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52nd Open Juried Clay Annual Juror: David Swenson - more info below Exhibit Dates : April 17 - May 10, 2025 Live Jurying Event : Saturday, April 12, 10 AM David will comment on the entries and select works for the show. Everyone is welcome to attend Workshop : Sunday, April 13, 9 AM - 4 PM David will give a demonstration workshop, registration required. Eligibility All artists are invited to submit up to 5 original works in clay. Works must have been finished in the last 2 years and NOT shown at SCAA previously. Opening Awards will be announced at the Opening Reception on Thursday, April 17, 6-8 PM Awards 1st ($200), 2nd ($125), & 3rd ($75) place cash awards. 3 Honorable Mentions, Entry Fee Members: $20 for single entry, $15 each for multiple entries (5 for $60) Non-Members: $25 for single entry, $20 each for multiple entries. Student / Military Veteran: $12 per entry (with valid ID). Entry Fees are non-refundable. Liability SCAA assumes no liability for damage or loss. Any work not picked up after 60 days of the show’s end will become property of the SCAA Sales SCAA retains 30% on all sales for members, 35% for non-members. Delivery All entries must be hand-delivered to SCAA April 5 & 6, or April 9 - 11, from 1 - 5 PM each day Pick-up Entries not accepted may be picked up Wed - Sun, 1 - 5 pm, starting April 16. Accepted work should be picked up on Sunday, May 11 from 1 - 5 pm. Education Alfred University - 2007-2009 Alfred, NY. New York State College of Ceramics. Bachelors of Fine Arts in Studio Ceramics. Community College of Rhode Island - 2002- 2007 Lincoln, RI. Honors Honorable Mention, MN State Fair Fine Arts exhibition 2023 Central Minnesota Arts Board Individual Artist Award Recipient 2021 Third Place, “Mugshot 2, 2019.” Mojo Coffee Gallery First place “It’s Only Clay 2018.” Watermark Center Redwing Collectors Society Foundation Awardee 2016 Jerome Ceramic Artist Project Grant Recipient 2014 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant Recipient 2011 Northern Clay Center Fogelberg Fellow 2009 Magna Cum Laude, Alfred University, 2009 Dean’s List for NYSCC, Alfred University, 2009 Junior Functional Potter Award, Alfred University 2008 Experience Asparagus Valley Pottery Trail 2023-24 Guest at Mary Barringer’s Studio Pentaculum Participant 2023, Arrowmont School of Craft , January 2023 Visiting Artist, Demonstrator and Lecturer - Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, November 2022 Matt Krousey Fall Sale 2019-22 Visiting Artist, Demonstrator and Lecturer - Minnesota Educators Academy: Anoka School District Workshop 2017 River Valley Potters 2017-23 Guest at Nick Earl’s Ox Yoke Pottery Visiting Artist, Demonstrator and Lecturer - University of Minnesota Twin Cities. March 2016 Teaching Assistant - A Potter’s Life Concentration at Penland School of Craft. Instructors: Kent McLaughlin and Suze Lindsay. Fall 2015 Visiting Artist, Demonstrator and Lecturer - University of Minnesota Twin Cities. March 2015 Teaching Assistant - A Week of Shino at Penland School of Craft. Teacher: Kent McLaughlin. October 2014 Resident Teaching Artist - Anne Sullivan Communication Center. Fall 2014-2019 Visiting Artist and Demonstrator – University of Wisconsin Stout. November 2012. Technical Assistant - Glaze Calculation at Northern Clay Center with Dr. William M. Carty. July 2010 Resident Teaching Artist - Valley View Elementary School. Columbia Heights, MN. Fall 2010 - 2014 Demonstrating Artist and Instructor - Uptown Art Fair. 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Building Maintenance and Resident Artist at Northern Clay Center - January 2010- 2013 Demonstrating Artist - American Craft Council Show. St Paul, MN. April 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 Studio Manager at the Bloomington Art Center Clay studio. Fall 2009 - Fall 2010 Instructor at the Bloomington Art Center- Ceramics - 2009 – 2010, 2013- Instructor at Northern Clay Center - Fall 2009 - Resident Fogelberg Fellow - Northern Clay Center Fall 2009-10 Teaching and Technical Assistant- Junior Sculpture from the Wheel with Instructor: Anne Currier Fall 2008 Ceramic Intern - with David “Freddy” Fredrickson at Alfred University Summer 2008 Installation Assistant - Walter McConnell: Mass MoCA installation Jan 2008 Majolica Workshop at Geribi Deruta, Italy. Summer 2005 Ceramic Internship - Christiana Gregorovius, Töpferei Dambeck, Germany. Summer 2005 Rosemaling Studies in Bergen Norway. Summer 2003. Exhibitions TEAPOTS X 2024 Baltimore Clay Works, Juror Mike