We will have our second session on how to navigate a Call for Entry. Here’s a little note from Brandt Eisner on what we can expect next week:

"After our last session there was a lot of interest in further discussion around photographing work. It was suggested participants submit photos of their work for feedback. I invite you to send 2 or 3 images to Sheri White - sheri@urnsongpottery.com with the subject line: Call for Entry - session 2 photos. 

As a group we’ll identify what is a good photo and what is a so-so photo. This will also be a good opportunity for those who missed the last meeting, or anyone who has had questions or comments since, to ask any lingering questions about submitting to calls for submissions or submitting a proposal. 

Depending on our time I’ll also touch on the voice of the artisan. What does your work say and how is it identifiable? 

Thanks, Brandt"

Register in advance for this meeting: Oct 12, 2023 7-9 pm

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUtd-CppzwqGd2PDmpjYKA7q3EqYzdCJSWg 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Thanks!

Call for Entry - A How-to On Getting Ready for That First, or 31st, Show

Spend some time with Brandt Eisner, artist and curator, to learn about the how to’s of preparing for that next or first show. Through a series of info sessions and Q&A’s, Brandt will help us navigate a call for entry and understand what makes a good submission. 

As we explore the multiple steps from Expressions of Interest, to Call out, through to making your work and then making the submission, no questions will be too small to cover in these conversations with Brandt. Brandt will also answer questions around CV’s, artist statements, and what makes a good photograph. 

Interested? Join us on September 11th from 7-9 pm for the first in a series of discussions with Brandt via zoom. These are free events for current members of the NSPG.

Please register at the link below: 

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAuduusrzwpHNzei30WnaYpnJ4c5pXU-yTS

A little more on our host, Brandt Eisner:

For the past 31 years, Eisner has been active in the Nova Scotia art community. He has owned two art galleries, most notably Swoon Fine Art in HRM. He also worked for two other galleries as gallery assistant and curator. He has been involved with various art organizations, serving on Boards of The South Shore Festival of the Arts, Truro Art Society and Craft Nova Scotia. He has been a mentor as part of the artist mentorship program offered by Visual Arts Nova Scotia, aside from being a juror for numerous other art shows. Currently, he serves as the curator of The Ice House Gallery in Tatamagouche, and is a co-creator of Eisner/Feit (productions/events). 

Eisner is a multimedia and performance artist who has had work shown throughout Nova Scotia and in New Brunswick. His work has been included in private art collections and has been purchased by the Nova Scotia Art Bank. 

Eisner received his BFA Interdisciplinary from NSCAD in 2005.

Please feel free to submit questions in advance of the meeting, please direct all questions to sheri@urnsongpottery.com with the subject line: Call to Entry question.

Try to get your question in by September 10th, as it well help to organize the discussion. 

Thank you! 

Refreshments and wrapping station available - make it a date and bring a friend or a mate!