Connection: Artaxis National Juried Exhibition at Northwest Missouri State University
The call for entries for this exhibition has closed. Stay tuned for details to come.
Northwest Missouri State University is excited to host the upcoming juried exhibition in its Olive DeLuce Fine Arts Gallery. The March-April event will be a national juried contemporary ceramic exhibition featuring a multiplicity of works from members of the Artaxis organization. The reception will feature an artist talk by jurors Margaret Bohls and Casey Whittier. The show will consist of approximately 20 pieces, 50% of which will be sculptural and 50% vessel-based. Students will hear from Artaxis members about how the organization engages the ceramics community through promotional, educational, and networking programs while celebrating diverse artistic practices and being a resource of aesthetic values.
TIMELINE:
Online Application Dates: October 12, 2024 – January 12, 2025
Exhibition Dates: March 24 – April 18, 2025
Acceptance notifications start: Wednesday, Feb 5th, 2025
Shipped Work arrives by Monday, Feb 24 – Friday, March 7th, 2025
Hand Delivered work March 3rd – Friday 7th (or by appointment)
Reception and Jurors Lecture: April 7, 2025, 7-8 pm
Workshop with Margaret Bohls: April 7 & 8, Fire Arts Building, Northwest Missouri State University
Artist Pick up of Work: April 14th – 18th (or by appointment)
Return of all work: Works will be shipped during the week of April 21st
ELIGIBILITY:
Applicants must be an Artaxis member at the time of application.
Work submitted must be original, must use clay as the primary material and must have been completed within the last 3 years.
Time-based media will be considered.
Submission Requirements: Artaxis Membership, paid application fee, and materials submitted by Jan. 12th, 2025 at 11:59pm EST
DESCRIPTION:
On April 7th, 2025, Margaret and Casey will present a lecture sharing how the organization engages the ceramics community through promotional, educational, and networking programs while celebrating diverse artistic practices and being a resource of aesthetic values.
Artaxis is a 501(c)3 arts nonprofit founded in 2005 and has grown to feature over 1,000 artists from over 50 countries. Founded by artists, for artists, our programming is centered around supporting artists and enriching creative communities. Programming includes exhibitions, the Artaxis Fellowship, Artaxis Conversations, the Artaxis Shop, and other initiatives that support artists.
Artaxis inspires the next generation of artists by providing an archive of over 10,000 peer-reviewed images, as well as thousands of artist statements, bios, resumes and other resources for educators and students. Educators use Artaxis to introduce the many themes, techniques, and approaches in contemporary ceramics. Learn more about Artaxis at Artaxis.org.
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION JURORS:
Casey Whittier
Casey Whittier received her BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute and MFA from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is interested in the metaphorical and philosophical power of visual art and the ways in which the ceramic material creates direct connections between the geology of the earth, basic human needs, and complex metaphysical desires. Repetitive processes and systems of reliance are often used as metaphors for our interconnectedness. Whittier teaches ceramics and social practice at the Kansas City Art Institute and is a Studios Inc Fellow. Whittier works with The Land Institute through their Ecosphere Studies Program cohort and as a participant in their Silphium Civic Science Community, where research into new perennial and sustainable food and oil seed production is ongoing. Whittier was named a 2020 Emerging Artist by Ceramics Monthly Magazine. She serves as President for Artaxis.org. Learn more at www.caseywhittier.com.
Margaret Bohls
Margaret Bohls makes hand-built pottery and vessel forms that she shows and sells both locally and nationally. She received a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design in 1989, and an MFA from Louisiana State University in 1995. She has been teaching ceramics at the college level for over twenty-five years. She is an Associate Professor of Art at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. She previously taught at the University of Minnesota from 1998 to 2011 and has taught as visiting faculty at Ohio University, Penn State University, and NSCAD University in Halifax. She has given lectures at universities across the U.S. and has taught hands-on workshops at art centers such as Arrowmont School of Art and Crafts, in Gatlinburg, Greenwich House Pottery in New York, Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Aspen, Colorado, and Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina. Bohls’ work has been shown in over 100 group and solo exhibitions since 1995 and is included in the permanent collections of the Everson Museum in Syracuse, The Weisman Museum and the Minnesota Museum of American Art in the Twin Cities, the American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA), and the Sonny and Gloria Kamm Teapot Foundation Collection. Learn more at www.margaretbohls.com/
