Joan Walton on mon 6 may 02
Although I heartily agree with Joseph Herbert that
pulling together all the various NCECA events and
peripheral exhibits is a monumental task for which
those of us who attend should be extremely grateful,
using the Orton Cone Box competition as an example is,
to me, a poor choice.
Those whose work was selected were not notified until
well after NCECA was over. I was delightedly shocked
and surprised to see my piece on display when I went
to see the exhibit in KC. I have two friends whose
work was not accepted, who have not yet received their
pieces in return, and have not been informed whether
they were sold (Orton reserves the right to sell work
NOT accepted). I have neither recieved my piece nor
notification of a sale. None of us have heard a thing
since the acceptance/rejection postcard.
I feel sorry that this was an “unpaid spare time
activity” for someone. Maybe I am naive, but it seems
to me that Orton should be paying someone to get this
done efficiently, since they are getting so much
“goodwill” from it. This is a beautiful collection of
work every time, and deserves better attention, both
in the organization and the display. I am honored to
have been a participant this year. And I feel bad that
I am not able to appreciate someone who seems to have
done a good deal of unpaid work.
Joan in Brooklyn, NY
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Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 22:34:43 -0500
From: Joseph Herbert
Subject: Belated NCECA Thoughts
A chance conversation with the organizer of the Orton
Cone Box
Show made me recognize that there may not be another
way for this to happen
and that I should be glad for the chance to try and
see so many otherwise
unavailable things.
The woman who received, arranged for judging, secured
a venue for,
displayed, and returned the cone box pieces did what I
consider a masterful
job. She is a member of the KU staff and I do not
know her name. .......
Anyway, our organizer received over 600 packages, kept
track of who the
senders were, which pieces were from which senders,
and where all those
people were. After the judging, our organizer
returned the pieces that didn
’t make the cut (including the broken ones). After
the show, she returned
the ones that had been displayed. Of the ones
selected for an award, she
got those pieces to the various awarders and notified
the lucky but
deserving winners. This was an unpaid, spare time
activity. She noted that
she had to do it herself because having someone else
involved would
introduce too much confusion.
There is undeniably a vast effort spent in organizing
the venues that will
participate and a large effort in organizing the shows
directly associated
with the NCECA events. This is undoubtedly done by a
small number of NCECA
personnel, probably the secretary and 6 presidents
mostly.
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Inge Balch on tue 7 may 02
Dear all ceramic artists,
Thank Goodness, that for every disgruntled friend of a "not notified"
artist, I have received lots of thanks from great people, who have become
good friends. How sad that you complainers do not have the sense to contact
me personally with the name of your "friends" so I can personally apologize
to them or even better ask the artist(s) to contact me. I feel so lucky to
be able to work with the show. It is a pleasure and an honour and I am
extremely grateful to The Brackers for letting me "inherit" Bill and Anne's
good work. It was Bills wish to see it become international and it did. It
also grew in size! How exiting it is to be able to jury from the actual
pieces instead of slides. To be able to pick them up and discover all the
little nuances that cannot be seen on a slide. That also brings a little
more work to me and the wonderful volunteers, who spend countless hours
opening boxes, stamping envelopes, mailing out notification card), printing
posters and entry forms, visiting with the jurors and so on!!!!!!!!!!! All
volunteers are local ceramists and or art students with gallery experience.
I only had a few boxes where I could honestly say it was the shipping
company's fault! About the notification cards.... ALL were notified!!!
International accepted artists were e-mailed, phoned and some by card before
the opening at Baker University on March the 26th!
And so were the national artists!
Bear in mind that this is a bi-annual exhibition and at the KC NCECA
conference it was only the award winners turn to be exhibited, not the whole
show this time as it would be shown in San Diego next year. I thought it
would be nice to show it this time since the conference was here! The show
was juried on the 9-10 of March, 186 chosen and packed up to be installed at
The Lawrence Art Center the next day. Unpacked and placed as best we could
( the center was moving to a beautiful new space that week). It was kept
open during the NCECA and I was there to pack it again on Saturday to move
it back and install it at Baker University for the huge opening with more
than 200 people attending.
There was absolutely no way I could or would have been able to notify
artists BEFORE NCECA, GET A GRIP ( for fear of using other words). I will
also add that some artists hand writing is questionable, zip codes missing,
checks missing!!! notification cards not filled out etc.
We deal with it and go on!
