Call for Entry, Feats of Clay XXII 2009, California

Deadline February 1

Lincoln Arts & Culture Foundation will present its twenty-second annual juried competition of ceramic works April 25 – May 31, 2009 featuring artists residing or working in the United States, Mexico & Canada. This celebratory exhibition of contemporary ceramic art (sculptural, non-functional, functional) will be held on the property of the renowned Gladding, McBean Terra Cotta Factory, and displayed inside an original 35-foot beehive kiln and in the historic architectural design studio. Access to the exhibit is by tour only.

April 25 – May 31, 2009
April 25 – Grand Opening Artists Reception at Gladding, McBean Factory
Tours Begin April 28 – May 31 Wednesday – Sunday 9:00 – Noon every 20 min

Eligibilitiy
1) Feats of Clay XXII™ is open to all artists working in the United States, its territories, Mexico & Canada.
2) Artists may enter up to three works which use 70% clay as the primary medium.
3) Works must not exceed 36 inches or 90 cm in any dimension. – NO EXCEPTIONS.
4) Works must have been executed after January, 2008.
5) Artwork entered should not be so fragile that shipment or public display is potentially harmful to the work or the viewer.
6) Art must be properly prepared and presented for display.
7) Accepted work which differs significantly from the slide will be disqualified.
8) No accepted entry may be withdrawn or sold outside of the show prior to the close of the exhibition.
9) This is an open jurying, and all slides/CDs are viewed in an anonymous manner.
10) All accepted artwork must be available for sale during the show.

Non-refundable entry fees are $20 for one entry, $25 for two entries, and $30 for three entries, payable to Lincoln Arts, upon entry submission by February 1, 2008.

For more information visit the website here

UPDATE – Call for Submissions, EXPO 2010 Shanghai

Deadline January 21, 2009.

All Canadian artists are invited to visit the Web site www.cirquedusoleil.com/Shanghai2010 for information on how to submit their completed application for Canada’s cultural program at Expo 2010 Shanghai. The Web site also includes the eligibility criteria and the criteria that will be used to evaluate applications. The criteria were established by Cirque du Soleil after consultation with the Department of Canadian Heritage and the Canada Council for the Arts.

UPDATE —

Check out www.expo2010china.hu or www.vilagkiallitas.hu for the most up to date info.

Pru Morrison at the Marks and Gardner Gallery

If you can go see this show in person please do, if not take a few minutes to check out the latest body of work by Pru Morrison online. I just can’t get enough of her surfaces and imagery. Pru has such a fantastic sense of humor and her work is layered in personality, wit and politics. You really have to see them in person to truely appreciate them fully. But I guess all great art is like that. Check out her blog for more images and writing.

Marks and Gardner Gallery
69 Main Western Rd, North Tamborine 4272,
Phone 07 5545 4992,
or email via [email protected]

Yet another 500…

Call for entry:
500 Vases
Juror: Julia Galloway
Editor: Suzanne Tourtillott
Entry deadline: February 2, 2009

Lark Books seeks high-quality, one-of-a-kind images of ceramic vases to publish in a juried collection of works from around the world. We will consider both functional and decorative submissions as well as diverse designs, materials, and techniques ranging in style from traditional to modern. We accept high-quality transparencies, 35-mm slides, and high-resolution digital images. 500 Vases, to be released in the spring of 2010, aims to be an inspiring collection for beginning and professional ceramics workers, as well as collectors and enthusiasts. There is no entry fee.
Check out their website for the downloadable entry form.

An elegant narrative approach – the art of Kate MacDowell

Every once in a while you run across work that just gives you goosebumps, it hits you somewhere internally in all the right ways and changes how you see things. Kate MacDowell’s work was just that for me recently so I wanted to share it with you. I’ve long dealt with environmental/socio-political topics in my own work, but when I came across Kate’s work via ARTAXIS I realized I had found someone who deals with such subject matter in the most beautifully poetic way and that that methodology was in fact extremely successful in portraying the importance of the subject matter.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Please check out her website for more info, images and contact details.