My go to comfort food is often Chinese, Japanese or Thai. And, because I have had a migraine for 18 days, my husband has been indulging me. My frustration with the menu at my local Chinese restaurant is the sheer volume of choices. My husband has also indulged my unwillingness to make menu choices too. Fortunately, he seems to get it right every time. This next Call has so many benefits & awards that you’ll love all the opportunities. Investigate this one…
Check out this Call for Entries from Art Design Consultants, Inc.(Cincinnati, OH) for Art Comes Alive. This juried art show offers a large number of cash prizess, purchase awards, gallery & publishing contracts. This is a huge opportunity open to a huge variety of media. Take a look…
MEDIA: Open to painting, photography, mixed media, new media, sculpture & objects, metal & wood, one-of-a-kind jewelry, printmaking anddrawing & illustration.
DEADLINE:August 25, 2017
NOTIFICATION: September 12, 2017
ENTRY FEE:1 for $55, 2 for $80, 3 or 4 $95. (Note: This fee is a little pricier than most of our features; however, the volume of awards warrants the fee, IMO.)
JURORS: Litsa Spanos, Sylvia Rombis, Eric Smith, Roy Saper, Autumn Bailey, Jeff Hood, Joanne Chappell & more!
AWARDS: Top artists who will be showcased in a final exhibit in Cincinnati & awarded cash prizes, purchase awards, gallery contracts, publishing contracts, solos shows & publicity.
You don’t have to wear a coconut brassiere to make food wearable. Coconut fiber, banana silk & pineapple leather are being used to create the latest and most fashionable textiles. So, if Gaga’s meat dress isn’t your groove, try banana silk. The next Call wants the wearable version of your art–from clothing to jewelry, but it doesn’t have to be edible. (Brownie points from me if it is, though.)So, make it work…
Check out this Call for Entries from Palos Verdes Art Center(Rancho Palos Verdes, CA) for WearableExpressions. $3000 EACH for 1st Place in 3 Categories. Take a look…
MEDIA: Open to wearable art designed for the human body in all media, including jewelry and accessories.
DEADLINE: October 1, 2016
NOTIFICATION:November 15, 2016
ENTRY FEE:$40 US for up to 3
JURORS:FIBER, ACCESSORIES:
• Joris Debo, Belgium – Creative Director of Materialise.
• Jo Ann C. Stabb, USA – Senior Lecturer Emeritus, Design Department, University of California, Davis.
• Beatrijs Sterk, Germany – Publisher of Textile Forum Blog, former publisher of Textile Forum magazine.
JEWELRY:
• Robert K. Liu – Ornament, USA – Self-trained as a photographer & jeweler.
• Charles Lewton-Brain, Canada – Distinguished Fellow of the Society of North American Goldsmiths and Fellow of the Gemological Association of Great Britain.
• Anneta Valious, France & Russia – Jewelry designer, finalist and winner of the international competition Bead Dreams(Milwaukee, USA, 2010-2015).
AWARDS:First Prize Fiber, Jewelry & Accessories $3,000 ea.; 2nd Prize Fiber, Jewelry & Accessories $1200 ea., 3rd Prize Fiber; Jewelry & Accessories $500 ea., Unique Use of Materials in Fiber, Jewelry & Accessories $700 ea.; Popular Choice Award $1,500; Circle Award $800; Associates Award: $800; and Art Patrons Award $800.
Eating is a roving action at my house. Sometimes breakfast is consumed at the kitchen counter. Lunch often ends up as a living room picnic. If I’m lucky, dinner is eaten at the kitchen table twice per week, and it isn’t because I love eating on the go. The reality is, my tabletop is generally covered by paperwork that should be on my desk or art that should be in my studio space or music equipment undergoing cleaning or repair. Tonight it holds a prom tuxedo (don’t ask). I need a more functional tabletop landscape –just like this next call. The deadline is rapidly approaching…
Check out this Call for Entries from The Art League(Alexandria, VA) for The Tabletop Exhibit. $35 entry & not restricted to ceramics. The deadline is MAY 6th. Don’t miss this…
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MEDIA: Open to ceramics & other functional art forms designed for food, drink & the table. Ceramic work may not be larger than 16” x 16” x 16”. Other Functional Artwork must be no larger than 16” x 16” x 16” with exceptions made for fiber work (such as tablecloths or runners). Note: for artists who wish to enter furniture (such as tables or dining chairs), please contact the Gallery.
DEADLINE: May 6, 2016
NOTIFICATION:May 20, 2016
ENTRY FEE:$35 for up to 2
JURORS: All work will be seen by both jurors, McKenzie Smith & Kate Lydon. Ceramics work will be juried for final acceptance and awards by McKenzie Smith, and non-ceramics will be juried for final acceptance and awards by Kate Lydon.
