FAIR to FIG

If you can say nothing else for my taste in food, it is fair and open to all.  I will try almost any culinary invention once.  And most of them (even the bad ones) I will give a second and/or third chance.  But if you haven’t won me over after three attempts, I’m likely done.  I give art, artists and their little-known media the same respect.  This next call offers consideration for “any” media.  I wonder if they REALLY mean that.  Let me know…

Check out this Call for Entries for the 49th Annual Juried Exhibition from the Masur Museum of Art (Monroe, LA).  The entry fee is low, and the show is open to all media.  Did I mention that there is no commission on sales?   I love the Masur, and I will bet that you will love it too!

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CALL or ENTRIES:
Masur Museum

The 49th Annual Juried Exhibition will be held May 12-July 21, 2012. The Masur Museum of Art Annual Juried Competition showcases contemporary artists throughout the United States of America working in any medium.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Any media

DEADLINE: March 18, 2012

NOTIFICATION: April 3, 2012

ENTRY FEE: There is a $10 per artwork with a minimum of 2 and a max of 5 entries

JUROR:  Liza Simone is the Founding Director of Phantom Galleries Los Angeles (PGLA), an organization launched in 2005 that facilitates and administrates temporary public arts programming in vacant storefronts throughout Los Angeles County.  PGLA’s mission to transform and bridge communities with public art through exhibitions is best exemplified by her work with artists such as Lita Albuquerque, JR, Bill Viola, Futura, and Nancy Buchanan.  She has collaborated with TED Prize, the Torrance Art Museum, LA Art Girls, the Los Angeles Art Association, and Fallen Fruit, and Farmlab.

AWARDS:  Best in Show is $1,000 and total awards are $3,000.

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

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

CALL for ENTRIES: Masur Museum originally appeared on Art and Art Deadlines.com on February 4, 2012. If you are reading it on any other site, it has been stolen from Art and Art Deadlines.com.

ARE YOU
blue?

I do not understand the fascination with glowing beverages.  I’m not interested in drinking soda that looks like antifreeze or cocktails that look like glow sticks.  Glowing food makes me think of barium x-rays.  Do you know the most popular way to get the barium inside?  MmmHmm… Think about that the next time the vibrant glow of a cocktail lures you to imbibe.  This next call encourages a more positive view of the vibrant, but then again, they aren’t asking you to eat it either.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Coastal Arts League (Half Moon Bay, CA) for Through a Lens: Vibrant!, this year’s theme for the Annual Michael H. Kellicutt International Photo Show. Check it out…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Through a Lens– Vibrant

Vibrant and vibrate have the same latin root word: “vibrare” meaning to move rapidly and rhythmically to and fro. While vibrate means virtually the same thing in English, vibrant has additional connotations as it applies to brightness of light or color, or as in how alive or energetic is the given subject – literally vibrating with life. “

Through a Lens: Vibrant! gives the photographer several options. Vibrant could apply to a light or hue in the composition, or it could apply to the subject, as to a person or in a street. It could even be stretched to apply to the process – check out the vibrance adjustment layer in photoshop. Which definition of “Vibrant!” will you choose?

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists

MEDIA:  Photography

DEADLINE: February 29, 2012              

NOTIFICATION:  March 30, 2012

ENTRY FEES:  $20 for first entry, $5 per add’l entry up to a total of ten.

JURORS:  Scott Atkinson is a large-format landscape photographer and photo editor based in Half Moon Bay, California.  Sometime early in his photo career he decided to “stay home” and shoot only in California’s native habitats.  He still shoots mainly with a traditional view camera and film, in both 4×5 and 8×10 formats. Audubon, The California Academy of Sciences, The Nature Conservancy, Sierra Club, Sunset, Westcliffe, and The Wilderness Society have published his work.

