call for artists: NCECA/crafthaus Conference Scholarship 2014

by Carole Epp | Jan 15, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

NCECA Conference
March 19-22, 2014 Milwaukee, WI
Material World

How to apply:
Copy/paste submission form into a word.doc, fill out form and e-mail to:
[email protected] with the reference “NCECA Conference
Scholarship 2014.”

Deadline for email application: Feb. 7, 2014
Notification Date: Week of February 10, 2014.

NO SUBMISSION FEE.

Jurors:
Cindy Bracker, NCECA Communications Director
nceca.net/static/about_board_cindy.php

Sam Chung, NCECA Director-at-Large
Assistant Professor – Ceramics, School of Art, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Arizona State University
www.samchungceramics.com

Judging Criteria:
– Applicants must be currently enrolled with both NCECA and crafthaus!
– Cindy Bracker and Sam Chung will select one scholarship recipient
based on a review of images posted on the applicants’ crafthaus page and
brief responses to a short questionnaire (see application form for
details).

Scholarship Details:
Complimentary pass to the 48th Annual NCECA Conference taking place March 19-22, 2014 in Milwaukee, WI.
* Shuttle tour ticket, enabling the Blogger to get to the conference exhibitions. (Longer excursion routes are excluded).
* One-year additional NCECA membership once the current membership expires.
* One-year additional crafthaus membership once the current membership expires.
* Prominent blogspace on crafthaus for one year. NCECA provides reciprocal blogspace on blog.NCECA.net.
* NCECA will work with the winning candidate to include him/her in
events and meetings with NCECA, staff board and conference presenters.

Blog
The recipient will receive prominent blog space on crafthaus and the
NCECA website geared towards the recipient’s field of expertise.
Crafthaus and NCECA expect the recipient to blog at least twice monthly
for a duration of 3 months miminum.

Suggested Blogging topics and timeline:
* Prior to conference: Introduction to audience, overview of own work,
preparations for conference, introduction to conference theme, speakers,
and exhibitions.
* During Conference: Updates on conference experience, such as
exhibition review, speakers etc. Note: These blog updates will be brief
to enable the scholarship recipient to fully concentrate on the
conference itself.
* After conference: Periodic updates starting with continued, further
in-depth conference coverage, then moving on to topic of Blogger’s
choosing as described in application. Overall continuation of blog for 3
months minimum.

Find the form here: http://crafthaus.ning.com/page/nceca-crafthaus-conference-scholarship-submission-form