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CALL for ENTRIES: Recycle 2019

 

Learn more about the Recycle 2019 exhbit at BWAC!

BA-NANAnana-nana

How many bananas do you throw out every week?  Back after the wildfire in 2016, I had to clean out my refrigerator after 9 days without power.  When I opened the freezer door, the smell of bananas almost knocked me out.  I’ve always bought bananas, used fewer than I bought, then tossed the remainder in the freezer for banana bread that never materializes.  That ended the day I had to clean banana slime out of my freezer–until last month.  Now I buy 7 or 8 fresh bananas each week; we eat 2 or 3 fresh bananas each week.  With out newly re-discovered love for smoothies, I know throw my extra bananas into the freezer and re-purpose them later for smoothie.  If I lose power again for an extended period of time, I may revisit the banana ban.  We’ll see.

The idea of recycling and re-purposing materials and locations has been on my mind.  My family downsized a year and a half ago; then six months ago, an extra family member moved into our tiny home.  So, the dual use dining room / studio isn’t functioning so well with its view of the couch / bed of my 19 year old.  I’ve turned to my Instagram & Pinterest feeds for inspiration.  I am loving all the reading rooms with garden views and walk out basements with darkrooms, but that isn’t what I have.  My husband found an 10’x20′ abandoned storage shed with a Queen Anne roof line that had once been the workshop of a Native American woodcarver.  He passed away, and his family has declined the option to clean out his belongings.  The building owner is willing to foot the bill for the renovation for the tiniest of rents.  But in the back of my head, I am haunted by images of the big industrial studio spaces of movie and magazine spreads.  This is a running theme, right?  That we all fit in the same box, on the same path.  Where did I leave my smock & beret?

So, 2019 is the year I try to cut that out.  Join me?  I will repurpose the places & things in my life to suit my needs.  I will stop reshaping myself to fit the spaces in which I do not belong.  This next show is all about repurposed, recycled, or reused materials, and feels like a good place to start.  I like this venue, and as I mentioned last week, I am trying to spend the few dollars I have supporting the places & people & businesses that support artists.  This is one.  

Check out this Call for Entries from BWAC (Brooklyn, NY) for Recycle 2019.  Take advantage of a discount for early entry, a distinguished juror & significant cash awards. Take a look…

Learn more about the Recycle 2019 exhibit at BWAC!CALL for ENTRIES:
Recycle 2019 
from BWAC

“Recycle, the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition’s national juried show of art crafted from cast-off, discarded & re-purposed materials, will be a celebration of ingenuity and imagination.” –from bwac.org

ELIGIBILITY: Open to U.S. artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media that incorporate at least 50 percent of repurposed, recycled, or reused materials.

ENTRY FEE:  $50 up to 3, $6 ea. add’l (early bird) or $70 up to 3, $6 ea add’l after Feb 4

DEADLINE:  February 4, 2019 (early bird) or February 24, 2019 (final)

NOTIFICATION:  March 18, 2018

JUROR:  John Cloud Kaiser is the Director of Education at Materials for the Arts, one of the largest reuse centers in the U.S and a program of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Through art shows he curates at MFTA Gallery and his work with his art group Free Style Arts Association, he has been championing reuse‐themed art in the museums, streets, and schools of New York City since 2000.  These works have appeared broadly, from The Metropolitan Museum, to the NYC Parks Dept., to The New York Times. Kaiser graduated from New York University and is currently working on a series of temporary sculptures for Storm King Sculpture Center and Socrates Sculpture Park.

AWARDS: Best of Show Gold $1000, Most Innovative Use of Materials $500, People’s Choice $250, Curator’s Choice $250 & ten $100 Certificates of Recognition.

SALES: BWAC will retain a 30% commission on all exhibition sales.

For full details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about the Recycle show from BWAC!

CALL for ENTRIES: Recycle 2018

Learn more about the Recycle 2018 exhibit from BWAC.org!

makeOVERs

Partial boxes and bags and cans of food drive me crazy.  I am too “thrifty” to get rid that extra half cup of evaporated milk or quarter box of pasta.  As a result my menu has become a litany of recipes that recycle the odds and ends that happen as a result of making the foods I actually intended to make.   This next Call wants your art make from all things recycled.  This is a great show.  Don’t miss the early bird deadline just days away!

