SNEAKY SNACKS

I become periodically addicted to snack foods.  Recently I’ve been fixated on Hot Buffalo Wing Pretzel Pieces from Snyder’s; however, an upcoming trip to a warm climate in the dead of winter means dragging out my bathing suit in December. Ugh.  So, I am trying to break the addiction by trying out new snack foods.  This week…whole grain fig newtons.  Wow, that’s a punch of flavor in a tiny package.  My logic is that the stronger flavor will result in less consumption.  We’ll see.  This next Call wants to see what can of wallop you can bring in a small package.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries for not Big from the M S Rezny Studio / Gallery in Lexington, Kentucky.  Enter any media for only $20, and small size means smaller shipping price.  Hurray!

*Editor’s Note:  If you have read the personal portion of this post, CALL for ENTRIES: not BIG, anywhere other than by email subscription or on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, it has been published without permission and is considered theft.

CALL for ENTRIES: not BIG

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all individual artists working in the contemporary arts.

MEDIA:  Any medium including painting, sculpture, ceramics, collage, mixed media, photography and glass.  There is no intended theme for the work; it just needs to fit the criteria of being “small art”. No works over 12 inches in any direction.

DEADLINE:  November 30, 2011

NOTIFICATION:  December 16, 2011

ENTRY FEE:  $20 entry fee for 3 images, $5 for add’l images

JUROR:  Jack Girard, Chair Division of Fine Art, Transylvania University

AWARDS:  $500 First Prize, $200 Second Prize and $100 Third Prize, as well as numerous Purchase Awards starting at $300.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: not BIG originally appeared on Art and Art Deadlines.com on October 18, 2011. If you are reading it on any other site, it has been stolen from Art and Art Deadlines.com.

HAVING
A BALL

Spaghetti and Meatballs maybe the first home-cooked dinner meal that I remember.  I remember not properly securing the leaf-supports on the table and having spaghetti rain down upon my father’s lap.  I was four.  It is still funny.  I wish we’d used cute little pasta bird’s nests… maybe the meatballs could’ve been saved, ha.  This next Call will bring you a little closer to your inner child, if you’ll only follow through…

Check out this Call for Submissions from Redwing’s Nest, an online journal of literature & the arts, brought to you by Sabot at Stony Point (Richmond, VA).  If you don’t make the age-restriction requirements, please seek out someone who does and help them along.  Your reward will be forthcoming, I promise…

CALL for SUBMISSIONS:
Redwing’s Nest

The Redwing’s Nest is looking for art and writing from children, pre-school through 8th grade, from around the world.

The Redwing’s Nest accepts literary and visual arts submissions 4 times a year for each of the quarterly issues.  The issues are themed and all submissions should broadly connect to the theme in some way.

ELIGIBILITY:  All artists and writers, pre-school through 8th grade, from around the world.

MEDIA: Literary arts and two-dimensional visual arts

ENTRY FEE:
None

DEADLINE:
October 1, 2011

THEME:  Me, Myself, and I

JURORS:  The submissions are reviewed  and selected by an editorial panel of Middle School students from Sabot at Stony P0int.  Submissions are reviewed based on the  connection to the issue’s theme, over-all artistic inspiration, craft,  originality and artistic vision.

AWARDS:  Online art publication

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for SUBMISSIONS: Redwing’s Nest originally appeared on Art and Art Deadlines.com on September 4, 2011. If you are reading it on any other site, it has been stolen from Art and Art Deadlines.com.

SWEET NOT SOUR

Today, I am going to give you a time-tested Southern recipe for success. Use sugar, not vinegar. It worked for Mary Poppins; it will work for you. When sending in your Calls for Entries, entries for the $2 Art Contest or for ANY show. Be professional, but above all else… be nice.  This is a great exhibit sponsored by a great site (albeit a competitor, of sorts). Consider the benefits.

Check out this Call to Artists for Art Kudos, and international juried competition sponsored by ArtShow.com, my personal favorite of the mass-listing art deadline sites. And there is NO COMMISSION. Take a look…

*Editor’s Note:  Please remember that we are on hiatus until July 5, so most of the posts will be “best of” reruns, but still worthy of a second look.

