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CALL for ENTRIES: 47th Int’l Show

Learn more about the 47th International Art Show from the Brownsville Museum of Fine Art!

focused and FARE

I cheated on my husband with shrimp tacos.  He’s contact allergic to shellfish, and on the rare occasion I eat a meal without him, my radar is firmly set on shrimp.  I feel guilty while eating them, like I’ve cheated, and then have to go through a hazmat-style sterilization process afterward.  But, shrimp.

I had that shrimp-y luncheon with my a friend, an accomplished realist painter.  We spent time talking about our plans for the next weeks and months. She paints prolifically and noted, “I haven’t even been looking at Calls because I can’t do anything until Fall”.  Between work for galleries that represent her, a couple of invitational shows and a museum solo show that comes down this week, she can’t lose focus.  Realizing that kind of focus has been my goal for months, and I am beginning to see results, but it requires tuning out the things that don’t serve my focused goal. 

Are museum shows a part of your current plan?  If yes, check out this Call for Entries from Brownsville Museum of Fine Art (Brownsville, TX) for 47th International Art Show.  $45 entry & 30% commission, plus $3300 in cash awards.  Both jurors’ work is well documented, so do your homework!

Learn more about the 47th International Art Show from the Brownsville Museum of Fine Art!CALL for ENTRIES:
47th Int’l Art Show 
from Brownsville Museum of Fine Art

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to painting, drawing, water media, mixed media, printmaking, 3D sculpture, photography & digital media.

DEADLINE:  February 20, 2019 (midnight CENTRAL time)

NOTIFICATION:  February 26, 2019

ENTRY FEE: $45 up to 3, $5 ea. addl 

JURORS:  Joe Harjo, visual artist, MFA from the University of Texas San Antonio, and Professor of Photography at Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX.  Mauricio Saenz, visual artist and filmmaker, MA in Artistic Production from Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain.

AWARD: Best of Show $1000; Clara Ely Award $250 (limited to oil & acrylic),  and Octavia Arneson Award $250 (limited to water media), Mayor’s Award: Commemorative Plate, First Place (in each of 8 categories) $150, 2nd Place (in each of 8 categories) $50, 3rd Place (in each of 8 categories) $25 and Honorable Mentions receive ribbons.

SALES:  All art must be for sale and the BMFA will require 30% commission for any sale that was a direct result of the exhibition.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more from the Brownsville Museum of Fine Art!

CALL for ENTRIES: Go Fish

Learn more about the Go Fish exhibit from the Cloyde Snook Gallery at Adams State University Art Department!

here FISHY FISHY FISHY

Ten years ago, I just quit eating tuna salad.  I don’t know why. It has never been my favorite, but for some reason it just mysteriously disappeared from my menu-of-habit.  I still eat chicken & egg salad.  I even enjoy salmon patties on regular occasion.  Hell, I even eat tuna fillets at dinner when I find a good deal, but mentioning tuna salad for lunch gets an immediate “no thanks.”  Sometimes things just seem fishy.

In the art world, we’ve all become suspicious that someone has an alternative motive .  I am leery of every call, every competition.  If you read it here, it has passed a fairly thorough “seems fishy” investigation.  The vanity galleries and fees-are-more-than-any-possible-reward scams are the easiest to see through.  But what about the the newer spaces? The unconventional places?  We want to support new endeavors from those whose passion is to serve artists and the development of best practices, but when is your “gut” enough to make it safe to gamble?  When does is cease being fishy? 

The landlord for my new studio space has me on high alert.  It is 200 sq. ft. with  power included for $50 per week.  A steal right?  But he is also willing to sink thousands of dollars into its renovation to make a 12-month studio space for me.  Assuming the utilities are $50 a month, it will take him more than a year to recoup the cost for the renovation.  Wouldn’t it be cheaper just to leave it as a storage space?  Very fishy.  Maybe he’s just trying to support the arts by breaking even on an unused asset.  The verdict is still out.  I’ll keep you updated.