Photographer Michael Collopy is one of the preeminent portrait photographers of our time and has gained worldwide recognition for his commissioned portraits of hundreds of public figures. His portfolio includes portraits of world leaders such as Pope John Paul II, Mikhail Gorbachev and Margaret Thatcher and entertainers like Ella Fitzgerald, Mick Jagger, B. B. King and Luciano Pavarotti. Collopy’s photos have been published worldwide in numerous books, magazines and newspapers.

Kate Jordahl exhibits her enthusiasm and passion for the art of photography in her work. In her travels and photography, she searches for the places where the spirit of the earth and the human spirit come together. Using both film and digital capture, Kate stretches her images to beyond the expected representation to a magical and reverent imaging of the land.

AWARDS: 1st Prize: One $2000 prize; 2nd Prize: Two $500 prizes; and 3rd Prize: Six $100 prizes

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

CALL for ENTRIES: Vibrant! originally appeared on Art and Art Deadlines.com on February 1, 2012. If you are reading it on any other site, it has been stolen from Art and Art Deadlines.com.

A FEAST for the EYES

My child is wise to the fast food commercials… finally.  Every time he used to see a commercial he would always say, “Man, that looks good.”  After several disappointments, he now says, “I’ll bet that doesn’t taste as good as it looks.”  They over promise and under deliver.  This next call gives you the opportunity to over promise food that you don’t actually have to deliver at all.  Investigate the possibilities…

Check out this Call for Entries for a Photo Contest sponsored by Hostelling International, Washington DC.  The prizes are small, but there is not entry fee. *Editor’s Note:  This contest does not appear on the Hostelling International website, so be sure to bookmark this page for entry instructions.  This could be a great way to get another great credit on your resume.  Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Hostelling International – Washington, DC

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists

MEDIA:  Photography

DEADLINE:  February 6, 2012

NOTIFICATION: Winners announced at the reception on February 24, 2012

AWARDS: Prizes are $150, $70, and $50. Prizes will be awarded to the top 3 photo entries. Only 1 prize may be won per person.

CATEGORIES:  Festivities: International events in Washington, DC (i.e. Cherry Blossom, Cinco de Mayo); People: The international community in Washington, DC; and Altered images of Food: Photographs manipulated for artistic purposes by applying digital and/or traditional special effects

TO ENTER:  To enter the contest, email up to 3 high resolution pictures to hiwashingtondc123@gmail.com. Be sure to include your name and a brief description of your picture(s) in your e-mail.

* Editor’s Note:  This contest does not appear on the Hostelling International website, so be sure to bookmark this page for entry instructions.

Learn more about Hostelling International – Washington, DC! 

CALL for ENTRIES: Photo Contest-No Entry Fee! originally appeared on Art and Art Deadlines.com on January 30, 2012. If you are reading it on any other site, it has been stolen from Art and Art Deadlines.com.

DIPLOMACY STINKS

It is a happy, shiny New Year, and I am excited about the possibilities. Per usual, I am optimistic about the future… nauseatingly optimistic, according to my husband Jon.  However, most folks will also tell you that my attitude toward life is often like my taste in food…direct, unapologetic and undiplomatic. Can food be unapologetic and undiplomatic?  Absolutely. Have you ever met a cheese named Limberger? That sort of straight forwardness is what drew me to this next Call.  Investigate…

Check out the Call for Entries from the Light, Space & Time Gallery for their online Landscapes competition. You know that I am not a huge fan of online competitions; however, I think of this as digital publication which is always a good thing. The entry fee is dirt cheap, and the value of inbound links to your website is priceless. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Landscapes

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery presents a Juried Competition, in which 2D artists from around the world are called upon to make online submissions for the theme Landscapes for inclusion into the March 2012 online group exhibition.

ELIGIBILITY: Light Space & Time encourages entries from all 2D artists regardless of where they reside and regardless of their experience or education in the art field.

MEDIA: All two dimensional media are eligible.

DEADLINE: The submission process for artists ends February 27, 2012.

ENTRY FEE: $10 for 2 Entries or $15.00 for 3 to 5 Entries

AWARDS: Awards will be for 1st through 10th places. In addition, 5  artists will be recognized with Honorable Mention awards. Depending on the amount and the quality of the entries these winning categories may be expanded and there also may be Special Recognition awards posted as well.