CALL to ARTISTS: Art Kudos

Art Kudos is an annual international juried competition that serves to recognize and honor excellence in the visual arts. Artists who are selected as finalists benefit from world-wide exposure in a year-long online exhibition and have the opportunity to win cash awards for their exemplary work.

ELIGIBILITY: The competition is open to artists anywhere in the world, 18 years of age or older. Publishers, galleries, agents, and collectors may not submit artwork on behalf of artists.

MEDIA: Drawings, paintings, printmaking, photography, digital art, sculpture, installations, wood, glass, ceramics, fiber art and mixed media are eligible. Media not accepted: video/film, wearable art (clothing or jewelry). All works submitted must be original in design and concept. Artwork must not be copied, in part or wholly, from any published or copyrighted work. Work previously shown in an Art Kudos exhibition is ineligible. Please do not submit images which would be inappropriate for general audiences.

DEADLINE: June 30, 2011

NOTIFICATION: August 1, 2011

ENTRY FEE: Artists must submit a completed entry form and pay a non-refundable entry fee of $30 US dollars (check, money order, or PayPal) to submit 3 images. For sculptural or three-dimensional pieces, artists may submit 2 views of each work (for a total of 6 images).

JUROR: Holly Koons McCullough is the Director of Collections and Exhibitions at the Telfair Museum of Art in Savannah, Georgia. She began her career at the Telfair in 1996, serving as the museum’s Curator of Education before assuming leadership of the curatorial department.

McCullough spearheaded the publication of the Telfair’s first collection catalogue, and has organized exhibitions on subjects ranging from modern silverpoint drawings to contemporary Southeastern art, as well as 19th and early 20th-century American art, including the recent Dutch Utopia exhibition. She holds a B. A. in English and art history from the University of Georgia and a M.A. in art history from the University of Notre Dame.

AWARDS: Exemplary works will be displayed in a year-long online exhibition at www.artkudos.com beginning August 15th, 2011. Cash awards totaling $4,400 will be distributed as follows: Best of Show – $1,200; Second Place – $900; Third Place – $750; Founder’s Award of Distinction – $500; (3) Merit Awards – $250 each; (3) Honorable Mentions – $100 each.

COMMISSION: No commissions are taken for sales generated via the exhibition, and works submitted do not have to be available for sale. Sales will be encouraged, however, and artists will have the option to display their contact information beside their images.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

CALL to Artists: Art Kudos originally appeared on Art and Art Deadlines.com on June 20, 2011. If you are reading it on any other site, it has been stolen from Art and Art Deadlines.com.

Do you care if your canned peas are Le Sueur?  Are you brand loyal?  I have become label loyal.  I read labels very carefully, and I make my choices based on the best value for the best ingredients.  The results will surprise you sometimes.  This call may make you loyal to an entirely different brand.  Interested?

Check out this Call for Entries from the Brand Library & Art Center and the Glendale Public Library for the Brand 40 National Works on Paper Exhibition in Glendale, California.  The commission is only 25% on sales, and in some cases, the gallery will even take unframed two-dimensional work.  Take a look…

CALL for ENTRIES:
Brand 40 – Works on Paper

The Associates of Brand Library & Art Center and the Glendale Public Library announce a call to artists for an exhibition September 17 – October 28, 2011 at the Brand Library Art Galleries in Glendale, CA. The Brand Library Art Galleries offer visitors a professional gallery experience and showcases works by established and emerging artists that educate, enlighten, challenge and enrich people’s lives.

ELIGIBILITY:  Participation is open to artists residing in the United States.  Entries must be original work recently executed and not previously shown at the Brand Library Art Galleries.  Do not submit work, unless available August 12 to October 29, 2011.

MEDIA:  Any work on paper: collages, drawings, paintings, photography, prints, watercolors, 3-dimensional work, etc.  The “topic” for this show is “Entrances & Exits.”

DEADLINE:  June 1, 2011 for receipt of signed entry form, CD, fees and a self-addressed stamped envelope.