This next Call is highly fishy, in a literal sense.  Do you have work that is inspired by fish, fishing or aquatic fauna?  Here’s your chance to trade in your suspicion for show time.  Check out this Call for Entries from the Cloyde Snook Gallery at Adams State University Art Department (Alamosa, CO) for Go Fish.  $35 entry & no commission for this academic show. This is a beautiful venue…

Learn more about the Go Fish exhibit from the Cloyde Snook Gallery at Adams State University Art Department!

CALL for ENTRIES:
Go Fish 
the Cloyde Snook Gallery
at Adams State Univ. Art Dept

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media –contemporary interpretations that conceptually and/or literally are inspired by Fish, Fishing or Aquatic Fauna. 

DEADLINE:  Feb 1, 2019

NOTIFICATION:  February 5, 2019

ENTRY FEE: $35 up to 3

AWARD: “Best in Show” will be offered a future solo exhibition at the Cloyde Snook Gallery.

SALES:  The gallery will take no commission on sales but does encourage donations of 10 to 20%

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about the Go Fish exhibit from the Cloyde Snook Gallery at Adams State University Art Department!

CALL for ENTRIES: Arte Natura 2019

Learn more about the Art Natura exhibit from the Limner Gallery!

lost in TRANSLATION

What you do if your grocery option were cut by 90%?  I recently read an article about the single largest threat to independent or regional grocers being small-box discount stores like Dollar General, Family Dollar & Dollar Tree.  If you groceries could only come from one of these sources, can you imagine never eating fresh meat or vegetables again?  Virtually every food you would consume would be pre-processed, significantly so.  Nothing you ate would be as it exists in nature or even one step removed.  My mind is really blown by that idea.  It scares me.  It that scenario, I would have to put my own health into the hands of the food processing industry.  How does that sit with you?  Yeah, me neither.

I live less than 5 miles from a regional grocer and another 10-15 miles from large-box retailers like Kroger, Publix, Walmart & Aldi.  As much as I would like to buy local, my local grocer doesn’t make stock decision or employ pricing policies that allow me to make the best menu or the best financial decisions.  Currently, Aldi gets the bulk of my formal grocery dollars.  I want to make foods based on fresh fruits, vegetables, meats, seafood & diary –as close as I can find to their natural form as possible.  If I eat poorly, I want it to be by my choice.

A similar desire prompted by media change.  I wanted to work using supplies and/or products that I could find easily, or make myself if necessary.  At the time, I was contemplating significant rural travel that would have made art supply deliveries less convenient. I’ve always been a closet painter, but always acrylics.  Acrylics led me down the path to acrylic mediums, and then my supply load quadrupled.  I slowly made my way to watercolor.  Purchased paints last long periods & arrive in compact containers.  I can make both paints & paper with very few supplies if necessary. Finished work can be stored flat, pressed.  Small amounts of water can be found anywhere.  It took me a long time to commit, but I’m here and I’m in love, naturally.

This next Call in interested in seeing your nature-oriented work.  What do you have to show in this well-established gallery?  Take your time, research the history of this show & venue and the curatorial choices that have shaped this space.  Could this be a good fit for you?  Check out this Call for Entries from Slow Art Productions for Arte Natura 2019 at the Limner Gallery (Hudson, NY). $35 entry open to all media and all artists.  Take a look…

Learn more about the Art Natura exhibit from the Limner Gallery!

CALL for ENTRIES:
Arte Natura 2019
at the Limner Gallery

This exhibition will focus on art inspired by the natural world and will be held at the Limner Gallery from May 9 – June 1, 2019.

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media forms of painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, graphics, digital and installation art, video, etc.

DEADLINE:  February 28, 2019

NOTIFICATION:  March 31, 2019

ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to 4, $5 ea. add’l 

SALES:  SlowArt Productions will retain 35% commission on sales.  Prices set by the artist.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more from SlowArt Productions and the Limner Gallery!

