{"id":102,"date":"2009-06-25T17:43:08","date_gmt":"2009-06-25T22:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyjewel.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/2009\/06\/25\/call-for-entries-extreme-tea-exhibition\/"},"modified":"2009-06-25T17:43:08","modified_gmt":"2009-06-25T22:43:08","slug":"call-for-entries-extreme-tea-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/2009\/06\/25\/call-for-entries-extreme-tea-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Entries: eXtreme Tea Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_dYOW3_y9xoY\/SkKrvha13cI\/AAAAAAAAB4Q\/9_znmGjW5BY\/s1600-h\/1996405170_b74eb0dd55.jpg\"><img style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt;float: left;width: 200px;height: 162px\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyjewel.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/e2460_1996405170_b74eb0dd55.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><span>eXtreme Tea Exhibition<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>An exhibition of historic and contemporary <\/span><span>tea infusers<\/span><span> and strainers<\/span> <span>curated by Tom Muir.<\/p>\n<p><\/span> The exhibit will be shown from January 16 \u2013 March 21, 2010 at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft.<\/p>\n<p><span>Introduction:<\/span><br \/>If you\u2019ve used a teabag, you\u2019ve used the least attractive, and most common, form of contemporary tea infuser.  A <span>tea infuser<\/span> is simply a device that holds loose tea leaves for brewing in a pot or cup. But this simple, useful object has a history of extraordinary artistic elaboration, in common with all tea implements. Today, as tea is a popular beverage around the globe, the tea infuser presents an exciting challenge for <span>contemporary artists<\/span> in many media. The contrasts between tradition and contemporary possibilities for the tea infuser are extreme indeed \u2013 even more so is the inventiveness that takes this simple function to imaginative extremes!<br \/>High craft and low craft are contrastingly represented in tea infusers, which can be made of metal, glass, ceramic, fiber and plastic \u2013 and combinations of mixed media. The functional solution that artists have found to the problem of steeping tea have varied widely and wildly \u2013 from figural, thematic depictions and literary references to visual and functional puns and engineering tours de forces.<\/p>\n<p>With possibilities for multiple use in the contemporary context, tea infusers provide unlimited possibilities for artists! Besides the popularity of tea itself, new forms of contemporary tea infusers will also share in the world-wide status of teapots as culturally significant artforms.<\/p>\n<p><span> To have work considered for the exhibition:<\/span><br \/>please send high-quality digital images<br \/>and information to:<br \/>Tom Muir<br \/><span>Fine Arts Center<\/span><br \/><span>Bowling Green State University<\/span><br \/><span>Bowling Green, OH 43402<\/span><br \/>or <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/us.mc318g.mail.yahoo.com\/mc\/compose?to=tommuir%40hughes.net\">tommuir@hughes. net<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Deadline for submission: October 1, 2009<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/powerhouse_museum_photography\/1996405170\/\">Powerhouse Museum&#8217;s Photostream<\/a><\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyjewel.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/e2460_4698837677539896356-6689909524315854588?l=dailyjewel.blogspot.com\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>eXtreme Tea Exhibition An exhibition of historic and contemporary tea infusers and strainers curated by Tom Muir. The exhibit will be shown from January 16 \u2013 March 21, 2010 at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. Introduction:If you\u2019ve used a teabag, you\u2019ve used the least attractive, and most common, form of contemporary tea infuser. 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