by Carole Epp | Mar 21, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
The Clunes Ceramic Award is an initiative of
Creative Clunes Inc. and is in partnership with the Art Gallery of
Ballarat and the Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum.
The winning artist’s work will attract the total prize money of $5,000.
The winning work of art will be acquired in alternate years, by the
Art Gallery of Ballarat and the Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical
Museum for their Permanent Collections.
In 2013, the work will be acquired by the Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum.
A People’s Choice Award to the value of $1,500 will be awarded and announced close to the conclusion of the exhibition.
Recognition Awards will be presented at the discretion of the judging panel and announced at the exhibition opening.
The Clunes Ceramic Award is a biennial event and was first held in
2009. The success of the first, and following, Award has ensured that
The Clunes Ceramic Award will continue to develop as a respected and
highly prized Regional Arts Event in the
Australian state of Victoria.
This project is part of the State Government’s Advancing Country
Towns program to develop Clunes as a cultural and tourism destination.
Key Dates for 2013
Closing dates for entries
Electronic image, entry form and payment to arrive by Friday 26 July 2013
Shortlist of finalists announced
Saturday 10 August 2013
Final judging
Completed by Sunday 15 September 2013
Exhibition preview
Locals and Collectors event Friday 20 September 2013
Official Exhibition opening & announcement of winners
Saturday 21 September 2013
Exhibition Close
Sunday 13 October 2013
Find all the details here.
by Carole Epp | Mar 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
Well NCECA in Houston is off to a great start, or at least it seems to be from what i can sense from way up here in minus 27C cold Canada. Enjoy your clay conference and sandal wearing adventures folks (no bitterness here….no sir….)
And Hide-n-seekah began this morning with some lovely pots being found. Congrats to those that won and best of luck to the rest of you in your hunting over the next few days. If you’re in the dark about Hide-n-seekah check out the details here and make sure to play along.
As for the rest of us living vicariously through facebook, instagram, twitter…I’ve decided we might need a support group to get us through the next few days and to address any FOMO issues (Fear Of Missing Out).
So if you’re like me and heading to the studio to work this morning maybe a podcast will help the time fly. Recently (back in January) I was interviewed by the amazing Ben Carter for his Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast. It was quite the honor, Ben is not only a great interviewer but an artist extraordinaire. I’ve been a huge fan of his work and his blogging for ages. So if you have a minute head on over for a listen to my late night ramblings with Ben, or check out the many other artists he’s interviewed in the course of his journeys.
by Carole Epp | Mar 19, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
If you’ve ever met me, you’ll know that I speak very highly of the Medalta Artist in Residence program. These are some amazing folks doing great stuff and its so nice to see an internationally recognized residency program so close to my home. So of course I jump at any opportunity to work with them and thus I am beyond excited to announce the first ever Medalta International Cup Show. How thrilling to see an international cup show taking place in Canada.
Show us your mugs (or cups, yunomis, steins, etc) and be a part of Medalta’s first annual International Cup Show!
This show – August 23 to September 28 – is being juried by (yours truly!) Musing About Mud blogger and Canadian ceramic artist, Carole Epp.
The submission deadline is Thursday, May 30 so if
you’re interested, have a look at the eligibility requirements,
important dates and other information on this page and fill out the
handy-dandy form (along with payment). Thanks for your interest
and good luck!
JUROR
Carole Epp is likely best known for her work on Musing About Mud, (www.musingaboutmud.blogspot.com)
an online resource of ceramic related content. She is a graduate of the
Australian National University, produces two distinct lines of
functional and sculptural ceramics, exhibits internationally, and at the
end of the day is a mother to two charming young boys.
ELIGIBILITY
The exhibition is open to all international artists. Identify yourself as a student to be entered into the right competition. Work can be either
functional or sculptural so long as it addresses the idea of “the cup”.
Please submit only original work that has been completed in the last
two years. All work must use at least 50% fired clay as the primary
medium.
Work must not exceed 2 feet in width.
All work must be properly prepared for exhibition, be durable enough
to survive shipping and display, and come with exhibition/assemblage
instructions if applicable. Medalta reserves the right to reject any
work that is not suitably prepared for exhibition or that differs from
the original submission.
Medalta reserves the right to use images and photographs of accepted
works for the purposes of promotional materials, including postcards,
calendars, local media as well as online promotion.
All entries must be for sale, (priced in Canadian Dollars).
IMPORTANT DATES
Applications Due May 30th
Email Notification Begins June 15th 2013
Accepted Work Due July 20th 2013
Show Dates August 23rd to September 28th 2013.
Opening reception TBA
All sold and unsold work shipped back October 2013
SHIPMENT OF WORK
All artwork must arrive at Medalta no later than July 20th. Artists
are responsible for all shipping and insurance costs to the gallery.
COMMISSION
All entries must be for sale, (priced in Canadian Dollars). Medalta will receive commission of 40% on all sales.
AWARDS
Several of the selected artists will be featured on the Musing About Mud blog.
And we’re wrangling more prizes as we speak!
Awards will be determined by the juror and announced at the opening reception. Artists do not need to be present to win.
Find out everything you need to know and the application form here: http://medalta.org/showusyourmugs
Make sure to apply – because you know if you don’t you’ll never hear the end of it from me : )
by Carole Epp | Mar 17, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
I began working in clay for the
first time about a year ago having never touched it before then. On a
whim I decided to take a Ceramics class at a community college and from
the first day I was felt as if I had been doing it my whole life. It
just clicked! Ever since then I have been working non stop and am
finally getting a “studio” set up and just this week ordered my first
kiln. I
am extremely excited to see what the future holds for me and am
grateful that I have found this life changing medium.
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by Carole Epp | Mar 16, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
“The
work I am currently creating stems from a long time fascination with the
teapot. When I began working in clay in 2008, all I wished to create
was an aesthetically pleasing and well functioning vessel for tea.
However, this form proved too challenging, and in frustration I set it
aside. Only recently (and after a number of years learning to work with
clay) have I began to readdress the teapot, and pouring vessels in
general.”
