R.L. Gibson

CALL for ENTRIES: New Beginnings

Posted on January 16, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

EAT
the rainbow

Spring is right around the corner. I’m convinced of it. Don’t talk to me about winter squash. I know it is January, but I crave greens grown within the borders of my own state. Beautiful, soft, bright chartreuse leafy salads spotted with gorgeous spots of crisp orange-y carrots–bring them on. This next Call is interested in your thoughts about the new beginnings of Spring. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from F-Stop Magazine for their Spring Issue #70: New Beginnings. No Entry Fee. I’m ready for Spring–and so is F-Stop! One of our Featured Artists made it into their last Portfolio issue. We know YOU’LL to make us proud too…

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CALL for SUBMISSIONS: New Beginnings

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Photography

DEADLINE: March 15, 2015

PUBLICATION: April 1, 2015

ENTRY FEE: None

AWARDS: Selected artists/photographers will have one image published in the Spring/New Beginnings edition.

ABOUT F-Stop: F-STOP MAGAZINE is an online photography magazine featuring contemporary photography from established and emerging photographers from around the world. Each issue has a theme or an idea that the unites the photographs to create a dynamic dialogue among the artists. Founded in 2003 and published online, bi-monthly.

For complete details, Read the Guidelines!

CALL for ENTRIES: Downeast

Posted on January 15, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

EAST WEST
food divide

Food, like language & art, is often just a matter of perspective. When I say Eastern food, does that conjure images of Chinese take out or Carolina BBQ? Does Western food conjure images of Tex-Mex or a California roll? It is all perspective For the record, MY answers would be BBQ & sushi. To be clear, this next “Downeast” Call refers to the Carolina, but it is open to everyone. And, now I want BBQ. Pick me up some pulled pork if you go to the opening. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Pitt County Arts Council (Greenville, NC) for Downeast Sculpture Exhibition. This is a multi-venue exhibit for sculpture large & small, indoor & outdoor. A great opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Downeast Sculpture Exhibit

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to any medium (ceramics, metals, mixed media, etc.) as long as it is 3-dimensional

DEADLINE: January 31, 2015.

ENTRY FEE: $15 for up to 3, $5 each add’l up to 6

JUROR: Jenny Hagar is an Associate Professor of Sculpture at the University of North Florida. She received her MFA in Sculpture & Digital Media from San Jose State University. Interested in a variety of processes & materials, she finds inspiration in dreams, objects from her childhood, gadgets, sea life & other curiosities. Hager’s work has been exhibited around the world.

AWARDS: Indoor sculpture prizes: $500 1st Place, $250 2nd Place & $100 3rd Place. Outdoor sculpture prizes: $2500 – Best in Show. Read the full call for a complete list of awards.

SALES: PCAC at Emerge will retain a 40% commission.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Fresh Paint Mag

Posted on January 14, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

TEARS
of joy

Plant your onions. No, really. For many of us, it is already time to start your onions indoors to be able to transplants seedlings in Early Spring. For those of you in colder zones, you can still wait a couple of weeks. But don’t wait too long. Spring is coming. I know I have to wait for the smell of freshly-mown wild onions, but this next Call is proof positive that Spring is definitely coming. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Fresh Paint Magazine (online) for Juried Spring Issue. Low entry fee, & the mag is delicious to see. We are proud to have them as sponsors. Show ’em YOUR strokes…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Spring Juried

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: 2D Painting

DEADLINE: February 12, 2015

NOTIFICATION: March 2, 2015

ENTRY FEE: $25 for up to 3 images

JUROR: Margaret Winslow is the Associate Curator for Contemporary Art at the Delaware Art Museum. She has curated for the Neuberger Museum of Art & the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts & assisted with exhibits for the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. Winslow holds a B.A. in Art History from the University of Mary Washington & a M.A. in Modern & Contemporary Art, Theory and Criticism from SUNY Purchase College.

AWARDS: Published Artists will receive one or more full-color pages or more that includes an image, website & statement. Selected artists will be chosen for a virtual studio visit, a complimentary issue of Fresh Paint Magazine (US Only), promotion through our social media network & exposure through the local Fresh Paint art organizations & venues.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: 20x20x20 Compact

Posted on January 12, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

just a
LITTLE BITE

Smaller isn’t always the same. Every member of my household is an avid label reader due to food allergies. One of the most important lessons we have learned is that miniature and compact versions of foods are not necessarily the same, nutritionally speaking. I find miniatures of candy bars are often sweeter due to a different ratio of ingredients than the originals. Sometimes, they add thickeners or starches to help them better hold their more compact shape as well. Be careful. This next show is all about the VIRTUES of being compact. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the LSU Student Union Art Gallery (Baton Rouge, LA) for the 2015 20″x20″x20″ National Compact Competition & Exhibit. Well-respected exhibit with cash awards. Don’t miss it…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
20x20x20 Compact

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists residing in the United States

MEDIA: Open to all media. Two-dimensional works must be 20” x 20” or less. Three-dimensional works may have one side exceeding 20″ but cannot exceed 70 lbs in weight.

