Call for entry : POUR

Entry Deadline: December 16, 2009
Location: LaGrange, Illinois
Exhibition Dates: January 16–February 17, 2010
Sponsored by Terra Incognito Studios and Gallery
Open to working potters and ceramic artists living in the United States, the focus of this exhibit is pouring vessels of all sorts, pitchers, teapots, gravy/sauce boats, flasks, bowls, ewers, etc. A minimum of three purchase awards will be awarded by Juror David Toan, The show will be juried by high quality digital images.
The fee is $25 for a maximum of three entries.
For more information visit http://www.terraincognitostudios.com or go here to download the prospectus.

Call for Entry – for those of you in the Central Time Zone.

Exhibition: Central Time Ceramics
Central Time Ceramics is a biennial ceramics competition open to all ceramic artists over the age of 18 living and working in the Central Time Zone. Artwork submitted must have been completed within the last three years and all forms of ceramic expression are encouraged.

Three cash awards, worth over $1,500 will be made to the top artists in the show.
Purchase awards will also be made by the University.

Juror will be Matt Wilt who earned his MFA from Ohio University and his Bachelor’s degree from Penn State University. Matt’s work is exhibited nationally and internationally and he has received numerous awards including a Pennsylvania council of the Arts Fellowship and the Evelyn Shapiro Foundation Fellowship. Matt currently teaches ceramics at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville.
January 15, 2010 Entry Deadline
Each artist must pay a non-refundable entry fee of $30 for up to three entries or $40 for five entries.
There are two ways to apply: By mail or online.
Download the pdf prospectus here.
To apply online please visit our online entry form page.

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]