Raul Guerrero

Serious About Your Art?

Seriously consider entering the International Portrait Competition. It's $40 for 3 samples of your work - there is a catch: you must register for the conference if you are selected as a finalists (only 15 finalists will be selected) the fee for the conference is $395 for members/$455 for non-members and all finalists must bring their original work to win a top prize. Plus you have to pay for your hotel and food. The good thing is that you get to attend workshops offered by the worlds best portraits artists.

We may be able to do fund raisers to help finance one (or more of us) to go to conference if selected as finalists - this has to be looked into.

Here is the entry form: http://portraitsociety.org/conference/pdfs/competitionentry.pdf

All work has to be somewhat Realistic and done independently, e.g. not in a classroom or under the direction of an instructor. You must never have won an award in any previous competition (it is not specific if it means one of their comps or any comp).

The best part of the competition is that work can be 2D and 3D (sculpture). Check out the website of past winners: http://portraitsociety.org/conferencespast/2009/winners.htm

18th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition

Calls for Submissions - Ceramics Art Gallery

18th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition

April 16 through June 20, 2010

San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts

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The 18th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, April 16 – June 20, 2010. Open to all ceramic artists in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Up to 3 pieces may be entered with a postmark deadline of February 2, 2010.

There is a nonrefundable entry fee of $20 per artist, with a maximum of three works per individual. Make check or money order payable to the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts. CD's or slides, entry form, entry fee and SASE must be postmarked by February 2, 2010.

Click HERE for Entry Form or call (325) 653-3333.

SWC Clay Club Pottery Sale

Rise of Abbadon

Rise of Abbadon

Mixed media installation by Stacy Blum and Jessica Tadeo.

Come witness dark mischievous, yet lovable creatures in their world of betrayal and destruction. 

Opening reception Dec. 8 11am-12pm.

Dec. 8 - Jan.14 11:am - 2:pm.

Student Art Gallery Rm. 700

Southwestern College

900 Otay Lakes Rd. Chula Vista, CA 91910

riseofabbadon@yahoo.com 

Call to Artists

NO VACANCY — The Fall Student Show

November 24 – December 9, 2009
Opening Reception
Tuesday,November 24
11:00 am - 1 pm
SWC Art Gallery Patio

          Special Opening Events

Mariachi Garibaldi de Southwestern College
Open Mic presented by “theotherwritersguild” club
Mexican buffet provided by Gran Sol Catering

Gallery Hours:
M-Th        10:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
W & Th    6:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Closed on school holidays

Southwestern College
900 Otay Lakes Road, Chula Vista, CA 91910
619-216-6605

SWC Calendar: Website

For directions: http://www.maps.google.com/

Admission is free.
Free parking, parking lot O, opening day

This exhibition is made possible with support from
The Southwestern College Foundation

Teapots: Object to Subject

This exhibition takes a closer look at what is normally considered a simple utilitarian vessel used to hold tea. Teapots: Object to Subject is a collection of the best entries from the 2004 Survey of American Teapots sponsored by the Craft Alliance in St. Louis, Missouri. The best of both established artists and the most promising, innovative new artists from around the country are represented in this exhibition.
Teapots: Object to Subject is organized by the Craft Alliance and is being toured nationally by ExhibitsUSA.

This exhibition also features teapots from specially invited regional artists: Connie Beardsley, Christie Beniston, Kelly Berning, Nate Betschart, Richard Burkett, Levi Casias, Maria De Castro, Irene de Watteville, Ted Gallup, Flavia Gilmore, Joanne Hyakawa, Yoshimi Hayashi, Jeff Irwin, Christopher Lee, Ron Lenc, DeLoss McGraw, Lee Puffer, Eric Rempe, Gail Schneider, Scott Schoenherr, Fred Stodder, Cheryl Tall, Lana Wilson and Scott Young.  

Reception: Saturday, November 21, 2009
5 to 7 pm

 WILLIAM D. CANNON ART GALLERY
1775 Dove Lane
Carlsbad, CA 92011
760.602.2021

Frank Lloyd Gallery Blog

Frank Lloyd Gallery - Bergamot Station - Los Angeles

I just spent some time on Frank Lloyd Gallery's Blog and it is Good!

Check out the gallery here and the blog here

Ed - You are going to have to go deep into the archives to get to this one!

There's an interview.....

Patty Palenschat

View Patty Palenschat's Website here

Patty Palenschat

Mountain Man

Ed Bia

Check out Ed Bia's website here

Here not There - Call for Local San Diego Artists!

Here not There - Call for Local San Diego Artists!

by Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

MCASD zeroes in on ‘Here’ (aka San Diego)
By Robert Pincus, Union-Tribune Staff Writer
October 18, 2009
Union Tribune

The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego has announced that it will do its largest exhibition of local artists in a quarter-century. The show, “Here Not There,” will be on view from June 6 through Sept. 9, 2010, in La Jolla.

