Anonymous Potter Studio Fellowship Program 
This program is intended to support an emerging potter through the provision of a single private studio space for a 12-month period (valued at $2,200).  In addition to a free studio, the fellowship includes ongoing opportunities to teach adult and children's classes through NCC's education program.  The fellowship recipient can develop his/her own body of work, experiment with various techniques and processes, and participate (at no charge for most) NCC workshops and lectures.  The AP Studio Fellow's work will be included in a group exhibition in January 2012, which will also feature the work of NCC's other studio fellowship recipients.  

One studio fellowship will be awarded in 2010.  The AP Studio Fellow will occupy a private, fully furnished studio space (measuring approximately 95 square feet) available in late spring of 2010.

This program is made possible by funds generated from the sale of “heritage pots” donated to NCC.  The first such sale was of historic Warren MacKenzie pots, given to the Clay Center by an anonymous donor.  

Eligibility

Eligibility is restricted to emerging potters who have completed all formal undergraduate academic training by the start of the grant period (May, 2010), who are not currently enrolled full or part-time in a degree-granting institution (including B.A., M.F.A., or a teaching certification program), and who are not employed full-time as a ceramics teacher at the college level.

Application Process

The following materials must be submitted. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.
•  A completed application form
•  Ten high-quality, labeled 35mm slides, or a disk with 10 digital images, a corresponding image list, and an SASE if you wish the slides returned. (Disks will not be returned.)  Please note: at least one image must be of a functional bowl.  Slide label information and image list must include artist name, date of work, dimensions of work, and medium and image orientation.  Digital images should be saved in JPEG format at 96 ppi with the image's longest dimension not exceeding 1024 pixels.  Image files should be labeled with last name, first initial, and numbers, indicating your preferred viewing order (example: doej1.jpg).  Do not include any other information in the file name.
•  A current resume (maximum of three 8-1/2" x 11" pages) with artist's name at the top of each page
•  An artist statement (maximum of two 8 1/2" x 11" pages) with artist's name at the top of each page

Schedule

The application deadline is 5:00 PM on Friday, April 23, 2010.  Completed application forms and materials must be received at Northern Clay Center in hard copy by this date and time. THIS IS NOT A POSTMARK DEADLINE.  No faxed, e-mailed, or late applications will be accepted.

Application materials will be reviewed by a panel of NCC staff and one outside artist, who will select the grant recipients on the basis of perceived merit.  Applicants will be notified of the outcome of the selection process by mid-May 2010.

Anonymous Potter Studio Fellowship Application Form