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In cooperation with the California Department of Conservation (DOC), the Center for Environmental Economic Development (CEED) announces this competition, to promote the use of recycled glass in ceramic and glass kiln processes. The purpose is to showcase exemplary artistic glass, ceramics and industrial products using recycled glass as a substantial feedstock. These products and achievements will compliment our substantial effort to raise public awareness about recycling and will demonstrate new advantages and aesthetic possibilities as well. Works from individual artisans, entrepreneurs and small-scale producers will be considered. The competition will give preference to products of kiln processes using at least 25% of recycled glass by weight. Evaluation of work will be based on the innovative and successful use of recycled glass, aesthetic qualities, originality, and technical mastery. An exhibition of selected entries will appear in late spring 2006 at a prominent downtown Sacramento office building. Four awards will be given in two categories of judging. Entries are due February 15, 2006, and must follow full Guidelines available for download below.
Entries will be juried by a panel of artistic and technical judges. Evaluation will be based on aesthetic and technical criteria described in detail in the Guidelines. The jury will award the prizes upon appraisal of the entry images and the received works. The decisions of the jury are final and require no justification. The jury is under no obligation to award any one of the prizes.
A total of four prizes will be awarded:
Entries accepted for exhibition or awards will be exhibited in Sacramento, California in May 2006 in a prominent downtown location. No awards will be given if artwork is not exhibited during the entire one-month exhibition period. Notification and shipment instructions will occur in the spring of 2006. See Guidelines for Presentation Specifications. No awards will be given if artwork is not exhibited at the exhibition site.
Entries to be considered will range from one-of-a-kind artworks to original (prototype) production applications. These may include, but are not limited to, wearable art (such as jewelry), functional ware (table ware, etc.), illuminated works (lamps, lanterns, etc.), freestanding sculpture (floor or pedestal), wall art (interior/ exterior, including tile or mosaic pictorial or decorative panels), and architectural applications (windows, floor tiles, other integrated architectural units or elements). Work must be created by kiln processes, in either ceramics or fused glass, and WORK MUST CONTAIN Post-Consumer or Post-Industrial RECYCLED GLASS. In making awards, strong preference will be given to the higher percentage of recycled glass (by weight). Post-Consumer is preferred to Post-industrial. The source of the recycled glass must be described on the Entry Form.
October 1, 2005 - Announcement of competition
February 15, 2006 - DEADLINE FOR RETURN of application packet
Feb 15 - March 15 - Jury review and decisions
March 15 - April 15 - Notification to applicants of accepted exhibit entries
April 15 - April 28 - Shipment of accepted exhibit entries (to arrive by April 28)
May 1, 2006, 10am to 4pm - Hand-delivered entries accepted this day only
May 3 - Awards ceremony and Opening event, 4 - 7 pm
May 31 - Pick-up of exhibit pieces by entrants, 10 am to 4 pm
May 31 - June 15 - return shipment of exhibits to entrants
This contest is limited to kiln arts (glass, ceramics, clay, pottery, bricks, tiles, etc). NO BLOWN GLASS entries will be considered. Entry must be the original work of the applicant artist, or the original product of the manufacturer applicant. Pieces with assigned market value over $3000 will not be exhibited due to liability limitations. No more than 5 pieces per entrant. See also Presentation Specifications in the Guidelines for size limitations.
A set of GUIDELINES and APPLICATION PACKET is available for download below or may be requested to be mailed from CEED, Ruthanne Cecil, 707-822-8347 or cecilr@humboldt1.com.
Download Guidelines and Entry Packet
For more information about the competition, please contact Ruthanne Cecil, CEED, 707-822-8347 or email her at cecilr@humboldt1.com For more information about the technical aspects of the kiln art process involving recycled glass materials, please call Bob Kirby at 206-720-6042 or email him at kirbgood@aol.com.
The work upon which this announcement is based was funded, in whole or in part, through a grant awarded by the California Department of Conservation. The statements are those of the Grantee and not necessarily those of the DOC or its employees. The Department makes no warranties, expressed or implied, and assumes no liability for the information contained in the text.
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