Center for Visual Arts at Clemson University in Clemson, SC, Announce the First Annual Clemson Ceramics National Juried Exhibit – Deadline – Aug, 17, 2012

The Center for Visual Arts at Clemson University in Clemson, SC, announce the first annual Clemson Ceramics National Juried Exhibit, which will take place Oct. 3 through Nov. 7, 2012, with the theme “Containment”.

We are pleased to present the first Clemson Ceramics National, a biannual juried exhibition, which will rotate thematically. Our inaugural exhibition asks artists to explore “containment” through the lens of functional ceramics. “Containment” may be used literally or conceptually in the works, according to the artist’s individual interpretation. The goal of this year’s Clemson Ceramics National is to showcase a diverse collection of ceramic tableware and functional objects, and bring a broad range of contemporary voices from across the country to the Upstate of South Carolina.

This year’s juror will be Frank Martin. Martin earned his M.F.A. at Cranbrook Academy of Art and his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute. Martin is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Tennessee’s School of Art. He is a recent recipient of an Individual Artist Fellowship through a Tennessee Arts Commission Award. Frank’s work has been exhibited in: The State of the Art 2008: National Biennial Ceramics Invitational at Parkland Art Gallery Champaign, IL, The Art of Tennessee at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville. His works are in the collections of the Charles A. Wusum Museum of Fine Arts in Racine Wisconsin and the Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art, New York. His work is in 500 Vases: Contemporary Explorations of a Timeless Form, 500 Platters & Chargers: Innovative Expressions of Function and Style, Lark Books, Electric Kiln Ceramics: A Guide to Clay and Glazes, The Ceramic Design Book, and Make it in Clay.

All US artists at least 18 years old may submit original functional ceramic work created within the past two years.

Entry must be postmarked on or before Friday, August 17, 2012.

Get all the details at this link (http://www.clemson.edu/centers-institutes/cva/).

For further information call 864/656-3883 or visit (www.clemson.edu/cva).

Clemson University in Clemson, SC, offers Visiting Artist Lecture with Adam Jacono – Mar. 1, 2012

Clemson University in Clemson, SC, offers a Visiting Artist Lecture with Adam Jacono on Mar. 1, 2012, from 6-7pm in the Lee Gallery on campus.

Adam Jacono is an Assistant Professor of Photography at Cecil College in Maryland, and he served as a 2010-11 curatorial intern for the VASA photographic project with A.D. Coleman. He holds an MFA from East Carolina University.

Jacono’s artwork examines the relationship of advertising, consumerism and mass media to American culture. His artistic practice combines alternative and traditional photographic processes to reference history in combination with digital photography, video, web, performance and printmaking. Jacono’s work is technically multidimensional and utilizes multiple modes of production, allowing concept to shape the end product. Through image-based media, he invites viewers to examine their own perceptions of culture, art and identity.

For further info call 864/656-3883 or visit (www.clemson.edu/caah/leegallery/).

If You’re a Nonprofit Executive, Clemson University and the National Development Institute, Needs Your Input

I received this e-mail today. It’s just another group that thinks Carolina Arts is a nonprofit. We can’t help them but I’m putting this out there for the people who can in NC, SC, and beyond – if they are reading this.

Here it is:

Dear Nonprofit Executive,

We would like to invite you to begin a personal friendship with Clemson University and the National Development Institute.

As a nonprofit professional you are being provided an opportunity to connect with our Nation’s leading practioners who look forward to supporting your leadership and raising your profile as you serve the sector.

Here’s what we would like to do together.

The National Development Institute and Clemson University, through the Institute of Family and Neighborhood Life, would like to invite you to participate in a one time, short yet critical research study to examine nonprofit executive’s views of organizational capacity building.  This study is supervised by Dr. Kathleen Robinson, Research Professor at Clemson University and is being managed by Kimberley Brown, a PhD candidate in International Family and Community Studies.

The survey can be completed in 20 minutes or less and your involvement is completely voluntary.  You may choose not to complete any questions in the survey that you don’t wish to, although we hope you will be as thorough as possible.

No personal or organizational identifiers are asked for that could link your answers with you or your organization.  All information will be reported in summary form.   All data will be kept confidential and secure and only Dr. Robinson and Ms. Brown will see the raw data.  It will be kept on password protected computers in locked offices.

There are no known risks associated with participation in this survey.  The benefits include nonprofit leaders having a clearer picture of the capacity building efforts you’ve been involved in and hope to do in the future.

We only need 381 directors of nonprofits to participate to secure a valid sample.

We hope you will be one of them!

Please participate by visiting: (https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WS65ZJJ).

If you would like, after you’ve completed the survey, please feel free to e-mail Kathy Robinson at (wilson5@clemson.edu) and Jimmy LaRose at (jimmy@jimmylarose.com) to let us know that you played a part in this important project so that we can begin to build our friendship with you and support you in your nonprofit career.

Thank you in advance for your participation.

Kathleen Robinson, Ph.D.
Research Professor – Clemson University

Kimberly Brown
PhD Candidate – Clemson University

James P. LaRose, CFRE, CNC
Founder – National Development Institute