Beccy Feather’s 2010 work entitled Ultra Shiny Laser Crystal was featured in the 2012 UrbanGlass MFA exhibition. The glass pictured above was one element of the project that included a fake “exclusive event” complete with cocktails, and VIP passes—elements in a conceptual work that engaged New York cultural life.
The annual MFA Competition Exhibition at Brooklyn’s UrbanGlass nonprofit art center seeks proposals from recent graduates of North American masters programs. The 2014 MFA show will be an important part of UrbanGlass’ inaugural year in its newly renovated facility in Downtown Brooklyn opening on October 2nd, 2013, and the deadline to apply is in early August 2013. (Disclosure: UrbanGlass publishes GLASS magazine and the GLASS Quarterly Hot Sheet.)
The exhibition provides an international showcase for new and noteworthy talent in the field of contemporary glass. Each of the finalists will be represented by up to three art works in the exhibition. One artist will be selected from the finalists for a one-artist show at a later date. Finalists will be notified by Friday, August 30, 2013. The exhibition will also be documented in GLASS: The UrbanGlass Art Quarterly.
The UrbanGlass MFA Competition Exhibition is open to recent MFA graduates of glass programs in the United States and Canada. For the 2014 competition, artists must have received their MFAs within the past academic year, from Summer 2012 through Winter 2013. A selection committee comprised of artists, critics, educators, UrbanGlass staff members and other professionals in the field of contemporary glass will select the finalists. Out of the finalists, one artist will be selected for a solo-artist exhibition to take place at a later date.
All entries must be emailed by 5 PM on Friday, August 9, 2013, to
MFAcompetition@urbanglass.org (See below for specific application format requirements.)
Beccy Feather’s 2010 work entitled Ultra Shiny Laser Crystal was featured in the 2012 UrbanGlass MFA exhibition. The glass pictured above was one element of the project that included a fake “exclusive event” complete with cocktails, and VIP passes—elements in a conceptual work that engaged New York cultural life.