by Carole Epp | Dec 23, 2015 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, technical tuesday
NCECA celebrates 50 years of clay, learning and connection in 2016.
To foster a sense of community and show links to how our members connect
people and ceramics, on this occasion, we have invited Michael Strand
and Namita Wiggers to create Across the Table, Across the Land.
Because we also set a gorgeous table in this community, food and the
table serve as a link to bring it all together. NCECA feels that the
table is a literal space – and an idea – and we want to hear your
stories.
To do this, the curators have developed a web app to make it easy to research how NCECA connects Across the Table and Across the Land.
NCECA is calling on you to participate by sharing projects or taking on the K12 Challenge. We invite responses in the form of your images and your words. This is a collection of your stories. All materials entered into the Across the Table web app become part of this celebratory project.
Michael and Namita are developing this online archive to document
what NCECA members are working on right now. From this archive, our
guest curators will create an exhibition for the Charlotte Street
Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri in conjunction with Makers, Mentors and Milestones, the March 2016 NCECA Conference.
Visit app.ncecaacrossthetable.com/about/ for more information about this project.
Here’s a link to download the webapp http://app.ncecaacrossthetable.com/get-started/
Want more information and background on the project?
(***this is well worth the read!)
Download the Field Guide at http://app.ncecaacrossthetable.com/field-guide/
Ready to share your story? Upload your project on the web-app here http://app.ncecaacrossthetable.com/project-submission/. Look for the + sign in the upper right corner of your screen to add your contributions.
Want to get your K-12 school and students involved? Download the student/parent permission form and Potluck: A Portrait of School Communities through Clay and Food to help guide your lesson plans and teaching.
Questions? Email Michael and Namita at [email protected]
by Carole Epp | Dec 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
51st ANNUAL NCECA CONFERENCE
Wednesday March 22 – Saturday, March 25, 2017
Portland, Oregon
Overview
NCECA is committed to the exhibition and expansion of contemporary
ceramic practice including diverse approaches that range from
utilitarian and designed objects to sculpture, installations,
site-specific works and performative events.
A member driven organization, NCECA is enriched by the innovation and
vision that emerges from our community to present ceramic art of the
highest caliber in the form of Concurrent Exhibitions (CEs). These
exhibitions represent an important feature of NCECA’s Annual Conference
experience bringing high visibility to the work of participating
artists. Moreover, NCECA’s efforts to site and promote Concurrent
Exhibitions expand awareness of and engagement with ceramic art for
audiences that travel to and reside throughout the conference’s host
region.
NCECA promotes CEs through the print conference guide, app, website,
Blog and social media. While NCECA makes efforts to cluster the shows
within art/ cultural districts to maximize viewer attendance, it is not
able to guarantee that all exhibition venues will be included on tour
routes.
2017 Exhibitions Focus
NCECA seeks exhibition proposals that have conceptual resonance with the theme of its 51st annual conference, Future Flux. The
conference will take place in Portland, Oregon and NCECA specifically
seeks Concurrent Exhibition proposals that resonate with our theme. As
journey’s end for Lewis and Clark in the early 18th century, expedition and discovery have
framed our imagination of the Pacific Northwest. As we pass beyond
NCECA’s first fifty years, the interconnection of mind, materials, and
transformation at the heart of ceramic process, art and education can
serve as trail heads to our future. Our creative work in the 21st century increasingly engages with hybrid practices, issues of diversity, notions of community and dynamic change. How
will more sustainable models of ceramic art and education continue to
evolve? What are the essential competencies and capacities for ceramic
artists and educators today and for the future? How can we continue to
draw from rich historic traditions while reinvigorating their relevance
in rapidly changing global societies? Portland, Oregon, a city of
rivers, makers, and entrepreneurs is an ideal vantage point from which
to investigate these questions and others. NCECA seeks Concurrent
Exhibition proposals that will help transport us to the ways that
ceramic art and education will continue to matter going forward.
All proposals and accompanying support materials must be submitted online by midnight Wednesday, February 3, 2016 (EDT).
Full details here: http://nceca.net/concurrent-exhibition-proposals/
by Carole Epp | Dec 10, 2015 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, technical tuesday
The Workhouse Arts Center (WAF) is proud to announce a call for entries for its 6th Annual Workhouse Clay International Ceramics Exhibition 2016. This 6th
Annual Workhouse Clay International Ceramics Exhibition is an “Open
Call” for functional and/or sculptural ceramic artworks. The Workhouse
Arts Center is excited to continue promoting the best of contemporary
ceramic artwork being created throughout the USA and for the first time
open it up to ceramic artists from Canada.