DEADLINE: February 6, 2015

NOTIFICATION: February 20, 2014

ENTRY FEE: $40 for up to 3

JUROR: Brooke Anderson currently serves as the Executive Director of Prospect.3 in New Orleans, an international contemporary art biennial., Deputy Director of Curatorial Planning at LSCMA in Los Angeles, CA, Director and Curator at The Contemporary Center and the Henry Darger Study Center at the American Folk Art Museum in New York; Director of the Diggs Gallery & Assistant Professor of Fine Arts, at Winston-Salem State University, North Carolina. Anderson has curated exhibitions and lectured extensively around the world.

AWARDS: 1st Place $2,000, 2nd Place $1,500, 3rd Place $1,000

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Feminist Sex

Posted on January 11, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

WIENERS,
anyone?

How did operating a grill become a feminist issue? I can’t tell you how many female friends I have that defer grilling activities to the men in their lives under the guise of not knowing “how to do it”. Really? Amongst this group of women who are financiers, scientists, diplomats & artists, no one can operate a grill? Please. Maybe they are just faking it, like me, to avoid the additional work occasionally. *Shhh* This next Call has NOTHING to do with the grilling of meat and EVERYTHING to do with feminism. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from On the Ground Floor (Los Angeles) for The Feminist Sex Shoppe. This is open to all media. The best men I know are feminists, and this Call does NOT exclude men. Don’t miss this opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Feminist Sex

“We seek new works that explore concepts of sex-positive feminism including pleasure and desire, repression and repulsion, taboo and fantasy, body image and biology, love, lust, and eroticism. We welcome works that address sexual health and well-being and reflect the influence of family, religion, culture, politics, education, and the economy on women and their sexuality.” –from onthegroundfloor.co/fss

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists. (not gender specific)

MEDIA: Open to all media.

DEADLINE: February 9, 2015

NOTIFICATION: February 20, 2015

ENTRY FEE: $25

CURATOR: Malika Ali is a Los Angeles-based artist & curator working in multiple media including film & video, installation, photography, and the written word. She is an alumna of Howard University and The American Film Institute where she earned a Master of Fine Arts degree.

Malika Ali has exhibited with The Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival, Arena 1 Gallery, Upstairs at the Market Gallery, and On The Ground Floor (OTGF), an artist-run space she co-founded in the View Park district of Los Angeles. Her blog converges contemporary art, writing, design, lifestyle, family, culture, and politics.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

FEATURED ARTIST of the YEAR: Emily Mitchell

Posted on January 7, 2015January 7, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
food & art

It is January again, and we can’t believe it is 2015 already. I am joyfully looking forward to a new year. 2014 was a year of growth for my family, my art, and for AAAD. There were wonderful food highlights including a renewed interest in baking and continuing to fight the appearance of processed, fake foods. I appreciate that some of you are tackling the same issues–like fig newtons. The fig newtons, at left, are a self-proclaimed fail by painter Emily Mitchell. And AAAD covered some fantastic opportunities in 2014 and even more fantastic artists.

Today, we name the
2014 Artist of the Year!

When AAAD began in 2009, (YES, we are starting year SIX!) I was determined to cover art deadlines, and more importantly, artists producing really good ART. And, after I chose a few artists, I quickly realized that the Featured Artist program needed structure, or it would never really get done on any sort of regular basis. That is how the Featured Artist Contest was born.

The Featured Artist Page was getting crowded and each post was lessening the impact of being Featured. I had to start archiving artists yearly. And, the Artist of the Year was born. I now give all of our Featured Artists each year notice that at the end of the year, the Artist of the Year will be determined by the number of comments on their individual Featured Artist blog posts.

Congratulations to
Emily Mitchell,
AAAD’s 2014 Artist of the Year

I followed up with Emily to find out what’s new: “I’m hoping to start a new series with insects. I’d like to do about 20-25 of them in a similar approach to my work but probably with some more mixed media-colored pencils, papers, perhaps. Oh! And I’d like to do a few give a ways this year! I’m also doing a few workshops for some teachers and art associations. “

And new foods? Are there any new tasty morsels inspiring you? “So, since going GF, I really really miss Fig Newtons. I love/loved them, and they were my daily coffee accompaniment each morning. They also made great training food when I did triathlons. But the ones I have found that are on the shelf are not stupendous. So I have begun making my own. It’s laborious, and they are ugly! Like, really ugly. But so far they taste good. And much fresher than the original.” Editor’s note: The food pic above ARE Emily’s figgy fail. I think they look yummy. All hail the ugly food!