SALES: All artwork must be for sale. No single piece of artwork may exceed $6,000 in value. Artists will pay a 40% commission to the Gallery on all sales.
AWARDS: Ceramics: $1,000 for Best in Show; two, $400 Equal Merit awards. Functional Art Forms: $1,000 for Best in Show; two, $400 Equal Merit awards.
Chocolate is my weakness. It always has been. However, I have been on a caramel kick lately. I’ll take hard caramel in the form of brittle or single-wrapped candies, but My current love is soft, ooey gooey caramel covered in dark chocolate. I could eat my weight in the stuff. This next call doesn’t want your caramel; they want your craft–hard or soft. Take a look…
Check out this Call for Entries from the Greater Denton Arts Council(Denton, TX) for Materials: Hard & Soft, a national contemporary craft competition & exhibition. This show is always gorgeous…
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MEDIA: Open to any of the craft media: clay, fiber, glass, metal, paper, wood, or any combination of craft media, are acceptable.
DEADLINE:September 4, 2015
NOTIFICATION:October 29, 2015
ENTRY FEE:$40 for up to 3
JUROR:Elizabeth Kozlowski is the curator of the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft and has over 12 years of curatorial and gallery experience with a specialty in contemporary ceramics. Prior to joining HCCC, Kozlowski served as the Windgate Curatorial Fellow at Arizona State University Art Museum. Kozlowski has acted as Asst Preparator for Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art & as Gallery Director for Florida Craftsmen, Inc.
Kozlowski has a Masters with Honors in museum studies through the School of Human Evolution & Social Change at AZ State University & a BFA in studio art from FL Atlantic University.
AWARDS: The Greater Denton Arts Council will provide Juror Awards in the amounts of $1000, $750, $500 & $250. Winners will be determined by the juror, on site, after the accepted works are received at the Patterson-Appleton Center for the Visual Arts.
SALES: A 30% commission will be retained from all work sold during the exhibit. Works which are not for sale must be marked (NFS).
Niche market foods abound. Don’t you ever wonder who decided, “I want to grow lavender mint microgreens when I grow up”? But someone grows lavender mint microgreens. I used to wonder if there was a place for me in the market to make goat cheese for a living, but I have dismissed feeling like the market was too small to support my goat cheese obsession. But now the idea of raising goats and making cheese sounds like I want to be an agricultural giant by comparison to lavender mint microgreens, eh? This next Call is all about the niche market. Take a look…
Check out this Call for Entries from NICHE Magazine for the Niche Awards 2016–a celebration of fine craft. Many of you are producing both fine art and fine craft; maybe this one for you…
*Editor’s Note: If you have read the personal portion of this post,CALL for ENTRIES: NICHE Awards 2016, anywhere other than by email subscription or on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, it has been published without permission and is considered theft.
ENTRY FEE: The cost to enter is $40 for professionals for up to 3 images (only 2 allowed per category)
JUDGING: Images are judged on the following: 1) Technical excellence, both in surface design & form, 2) A distinct quality of unique, original and creative thought and 3) Market viability (pro entries only)
AWARDS:Finalists receive an awards certificate, a listing in NICHE magazine(pro only), and a listing in the Buyers Guide of the American Made Show. Winners will receive an awards certificate, trophy, a listing on the NICHE Awards website and a listing in NICHE magazine.
While reviewing work, I searched through entries for something contemplative but with a sense of humor to feature this month. A little something that would spice up my winter, combating the inevitable doldrums, as well as help me find a different angle on my the serious nature of my own current work. We are proud to Feature the work of A. Laura Brody. I find this work organic but mechanized, self-evident but not obvious. Inspired…
A. Laura Brody is a costume creator by trade and a functional artist by design and desire. You’ve seen her recent work for designer Michael Schmidt on LMFAO at the Superbowl 46 halftime show, the last 2 Black Eyed Peas tours, in Fergie’s LEGO dress and on Rhianna’s bottom.“I love bringing out discarded items and materials and making them the center of attention. Zipper teeth become lace edgings, ball bearings act as pendants and centerpieces, remnant snap tape becomes footlights and old tablecloths are reborn into upholstered cushions and deconstructed finery. My creations help people tap into childhood dreams of becoming heroines, kings, rock stars and super villains.” — A. Laura Brody
Rocking Duck Boat by Featured Artist A Laura Brody and Alan deForest – photo courtesy of Heidi Marie Photography
Are you self taught or formally instructed?“I’m both. I’m a costume maker and designer by trade, and my years of costume craft work have really made it possible for me to make the art. The upholstery is self taught and so is the carpentry. But I’ve got a longtime habit of tinkering. I get to use my technical skills in really different ways when I construct my artwork. It’s also pushed me to learn to weld and curve metal, how to refurbish stainless steel and silver plate, a little about wiring… Mostly, it’s teaching me patience, which I’m not so good at.”
