clean your
SLATE
While on vacation, I ate slate grilled baby back ribs for the first time. Yum. You have to get past the idea that the slate is porous and might contain other food cooties from previous usage because that is part of what makes cooking with slate fantastic. Think of it as browning your grilled cheese in bacon grease. Yum, again. This next Call wants your stated inspiration. Take a look…
Check out this Call for Entries from the Slate Valley Museum and Artful Vagabond Productions for Slate as Muse, providing visitors with unique perspectives of slate in a variety of artistic mediums and styles. This is a unique opportunity; be sure to investigate…
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CALL for ENTRIES:
Slate
ELIGIBILITY: Open to all US prof. artists
MEDIA: Artists are invited to use slate as the muse to produce works of art that transcend the material. Three-dimensional artists will present sculptural work using slate as their primary medium while two-dimensional artists will feature slate as the subject of their work or use it as a medium to form their imagery.
DEADLINE: September 30, 2013
NOTIFICATION: No later than October 30, 2013
ENTRY FEE: $20 for up to 3, plus $5 ea. add’l
JURORS: Serena Kovalosky (Curator), Artful Vagabond Productions, Kate Weller, Executive Director, Slate Valley Museum, and a member of the professional slate community of Slate Valley
AWARDS: $300 First Prize Juror: Erin B. Coe, Chief Curator The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York; $200 Slate as Muse Award Juried by select members of the National Slate Assn.; and $100 People’s Choice Determined by online vote. Each accepted artist will be interviewed by Serena Kovalosky for a series of promotional articles on Artful Vagabond online.
SALES: Although Slate as Muse is primarily an exhibition-only event, artwork submitted will be available for sale. Artists will receive 65% of the retail price noted on the submission form for work that is sold during the show. Artists may choose to submit work that is NFS.
For complete details, Read the Full Call!
