2011 Emerging Artist Application

Criteria/Procedures

The NCECA Emerging Artist program is intended to give early career artists, who show exceptional promise, the opportunity to present their work to an international audience at the NCECA Annual Conference. Applications are welcomed from professionals in the field of ceramics. Applicants may not be students and may not have received major national attention for their work, (e.g. a one-person exhibition at a nationally prominent gallery or museum). Applicant MUST be a current NCECA Member at the time of application.

The selection Committee will consist of Lydia Thompson, NCECA Director at Large, another NCECA Board Member, and an invited guest juror.

IMPORTANT APPLICATION information -
Please read carefully as the instructions have changed.

DEADLINE September 17, 2010 (midnight MDT)

Online Submittal

Applications must be submitted completely electronically.
Please prepare the following BEFORE starting the Online submittal form as you will need to ATTACH or UPLOAD the following to your ONLINE Submittal:
1. Two-page resume (attach)
2. Artist’s Statement describing your work and work process. 250 word maximum (Cut and paste, or type in)
3. Exactly 10 images- (upload) (Image Preparation Guidelines)
The standard image details required on each image for all submittals:
Title
Brief image description
Type of clay
Firing / Decoration method
Date
Size
Weight
Insurance value
Retail value

4. Two (2) 1-page Letters of Recommendation from professionals in the field of ceramics supporting your Emerging Artist application. You will need to receive the letters from the recommenders as a PDF and attach them to the ONLINE application. You will also need to provide the following information for your Recommenders:
First Name and Last Name
Relation to applicant
Phone #
Email address

We look forward to reviewing your applications!
Lydia Thompson
NCECA Director at Large
lthompson@caad.msstate.edu

Technical assistance or questions, Please contact: kate@nceca.net

ONLINE SUBMITTAL FORM

NCECA 2011 SELECTED EMERGING ARTISTS

Those selected as Emerging Artists must attend the NCECA conference where they will deliver a 10-minute digital image presentation of their work.

Emerging Artists are required to submit a written summary of their presentation for the NCECA Annual Conference for publication in the NCECA Journal. This summary must be accompanied by five 300 dpi images appropriate for print publication. Submission of this information is necessary to be included in the NCECA Program Guide.

A contract with specific presentation instructions regarding number of electronic images permitted and other pertinent information will be sent to the selected artists soon after jurying is completed. Selected artists’ images and application materials will be retained by NCECA and will be held in the NCECA archives. Images may be used to advertise the Emerging Artists program and may be posted on the NCECA website. Emerging artists will be ineligible for consideration as conference demonstrators for three years following their Emerging Artist presentation.

 

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