2012 CONCURRENT, INDEPENDENT EXHIBITIONS
Seattle, Washington - March 28 - 31, 2012
This is the first and only call for Concurrent Independent Exhibitions for the Seattle conference in 2012.
Proposals are due in-full and online no later than November 30, 2010.
NCECA will act as a jury and an intermediary in selecting exhibitions that will enhance the conference experience and bring high quality ceramic exhibitions to the hosting community. The On-site Liaisons will identify host venues and work with them in selecting exhibitions suited to the mission and audience and facilities.
NCECA will contact the proposed exhibition primary contact person/curator once a venue has selected them and the two parties can negotiate an agreement or a contract. NCECA will assist in promoting the Concurrent Independent Exhibitions juried through this proposal process.
Proposals that address the theme of this conference, ON THE EDGE, will also be looked at very carefully.
High quality shows thematically organized will be given a higher ranking and proposals that provide shipping, installation and necessary means of display will be appreciated. Proposals are sought from individuals, curators, schools, organizations, and we will look for work by new, emerging, and established artists.
THE THEME: ON THE EDGE
Seattle, as well as the entire Puget Sound region, is located in a unique geographical position; on the EDGE of the country and on the EDGE of the Pacific Rim. From this location ON THE EDGE, quite naturally, we have a broad perspective on objects, places and issues, and see great distances. We thrive on the intersection of old and new worlds. And we respect distant and historic cultures … Asian, Pacific, and all of our neighbors in North America. Most of all we appreciate how they have influenced our contemporary ceramic practices.
Through creative stretching, we also visit the EDGE of our imagination and appreciate the artistic use of clay in dynamic new ways. Even EDGY ways . . . often on the EDGE . . sometimes with rough EDGES.
We invite NCECA members to make proposals for exhibitions that interact with our EDGES and theirs.
Collaborative energy, inspirational concepts, splendid objects, elegant ideas and especially new work will provide that extra EDGE as we review proposals for Concurrent Independent Exhibitions.
Concurrent Independent Exhibition Jurors
Wally Bivins, Executive Director, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, Co Chair, Seattle Host Committee
Stefano Catalani, Chief Curator, Bellevue Arts Museum
Linda Ganstrom, Professor of Art and Design, Fort Hays State University, NCECA Exhibitions Chair
Marge Levy, NCECA Fellow and Past-president, Co-Chair, Seattle Host Committee
Jamie Walker, Professor of Ceramics and Chair.3D4M department, University of Washington
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