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Postage Stamps and Postcards
The Exhibition
Deadline: Prior to August 17, 2008

Exhibition Dates: August 17 – September 6, 2008

Sponsored by Bill Helwig, the exhibition will be held as part of the W.W. Carpenter Enamel Foundation Conference at Carpenter Foundation Vitreous Enamel Center and Museum.

This is an exhibition concept. Excite your mind, try your skills, and design something new. The exhibition is about postcards and postage stamps, redefined. It is a cost-cutter for the participant and a mind-expanding challenge filled with the potential of thinking outside of the box.

There is no entry fee. There is no jury. The only cost is your concept and postage to and from the exhibition. There is no limit on the number of entries, but entry forms are required for each piece or set. All entries must conform in size and theme only. Please remember that both Postcards and Postage Stamps can have a front and a back, and that Postcards require a Postage Stamp. Consider the concept as a reprieve from the usual boredom for your art for arts sake and revise inventive creativity with concept beyond the mundane.

Postage Stamps must contain denomination and country of origin, and fit on a postcard. Postcards must be no larger than 6” x 4-1/4” or smaller than 5” x 3-1/2”, or thicker than 1/8”. Postage Stamps must resemble a stamp, and Postcards must resemble a postcard that could be sent through International mail, if created on paper.

Japan Enameling Artist Association
42^nd International Enamel Exhibition
Deadline: September 16, 2008

The Japan Enameling Artist Association’s 42^nd International Enamel Exhibition will be held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum from January 29 to February 4, 2009. The exhibition is co-sponsored by The Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Agency for Cultural Affairs, The Japan Mint, The Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the Japan Craft Design Association and the Japan Jewellery Designers Association, Inc.

Any original work in the medium of enamel and not previously exhibited may be submitted. Each artist may submit a maximum of three pieces.  Works are classified in three divisions: flat, Cubic- three-dimensional or accessory. Jurors are eminent artists and directors of the sponsoring associations. Jurying will be done by photograph and all photos and documentation will be retained by the organizer. Entry fee is $50 USD. No artwork will be sold during the exhibition.

An opening reception for the exhibition will be held on January 29, 2009 at Ueno Seiyoken restaurant near the exhibition location. An Awards Ceremony will take place at the reception. Awards include the Chairman’s Award, the Award of Excellence and the Award for Artistic Work.

To receive an application with complete rules and regulations, contact:
The Japan Enameling Artist Association
6F-A Asakawa Bldg., 1-19-13
Hyakunin-cho, Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo 169-0073
Japan

Telephone: 81-3-3367-3587
Fax: 81-3-3367-3557
Email

Expressions in Glass
Australian Enamel Symposium Exhibition
Deadline: September, 2008

This exhibition will run from October 4 – 31, 2008. 

The organizers are soliciting expressions of interest in participating in the exhibition.  Please contact Anna-Margot Collins, coordinator of the exhibition and symposium if you are interested.

Anna-Margot Collins
92 Arthur Tee
Red Hill, QLD 4059
Australia

Telephone: 07 3367-3266
Fax: 07 3367-3277
Email

Art on the Square
Redwood City, CA  
Jurying monthly through September, 2008

Bay area artists will exhibit their work in the heart of the beautifully renovated downtown. Redwood City is an epicenter for the arts with new galleries and great places to hear live music.

Presented by the Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission and the Redwood City Redevelopment Agency, the three remaining juried outdoor shows complement Music on the Square, the city's popular Friday evening summer concert series.

See painting, sculpture, photography, glass, fiber, jewelry, ceramics and more by fantastic local artists. And, at each show there will be a drawing for gift certificates that can be "spent" in any artist's booth.

Enjoy the Friday evening art shows from 5 - 8:30 pm on:

• July 18 with the Madison Blues Band and all day Saturday July 19 with the PAL Blues Festival
• August 1 with Vegas style New Morty Show
• September 19 with salsa rock band La Ventana, and all day Sept 20 at the first annual Redwood City Salsa Festival
  

Prospectus is on-line or email for further information.

Contemporary metalwork and jewelry inspired by historical ornamentation and decoration. Artists are encouraged to submit work that references historical decorative metalwork, jewelry, functional and non-functional objects, architecture, textile patterns, and/or processes.

The jurors will look for exquisitely crafted metalwork and/or jewelry which:

1. Successfully re-contextualizes the chosen historical decorative influence into thoughtful and contemporary art.
   
   
2. Illustrates research and knowledge of the decorative inspiration.

The exhibition will be held in the Rowan University Gallery in Glassboro, NJ and will coincide with the Society of North American Goldsmith's Conference entitled "Revolution", in Philadelphia, PA, May 20-23, 2009.

Jurors:
Jill Baker Gower
Jessica Calderwood

Prospectus is on-line or contact: Jill Baker Gower