Juror- Jack Troy
Jack
Troy is a potter, teacher, and writer, from Huntingdon, Pennsylvania,
U.S. where he taught at Juniata College for 39 years. He has taught more
than 240 workshops in the U. S., Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Great
Britain, and other countries, and has worked at the Institute of Ceramic
Studies, Jingdezhen, China, and has been an Invited Artist at Japan’s
Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park. His education in ceramics has included
trips to 26 countries. Having published over 90 articles in ceramics
publications, he also wrote Salt Glazed Ceramics, Wood-fired Stoneware and Porcelain, and Calling the Planet Home,
[poems]. His work has been exhibited widely, and is in numerous
collections, public and private, including the Smithsonian Institution’s
Renwick Gallery, Auckland (NZ) Museum of Art, Kalamazoo (Michigan)
Institute of Art and Alfred University. He received the 2012 NCECA
(National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts) Excellence in
Teaching Award, and gave the closing talk, “Anecdotal Evidence,” at the
49th NCECA conference in Providence, Rhode Island, in 2015.
Entry Guidelines
Open to all ceramic artists 18 years and older residing in the U.S.A. and Canada
All
works must be primarily ceramic. Mixed media works will be accepted
only if ceramic materials are the primary media. The juror will make
final determinations. Size is limited to artwork that fits through a
standard door. Floor works must be firmly stable. Large scale
installations shall be installed by artist. Wall-mounted pieces are
limited to 20 lbs. per section. Work must have been produced within the
last 3 years.
Please visit www.juriedartservices.com for details and to apply.
Selections
will be conducted from images of works. No substitutions will be
allowed. Artists may submit up to 3 entries with two images (including
one detail) of each, not to exceed 6 images. Please proof read your
entries carefully as this will be the information used to generate any
publicity information.
Image Submission Guidelines
Please be prepared to submit the following when applying online:
· Name
· Title
· Year completed
· Type of clay and firing method
· Size (inches) H x W x D
· Weight (lbs.)
· Insurance Value/ Retail Price
· A brief artist statement of no more than 150 words describing your work
* Artist must be ready to upload professional quality JPG images.
* The resolution of images should be 150DPI minimum; 300DPI maximum.
* Images need to be smaller than 15MB.
Entry Fee
All U.S. artists- $30
(Fee is non-refundable – payable thru PayPal when applying) for up to 3 entries (2 images (including one detail) per entry max.).
Entry form and application may be found online at www.juriedartservices.com
Awards
Best of Show- $500- Sponsored by AMACO/Brent
1st place-$350- Sponsored by Standard Ceramics, Inc.and Workhouse ceramics Program
2nd Place-$250-Sponsored by Workhouse Ceramics Program
2 Honorable Mentions
Calendar
Detailed information and Registration form: Available online December 8, 2015
Entry Submittal deadline: May 4, 2016
Acceptance notification: after June 1, 2016
Acceptance Contracts due: by July 1, 2016
Delivery of accepted work-being shipped: Due by August 5, 2016
Delivery of accepted work-being hand-delivered: August 8, 2016 10am-5pm only!
Installation: August 8-August 12, 2016
Exhibition Dates: August 13– October 16, 2016
Opening Reception: August 13, 2016 from 6pm-8pm
Return of Shipped Artwork: Starting October 17, 2016
Pick-up of Delivered Artwork: October 17, 2016 10am-5pm only!
Shipping
Artists are responsible for shipping their work to and from
the Workhouse Arts Center and insuring it while in transit. Works may
be shipped or hand delivered to the Workhouse Arts Center. Works must
be shipped in reusable containers and packaging for re-packing and
return shipping. Artist must provide a pre-paid return shipping label
or check to cover return shipping costs*. Please! No Shipping Peanuts! If you must use them, please place in bags first!
Accepted work and contracts should be shipped/mailed to:
Workhouse Arts Center
Workhouse Clay International 2016
Gallery Bldg. W-16
9518 Workhouse Way
Lorton Virginia 22079
*Any
check received for return shipping should be for the same amount as it
costs to ship to the Workhouse Arts Center. When determining return
shipping cost, artist must be sure to use same address as it was sent
from.
Insurance and Sales
The
Workhouse Arts Center agrees to hold safe the work(s) of art and
agrees, if unsold upon completion of the consignment period, to return
the work(s) of art in the same condition as received, less reasonable
wear and tear. Artists are encouraged to insure artwork(s). The
Workhouse Arts Center is harmless for any damage or loss whatsoever.
The
Workhouse Arts Center agrees to try to sell the work(s) of art at the
price listed on the online application. Prices cannot be increased or
decreased unless the Workhouse Arts Center receives those instructions
in writing.
The
Workhouse Arts Center will conduct all sales through their sales
gallery. A 40% commission on sales will be taken by the Workhouse Arts
Center.
Photography and Permissions
Accepted artists agree to allow the Workhouse Arts Center to photograph work while on display for educational and publicity purposes.
Images of accepted entries will be retained for the Workhouse Arts Center archives and may be reproduced and posted on its website and in printed materials.
It
is understood that works in the exhibition may be photographed,
telecast, and reproduced for press and publicity purposes including but
not limited to reproduction in newspapers, periodicals, magazines, in
television programs and on the internet in connection with the
exhibition and the Workhouse Arts Center.
Reception
An Opening Reception will occur on August 13, 2016 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Workhouse Arts Center-Vulcan Gallery.
