The exhibition will run from December 6, 2019 to February 1, 2020 and will be held at Wayne Art Center, 413 Maplewood Avenue, Wayne, PA, 19087, 610-688-3553, craftforms.org.
Juror –Jane Milosch, Executive Director, Smithsonian Provenance Research Initiative in the Office of the Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture, Smithsonian Institution
Wayne Art Center is pleased to welcome Jane Milosch, Executive Director, Smithsonian Provenance Research Initiative in the Office of the Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture, Smithsonian Institution, as the juror for the CraftForms 2019 exhibition.
ABOUT THE JUROR
Jane Milosch is founding director of the Smithsonian Provenance Research Initiative in the Office of the Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture, Smithsonian Institution. Previously she was Senior Program Officer for Art, directing pan-Institutional art programs, new interdisciplinary initiatives and strategic planning efforts for the arts at the Smithsonian. She completed the Getty Leadership Institute program. Milosch was Chief Curator at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, curator of the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art in Iowa, and of the Detroit Institute of the Arts. As Fulbright Scholar in Munich, she was managing editor for Prestel art books and consultant to art museums, galleries, and other cultural institutions. Her research interests include modern and contemporary art, craft, and design, especially the intersections of art, science, design, and technology.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Artists must be 18 years of age or older.
Works submitted must be original in design. Collaborative works are accepted.
Work must have been completed in the last 2 years. (Created after 2017)
Work previously exhibited at Wayne Art Center is not eligible.
All work must be for sale.
Work must remain on display for the duration of the exhibit.
AWARDS
$10,000+ in prize awards will be presented by juror Jane Milosch during the CraftForms 2019 Preview Party December 6, 2019.
Online Application Closes: November 30, 2019 (midnight) Entry Fee: Members: Free | Non-Members: $20 for 3 entries Notification Begins via Email: December 20, 2019 Shipped Work Due: January 29-February 21, 2020 Hand-Delivered Work Due: February 24-28, 2020 Exhibition Dates: March 6-March 13, 2020 Return Shipping of Unsold Work: March 14-17, 2020 Hand-Delivered Unsold Works Picked Up: March 14 (at gallery) or March 16-20 (by arrangement)
Specifications: The application is open to all artists 18 years and older. An artist may submit 1-3 original works, which have been completed in the last two years. Works not gallery-ready or not exhibiting good craftsmanship, may be omitted from the exhibit. Accepted works that differ significantly from the entry images or suffer from poor presentation will be disqualified.
Work may not exceed the dimensions of L–6” W–6” H–8” (including handle) or weigh over 2lbs.
Images should be submitted as jpegs and sized at 300dpi and 10 inches (3000 pixels) on its shortest side. Files should be labeled first name_last name_entry number (e.g. John Smith would be john_smith_2.jpg).
Media Restrictions:
Drinking vessels (cups, mugs, yunomis, tankards, tumblers, goblets, tea bowls, etc.) must be made primarily from clay and 100% functional with food safe glazes. Work may not exceed the dimensions of L–6” W–6” H–8” (including handle) or weigh over 2lbs. All exhibited work must be for sale. Selected pieces must be available for the duration of the exhibition.
Before you apply: If you are new to photographing 3-D artwork, or would like a refresher on good photography practices, please read this article Photographing Cups
Contact Information:
Jessica Broad | Savannah Clay Community
This image is one I keep coming back to…I saved it on instagram when Matt Wedel posted it. It’s from Florida Heat 2019 and a demo that John Gill presented. Sigh, all of the beautiful possibilities.
On March 27, 2019, as part of the celebration of our new ceramics exhibit, “The Persistence of Mingei: Influence through Four Generations of Ceramic Artists,” we hosted a special gathering with women artists featured in the exhibition. Rebecca Sive moderated this informal conversation, focused on each artist’s ceramic practice, their relationship to the Mingei influence, and the role gender has played in their practice and larger context. Panelists included Margaret Bohls, Linda Christianson, Maren Kloppman, Jan McKeachie-Johnston, Linda Sikora, Sandy Simon, and Rhonda Willers.