Jabbur MN STATE FAIR FINE ARTS EXHIBITION 2023 State Fair Grounds, Roseville MN , Juror Robert Bowman ASPARAGUS VALLEY POTTERY TRAIL 2023 Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, Guest Artist of Mary Barringer THE FUNCTIONAL CANVAS VI 2021 Charlie Cummings Gallery YUNOMI INVITATIONAL 2021 Clay Akar TIME TRAVEL MERGER 2021 Schaller Gallery IT’S ONLY CLAY 2018 Water Mark Center Gallery, Curated by Matthew Krousey AMERICAN GRAPHIC. INVITATIONAL CERAMICS SHOW AT NCECA 2018. Samantha Skelton Gallery, Curated by Liz Pechacek ON THE ROCKS. JANUARY 2018. Pewabic Pottery, Juried by Pete Pinnell STRICTLY FUNCTIONAL POTTERY NATIONAL 2017. Kevin Lehman Pottery, Juried by Linda Sikora. PUT A BIRD ON IT. INVITATIONAL CERAMICS SHOW AT NCECA. MARCH 2017 Redux Boutique, Curated by Birdie Boone. HELLO, NCECA: INVITATIONAL CERAMICS SHOW - MARCH 2015 Warwick Museum of Art, Warwick, RI. JEROME CERAMIC ARTIST PROJECT GRANT EXHIBITION - JANUARY 2015 Gallery A of Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN. RED RIVER RECIPROCITY: CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS FROM MINNESOTA AND NORTH DAKOTA— FEBRUARY 2014 Plain Arts Museum, Fargo, North Dakota. WINTERWARES — DECEMBER 2013 Circa Gallery, Minneapolis, MN. TEABOWL NATIONAL - AUG 2013 Kansas City Clay Guild. Kansas City, MO. SMALL FAVORS VII-- JULY 2013 The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA. HOLIDAY EXHIBITION — NOVEMBER 2012 - JANUARY 2013 Gallery M of Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN. FACULTY AND STUDENT SHOW — NOVEMBER 2012 Bloomington Theater and Art Center, Bloomington, MN. WE’RE NEW HERE — FEBRUARY 2012 Future Presence Gallery, Minneapolis, MN. FOGELBERG AND RED WING ARTIST EXHIBITION — JANUARY 2011 Fellowship exhibition in Gallery A of Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN. ORTON CONEBOX SHOW — OCTOBER 2010- MAY 2011 Juried exhibition by Inge Balch, Peter Callas, and Malcolm Davis. Shown at Lawrence Art Center in Lawrence, KS and NCECA 2011 Tampa, FL. FOOT IN THE DOOR — FEBRUARY 2010 Open Call to Artists for work at or below the dimension of 12”. Minneapolis Institute of Arts. CCRI CERAMICS INVITATIONAL — JUNE 2009 Exhibition at the Flanagan Campus Gallery at the community College of Rhode Island. UTILITARIAN DIGEST II — MARCH 2009 Juried Exhibition in the Robert Turner Gallery, Alfred University. Jurors: Albion Stafford and Angus Powers. Alfred, NY. Publications AUTHOR, “THE RIGHT HAIR CUT.” CERAMICS MONTHLY, MAY 2018. ARTIST, “EXPOSURE.” CERAMICS MONTHLY, FEB 2017. ARTIST, 500 TEAPOTS 2, LARK BOOKS. AUG 2013. COVER, CERAMICS MONTHLY, APRIL 2012. LIFESTYLE, SECTION E, PG 2. STAR TRIBUNE, JAN 30, 2011. Collections THE FREDRICK R. WEISMAN ART MUSEUM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IN MINNEAPOLIS, MN. POTTERY MUSEUM OF RED WING IN REDWING, MN. ALFRED CERAMIC ART MUSEUM AT ALFRED UNIVERSITY IN ALFRED, NY. PRIVATE COLLECTION OF L. ROSENFIELD PRIVATE COLLECTION OF B. GRIFFIN PRIVATE COLLECTION OF F. FITZGERALD PRIVATE COLLECTION OF R. LINDY PRIVATE COLLECTION OF T. ARNESON PRIVATE COLLECTION OF C. RUFFIN |
SUBMITTING YOUR ARTWORK For each of our juried exhibits, artwork must be submitted in person on the designated dates. When dropping off your artwork you will be required to fill out an entry form for each piece. In addition to your contact information you will need to provide the Title, Media and Sale Price for the work. If there is no title, “untitled” is acceptable. If you do not wish to sell the piece NFS or Not for Sale may be designated on the form. Each piece will be assigned an entry number. Keep track of your entry numbers. Juror selections will be posted on the Exhibit Results page of our website. Accepted submissions will be listed by entry number. Artificial Intelligence Policy: Only works original in conception and execution are eligible for exhibition at the South County Art Association. AI-generated art or works derived in whole or part from AI technology are not elegible to be exhibited, sold in our gallery or store or any art sales that we hold. TERMINOLOGY Open Shows designated as "open" are open for anyone to submit, members and non-members. SCAA membership is required for exhibits not designated as open, such as the Members Annual, and Member Invitationals. Juried Indicates that the work for the show will be selected by a juror. A different juror is chosen for each show. The juror will view all of the submitted artwork and select the pieces to be exhibited as well as the award winners. |
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