NOTIFICATION:  Jury results will be mailied June 9, 2011.

ENTRY FEE:  Non-refundable fees must accompany the submittal form: $20 for the first work, $10 for each additional work.  A maximum of 3 works may be submitted. Mail CD, signed entry slip, a check made payable to Brand Associates and a self-addressed stamped envelope to BRAND 40, 1601 West Mountain St., Glendale, CA 91201.

JUROR:  Peter Frank is art critic for the Huffington Post and Adjunct Senior Curator at the Riverside Art Museum.  He is past critic for Angeleno magazine and the L. A. Weekly and was Editor for THE magazine Los Angeles and Visions Art Quarterly. Frank was born in New York, where he served as art critic for The Village Voice and The SoHo Weekly News, and moved to Los Angeles in 1988. 

Frank contributes articles to numerous publications and has organized numerous theme and survey shows, most notably “19 Artists – Emergent Americans,” the 1981 Exxon National Exhibition mounted at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. McPherson & Co. Documentext published his Something Else Press:  An Annotated Bibliography in 1983. A cycle of poems, The Travelogues, was issued by Sun & Moon Press in 1982. Abbeville Press released New, Used & Improved, an overview of the New York art scene co-written with Michael McKenzie, in 1987.

AWARDS:  $4000 in prizes will be awarded.

SALES:  Unless specified “NFS,” all works will be offered for sale.  If the price is not indicated, the piece will be considered NFS. The commission to the Brand Associates is 25%.  Payment to artists will be mailed after the close of the show.  Prices quoted on the entry form may not be changed after acceptance into the show.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

CALL for ENTRIES: Brand 40 originally appeared on Art and Art Deadlines.com on May 14, 2011. If you are reading it on any other site, it has been stolen from Art and Art Deadlines.com.

FREAKY & FRUITY

With rare exception, I am not a fan of fruit and meat combinations.  Keep your pineapple off my pizza and out of my stirfry.  Lemons and limes are acceptable, and figs and plums are only allowed in Mediterranean food.  While I don’t care to mix my food groups sometimes, mixed media in artwork is a different story.  This Call gives you an opportunity to show your best mixed media work (or collage and digital).  Don’t miss this opportunity for artist representation too!

Check out this Call for Entries from Upstream People Gallery for the 13th Annual Collage, Digital & Mixed Media Juried Online Art Exhibition.  I am not crazy about entering every online show that comes along, but if you are looking for quality online gallery representation, this Call comes with a full year of representation.  Bonus:  only 20% commission!  Take a look…

*Editor’s Note:  I am sorry, Dave.   If you look at the comments on the CultureHall post, I assured him that I would take it easy on the online gallery calls.  But, this one was already written… and a year of representation with really low commission will work for some of you…

CALL for ENTRIES:  13th Annual Collage, Digital & Mixed Media Juried Online International Art Exhibition

The Upstream People Gallery presents an exhibition with 12 month’s gallery representation, June 1, 2011 through May 31, 2012, with approximately 900,000 hits each month.

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists worldwide.

MEDIA:  Artworks in collage, digital and all mixed media.  All artworks including alternative media, paintings, sculpture, prints, drawing, photographs, papier colle, assemblage, installation, digital manipulation, ceramics, fiber and other.

DEADLINE:  Postmark Deadline to send early entries May 8, 2011.  Final Deadline for later entries May 24, 2011.

NOTIFICATION:  Early entry jury notifications mailed May 15, 2011.  Final deadlines entries are notified shortly after day of receipt of entry.

ENTRY FEE:  A fee of $25 must accompany up to five slides or jpegs/tiffs; $5 for each additional.  No maximum.  

Checks or POSTAL Money Orders or for artists outside the U.S. send an International POSTAL Money Order or a Cashier’s Check in U.S. dollars drawn on a U.S. Bank, payable to:  Upstream People Gallery.  Western Union via http://www.westernunion.com/ or cash (where possible) may also be used.  PayPal may be used with payments made to: shows@upstreampeoplegallery.com, with $2.00 added to cover PayPal’s fee or $27 entry fee. Later entries after postmark deadline is $30; Later entries with PayPal is $32.

