Clay Art Center Call for Entry for “The Family Portrait” Exhibition, guest curated by Kukuli Velarde.
Entry Deadline: May 27th, 2022.
The exhibition will explore the meaning and definition of the family unit as image, as a system, as historical reference, or metaphor for where we are as a contemporary culture and society.
Learn More: https://www.clayartcenter.org/call-for-entry
ARTIST CALL NOW OPEN!
January 1 – May 31, 2021
The Salt Spring National Art Prize Offering 10 prize awards totalling $41,000
The first prize totalling $20,000
($15,000 and a $5,000 Salt Spring Island artist residency)
Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada who are 18 years of age and older as of January 1, 2020, are invited to submit their two-dimensional and three-dimensional work for consideration. SSNAP will showcase approximately 50 finalists chosen by a national jury. An exhibition of the finalists’ work will take place in Sept/Oct 2021 at Mahon Hall on Salt Spring Island, B.C.
All artists’ identity in the Finalist selection process will be anonymous to the jury.
Visit our website www.saltspringartprize.ca for details
DEADLINE July 1st, 2019
Juried by Brendan Tang
Grand Prize: Workshop fee for any 2020 Medalta 2020 Summer Workshop, Sponsored by Medalta
Best in Function: $250 Sponsored by Tucker’s Pottery Supplies
Best in Sculpture: $250 Sponsored by Pottery Supply House
Best Emerging Work: $350 Sponsored by Plainsman Clay
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Submissions open: April 15th
Deadline to submit: July 1st
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Works will be juried from digital. Work must be primarily ceramic, original and made within the past 2 years. For members of the Canadian Clay Directory, the entry fee is $20 for up to 3 entries. $35 for non-members/3 entries.
Open to all artists living in Canada, and Canadian artists living abroad.
Full details can be found HERE.
May 17 & 18
Pottery-Palooza Art Market
Call for Artist Vendors
artsPlace is looking for artists and makers! Join us as an art market vendor during our annual Pottery-Palooza fundraiser.
To celebrate all the amazing creatives within our community, we would like invite you to sell your work while helping us raise money for our programs! Since artsPlace’s opening in 2015 we have hosted this annual event that brings together artists, students, and the community in celebration of all things clay! This year we are expanding our market to makers from across disciplines to host a curated event that highlights talented Canadian artists and craftspeople. This two-day market will feature a special donor and sponsor VIP sale night on Friday, May 17 and run all day on Saturday, May 18 in conjunction with our public ceramics workshops and family-friendly crafts.
Application Deadline: March 28
Selected vendors will be notified within one week of deadline
Market Dates:
Donor & VIP night: Fri. May 17 from 5 – 9 pm
Public market day : Sat. May 18 from 10 am – 6 pm
Vendor Details:
There is a 70/30 fee split on market sales with funds raised to go towards artsPlace future programming. We ask that the artists (or their representative) be available on Friday night and Saturday to sell their work/supervise their booth. Artists may arrive and set up any time on May 17 between 9 am and 4 pm and take down on May 18 between 6 – 8 pm. Vendors are encouraged to bring their own tables or booth set up (aprox 6’x6’), artsPlace will have a limited quantity of tables and black tablecloths available. Selected vendors will be required to pay a $50 refundable deposit (kept in event of cancellation less than 1 week prior). All point of sales and wrapping will be provided by artsPlace at our front desk. Artists will receive a cheque within two weeks of the event to the mailing address specified below.
Please submit:
– Contact information including phone number, e-mail address, mailing address and website/social media (if applicable)
– 3 images of artwork similar to what will be sold during the event (higher quality preferred)
– Artist bio
– Please indicate if you will require a table w/ black tablecloth
– E-mail applications to [email protected] with the subject line “Pottery Palooza Application”
This is a great opportunity not only to sell your work and expand your network, but also to support your local arts centre in a tangible way – as all proceeds collected by artsPlace will directly support our future programming.
WHY AN ARTSPLACE FUNDRAISER? artsPlace is a registered charity, operating independently from the Town of Canmore. We offer a wide range of free and subsidized programming – classes, workshops, family activities, community events, festivals, exhibitions, films, and performances – and fees cover a mere 40% of the cost of our programs. To continue to offer quality programming at an affordable cost, we rely on the generosity of our community to support our work.
artsPlace is committed to inclusivity for all artists. Please do not hesitate to contact us at 403.609.2623 or by email (above) if you have any special concerns/barriers regarding the application or selection process.
https://artsplacecanmore.com/news/article/pottery-palooza-art-market-call-for-artist-vendors