Underpinning the desire to present a wide-ranging show, in terms of media and approaches to the making of art, is the notion that the art scene in San Diego has, as the museum's press release says, “developed a critical mass of local talent.” The ambition is not to try to pinpoint any single notion of a regional style or sensibility, but to emphasize “the variety, strength, and vitality of individual contemporary art practices in this region.”

Lucia Sanroman, the museum's associate curator, is curating “Here Not There.” The museum is also issuing a call for submissions and is setting forth guidelines at its Web site. The link is: mcasd.org/about/proposals.php . Art students at any level are ineligible. Final selections for the show will be made by Sanroman in conjunction with the other members of a curatorial committee that includes museum director Hugh Davies, curator Robin Clark and education curator Gabrielle Wyrick.

Sanroman will be looking at the local art environment from different vantage points. One major factor, in the critical mass, has been the graduate programs at UC San Diego and San Diego State University and the artists the programs have nurtured and produced. There will also be a focus on what it calls the “alternative art scene,” with artists who have emerged from North County to North Park and points south. There will also be recognition of the networks in which art emerges: schools, alternative art spaces and collaborative groups.

The previous exhibition at the museum that most closely parallels “Here Not There” in scope is “A San Diego Exhibition: 42 Emerging Artists,” presented in 1985 (the museum was then called the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art). That project was curated by Lynda Forsha and the late Burnett Miller, who were the museum's staff curators at that time, as well as the then recently appointed director Hugh Davies. It included many individuals who have become leading local figures, including Raul Guerrero, Jay Johnson, Kenneth Capps and Ernest Silva and still others who have achieved high profiles elsewhere, such as Guillermo Gomez-Peña and Roy McMakin.

Other noteworthy shows of local artists organized by the museum include “San Diego '72” (1972-73), which showcased artists Faiya Fredman and Joyce Cutler-Shaw, both still active and well-known. In 1988, there was “Civilians,” guest-curated by celebrated critic Dave Hickey and featuring such accomplished artists as Deloss McGraw (no longer local) and Li Huai (who is).

Seven years later, the museum organized “Common Ground: A Regional Exhibition” (1995), focused on artists from San Diego. It emerging figures like Roman de Salvo and Jean Lowe, who have remained local while enjoying national followings. (Both have been featured subsequently at the museum.)

“Off Broadway: New Art From Downtown San Diego” in 2000 — put together by former MCASD curators Elizabeth Armstrong, Miki Garcia and Toby Kamps — concentrated on a small number of artists. Among them were Shepard Fairey (now located in Los Angeles and best known for his iconic Obama posters), Brian Dick (a recent recipient of a San Diego Art Prize) and Melissa Smedley (who has been recognized with significant public art commissions).

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Artist Proposal Guidelines

If you are interested in submitting your work for review, please follow these guidelines:

Visit the Museum and review catalogues to assess whether your work is appropriate for MCASD's program. If a visit is impossible, explore our Web site.

Submit one sheet of slides, or a video tape, CD ROM, DVD, or Web site address along with a resume, a short statement, and/or cover letter as well as any other supporting materials (such as exhibition reviews). If you would like your materials returned to you, please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope with your submission. Please note that MCASD does not accept original work or models nor can the Museum be responsible for any materials that are sent.

MCASD asks that you submit slides or other photographic documentation no larger than 8 x 11 inches. The Museum is unable to accommodate submissions that fall outside of these guidelines or solicitations made in-person, via e-mail, by fax, or by phone.

If you are submitting a proposal for Here not There, please note this on the submission envelope and letter: "Here not There Proposal". Artists must have established residency in San Diego County for consideration. Art students at all levels will not be considered. The deadline for submissions is January 1, 2010.

Here not There submissions should be mailed to:

MCASD
Attention: Here not There Curatorial Department
1100 Kettner Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92101

Please note, MCASD makes every effort to turn around submissions in a timely manner but review may take 6 months or more. If your work is appropriate for a future exhibition, your materials may be retained for consideration. Thank you for respecting these guidelines and making it easy for the Curatorial staff to review as much work as possible.

General Submissions should be mailed to:

MCASD
Attention: Artist Proposal Curatorial Department
700 Prospect Street
La Jolla, CA 92037

Call For Artists

Embracing Our Differences

The 7th Annual Outdoor Art Exhibit Celebrating Diversity

A Juried Show of 39 Billboard-Size

Selections on display April, 2010 Island Park, Sarasota Florida

and May, 2010 South Sarasota County

Open to Students, Professionals &Amateurs
ALL AGES

DEADLINE: SAT JANUARY 9, 2010

WHAT IS THE THEME?

