by Carole Epp | May 1, 2011 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery & the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador
Boxed In! an exhibition of small sculptural works Deadline: 30 June 2011
Simply put, a box is a container with a lid. Until it is opened, a box protects the secrecy of its contents. It is imbued with mystery and the promise of surprise. As such,the empty box can metaphorically take various meaning such as that of confinement, absence, hiding place. In our day to day life we make casual contact with the mail box, the lunch box or the toolbox. And then, there are others such as the fusebox, blackbox, glorybox, coachbox, treasure box and ballot box. Each one has its own particularities and functions,a direct meaning that can take on a metaphorical one if we think outside the box. To bring Canadian artists together, and considering the size of our country and the cost of shipping, we propose an exhibition of small sculptural works that would fit in a specific box and spring from the idea of the box itself or of one of its metaphors. The works must be three-dimensional and can be presented on a shelf, plinth, suspended or mounted on the wall. Your proposed work should fit in a box no bigger than 16x12x12 inches, wrapping included with the lid on, without any alteration to the box. Of course, the work can be smaller but not bigger than this set size. The proposal should be for a work of expression, functional or not, that pushes the limits of your practice within a conceptual approach. Your application must include the attached completed form, a half to one page proposal, artist statement, drawings or sketches of the proposed work and its technical information (medium, finished size, presentation), CV or resume (maximum of three pages), up to ten digital images of recent works (no earlier than 2005) and a list of images. All images (drawings, sketches and previous works) should be in JPG format at a resolution of 72 dpi (no more than 1800×1800 dpi in size). For more information: www.therooms.ca/artgallery/ Inquiries : [email protected] Submissions should be sent to the following address:
Denis Longchamps, curator
Boxed in! Exhibition Project
The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery
9 Bonaventure Avenue P.O. Box 1800, Station C St. John’s, NL, Canada
A1C 5P9 Deadline to send your application: postmarked no later than June 30, 2011.
(Please note submissions will not be returned)
via The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery
by Carole Epp | Sep 27, 2010 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
This happens to me too often with Monday eye candy, I find an incredible artist to share with you and the wealth of images to chose from is just to hard to narrow down. Today is a perfect example. Fausto Salvi’s work is exquisitely rendered, playful, engaging, and varied. His practice could not be summed up in one image, so here are a few for you to enjoy.
Find out more about Fausto Salvi here.
Want to be a part of Monday Morning eye candy? Just drop me a line and a website link to images at [email protected]
by Carole Epp | Sep 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
@font-face { font-family: “Arial”; }@font-face { font-family: “Univers”; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: “Times New Roman”; }a:link, span.MsoHyperlink { color: blue; text-decoration: underline; }a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { color: purple; text-decoration: underline; }p { margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: “Times New Roman”; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } The finalists have been announced for the Woollahra Council’s prestigious Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize. Now in its tenth year, the prize attracted 552 entries from around Australia and internationally including New Zealand, Italy, USA, UK, Romania, Canada, China, Denmark, Japan, Vietnam, Hong Kong and Germany.
The Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, the only national prize for free-standing sculptures up to 80cm, draws dedicated support from artists, critics and collectors alike. The award of $10,000 will be announced on Friday 22 October, followed by a free public exhibition showcasing finalists which will run for two weeks from 23 October until 7 November. This year the exhibition and opening hours have been extended due to public demand and to celebrate the tenth anniversary. The predominate themes of entries in 2010 involve animals, figures and landscapes and use a vast array of materials including marble, glass, wood, metals, woven materials and found objects. Some of the memorable entries are humorous and outrageous, cheekily poking fun at the art market and asking viewers to question the value of art.
Finalists include well known artists such as John Nicholson, Nike Savaas, Kathy Temin and
Christopher Hodges. This year’s exhibition will also feature the work of indigenous artists from the Northern Territory including Dulcie Sharp, Mary Pan and Dinni Kunoth Kemarre who lives and works in the Utopia community. The 2010 Prize will be judged by John Kaldor AM, Principal of Kaldor Public Art Projects, Monica McMahon, Curator, University of Western Sydney and Glenn Barkley, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art. The Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize totals $13,000 across 3 categories: · The Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize: an acquisitive award of $10,000 · The Special Commendation: a non-acquisitive award of $2,000 · The Viewers’ Choice: a non-acquisitive award of $1,000 The Viewers’ Choice Award will be announced at the conclusion of the exhibition. Opening: Friday 22 October at 6pm (by invitation only) Winner and the Special Commendation Award announced Woollahra Council’s historic Redleaf building, 536 New South Head Road, Double Bay. Exhibition: 23 October to 7 November 2010 (9am-6pm weekdays; 10am-4pm weekends) Woollahra Council’s historic Redleaf building, 536 New South Head Road, Double Bay. Free Entry Artist Floor Talks: Saturday 23 October at 2pm
A selection of 2010 finalists will be conducting free community floor talks at the exhibition between 2 and 4pm. Entry is free, but bookings are essential on 9391 7166 or email [email protected]. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: AMY AT DMCPRMEDIA TEL: 02 9550 9207 | MOB: 0412 818 071 | EMAIL: [email protected]
Kid’s Day Out: Sunday 24 October 10am-2pm. Free family cultural event featuring the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize and Environmental Schools Sculpture Prize. Environmental Schools Sculpture Prize: Local schools are invited to participate in this prize and this year’s theme is Total Water Cycle Management. The 2010 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize receives generous support from the following Gold Sponsors: John Symond AM, Sanchia Brahimi, Silver Sponsors: Ashdel Properties Pty Limited, Lucy and Malcolm Turnbull, Westpac, Sponsors: Alastair Walton, Luca and Anita Belgiorno-Nettis Foundation, Gleneagle Securities, The Wentworth Courier, Stoneleigh Wines Associate Sponsors: Hugonnet Design Associates, Megacolour http://sculptureprize.woollahra.nsw.gov.au/