The work for which many artists know you is mobility-centric. What brought you to that passion? I don’t self-identify as disabled. I have friends who do, though, and I’ve worked around quite a few folks who use disability and mobility devices. When a former boyfriend had a stroke, I spent a lot of time with his recovery and got really fascinated by all the devices you can get to help with food prep and getting around in the bathroom and such, but I was shocked at how uniformly ugly they all were. 3 years ago, I cracked my tailbone and then went through a nasty bout of tendinitis, which started me working on my own posture issues and thinking about what I would do if I couldn’t use my hands. It was pretty terrifying, since my hands are a large part of how I make my living.
Those tendinitis braces
are hideous.
Re-making a wheelchair into something amazing was in the back of my mind for a long time, and I finally got the guts to approach a wheelchair using friend of mine about redoing his old electric one. (Thank you, Peter Soby, for kick starting this idea!) One of the responses I get with my mobility artwork is how impractical the pieces are. People will go on at great lengths to tell me why they won’t and don’t work. But then, they start thinking about what might work. This is the whole point. How else do we get that conversation started? If we’re lucky enough to live through age and injuries and infirmity, wheelchairs or walkers or crutches or prosthetic limbs are going to be in our future. For some people, these devices are a part of their everyday lives. Why not make them amazing? And who said design was only about being practical?
Le Flaneur by Featured Artist A Laura Brody – photo courtesy of Heidi Marie Photography
Is sustainability a purposeful choice in your work or a by product of what you do?It’s a flat-out fascination and a longtime practice. I grew up in Alaska and was surrounded by people who took a lot of pride in figuring out how to make and fix things themselves with whatever they had around. I compost, I reuse in my artwork and everyday life, and I’m finding ways to do better with reducing my waste. I just read Junkyard Planet by Adam Minter (all about his travels in the global trash trade)and was fascinated and horrified. Check it out. You may never use another plastic water bottle.
Part of it comes from how much waste I see in the entertainment industry, which I’m a little horrified to be a part of. Yes, I know, this is biting the hand that feeds me. But you should see the waste that comes out of a TV show. Truthfully, though, it’s hard for me to go past a salvage yard or a thrift store or a junk pile without some piece calling out to me and begging me to take it home.
Talk to me about what media you consider the mobility-inspired work? “I call it over-the-top functional art. The works aren’t conveniently functional, which is kind of the point. The wheelchair and the walker’s GPS unit works (as long as I’ve charged all of the batteries), the walker rolls and the rocking chair rocks. They’re even pretty comfy. ”
What style or school of art do you think your mobility-inspired work fits into? And why do you think so? Apparently I fall into a Steampunk category. I guess I see why, even though a lot of Steampunk seems to be about smacking a gear or goggles onto your clothes and calling it Art. But I like to think of my work as being like a mad scientist, poring over old junk and fitting it together in odd ways to bring it new life. Is that Reconstructivism?”
Driven by Featured Artist A Laura Brody – photo courtesy of Heidi Marie Photography
I can’t wait to hear about your favorite food. “There are so so many of them! Truffle oil on cooked veggies is a recent find (so good), so are bison burgers and home-cured bacon (both pork and lamb) and just about anything in spicy coconut cream curry. I love fresh herbs and berries and almost all veggies. I cut out wheat a while ago. It was hard at first, and now I feel a lot better.” Editor’s Note: Spicy coconut cream curry? That sounds so good I could take a bath in it. I vote we make that the food of the year. Yum.
What style or school of art do you think your work fits into and why?“I’m comfortable with the surreal label, since Surrealism is an effective umbrella term for unusual artwork. I also feel that certain artworks of mine have Abstract and Visionary elements to them, though I don’t align myself with those movements.”
What about snack foods? “All things crunchy. I could eat a whole bunch of celery. Hearts of palm, cheese of many kinds and pickles and olives of many kinds, especially the spicy Sicilian blends. Mmm. Pickled foods.”I have a newly acquired addition to pickled foods–beets, in particular.