Artists are asked to submit their interpretation of the theme “Embracing Our Differences®” in the required format: (JPG, EPS, TIF or PDF,) Your original artwork may be any size and in any medium; however, you MUST submit a HIGH-RESOLUTION digital file on a CD. Your digital file MUST measure exactly 12.8” (12-8/10 inches) wide by 8.8” (8-8/10 inches) high, and it MUST be saved at 300 d.p.i. (dots per inch).

WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA?

Final selections will be chosen based on artistic excellence in reflection of the theme “Embracing Our Differences.®” The artwork will also be evaluated on how effectively it will read outdoors when enlarged to billboard size – 16 feet wide by 12 feet high. Artists are encouraged to use bold saturated colors and strong lines. Final selections will be made by a 3-judge panel of professional artists, curators and art professionals.

THERE IS NO ADMISSION FEE!

WHAT IS THE TIMELINE?

The submission deadline is Saturday, January 9, 2010. Judging will take place in January, 2010 and those selected for the exhibit will be notified by mail in the beginning of March. Only selected artists will be notified. Selected art will be available online in late March, 2010. “Best In Show” winners (see below) will be announced at the Artists & Quoters Press Reception in March, 2010. The Embracing Our Differences® exhibit will be on display for the entire month of April 2010 at Island Park in Sarasota, Florida, and in May 2010 in South Sarasota County.

SUBMISSIONS MUST BE POSTMARKED BY SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 2010.

SUBMISSIONS WILL NOT BE RETURNED.

The mission of Embracing Our Differences® is to use art as a catalyst for creating awareness and promoting, throughout our community, the value of diversity, the benefits of inclusion and the significance of the active rejection of hatred and prejudice.

We invite you to participate in creating a society that is more inclusive for all. Consider submitting an original work of art and know that you are helping make a difference in the lives of many, especially those of our children.

BEST IN SHOW CASH AWARDS

Best In Show (Adult): A single $1,000.00 cash award will be presented to one submission deemed “Best In Show” (adult) by our judges. College students will be judged in this category.

Best In Show (Student): A $1,000.00 cash award will be presented to one submission deemed “Best In Show” (student) by our judges. Students high school-age and below will be judged in this category. This prize money will be awarded directly to the student’s school.

People’s Choice: A $1,000.00 cash award will be presented at the end of the exhibit to the submission that receives the most votes by visitors to the exhibit who complete our survey form.

Website: http://www.embracingourdifferences.org/

A PROJECT OF COEXISTENCE, INC.

P.O. BOX 2559, SARASOTA, FL 34230-2559

EMAIL: INFO@EMBRACINGOURDIFFERENCES.ORG
or call (941) 928-0567

Porcelain Fountains

See what SNL has to say about fountains

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Teapot Makers...

Here is your competition

 

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SWC Ceramics in the News

SWC Ceramics in the News Click Here
Then Click on the Video to see our Clay Club President talk about class cuts.

Jake Allee - Step by Step

Wondering how to make this piece? Click Here

P.S. we have one of these in the studio

"Wax, Wood, and Clay" Friday, Oct. 16, 2009 @ 6:00 p.m.

Reception for exhibition of work by Judith Parenio, whose show is on display along with "Town and Country: Common Threads" by Betty Hock. Also on view: juried, awarded artwork from ...
San Diego Art Institute: Museum of the Living Artist - Balboa Park, Galleries
Admission: $3

 

want more info click here: http://www.ledgevision.com/index.html

Lark Books 500 Series

500 Raku

Senior Editor: Ray Hemachandra
Entry deadline: Oct. 26, 2009

The centuries-old technique of raku is one of the most exciting and dynamic ceramic processes in use today. Lark Books seeks excellent digital photographs of outstanding current and recent raku ceramic work: creative, experimental, classic, beautiful pieces in all forms, including vessels, plates, sculptures, tiles, and more. The publication is scheduled for release in spring 2011. There is no entry fee, and early entries are encouraged. Download Entry Form here.

To be considered raku, the ware must be:
1) fired in a kiln;
2) removed from the kiln while still hot;
3) subjected to a post firing phase that affects the final result.

Fourth International Small Teapot Competition

Da Yu Xiao Hu 4:

Fourth International Small Teapot

Competition and Show

Saddleback College Art Gallery

28000 Marguerite Parkway

Mission Viejo, California USA

Entry deadline: 11 DEC 2009

Exhibition: 11 FEB through 11 MAR 2010

Monday – Wednesday 12 pm – 4 pm

Thursday 4 pm – 8 pm

By appointment: 949-582-4924

Download the prospectus (*.pdf format) here

If you would like to enter your teapots please click here

Here is a link about the Juror

Welcome to our new SWC Clay Club Blog

Big Diet Pink
ceramic, acrylic
38 x 22 x 12 inches
2009

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