I suspect you’ll judge me, but I have to admit that there are more than a few classic cartoons that are a part of my every day life.  I realize that I am dating myself, but on this Labor Day weekend…I have no doubt that Boo Boo would love to steal my pic-a-nic basket when I am at Bays Mountain Park.  Umhmmm…

How ’bout you?  Do you have a favorite?  Check out this Call for Entries for the 2010 Speed Racer International Art Competition sponsored by Maximillian Gallery in Los Angeles.  Your work could end up as Limited Edition prints or even licensed for products and clothing.  Enter early to save on Entry Fees!

ART COMPETITION:
2010 Speed Racer International Art Competition

You have the opportunity to create art based on the classic Speed Racer™ cartoon and win in the competition, have the original Speed Racer™ art you create sold, have your artwork Published and made available for sale as a Limited Edition print, perhaps even have the Speed Racer™ art you create licensed for use on products and apparel…

All the while gaining valuable exposure for you and your art. It’s an exciting competition and we look forward to your participation! Emerging and established artists are invited to enter.

MEDIA: Painting, Drawing, Photography, Digital, Print (etching, lithograph, silkscreen, linoleum cut, woodcut, monotype…), Sculpture and Video.  Multiple entries can be made in as many categories as desired.

Examples of art you can create include placing Speed Racer™ image(s) in a new context; making new drawing(s), painting(s), etc of Speed™ and/or other character(s), car(s), etc; a photo of a model dressed like Speed™ and/or other character(s) and a sculpture of Speed and/or the Mach 5™… Videos are 1 min max and can include digital art, re-editing existing scenes mixed with art, actor(s)… You can direct/act in and do a monologue, spoken word, a scene… There’s no limit to what you can create! Please see below for more guidelines on appropriate art.

DATES: The competition start date is August 10th, 2010 at 9 AM EST and the deadline to submit art is October 31st, 2010 at 8 PM EST. During the first week of November 2010, a total of SEVEN (7) WINNERS shall be selected in each category, for a total of FORTY NINE (49) WINNERS.

ART PANELISTS:  A diverse panel of art professionals—including MAXIMILLIAN GALLERY founder Caradoc Ehrenhalt and international Art Dealer Sonce Leroux, will select the winners in the Art Panelists Competition.

The panel will select three artists as the 2010 Speed Racer™ Art Competition Winners. Each Artist will be awarded: First Place, Second Place or Third Place Juried Competition WinnerA Limited Edition print of the First Place winner’s art published by MAXIMILLIAN GALLERY with 5 prints from the edition given to the artist; Participation in the MAXIMILLIAN GALLERY 2010 Speed Racer™ International Art Competition Exhibition to be held at a location to be determined; Featured in the press release announcing the winners; Featured in winners area on the website; Art licensing representation and Art gallery representation.

The public will vote online for their favorite Speed Racer art with awards as follows:

First Place Public Vote Winner: First Place Public Vote Winner; A Limited Edition print of the First Place winner’s art published by MAXIMILLIAN GALLERY with 5 prints from the edition given to the artist; Participation in the MAXIMILLIAN GALLERY 2010 Speed Racer™ International Art Competition Exhibition to be held at a location to be determined; Featured in the press release announcing winners; Featured in winners area on the website; Art licensing representation; and Art gallery representation.

Second and Third Place Public Vote Winners:  Second Place or Third Place Public Vote Winner; Featured in the press release announcing winners; and Featured in winners area on the website.

Gallery Founder Caradoc Ehrenhalt will also select a Winner. The Artist will be awarded: A Limited Edition print of their wining art published by MAXIMILLIAN GALLERY with 5 prints from the edition given to the artist; Participation in the MAXIMILLIAN GALLERY 2010 Speed Racer™ International Art Competition Exhibition to be held at a location to be determined; Featured in the press release announcing the winners; Featured in winners area on the website; Art licensing representation; and Art gallery representation.

MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERY PARTICIPANT!

ENTRY FEES: Each entry submitted by September 15th 2010 is $25, after September 15th 2010 each entry submitted by October 31st, 2010 is $35. Each additional entry made by an Entrant who wishes to submit additional work by September 15th 2010 is $15, after September 15th 2010 each additional entry made by an Entrant who wishes to submit additional work by October 31st is $25.

Questions? See the full Rules & Guidelines!

