Vince Palacios reports that Lark Books is publishing a book titled 500 Ceramic Sculptures. He has received notice that two of his works will be in the book to be published after the first of the year.
- The Society for contemporary Craft (Contemporarycraft.org) has selected Palacios as a finalist for the 2009 leap award. Out of hundreds of applicants, 10 to 20 finalists are chosen to produce a body of work which they will show and promote. There will be an exhibition of that work at the end of 2009 and a winner will be announced. The winner will receive a large cash award and be given a solo exhibition.
- The Santa Fe Clay Gallery has asked Palacios to be in a show titled "What the Future May Hold: Artists Consider the Post-Bush World"
- Palacios has been juried into the Clay and Context: National Exhibition, Indiana State University by juror Sherman Hall, Editor of Ceramics Monthly
- Palacios has had three works juried into the BAL National exhibition in Beaumont Texas
- Palacios has been juried into the Craftforms 2008 International Exhibition. There were 711 entries from the US and abroad. The Juror, Michael W. Monroe, Curator of the Bellevue arts Museum, selected 109 works. Two of those works were Palacios's.
Alchemy Series: Crystalis Clay, Glaze, Decals, and Wood 33 1/2" x 12" x 17" |
Alchemy Series: The conversion of Saul,Clay, Glaze and Decals 24" X 10" |
Left to right: Donny Gettinger, Susan Czechowski, Josh Zeilinksi, Jack Crouch, Rafael Holz Eckmann, Emily Wehling, Anna Kleinkopf, Adam Bednar and Keith Holz. Dr. Keith Holz led a contemporary art tour of Berlin, Germany. This photo was taken on Thanksgiving Day in Potsdam, where they visited the palaces and English gardens of Sansoucci.