CALL FOR ENTRIES
To enter the teapot show, please bring you entries to The Tea Grotto on Saturday, April 10, between 10 am and Noon or prearrange a time with Bill James. Entry forms will be available at that time or can be downloaded as a pdf here.
The entry fee is $15 per entry with a 3 entry limit. Clay Arts, Utah members receive a $5 discount per entry. An entry is a teapot or a tea set (a teapot with cups, etc.) Please fill out a separate form for each entry.
Sales will be handled through The Tea Grotto. The Tea Grotto has graciously waived its commission for this event.
Note that there will be no insurance on items in this sale.
Due to space constraints, it may be necessary to jury works into the show. We anticipate space for 15 to 20 teapots.
Judging:
A cash prize will be awarded for Best In Show.
Works will be judged on both aesthetics and function. (Decorative teapots may be accepted to be shown, but only functional teapots will be eligible for best in show prize.) We will have two judges, one a ceramic artist, the other a tea expert.
Randi Lile will be the Clay Arts, Utah juror. She is well known and respected in the ceramics community. She won the People's Choice award at Intimate Objects, the 2008 Clay Arts, Utah pottery show. Her work can be seen online at randilile.com and in person at several venues in Utah, including the Red Kiln, where she teaches and is the studio manager.
Vanessa, manager of The Tea Grotto, will evaluate the function of the tea ware. She is expert in the brewing of the various teas and knows what to look for in a teapot.
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Where does you entry fee go?
Your fees go to pay for the show. Shows organized by Clay Arts, Utah have to be largely self supporting. The expenses of the show will be kept to a minimum to keep the fees down too. Expenses include printing and mailing postcards to announce the show, printing flyers, juror fees, and awards. If the unlikely event that there is any money left over, it will be used for Clay Arts, Utah educational projects.
