by Carole Epp | Mar 27, 2012 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Maryland
Deadline: May 31, 2012 Sugarloaf Craft Festivals, one of the nation’s most prominent and popular juried shows of fine art and crafts, is now accepting applications from artists and craftspeople in all media for its Fall 2012 shows.
Exhibition space is available at every show in all categories, including fiber and fashion, photography, fine art, furniture, ceramics and pottery, blown and leaded glass, jewelry, metal, leather, and functional and decorative wood. Jurying for the Fall 2012 shows begins in January 2012.
Shows for the Fall 2012 season of Sugarloaf Craft Festivals include:
October 5-7, 2012, Timonium, MD (outside Baltimore), Maryland State Fairgrounds
October 12-14, 2012, Gaithersburg, MD (outside Washington, D.C.), Montgomery County Fairgrounds
October 26-28, 2012, Somerset, NJ, Garden State Exhibition Center
November 2-4, 2012, Oaks, PA (outside Philadelphia), Greater Philadelphia Expo Center
November 16-18, 2012, Gaithersburg, MD (outside Washington, D.C.), Montgomery County Fairgrounds
December 7-9, 2012, Chantilly, VA (Northern Virginia), Dulles Expo Center
Now in its 37th year, attendance at Sugarloaf’s 11 shows increased by 6% in the past year, and at some shows by as much as 20%. Artist sales increased by an average of 3% from the previous year, with artists selling over $14.6 million in handmade items to more than 165,000 customers.
In 2011, nine of Sugarloaf’s shows were ranked in the “100 Best Classic and Contemporary Craft Shows” nationally by Sunshine Artist Magazine. Craft industry publications regularly rank Sugarloaf Craft Festivals among the top fine arts and crafts festivals in the country. Sugarloaf’s jury-selected artists are represented in the nation’s finest galleries, private collections, and museums.
Sugarloaf Craft Festivals supports its artists with an aggressive marketing and advertising program, the Sugarloaf “Caravan” which transports artists’ products and booths between shows, free VIP tickets for artists to distribute to their best customers, and discounts for artists at hotels convenient to show venues. Artists can receive discounts on booth fees with flexible payment options.
Artists can apply online at www.zapplication.org using the search term “Sugarloaf.” A paper application can be downloaded at www.sugarloafcrafts.com/becomeex.html. For information about Sugarloaf Craft Festivals, visit www.sugarloafcrafts.com.
by Carole Epp | Mar 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
“At a time when we know so little about where our stuff comes from, four innovators are demonstrating craft’s potential to reconnect us to our resources.”
Read the whole article on The American Craft Council’s website.
by Carole Epp | Mar 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
Dans un espace de 1200m², le festival propose de découvrir le travail d’une trentaine de céramistes invités ainsi que diverse formes artistiques en relation avec la terre comme : le cinéma, la peinture, la musique…
Vendredi 30, samedi 31 mars et
dimanche 1er avril 2012
de 10h à 19h
Salle Olympe-de-Gouges
15 rue Merlin – 75011 Paris
www.festivaldeceramique.com
by Carole Epp | Mar 26, 2012 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
New York
Deadline: May 15, 2012 PORTAGE HILL ART GALLERY
PRESENTS:
Painters Who Pot / Potters Who Paint
August 1st- August 26th, 2012
Opening August 5: 7-9 PM
Open to any artist who works both as a clay artist and painter. Throughout the history of art many painters have discovered the pleasure of working with clay. These have included many eminent artists from the past including Picasso, Vlaminck, Gauguin, Matisse, and Jackson Pollock. This is a contemporary National Juried Show of current artists who work in both of these mediums. Each accepted artist is expected to show both a clay work and a painting.
May 15th: All submissions are due
Applications and Details are available at www.portagehillgallery.com
Portage Hill Art Gallery
6439 South Portage Road
Westfield, NY 14787
716-326-4478
by Carole Epp | Mar 24, 2012 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Deadline: April 1, 2012 The Morristown CraftMarket (www.morristowncraftmarket.org), one of the top juried fine crafts shows in the nation and a not-for-profit event sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Randolph, NJ, seeks artists to display and sell their work at this year’s show.
Now in its 36th consecutive year, the Morristown CraftMarket will run from Friday, October 19 through Sunday, October 21, 2012 at the National Guard Armory, 430 Western Avenue, Morristown, NJ.
The Morristown CraftMarket features 160 gifted artists from 25 states throughout the country who sell their original works in jewelry, ceramics, glass, wearable fiber, wood, metal, leather and more.
The artist application deadline is April 1, 2012. Artists need to apply on-line at www.zapplication.org For more information, visit the Morristown CraftMarket’s website at www.morristowncraftmarket.org or call 973-442-2840.
“The Morristown CraftMarket is a nationally acclaimed fine crafts show that showcases top juried fine crafts in all contemporary media, and raises thousands of dollars for charities in our community,” said Geoff Price, show director.
