Exhibitions in 2010

2010 Women of Distinction Awards
New Design Proposal:

To design and produce 7 awards for the 2010 YWCA Women of Distinction Awards. It is important to incorporate the “Winged Woman” logo, the name of the event, the name of the award recipient and their award category. Creative ideas and introduction of new techniques/media are welcome.

Your proposal should include:
- Full design rendering of the proposed award
- Detailed description of the award
- Description of proposed materials

A maximum of $375 per award (taxes included).
Multi year agreements considered. Sponsorship options available.

Deadline to Submit Proposals:
Friday, December 4, 2009

The successful RFP will best incorporate the essence of the awards event into the design of the award and provide the best value, quality and service.
Three designs will be short listed. Selected artists will be contacted by December 21, 2009 to provide an actual sample of their award by February 17, 2010. The successful designer will be contacted by March 5, 2010, and the 7 completed awards will be required by April 26, 2010.

Please send all proposals to:
Kathleen O’Gorman, Event Specialist at kogorman@ywcatotonto.org or mail to 80 Woodlawn Ave East, Toronto, ON M4T 1C1
www.ywcatoronto.org

YWCA Women of Distinction Awards, presented by Sun Life Financial, are in their 30th year. Since 1981, the YWCA has recognized the unique contributions women have made to improve the lives of other women and girls in the City of Toronto. These prestigious Awards are presented annually at an awards dinner, and on May 12, 2010 we will be celebrating 30 years of inspiration, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

The YWCA Women of Distinction Awards honours women who have worked to improve the lives of other women and girls in the GTA and around the world. It is the YWCA’s most critical fundraising event, supporting more than 40 YWCA programs across Toronto, helping women and girls achieve equality, economic sustainability and lives free from violence.

YWCA Women of Distinction guests are:
· 70% women
· upper middle to high income
· civically engaged
· business professionals
· discriminating consumers

PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDAR
for the 6th biennial international art metals/jewelry competition and exhibition
REFINED VI: Back to Basics
January 30 - March 20, 2010

Entries will be due November 2, 2009
To have a prospectus emailed or mailed to you, please reply to cutlerch@sfasu.edu

REFINED is a biennial exhibition of jewelry and metalwork hosted by the School of Art at Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA) since 1998. The exhibition is held in a 1332 square-foot gallery of the beautifully renovated The Art Center @ The Old Opera House, located at 329 E. Main Street in downtown Nacogdoches, Texas. Past jurors for the event have included L. Brent Kington, Munya Avigail Upin and James Snyder, Jennifer Sholtis and Dr. David A. Lewis, and Charon Kransen. The juror for REFINED VI: Back to Basics is Lisa Gralnick.

Lisa Gralnick is an artist and professor of art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Gralnick's work is in the collections of the American Craft Museum, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, The Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian, Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, among others. She received her MFA from SUNY New Paltz.

THEME:
Oppi Untracht reminded us that "craftsmanship is the key that opens the door to the creative experience by which each of us...can realize the psychological and physical satisfactions which our minds and bodies require." As both artists and craftsmen, we, as metalsmiths, still cling to making beautiful and engaging objects in addition to exploring ideas and new contextual frameworks.

REFINED VI: Back to Basics calls to artists to use metalworking and jewelry techniques to both glorify craftsmanship and provide relevant content in their work. As contemporary artists, we are obligated to nod to the traditions of our past while leaving a definable mark for future generations to decipher. Please join us in celebrating the many themes and working practices of metalworking artists from across the world.

Christian H. Cutler
Director of Galleries
Stephen F. Austin State University
cutlerch@sfasu.edu

METAL Inclinations2 2010-11

The Society for Midwest Metalsmiths (SMM) would like to invite you to enter METAL Inclinations2, International Juried Online Jewelry Exhibition for 2010-11.

METAL Inclinations2 2010-11
Starting date for entries: September 1, 2009
Deadline for images: June 30, 2010
Artists notified: September 1, 2010
Debuts online October 31, 2010
Remains online from: Oct. 31, 2010 - Oct 31, 2011

For more information go to: www.metalinclinations.org/enter.htm A PDF prospectus is available to download.

AWARDS:
First place award (to be announced)
$1,000 Second Place Hauser & Miller Company Award
$500 gift certificate Rio Grande Third Place Award
$200 gift certificate Pasternak Findings Honorable Mention Award
Three $100 gift certificate Pasternak Findings Honorable Mention Awards

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's Glassell School of Art announces an open call to artists to submit entries for:

eXtremities: Exploring the Margins of the Human Body
A juried exhibition of works for and about the body's physical extremities - as inspiration, as subject, as site
This will be a featured exhibition during the 2010 SNAG Conference, http://www.snagmetalsmith.org; Going to eXtremes (March 10-13, 2010)

Exhibition Dates: March 1-14, 2010

Location: The Jung Center, 5200 Montrose Blvd, Houston, Texas

Juror: Seattle Metalsmith, teacher and writer, Andy Cooperman

Eligible Work: Work in any media that is made for the body's physical extremities (i.e., arms, hands, legs, feet, etc.) or that is inspired by the body's physical extremities. Work does not have to be wearable, but must be original, completed within the last 2 years and not previously exhibited at a SNAG Conference. No entry can exceed 20" in any direction or weigh more than 10 pounds.

About the Juror: Andy Cooperman lives in Seattle Washington. His work, known for an intuitive melding of high craft and spontaneous surface and form development, can be found on the pages of numerous publications including Art Jewelry Today (I & II) and The Penland Book of Jewelry. Public collections include the Victoria and Albert Museum and Tacoma Art Museum. Andy teaches seminars and workshops across the country and held a two-year position as a visiting lecturer at the University of Washington. In addition to building one-of-a kind pieces, Andy also works with clients as a custom jeweler and commission metalsmith. His most recent exhibition Selections from Animates, Portals and Hymenoptera, a collection of jewelry and objects from three bodies of work, was on display at the Tacoma Art Museum. Please visit his website at http://andycooperman.com/

About the Venue: Located in the heart of the Museum District, http://www.junghouston.org/ The Jung Center is ideally situated next to the Glassell Junior School, site of the SNAG juried student exhibition and across from http://www.mfah.org/glassell the Museum of Fine Arts' Glassell School of Art. The Jung Center has an elegant, intimate exhibition space; it will be a featured venue on the conference's Thursday night exhibition crawl.

Eligible Artists: All artists 18 years or older are eligible to enter.

Entry Fee: $30 for up to 3 entries

Entry Deadline: November 1, 2009

Prospectus and entry details can be downloaded at: www.mfah.org/glassell

or: http://www.mfah.org/pdf/SNAG2010_CALL_FOR_ENTRIES.pdf