Check out this Call for Entries from BWAC (Brooklyn, NY) for Recycle 2018.  Take advantage of a discount for early entry, a distinguished juror & significant cash awards. Take a look…

Learn more about the Recycle 2018 exhibit from BWAC.org!CALL for ENTRIES:
Recycle 2018 
from BWAC

 

“Recycle, the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition’s national juried show of art crafted from cast-off, discarded & re-purposed materials, will be a celebration of ingenuity and imagination.” –from bwac.org

ELIGIBILITY: Open to U.S. artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media

ENTRY FEE:  $45 up to 3, $5 ea. add’l (early bird) or $65 up to 3, $5 ea add’l after Feb 26

DEADLINE:  January 23, 2018 (early bird) or February 20, 2018 (final)

NOTIFICATION:  March 12, 2018

JUROR:  John Cloud Kaiser is the Director of Education at Materials for the Arts, one of the largest reuse centers in the U.S and a program of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Through art shows he curates at MFTA Gallery and his work with his art group Free Style Arts Association, he has been championing reuse‐themed art in the museums, streets, and schools of New York City since 2000.  These works have appeared broadly, from The Metropolitan Museum, to the NYC Parks Dept., to The New York Times. Kaiser graduated from New York University and is currently working on a series of temporary sculptures for Storm King Sculpture Center and Socrates Sculpture Park.

AWARDS: Best of Show Gold $1000, Most Innovative Use of Materials $500, People’s Choice $250, Curator’s Choice $250 & ten $100 Certificates of Recognition.

SALES: BWAC will retain a 30% commission on all exhibition sales.

For full details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about the Recycle 2016 show from BWAC!

ARTIST of the DAY: Grace Summanen

Waves (cardboard, fabric, enamel & acrylic) by Grace Summanen
“Waves” (cardboard, fabric, enamel & acrylic) by Grace Summanen

“We need to see the magic that surrounds us.” Grace Summanen

Some days it is easier to see the bad and harder to see the good.  That doesn’t mean that the bad is more prevalent, it just means you may not be well equipped to see it that day.  Today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Grace Summanen, uses the most common of found objects and supplies to create her own magic.  The result is hypnotic.

Find the magic in the mixed media work of
AAAD Artist of the Day, Grace Summanen!

CALL for ENTRIES: Fairies in the Garden

Learn more about the Fairies in the Garden exhibit at Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center!food for FAIRIES

My grandmother loved fairy food.  She would boil sugar and vinegar together for what felt like forever (15 minutes) and then add baking soda at the last minute.  Magically, it seemed, the concoction would turn almost orange.  Once cooled, it had this beautifully buttery flavor.  Sugar + vinegar = fairy food.  Try it.  In the meantime, this next Call is all about the fairies.  Maybe a fairy kitchen?  This one is creative fun…

Check out this Call for Entries from Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center (Solomons, MD) for Fairies in the Garden.  There are no rules & regs regarding structure, so you CAN choose to make it a shippable size/weight. Take a look…

Learn more about the Fairies in the Garden exhibit at Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center!CALL for ENTRIES:
Fairies in the Garden

from Annmarie

“Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center is accepting submission for our 8th annual outdoor exhibit of all things magical – including fairy houses, fairy gardens, gnome homes, elf houses and more! ” –from annmariegarden.org

ELIGIBILITY: All artists working in U.S.

MEDIA: Open to outdoor art constructed of durable materials and adhesives that can withstand five months outdoors & the enthusiastic affection of summer visitors to the garden.

DEADLINE:  March 24, 2017

DELIVERY: Between March 30 – April 4

ENTRY FEE:  None

JUROR:  All submissions are eligible for the “People’s Choice Award,” which will be voted on by guests throughout the summer.

AWARDS: $200 cash prize.  Plus, all builders will enjoy free admission to the opening reception on April 7 & the Fairy House Festival on April 23.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Recycle 2017

Learn more about the 2017 Recycle exhibit from BWAC!do it AGAIN

I couldn’t sell anyone on rice as a side dish at my house this week.  But to avoid another trip to the grocery, I had to sneak it in chicken casseroles, veggie spring rolls and sausage gumbo. Upcycled rice with recycled chicken was a winner.  Need inspiration for your own recycling?  This next Call is the perfect green opportunity.  Make some time for this one…

Check out this Call for Entries from BWAC (Brooklyn, NY) for Recycle 2017.  Take advantage of a discount for early entry, a distinguished juror & significant cash awards. Take a look…

Learn more about the 2017 Recycle exhibit from BWAC!CALL for ENTRIES:
Recycle 2017 from BWAC

 

“Recycle, the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition’s national juried show of art crafted from cast-off, discarded & re-purposed materials, will be a celebration of ingenuity and imagination.” –from bwac.org

ELIGIBILITY: Open to U.S. artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media

ENTRY FEE:  $45 up to 3, $5 ea. add’l (early bird) or $65 up to 3, $5 ea add’l after Feb 26

DEADLINE:  February 26, 2017 (early bird) or March 12, 2017 (final)

NOTIFICATION:  March 31, 2017

JUROR:  Harriet Taub is the Exec. Dir. of Materials for the Arts, one of the largest reuse centers in the U.S & a program of the NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs.  She joined MFTA in 1998 & also co-founded and helms its affiliated nonprofit, Friends of Materials for the Arts, which provides teacher training, arts and environmental education, and arts programming like artist residencies.  Taub graduated from NYU’s Steinhardt School of Education. She currently sits on the boards of the environmental organization the Reuse Alliance and the arts organization Pentacle.

