CALL FOR CERAMICS ART! Deadline 2/1/22

ACCI Gallery presents A Place at the Table: featuring individual table settings by regional ceramic artists, organized by ACCI Ceramic Artists, Kathy Kearns and Vince Montague and juried by Bay Area Artist and Writer, Maria Porges. This exhibition explores the concept of “place” and the artists’ visual connection between food and ceramics.
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A Place at the Table is a juried exhibition of place settings open to all Bay Area ceramic artists that will run concurrently with the March 2022 NCECA conference in Sacramento. A place setting consists of a minimum of two ceramic pieces and a maximum of six (for example, a plate, a bowl, a cup) not to exceed an 18” footprint.

Tableware, both functional and non-functional, should express in any way the artist sees fit, not only the idea of “place” but also the artist’s visual connection between food and ceramics. The place setting can be intended for an informal environment (a picnic), a formal situation (a family dinner,) a culturally specific milieu, or a contemporary or futuristic version of a place setting. Keep in mind the idea of handmade ceramics connects and supports local movements that represent sustainable agriculture, urban gardening and social justice for food. Local agriculture served on beautiful local pottery underlines the value of a community that supports health and art for all people.

The exhibition is generously supported by the Julia Terr Fund for Ceramic Arts under the auspices of the Community Foundation of Sonoma.The Julia Terr Fund will underwrite the cost of the entry fee for all participants (one entry per person) and provide three cash awards to the best place-settings in the exhibition of $300, $200 and $100. ​

This support will allow access to those artists who are working locally and want to show their work during the the NCECA 2022 conference. We encourage all artists to apply, from students to professionals, especially those artists who are underrepresented and who identify as such. ​
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https://www.accigallery.com/call4art-place-at-the-table.html

We are returning to hold the Seconds Sale inside the gallery this year, but we are making some changes with respect to COVID safety. Customers will enter the gallery at our side door on Lincoln Street, and will move through the sale in one direction, passing through our patio garden and paying for purchases at a station in our garage leading to Lincoln Street.

• PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN PACKING MATERIALS (newsprint, bubble wrap, bags, etc.) for your purchases. We will have a limited supply at the gallery.
• EVERYONE IS REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK. Hand sanitizer will be provided at the entrance, throughout the sale, and at the exit of the sale.
• ONLY 25 PEOPLE ALLOWED IN THE GALLERY AT A TIME (including ACCI staff). Please be prepared to wait in line to enter the sale.

​SEE YOU ALL NEXT WEEKEND!

Join us for our first ever collaboration between ACCI and the Berkeley Garden Club. Visit 7 local gardens on this tour plus the outdoor back garden at ACCI Gallery. Tour booklets describing the gardens and artists will be given to all ticketholders.  Many of the gardens will have demonstrations taking place by artists and gardeners. It will be a wonderful opportunity to enjoy spring gardens and beautiful artwork at their best. 

The Art in the Garden Tour will take place rain or shine from 10am to 3pm on Saturday, May 22. People attending this event will be expected to wear masks and maintain social distance.

32 ACCI artists will be exhibiting in the Bold Botanicals show which runs from May 1-30, 2020.  Garden and botanical themed pieces will be displayed in the gallery’s rear exhibit space as well as the garden. In partnership with Berkeley Garden Club (BGC), a very special Art in the Garden Tour will be held on Saturday, May 22nd from 10am-3pm, where ACCI member artists’ work will be featured outdoors in seven local gardens. 

This month we are featuring works by 5 talented Bay Area Black artists in a special ONLINE event. 
LE Bohemian Muse   |   Ron Moultrie-Saunders  |   Nyya Lark   |   TheArthur Wright   |   Suzane Beaubrun  

​Check out the exhibition page and watch our social media over the coming weeks to see more about the artists and their work. Artists Suzane Beaubrun and Nyya Lark (pictured above at her jewelry bench) are ACCI Members whose works are available in our brick and mortar gallery.

Going back to the beginning of the gallery, the founding members shared a vision of connecting the community through art. Though this year has forced a degree of physical separation upon us, it has also given us the opportunity to appreciate the importance of the artistic threads in the fabric of our community. For our artists, connecting with the staff while dropping off work has been reassuring. Our customers have been so appreciative of the gallery this year as it reminds them that there is still beauty and creativity in the world.

The launching of our Online Store has not only strengthened our connections with local people, but it has even reconnected us with past customers who had moved out of the area. And the challenges of this year have encouraged us to look at ourselves, to look at the ways in which we could do a better job of connecting with all members of the community. Our Art of Resilience show brought new artists and customers into our gallery.

As the days begin to lengthen, we look forward to emerging from this dark time with a stronger sense of purpose. May we carry with us the lessons we have learned during this year, and remember to always cherish the narratives and connections we create through our art.