by Carole Epp | Sep 4, 2010 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Closing date: 1 October 2010
Talente Germany
Entries are being accepted for Talente 2011, annual international competition for young people involved in craft, design or technology. Talente’s aim is to promote young people with a particular manual talent and show something new and exceptional that has been made by hand. Entries are judged and the best are awarded the highly sought after Talente prize.
Visit their Call for Entries to register.
by Carole Epp | Sep 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
“The Journal of Modern Craft covers all aspects of craft as its exists within the condition of modernity (conceived as roughly from the mid-19th century to the present day) without geographical or disciplinary boundary. The journal is published 3 times a year by Berg Publishers. This website features responses, notices and short contributions relevant to the journal.”
While your there make sure to read the feature article Virtual Guilds: Collective Intelligence and the Future of Craft by Leonardo Bonanni and Amanda Parkes from issue 3.2A great website to stay current on the contemporary climate of craft disciplines and relevant theory and context. Check them out here.
by Carole Epp | Aug 21, 2010 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Since 1999 the Crafts Lives oral history project has been recording in-depth life stories with Britain’s craftspeople, exploring both their personal and their working lives. The project has encompassed British studio crafts such as pottery, glass, metalwork, jewellery, furniture, textiles and book arts (excluding rural crafts), which have traditionally suffered from a paucity of documentation and research.
National Life Stories (NLS) is now seeking to recruit a full-time oral history interviewer to add more recordings to this important collection. The oral history interviewer will co-ordinate, initiate, research and carry out a series of digital oral history interviews averaging 8-10 hours each, for deposit with the British Library. The postholder will be expected to carry out between 12 and 18 complete interviewers in a 12 month period.
This is a freelance fee-paid consultancy involving a package of 250 days’ work at a daily rate of £98, working on a flexible basis for a period up to 18 months. All travel and other out-of-pocket expenses will be met by NLS. Hot desk office space is available at NLS’s offices at the BL’s St Pancras building but home-based access to a PC with internet access is required. The post will be an integral part of the BL’s oral history team.
For more information about this position and job specification, please view the full advert at http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ABO252/oral-history-interviewer and click on the link to ‘Further Particulars’.
Applications
To apply you should send a CV and a covering statement explaining how your experience and skills meet the requirements specified in the job profile to:
Crafts Lives, National Life Stories, British Library, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB or email this information to [email protected]
Please indicate where you found this position advertised.
All applications must be received by 5.00pm on Monday 27 September 2010.
Interviews will take place at the British Library on Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd October 2010.
If possible, we would like the successful candidate to start work in November 2010.
Via Craft Research
by Carole Epp | Aug 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
Just Tell Us
WHY AMERICAN CRAFT IS IMPORTANT
Contest Rules
- Tell us Why American Craft is Important in 500 words of less
- Deadline is October 30, 2010
- You must include the following:
- Your name
- Mailing address
- Phone Number
- Email Address
- Your favorite craft retailer or artist’s studio (include city and state)
- Prize is $500 gift certificate to your favorite Craft Retailer.
- Either mail your entry to:
- American Craft Week
- 1530 East Boulevard
- Charlotte, NC 28203
- Or email it to [email protected]
- Look for the winning entry at AmericanCraftWeek.com in December
- Members of the CRAFT Board and their immediate families are not eligible
Website
by Carole Epp | Aug 14, 2010 | Uncategorized
16th August, 2010
Relating craft to the ethos of the Slow Movement – a reconnection to self, materials and its positive impact for our quality of life – ceramicist
Gail Mahon invites members of the public to contribute and engage with the sculptural works that will be developed during a week installation at the Tower Museum.
By bringing together old and new elements in a ceramic ‘patchwork’, the installation work examines the future of craft and explores the relationship people have with craft objects and their perceptions of value. Collaboration
Gail will work alongside the Mission Hall Quilters’ Group to add to their installation work. Within a sewing circle, the group will use traditional patchwork techniques to create long lengths of fabric to thread
the ceramic beads and components. Join Gail to share in the experience and explore craft skills and creativity as the installation evolves throughout the week. The outcomes will be displayed as part of Mahon’s solo exhibition in 2011.
This event starts: 16th August, 2010
This event ends: 21st August, 2010
How To Take Part: To get involved and to find out more please contact +44 (0)28 7137 2411 /
[email protected]
Costs: Free Admission
