Exciting new ceramic bursary. The panel includes representatives from the Shipley, York Art Gallery, Liz Rothschild, Simon Olding and Ronald Pile.
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There will be a lot of high quality applications for this prestigious award, so tell any ceramicists you think might qualify (Must be between 25 and 35, so I won’t be applying on behalf of Studiopottery.co.uk!!!!) and if you qualify – don’t delay.
Handmade in Britain supports and promotes designer-makers who create their work in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. We provide a platform of support and promotion for design and craft talent through fairs, events and popups alongside workshops and mentoring. We Increase accessibility, create market opportunities and maintain high standards in the craft sector whilst providing a comprehensive support programme for new graduates and up-coming design talent.
For more information and to apply, please download their application pack.:
Website: www.handmadeinbritain.co.uk/chelsea-2012-apply-now/
2012 Highlights
In November 2012, we returned to Chelsea Old Town Hall for our 6th year for Handmade in Britain 12: The Contemporary Crafts & Design Fair, which took place on 15th-18th November.
Supported by The Resident and Homes & Gardens, the fair was our biggest yet, with almost 100 designer makers beginning the Christmas Season in a stunning showcase of British craft & Design in the glorious surroundings of Chelsea Old Town Hall.
Feedback from our exhibitors was very positive and highly encouraging, particularly with regard to organisation, publicity and venue, and exhibitors and visitors alike were impressed with the high standard of work at the fair.
Overall, the total sales made in 2012 were an increase from sales made in 2011, which is excellent news and a positive indicator of the public interest in craft and design.
Over 85% of our exhibitors have possible or confirmed commission opportunities through Handmade in Britain 12, including interest from collectors and galleries, and over 65% have possible or confirmed trade opportunities, including opportunities with large, established retail brands.
Our visitor numbers for 2012 were a 32% increase on visitor numbers for 2011, and the feedback from visitors was overwhelmingly positive, particularly with regard to the standard of work and the variety of exhibitors.
Here is your chance to support budding young artists and Black Swan Arts in five easy steps …
1. Learn all about the Black Swan Arts Young Open Competition by visiting the website www.blackswan.org.uk/youngopen2013.
2. Tell all the young people you know between the ages of 8 and 19 about this unique competition.
3. Encourage them to enter their best art or craft work * – which can be either newly created or something they have already made.
4. Make sure they have the website address so they can submit their work online.
5. Forward this email to anyone you know who might be interested.
THANK YOU
Amanda Sheridan – Curator
Black Swan Arts Young Open Competition 2013
www.blackswan.org.uk/youngopen2013
*Painting, sculpture, jewellery, pottery, drawing, weaving, in fact any form of creative art and on any theme. This isn’t a photography competition, but if used as part of an art work then it is acceptable.
Black Swan Arts, 2 Bridge Street, Frome, Somerset BA11 1BB
Tel. 01373 473980 Email: info@blackswan.org.uk
Submissions close on 7th February 2013
(note – the deadline has been extended!)
It costs between £3 – £5 to enter,
depending on age.
Amazing prizes of half-day workshops
with professional artists.
Work will be curated and shown in the
main Black Swan Gallery from
23rd February to 9th March 2013
Exhibition Dates: 28 September(Sat) – 17 November 2013 (Sun)
The Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale (GICB) is pleased to announce that it is receiving entries for the 2013 Special Exhibition, . The event is open for young and talented artists with the hope of providing them with the opportunity to develop their creativity. The GICB is taking a new initiative seeking to discover new talents for the future through this international competition. The GICB 2013 is now waiting for your participation. Take the challenge, the opportunity has come for you! Apply now!
Special Competition 2013 - General Information Age of Eligibility : Open to international and domestic applicants under 40
Selected Number of Participants : 20
Deadline : 3 December(Mon) ~ 19 December(Wed), 2012
Method of Application : Strictly limited to online application
Submission of Information
(All information must be submitted online. We do not accept information sent by post-mail)
1. Applicant’s Resume/CV
2. Description on Artwork
3. 10 images for the submission of 10 artworks is requested (1100 pixel and higher in resolution, JPG file format)
Images should include at least 5 or more pieces possible for exhibition
Detailed images of artworks are permitted only as additional information and not as a part of the 10 images for the required artworks.
4. Brief display plan for exhibiting applicant’s artworks must be submitted.
Final Selection
Screening Date : 20 December 2012 (Mon) ~ 5 January 2013(Sat)
Announcement : 7 January 2013 (Mon) from 12:00 Hours (noon, local time) Final announcement will be presented on our webpage and the selected participants will be notified through e-mail
Method of screening : Stage 1 (Assessing conditions for qualification) > Stage 2 (Examining artworks) > Stage 3 (Overview of all submitted information)
Contact Information:
GICB 2013 Seoul Office
MH 1113, 72-1, Sangsu-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul 121-791 Republic of Korea
Tel: (+82) 02 3143 6903 Fax: (+82) 02 3143 6904
Webpage: www.kocef.org
Email: gicb2013@gmail.com
Website for application form: http://www.kocef.org/eng/03_biennale/2012/01_04.asp
Art & Adventure are two of the strands that Christine-Ann Richards has successfully used over the years in planning her travels in China and central Asia. Her first visit with other members of the Craft Potters Association in 1978 has led to an on-going affair with the culture, the country and the peoples of China. This interest in the art, archaeology and philosophy that make up the history of the area have led to many a detour ‘off the beaten track’, which in her travels she seeks to share with others.