CALL for ENTRIES: 2019-20 Solo Exhibits

Learn more about the 2019-20 Solo Exhibition Call from Durham Arts Council!

COCO-nutty

Most of my secret foods are trashy, throw-away garbage foods, but occasionally a decent one sneaks into the mix. I’m not going to lay claim to avocados because they are, when applied to toast, apparently the damnation of an entire generation. It does seem, however, that coconut milk makes into into all my favorite dishes from tom kha gai, Thai coconut soup with chicken, which is in the slower cooker for tonight, to two-ingredient, decadent dark chocolate pudding, mango sticky rice or peanut chicken Buddha bowls.  I use it in everything.  Its presence in my pantry represents opportunity.  

One month from today, I’ll be spending my first full day in residence in Cromarty, Scotland, giving me the time and space to pursue a work direction that I might never otherwise get an opportunity to try.  (I will do my best to post at night when my work days are complete.)  And, by the time I return, my husband will have completed  some portion of the renovation work on my new 10’x20′ storage shed studio.  Again, opportunity.  I am shoving aside the pressure to produce and the expectation of a certain look of success, and I am concentrating solely on appreciating the opportunity.  The rest, I will figure out as I encounter it.

This next Call also represents opportunity on a larger scale.  This is a tiny application fee for a Call from a publicly-funded, non-profit venue for multiple gallery spaces in a range of sizes (diagram provided in Call). They only ask for 5 to 10 images to consider, and the commission rate for sales is very reasonable.  This is an active venue for arts-programming, so you’re assured a certain level of visibility.  The catch?  You have to deliver and install the work in Durham, NC.  So, for many of you, this would be considered a regional call.  I think it is worth the drive, so don’t dismiss the idea until you’ve fully read the Call.  

Check out this Call for Entries from Durham Arts Council (Durham, NC) for Annual Call for Artists 2019-2020.  $15 entry fee & 30% commission. This is a great venue…

Learn more about the 2019-20 Solo Exhibition Call from Durham Arts Council!CALL for ENTRIES:
Annual Call for Artists 2019-2020 
from Durham Arts Council

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists 18+.  Artists from all geographic locations are eligible to apply, however artists are responsible for transporting their work to the DAC and installing it. Work must be dropped off – SHIPPING IS NOT PERMITTED. 

MEDIA: Open to all media 

DEADLINE:  January 31, 2019 (Editor’s Note: Deadline is 9pm EST, not midnight)

ENTRY FEE: $15 application fee

AWARD:  Selected artists will generally receive one entire gallery for a solo exhibition sometime between July 2019-July 2020. Durham Arts Council’s Artist Services Department coordinates and promotes exhibition receptions in our historic downtown Durham facility, produces and distributes media promotion, and creates wall labels and text panels for the galleries.

SALES:  The Durham Arts Council will handle artwork sales on behalf of the artist. DAC’s commission is 30% for any sold works.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about the Annual Call from the Durham Arts Council!

CALL for ENTRIES: 28th Nat’l OPA

 

Learn more about the 28th National Juried at Illume Gallery in Saint George UT from Oil Painters of America!

celebratory EDIBLES

Do you make food resolutions?  No, I don’t mean diets.  Do you make promises to eat healthier or cleaner?  Or maybe to cut some food that makes you itchy, grouchy or gas-y?  Yeah, me neither.  Not anymore.  My eating habits go with the flow.  I eat a lot of whole, fresh foods, punctuated by occasional, terribly-crappy junk food, and it seems to work for me, ha.  This year, I am resolved to drink more bubbly.  I love Prosecco.  I like the sense of celebration, and I want to spend more time celebrating the little stuff.  What is your go-to drinkable or edible celebratory treat?  Chocolate? Guac?  Join me for my year of Yay!  We deserve it.