JUROR:  Professor of Art Larry Bradshaw, University of Nebraska at Omaha, College of Communication, Fine Arts and Media, who has exhibited in over 350 exhibitions with upwards of 60 art awards.

SALES:  Upstream People Gallery will take 20% commission on sales directly attributed to the web site; however, the gallery takes no commission from artists who negotiate the sale of their own work.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

CALL for ENTRIES: Collage, Digital & Mixed Media originally appeared on Art and Art Deadlines.com on April 30, 2011. If you are reading it on any other site, it has been stolen from Art and Art Deadlines.com.

The more you know about anything the better off you are about everything.  I attended Johnson & Wales culinary school just long enough to learn sauce and knife skills that have been worth every penny I spent.  I use those skills everyday of my life.  This next mail art call offers you the opportunity to provide educational benefits that not only will provide prisoners a chance to learn which impacts their lives, but their chance to learn impacts YOU too. 

Check out this Call for Entries for Postmarked 2011, California’s largest mail art exhibition that benefits the Prison Library Project. Jump start your creative juices with a mail art project today!  Take a look…

CALL for ENTRIES: Postmarked 2011

For many years, inmates from around the country wrote to the Prison Library Project and they were amazed by the artwork that accompanied requests for books. These beautiful illustrations were their inspiration for a mail art exhibition and fundraiser.

Postmarked was developed seven years ago for the Claremont Forum’s Prison Library Project, which sends books free to prisoners in the U.S. upon their request. Providing education and opportunity to learn about mail art, view new and established mail artists’ works, and to participate in the experience of creating and sending mail art. Now in its 7th year, this exhibition is one of the largest in California.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all.

MEDIA: Please send submissions of mail art of any size and medium to: Postmarked 2011, Prison Library Project, 112 Harvard #303, Claremont CA 91711. ONLY the side with the official USPS Postmark/barcode will be displayed. Your mail art may be painted, stamped, collaged, printed, and/or otherwise decorated or constructed. It may be any shape and size that will go through the mail and receive an official postmark.

Your submission may get worn or torn through the mail, but the handling process is an important part of the theme. Only the side with the postmark can be displayed, due to space limitations, but the art doesn’t have to be limited to that side. You may include any message inside the envelope, which will be opened only by the person who purchases the art envelope. You may submit more than one piece… and begin sending now!

DEADLINE:  Entries must be postmarked by May 31, 2011.

ENTRY FEE:  No entry fee.

WHY SUPPORT the PLP? “Rehabilitation was at one time a stated goal of the prison system. Today, funding for most educational and rehabilitation programs, including prison libraries, has been cut or completely eliminated. It is a distressing fact that today’s U.S. prisons are increasingly about punishing people and warehousing human beings, not about, rehabilitation, or education.”

“This is where PLP steps in. We believe that everyone deserves access to literature and educational materials, including people trying to work towards social change, self-empowerment or rehabilitation within the incarceration system.

The U.S. has less than 5 percent of the world’s population, but more than a quarter of the world’s prisoners.

Nearly one percent of American adults are incarcerated, the highest rate in the world, but many prisoners have little access to books or educational material. They face substantial barriers and are cut off from family and friends on the outside. While some prisons have libraries, many do not. Of those that do, access and selection can be extremely limited. Usually, prisoners are not allowed to receive books from friends or family. Thus, programs like ours are one of the few options available to these individuals.” –from the PLP website.

Learn more about Postmarked 2011 online!

CALL for ENTRIES: Mail Art for Prison Library originally appeared on Art and Art Deadlines.com on March 14, 2011. If you are reading it on any other site, it has been stolen from Art and Art Deadlines.com.

TOE-MAY-TOE
TOE-MAH-TOE

I absolutely love heirloom vegetables. I love the idea of preserving the genetic “bloodline,” if you will, of a fruit or vegetable easily distinguished from the genetically modified, hot-house varieties we are all used to eating.  However, I can admit that sometimes a tomato is just a tomato.  This next call recognizes that sometimes art is just art.  They don’t want your CV, resume, statment or anything else–just your art.