I have enjoyed getting to know you, Emily. I am inspired by your sense of yourself. I love you adapt in life and how that carries over to your work. I appreciate that your fans and peers loved you enough to make you the Artist of the Year even though your feature was the last one of the year. Thank you, Emily, for ending 2014 with a bang! If you missed her original Feature, check it out and get to know Emily Mitchell yourself.

Do you want to be the 2015 Artist of the Year?
It all starts with the Featured Artist Contest.

CALL for ENTRIES: Colour Burst

Posted on January 5, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

JUST SAY NO
the brown has gotta go

I’m growing weary of brown foods. We don’t often fry anything in our house, and we don’t eat wheat. But, because we try our very best not to eat processed or artificially-colored food, the color in our diets almost solely depends on fresh vegetables. There isn’t an abundance of beautifully colored veggies in season right now. And, I can only eat so many servings of spinach and so many servings of sweet potatoes. Bring on the beets, please. Spring is coming. Spring is coming. Spring is coming. I know it is. In the meantime, lets all direct our rainbow-coloured desires to this next Call. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from PH21 Gallery (Budapest, Hungary) for Colour Burst. This is a great international opportunity. You can enter 3 images for only $17.90 (€15), & you don’t have to ship your work. The deadline is fast approaching, don’t miss this one…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Colour Burst

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Photography fitting the theme–broadly construed as the significance of colours is independent of generic or stylistic constraints.

DEADLINE: January 11, 2015 midnight (UTC+01) *NOTE: This is between 4 to 8pm in the US depending on where you live.

NOTIFICATION: All entrants will be notified 7-10 days after the deadline.

ENTRY FEE: €15 ($17.90) for 3, €20 ($23.86) for 5, & €25 ($29.83) for 7.

JUROR: Zsolt Bátori is a philosopher of art and photographer, living in Budapest. He has taught philosophy of art & photo theory courses at various universities in the U.S. & Hungary. Zsolt is also the founder & director of PH21 Gallery.

AWARDS: 1 juror’s choice & up to 3 honorable mentions will be selected. The juror’s choice receives 3 free entries for an upcoming exhibition.

SALES: Gallery commission is 25%. Exhibition prints will be kept on file for future sale and promotion for the photographer, unless the photographer prefers some other arrangement. In case of a sale inquiry the photographer will be contacted. (Submitted photographs, however, do not have to be for sale, & exhibit prints won’t be sold; they are for exhibition and promotion purposes only.)

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Lines

Posted on January 4, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

LINING UP
for dinner

As linear foods go, I make a mean grilled eggplant lasagna. I don’t usually fall for the layered foods like 7-layer dips and trifles, but lasagna is the exception. Most people are replacing the meat when they use eggplant in lasagna, I’m really replacing the noodles. While I can find wheat-less pasta of most types, lasagna noodles have eluded me. So, eggplant makes a gorgeous replacement. I make it in a glass plan just to get the composition perfect. Ridiculous. This next Call is a far better use of a line obsession. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Darkroom Gallery (Essex Junction, VT) for Lines. They always have a low entry fee ($24) & a great juror. And the theme leaves lots of room for interpretation. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Lines

Lines are powerful compositional elements that control the way eyes move through an image. The effect that lines have on an image varies. Horizontal lines convey a sense of width, stability, calm, lazy, security, relaxation, constancy and timelessness. Whereas vertical lines convey a sense of strength, height, integrity, solidity, dominance, power, peace & tranquility, substance or permanence. This Call is for images that utilize lines in innovative and dynamic ways. — from darkroomgallery.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Photography (line-themed)

DEADLINE: January 21, 2015

NOTIFICATION: January 28, 2015

ENTRY FEE: Up to 4 for $24 (online)/$29 (email)

JUROR: Dr. Rebecca Senf is the Norton Family Curator of Photography, a joint appointment at the Center for Creative Photography and the Phoenix Art Museum. She curates three exhibitions a year for the Doris and John Norton Gallery for the Center for Creative Photography in Phoenix.

Senf grew up in Tucson and went to undergraduate school at the University of Arizona, studying the History of Photography. She spent ten years in Boston, Massachusetts where she earned a Ph.D. in Art History at Boston University. In Boston she worked on the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston’s major exhibition Ansel Adams from The Lane Collection, for which she also co-authored the exhibition catalogue. In October of 2012 her book Reconstructing the View: The Grand Canyon Photographs of Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe was released by University of California Press. Recent projects include exhibitions on the photographic book and in the next few months she will open two exhibitions focused on platinum photography.

AWARDS: All selected entries are included in a full color exhibit catalog & gallery exhibition. Juror’s Choice: 30×48″ image banner. People’s Choice – a free future entry. Honorable Mentions receive free exhibition catalogs and free entry in a future exhibition.

