2016 Niche Awards

Deadline: August 21, 2015 {ONLINE}


2016 Niche Awards
Sponsored by NICHE magazine
The Rosen Group
Baltimore MD




Sponsored by NICHE magazine, the NICHE Awards program began in 1989 to celebrate excellence and innovation in American and Canadian fine craft.

The NICHE Awards competition is open to professional craft artists ages 21 and older who reside in America or Canada and are actively involved in the design and production of craft work supplied to galleries and/or craft stores. All work must have been made and finished in the United States or Canada. Work produced or finished in secondary studios in other countries may not be submitted.

The NICHE Awards Student competition is open to any craft student attending an American or Canadian undergraduate, graduate or certificate arts program, and the work itself must have been produced in the United States or Canada while the student was attending the arts program. Student artists may enter as a student for up to one (1) year after graduation; however, the work submitted must have been produced while an artist was still a student.

The 2015 NICHE Awards competition seeks NEW WORK in all categories, whether student or professional.  Submitted work must have been designed, produced or introduced after October 1, 2014 to be eligible. Work previously submitted to the competition will not be accepted. All work must be designed and made by the artist or a collaboration of artists, with all collaborators identified.


HOW TO APPLY:

The only way to enter the 2016 NICHE Awards or 2016 NICHE Student Awards is by completing an application online. Paper applications will not be accepted.

One application (and one fee) enables you to submit three pieces of work. Only one application is allowed per artist. Each application allows for up to
three pieces of work to be submitted. Artists who submit more than one application or more than three pieces will be disqualified.

No more than two pieces may be submitted in any single category. If you submit three pieces, the third piece must be entered in a different category.  You may choose to submit artworks in three different categories if you wish.

The competition is judged on a per piece basis, not on an application or portfolio basis. It is therefore possible to be a two-time or three-time finalist or winner in a given year.

Artists may enter in either the professional division or student division, but not in both in a given year.


Contest categories include ceramics, fiber, glass, metal, wood, jewelry and more!

Judging of entries is based on three main criteria:

 Technical excellence, both in surface design and form
 Distinct quality of unique, original and creative thought
 Market viability (professional entries only)


ENTRY FEES:

The cost to enter is $40 for professionals, $20 for professionals who will be exhibiting at American Made Show in 2016, and $20 for students.

Visit website for complete details including link to online application: www.nicheawards.com/guidelines

CONTACT:

NICHE Awards
3000 Chestnut Ave., Ste. 300
Baltimore MD 21211
Phone: 410-889-3093
e: awards@rosengrp.com

Suspended in Green

Deadline: August 21, 2013 (EMAIL)


Suspended in Green
Studio Gabi Green
Munich, Germany
13.Mar.2014 - 17.Mar.2014



You are invited to participate in ‘Suspended in Green’. Now in its third and final year, the ‘Suspended’ exhibitions seek to explore the world of jewelry as it is NOW. This is a call out for jewelry that explores GREEN, in all its facets.

Green: it's just a color, yet it can also stand for so much more. It’s the color of money, of envy and of inexperience. It can stand for ethical products, the environment, symbolize fertility and nature. We talk about green shamrocks for luck, the green eyed monster, and green fingers. You can give someone the green light, be a greenhorn or be part of the green revolution.

‘Suspended in Green’ seeks out jewelry which explores these themes and ideas, through precious and non-precious materials. The result will be a juxtaposition of jewelers, themes and styles, all suspended from the gallery’s ceiling, which will invite the viewer to engage and interact with the work.

This year we are adding an additional element to the suspended show. Each selected artist will show one Gallery/Museum piece, which can be sold for any price -
as well as a series (of between 3 and 10) ‘Shop’ pieces, which must have a retail price of €40 each. These ‘Shop’ pieces MUST be directly related to the Gallery/Museum piece submitted.

Jury: David Clarke, Mah Rana

Submission Deadline: Submissions for initial selection must be received by August 21, 2013 electronically to suspendedingreen@gmail.com

Entry criteria:

• Free choice of media/materials/size.
• Any materials or scale accepted.
• Work created in the past 1 year.
• Only previously un-exhibited pieces can be submitted.
• Must be able to be suspended (hung from a wire from the ceiling).

Application Requirements: (truncated)

• Current resumé (CV), exhibitions, publication information.
  
• Artist statement relating to the work submitted (250 words max.)
  
• Up to 3 different gallery pieces can be submitted for consideration.
  
• A example of your intended shop piece is also required.

Submission fee: €25 via paypal. Applications will not be accepted without payment. Upon acceptance: For selected artists an additional participation fee of €30 is required upon acceptance. The artist is responsible for the cost of initial delivery and the cost of the return of work. Sale Agreement: Please include a retail price in Euros, if your work is for sale. If sold a 50% sales commission will be deducted from the total price. Payments will be sent at the end of the show by paypal or bank transfer. Complete call details available here: http://www.klimt02.net/showcase/index.php?item_id=34163

Venues:

V&V, Vienna, Austria. February 2014.

Studio Gabi Green, Munich, Germany. (As part of Schmuck 2014 13th - 17th March 2014.)

Exhibitors will be notified as further venues are added.


Contacts:

Laura Bradshaw-Heap, Curator

All inquiries and contact: suspendedingreen@gmail.com




Artist Call Out: Suspended in Green
Studio Gabi Green
GollierstraBe 17
80339 - Munich
Germany
Telephone: 0049/(0)89/54030254

Breaking Traditions

Deadline: August 21, 2010 (ONLINE)

Breaking Traditions
The American Sewing Expo
Novi, Michigan
2010 to 2011

Curated by: Lynn Krawczyk FibraArtysta@earthlink.net

Breaking Traditions is an open call art quilt exhibit. It is an excellent show opportunity and includes various prizes. The exhibit hangs at The American Sewing Expo in Novi, Michigan.

Breaking Traditions has become a community effort, helping to support the fundraising projects of fellow fiber/mixed media artists.

The 2010 exhibit will benefit Claudine Intner's Art Now for Autism. In honor of Claudine's efforts to raise money for autism research, the theme for 2010 will be "in my words..."

The exhibit features 12"x12" art quilts. Participants for the 2010 show will express the ways in which autism has effected their lives. If you do not personally know anyone who has autism or has been effected by it, you can still participate by making a quilt in support of autism research.

$10 of the $15 entry fee will be donated to Autism Speaks through Art Now for Autism.

This is an open call exhibit, everyone is encouraged to participate. Prizes are donated for those in the exhibit and an Exhibit Favorite is chosen.

View:
2010 EXHIBIT GUIDELINES
2010 ONLINE ENTRY FORM

Visit website: www.fibraartysta.com/breakingtraditionsmain