Potclays Emerging Makers International Ceramics Festival Award 2011

What is it?: The Emerging Makers Award is an opportunity for new potters and artists working with clay who have graduated from college within the past five years, to present a Powerpoint slideshow about their practice at the 2011 International Ceramics Festival. 
Six makers will be selected to make presentations on their work each lasting 15 minutes (including a Q7A session) at the Festival. The presentations will take place in the lecture rooms. From the six selected, one will be chosen by festival audience to receive an award kindly donated by Potclays. Each of the six makers will receive a ticket to the Festival weekend. What to do next: Applicants are asked to submit a simple 10 minute PowerPoint presentation of images on a CD along with one side of A4 information about themselves, their practice to date and plans for the future, as well as 3 reasons why they should be selected.
Send applications to: Sophie Bennett, ICF2011, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth Ceredigion SY23 3DE. The Potclays Emerging Makers presentations will be selected based on the following criteria: 1) Design element of slides (out of 5), 
2) Delivery element (out of 5), 
3) Visual element (out of 5)
, 4) Time element (out of 5) The Potclays Emerging Makers Award will be selected during the weekend by the festival customers and will be presented during the closing Ceremony of the Festival.
All six selected applicants will received free entry to the festival (excluding accommodation and subsistence). Successful applicants will be notified prior to the event by email. The deadline for applications is April 29th, 2011. For more information: http://www.internationalceramicsfestival.org/history/emerging_makers_award/via SJSU Art Blog

BRIAN BOLDON Ceramics Visiting Artist Workshop @ ACAD in Calgary

The ACAD Ceramics Program is pleased to present a workshop with Brian Boldon, Feb. 1 to 4. Boldon has developed new technologies for digital printing on ceramics and glass, integrating digital media with traditional ceramic studio art practices. His workshop will align with the integration at ACAD of the decal printing process for ceramics/glass to support curriculum and students who wish to interface 3D with the digital image. Over the course of the workshop, Boldon will work with the students to experiment with this digital colour image technology.

The workshop will include demonstrations, discussion of works produced with the printed decal images, a formal lecture and senior critiques. A confirmed itinerary with more detailed time lines and workshop activities will be posted on the ACAD Ceramics blog closer to the event.

For more information on Brian Boldon’s work, please visit his website at brianboldon.com. Boldon also has a website for In Plain Sight Art: www.ipsart.com. This site highlights the large scale architectural and public art that Boldon and artist Amy Baur create together in collaboration. In addition to making individual work and collaborating, Boldon prints decals for artists and the site supports information about file preparation, cost and suggestions for success.

Brian Boldon will do a public presentation on his studio practice
in the Stanford Perrott Lecture Hall, ACAD
Tuesday, February 1st @ 3:30 p.m.
All are welcome to attend the public lecture and demonstrations

Upcoming craft fairs – call for vendors:

Renegade Craft Fair Austin
Austin, TX
May 21 – 22
Fee: $400
Deadline to apply: Feb. 4 Sugarloaf Crafts Festival in Oaks
Oaks, PA
March 18-20, 2011
$595
Filled on a first come basis with qualified applicants. (Jewelry filled) Mayday Underground Crafts + Art
Rochester, NY
May 7
Fee: $30 – $55
Deadline to apply: Mar. 1 Sugarloaf Crafts Festival in Somerset
Somerset, NJ
March 11-13, 2011
$525
Filled on a first come basis with qualified applicants. (Jewelry filled) Crafty Feast at Indie Grits
Columbia, SC
Apr. 16
Fee: $65
Deadline to apply: Feb. 11
via Craftzine

Sensual Ceramics @ Carbondale Clay Centre

Sensual Ceramics

Opening Reception -First Friday February 4th 6-8pm.

Featuring artists

Amy Chase, Kyoung Hwa Oh, Tsehie Johnson, Emily Schroeder, Stephanie Stuefer, Sanam Emami, Lea Tyler

Exhibition proudly sponsored by Jay Leavitt

CCC Gallery
Winter Gallery Hours
Visit CCC Gallery T, W, F 10a-5p, M, Th 12p-5p,
weekends and evenings by appointment.
Call for additional info 963-CLAY
http://www.carbondaleclay.org/