My last major change was the abandoning of all dairy except whole milk options, and a complete, mid-career left turn in mediaYikes.  Until my change of media a couple of years ago, I was working, almost exclusively, as a xerographist.  There is no Xerography Association, locally, nationally or internationally, to my knowledge.  So, I never had the ability to take advantage of media-specific membership.  Now that I am a watercolorist, I have more options.  However, because I embroider over my paintings, my work is typically considered mixed media by painters and painting by fiber artists.  I’m not sure if I’ll ever find a watercolor or fiber art society to call home.  Do you have a media association that you love?  

One of the benefits of association shows is the prestige.  Because they are almost always juried by working master artists, the recognition of your work is meant to be a stamp of approval on your dedication to developing your skills, plus, they often have large cash prizes.  There are frequently multiple show opportunities throughout the year as well as educational & critique options that can’t be found anywhere else.  THOSE are all great arguments for the next Call, but I’m not an oil painter.  If you are, this is a great show.

Check out this Call for Entries for the 28th Annual Nat’l Exhibition from Oil Painters of America to be exhibited at the Illume Gallery of Fine Art (Saint George, UT).  $100,000 in awards including $25K Best of Show.  Don’t wait…

Learn more about the 28th National Juried at Illume Gallery in Saint George UT from Oil Painters of America!CALL for ENTRIES:
28th Nat’l Juried
from Oil Painters of America

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to artists residing in the U.S., Canada & Mexico

MEDIA: Representational oil painting

DEADLINE: January 25, 2019

NOTIFICATION: February 22, 2019

ENTRY FEE: $30 for 1, $15 ea. add’l (plus membership fee of $70). More membership information can be found on the OPA website, under the Member Services tab. 

JURORS:  OPA Master Signature member Kenn Backhaus OPAM

AWARDS: The total awards will be approximately $100,000, including a $25,000 Best In Show.

SALES: Commission of 40% is required by the gallery for all paintings sold.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more from Oil Painters of America!

CALL for ENTRIES: 56th Annual Masur

 

Learn more about the 56th Annual Juried Exhibit from Masur Museum!

the SMOOTH move

I finally have a use for all those black, frozen bananas cluttering my freezer –the afternoon smoothie.  I live with two high-metabolism guys, so the 4 o’clock afternoon snack is standard here.  I’m not new to the concept of the smoothie, but I am new to making them regularly.  Frozen cantaloupe, whole milk yogurt and a melange of other goodies like vanilla, berries, chia seeds.  I am frequently still NOT hungry when dinner prep time rolls around.  The best part is that they are super fast & have almost no clean up, giving me less distraction and fewer avoidance excuses.

I need fewer reasons to make excuses.  Do you hibernate from responsibility when overwhelmed? Me too. I am a member of a handful of online artistic communities, and I read all the bickering about what shows are worth entering and which aren’t.  No one seems to see different paths.  Everyone seems to have divided up into teams “realism” vs. “abstraction”, “fine art” vs. “applied arts”.  Where are you?  And why can’t your decision be based on where YOU are or where you want to be?  Right now, I am interested mainly in academic and museum shows because this is a period of growth and change.  What shows feel right to you?  Are you concentrating on publication?  Are you testing new work in online venues?  Are you searching for gallery representation or maybe higher volume commercial sales?  All of those paths are valid.  Don’t get sucked into the guilt of not fulfilling the vision someone else has for what being a successful artist means. (Remind me to talk about Insta-worthy studios sometime.)

Check out this Call for Entries for the 56th Annual Juried Exhibition from the Masur Museum of Art (Monroe, LA). $20 Entry & no commission.  This is a stunning museum show with a storied history. The juror has excellent curatorial vision.   I think this is a great opportunity, but is it the right fit for you?  Have a smoothie and get back to me. 🙂

Learn more about the 56th Annual Masur Juried Exhibit!CALL or ENTRIES:
56th Annual Juried
from Masur Museum

 

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all US artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media

DEADLINE: January 2, 2019 (extended) 

NOTIFICATION:  February 1, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $20 for 2, $10 ea. add’l (5 max.)

