PROGRESS AND POSSIBILITIES 2011 is now open for entries at CAFÉ: Call for Entries!

Progress and Possibilities is here again! For the second time since the NPCG became the International Polymer Clay Association, clayers from all over the world are invited to join this celebration of art and beauty in the fastest-evolving artistic medium in history.

So how does it work? Easy! IPCA members submit pictures of their work in digital form to CAFE: Call for Entries. They will be juried by a group of highly skilled and experienced artists and curators appointed by the P&P Committee. All you have to do is choose up to three pieces you’ve made during 2011 – the ones you are most proud of. Then prepare the best digital images you can for submission. You can show views from two directions for each piece. There is a fee of $30 for between 1 and 3 entries and this will go towards funding the competition and supporting the IPCA. There are three categories – Art Jewelry, Functional Objects and Sculptural Objects with three levels of expertise – Beginners, Intermediate and Professional. You must choose the same level for every entry and hints for how to determine which one is relevant to you are on Café: Call for Entries. The Committee reserves the right to change the level selected by the entrant.

The only limitations are that the pieces must be new – made in 2011, they must be made from at least 75% visible polymer clay and must not have been entered into previous competitions or published in print materials, online media or websites and blogs unless the latter two are the artist’s own.

The competition will close on the 15^th November and all entries will appear in the Members Only section of the IPCA website shortly after for Members to vote for their choices in each category at each level. Winners of both the juried competition, including Best in Show, and the Members Choice will be announced early in January 2012.

We are all eager to be wowed by your creativity so please, don’t hold back, send in your finest work for us to admire!

Alison Gallant

Alaina Ackley

Suzanne Ivester

IPCA Progress and Possibilities Committee

Progress and Possibilities 2011, this year's edition of our time-honored online exhibition, is in its final planning stages.

The Call for Entry will be posted October 15 on Cafe: CallforEntry, and the deadline for submissions will be Nov. 15. Winners of both the juried exhibition and the Members' Choice competition will be announced Jan. 6.