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Call for entry – 2nd Annual Workhouse Clay National 2012

by Vicki Hardin on February 18, 2012

Application Dates: Dec 13, 2011 – May 2, 2012

The Workhouse Arts Center is proud to announce a call for entries for its 2^nd Annual Workhouse Clay National Ceramics Exhibition 2012. This 2^nd Annual Workhouse Clay National Ceramics Exhibition is an "Open Call" for functional and/or sculptural ceramic artworks. The focus of this year’s exhibit is to highlight the tremendous variety and depth of contemporary functional and sculptural ceramic artworks currently being created throughout the U.S.A.

Juror- Peter Held
Peter Held received his bachelor’s degree in studio art with an emphasis on ceramics from the State University of New York, Brockport. Upon graduation, he moved to Helena, Montana to become a resident artist at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts. He later completed a master’s degree in museum administration at Oregon State University and interned at the Portland Art Museum in the Asian Art Department.

Held returned to Helena in 1994 to serve as executive director and curator of the Holter Museum of Art, where he helped successfully lead a $2.3 million capital and endowment campaign.

Since 2003, Held has been curator of ceramics at the ASU Art Museum Ceramics Research Center at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. He also serves as a trustee for the American Craft Council and is chair of its development committee.

Held has curated more than 75 exhibitions since 1989, including seven traveling ceramic shows: Ashen Beauty: Woodfired Ceramics; David Shaner: A Potter’s Work, 1963-1993; Sisters of the Earth: Native American Ceramics; A Ceramic Continuum: Fifty Years of the Archie Bray Influence; Between Clouds of Memory: Akio Takamori, A Mid-Career Survey; Eden Revisited: The Ceramic Art of Kurt Weiser and Innovation and Change: Great Ceramics from the ASU Art Museum Collection.

Entry Guidelines
Open to all ceramic artists 18 years and older residing in the U.S.
All works must be primarily ceramic. Mixed media works will be accepted only if ceramic materials are the primary media. The juror will make final determinations. Work must fit through a standard door. Floor works must be firmly stable. Installations shall be installed by artist. Wall-mounted pieces are limited to 20 lbs. per section. Work must have been produced within the last 3 years.

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Materials: Hard & Soft

by Vicki Hardin on February 18, 2012

February 4 – March 30, 2012

This annual competition and exhibition of contemporary crafts was started in 1987 and is now in it’s 25th year. Recognized nationally, Materials: Hard & Soft attracts hundreds of entries from every state in the union. Nationally recognized jurors select the show from slides and then award $5000 in prize money. The juror has always selected the winning pieces on-site. A catalog is printed. Many of the artists seen in the Materials exhibitions have been featured in national publications such as American Craft.

Click here for more information visit.
Click here to view 2012 winners.

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Wayne Art Center Call for Entries for Craft Forms 2012

by Vicki Hardin on February 12, 2012

Entry Deadline: September 13, 2012
Exhibit Dates: November 30, 2012 – January 26, 2013.

The 18th international juried exhibition dedicated to enhancing the public’s awareness of contemporary craft while providing a venue for established and emerging artists alike to share their functional and sculptural creative endeavors. All work must have been completed within the past two years and may not have been previously exhibited at the Wayne Art Center. Wayne Art Center reserves the right to reject entries that do not meet the requirements. Shipped work that differs from work accepted from digital submission will be disqualified. Work damaged in shipping will regretfully not be presented. All accepted work must have proper identification. No accepted work may be picked up before the closing of the exhibition. All work must be available for sale during application and until December 2, 2011. NFS or POR submissions will not be accepted. Withdrawal of accepted work prior to the exhibition will result in exclusion from exhibiting at WAC for the following year (2013).

Please note that price of entry may not be changed after it is set. WAC will retain 40% commission of the sale price. All work must be available for sale and therefore insurance will be set at 60% of sale value. NFS or POR submissions will not be accepted. All work will be insured while in the Wayne Art Center facility. WAC will not be responsible for loss or damage to work in transit to or from Wayne Art Center. Wayne Art Center will not responsible for loss, theft or damaged work after 30 days of the last day of show due to artist failing to retrieve exhibition work.