BENEFITS: Your artwork is exposed to thousands of visitors to the website each month. Your artwork is retained on the website in the Archives section for further and ongoing exposure. The Artist’s website is linked to Light Space & Time. Winners for that month are promoted in direct email pieces to gallery owners and directors, corporate art representatives and decision makers in the art world. Winners for that month will be promoted to 50+ news and press release outlets, thus creating more traffic, exposure and back links to the artist and their website. Participating winners are gaining valuable experience, marketing their artwork and building their resumes for a very low cost to take part in one of the gallery’s online competitions. *Editor’s Note: This statement is not a guarantee from www.ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, but it comes directly from the Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery website.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Light, Space & Time originally appeared on Art and Art Deadlines.com on January 26, 2012. If you are reading it on any other site, it has been stolen from Art and Art Deadlines.com.

GLUG-A-LUG

Why does beer come in six packs?  My house is dotted with six packs.  It isn’t like THAT.  I am NOT a beer drinker, but my husband IS a beer brewer.  My son’s room would be far less cluttered if beer were more efficiently packaged.  Did I forget to mention that my husband stores his beer under my 12-year-old’s bed? Okay, I am going to stop before this sounds even worse.  This call is a much better use of things that come in sixes.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries for Six, an all-hung exhibit sponsored by Robin Willow Elements, at Red Z Gallery in Mt. Vernon, OH.  The size restrictions make shipping easy, and the entry fee is realy low.  Don’t miss this opportunity…

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CALL for
ENTRIES:
Six

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists.  All original artwork must be 6”x6”, unframed-but mounted (if needed) and have a hanging mechanism on the back.

MEDIA:  All media accepted/except: glass, tile and ceramic due to breakage potential during transport.

Examples:  Photography, painting, fiber art, paper art, pen & ink, drawing, pencil, collage, word art, graffiti art, and so on…

DEADLINE: July 13, 2012

NOTIFICATION:
All hung exhibit. The gallery has the right to not hang artwork they feel is not appropriate. Please feel free to contact robinwillow@hotmail.com if you have questions.

ENTRY FEE:  $6 for up to 2 pieces.  Entry fee is non-refundable.  Add’l entries are $3.50 each.

JUDGING & AWARDS:  Voting will take place on opening night by the public for “Best of Show”.  There will be a cash prize.  The winner will be announced via blogs, website and Facebook.

SALES:  The Red Z Gallery will retain 50% of the price of your artwork.  (Price your artwork accordingly).  You will receive your check one month after sale.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

CALL for ENTRIES: Six originally appeared on Art and Art Deadlines.com on January 23, 2012. If you are reading it on any other site, it has been stolen from Art and Art Deadlines.com.

Muncha,
Muncha, Yawn…

How does the older generation eat at 4:30 in the afternoon?  I am hoping it is just a Golden-Girls-esque stereotype.  I prefer to eat late night, but then again, I prefer to do everything at night. Everything tastes better after 8pm, but that may account for the reality of my lifelong struggle with the size of my rear end. My husband likes to jokingly refer to me as his “vampire-honey,” but that is clearly untrue…vampires don’t eat food.  But I would look cute as Countess Chocula.  Well, we all know I am a little hyper-focused on eating.  Anyhoo, I digress.  This next call wants to see your vision of the night. Investigate…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Darkroom Gallery (Essex Junction, VT) for Night Light. The entry fee at Darkroom is always low ($20), and I love that they will provide free matting and framing if you work in their standard sizes. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Night Light

Night photography reveals a world that we do not consciously see and offers photographers unique creative opportunities.

Night and day, dark and light – one implies the absence of the other.  But like yin yang, each has a bit of the other. The surprising thing to first time night photographers is how their images reveal things that the mind’s eye does not see.  Different light sources reveal their true colors. Compared to daylight, directed and weaker light creates drama, contrast, mystery and mood.

