Hmm, does anybody have the time? Whoa, well, better late than never, right??
If you’re keen on more recent CaFE entries I encourage you to see what is being offered by checking out their site and even signing up for the email updates.
Are you in The Britain? Sign up to the benchpeg newsletter, whydoncha? They’ll send you a much more professional newsletter with this kind of material, weekly.
*** This month’s new additions***
Opportunities with deadlines
*** JA New York New Designer Gallery. “The New Designer Gallery is eligible to all designers who have not yet exhibited at a fine jewelry trade show.” Deadline, May 1st, 2014.
Harpo Foundation Grants for under-recognised Visual Artists. (Nope, not THAT Harpo…) Americans only. Deadline May 6, 2014.
BKV Prize for Young Applied Arts. 9th May 2014.
*** Mixed (e)Motions: Art Unbound by Media. “Mixed media and multimedia only. All works should exhibit both motion and emotion, with special consideration for unique media combinations.” Entries Due: May 31, 2014 (12am Mountain Time.)
New Traditional Jewellery 2014. As a part of the SIERAAD arts fair in Amsterdam, this competition has taken ‘ CONFRONTATIONS’ as the 2014 theme. Registration due 1st June 2014.
*** BJ Spoke Gallery: Digital Magic. An exhibition calling for all things digital, inclusing 3D prints. Deadline: June 1, 2014.
The Halstead Grant Call for Entries. “The Halstead Grant is awarded each year to a promising new jewelry designer working primarily in silver.” Deadline June 9, 2014.
*** So Fresh + So Clean. 1st Annual Ethical Metalsmiths Student Exhibition and Emerging Artist Award. Closes 15 Jul 2014.
Mari Funaki Award for Contemporary Jewellery. Applications close 18 June 2014 (11:59pm, Australian Eastern Standard Time. That’s a day ahead of you US peeps.)
Call for papers for c+de#7 (2015) NOW OPEN:“Landscape, Place and Identity in Craft and Design”. Guest Edited by Kay Lawrence. (c+de#7 = Craft and Design enquiry issue 7). The Call for Papers for this issue is now open and will close on 30 June 2014.
Harpo Foundation Grants – Emerging Artist Fellowship (residency). (Still not THAT Harpo…) Americans only. Deadline July 5, 2014.
Koru 5. Triennial event organized by Finnish Jewellery Art Association. DEADLINE for applications is 1.8.2014. (That’s the 1st of August for you Americans 
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*** Niche Awards. For “craft artist[s] residing in the U.S. or Canada, and especially seeks artists who are designing and making work for resale by stores and galleries. ” Professional Deadline: August 18, 2014
Rolling + Undated Opportunities
*** Artist in Residence in the Industrial Monument Jakob Bengel – Idar-Oberstein, Germany. 1-3 month residency for jewellers in the factory, including stipend and accommodation! Looks amazing.
Assistantships, Residencies, Volunteering & Employment at Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA.
PORTFOLIO AND EXHIBITION PROPOSALS FOR LINCOLN CENTER ART GALLERIES – entry via CaFE, but instructions on the linked site (hint, scroll down).
The Peoria Art Guild. “Currently accepting submissions, and are sending out a call to artists, around the world and at all stages in their careers, to submit their portfolios for consideration.”
Commissioners’ Choice Invitational Lone Tree Arts Center.– entry via CaFE, but instructions on the linked site (hint, scroll down).
Contemporary Metal in Perth have updated their class timetable and there is some great stuff on offer. Check it!
Dallas County Community College District – Visiting Artist for our Art Metals Summer Workshop in Summer 2014.
Tributaries: Call for entries. The Metal Museum, in Memphis, has an ongoing call for exhibitions from emerging and mid-career artists. First deadline Feb 2013, for upcoming shows, and they keep applications on file for 2 years.
The Imperial Centre for the Arts + Sciences in North Carolina have a permanent exhibition call out, with shows booked 2-3 years in advance.
And finally
There’s this Art Prize Website for Aussie artists, where you can sign up for regular updates.