SIFT THIS!

Newer isn’t always better. I have wooden spoons and cookie sheets in my kitchen whose original material compositions are virtually undetectable.  Sometimes you stick with what you love, but sometimes folks come along regardless of age and instantly recognize the value of something that has worked for someone else forever…like my husband’s second hand flour sifter.  Discover an oldie (but goodie) of your own with this show…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Smith Township Arts Council for the 31st Annual Juried Photography Exhibition.  This year the theme is alternative processes or contemporary use of historical process, and it is juried by Joy Goldkind.  Maybe it is time to break out the pinhole camera again…

Call for Entries:  31st Annual Juried Photography Exhibition

The subject matter for this exhibit is limited only by your imagination!  Smith Township Arts Council and Juror Joy Goldkind are looking to show the contemporary use of historical processes. Show them the way in which you bring the past and future together.

Bromoil, albumen, collotype, kallitype, lazertran, anthotype, ziatype, carbon, argyrotype, cyanotype, daguerreotype, gum bichromate, salted paper, photo-gravure, solarplate, tintype, platinum and palladium, van dyke, hand applied emulsions, wet-plate collodion, silver gelatin and combinations of all of the above will be considered.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all photography. Entries may not have been shown previously at Mills Pond House Gallery. Maximum Frame Size 48″ width

ENTRY DEADLINE:  November 10, 2010

ENTRY FEE:  $45 for up to 3 entries, $30 for STAC members.  Artists may join at time of entry.

LIABILITY / SALES: Work will be insured for the duration of the exhibition. STAC will receive a 30% gallery commission on all work sold.

NOTIFICATION:  Emailed November 23

GALLERY REQUIREMENTS:  Shipping, insurance and display requirements are posted at www.stacarts.org/exhibits

AWARDS:

1st Place: $300 Excellence in Photography Award Sataporn Suravichai Memorial, Winner’s Exhibition Opportunity, One-year STAC Artist Membership

2nd Place: $100 Award of Merit

ABOUT THE JUROR:  Joy Goldkind was 50 years old before she took her first photography class, though her back-ground was always based in the fine arts. De-spite an unusually late start, Goldkind’s career as a fine arts photographer has progressed rather rapidly.

Her photographs of nude danc-ers, geishas, drag queens, ballerinas, circus per-formers, etc. have not gone unnoticed. Some-times inspired from a fantasy world, the use of double exposures and slow shutter speeds help Joy to change what is true and expected into a more surrealistic scene. The old world beauty and quality they possess is in no doubt influ-enced by a deep interest in art history.

With the use of the historic Bromoil process as a tool to express her fine art portraits, Joy adds a layer of mystery to her photographs. Very popular in the early 1900′s, the Bromoil process was favored by pictorial photographers who used it to add a more artistic rendering to their work. Each piece is individually inked by hand, therefore no two prints are identical.

Download the full prospectus at the
Smith Township Arts Council website!

SOMETIMES YOU FEEL
LIKE A NUT

Some things just go together.  And, athough I always think of myself as a strong, individual personality.  I’ve come to realize that I clearly value being part of a duo.  My husband Jon and I are rarely apart.  My friend Toni and I are “two nuts in a pod,” and even my artwork has become collaborative.  Which duo in your life adds the pea-nuty center?

Check out the Call for Entries for Couplings from Gallery 110 in Seattle.  This International Juried Art Show is looking for work that explores personal relationships.  Here’s a great opportunity to add a gallery from another major art center to your resume.  Take the chance…

CALL for ENTRIES:  Couplings

In February 2011 Gallery 110 will host an international juried show titled Couplings.  As a tie-in to Valentine’s Day, the gallery is calling for artwork that explores personal relationships.

In our world of many dualities and increasing isolation the idea of “couplings” has many modern interpretations of love and affection. Gallery 110 invites artists to submit works that celebrate these pairings and the power of the bonds they create.

JUROR: Rock Hushka is Director of Curatorial Administration and Curator of Contemporary and Northwest Art at Tacoma Art Museum. He also serves as an Affiliate Assistant Professor at the University of Washington. Before joining the Tacoma Art Museum, Hushka held positions on the curatorial staff at the Seattle Art Museum and worked in the collections of the Henry Art Gallery at University of Washington.

