job posting: CFile Executive Director

by | Jul 17, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

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Jobs | CFile Seeks Part-Time Executive Director with Fundraising Experience

CFile, the global community for ceramic creatives, is seeking a
part-time executive director to help our organization with fundraising.
We’re looking for a professional person who wants the challenge of
growing a small, but vibrant nonprofit.

The hours are half-day. Applicants must be residents of New Mexico, living preferably in or near Santa Fe.

Starting Sept. 1, the director will be responsible for managing CFile
Foundation and its fundraising program. Applicants must have some
experience working for art organizations. CFile will also consider
applications from suitably-qualified consultants.

The director may work from his or her home office (we do not believe in commuting) and he or she must be self-motivated.

To apply, please send a brief resume to CFile’s Chief Editor Garth Clark at [email protected].

Layered: Collaborations by Simon Levin & Amy Smith

by | Jul 9, 2014 | Uncategorized

Simon
Levin and Amy Smith are two artists that AKAR has represented
individually and then together in group invitationals with their
collaborative sets. On July 11th they will have a solo show entitled, Layered: Collaborations by Simon Levin & Amy Smith.
 

Lincoln,
NE artist Amy Smith and Gresham, WI artist Simon Levin have been
working individually in their studios, but jointly in concept. Shipping
work back and forth, they design pieces that are compelling and
articulate, that remain independent, yet enhance each other, creating a
whole that is greater.

This is a true dialogue between pieces, a literal back
and forth of making, refining and developing, a conceptual and formal
evolution evidenced in the paired pieces, where visions combine while
the essence of each is upheld, creating something new, unexpected and
compelling.

Amy’s calming porcelain pieces are cold and crisp while
Simon’s wood fired work is full of dramatic surface, but what they have
in common is the showcasing of raw clay. Once their pieces are paired
they reflect off each other and create something surprising and
beautiful. Amy and Simon’s collaborative pairings are unique not only
because of the contrast within their sets, but unlike most
collaborations these two have never worked on the same piece or even
step foot in the same studio.

Layered: Collaborations by Simon Levin & Amy Smith
opens this Friday, July 11th, at 9:30 AM in the Iowa City gallery and
online at 10:00 AM CST. View the show at www.akardesign.com.

call for artists: Clay Jewelry

by | Jul 7, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

Deadline July 11, 2014

Northern Clay Center is a community-based organization in Minneapolis
with a nationally recognized ceramics sales gallery. NCC will be
expanding the scope of its sales gallery to include a limited inventory
of ceramic jewelry.  We encourage artists who employ clay in their
jewelry to submit applications.

Please submit the following no later than July 11, 2014:

  • 8 – 10 images of work produced within the last two years.  Read NCC’s digital submission guidelines for more details. 
  • Corresponding list of date created, materials used, and prices for submitted images
  • Artist Statement
  • CV
  • List of other venues where your work is available
  • 4 sample pieces.  Mail work to: NCC Jury, 2424 Franklin Ave E.,
    Minneapolis, MN  55406.  Work should arrive no later than July 11.  Work
    mailed to NCC must come with return shipping, preferably via UPS or
    USPS.

Please note:  July 11 is not a postmark deadline.

NCC will review applications and notify artists no later than August
1.  Selected artists will be asked to send in a body of work for our
November 1, 2014 Holiday Exhibition and Sale deadline.

Questions:  Please contact Karen McPherson, Sales Gallery Manager, at [email protected] or at 612.339.8007 x 300.

8 days left to show Ben Carter and The Tales of a Red Clay Rambler some love.

by | Jul 2, 2014 | Uncategorized

I’d heard Ben’s voice for quite a while before getting to meet him in 2013 at Arrowmont. The Tales of  Red Clay Rambler are a constant in my studio. They inspire, challenge me and keep me up to date with current artists and how they are affecting the art world, the market and our lives.

Ben had somehow convinced me to be a guest on the podcast. An honor I wasn’t convinced I was worthy of, but an experience I won’t soon forget.  An insightful and extensively knowledgeable interviewer, Ben is a blessing in our field. His generosity and time and efforts to bring us this amazing podcast should be acknowledged. So if you can please help support Ben through his Kickstarter project to bring us another season of The Tales of a Red Clay Rambler.

Help fund the third season of this thought-provoking podcast exploring the lives of creative people around the world.

Read more about the project and what your financial support can assist with here on Kickstarter.
And find Ben and the podcast here.