help support Pots on Wheels! (and of course gets some sweet pots out of the deal!)

by | Nov 14, 2014 | Uncategorized

Massachusetts-based arts organization raising funds to create mobile clay gallery & learning center Pots On Wheels (POW!) represents the collaboration of one hundred potters to launch a KickStarter online fundraising effort. The fundraiser began Nov. 4 and runs to Dec. 1.

11.05.14 Massachusetts — Pots On Wheels (going by its acronym, POW!) is initiating a fundraising campaign through the website KickStarter to purchase a commercial-size van that will enable local ceramic artists to bring the hand-made experience of pottery to under-served communities. The KickStarter campaign is remarkable for the fact that over 100 potters have donated work to help raise support. Individuals who pledge to the POW! KickStarter will have the choice to receive an original work of ceramic art from among hundreds of donated pieces, or other pledge incentives. The POW! KickStarter campaign begins November 4 and runs until December 1.

Hayne Bayless, one of the founding artists behind POW!, said, “Having a hundred artists supporting the success of our KickStarter is very exciting. From emerging artists to some who are internationally known, their participation speaks to the spirit of collaboration that is at the heart of our mobile gallery and clay learning project.”

POW! will use the funds it raises to purchase and modify a commercial-sized van to create a flexible space for collaborative community clay projects. This van will reach under-served neighborhoods and settings where art studio and display space is at a premium or otherwise unavailable. POW! is a collaboration between several Massachusetts-based artists: Hannah Niswonger, Adero Willard, Sam Taylor, Mark Shapiro, Arthur Halvorsen, Kathy King, and Hayne Bayless (of CT) in partnership with area arts institutions including the Society of Arts & Crafts (Boston), the Ceramics Program at Harvard University (Cambridge), and Mudflat Studio (Somerville).

“The name ‘Pots On Wheels’ describes what our program will provide to communities throughout our area, but the name ‘POW!’ describes the kind of impact that we believe the arts can have in people’s lives.” said Hannah Niswonger. “In this day and age when the arts are being stripped from schools, we and our partner organizations like the Society of Arts & Crafts see an incredible need to deliver the experience of fine craft. The KickStarter campaign is the first step.”

KickStarter is an established fund-raising website on which individuals pledge donation amounts to organizations or businesses, each of which has its own page within the KickStarter site. The POW! KickStarter page ( https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1405237878/pots-on-wheels ) has more information about the project; photographs of many of the donated works of original art can be found at the POW! website: www.PotsOnWheels.com.

The POW! KickStarter campaign will run from November 4 to December 1.
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call for entry: CURRENTS: IMPACT

by | Nov 11, 2014 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday

About the exhibition

As ceramic artists, we are
constantly conscious of our physical impact on clay. Bending, folding,
wedging, throwing, and scoring. Our mark making is immediate and
literal. Through content, use, and integration into society, this
concept can be far more abstract or suggestive. Ceramics artifacts have
chronicled cultural growth, existence and decline. The CURRENTS: IMPACT
is a national juried exhibition of contemporary ceramic artworks that
explore social, conceptual, psychological, and physical notions of the
word impact.

Eligibility

This
show is open to anyone nationwide 18 years of age or older. Submitted
works should be at least 50% clay, and must have been completed within
the past two years.

Entry Procedures

Submissions are made in digital form via email to [email protected]. Entry fees are submitted via post.
Submissions
must include a brief one paragraph statement of how your work relates
to notions of impact, resume, and up to three entries with one detail
image per entry. Entries must be jpg format, 1200 x 800 at 300dpi, no
larger than 3MB. Attached images should be labeled as such:
LastnameFirstnameEntrynumber.jpg. Please add “detail” when necessary.

Works that differ from submitted images beyond acceptable parameters will not be shown.

Application Information

There
is a non-refundable entry fee of $25 per artist, with a maximum of
three works per individual. This fee may be paid with credit card under
the application section or by a mailed check arrived by January 16th.
Please make checks payable to The University of Florida. Please mail
applications to:

Charity White
University of FL SAAH
PO Box 115801
Gainesville, FL
32611-5801

Application materials will not be returned.

Dates and Locations

The
opening reception will take place Friday, March 13th from 7pm to 9pm at
the Focus Gallery at the University of Florida. All accepted works must
be shipped and returned at the cost to the artist. If your work is
accepted, please deliver it with a return shipping form that has been
paid for in advance. All works that do not include return shipping will
be considered a generous donation to the H.O.T. Clay Club.