EXHIBITION DATES: November 3 – December 7, 2023
EXHIBITION VENUE: Goldmark Cultural Center – 13999 and 14001 Goldmark Dr, Dallas, TX 75240
INSTALL: Artists must bring and install their artwork at the Goldmark Cultural Center on Friday, October 27, between 10 am – 5 pm.
DEINSTALL: Artists must come to the Goldmark Cultural Center to take home their artwork on Friday, December 8, between 10 am – 5 pm.
RECEPTION and AWARDS CEREMONY: November 11, 2023, from 1 pm – 3pm at the Goldmark Cultural Center. Cash, Purchasing, and Juror awards will be presented (Best in Show, Award of Merit, Honorable Mention, and Purchasing Award)
MEDIA: All work must be primarily ceramics. Mixed media works will be accepted only when clay is the dominant material. Ceramic work must be installed on the wall with a hanging system that adheres the work to the wall securely. Individual Objects should weigh less than 25 lbs. May accommodate more significant artworks designed to be assembled from multiple parts in a modular fashion.
ENTRY IS FREE: No online submission required; just bring artwork to the 10/27 install day at the Goldmark Cultural Center.
Goldmark committee members and staff reserve the right to exclude from the exhibition ceramic works in an unstable condition. Artist must fill out and sign a release form on the installation day. Goldmark Cultural Center does not provide insurance for artists’ work, and Goldmark will retain a 30% commission on all sales. Artist is solely responsible for installing, de-installing, and picking up work at Goldmark Cultural Center.
This exhibition opportunity is only available to artists 18 years of age or older.
ABOUT THE JUROR: Louise Rosenfield is a Dallas, Texas potter who enjoys playing with clay and making functional vessels for daily use. She prefers making her work from porcelain, which she either decorates with patterns and fires in a wood kiln, or applies colorful illustrations and fires in the electric kiln.
She proudly serves as a member of the Board of Trustees, Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York, where she is proud of her work on the Collections Committee. Beginning in 2019, Rosenfield has participated as a member of the Archie Bray Foundation Board of Directors in Helena, Montana. The Bray is known internationally for its Artist Residency program. Rosenfield concentrates her efforts on the Development Committee. Rosenfield is also a founding organizer of the Dallas Pottery Invitational, an annual show and sale established in 2008 whose mission is to widen public knowledge about the breadth and depth of functional ceramics today.
In addition, Rosenfield has established a web site resource for scholars or others looking for inspiration, to see and appropriate images of functional pots she owns and uses. The website, rosenfieldcollection.com, offers several views of each work. High quality images may be downloaded and used without attribution. Currently over 4,000 works, all made by artists with individual studio practices, are available to examine.
QUESTIONS: Please email all inquiries regarding this call to johnmildegallery@gmail.com