At Tacoma Art Museum (pictured right), Hushka has curated more than 45 projects including Sparkle Then Fade, The Forty Part Motet by Janet Cardiff,  A Reworking of Spem in Alium 1573, by Thomas Tallis, and the nationally touring Lewis and Clark Territory: Contemporary Artists Revisit Place, Race, and Memory. He has completed eleven major exhibition and catalogue projects including The Romantic Vision of Michael Brophy, Where Sky Meets Earth: The Luminous Landscapes of Victoria Adams, and two Northwest Biennials.

Under his leadership of the artistic program, Tacoma Art Museum has received major grants from the National Endowment for the Arts for a collection handbook of the Northwest collection and from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts for the forthcoming exhibition Art, AIDS, America.

AWARDS: First and second prize winners will take home $300 and $200 respectively.

ELIGIBILTY: Couplings is an international juried show open to artists over 18 years of age. Art work may be in any two or three dimensional media and must be original works of art by the artist submitting the entry.

CONDITIONS AND RULES: Entries accepted for exhibition must have a professional appearance. Two-dimensional artwork must include a wire and must be ready to hang. Works on paper must be framed and protected under glass or Plexiglas. The finished size cannot be more than 48” in either dimension and image size cannot be less than 8” in either dimension. Artwork cannot weigh more than 30 pounds. Artists may not substitute another work for the accepted work. Entries must be for sale and priced with the intent to sell. A gallery commission of 50% will be deducted from sales. Artists grant permission to Gallery 110 to reproduce accepted artwork for promotional uses in both printed and electronic forms.

ENTRY FEE:  The fee is $35 for 3 entries. Add $10 for each additional piece. Payment must be in US dollars. Entry fees are non-refundable.

DEADLINE:  Entry deadline is November 1, 2010.

NOTIFICATIONS: A list of accepted artists will be posted on their gallery website in early December 2010. Selected artists will be notified by email and telephone. Shipping and delivery instructions will be provided with acceptance notification. Delivery and return charges are the artist’s responsibility.

To download this prospectus click here.

QUESTIONS? Email juriedshow@gallery110.com or call Sarah Dillon,
Gallery Director at 206-624-9336, noon-5pm, Wednesday through Friday.

Have you ever discovered a little something unknown to most of your friends and family and felt compelled to tell EVERYONE?  Me too.  Of course my discoveries are usually food related.  However, there are a significant number of galleries and curators that devote a portion of their exhibit space and time solely to Emerging Artists.

Check out this great Call for Entries brought to you by SlowArt Productions.  Emerging Artists’ work will be showcased at the Limner Gallery in Hudson, NY.  The entry fee is reasonable and prizes include both cash and publication awards!  Don’t delay…

CALL for ENTRIES:
EMERGING ARTISTS 2011

This is the 19th annual competition for gallery exhibition and awards. This exhibition is devoted to the discovery, introduction and promotion of emerging artists. The exhibition will be held in April 2011 at the Limner Gallery and is open to all artists working in any media. There will be a $1000 cash award and $2400 in publication awards. Deadline for submissions is November 30.

ELIGIBILITY AND RESTRICTIONS: The competition is open to all artists, national and international, working in all media. All forms of painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, graphics, digital and installation art, video, etc. are eligible. Entrants must be 18 years of age or older to apply. Wall mounted works must not be taller than 96″ no wider than 120″.  Sculptural work must fit through a standard height, 36″wide entry door.

EXHIBITION AND AWARDS:  Winning artists will be featured in a group exhibition at the Limner Gallery, April 1 – 30, 2011. The exhibition will also be displayed on the Limner Gallery web site. There will be a $1000 cash prize awarded to one artist. One artist will be awarded a two page display in Direct Art Volume #18, Fall 2011 issue. Two artists will be awarded a single page display. Direct Art is distributed to bookstores across the USA including Borders and Barnes and Noble. For more information on Direct Art view: http://www.slowart.com/about.htm

EXHIBITION TERMS:

ENTRY FEES:  There is a $35.00 entry fee for one to four artworks entered, presentation is by digital files, prints or 35mm slides. There is a $5.00 fee for each additional artwork above four. Details of 2D artwork count as an additional artwork. Sculptors may provide one additional view per artwork without cost. Artists accepted to exhibit will not be charged additional fees of any kind. Payments may be by check or money order payable to SlowArt Productions, or by credit card using PayPal.