SALES: Free matting & framing of accepted entries, subject to standard sizes. For commission details, go to the bottom of the Submissions page!

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

*Editor’s Note: It is important to let Darkroom Gallery know you found their Call on artandartdeadlines.com. They are friends & sponsors of AAAD, and I always want them to know they have our support…

CALL for ENTRIES: Benjamin’s Buttons

Posted on December 23, 2014December 23, 2014 by R.L. Gibson

the cornball
TRUTH

Iowa = Corn. I have no doubt Iowans are justifiably proud of their corn. But, I could not BELIEVE they reintroduced my favorite food with a twist –Caprese Salad on a Stick. The Iowa State Fair debuted this genius idea in 2014. How did I miss this one? I ended up using it at my own art opening less than a month later. This next Call is another reasons Iowans should be proud. Investigate this opportunity…

Check out this Call for Entries from The Chait Galleries Downtown (Iowa City, IA) for Benjamin’s Buttons–Faces of Intensity. I love this theme, and the gallery space is truly gorgeous. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Benjamin’s Buttons

How do you judge intensity? What experience can you portray through portraiture that captures the spirit and invites viewers to share emotion and understanding? What do you envision when someone’s buttons are pushed to or beyond their limits?

How do you judge intensity? What experience can you portray through portraiture that captures the spirit and invites viewers to share emotion and understanding? What do you envision when someone’s buttons are pushed to or beyond their limits? — from the prospectus

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+ residing in the U.S.

MEDIA: Open to all 2D and 3D media accepted except photography. 2D artwork must not exceed 16 inches on any side, including frame. 3D artwork should not exceed 12 inches on any side.

DEADLINE:
January 23, 2015

NOTIFICATION:
January 28, 2015

ENTRY FEE: $30 for up to 3, $10 ea. add’l

AWARDS: Best in Show $400
& Honorable Mention $250

SALES: Work that is sold during the show will generate a 50% commission to the artist, which will be paid by the 20th of the month following the date the sale occurred.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

ARTIST to LOVE: Laura Mabbutt

Posted on December 22, 2014 by R.L. Gibson

We found another great artist to celebrate!

This time it is a feltmaker! Say “Hello” to our newest Artist to Love…

• • • • • • • • •

Laura Mabbutt
Designer/Maker of Felt Objects

Necklaces made from Merino wool & copper piping by Laura Mabbutt

Necklaces
Merino wool & copper piping

MABBUTT has been making felt for 10 years specializing in sculptural wet felt techniques & creating fashion & home accessories & sculptural forms from undyed wools & natural fibers. Her aim is to raise awareness of the material & its natural properties, creating unique, contemporary & desirable objects. Mabbutt's work has been exhibited in many venues including the Mall Galleries, London & The National Centre for Craft & Design. Laura also takes satisfaction in teaching the craft of feltmaking to others & is available for demos & workshops.

FAVORITE FOOD: Veggie Roast Dinner

EAT the rainbow

CALL for SUBMISSIONS: New Beginnings

For complete details, Read the Guidelines!

EAST WEST food divide

CALL for ENTRIES: Downeast Sculpture Exhibit

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

TEARS of joy

CALL for ENTRIES: Spring Juried

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

just a LITTLE BITE

CALL for ENTRIES: 20x20x20 Compact

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

WIENERS, anyone?

CALL for ENTRIES: Feminist Sex

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! food & art

Today, we name the 2014 Artist of the Year!

Congratulations to Emily Mitchell, AAAD’s 2014 Artist of the Year

Do you want to be the 2015 Artist of the Year? It all starts with the Featured Artist Contest.

JUST SAY NO the brown has gotta go

CALL for ENTRIES: Colour Burst

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

LINING UP for dinner

CALL for ENTRIES: Lines

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

the cornball TRUTH

CALL for ENTRIES: Benjamin’s Buttons

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

This time it is a feltmaker! Say “Hello” to our newest Artist to Love…

• • • • • • • • •

Are you an Artist to Love? Be sure to let us know!

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EAT
the rainbow

EAST WEST
food divide

CALL for ENTRIES:
Downeast Sculpture Exhibit

TEARS
of joy

CALL for ENTRIES:
Spring Juried

just a
LITTLE BITE

CALL for ENTRIES:
20x20x20 Compact

WIENERS,
anyone?

CALL for ENTRIES:
Feminist Sex

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
food & art

Today, we name the
2014 Artist of the Year!

Congratulations to
Emily Mitchell,
AAAD’s 2014 Artist of the Year

Do you want to be the 2015 Artist of the Year?
It all starts with the Featured Artist Contest.

JUST SAY NO
the brown has gotta go

CALL for ENTRIES:
Colour Burst

LINING UP
for dinner

CALL for ENTRIES:
Lines

the cornball
TRUTH

CALL for ENTRIES:
Benjamin’s Buttons