Chris Campbell on mon 1 oct 07
Can anyone tell me if there is a central place
where the various gallery shows are planned,
discussed and juried?
Does every gallery just do its own thing or is
there a cohesive plan?
I see the shows every year but have no idea
how they are assembled and how potters get in
... inside knowledge? friends? connections?
Can an individual just propose a show to a
local gallery?
Chris Campbell - in North Carolina
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Dolita Dohrman on mon 1 oct 07
Chris, After doing a show for NCECA here in Louisville I think I
might have an answer for you. Basically you are supposed to propose
a show to the liaisons for NCECA but from what I understand, NCECA is
not using go-betweens for Pittsburgh. The proposals are to go
straight to NCECA. Most shows are proposed and then assigned
galleries. Some (such as the one I curated) set up their venue ahead
of time. Those of us who live in Louisville were obviously able to
do that easier than people from out of town. There should be calls
for submissions appearing in Ceramics Monthly and Clay Times but I
imagine the deadlines have passed. Each show had its own jury
process or was invitational. However, there is usually a conduit for
all the shows as all the info must be gathered in one place in order
to group them accordingly for the bus routes. For Louisville, I
gathered all that info and passed it onto NCECA. You might contact
them and find out who is taking care of that for this year. Unless
the rules have changed, you should be able to propose a show to a
local gallery and submit it as a package. One thing I would strongly
advise....make sure your gallery is exactly that and not a gift
shop. That is really frowned upon by NCECA but sometimes there is no
control at the local level. I really did not like the fact that the
Cyberclay show was in a gift shop as opposed to a gallery. There
were a few other shows with the same problem. It was very
distracting. However, that is a whole 'nother topic.
Hope I have helped.
Dolita
On Oct 1, 2007, at 5:23 PM, Chris Campbell wrote:
> Can anyone tell me if there is a central place
> where the various gallery shows are planned,
> discussed and juried?
>
> Does every gallery just do its own thing or is
> there a cohesive plan?
>
> I see the shows every year but have no idea
> how they are assembled and how potters get in
> ... inside knowledge? friends? connections?
>
> Can an individual just propose a show to a
> local gallery?
>
> Chris Campbell - in North Carolina
>
Hank Murrow on mon 1 oct 07
On Oct 1, 2007, at 2:23 PM, Chris Campbell wrote:
> Can anyone tell me if there is a central place
> where the various gallery shows are planned,
> discussed and juried?
> I see the shows every year but have no idea
> how they are assembled and how potters get in
> ... inside knowledge? friends? connections?
>
> Can an individual just propose a show to a
> local gallery?
Dear Chris;
I can only relate my story at NCECA 2006 in Portland. I sent my
proposal(on a CD) for a show to the local co-ordinators in Portland
and they found a gallery in Vancouver WA(across the Columbia river
from Portland) who liked my stuff and agreed to a show. I took the
owner a selection of my work which was up in the gallery for several
months as a 'teaser' for the show in March. the show was called
"Migrations of the Heart" and drew a lot of visitors to the Aurora
Gallery, producing record sales for both of us, thanks to an
enthusiastic reception on the part of NCECA visitors. Sales have
continued good for me from that outlet. that is the way it worked in
Portland..... at least for me. Of course, I did have 37 large shino
tiles and lots of pottery available for this event. Helps to be ready
long before the event. In fact, the hardest thing I have had to learn
in my 50 years of claywork......is to do the work first, second, and
third. Getting a show comes fourth.
Cheers, Hank
Hank Murrow
www.murrow.biz/hank
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