NOTIFICATION:  Artists will be notified of acceptance or non-acceptance no later than December 31, 2010. Results will be posted on or before this date at: http://www.slowart.com/results. Notification will be made via email and/or by mail with the return of materials in the SASE provided by the artist.   Read the notification page for details of the notification policy.

PRIVACY POLICY: Artist contact information (address, telephone) is only held for the purpose of contacting selected artists and is not preserved in any database. Entry forms are destroyed and data and image files deleted on the completion of the jury process. All artist emails are added to their future events announcement email list.  If you do not wish to be on the email list click the unsubscribe button when you receive the first announcement and your email will be automatically deleted.

DEADLINE: The final postmarked deadline is November 30, 2010. Entries must be postmarked or submitted via email by this date.  

All works in the show must be for sale. The gallery will take a 30 % commission on all sales. Sale price is determined by the  artist.  

Online Entry:  On line entries are via email or web post with direct html link . Email files must be in JPG format. JPG files when closed should be approx. 500K (1/2 MB) or less in size, when open approx. 8MB or less. Images may also be posted to a dedicated web page and a link provided to the page. Web page images should not be download restricted. Videos artists may also post on a personal web page or on YouTube.

For complete details, go to the Prospectus online!

Are you superstitious?  I never have been, but I must admit that Friday the 13th always gives me pause.  And I never can remember the superstition about spilled salt.  And why isn’t spilled milk a superstition.  Confused yet?  Me too.

Check out the sheer volume of 13′s involved in the Call for Entries for the National Small Works Exhibition & Competition from the Mesquite Fine Arts Center in Nevada.  Hope you’re not superstitious. 

CALL for ENTRIES:
National Small Works Exhibition & Competition

Eligibility: Open to all artists residing in the United States, 18 years or older.  Wall hung art only.  No utilitarian crafts or jewelry.  Maximum size, including frame is 13 inches by 13 inches by 5 inches deep.  All artwork must be for sale.

DEADLINE:  POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN OCTOBER 4, 2010

Entry Procedure:  Entries will be juried into the competition from slides or photos, one slide/photo per artwork piece.  Label your slide or photo on the backside with name of artist, title of work, medium, size (including frame).  Artist must include a non-refundable entry fee of $13 per piece to be juried, and a maximum of 4 works per artist. 

Make check/money order payable to VVAA (Virgin Valley Artists Association).  Include a self-addressed stamped envelope with correct postage for return of slides or photos with juror decision.  Slides/photos of accepted work will be kept until the exhibition ends, then returned when artwork is returned.  Send your application with your entry fee(s) and slides/photos to: 

MESQUITE FINE ARTS GALLERY
“LUCKY 13”
15 W. Mesquite Blvd.
Mesquite, NV 89027

Notification: Mailed by October 11, 2010

Reception & Awards will be held on Nov 13, 2010 from 6 pm to 8 pm in the Gallery.

PRIZES:
Best of Show = $1313
First Place = $313
Second Place = $213
Third Place = $113

Accepted Work: The artist is responsible for all shipping costs to and from the Art Gallery.  Work will be received from October 15 through October 23, 2010.  Work may also be hand-delivered on the same days, during business hours for the Gallery, Tues. to Sat. 10am to 4pm.  All work must be suitably framed and presented with a wire hanger, no saw tooth hangers accepted. 

All artwork on paper and photographs must be glazed with plexi glass.  No substitutes of work will be allowed.  Any work deviating significantly from the original slides or photos may be rejected.  Artwork must be labeled on back of each piece with name, title, medium and price. 

Every care will be taken for art and materials, however, the gallery and staff will not be liable for any damage or loss of artwork, frame, glazing, slides, or photos during the shipment, jury, exhibition or return of the artwork.  Artists will be responsible for their own insurance. 

Submission of an entry to the competition constitutes acceptance of all conditions.  Hand-delivered work must be picked up at the gallery on January 6 through January 10, 2010, during business hours of the gallery. 

Sales: All work must be for sale.  The gallery will retain a 30% commission on all sales.  The price on the entry form will be considered the retail price.  A 1099 MISC will be issued if an artist receives paid commission exceeding $600.

Judges:  This year’s judges are from the tri-state area of Nevada, Utah and Arizona.