So, what’s coming up next for you? “I’m looking for a gallery to put up a 2014 Opulent Mobility, together with many more artists who want to re-imagine mobility. If anyone knows of a space that’s really chair and walker accessible, I’d love to hear about it! I’m also putting together a piece to submit to the World of Wearable Art in New Zealand. I want to make expanding nebula wings come off the back of a wheelchair (idea in process), and I just shot some video to put together into online tutorials for staple draping. At some point I may get it all done.”
Laura,thank you for being our mad scientist!
You have probably worsened my desire to salvage beautiful discarded treasures. My husband calls it hoarding. I’ll send him to this post for a better understanding of how it all works. I am inspired.
I refuse to be pigeon-holed as a “foodie.” It isn’t bad. I just think I wandered out of “foodie” territory across the border into “crazy-food-lady” land long ago. I dream about the perfect head of garlic. I would rather sit down eat cheese than do almost anything else in the world. Dare I say it…I probably love food more than art. I am so sorry. I didn’t mean it. Well, maybe just a little. This next call doesn’t want to pigeon-hole your talents by labeling it all art. Get a load of the categories…
Check out this Call for Entries from the Eco Art Awards. I love that there are multiple categories you can enter. The entry fee is expensive per piece, but the cash prize is nice. At least take a look…
*Editor’s Note: If you have read the personal portion of this post,CALL for ENTRIES: Eco Art Awards, anywhere other than by email subscription or onArtAndArtDeadlines.com, it has been published without permission and is considered theft.
“E-col-o-gy – the totality or pattern of relations between organisms and their environment. It has been said that art is an expression of what we aspire to be…It is also true that art is a powerful catalyst for new thinking and cultural values!
“In our present world, ecology and the balance of humanity with nature is the most important challenge we face. Being ‘green’ is becoming mainstream and top of mind. Eco Arts Awards has created a platform of self-expression that reflects our passions for deep ecological balance in the world, together with the joy and happiness that art brings us in our daily lives.” –from EcoArtAwards.com
ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists.
CATEGORIES: Songwriting, Literature, Photography, Fine Art, Functional Art and Short Videos.
MEDIA: The Fine Art categories includes paintings, mixed media, drawings with any medium, sculpture, installations, and of course environmental interactions.
DEADLINE:January 31, 2012
NOTIFICATION: The First Place Winner’s, and People’s Choice award will be announced in early Spring of 2012.
ENTRY FEE:$30 per work
JUROR: Each of the six categories has its own panel of expert jurors who will evaluate and select the winners of that particular category.
AWARDS: There will be a $1,000 cash prize per category to the first place winner.
Twenty years ago, niche market foods were thought to exist in ethic grocery stores.These days you can make shopping for food a full time job. You can buy almost every food product from a specialty store–from bacon to nuts, coffee to herbs. The advantage to niche markets is, of course, artisan farming and culinary creation. These same applies to artisan crafts, from jewelry to pottery. This next Call could provide the perfect boost for your craftwork…
Check out this Call for Entries for the 2012 Niche Awards sponsored by NICHE magazine! Winners receive a spread in NICHE magazine, trophy and press as well as an opportunity to display their work in a special exhibit at the February 2012 Buyers Market of American Craft (BMAC) at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA. Take a look…
Sponsored by NICHE [“neesh”] magazine, the annual NICHE Awards competition celebrates excellence and innovation in American and Canadian craft.
ELIGIBILITY: The competition is open to any professional craft artist residing in the U.S. or Canada, over the age of 21, who is actively involved in the design and production of craftwork supplied to galleries and craft stores.
MEDIA:Artisan Crafts
DEADLINE: Friday, September 30, 2011
NOTIFICATION:December 2011. Winners will be announced at the NICHE Awards ceremony during the February 2012 Philadelphia Buyers Market of American Craft.
ENTRY FEE:$40 for up to 3 entries
JUROR: Each image entry is judged individually. The judges’ scores are not cumulative per application, but reflect their decisions per individual image entry. Decisions of the judges will be final. Images are judged on the following:
• Technical excellence, design and form
• Market viability
• Unique, original and creative thought
AWARDS: Finalists receive:
• Award certificate from NICHE magazine
• Listing in Winter 2011 issue of NICHE
• Listing in February 2012 Buyers Market of American Craft (BMAC) Buyers Guide
• Listing on www.NICHEAwards.com
• Press materials tailored to local and trade media
• An opportunity to display their work in a special exhibit at the February 2012 Buyers Market of American Craft (February 18-21, 2012, in Philadelphia, Pa.). [Drop-off and pick-up of items is required. Further details concerning the special display are provided in the finalist’s packet.]
