by Carole Epp | Aug 10, 2020 | call for entry
Craft is everywhere. From the blanket your grandma knitted to the vase you put flowers in, these functional art forms fill our environment from every direction!
For this Open Call, we want the crafting experts of the industry to submit their best work!
Rules & Guidelines
- Submit up to 4 works to this Open Call
- You can only apply ONCE to this Open Call
Please read the
Image Upload Guidelines before submitting. Work that does not adhere to these Guidelines may be disqualified.
IMPORTANT! You must be an Artrepreneur member to apply for this open call. If you are not currently a member, you will be directed to join after hitting the Apply button. Joining is free!
This Open Call will select five grand prize winners and four honorable mentions within the following categories:
- Fibers
- Glass
- Jewelry
- Metalwork
- Pottery
- Textiles
- Woodworking
- Applicants must be 18 years or older.
- Submissions must be created by the applicant.
- Submissions can have been created at any time in your creative career.
- We are looking for makers that excel at their medium.
- Each image should only exhibit one work.
- Additional views of one 3D work must use multiple image function. See guidelines for more info.
- Image quality is a factor in the judging process.
- Not adhering to these rules will result in disqualification.
IMPORTANT: YOU RETAIN THE COPYRIGHT in your submitted works and ONLY provide us with the right to show your work on Artrepreneur and promote your work on social media. For more details, see the Policies Section in our Help Center.
Awards & Prizes
Each winner will receive:
Each Winner and Honorable Mentions will receive:
- Promotion through our social media channels.
- An “Open Call Winner” Badge on the winning artwork
- A listing on our Open Call Winners page
Dates & Deadlines
Deadline for entries: 08/19/2020
- Winners and Honorable Mentions will be notified the week of August 24, 2020.
- Works will be posted on selected social media platforms in August 2020.
- Prizes will be distributed by September 2020.
This open call is curated by Matt Rota and Elizabeth Winnel.
Matt Rota has spent the past 15 years working with clients in print and online including the New York Times, the New Yorker, Penguin Books, The LA Times, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, The New Republic, Smithsonian, Variety, Buzzfeed, and many others. His illustrations focus primarily on global politics, criminal justice, social inequality, immigration, and poverty. Over the past ten years, he has taught illustration at the Maryland Institute College of Art, and The School of Visual Arts. Matt has written two books on drawing, Pencil Arts Workshop, and The Art of Ballpoint. Matt also has an extensive fine arts career, exhibiting his drawings in galleries internationally and serving on the board of directors at the New York Artists Equity Association.
Elizabeth Winnel instigates conversations about the use of body and ‘selfie’ imagery within cultural spaces and social media. Decontextualized imagery serves as a stand-in for larger meaning. Her approach invites viewer engagement but leaves room for the insertion of individualized perspective. Her works are not about specific stories or people, rather they function as prompts for discourse about figuration, body language, communication and culture.
Full call for entry HERE
by Carole Epp | Jul 26, 2020 | job posting
Graphic Designer & Web Developer
Contract Position
Applications due August 21, 2020
POSITION OVERVIEW
Center for Craft, a national 501c3 nonprofit arts organization located in downtown Asheville, NC, is currently seeking a contract Graphic Designer & Web Developer. This position reports to the Development Director and collaborates closely with the Communications Coordinator to maintain and develop the Center for Craft website, design print and web material, and support the Center’s brand. Both design and coding skills are required for this position. This is a remote contract estimated up to 1,000 hours starting at $20-$23/hour.
JOB DESCRIPTION
- Collaborate with Communications Coordinator to develop and implement design material (web pages, print materials, etc.)
- Create printed and digital materials using Adobe Creative Suite (rack cards, signage, banners, advertisements, email marketing templates, video, etc.) based on creative briefs outlining each project in a timely manner
- Perform SEO maintenance for website
- Hosting & domain management
- Perform website updates and changes as needed
- Submit completed creative projects for review by Leadership Team and Communications Coordinator, meeting deadlines
QUALIFICATIONS
- Web Design & Development BS or equivalent experience
- 5+ years working experience preferred
- Must have strong computer skills (on a Mac)
- Must have a computer to work on
- Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere)
- Working knowledge of HTML; to read/write code and solve coding problems
- Experience with Webflow, ReadyMag, and Google Analytics is preferred (training provided)
- Ability to design for both print and digital
- Demonstrate a strong eye for design with respect to the brand established by the Center
- Intuitive approach to web design in regards to accessibility and user experience
- Ability to juggle multiple projects and tasks simultaneously
- Comfortable working independently as well as part of a team
- Demonstrates strong organizational and project management skills and can adopt the systems put in place by current staff
- Keen attention to detail
- Operates with professionalism and is receptive to feedback
- Interest in contemporary craft/art is a plus
The Center for Craft is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate against any individual or group of individuals on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation or veteran status. The Center encourages applications from traditionally under-represented minority populations. Submitting an application does not constitute a promise or guarantee of employment.
