Call For Work: Perception
This exhibition is a call for ceramic artwork that explores the concept of Perception—how we see, interpret, and interact with the world around us.
As we navigate an increasingly complex world, our perception shapes our understanding, influences our actions, and defines our relationship with the world around us. Through perception, we interpret and interact with our surroundings, experiences, and emotions—constantly shaping and reshaping our understanding of reality. How does ceramic art capture these moments of insight and connection?
Exhibition dates: July 1 – 20th, 2025
All types of ceramic work are welcome.
The exhibition will be juried anonymously through the submission of digital images.
Submission deadline May 31st, 2025,11:59 PM MST
Submit here:
https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=14856
Juror: Bianka Groves
Juror Bio:
Bianka Groves is a potter in New Mexico and has studied ceramics all over the country, along with teaching pottery at Baltimore Clayworks, Northern Clay Center in Minneapolis, Santa Fe Clay, and is currently teaching at the University of New Mexico as a graduate student. Her work is thoughtfully functional and has the ability to complete the elegance of any interior space. The polished compositions of her designs are an ode to the simplistic repetition and studies of minimalist design, architecture, and landscapes. When she’s not making pots out of her backyard home studio, you can find her hiking in the desert with her dogs. Working primarily in porcelain, throwing on the potter’s wheel, Bianka’s surface designs are part of an inlay technique similar to tattooing. A pattern is gently carved into the surface of the freshly made unfired pot using acupuncture needles, tattoo needles, or Xacto blades. Once the outline is complete, a black slip is applied to the clay body and sinks into the cut drawings. Most of the excess slip is cleaned away, leaving the inlaid design. Once the pots are fired to about 2350 degrees, the unglazed porcelain is polished to a silky smooth matte finish.