Christine-Ann Richards 10th Anniversary Tour with Li Wenying, Programme Director Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute.
Travelling overland from Shanghai to Yixing (teapots) and Tao Yao where they still make large coil pots fired in a dragon kiln. Huangshan, the Yellow Mountain made famous in classical Chinese paintings. Hangzhou on West Lake and Longquan both known for their ceramics including celadon wares. Jingdezhen, the porcelain capital of China, in time for the opening of its International Ceramics Festival. Included in the price of the tour is the gift of a ‘free’ week from Wenying in celebration of our decade of travelling together. There will be ten days of workshops at Sanbao with, at the end of the tour, the possibility of returning home with some of our own work. Option to stay on at end of tour on a 1 – 3 week residency at Sanbao. Landprice approx. £2,000
Jerwood Makers Open 2013 Call for Entries
Emerging applied artists from across craft disciplines are invited to submit proposals for Jerwood Makers Open 2013, a maker-led commissioning opportunity from Jerwood Visual Arts (JVA).
Jerwood Makers Open is designed to commission and showcase new work by emerging artists working in the applied arts. Five commissions of £7,500 will be awarded to artists to create new work, to be exhibited as part of the JVA programme at Jerwood Space, London and on tour nationally.
Deadline for entries is 5pm on 12 November 2012. To find out more and to apply, please visit
Website: www.jerwoodvisualarts.org
Rent Free Studio for 1 Year!
Making Space has received an Arts Council England grant for MAKING IT, a craft project which aims to reveal the process and relationship between the craft of hand and mind, between object and word and through learning and making. MAKING IT aims to demonstrate that craft is the tool to investigate wider ideology, which is active, participatory and implicit in every day lives and in creative development.
MAKING IT is a collaborative project with Alice Kettle, the Centre for Real-World Learning at the University of Winchester and Hampshire County Council.
As the first part of this project, Making Space is offering two rent-free studios for one year valued at £2,400 per studio. Successful applicants will also receive £1,000 for materials to support research and development. The residencies are suitable for emerging makers who want to experiment or fuse different techniques with new materials; to be open to collaborations, gain from critical dialogue with other partners and reach new audiences. Selected makers will be expected to explore and address how their practice links to the key aims of the MAKING IT project.
For more information please download the application pack from
Website: www.makingspace.org
Email: admin@makingspace.org
or phone: +44 (0)23 92472491
Registration is now open for the conference Ceramics and Sculpture: Different Disciplines and Shared Concerns taking place on 5 July 2012 in Cardiff at Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales. More info contact: adutton@cardiffmet.ac.uk Book from website shown below.
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There are plenty of possible events/exhibitions to apply for and we are adding new ones, whenever we hear of them, throughout the year.
They are both in Britain:
South Devon Ceramics Festival; London: A Celebration; Craft Open Exhibition 2012 and more….
and elsewhere in the World:
Panorama, Ceramics Market, Switzerland; Argilla Italia 2012; International ceramics market in Hohr-Grenzhausen and more…
Have a look from time to time!
The objective of this new award is: To mentor, nurture and support the professional artistic growth of young, emerging artists across the Visual and Applied Arts
The Jane Phillips Award is being launched at Mission Gallery on Friday 5th August (7pm) as a memorial to Jane Phillips (1957 – 2011) Mission Gallery’s first director. The bi-annual award is a legacy to Jane’s passion for mentoring and nurturing talent, consistently supporting young, emerging artists across the Visual and Applied Arts in Wales and beyond.
The Jane Phillips Award seeks nominations for ambitious artists across the Visual and Applied Arts at the early stages of their career, who are producing work of high quality, have a clear vision and a strong commitment to career development. Candidates must be nominated for the Award by a tutor, employer or other professional and fulfill the criteria that includes; living in Wales, aged between 18-30 years and demonstrate an outstanding ability or potential in either the Visual or Applied Arts.
Over the course of a year the Award will provide the candidate support in various combinations of the following:
6 month studio space residency in Swansea Studios, Gloucester Place, Swansea
£1,000 funding towards materials, equipment, studying, research and development
Professional development support and advice inc. artistic, technical, fundraising and marketing
Funding application support with testimony and feedback on applications and budgets
Opportunity to have the outcome of the residency profiled with Mission Gallery
Online publicity, marketing and features via Jane Phillips Award and Mission Gallery
Professional advice from established individuals/organisations
The Jane Phillips Award has recruited a host of respected mentors and talent-spotters across the Visual and Applied Arts that will assist at both the assessment and development stage of each application.
Selection Committee 2011
Jane Phillips Award: Claire Phillips
Jane Phillips Award Patrons: Dr Russ Harris
Mission Gallery Board of Directors: Hamish Gane
Mission Gallery Friends: Dr Russ Harris
Mission Gallery: Amanda Roderick, Director and Hannah Kelly, Gallery Development Officer
Guest Selector: Karen MacKinnon, Exhibition Curator – Glynn Vivian Art Gallery
Each year of the Award there will be a guest selector; a respected professional working within the arts. The 2011 guest selector will be Karen MacKinnon, Exhibition Curator at the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea where Jane Phillips worked for 16 years as Technician and Exhibition Assistant.
Application forms will be available from 5th August 2011 from mail@janephillipsaward.co.uk and further information can be found at www.janephillipsaward.co.uk
The Jane Phillips Award is administered by Mission Gallery, Swansea.
Jane Phillips Award Patrons 2011: Dr Russ Harris on behalf of Phil Heard | Mary & Malcolm Ellis