Check out this Open Call from the WW Gallery for the Venice Biennale.  Here’s your chance to get a London show based on merit.  The deadline is rapidly approaching but you can email your entry!  Take a look…

CALL for ENTRIES:
Venice Biennale

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all.

MEDIA: Works should be on paper. Two-Dimensional, no larger than A3 size. No more than 1 year old. Media can include drawing, collage, printmaking, painting, digital, photography and mixed media.

DEADLINE: March 31, 2011

NOTIFICATION: Published on their website by April 25, 2011.

Editor’s Note: Yes, I am going to keep shouting about how ridiculous it is that galleries will take our money and not even bother to send acceptance and rejection emails, but I suspect we willl never win this battle.

ENTRY FEE:  UK applicants pay £25 GBP (approx $40 USD).  All other applicants pay £30 GBP (approx $48 USD).

SALES: The Gallery is authorized to sell artwork on behalf of the Artist during the exhibition period. Title to each artwork will remain with the Artist until the Gallery sells the Work. The Gallery will sell the Work, as agent for the Artist, at the agreed Selling Price as specified in the consignment note. The Gallery will be entitled to charge the Artist a 50% commission on the net Selling Price of any Works sold.

For complete details, read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Venice Biennale originally appeared on Art and Art Deadlines.com on March 13, 2011. If you are reading it on any other site, it has been stolen from Art and Art Deadlines.com.

I typically only post once per day.  Any more smacks of double-dipping of your time and inbox space.  I get notified everytime someone unsubscribes from this blog, and I am sincerely sorry when I found out that an artist has decided that AAAD isn’t something they want or need or have time for.  So, I am self-conscious about double-dipping… except in ice cream, of course.

So why double-dip today?  Well, I am also self-conscious about straying too far from bringing you the art deadlines and opportunities that are the whole purpose of this blog.  Last Monday I posted a housekeeping blog, earlier this morning I posted the Artist of the Year blog, and tommorrow I unveil the first Featured Artist of 2011.  That is three non-deadline posts in 8 days.  I just have to break it up with a little opportunity!

Check out this Art Contest from tailcast.com, a print-on-demand greeting card site, that allows you to design and sell a Valentine’s day card online.  There is no entry fee, and you could win $300+ and 20% commission on card sales.  Take a look!

CALL for ENTRIES:
Design for TailCast

What are butterflies?  Some people say they’re fluttering insects with pretty wings, others that its the feeling you get when you’re nervous or in LOVE… And what about goose bumps? Do you really only get them when you’re cold or can a secret whisper in your ear bring them on too? Is there such thing as a sexy chuckle, a secret grin or a flirty giggle?

Can you make them
happen with a card?

This is the challenge for you at tailcast. This time tailcast want designs to give butterflies or goose bumps and make recipients chuckle, giggle and grin knowingly on Valentine’s day.

DEADLINE:  January 29, 2011

ENTRY FEE:  None

HOW TO ENTER:  Design a card (using all 4 sides of the card).  Upload your design using the full instructions found on their Call for Art pages. 

Don’t forget, readymade designs are created with personalization in mind, think about what can be done with the customers’ images and messages/text, within your design.  Click here for some inspiration, but don’t let that stop you doing something completely different.

For complete guidelines, visit tailcast.com!

CALL for ENTRIES: TailCast originally appeared on Art and Art Deadlines.com on January 16, 2011. If you are reading it on any other site, it has been stolen from Art and Art Deadlines.com.

SLEEPY SALADS

A few days ago I received email from one of our featured artists while he was wandering around Miami on business.  It was just a casual email updating me on what he’s been up to artistically, but he mentioned in passing that he was open to suggestions, if I had any, for what to do in Miami.  Per usual, my mind went to food.  I recommended that he try out B.E.D., the restaurant where your table is replaced by a giant bed.  What could be better than eating in bed?  This next Call is a great opportunity in Miami for you to show your stuff.

