job opportunity

The Fabric Workshop and Museum is looking for a new Silkscreen printer/Sewer. Applicants should email a cover letter, resume, and references to nami@fabricworkshopandmuseum.org.

10% Discount at Jomar!

I was just informed by a Jomar representative that if Tyler Students show their student ID they will receive 10% off of their fabric purchases. Good news, good times!

Call for Entry: Foto-Fiber-Fabulous

September 3 - October 30, 2009

Fiber Artspace invites fiber artists to participate in the exhibition Foto-Fiber-Fabulous, open September 3 through October 30, 2009.  Fiber artwork for this exhibit should incorporate an obvious use of photography.

Artwork should be no larger than 30 inches on any side. Artwork must be able to hang on the wall, and come “ready to hang”, with any required hanging system intact. Artwork that arrives without an intact hanging system will be declined. Fiber Artspace reserves the right to decline any accepted work that arrives which does not resemble the images received at time of entry, any stains or strong odors. Please insure your artwork for the appraised value prior to shipping. Fiber Artspace is not responsible for loss during shipping. Entry fee of $25 for up to 3 pieces. High quality, print-ready digital images will be accepted on CD with mailed application form. Accepted artwork must be insured by the artist. Accepted artwork may be offered for sale. Artists that are selected into this show will be invited to participate in Fiber Artspace's December Artist's Appreciation Show and Sale.

Application Deadline: June 30th, 2009

Further information can be obtained at http://www.fiberartspace.com

reminder: SDA Creative Promise Award

The Creative Promise Award for Student Excellence is given once a year by the Surface Design Association to recognize excellence in a body of work by two outstanding students, one under graduate and one graduate.

These two $750 awards are based on artistic and technical merit and may be used toward tuition, materials, equipment, educational travel, or any other expenses related to professional development.

In addition, the winner's work will be featured in an upcoming issue of the Surface Design Journal.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: June 1, with notification by September 1.
ELIGIBILITY: The student must be enrolled at an accredited undergraduate or graduate program in the fiber field at the time of application (Spring term).

TO APPLY: The Student should submit
• Completed application form
• Copy of a transcript or grade report showing current enrollment
• Recommendation from two instructors
• Eight to ten digital images with at least two details

Questions about the application or application process?
Contact Babette Grunwald, Director of Education.

The ART of Finance/ The Finance of ART

Calling all artists!

Now is the perfect time to move your art career forward. Come meet other creative people, network and receive information about the financial issues of being an artist.

Tuesday, June 9, 2009 from 6 to 8 PM

London Grill
2301 Fairmount Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19130
215.978.4545
CASH BAR and delectable hors d'oeuvres!!

Program:
Utilizing Free Websites: C. Todd Hestand, Executive Director of Philly Side Arts
Pricing Your Art, Maximizing Profit, Linda Dubin Garfield, President of smART Business Consulting
Navigating Finances in the Art Scene, Brian Applestein, CFP of Donnelly Steen & Co.

$10 per person
RSVP: smartbusinessconsulting@verizon.net

SEPTA Call for Artists

SEPTA Art in Transit Program invites Philadelphia area Artists to submit qualifications for a permanent commission for the 63rd Street El Station.

Interested Artists may download the Call for Artists for submission guidelines and for more information about the project directly from SEPTA's website.

Project Name: SEPTA 63rd Street Elevated Station
Budget: $140,000.
Location: 63rd and Market Streets, Philadelphia, PA
Deadline: July 1, 2009

call for artists & designers

InLiquid at the Kimmel Center's Summer Solstice Celebration

Join InLiquid for their second year at the Kimmel Center. Like "Art For The Cash Poor" all items will be priced $199 or less.

Artists are provided a 6-foot table, 2 chairs per space, and 2 tickets to attend the Kimmel's festivities.

Click here to download the participation form.

Final deadline Friday, May 15. Contact saraz@inliquid.com

sales opportunity

There are still a few spaces available for participation on Sunday, June 14 at Art for the Cash Poor 10! This is a great opportunity for you to rub elbows and interact with the public, earn some extra cash, and the deaccession of those older pieces gathering dust in the studio.

Click here to download the participation form.

Please note available spaces are outside only.

collab student competition

Collab will hold its Seventeenth Annual Student Design Competition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on Monday, November 16, 2009.

This years competition will be held in conjunction with the Museum’s exhibition “Marcel Wanders: Designer” celebrating the innovative design work of the Dutch designer, the recipient of Collab’s 2009 Design Excellence Award.

THEME: Students are asked to consider the way Marcel Wanders examines history, innovative use of materials and technology in designing objects that connect to the human experience. To quote the designer’s motto, Wanders is “here to create an environment of love, life with passion and make our most exciting dreams come true.”

Tabletop Luminaire: as a decorative object, there is a long history of forms and types, from candlesticks and candelabras to all manner of lights, lighting and light objects. As important as their functional aspects, students are asked to consider their function as a decorative object. A table top light can be a simple object, but also the focus of the human experience: illuminating a specific task, setting a mood, or even a religious or ceremonial purpose.

CHALLENGE: Student will design a tabletop luminaire investigating the concept of form and meaning of the luminaire. The design should demonstrate research into historical content of the object form by researching pre 20th century examples. Any materials and technology can be considered, and the piece must be reproducible in multiples or mass reproducible.

ELIGIBILITY: All submissions are due by 10 AM, November 16th, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Students are encouraged to attend the event and are expected to hand deliver their entries. No entries will be accepted by post. The Entrant waives all rights to entries, and the winners are at the full discretion of the Jury.

A full competition brief will be posted by June 1st on the Museum website at http://www.philamuseum.org/collab.

Collab is a collaboration of design professionals supporting the modern and contemporary design collections at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. A volunteer committee founded in 1970, Collab is dedicated to enriching the Museum’s collections with outstanding examples of mass-produced and unique designs, and to making the collections accessible to the general public, students, and the design community. Now among the most important in the country, the design collections of more than 2,000 objects range from appliances and furniture to ceramics, glass, posters, wallpapers, and lighting.

For more information about this and other Collab events, please contact collab@philamuseum.org