The dynamic range of light at night tends to be more in line with our tools abilities. Of course there are technical challenges with shooting in low light, but also tremendous creative opportunities. That’s what Darkroom Gallery wants to show with this exhibit.

Do you work with existing light – or do you introduce your own? Maybe you paint with light emitting light brushes. How have you approached shooting at night to express your vision? They want to see.

ELIGIBILITY: Entrants must be at least 18 years old. If younger, you must have a legal guardian make the submission for you.

MEDIA:
Photography.

DEADLINE:
March 21, 2012

NOTIFICATION:
March 27, 2012

JUROR:  Linda  Rutenbergm, a Montreal-born native, who has been a photographer for 30 years. Her MFA in Photography is from Concordia University. She’s taught photography and worked as a freelance photographer for thirty  years.

Rutenbergm’s fine art work has been exhibited internationally.  She has produced  several series:- Urban Visions, Sacred Sites, Terre   Caliente, One  Island – Many Cities, Mont Royal – A World Apart, The   Spiritual  Landscape and is presently working on a nocturnal garden   series.

Linda has become particularly known for her striking images of flowers   taken at night, revealed in a series of books, starting with The Garden at Night: Private Views of Public Edens (2007),After Midnight (2008)and The English Garden at Night (2009). 

AWARDS: All selected entries are exhibited in the gallery and included in a full color exhibit catalog. Juror’s Choice receives a 20×35″ vinyl exhibit banner featuring their image. People’s Choice gains free entry into a future exhibit.

SALES: Darkroom offers free matting and framing of accepted entries for the duration of each of their exhibitions, subject to standard sizes. Photographers set their own prices if they wish to sell their work and retain all rights to their photographs. For commission details, go to the bottom of the Submisssion Rules page!

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Night Light originally appeared on Art and Art Deadlines.com on January 22, 2012. If you are reading it on any other site, it has been stolen from Art and Art Deadlines.com.

HUMs
the WORD

Music (and dessert) are the cherry on the proverbial sundae at any meal.  I have had the privilege of enjoying everything from a jug band at a pig pickin’ to authentic mariachi while eating tamales on a recent trip to Cozumel.  But my favorite dinner music is the humming of my lactose-intolerant 12 year old when he delights in his favorite cheesy indulgence…pizza.  This next call wants to hear about the music that delights you.  Get to humming…

Check out this Call for Entries for the Musical Influences show at Studio 1666 in Vancouver, British Columbia.  This is another no entry fee in an unusual space; it is starting to look like a theme, eh?

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CALL for ENTRIES:  Musical Influences

Studio 1666 is looking for works of art that is influenced by music.  This can be interpreted many ways, and they are asking you to avoid the obvious and draw upon your imagination and push your own boundaries of what this means to you.  By drawing upon senses other than vision, the idea is to convey feeling through artistic means that evoke multiple outcomes.

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists

MEDIA:   Photography, painting, sculpture, design, multimedia, mixed media, etc.

DEADLINE:  January 31, 2012

ABOUT THE GALLERY:  This is an opportunity for a group show at gallery located just off gallery row and close by Granville Island.  Studio 1666 is Vancouver’s new non-traditional gallery space, featuring current works from both established and emerging artists who are invested in confronting and responding to current trends in art.  At Studio 1666, artists are invited to give voice to their expression by sharing their creativity and ideologies with the local community.  Their aim is to support this partnership by providing a relaxed space that promotes progressive art with the mandate of making it accessible.

ENTRY PROCESS: Please send your digital files to studio1666@gmail.com

• Jpgs only 72dpi dimensions image should not exceed 1024 pixels on the longest side
• Submit 1-6 images for consideration
• For video/digital work provide links to website if applicable.
• Files should be titled LastName_firstName_01Title.jpg

*Editor’s note:  Bookmark this page for reference because this Call doesn’t appear on a website with any additional information.

For questions, please email studio1666@gmail.com!