Check out the Call for Artists for Art in the Park Miami.  I don’t usually promote art fairs because they tend to be more regional opportunities.  However, this promises to be a HUGE show and worth the travel opportunity.  If you apply quickly, you just might get a FREE booth.  Take a look!

CALL for ARTISTS:
Art in the Park Miami

Fine Artists are invited to apply for Art in the Park Miami at Bayfront Park.  On the second weekend in April Art in the Park Miami at Bayfront Park showcases the best contemporary fine art and craft from around the country.

Approximately 300 artists will fill Bayfront Park, downtown Miami’s premiere outdoor venue with an outdoor art exhibition destined to be a staple for years to come.  Artists are selected on the basis of quality, originality, and craftsmanship by a panel of jurors who are experts in their fields.  They are looking forward to an incredible inaugural show. This year, Art in the Park Miami will follow The Coconut Grove Arts Festival and Art Basel Miami Beach, rounding out Southern Florida’s critically acclaimed season of exhilarating, prominent art fairs.

DEADLINE: Applications are being accepted through Juried Art Services through January 13, 2011. 

CALL for ARTISTS: Art in the Park Miami originally appeared on Art and Art Deadlines.com on December 17, 2010. If you are reading it on any other site, it has been stolen from Art and Art Deadlines.com.

I ATE THE WHOLE THING!

Vacation time is over, and I am in a food coma.  I may never look at sweet potato casserole the same way again.  For those of you that survived the holidays without a permanent taste aversion, this next call is another opportunity in NYC.

Check out the Call for Entries from The Ernest Rubenstein Gallery and the Educational Alliance called The Urban Situation.  The entry fee is very low, but the number of slots they have to fill is equally low.  Could be a great opportunity, but do your homework so you know what kind of work they want!

CALL for ENTRIES:  The Urban Situation

The Ernest Rubenstein Gallery – Educational Alliance is seeking submissions for “The Urban Situation” a group exhibition of 20 artworks.  Open to artists working in any 2-dimensional medium (not photography). Opening reception Thursday, Feb. 10, 6-8pm. 

The Urban Situation is a constant backdrop for artists whether abstract or figurative, conceptual or post-modern. The particular energy, light, scale, stress, grit, incident or inhabitants of the urban environment provide source material for all genres.

ELIGIBILITY:   There is a limit of 3 entries per artist. Entrants must be at least 21 years of age. Selected artists are responsible for all shipping arrangements both to and from the exhibit.

MEDIA:  Painting, drawing, and collage maximum 60”x 48” are eligible.

DEADLINE:  December 30, 2010 at 5pm

NOTIFICATION:  January 201, 2011

ENTRY FEE:  There is a $25 submission fee (for up to 3 images) by credit card, Money Order or check payable to the Educational Alliance.  You may pay by credit card by calling  646-395-4235 before January 4, 2011.

About the Educational Alliance:  The Ernest Rubenstein Gallery is a distinct and impressive public space at the core of The Educational Alliance, a settlement house on the Lower East Side.  In recent years a wide range of artists have participated in exhibits including: Polly Appelbaum, Lynda Benglis, Peter Halley, Yvonne Jacquette, Peter Halley, Joyce Kozloff, Robert Kushner, Glenn Ligon, Carrie Moyer, Tom Otterness, Sheila Pepe, Judy Pfaff and Kiki Smith.

The Art School & Gallery provides instruction and cultural enrichment to people of all ages.  In the gallery, they present exhibits of emerging and established artist, alumni and student artworks.  The art school offers courses in: ceramics, drawing, painting, photography, sculpture and welding for beginning to experienced artists.  Started in 1895 to provide arts enrichment to young immigrants and neighborhood residents it soon became known for its quality program attracting people from all over the city.  Among the artists who studied or taught there are Louise Nevelson, Adolph Gottlieb, Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman, Jules Olitski, Leonard Baskin, Peter Blume, Chaim Gross, Ben Shahn and Moses Soyer.

For full details, Download the Prospectus!

CALL for ENTRIES: Urban Situation in NYC originally appeared on Art and Art Deadlines.com on November 28, 2010. If you are reading it on any other site, it has been stolen from Art and Art Deadlines.com.