For more information, visit the prospectus online!

GET THE GROCERIES!

Social networks dominate the networking world these days.  On the rare occasion when I CAN’T find a specific gallery or artist on facebook or twitter, I am truly shocked.  But I find that specific networking opportunities also exist on specialty social networks like ModelMayhem.com and MyArtSpace.com.  I have a FREE account with both.  And, while I don’t always take full advantage of them, I am grateful for the opportunities they provide me fairly regularly.  And FREE means more money for…groceries, of course!

Check out this great Art Scholarship from MyArtspace.com that offers six prizes from $1000 to $5000 for winners.  Yes, you do have to take the time to become a member of MyArtSpace.com, but membership is FREE!  Take the time to check it out…

MYARTSPACE Art Scholarship Competition
Rules and Guidelines

EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE: OCTOBER 31, 2010
FINAL DEADLINE: DECEMBER 12, 2010

MYARTSPACE , the premier online venue for the contemporary art world, is now offering its third annual art scholarship program to the members of MYARTSPACE.com and NYAXE.com.

MYARTSPACE.com has created a scholarship program for students of artistic merit wishing to continue their education in an approved MFA, BFA, or higher level degree program for the arts. The scholarship is intended for students who exhibit exceptional artistic excellence across mediums of the visual arts, including photography and video, both contemporary and traditional in nature.

The scholarship arises from our commitment to support the visual arts and its artists. For four years MYARTSPACE has been a key force in availing opportunity in the arts on the web and in global events. They are providing a total of 6 scholarships — 3 scholarship prizes for undergraduate students and separately 3 scholarship prizes for graduate students.

FINAL DEADLINE for submissions is December 12, 2010, 12PM Midnight PST.

Early registration ends OCTOBER 31, 2010.  Free 3-month Premium subscription to MYARTSPACE for those applicants that have registered before the early registration date. This is an optional paid service which is normally $75 per year.

Scholarship candidates must have registered for the competition AND submitted an online MYARTSPACE gallery to the scholarship competition before the final deadline. The gallery submitted can have up to 20 images (JPEG format,  up to 10mb each in size).

WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Scholarship Winners will be notified by January 31, 2011 and publicly announced on or before February 15th, 2011.

RULES & REGULATIONS:

Contest entrants must be a member of MYARTSPACE.com or NYAXE.com.  Membership is free.

Student artists must register for the competition and submit their work to the scholarship competition by December 12, 2010.

All students who register before OCTOBER 31, 2010 will be considered early registrants, and will receive a 3-month free subscription to premium services for MYARTSPACE.

Registered contestants must submit an online MYARTSPACE gallery, containing up to 20 images in it, for review by the jury panel. Accompanying the gallery submission it is advisable to have an Artist Statement as well as CV/Resume which should be constructed in the Artist Profile in MYARTSPACE.

They highly recommend that artists submit as high a resolution image as possible for jury purposes. They recommend JPEG or TIFF images that are at least 2000 pixels in width by 2000 pixels in height at minimum, and could be up to 10mb in size.  They create a lower resolution screen image for website viewing.  The higher resolution image that was submitted is used for the jury panel. 

Applicant must be a current student or pending enrollment in an accredited art school pursuing a BFA or MFA, BS or other approved degree programs.

Applicants may enter the undergraduate or graduate program for competition but not both.

Scholarship winners will be mailed a CatMacArt Corporation check denominated in US Dollars, drawn from a US Corporation and a US Bank. 

CRITERIA FOR JUDGEMENT:

The jury panel will consist of the MYARTSPACE internal staff as well as outside consultants.

All applicants from an accredited program will be considered, world wide.

The prizes will be granted to winners based on artistic merit, across all mediums of expression, including video and photography.

All genres will be considered including contemporary and traditional imagery.

There is no “theme” or restraints on artistic expression for submissions to be considered.

ELIGIBILITY:

All applicants must be currently enrolled or pending enrollment in an accredited art degree program such as BFA, MFA, BA, BS, in the arts.

Winners will have to retain proof of their enrollment status for the pending semester the award is intended for or disqualification will incur and prize money will revert to the next runner up.

For full details, visit the MyArtSpace.com Scholarship Page!