All rejected pieces have been packed and the last ones are at the mailroom
as we "speak" I need to do is to fill out all the custom forms etc on the
international packages and it is done. All purchased, in the show, pieces
have been paid and so has the award winners. We gave over 4000$ in the 20
awards! Thanks to all the purchase award people. A list will be posted
later. The sale of the wonderful rejected pieces is about done and they will
be paid shortly! I hope to get it done before I take 2 weeks off starting
the 18th of May. The show is not over
yet, now the traveling will begin. First to Wisconsin then back to a college
in Kansas and then it could go to Australia etc. I am working on it. We are
so lucky to have people like the ORTON Foundation help support this
endeavour, but please do not bother them with your complaints, thank them
instead! They responsible for any of my doings, so please direct questions
regarding the show to me at the address below. And for some of you, who
obviously did not read the entry form, the show may be on the road for up to
2 years! I like to have it returned before the new one starts:) A last
note, this show is not a money maker but we do break even now. Jurors are
flown in from all corners of the world, Cuba, Australia, Denmark, England
and from USA also. They get a small honorary, travels and stay paid. The
return of packages are also included in the entry fee and the international
shipping is high. Think of all the printed material including advertising in
ceramic magazines so all you have to do is to xerox the entry form. This
time I will also burn cd's with the whole show on and e few shots of the
istallation. They will be for sale at approx. 10$ plus shipping.
Hopefully this will explain a little of the show and what goes in to it. WE
LIKE it! Thank You to the artists who have so kindly "backed" me up!
Sincerely,
INGE
Inge G. Balch
Professor of Art
Department Chair
Baker University
Baldwin City, KS 66006
Inge.Balch@bakeru.edu
Ph. 785-594-4537
Fax 785-594-2522
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ceramic Arts Discussion List [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG]On
> Behalf Of Joan Walton
> Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 5:01 PM
> To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
> Subject: Re: Belated NCECA Thoughts
>
>
> Although I heartily agree with Joseph Herbert that
> pulling together all the various NCECA events and
> peripheral exhibits is a monumental task for which
> those of us who attend should be extremely grateful,
> using the Orton Cone Box competition as an example is,
> to me, a poor choice.
>
> Those whose work was selected were not notified until
> well after NCECA was over. I was delightedly shocked
> and surprised to see my piece on display when I went
> to see the exhibit in KC. I have two friends whose
> work was not accepted, who have not yet received their
> pieces in return, and have not been informed whether
> they were sold (Orton reserves the right to sell work
> NOT accepted). I have neither received my piece nor
> notification of a sale. None of us have heard a thing
> since the acceptance/rejection postcard.
>
> I feel sorry that this was an “unpaid spare time
> activity” for someone. Maybe I am naive, but it seems
> to me that Orton should be paying someone to get this
> done efficiently, since they are getting so much
> “goodwill” from it. This is a beautiful collection of
> work every time, and deserves better attention, both
> in the organization and the display. I am honored to
> have been a participant this year. And I feel bad that
> I am not able to appreciate someone who seems to have
> done a good deal of unpaid work.
>
> Joan in Brooklyn, NY
>
>
> clip of original message-------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 22:34:43 -0500
> From: Joseph Herbert
> Subject: Belated NCECA Thoughts
>
> A chance conversation with the organizer of the Orton
> Cone Box
> Show made me recognize that there may not be another
> way for this to happen
> and that I should be glad for the chance to try and
> see so many otherwise
> unavailable things.
>
> The woman who received, arranged for judging, secured
> a venue for,
> displayed, and returned the cone box pieces did what I
> consider a masterful
> job. She is a member of the KU staff and I do not
> know her name. .......
> Anyway, our organizer received over 600 packages, kept
> track of who the
> senders were, which pieces were from which senders,
> and where all those
> people were. After the judging, our organizer
> returned the pieces that didn
> ’t make the cut (including the broken ones). After
> the show, she returned
> the ones that had been displayed. Of the ones
> selected for an award, she
> got those pieces to the various awarders and notified
> the lucky but
> deserving winners. This was an unpaid, spare time
> activity. She noted that
> she had to do it herself because having someone else
> involved would
> introduce too much confusion.
>
> There is undeniably a vast effort spent in organizing
> the venues that will
> participate and a large effort in organizing the shows
> directly associated
> with the NCECA events. This is undoubtedly done by a
> small number of NCECA
> personnel, probably the secretary and 6 presidents
> mostly.
>
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