Third Coast National began in 2007. For the first ten years (2007 to 2016), Third Coast National was an annual exhibition. It is now a biennial exhibition held in the odd numbered years. Past Jurors include internationally renowned artists Sharon Kopriva and Trenton Doyle Hancock, San Antonio Museum of Art Curator of Contemporary Art Suzanne Weaver (now retired), and Glasstire.com Editor in Chief Christina Rees.
K Space Contemporary, non-profit arts organization in Corpus Christi, TX, announces a call to artists for the Third Coast Biennial, a national juried exhibition of innovative contemporary art. Open to all artists age 18+ residing in the US. All media accepted: drawing, printmaking, painting, photography, ceramics, sculpture, fiber, video, mixed media/other. Entry Fee: $40 for up to 3 entries, $5 per each additional entry. (Discount available to K Space members.) Entry Deadline: June 14, 2025. Exhibition Dates Aug. 1 through Sept. 19, 2025.
The 2025 Juror is Leandra Urrutia, an object maker and storyteller based in Corpus Christi, Texas. Borrowing parts of the human form, she makes powerful compositions and installations that showcase her unconventional creative sensibilities. Her studio work illustrates struggles between body and mind from a woman-centered standpoint as one experiences injustice, injury, aging, fate, and fortitude. Her Mexican-American heritage, Catholic upbringing, interest in aggressive sports, and visits to China continue to bring an unorthodox influence to the ceramic and mixed media sculptures she invents.
Leandra’s honors and awards include a Windgate Artist-in-Residence Award from the Bernard A. Zuckerman Museum of Art in Kennesaw, Georgia, a McKnight Residency award from the Northern Clay Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, an ArtsMemphis Emmett O’Ryan Award for Artistic Inspiration, and a National Council for the Education of Ceramic Arts NCECA Emerging Artist award. Examples of her sculpture can be found in the Lark Book Series 500 Figures in Clay and 500 Ceramic Sculptures. Leandra is a co-founding member of the TETRA Collective: Women in Clay in the Texas A&M University System and Studio Nong: An International Sculpture Collective and Residency Program that originated in Nanning, Guangxi Province, PRC. In addition to making sculptures, she also creates functional pottery and jewelry. She served on the faculty of Memphis College of Art in Memphis, Tennessee, Mississippi Valley State University in Itta Bena, Mississippi, and presently leads the Ceramic program at Texas A&M University in Corpus Christi, Texas.
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