MONEY FOR DESSERT

Most professional artists rely on art sales for income.  Most emerging artists hope for art sales for extra income for supplies.  Many prestigious art shows come with publicity and great printed materials, but lots of artists never get to go to out-of-town openings due to financial constraints.  So, how do you afford to produce work, submit work, get to attend the openings and still afford to eat dessert?

Maybe this Call for Submissions from The Soap Factory could be the answer to your art entry problems.  The Soap factory is looking for work for group exhibits, AND they offer installation support, travel, accommodations, and a stipend to those selected to exhibit.

CALL for SUBMISSIONS:  The Soap Factory

The Soap Factory exhibits work in its galleries throughout the year.  Exhibitions curated from submissions are typically comprised of 8-10 artists.  The Soap Factory is a 120-year old ex-industrial warehouse on the banks of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis.  

They have no climate control, air conditioning or permanent heating system; please bear this in mind when submitting your work.  Projects by individual artists that propose to use the entire 12,000 sq feet of gallery space are always encouraged.

They are particularly interested in proposals conceived specifically for The Soap Factory galleries. (So do your homework!)  Their programming is unique in that they select only a small proportion of the artists they exhibit from their pool of submissions. They commonly receive 400 artist submissions per season.

 DEADLINE:  November 30, 2010.  They do NOT accept e-mailed submissions so this is a POSTMARK deadline.

 REVIEW DATES: Submissions are reviewed for exhibition between May 1st and October 31st.

NOTIFICATION:  March 2011

They may keep your submission on file for up to 8 months.  Do not call or email to check on your submission.  The Soap Factory does not return work. Please only send materials that you do not need to be returned.

COVER PAGE indicating the following information:  Name, Email, Phone, Address, Medium of submission

IMAGES:  Up to ten color images of your work on disc. Digital images must be Mac compatible (jPeg, tif, pdf) not less than 1500×2100 pixels.  Each submitted image MUST ALSO BE PRINTED IN HARD COPY. Submissions that do not include hard copy images WILL NOT BE REVIEWED.

RESUME, artist statement and project description/ proposal.

Please submit any video on DVD. DVD must be in Zone 1 format (readable in USA).

Work samples WILL NOT BE RETURNED

The Soap Factory is committed to diversity in audience, staff and programming. To assist them in achieving our diversity goals, please indicate your ethnicity or cultural background. Please note that compliance or non-compliance with this request will NOT affect the status of your submission.

The Soap Factory provides full installation support for all selected projects, including travel and accommodation, as well as a stipend to artists. They provide publicity, exhibition invitations, mailings, opening reception and artist talks.  However, they do not provide insurance coverage for work exhibited at The Soap Factory. All work is shown at the artist’s own risk.

Mail submissions to:

Program Manager
The Soap Factory
514 2nd St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414

Questions? Visit The Soap Factory Submissions Page!

Somethings are best alone…like pomegranite seeds…and art exhibitions.  I love the rare occasion that I get an art gallery all to myself as a viewer.  I love the sort of reverential feel of being surrounded by artwork with the time and lack of distraction to form a personal bond with the work.  I also love the occasional opportunity for a solo exhibit–the opportunity to make a singular statement.

Check out this Open Call for Submissions for a Solo Exhibit at the new gallery space Toomey Tourell Projects in San Franciso.  No group submissions please.  Please note that “Projects” does not have a website or page on the Toomey Tourell site yet.  But, go out on a limb, and remember, rejection will NOT kill you.

CALL for SOLO SUBMISSIONS:  Toomey Tourell Projects

Toomey Tourell Projects is accepting open submissions for its new space in San Francisco. Proposals for solo-artist shows only, no group proposals please.

GUIDELINES:  Please send a digital or physical portfolio of no more than 10 images. If digital, please send high quality jpegs or tiffs. 

ENTRY FEE:  They require a $30 fee to accompany the submission package.

Include a SASE envelope, and mail your submissions to:

Toomey Tourell Projects
575 Sutter St. Suite 202
San Francisco, CA 94102
stephen@toomey-tourell.com
http://www.toomey-tourell.com

NOTIFICATION:  Submission review takes a one month turnaround period. Please, no phone calls before or after review.  Artists’ portfolios will be returned to them by mail after review, or kept for further consideration with artists’ permission.

Toomey Tourell Projects is not responsible for any lost, missing, or damaged materials.

