Call for Submissions:
Winifred Shantz Award for Ceramists

As the only national award for young ceramic artists and potters, The Winifred Shantz Award
presents $10,000 annually to an artist to recognize achievement and invest in the future.

The Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery welcomes submissions from Canadian ceramic artists
and potters who have been working for a minimum of five years and a maximum of ten years
in a productive studio capacity.

This award is designed to allow the recipient time away from the studio, travel for career
development, connect with mentors, visit other studios, study museum collections, investigate
kiln sites, or liaise with industry to perform research that will further in-studio production.
It may also be used for international residencies or symposia. While recognizing that not
all ceramists come from an academic background, this award 1s intended to assist at a post-
graduate level of accomplishment and may not be used for tuition purposes.

The selection panel is comprised of experienced contemporary ceramic artists, potters and
curators. This jury will choose one winner and the results will be announced at a gala event at
the Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery on Sept 20, 2007.

Hard-copy applications should be delivered to the Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery by August
10 by 5 p.m. Applications should include:

* 2-page curriculum vitae detailing the applicant’s accomplishments over the past five years
* Creative Material:
- 20 labelled .jpg images, 72 dpi, maximum 1024 x 768 (height must not exceed 768
pixels). Title each file with a number, your name, and title of the work. (1e.:

O1.artistname.title. jpg). Save images directly on the CD-ROM without creating
folders, and do not submit PowerPoint. OR

- 20 slides clearly numbered and labelled with the artist’s name
° Image list indicating the number, title, date, process and size of each work

* Single-page outline describing how the award will be used, 1.e.: a proposal of the
research program and its intended relevance to the applicant’s future work

All submissions will be kept on file at the Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery’s Artists’ Registry
for archival purposes and cannot be returned. All applications must be hard copy (e-mail
submissions will not be accepted); additional support materials are not required

The award recipient must deliver a brief report to the Gallery, summarizing the benefits
received from the award, no later than two years after the award is granted. Documents
outlining itinerary, as well as confirmation by receiving mentors or industrial partners and
disclosure of the terms of agreement between partners and the recipient, may be requested
prior to disbursement.

Previous winners include Ying-Yueh Chuang (2006), Kate Hyde (2005), Joan Bruneau
(2004), Mare Vincent Egan (2003), Laurent Craste (2002) and Susan Collett (2001).

The Winifred Shantz Award for Ceramists is administered by staff at the Canadian Clay &
Glass Gallery and is funded by Winifred Shantz, an arts philanthropist and ceramics enthusiast
from Kitchener, Ontario.

For more information, contact:

Robert Achtemichuk, Executive Director
519.746.1882, #231
robert@canadianclayandelass.ca

http://www.canadianclayandglass.ca

Submissions should
be sent to:
Winifred Shantz Award

c/o: Robert Achtemichuk,
Director

Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery

25 Caroline Street North

Waterloo, ON N2L 2Y5

2006 recipient Ying-Yueh Chuang
holds an MEA in ceramics from
NSCAD University and a BEA
from the Emily Carr Institute of
Art ¢ Design. She will be using
her $10,000 award to further
develop her practice as an artist
in vesidence at the Jingdezben
Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute
in China. This program offers a
broad range of fackties and null
allow the artist to learn different
ways of approaching the multiple.
“Studying the cultural aspects of
creative mass production from the
traditional to the contemporary
and being able to incorporate
that process in my work will be
a magnificent opportunity and a
turning point in my career’, notes

Chuang.

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