CALL for ENTRIES: Musical Influences originally appeared on Art and Art Deadlines.com on January 21, 2012. If you are reading it on any other site, it has been stolen from Art and Art Deadlines.com.

LAMBCHOP,
my love

I love my husband more than life itself, but if he was just a meant-and-potatoes guy…we would never have made it.  Relationships have hinged on worse, no doubt.  The idea of a perfect lamb roast or seared piece of ahi gives hime the shivers, and I could not love him more for it.  My loves are my husband, food and art.  This next call wants you to name YOUR loves.  Say it with art…

Check out this Call to Artists for My Loves from the Linus Galleries (California). The acceptable media for this show is a cool mixture, and this could be a great opportunity. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:  My Loves

Love is in the air. But what is Love to you? What are your loves?  Interpret love, or your desires, or your loves to Linus Galleries in the best art.

ELIGIBILITY:
Open to all artists.

MEDIA:  Photography to  paintings in oil, acrylic, watercolor and ink, graphite drawings and fabric work from quilts to stitchwork.

DEADLINE:  April 12, 2012

ENTRY FEE:  $35 for 3 entries,$5 per add’l

AWARDS: Those accepted artists will be asked to be a part of a collective show in the future months. The artists will be asked if they wish to submit their artwork for the show.

SALES: Artwork will be offered for sale at the reception & other days the gallery will be open. 40% commission on all sales.

For complete details, Read the Guidelines!

CALL to ARTISTS: My Loves originally appeared on Art and Art Deadlines.com on January 17, 2012. If you are reading it on any other site, it has been stolen from Art and Art Deadlines.com.

SAY CHEESE

I delight in finding delectable foods in unexpected locations.  Light and creamy cheesecake at a random, taco food truck or the perfect muffin with currants and anise in a tire store lobby.  It happens; you just have to be brave enough to take the first bite.  This next call offers a delightful opportunity to show art in a common location as a part of an uncommon gathering.  Muncha, muncha, muncha…

Check out this Call forEntries for the 8th annual Games+Learning+Society (GLS) conference at the University of Wisconsin Madison.  There is no entry fee, and it is an opportunity to show work in a different environment.  Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Games+Learning+Society

“This is a general call for new work (completed in the last two years) or proposals for new work for the second annual Games and Art exhibition featured at the 8th annual Games+Learning+Society (GLS) conference to be held in June of 2012. Narrative is an essential tool of understanding and communication of ideas. Humanities from history to politics to science are understood and disseminated through narrative tools. Characters and bildungsroman are the flesh and blood of narratives, which link us to our past and help guide our vision of the future. Narrative is a thread which represents, interprets, and shapes our world. Our narrative is often truth for lack of capital-T-Truth as we manipulate it so it may manipulate us. Perhaps most importantly, it is a double-edged sword which grants us access to experiences which may be beyond our reach–independent of space, time, and reality. This exhibition seeks to explore the power of character and narrative through games and art.”

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists.

MEDIA:  Open to virtually any form from traditional practices in painting, sculpture, photography, and printmaking, to new media, performance, film, and digital video, as well as new playable games, game art, and game-like forms.

DEADLINE:  March 15th 2012

NOTIFICATION:  Sent by April 15, 2012.

ENTRY FEE:  There is no entry fee.

JUROR:  Arnold Martin, the Games+Learning+Society Artist-in-Residence, will curate the exhibition.

SALES:  Artists are welcome to sell the work in the show directly, GLS will not broker sales or take a commission.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Games+Learning+Society originally appeared on Art and Art Deadlines.com on January 15, 2012. If you are reading it on any other site, it has been stolen from Art and Art Deadlines.com.

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…

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CALL for ENTRIES: Eco Art Awards

“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.

For complete details, visit www.EcoArtAwards.com!

CALL for ENTRIES: Eco Art Awards originally appeared on Art and Art Deadlines.com on January 14, 2012. If you are reading it on any other site, it has been stolen from Art and Art Deadlines.com.