Winners receive:
• Award certificate and trophy
• Press materials tailored to local and trade media
* Prominent listing in Spring 2012 issue of NICHE Magazine
I have an unnatural love of olives.Stuff them with jalepenos, blue cheese or even the lowly pimento…I don’t care. I love olives so much I have a beautiful little dish I bought from a ceramics show specifically for olives shaped like a lovely little trough that prevents my having to chase olives all over my plate. One problem… the dish is no longer big enough. If you make it to the opening for this next Call, please find a new olive solution for me while you’re perusing the BEST in clay work, function or not. Take a look…
Check out this Call for Entries from the LH Horton Jr Gallery found on the campus of San Joaquin Delta College (California) for Visions in Clay 2011. Enter your clay work for $30 by June 6th with UNLIMITED detail images!
The LH Horton Jr Gallery is a non-profit art gallery located on the campus of San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton, California. The Gallery provides excellent exhibition opportunities, with over 2000 square feet of exhibition space, an extended 22 ft. ceiling with mounts, and over 1200 visitors to each exhibition.
ELIGIBILITY:Open to all artists residing in the US.
MEDIA:Ceramic works of any thematic and stylistic presentation will be accepted for entry. Clay must be the primary medium, and works may be functional, decorative or sculptural. Assembled works may not exceed 4ft. in any direction, and 50lbs in weight.
DEADLINE:June 6, 2011
NOTIFICATION: July 1, 2011
ENTRY FEE:$30 for 3 work entries. Additional images of work and/or detail images may be purchased for $5 per image, limited to 3 additional work entries, for a total of 6 work entries and unlimited detail images.
JUROR:Judith S. Schwartz, Ph.D., has identified an international movement of artists who use clay confrontationally within the context of what might be called: art activism. This research culminated in the book, Confrontational Ceramics. She lectures internationally to bring ideas and artists together in the service of clay. Her current community service is spent for Watershed, a residency in Maine that supports serious artists to work in clay and the K-12 Foundation for early childhood education in the ceramic arts.
Schwartz has been a professor for 30 years (Director of Sculpture in Craft Media at New York University) helping young artists reach their potential. She started a Museum for Ceramic Art to open in NYC, and curates numerous exhibitions, some of which have received critical acclaim. She teaches studio courses in ceramic sculpture for undergrad and graduate students. She has received many awards, including the JD Rockefeller III grant in Art Education, the Everson Museum’s award for service and excellence in the field of ceramic education, Honors Award from the National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts, the Distinguished Service Award from The Clay Art Center in Port Chester, NY, and, most recently, a Fullbright (senior specialist category).
AWARDS:Best of Show: $1000, 2nd Place: $600, and 3rd Place: $350.
It will come as no surprise that I love kitchen gadgets. I actually own a machine called the CoCoMotion (pictured right) that serves the solitary purpose of making hot cocoa at the perfect temperature. Embarrassing, but true. The top of my cabinets serves as a storage house of ridiculous serving pieces I’ll never use, old cheese boxes, and some very cool art made out of toasters. And if it is an OLD kitchen gadget…like my egg scale, then I’m really in love.
I fell in love for this Call for Entries from The Columbus (GA) Museum called Past is Present: Contemporary Approaches to Historical Decorative Arts and Design.Check it out…I think you’ll be surprised to find it is part classical applied art, part artisan craft and a whole lot of opportunity to look at your art from a different perspective.
This exhibition will explore reinterpretations of textile work, including embroidery and beadwork; ceramics, such as transfer ware and figurines; portraiture, including miniature paintings and silhouettes; furniture-making, such marquetry and tall-case clocks; stained glass; and other traditional American decorative arts forms. The exhibition will be accompanied by a 16-page publication.
Eligibility: Open to all artists residing in the Continental United States. The Columbus Museum encourages innovative and progressive work that utilizes a diversity of art forms and media.
How to Submit Your Work: Please send 5-10 images at least 300 dpi on CD. Label all images with title and submit a corresponding image list.
The image list should include the title, date, dimensions, and medium (please list specific materials for mixed-media work). Please also include a current resume and artist statement.
Do not send original artwork, slides, master tapes, catalogues or reviews. Materials without self-addressed stamped envelope will not be returned.
DEADLINE: All materials must be postmarked before October 1, 2010; they may hand-delivered by that date to the Columbus Museum, located at 1251 Wynnton Road, Columbus, Georgia 31906, if preferred.
ENTRY FEE:There is no submission fee.
Electronic Media Work:Submit a sample of work(s) up to 30 minutes on DVD. (Complete work may exceed this running time.) Samples should be accompanied with label copy (title and date), length of running time, artist statement and resume. Materials without self-addressed stamped envelope will not be returned.
Notification:Artists will be contacted by December 1, 2010.
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