ABOUT THE GALLERY:  Toomey Tourell Gallery opened Toomey Tourell Projects in Union Square, San Francisco on June 4, 2010. Located at 575 Sutter St, it is housed in a multi-level building dedicated to showcasing the most contemporary artworks. Toomey Tourell Projects presents single-artist exhibitions and features the widest possible range of mediums.

MEDIA:  Acrylic, Ceramic, Crafts, Cut Paper, Digital Media, Glass, Illustration, Mixed Media, Sculpture, Watercolor, Oil, Pastel, Pencil, Photography, Poetry, Video/Film

Questions?  Email Toomey Tourell Projects!

SIMPLE
RECIPE

Many of you have become very focused on the complicated twists and turns of art entries.  My experience is that artists have been trained to believe that galleries and museums speak in a special language or have their own inner sanctum that you have to join to be able to show you work.  I want to encourage you not to be quite so suspicious of opportunities.  It isn’t always a complicated recipe…sometimes it is simple as a home-grown tomato.

I want you to consider this Call for Entries from Gaga Arts Center for la conexión.  There is no formal call on their website, there aren’t really any strict guidelines.  This is a simple chance for you to submit your work for consideration.  Let’s all just relax and say “thank you.”  Give it a try…

CALL for ENTRIES:  la conexión

“La Conexion” an exhibition of Latin American artists and Latin American themed artwork in any medium.  It will be in an 8,000 square foot gallery at the art center from Oct 15-Nov 21st 2010. 

DEADLINE: Submission deadline is September 15th, 2010. 

MEDIA:  Any media will be considered including, but not limited to: paintings, drawings, photographs, sculpture, performance art, dance, music, film, video, animation and food.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:  Email images and bios to jsgalleryinfo@gmail.com.  Yes, that’s all you really have to do.  However, I encourage you to be responsible and limit your image sizes and numbers so that their email is not bogged down with downloads.

ENTRY FEE: There seems to be no entry fee.  It just keeps getting better, eh?

ABOUT THE GALLERY:  GAGA Arts Center is a not-for-profit arts organization located in the Garnerville Arts and Industrial Center, an historic textile mill built in the 1830’s, in New York’s Lower Hudson Valley. Just 45 minutes up the Hudson River from NYC, and closer still to many Westchester County, Rockland County, and New Jersey localities, GAGA is now the home to a thriving arts community for visual artists, performance artists, and artisans.

The GAGA Art Center has over 15,000 square feet of gallery space. This includes their Main Gallery, the raw Dye Works Gallery space, and the two white rooms of Gallery B for smaller scale exhibitions as well as video, film, or performance presentations.

Exhibitions of new work, by established and emerging artists are presented throughout the year. Students and developing artists are invited to submit their work for their annual student and juried membership exhibitions.

Questions, email GAGA Arts Center!

EDITOR’S NOTE: I receive a significant number of Calls in my email inbox.  Many of them are very detailed, and I applaud Curators, Jurors, and Gallery Directors for trying to cover every question and every detail. 

However, I am truly touched when I receive a request that says, “I would love to consider your artists’ artwork.”  No promises or guarantees, Curator At Large, Jonathan Shorr offers you a simple opportunity.  Don’t let me down folks. Don’t use the Latin American theme as an excuse.  They are looking for connections to Latin America, not necessarily a chart of your family tree.

ALL THINGS IN TIME

I appreciate not being rushed; however, truth be told–I want deadlines and structure.   I can cook without a recipe, but sometime it is just nice to get a meal served on time and by the book.  But, as we know, I don’t always get everything I want…

Check out this Open Call for Entries from Spaces.  They have their 2011/2012 Exhibition Application Guidelines out, and at the moment…there is no deadline.  Don’t use it as an excuse to procrastinate though…she says KNOWING that everyone has skipped that suggestion already. 

SPACES:  Open Call for Entries 2011/2012 Exhibition Season

This call-for-entries is open to all established or emerging artists, curators and cultural producers who are 21 years old or older. Proposals must show promise and strong conceptual grounding.

Deadlines:  Applications are reviewed once each year. To ensure applications are considered in a timely manner, please coordinate so your application arrives at SPACES by the posted deadlines on THEIR WESITE. These are not postmark deadlines.

Application Details:  Each application must include: a completed application form, 250-word artist/curatorial statement, one-page C.V., 10-15 still image work samples OR 2-3 two-minute segments of audio and/or video (or appropriate combination of images, video, audio and web-based work), work sample list, application fee and SASE.