JUROR:  Catherine Futter is the Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, MO. Futter has curated a number of permanent collection installations of European and American art from medieval to the present, organized exhibitions that highlight living artists, and also has led the museum’s efforts to spark an area conversation about creating a cultural district in midtown Kansas City. Futter’s specialty is with European and American Decorative arts from 1850-present, and she has previously held positions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Yale Center for British Art, and the Chrysler Museum of Art.

AWARDS: Best in Show is $1,000, and total awards are $3,200. The People’s Choice Award is $200.00 and will be voted on by visitors throughout the run of the exhibition. Best Packed: $100 This award will honor for the artist who packs their art in the most professional manner. 

SALES: The Masur Museum of Art does not receive a commission on sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more from the Masur Museum!

CALL for ENTRIES: Art on Paper

Learn more about the Art on Paper exhibit from Site:Brooklyn!

nuts for NUTS

I make a lot of granola these days.  I tripped across this mostly Paleo recipe & altered it to taste.  (We don’t eat Paleo, specifically, but I am often drawn to the recipes.) This version is absent the oats found in most granola, so it lacks the chalky, starchy lethargic quality of the stereotypical bagged cereal.  My version is mostly nuts & seeds with a bit of dried fruit, coconut oil & a dash of honey.  There seems to always be a batch in the oven, and I’m going through roll after roll of parchment paper.  It is brain food; try it.  This next Call is looking for works on paper.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Site: Brooklyn (Brooklyn, NY) for Art on Paper.  $35 entry fee & 50% commission.  This could be a good opportunity for some contemporary artists. Is this one right for you?

Learn more about the Art on Paper exhibit from Site:Brooklyn! CALL for ENTRIES:
Art on Paper 
from Site: Brooklyn

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to 2D work on paper (drawing, painting, printing, photography, collage & assemblage). 

DEADLINE:  November 26 2018

NOTIFICATION:  December 7, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $35 up to 3, $10 ea. addl 

JUROR:  Rebecca Lax is a Senior Specialist in Contemporary, PWC and Prints & Multiples at Artnet auctions in New York City.  Her background is extensive in contemporary art having spanned 30 years.  Early in her career, she worked at several blue chip galleries: Leo Castelli at 420 West Broadway, Knoedler, Pace Prints and Galerie Lelong, NYC.  Aside from the directorial, curatorial, management and sales knowledge gained from those experiences, she also worked as a corporate art consultant in acquisitions for Goldman Sachs, Banco Santander and Pitney Bowes.  A very important position in her career was spent in the academic sector acting as Director of Finance for the LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies at Columbia University. She continues to be a contributing member to Arttable and the Association for Women Art Dealers as well as a Benefit Committee member of the International Print Center of NY. 

SALES:   50% commission on all sales will go to Site: Brooklyn. 

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more from Site:Brooklyn!

CALL for ENTRIES: WAO Photography Award

Learn more about the WAO Photography Award!

what GUAC?

I have broken my addiction to photographing my food in public.  I’ve eaten more that a few meals that were cooler than necessary for the sake a pretty shot. Embarassing? Yes.  But why I have never snapped pics of my food from home is a puzzle.  I never think about it until my meal is over.  My chicken fajitas & guac were beautiful yesterday, but you’ll have to take my word for it.  This next Call won’t take you work for it, you’re gonna have to produce the photographs.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from WorkingArtist.org for the Photography Award.  This may very well be the simplest entry process out there + the possibility of a great return. $25 Entry. Don’t miss this one…

Learn more about the WAO Photography Award!

CALL for ENTRIES:
Photo Award from
workingartist.org

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists.  No written proposals or CV’s are required unless the artist would like to include them. There is no application form.

