Just arrived….  A Chinese Ceramics Competition – short notice. However, if you have work you consider good and it fits the requirements for this competition and you have, or can get, good images of it (them) it might be worth entering as there is no entry fee. Just fill the forms and send the images. By end of this month.

The Blanc de Chine International Ceramic Award (ICAA)

Aim (of the ICAA) is to promote international communication within contemporary ceramic art and encourage integrated and innovative development of contemporary ceramics.

It is organised by Quanzhou Porcelain Road Art Development Centre – which could mean anything but total prize money comes to 165,000 Euros which is almost NZ$ 280,000 (but there will be tax off that – always is).   1x Premier prize of E50,000, 2x E30,000, 3xE10,000 and 5xE5,000.

The organising committee is large in full Asian and European fashion and comprises… As usual it comprises folk with impressive job titles and who sit near or around ceramic art but probably only Bai Ming is a ceramics practitioner. The rest bring what they can to the processes… probably are consulted very little but they will all be there for the Award event at the end.

Bai Ming – Dean of Ceramic Department at Tsinghua University, China

Claudia Casali – Faenza Museum Director, Italy

Catherine Chevillot – Director Musee Rodin, Paris

Christine Caol – Member Board of Directors, Musee Rodin, Paris

Christine Shimizu – Director Musee Cernusci, Asian arts, Paris

Geraldine Lenain- Dir. Chinese art and ceramics, Christies

Prof. Lu Pinchang – Dean of Sculpture, China Central Academy of Fine Arts

Romaine Sarfati  – Director Sevres Museum, France

Prof Wang Luxiang – Academy Arts and Design, Tsinghua University

Xu Jie – Curator, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA

Zhao Meng – Associate in research in Chinese Studies at Harvard Uni. USA

Some of these will be the selectors for the exhibition and the prizes.

Exhibiting Requirements:

Entry by multiple images of each work.

Work must be original and never exhibited nor published in any form previously.

The work must be 50%, or more, white porcelain – interdisciplinary work is encouraged.

Two entries – single pieces or sets are permitted.

Deviations from this will mean disqualification.

D/L is  30^th April 2019. Late entries or late arrival of work also disqualified.

No entry fee

Entry – Online at www.blancdechineicaa or email icaa@blancdecineicaa.com

PROCESS

Jury will select a short list by vote on images submitted

Works transported and insured by organisers if selected.

Venue for selection still to be announced

Award ceremony and exhibition of finalists in either Nice or Paris, France, October 2019 and finalist exhibitors will be travelled and accommodated at expense of organisers.

Exhibition will comprise winning works along with short-listed works selected by Jury committee and the curator.

Prizes are acquisitional – they call it ‘donation’ and forms must be signed at outset that your work, in receipt of a major prize will be retained by the organisation.

So, if your work fits there criteria and you are confident about its originality etc and comfortable with the conditions applied, then why not give it a go. You have a week – go for it! I shall publish the winning works if I again get notice.