Requirements

Work submitted must be innovative and original in design. Work derivative of other artists or work created in a workshop with the aid of an instructor is not acceptable.
Open to all professional artists working in clay, fiber, glass, metal, wood and/or mixed media crafts.
Work must be a personal expression of the artist’s intent.
Works submitted must have been completed after January 1, 2011
There is no size restriction.
Art work must be available for sale through the exhibit.

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Wayne Art Center Call for Entries for Craft Forms 2012

by Vicki Hardin on February 12, 2012

Entry Deadline: September 13, 2012
Exhibit Dates: November 30, 2012 – January 26, 2013.

Requirements

Work submitted must be innovative and original in design. Work derivative of other artists or work created in a workshop with the aid of an instructor is not acceptable.
Open to all professional artists working in clay, fiber, glass, metal, wood and/or mixed media crafts.
Work must be a personal expression of the artist’s intent.
Works submitted must have been completed after January 1, 2011
There is no size restriction.
Art work must be available for sale through the exhibit.

For more information visit

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Call for Entries: 2nd Annual Workhouse Clay National Ceramics Exhibition 2012

by Vicki Hardin on January 18, 2012

Juror- Peter Held
Peter Held received his bachelor’s degree in studio art with an emphasis on ceramics from the State University of New York, Brockport. Upon graduation, he moved to Helena, Montana to become a resident artist at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts. He later completed a master’s degree in museum administration at Oregon State University and interned at the Portland Art Museum in the Asian Art Department.

Held returned to Helena in 1994 to serve as executive director and curator of the Holter Museum of Art, where he helped successfully lead a $2.3 million capital and endowment campaign.

Entry Guidelines
Open to all ceramic artists 18 years and older residing in the U.S.
All works must be primarily ceramic. Mixed media works will be accepted only if ceramic materials are the primary media. The juror will make final determinations. Work must fit through a standard door. Floor works must be firmly stable. Installations shall be installed by artist. Wall-mounted pieces are limited to 20 lbs. per section. Work must have been produced within the last 3 years.

Apply Online Now! Click here.
Selections will be conducted from images of works. No substitutions will be allowed. Artists may submit up to 3 entries with two images (including one detail) of each, not to exceed 6 images. Please proof your entries carefully as this will be the information used to generate any publicity information.

Entry Fee
All U.S. artists- $30
(Fee is non-refundable – payable thru PayPal when applying) for up to 3 entries (2 images per entry max.).

Awards
Best of Show- $350
1^st place-$250- Sponsored by Standard Ceramics, Inc.
2^nd Place-$150
Honorable Mentions

Calendar

Detailed information and Registration form: Available online December 7, 2011
Entry Submittal deadline: May 2, 2012
Acceptance notification: after June 1, 2012
Acceptance Contracts due: by July 1, 2012
Delivery of accepted work-being shipped: Due by July 20, 2012

Delivery of accepted work-being delivered: July 23, 2012 10am-5pm only!
Installation: July 23-24, 2012
Exhibition Dates: July 25 – August 26, 2012
Opening Reception: July 28, 2012 from 6pm-9pm
For more information visit: http://www.workhouseceramics.org/index.php?p=1_9_Clay-National-

View images from Workhouse Clay National Ceramics Exhibition 2011

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Exhibition: Generosity of Spirit: The Gifts of Penland Artists

by Vicki Hardin on January 18, 2012

Courtney Martin, Section Serving Tray, wood-fired stoneware, 16-1/2 x 7 x 1-1/2 in., $125

Generosity of Spirit: The Gifts of Penland Artists
February 10 – March 15, 2012
At Signature Gallery in Atlanta

