by Carole Epp | May 17, 2011 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
–The NICHE Awards competition is open to professional craft artists over the age of 21 who reside in America or Canada and are actively involved in the design and production of craftwork supplied to galleries and/or craft stores. –The NICHE Student Awards competition is open to any craft student residing in and attending an American or Canadian undergraduate, graduate or certificate arts program. Submitted work must have been produced or introduced after August 31, 2010 to be eligible. Work previously submitted to the competition will not be accepted. Artists may enter as a student for up to one (1) year after graduation; however, work submitted must have been produced while an artist was still a student. Professionals may only submit work produced within the U.S. or Canada. Work produced in secondary studios within other countries may not be submitted. NICHE magazine reserves the right to merge categories that do not accrue an appropriate number of applications. The only way to enter the 2012 NICHE Awards or 2012 NICHE Student Awards is by completing an application online. Paper applications will not be accepted. One application per artist is allowed. Each application allows for up to three pieces of work to be submitted; no more than two pieces may be submitted in the same category. The competition is judged on a per piece basis, not on an application basis. It is therefore possible to be up to a three-time winner. Artists may enter in either the professional division or student division, not in both. Entries must be submitted by the artist in the artist’s name, not in the name of a company or school. No additional images showing detail will be accepted for jurying. The image photo submitted may be enlarged by the judges to see detail. Each image must be a separate piece of work and show the work in its entirety. Applicants may not enter an individual piece in more than one category. Installation art will not be accepted in any category. Entry fee. For more complete information: http://www.nicheawards.com/apply-now/ Guidelines: http://www.nicheawards.com/guidelines/ Deadline: September 30th, 2011
via Bay Area Art Grind
by Carole Epp | Apr 24, 2011 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
The College seeks a Ceramics Technician to work closely with its ceramics faculty and students throughout the academic year managing the ceramics studio, beginning Fall 2011. The position involves repairs and maintenance of the equipment, troubleshooting student problems, instructing faculty/students how to use the equipment, and responding to faculty requests to meet the needs of their courses.
Extensive experience working with kilns, clay / glaze materials, and the capacity to use power tools is required. Applicants should be working artists who are interested in pursuing their professional work in the studio at the College. A studio is provided for the Technician.
A Bachelors of Fine Arts Degree is required. This is a full-time position during the academic terms (9 months each year), summers and winters off, with benefits. Interested applicants should send a cover letter, resume, and three letters of recommendation to:
Interested candidates should submit in hard copy a letter of interest, resume, DVD with 12 images of personal work, and three letters of recommendation to: Office of Human Resources, Bennington College, One College Drive, Bennington, Vermont, 05201. The review of applications will begin on April 30, 2011.
Application Information
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Office of Human Resources
Bennington College
One College Drive
Bennington, VT 05201 |
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802-440-4423 |
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802-440-4424 |
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[email protected] |
See posting here.
by Carole Epp | Apr 23, 2011 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Northern Michigan University
School of Art and Design
Assistant Professor Position
Ceramics
Application Due: 05/20/2011
Assistant Professor, Ceramics. Tenure earning, fulltime appointment. Active, growing school of art and design seeks an energetic, ceramic artist with previous university/college teaching experience, which could be a graduate teaching assistantship. The candidate must demonstrate a thorough knowledge of ceramic processes and techniques, including: wheel throwing, hand-building/sculpture, mold making, clay and glaze formulation (Hyperglaze software), and low/mid/high temperature applications. Also required: understanding of contemporary issues in ceramics and historical ceramic traditions, ability to integrate technology into teaching, and awareness of most current standards in professional studio practice. Candidate will teach three courses per semester including cognate (foundation) and studio courses where required, maintain professional involvement in the field of ceramics and if applicable, participate in university and school committee work. Candidate must also supervise and maintain a 6,000 square foot ceramic studio for undergraduate students. Familiarity with Apple computer platform and digital presentations preferred. MFA must be completed by August 2011. See our web site for facilities and course descriptions at http://art.nmu.edu/department/home.html. To be considered as a viable candidate, applicants must address all requirements for this position in their letter of application and/or portfolio.
Start Date: August 2011. The position will be posted until May 20, 2011. Interested applicants are requested to submit a letter of application, statement of teaching philosophy, curriculum vitae, transcripts, three contacts for references and a portfolio that should reflect the requirements and preferences of the position description as posted and consist of 23 images (PDFs) of the applicant’s work (a minimum of 10 images) and ten images of student work to https://employme.nmu.edu. NMU is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and is strongly committed to increasing the diversity of its staff. Marquette, MI is consistently named as one of the top 10 places in the nation for quality of life and raising a family.
This application requires that each portfolio image should be a single PDF file (not larger than 5MB) and should be placed in “Other Document”. All 23 “Other Document” attachments must be filled in order for the application to be completed! “Other Documents” should include both applicant’s work (a minimum of 10 images) and student work and should be identified as such on each file.
Application Information
| Contact: |
Michael Cinelli, Director and Associate Dean
School of Art and Design
Northern Michigan University |
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906-227-2194 |
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906-227-2276 |
| Online App. Form: |
https://employme.nmu.edu |
by Carole Epp | Apr 22, 2011 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES FOR 2011
The Lethbridge Gallery has established a strong reputation for exhibiting works demonstrating exceptional detail and creativity. With the intention of fostering the next generation of artists, Lethbridge Gallery initiated the Lethbridge 10 000. This exciting art competition is open to national and international artists for small-scale artworks. Entrants may submit paintings, drawings and 2D artworks up to 60cm in any direction. The judging criteria is based on three equally evaluated criteria of creativity, originality and skill. $10 000 will be awarded to the winner.
Click here for Conditions of Entry
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29 April 2011
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4 June 2011 – 26 June 2011
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by Carole Epp | Apr 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
Interested in different printmaking techniques on clay? You should check out Clay Prints a Ning group just for artists that have an interest in print on clay. Very cool.