TO APPLY
Email cover letter, resumé, 3 professional references, and 5 work samples to Alyssa Ruberto at [email protected] by August 21, 2020. No phone calls or walk-ins please.
ABOUT THE CENTER FOR CRAFT
Founded in 1996, the Center for Craft (formerly The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design) is the leading organization in the United States identifying and convening craft makers, curators, and researchers, and matching them with resources, tools, and networks to advance their careers. Over the years, the Center has become a vital community resource, serving thousands of visitors annually. As a national 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the field of craft, the Center administers more than $300,000 in grants to those working in the craft field. www.centerforcraft.org
by Carole Epp | Jun 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
Do you have a Virtual Ceramics event or are you looking for one? Introducing the SP Events Calendar. In reaction to the multitude of ways our Ceramics community has come together virtually, we have created a common place for online lectures, openings, and events to be listed. Please share your event on the SP Events Calendar, and use it to find events to attend. It’s completely free to list and view for everyone.
by Carole Epp | Jun 4, 2020 | job posting
Emily Carr University of Art + Design invites applications for a full-time tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor position in Ceramics within the Audain Faculty of Art. Situated on unceded, traditional and ancestral xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) territories in Vancouver, Canada, Emily Carr University is a world-renowned learning and research community dedicated to the education of artists and designers.
The Ceramics area at Emily Carr University focuses on developing critically engaged and contextually aware ceramic work. Situated within the interdisciplinary Visual Arts BFA in the Audain Faculty of Art, the Ceramics area fosters the development of student practice within the context of contemporary art discourse, with a strong technical and conceptual foundation, and a keen awareness of the relationship between ceramics and a range of disciplines and practices.
SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILTIES
Candidates should be able to teach ceramics at multiple levels, from Foundation to Graduate Studies, and will be expected to contribute to developing curriculum in an institution that is committed to the interrelation of theory and practice. The successful candidate will join a rigorous and committed team of Art faculty that also includes the following curriculum areas: Ceramics, Painting, Photography, Illustration, Drawing, Print Media, Sculpture + Expanded Practices, New Media + Sound Arts, Performance, Interdisciplinary Visual Art and Praxis, as well as minors in Curatorial Practices and Art + Text. Candidates should be equally fluent in contemporary ceramics discourse and studio practice and in balancing the conceptual, aesthetic and technical demands of the discipline. Additionally, faculty are expected to participate in portfolio reviews, upper-level critiques, provide graduate student supervision, serve on administrative committees, engage in research, and to be an active member of the Emily Carr community. The successful candidate will have an active artistic research practice and a substantial exhibition and/or publication record with a solid, demonstrable foundation in ceramics. The successful candidate will have an established career profile and be active in national and international contexts.
QUALIFICATIONS
The ideal candidate will have
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• Master of Fine Arts degree (or terminal degree in related discipline);
• minimum of two years of related post-secondary teaching experience that includes proven experience in curriculum development;
• strong evidence of excellence in ceramics practice;
• expertise in a range of traditional and contemporary methods of making; and
• significant evidence of active engagement with discourse within contemporary ceramics practices, histories and theories of ceramics, and more broadly in contemporary art discourse.
Candidates will have:
• expertise in a range of traditional and experimental ceramics techniques, which may include non-Western and/or Indigenous approaches;
• knowledge and ability to teach a range of material processes, including substantial knowledge of ceramic materials and glaze chemistry;
• the ability and interest in developing contemporary and innovative forms of curriculum and enthusiasm for planning and the participation in area responsibilities;
• a practice that may include hybrid and/or expanded ceramics-based work intersecting with other areas such as: sculpture, site-specificity and installation, performance, socially-engaged practice, public art, and other areas of enquiry.
Expertise in the following areas will be considered an asset:
• the ability to integrate new tools, media and methods into ceramics curriculum, including new and emerging technologies, digital 3-D prototyping software and output methods;
• demonstrated ability in advanced model making and mold making, design methodologies and production methods.
Full details HERE.