Incomplete or inaccurately assembled applications will not be considered. If no SASE is included, notifications of acceptance or rejection will be sent via email. Please update your contact information if anything changes before you receive notification.

Materials should be submitted via mail.

What to send via MAIL:  A completed hardcopy of the application form, application fee and one CD that includes work samples,work sample list, artist/curatorial statement and C.V. All materials should be mailed to SPACES to arrive on or before the posted deadline.

What to include on the CD:  Work samples, a work sample list, a 250-word artist/curatorial statement and one-page C.V. should be submitted on one CD-R. All text documents should be in PDF format and no larger than 1MB each. Word documents, RTF, TXT, and others, although handy, will not be accepted. Free online services such as expresspdf.com can convert most documents to PDF.* Each PDF should be no larger than 1MB. Name each file according to the following format where “artistslastname” is the last name of the artist or name of the artist collective:

• artistslastname_statement.pdf
• artistslastname_cv.pdf
• artistslastname_worksamplelist.pdf

All filenames should be in lowercase with no spaces.

Artist Statement:  Each application should include a 250-word artist/curatorial statement succinctly describing the artist’s work or proposed project. Statements longer than 250 words will not be considered. Please refrain from frilly artspeak.

RESUME:  Include a one-page C.V. listing the artist/curator’s birthdate (to verify that the applicant is 21 or older), education, significant exhibitions/events & bibliography.

WORK SAMPLES:  Work samples should have been completed in the last two years. All submitted materials (CDs and DVDs) should be clearly labeled with the artist’s name and address. Curatorial proposals should include work samples from artists in the proposed exhibition.

• Images: 10-15 digital images should be submitted in JPG format, 72 dpi, no larger than 1MB each, burned to a CD-R. No DVDs or CD-RWs of still images will be accepted. Please do not submit images in PDF, Flash, PowerPoint, or Kodak picture format. Please label all images in the following format: number_artistslastname_title.jpg where number is in a two-digit format and refers to the order in which you wish the image to appear; “artistslastname” is the last name of the artist or name of the artist collective; and “title” is the title of the piece. All text should be lowercase with no spaces. Examples would look like this:
  • 04_grosse_skrownorepap.jpg
  • 09_guerrillagirls_dearestelibroad.jpg
• Make sure all CDs are readable on both Mac & PC.
• Video: Video should be edited to no longer than 2 minute excerpts. Video should be submitted on CD (not DVD) as Quicktime files whose width is no larger than 720px and file size is no larger than 150MB. Please only submit video art, or video documentation of an art piece that requires video to be fully experienced. Do not send video walk-throughs of static exhibitions or video slide shows.

• Audio: Audio should be submitted as separate MP3 files on CD. Each track should be no longer than 2 minutes. Follow the filename format for works as indicated above.
• Web-Based: Web-based work should be submitted as a URL listed in the work sample list. Please only submit web-based projects. A portfolio website that features audio/video art and still images won’t be considered.
• If you wish to submit work that includes multiple formats, you can calculate the appropriate amount of material to submit by using this equation:
  • 2 minute audio/video clip = 1 website = 5 images.
• Include a work sample list that corresponds to the submitted materials, indicating file name, title, date, dimensions/duration, media and one explanatory note (if applicable) for each piece.

Application Fee:  A non-refundable application fee of $10, payable to SPACES, is charged to cover handling and processing of applications. The fee must be submitted in the form of personal check or money order. Current SPACES members may apply for free. That’s right: free. If you are unsure of your current membership standing, please call SPACES.

Application Evaluation:  Applications are evaluated by a porous committee of artists, community members, board members and SPACES staff. In some instances, artists are invited to participate at SPACES without submitting an application. Applicants will be notified via email as soon as possible after the review on the status of their application. Please do not call. No materials will be returned. Please do not include a SASE.

Additional Information:  Shipping, equipment and honoraria are handled on a case-by-case basis to be negotiated by the artist/curator and SPACES.  Accepted artist applicants may be in solo or group exhibitions. Curatorial proposals may or may not be accepted as a whole, but may be whittled down or augmented in cooperation with the proposing curator.

Please visit www.SPACESgallery.org/main/call/ before calling or emailing with questions.