Supporters
Dinner #10. Space is limited. Reserve your space by registering online HERE.

We
invite you to select the dinner you wish to join. Selections are not
guaranteed and will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. If
you do not select a dinner, The Clay Studio will designate one for you.

Questions? Contact Julie Shanahan, Development Coordinator, at [email protected] or (215) 925-3453 x17.

Ontario Craft Council Awards Ceremony

by | Sep 20, 2012 | Uncategorized

 

The Awards & Scholarships is an OCC flagship program
that celebrates excellence in making, allows for peer recognition, and
provides opportunity for promotion.

Its days of accompanying the Annual General Meeting are
gone – instead, the 2012 Award & Scholarships recipients will be
honoured with a special event. As such, we are very excited to introduce
you to the inaugural Craft Awards Ceremony – a night
dedicated to makers and objects, and to celebrating the very best of
contemporary craft. As part of the evening we will be announcing the
award recipients of the prestigious John Mather Award for Lifetime Achievement, as well as the Volunteer Committee Outstanding Service Award.

In order to build anticipation and excitement, we will be
withholding the announcement of which award each recipient has won
until the Ceremony on Thursday, October 4, 2012. We invite you to join
us in celebrating the award winners with friends, family, patrons,
donors, collectors, and the OCC board, staff and volunteers.

Awards Ceremony

  • Thursday, October 4, 7:00 – 9:00 pm
  • Gladstone Hotel Ballroom
  • 1214 Queen Street W, Toronto
  • Tickets $15, or $10 for Students
  • Light refreshments will be served with a cash bar
  • Dress: Business/formal

Followed by a reception at the OCC Gallery for the Award Winners 2012 exhibition

  • Thursday, October 4, 9:00 – 11:00 pm
  • OCC Gallery
  • 990 Queen Street W, Toronto
  • Free
  • Light refreshments served

Special thanks to the 2012 Awards & Scholarships jury,
Kai Chan, Heidi Earnshaw, Melanie Egan, Karl Schantz, Chiho Tokita, and
John Wiggers.
Thanks also to the many donors and supporters that
continue to sustain this program, as well as the OCC Volunteer Committee
for their long term commitment to creating awards that make a
difference.

For more information please contact Janna Hiemstra at [email protected] or 416-925-4222 x 225.
For a full list of awards and scholarhips see: www.craft.on.ca/Programs/Award_List