AWARDS: Best of Show Gold $1000, Most Innovative Use of Materials $500, People’s Choice $250, Curator’s Choice $250 & ten $100 Certificates of Recognition.

SALES: BWAC will retain a 25% commission on all exhibition sales.

For full details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about the Recycle 2016 show from BWAC!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Women in Art

Learn about the Women in Art exhibit from Las Laguna Gallery!
BEANS
of green

The women in my family have a grudge against the snap of a fresh green vegetable.  My mother has canned green beans for her sisters for the last half-dozen years.  Her process for canning requires a certain amount of cooking plus heat-sealing the jars which compromises the texture.  But, that isn’t where the grudge match ends; my aunts cook canned green beans for hours in addition.  What did green beans ever do to the women in my family?  While I contemplate those answers, here’s a Call that wants to see more work by women.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Las Laguna Gallery (Laguna Beach, CA) for Women in Art, an exhibit of creativity by women. Don’t miss this opportunity…

CALL for ENTRIES:
Women in Art
from Las Laguna Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all women artists

MEDIA: Open to many media, including acrylic, airbrush, assemblage, charcoal, color pencil, collage, digital art, drawings, encaustic, fiber art, graphite, illustration, mixed media, new media, oil, painting, pastel, photography & watercolor.

THEME:  None “This exhibition is dedicated to the spirit and creativity of all women artists, past and present.” — from laslagunagallery.com

DEADLINE:  February 1, 2017

NOTIFICATION:  February 11, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $35 for 1, $2 ea. add’l

SALES: The gallery will retain 25% commission on all sales

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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ARTIST of the DAY: Carrie Mae Smith

"DuPont Circle Quilt" by Carrie Mae Smith
“DuPont Circle Quilt” by Carrie Mae Smith

“I am interested in re-materializing the sort of objects that history leaves out, utilitarian objects
too common to be recorded or preserved. Historic objects and structures that signify or embody
the evidence of marginalized people who once occupied them.  In this way I engage with concerns
of class, gender and domesticity, through analyzing both forms and their position in society.”
Carrie Mae Smith

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So, I opted out of holiday celebrations this year.  I am not feeling particularly Grinch-y; however, it has been a sobering year, and I didn’t feel compelled to fake it.  As a result, I am wading through the unnecessary “cheer ups” & the non-stop recipes for snowflake-shaped confections. I think that it is that very sense of introspection about domesticity and gender that drew me to Carrie Mae Smith, today’s AAAD Artist of the Day.

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Discover the value of the discarded & dismissed through
the work of
AAAD Artist of the Day Carrie Mae Smith!

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ARTIST of the DAY: Cyrus Kabiru

"American Darts" by Cyrus Kabiru
“American Darts” by Cyrus Kabiru

“My work has everything to do with my dad. First the glasses. Now the bicycle. He raised me well and showed me the future. He wasn’t the kind of parent to give you things. Beyond food, clothes and shelter, the next step was you.” — Cyrus Kabiru

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As the new year creeps closer, I find myself searching for a new frame of mind, a new perspective, a new framework, a new set of eyes, if you will, with which to navigate the world.  Today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Cyrus Kabiru, offers us a reminder that we choose how we frame our future –crafting something new from pieces of our past, new, used or discarded.

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Find a new perspective in the work of AAAD Artist of the Day Cyrus Kabiru!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Wearable Expressions

Learn more about the Wearable Expressions exhibit from Palos Verdes Art Center!wear EAT me

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 Wearable Expressions. $3000 EACH for 1st Place in 3 Categories.  Take a look…

Learn more about the Wearable Expressions exhibit from the Palos Verdes Art Center!CALL for ENTRIES:
Wearable Expressions
from Palos Verdes Art Center

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ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists 18+

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.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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ARTIST of the DAY: Dimosthenis Prodromou

Sculpture by Dimosthenis Prodromou
head sculpture by Dimosthenis Prodromou

“I use the term ready-made pallet to describe my color.” –Dimosthenis Prodromou

I’m such a fan of found-object assemblage, trash art & recycled materials.  I understand the debate over archival materials, and I embrace a movement toward outdoor ephemeral sculpture in parks and outside museums & universities.  However, I do often find my self frustrated when an artist chooses to use a recycled materia regardless of of whether it really works.  I don’t like the gimmick of it all.  But the sculptural work of today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Dimosthenis Prodromou finds itself at one with newsprint.  If feels like a natural progression of the paper’s lifecycle.  It appears both solid, but soft & light.   A ready-made pallet…

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