International Juried Art Tile Show

Silver City Clay Festival hosts

International Juried Art Tile Show  

ANNOUNCING:  Call to Artists for the Silver City Clay Festival Juried Art Tile Show,
August 3 through September 3, 2012

• DEADLINE for Submission of Art Tile Entries via CD images:  APRIL 30, 2012
• JUROR: ALFREDO RATINOFF, Smithsonian Institution Ceramics Department, Washington, DC
• 3-Day Silver City, New Mexico, Clay Festival August 3 - 5, 2012 features Workshops, Demos, Lectures, Films, Youth Activities, and more -- all for the Love of Clay!

For complete information on this exciting event
and for a prospectus and entry form for the Juried Art Tile Show,
please visit:  www.clayfestival.com

 

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Sponsored in part by: Laguna Clay, Tile Heritage Foundation, Global Center for Cultural Entrepeneurship, NM EPsCOR, Silver City Arts and Cultural District, WNMU Museum, Syzygy Tileworks, and the Town of Silver City.

 

Contact Name:  Sherry Logan
Location:  106 N. Bullard St., Silver City, NM 88061 USA
Contact Info Telephone Number:
(575) 538-5560
Email Address:
info@clayfestival.com
Website:
www.Clayfestival.com

19th Annual Juried Exhibition "SA Clay"

The Exhibition Committee of the San Antonio Potters Guild is excited to announce the dates for our 19th Annual Juried Exhibition, "SA Clay"! We have a new venue at Darryl Mix's Art SA Gallery and Austin potter, Ryan McKerley, will be this year's Juror. Awards will total $1,000! Artists may drop off their work to Art SA Gallery at 108 E. Mistletoe on Saturday, April 28th, 2012 between the hours of 9 am and 12 pm. We are doing things a little differently this year in that artists will be notified the afternoon of April 30th and unselected work will be available for pick up at the gallery April 30th and May 1st from 4 - 8 pm.

The opening will be Saturday, May 5, 2012 from 5 - 9 pm and the Exhibition will run until June 1, 2012. Unsold work will need to be picked up on June 2, 2012 from 1 - 3 pm.

Please visit our website at www.sanantoniopottersguild.com for more information and to get a copy of this year's prospectus.

We also need volunteers for the day that artwork is delivered to Art Sa Gallery, and for help with food and clean up the night of the opening. This event is always a success because of YOU, the guild members, and I hope to see you all at the opening! Please contact me at cbaniyassin@aol.com if you would like to volunteer to help.

Thank you!

Cat Bani-Yassin

Empty Bowls!

Our annual charity event "Empty Bowls" is about to happen. All year long bowls have been dropped off at Clayworld. Several Bowl-a-thons have happened. Celebrity Bowls work day brought local dignitaries into the world of clay.

 Each year we are amazed at how our artists pull this off. Thanks to our partnership with SAMMinstries, AT&T and our local chefs, we continue to raise money for a good cause.

Check out our press coverage!
http://www.foxsanantonio.com/newsroom/daytime/videos/vid_385.shtml

http://www.mysanantonio.com/default/article/Empty-bowls-can-fill-a-need-2534394.php

Celebrity Bowls

The Guild met up with local celebrities at SAMMinstries on Blanco Road. This was a good way to get a lot of bowls done at one time. John Nelson and Leslie Newton helped our newly inducted potters produce their best work ever! Their work and other celebrities will have their work sold at silent auction on March 4th.

Glaze Time

The Bowl-a-Thon was very successful. You made about 400 bowls and we are now almost at our goal of 2000 bowls.  NOW is the time to come into the School of Art to glaze your bowls. They are all fired and ready to go. We need everyone who made bowls to return to glaze your bowls. Please don't leave it for someone else to do because the bowls should be all yours.  You have until 5 pm, Feb. 4 to get them glazed and on the shelves which will be marked "Empty Bowls". Remember: the deadline is February 4 (Saturday).  

Open studio hours are Mon.-Thurs. from 12:30 to 9:30 p.m. and Sat. from 12:00 to 5:00. If you are not currently a student at SSA, please find a Guild member to help you with glazing. Don't do it if you are not familiar with the process. 

Next Meeting: Sushi!

MAKING SUSHI and not out of clay

WHERE: Copper Kitchen, Southwest School of Art 

WHEN:   February 13 - Monday - note the date change - at 6:30 p.m.

PROGRAM: Making Sushi.  Ryan Takaba will show us how to roll sushi (no raw fish will be used). You will all get a chance to help make a roll and eat it too! This is a free event for current members. If you bring a guest or are not a member, it will be $3. Some of the rolls will be vegetarian and/or gluten free. 

Please RSVP to leslienewton@att.net to let her know if you want to come. This way, we will have an idea of how much to buy.

So to summarize: the day of the week has changed only for this meeting due to Ryan's schedule

You should please let Leslie know if you are coming. If you just show up, she may fit you in, but try not to. A reminder will be sent.

It is 10:45 and we have potters already producing bowls. I am excited to see how many we can make this weekend. The air will be dry (and filled with pollen) so we should be able to have some potters throw and trim on the same day. Check out facebook for updates through out the weekend. We are up and "Bowling!"