Opening reception: Friday, February 10, 6 – 8pm
Artist Gallery Talks: Saturday, February 11, 2 – 4pm with artists Nicholas Joerling and Angela Bubash, and Saturday, February 18, 2 – 4pm, with artists Julia Woodman and Gay Smith.
Coming up next month at Signature Gallery in Atlanta, Generosity of Spirit is an exhibition of contemporary ceramics, jewelry, and metalwork by 67 artists affiliated with Penland School of Crafts. Work in this exhibition has been donated, and proceeds will support a new scholarship fund for clay and metals students.
For more details, including a list of participating artists, visit penland.org/signature
You can view and purchase work online at thesignatureshop.com

Participating Artists

William Baker Boris Bally Barking Spider Pottery Kenneth Baskin Jana Brevick
Cynthia Bringle Angela Bubash Raïssa Bump David Butler Melisa Cadell
Caroline Cercone John Edward Cogswell Josh Copus Nancy Megan Corwin
Jim Cotter Susan Dewsnap Daniel DiCaprio Judith Duff   Bob Ebendorf veva edelson
Julie Elkins Marty Fielding JoAnna Fireman Becca Floyd Steven Forbes-deSoule
debra fritts Aran Galligan Adrienne M. Grafton Becky Gray Andrew Hayes
Judith Hoyt Rob Jackson Nicholas Joerling Diane Solomon Kempler Sun Kyoung Kim
Kathy King Michael Kline Leah Leitson Suze Lindsay Sarah Loertscher
Courtney Martin Tom McCarthy Linda McFarling Ryan McKerley Kent McLaughlin
Matthew Metz Ron Meyers Lisa Naples Kelly O’Briant Neil Patterson Mary Pearse
Ronan Kyle Peterson Ron Philbeck Rob Pulleyn Sang Parkinson Roberson
Justin Rothshank akira satake JoAnn Schnabel Gertrude Graham Smith
David Stuempfle   Joy Tanner Holly Walker Lana Wilson Julia R Woodman
Janis Mars Wunderlich Hiroko Yamada   gwendolyn yoppolo

Clockwise from top left: Nicholas Joerling, Ron McCarthy, Kathy King, Sarah Loertscher, Joy Tanner, Boris Bally

Signature Gallery
Contemporary Craft, Sculpture, Objects, Jewelry
3267 Roswell Road Northeast
Atlanta, GA 30305-1840
(404) 237-4426

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Call for Entries: 19th San Angelo Ceramic Competition

by Vicki Hardin on January 2, 2012

Call for Entries Deadline: February 1, 2012

The Nineteenth San Angelo National Ceramic Competition is sponsored by the San Angelo Museum Endowment for Ceramic Events, Darlene and John Williams and Trinity Ceramic Supply Inc. This show has been organized by and will be held at the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts in San Angelo, Texas. Angelo State University works in close cooperation with the Museum. The exhibition highlights a broad range of attitudes in the clay medium from functional to sculptural work. The Museum devotes its entire space to the show. In the last competition over 100 works were displayed.

The competition is open to all artists who are residents of the United States, Canada, or Mexico. All work, both functional and sculptural, must have been completed within the last two years. Works previously accepted into this competition are ineligible.

Calendar:
February 1, 2012 Postmark date for CD, fee and entry form
March 12, 2012 Notification of accepted work
April 4, 2012 Deadline for receipt of accepted work
April 20, 2012 Opening and Awards Reception Symposium at Angelo State University
April 21, 2012 Workshop led by Invited Artists, Kyle and Kelly Phelps
June 24, 2012 Exhibit closes
July 12, 2012 Return of all work

Jurors: Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio – the preeminent international dealers in 20th-century ceramics. They founded Garth Clark Gallery in Los Angeles in 1981 and opened a second space in New York, which they operated from 1983 to 2008. They now live in Santa Fe and work as private dealers. They have organized eight major international symposia on ceramic history and criticism, published numerous books and catalogs and received a number of prestigious awards, both lifetime achievement and honorary doctorates.

