Art In Clay IV: Up Against the Wall

The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition invites you to forget the pedestal for our upcoming exhibition, “Up Against the Wall.’ Let’s put our clay on the map, on the vertical axis, just perfect for a Brooklyn where horizontal space is at such a premium. In New York City, we have to Build UP! Big or small, fat or flat, however it’s hanging. Confrontational clay at it’s most insistent.

The exhibit runs September 24th-October 16th, 2016.

JUROR
Matt Nolen is a studio artist living and working in New York City. Trained as a painter and architect, his work includes sculptural objects and architectural installations using clay and mixed media.

Mr. Nolen is currently serving as President of the Board of Trustees for Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts  in Newcastle Maine and is Adjunct Professor of Art at New York University and Pratt Institute.

AWARDS
$850 in Cash Awards:
Gold — $500 cash prize
Silver — $250 cash prize
Bronze — $100 cash prize
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ELIGIBILITY
This is a national juried exhibition for artists 18 years of age or older working in clay. All artwork must be original in concept, design and execution. All work must be handcrafted by the artist from raw clay.

Acceptable forms include sculpture, sculptural vessels, wall hangings and installations. The artwork  cannot be functional — production work and commercially manufactured pieces are not acceptable. Mixed media is acceptable as long as clay is the dominant component of the piece (at least 75%).

Only original works may be submitted.

See Prospectus of size and weight restrictions.

VENUE
Ours is a truly unique gallery—a massive Civil War-era warehouse on the Red Hook waterfront in Brooklyn, NY. Its enormous space affords us the opportunity to exhibit really huge work, and we welcome it. We will be using 8,000 square feet for this show, and look forward to exhibiting artist’s work from all around the country, work in all sizes, subjects, and media, except film.

ENTRY FEE
Early Bird: $45/6; Final Deadline: $65/3. $5 ea. addt’l image.

APPLY ONLINE
Visit BWAC for complete Prospectus and easy online entry.

Notification of acceptance of work will be made via e-mail by Monday, August 8th, 2016.

SALES
All work must be for sale. BWAC will retain a 25% commission on all exhibition sales.

Questions
Please direct all questions to artinclay@bwac.org.

About:
The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC, pronounced bee-wack) is a 501.c.3 non-profit corporation. Organized in 1978, BWAC is Brooklyn’s largest artist-run organization.

BWAC’s 25,000 square foot gallery is in a Civil War-era warehouse on the Red Hook waterfront. The vista of New York Harbor, spanning the Statue of Liberty to the Verrazano Bridge is one of the best in the city. Our 18,000 annual visitors also enjoy the nearby restaurants, bars, IKEA and Fairway Market. With every medium and style of artwork represented, as well as the UnPlugged in Red Hook free weekly music performances and Saturday afternoon Screening Room programs, our shows are as spectacular as the setting.