MEDIA:   Photography

DEADLINE:  July 17, 2018

ENTRY FEE:  $25 for up to 5

AWARDS:  If selected as the winner, the award recipient must exchange one original work or smaller series of original works for inclusion into a collection, in return for the $1000 award. Work considered by the artist as of equal value, and available for acquisition can be negotiated upon receipt of the award. Shipping costs will be paid by workingartist.org.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more from WorkingArtist.org!

CALL for ENTRIES: Dreams 2018

Learn more about the Dreams 2018 exhibit from art-competition.net!

the DONUTS on the bus

I had a dream last night that I was a member of an elite task force who job was to stop the getaway of bandits driving cars with Boston-creme-doughnut wheels.  I deployed tack strip which led to doughnut bits everywhere and creme filling running in the streets.  Ummm, yeah, I’m concerned too.  This next Call is all about your dreams.  I’m betting you have something that fits this theme…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net for Dreams 2018 at Gallery25N (online). $25 entry & no shipping.  The media is pretty wide open too. Take a look…

Learn more about the Dreams 2018 exhibit from art-competition.net!CALL for ENTRIES:
Dreams 2018
from Art-competition.net

ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+

MEDIA:   Open to still media, including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, digital, prints, fiber art, collage, etc.

THEME: Dreams  “artwork inspired by the artist’s visions of dreams –those windows into what might be called our subconscious reality. Reflections upon one’s dreams can have a short-term fleeting effect or a longer-term, even haunting, significance that influences one’s future choices and directions. . . . The artist might present a dream as a hazy, filtered reality from specific memories or from an explosion of abstract and surrealistic imagery –all of which may be emotionally captured as their own.”

DEADLINE: July 16, 2018

NOTIFICATION: July 27, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $25 for up to 3, $5 ea. add’l

AWARDS:  20 artists will be selected for an online group exhibit, “Dreams 2018” at Gallery25N; the exhibit and artists will be extensively marketed worldwide to over 26,000 people including art buyers, gallery owners, curators, collectors, etc.  One artist will be selected to receive the Christopher E. Burke Fine Art Grant of $500. That artist’s work will become the image of the exhibition and will be used on the invitation, video title screen and on all online marketing.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more from art-competition.net!

CALL for ENTRIES: The Bicycle: Art Meets Form

Learn more about The Bicycle exhibit from Theatre Art Galleries in High Point NC!

pushups POPS

I remember chasing the ice cream truck and cycling away, post chase, peeling the paper away from my treasure with both hands and trying not to crash into a parked car or a jay-walking pedestrian.  In my current neighborhood, the roads are only two lanes, the tourist traffic is crazy, and there aren’t any kids on bicycles –or ice cream trucks.  I wonder if I can still ride.  Hmmm.  This next call is all about the bicycle or cycling.  I love the memories this theme conjures…

Check out this Call for Entries from Theatre Art Galleries -TAG (High Point, NC) for The Bicycle: Art Meets Form.  $20 Entry, 40% commission & cash awards.  Take a look…

Learn more about The Bicycle exhibit from Theatre Art Galleries in High Point NC! CALL for ENTRIES:
The Bicycle: Art Meets Form 
from the Theatre Art Galleries

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA:  Open to all media.  Subject matter must relate in some way to bicycles or cycling. 

DEADLINE:  July 25, 2018

NOTIFICATION:  August 7, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $20 up to 3 

JUROR:  Dr. Emily Stamey is Curator of Exhibitions at the Weatherspoon Art Museum at the UNC, Greensboro. She is currently preparing Dread & Delight: Fairy Tales In an Anxious World, which opens this August. Stamey has held curatorial positions at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art in Arizona & the Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State. 

AWARDS:  1st Place $1000, 2nd Place $500 & 3rd Place $250

SALES:   Theatre Art Galleries will retain a 40% commission on all work sold.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about The Bicycle exhibit from Theatre Art Galleries in High Point NC!