residency opportunity: Cotto Ceramic Studio in Lima, Peru

ELIGIBILITY AND CRITERIA

Applications are open to all ceramicists and visual artists from across the world. We are looking for emerging or midcareer artists who will benefit from the explorative possibilities of working with Cotto’s staff, dialogue and bonding between residents and Cotto’s community of artists, and access to Cotto’s professional ceramic studio.

Successful applicants will be chosen based on the quality of their past work, investigative merits of their proposed project and viability of their participation.

PROGRAM PERIOD

Successful artists must be available for travel to Lima, for their ten-week residency period. Cotto offers four residency periods within 2018:

1. Monday 15th January 2018 – Sunday 25th March 2018
2. Monday 9th April 2018 – Sunday 17th June 2018
3. Monday 9th July 2018 – Sunday 16th September 2018
4. Monday 1st October 2018 – Sunday 9th December 2018

Full Details here: residency.cottodesigns.com

job posting: Studio Manager @ Clay Art Center

Clay Art Center seeks a Studio Manager to be responsible for managing the facilities and day to day studio operations of a vibrant non-profit ceramic art organization in Port Chester, New York.

Individual must have worked at least 1-2 years of experience in a similar ceramic studio environment, have excellent people skills, and experience with supervising others. Must be well organized, possess technical knowledge of kilns and glazes and have enough experience to initiate improvements to the studio as needed, with approval from the Executive Director.  ~35 hours per week.

To Apply: If your qualifications meet the above requirements and you are interested in working at the Clay Art Center, please send your resume, two references and a cover letter stating the reasons why you stand out as a candidate for this position to [email protected].

Questions? Contact Leigh Taylor Mickelson, Executive Director at 914-937-2047 x222 or [email protected]

Clay Art Center is a nationally recognized not-for-profit ceramic art organization offering exhibitions, clay classes for adults and children, studio spaces for clay artists and outreach programs in the community.  EOE Employer.  914-937-2047.

Clay Art Center
40 Beech Street
Port Chester, NY 10573
www.clayartcenter.org