Invited Artists: Kyle and Kelly Phelps – identical twin brothers, who work collaboratively on their narrative work exploring the topics of race, class and the working man at their studio in Centerville, Ohio. They both received BFA’s from Ball State University in Indiana and continued on to earn MFA degrees in Ceramics and Sculpture from the University of Kentucky. Kyle is Associate Professor of Art and head of the Ceramics area at the University of Dayton and Kelly is an Associate Professor of Art and head of the Sculpture area at Xavier University, both in Ohio

For more details and submission guidelines, see prospectus: www.samfa.org

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Call for Entries: Feats of Clay XXV

by Vicki Hardin on December 31, 2011

via Lincoln Arts:
Entry Deadline: February 3, 2012

This is the 25th year of "Feats of Clay" as one of the Nation’s most prestigious and unique international ceramic contests now open internationally to Mexico and Canada.

Lincoln, California, "Feats of Clay XXV" (April 28th – May 27th), open to artists working in the United States and its territories Mexico, and Canada. Juried from CD.

Jurors: Rodney Mott, California – Paul McCoy, Texas, Anne Currier, New York – Sherman Hall, Ohio

Entry Fee: $20 for 1 entry, $25.00 for 2, $30 for 3.

Awards: approximately $15,000 in place, merit, and purchase.

For prospectus, send # 10 SASE to Lincoln Arts, 580 6th Street, Lincoln, CA 95648
Teams of Clay April 20, 2012
Feats Reception April 28, 2012

Feats of Clay Tours May 2 – May 27, 2012 – Wednesday – Sunday 9am – 1230 every 30 min. Reservations required.
For more information visit: http://www.lincolnarts.org/

Feats of Clay 2011 Winners

1st Place – Julia Field
“Contemplation of Chaos”

Second Place – Jared Janovec
“Broad Cast”

3rd Place – Gerard Justin Ferrari
“Growth #7: Poisoned Cocoon”

Tile Heritage – Jenny Dowd
"Tooth Pg. 1"

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25th Annual North Carolina Potters Conference

by Vicki Hardin on December 31, 2011

via Randolph Arts Guild:
To celebrate our 25^th conference we have invited three premier potters to present and demonstrate their talents and techniques. We have also provided them with the unique opportunity to each invite an up and coming potter whom they feel is noteworthy to present and demonstrate as well. Cynthia Bringle invited Ronan Peterson, John Glick invited Martha Grover, and Jack Troy invited Jake Johnson. We hope you we join us to help celebrate the 25^th North Carolina Potters Conference.

REGISTRATION
$225 – Includes Lunch and Dinner on Friday and Saturday and Lunch on Sunday. Participants are responsible for securing their own accommodations.Pre-Registration is Required by February 15, 2012 and limited to 150 participants.

For more information visit: http://www.randolphartsguild.com/events/potters-conference.html

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21th Annual Cambridge Pottery Festival & U.S. Pottery Games

by Vicki Hardin on December 30, 2011

Entry Deadline: JANUARY 31, 2012
June 9th & 10th , 2012 Cambridge Wisconsin

Festival Guidelines
¨ Each Booth selling space will be 10’X 10’.
¨ One booth will be allotted per entry.
¨ Shared booths are discouraged, however if 2 or more artists from the same studio wish to
share a booth, slides must be submitted by all participating artists and will be juried as a
whole. With the exception of Husband/Wife/Partners.
¨ A non-refundable $25.00 jury fee must be submitted with all entries.
¨ A booth fee of $275.00 is also to be submitted in check form, and is non-refundable upon
acceptance—or will be returned, un-cashed, to those artists not accepted.
¨ Booth spaces are non-transferable.
¨ No commission will be charged on sales.
¨ General liability is required for each vendor. Neither our insurance nor your signature on
the application waiver covers what goes on within your selling space. This is covered by
your insurance only.
¨ A Wisconsin/ sellers Permit for is required with your entry.
¨ This is an outdoor show, rain or shine.. NO REFUNDS will be given.
For more information visit: http://www.cambridgepotteryfestival.org/