{"id":6951,"date":"2021-03-27T21:51:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-28T04:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.art.ucla.edu\/jobs\/?p=6951"},"modified":"2021-03-27T21:51:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-28T04:51:11","slug":"museum-of-craft-and-design-call-and-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/?p=6951","title":{"rendered":"Museum of Craft and Design: Call and Response"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Museum of Craft and Design is launching a new artist opportunity with <a href=\"https:\/\/sfmcd.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=5ede82ace35d746df29d4e204&amp;id=752be49a8a&amp;e=01b19d6486\"><em>Call &amp; Response: Craft As A Tool For Activism<\/em><\/a><\/strong><em>,<\/em><strong> a nationwide online exhibition and artist marketplace. <\/strong>Working alongside the Museum of Craft and Design&#8217;s\u00a0Executive Director, JoAnn Edwards and Curator, Ariel Zaccheo,\u00a0<em>Call &amp; Response\u00a0<\/em>will be juried by\u00a0<strong>Glenn Adamson<\/strong>, Curator, Writer, and Historian;\u00a0<strong>Ebitenyefa Baralaye<\/strong>, Ceramicist, Sculptor, and Designer; and\u00a0<strong>Nate Watson<\/strong>, Visual Artist, Educator, and Executive Director of Public Glass.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nThe national reckoning for social justice spurred by protests and the Black Lives Matter movement has made clear that all museums and arts organizations must do better to represent, engage, financially support, and communicate with their BIPOC communities.\u00a0\u201cCraftivism,\u201d as coined by Betsy Greer in her 2011 essay \u201cCraftivist History\u201d in <em>Extra\/Ordinary: Craft and Contemporary Art,<\/em>\u00a0celebrates the power of craft to bring about political change.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This juried exhibition intends to highlight artists that are working at this crucial intersection of craft and activism, uplifting their political ideals and their communities through their medium of choice. <\/strong>The winning piece will receive a grand prize of $1,000, the runner-up will receive $500 and third place will receive $250. Entry is $5.00, paid directly to <a href=\"https:\/\/sfmcd.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=5ede82ace35d746df29d4e204&amp;id=6f2a13ebbf&amp;e=01b19d6486\">SlideRoom<\/a> for use of their software. The deadline\u00a0to enter is\u00a0May 31, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Museum of Craft and Design is launching a new artist opportunity with Call &amp; Response: Craft As A Tool For Activism, a nationwide online &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-calls","category-exhibition-opportunities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6951"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6952,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6951\/revisions\/6952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}