call for artists: “Crawling – The Amusing Skin” Faenza 2016

The Cultural Association Passepartout Faenza announces the first edition of the “Ceramic&Colours
Award”, a ceramic competition with the aim of promoting and enhancing
the research in the field of vitreous ceramic coatings for the finishing
of ceramic objects.

For 2016 edition the “Crawling” effect has been selected:

Prizes:

•I° place – “Ceramic&Colours Award” 2016 winner –
Gift voucher to be spent at Ceramic & Colours, value of 2500 €
•“Franco Santi” Award
Gift voucher to be spent at Ceramic & Colours, value of 1000 €
•nr. 3 Special Mentions
Gift voucher for the participation to one of the courses organized by the Cultural Association Passepartout Faenza

Download the Regulations (pdf)

Download the Application Form (pdf)

Download the Summary Regulations (pdf)

Info:
E-mail: [email protected]
phone: + 39 0546 46936
http://www.corsi-passepartout.it/contest/

call for entry: Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artist

 
Ceramics Monthly’s May 2016 issue will feature work by selected emerging clay artists. All ceramic artists, both US and international, who have been actively pursuing a career in ceramics for less than ten years, are eligible to apply.

To be considered, please submit the
following materials:
• Up to five high-resolution (300 ppi) digital images on a CD
• Full-size color print of each image, printed on US Letter or A-4 size paper
• Complete caption information for each image including materials,
processes used, firing temperature, dimensions, and date completed
• Contact information (including email address)
• Artist statement and résumé

Mail to:
Ceramics Monthly—Emerging Artist
600 N. Cleveland Ave., Suite 210
Westerville, OH 43082

Submissions arriving after the deadline will not be considered. Emailed
submissions and submissions containing more than five images will not
be considered. Please do not submit materials in binders or folders.
Submitted materials will not be returned.


Due to the volume of entries, we cannot acknowledge submissions. No phone calls or emails please.

call for entry: MWSU Clay Guild – Twin Cups – National Ceramic Exhibition

The Missouri Western State University Clay Guild is sponsoring a National Ceramic Exhibition titled Twin Cups. The exhibition is open to all artists 18 years and older residing in the U.S. Submitted artworks may be either functional or sculptural representations of a pair of cups, mugs, or drinking vessels, etc. A $30.00 jury fee entitles each artist to submit a maximum of three entries (each entry consisting of a set of two). Artworks must have been completed within the last two years.
 
Juror: Bede Clarke
Bede Clarke has been a Professor of Art at the University of Missouri since 1992. He received his Master of Fine Arts from The University of Iowa (1990) and a BFA from Eckerd College (1982). Bede’s work is found in collections in the U.S. and abroad, such as the: University of Northern Arizona, Ichon World Ceramic Center, Racine Art Museum, Bermuda National Gallery and Martin Museum of Art.

Bede maintains a studio in Columbia, Missouri where he produces his ceramic artwork and continues to exhibit worldwide, recently at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL Yingge Ceramics Museum 2012 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale, Taipei, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA.
          
He is a recipient of:
•Kansas City Artist Coalition’s, Lighton International Artist Exchange Award (2007)
• Sturt Australian Contemporary Craft Center Residency Award (2007)
• Fletcher Challenge Ceramic Award, (1996)
• Kennedy Center Fellowship for Teachers of the Arts (1987)

Awards: Awards will be selected at the sole discretion of the juror.
$500 – Best of Show
$200 – 1st Place
$100 – 2nd Place
 

Twin Cups Prospectus: https://www.missouriwestern.edu/orgs/clayguild/TwinCups.html
MWSU Clay Guild website: https://www.missouriwestern.edu/orgs/clayguild/index.html

Calendar:
January 14, 2016 Online Submission Deadline
January 15, 2016 Postmark for 30.00 Jury Fee
January 29, 2016 Acceptance Notification
February 13, 2016 Shipped Artwork Due to Gallery (artwork may be hand-delivered between 10am-4pm)
February 21, 2016 Installation of Exhibition
February 26, 2016 Exhibition Opens – Reception: 6pm-8pm
March 25, 2016 Exhibition Closes
March 29, 2016 Return of Shipped Artwork Begins and Pick-Up of Hand-Delivered Artwork between 10am-4pm