Emerging Artists Program

NCECA 2008 EMERGING ARTISTS NOMINATIONS
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. Emerging Artist nominations are welcomed from professionals in the field of ceramics, or artists may self nominate with the support of two professionals.

Residents of the U.S. and international NCECA members are eligible for nomination. Nominees 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). Submissions will be judged by Glenda Taylor, NCECA Director at Large, Jim Romberg, NCECA Director at Large, and Susan Beiner, 2009 On-Site Liaison.

Those selected as Emerging Artists must attend the 2008 NCECA conference in Pittsburgh, PA March 19-22, where they will deliver a 10-minute digital image presentation of their work. Emerging Artists’ presentations will be held on Saturday, March 22, 2008.

Emerging Artists will receive the standard presenter’s honorarium and 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 and to receive the honorarium.

Applications must be submitted completely electronically. The application consists of:

• Nomination form
• Two-page resume
• Artist’s Statement, 250 word maximum.
• Two 1-page letters of recommendation from professionals in the field of ceramics. Letters of Recommendation should be emailed from the recommender’s computer to kate@nceca.net. Letters of recommendation are to be received by September 15, 2007.

All submissions are transitioning to PowerPoint presentations. Please send a PowerPoint slide show of exactly 10 images. All PowerPoint presentation “slides” should use a black background, white text, PowerPoint default font sizes; 44 point-font for titles and 32 point-font for subtitles, no larger than 300 dpi, and have the following information:

Name, title, medium, dimensions, and date completed on a slide list or on each image.

• Click here to view or download an example of the acceptable image format. 

• Send your PowerPoint presentation on a CD labeled with your name and contact information to:

NCECA – 2008 Emerging Artists

Attn: Kate Vorhaus

77 Erie Village Square, Suite 280

Erie, Colorado 80516-6996

          Glenda Taylor

          NCECA Director at Large

Completed applications must be submitted Online by September 15, 2007 (midnight MDT.) Late applications will not be reviewed. Early submissions are encouraged. Notification of the judges’ decision will be sent to all nominees by November 1, 2007.

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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