Benefit Auction for Ian Jones and Moraig McKenna

by | Jun 11, 2011 | Uncategorized

For those who may not have heard, the house and gallery of Ian Jones and Moraig McKenna were destroyed by fire last month. Ian worked at Sturt Pottery as Artist in Residence in 2000 and was an exhibitor at the Sturt Woodfire Conference in 2008. Ian’s work is represented in the Sturt Permanent Collection and a number of his pieces are available for purchase through Sturt Gallery.

Benefit auction – Bids open 10am Monday 13th June; close 8pm Thursday 16th June Eastern Standard Time

Update: Images of work for this auction will be uploaded (http://gundaroobenefit.blogspot.com/) early on Monday June 13.

As many of you will be aware, the online auction represents a selection of the wonderful ceramic work donated for the benefit sale. Many additional pieces will be available from the one-day exhibition at
Canberra Potters’ Society Gallery,
Watson Arts Centre,
1 Aspinall Street,
Watson ACT,
Monday June 13, 10 am – 4 pm!

The exhibition will be opened at 10 am by Janet Mansfield, OAM, President of the International Academy of Ceramics.

The online auction will run from 10am EST Monday 13th until 8pm EST on Thursday 16th June.

Clay Gallery: Cups of Fire – National Ceramic Cup Competition

by | Jun 10, 2011 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

335 S. Main St., Ann Arbor, MI 48105
ATTN: COF-Y. K. Lee

APPLY TO THIS CALL

REQUIREMENTS:

Images – Minimum: 1 , Maximum: 3

Entry Fee (Clay Gallery: Cups of Fire – National Ceramic Cup Competition): $25.00

(per image over minimum): $

A juried cup exhibition embraces a wide spectrum of cup forms both sculptural and utilitarian.

• The Show is open to all artists who are residents of and working in the United States.
• All work is expected to be predominately made in clay.
• All work accepted must be available for sale during the exhibition.
• Each piece of work is limited to 15 pounds and must not exceed 30 inches in all dimensions.
• Work entered should not be so fragile that shipment or public display is potentially harmful to the work or the viewer.
• Work must be properly prepared and presented for display.
• Accepted work which differs significantly from the application will be disqualified.

The non-refundable processing fee for applying electronically by November 1, 2011 is $25.00, payable online at the time you fill out the application at https://www.callforentry.org
Each entrant may submit up to three (3) pieces of work with one digital image per piece for consideration by the juror. Images must be of current work and representative of work the artist plans to exhibit at the show.

Email notification will begin on November 16th and conclude no later than December 15, 2012.

via call for entry.org

5Th Annual South Texas Ceramics Showdown

by | Jun 7, 2011 | Uncategorized

A two-day ceramics workshop takes place June 10 and 11 at STC’s Pecan Campus Art Building Ceramics Lab, Room 113. Art talks will take place Saturday, July 11 from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the same location. All this is free of charge.
Participants will see clay demonstrations and art talks by nationally recognized and distinguished ceramicists Ovidio Giberga and Paul Northway. Both artists’ work references and expresses personal ideas of identity, time and place. Also an exhibition of student work from regional campuses will be on display for a month.

For detailed information visit
http://news.southtex…ege.edu/?p=4039

Location is mid-Rio Grande valley in McAllen, Tx.

Arts Journey Ceramic exhibition call for entries.

by | May 31, 2011 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

The Eastern Cape branch of Ceramics Southern Africa will be curating an exhibition of ceramics at the restored Athenaeum building in Port Elizabeth. This exhibition will run alongside the 200 Artists Exhibition. The launch of the book of the same name will take place at the opening on 17th June 2011.

The Arts Journey is an initiative incorporating numerous Art venues which will be staging exhibitions as part of the National Arts Festival Fringe Programme. Entry form can be downloaded here

Delivery of works: Monday 13 June between 9am-4pm.
Venue: Athenaeum, Belmont Terrace, Central, P.E.
Opening Function: Friday 17 June @ 6pm.
Closing Date: 31 July 2011.
Collection: Monday 31 August 2011
Entry Fee: R20 per piece
Enquiries: 083 455 2138 or 041 504 3870.