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CALL for ART ENTRIES: Manipulated

Posted on July 11, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

FREAKY FOOD

Genetically modified and manipulated food freaks me out. I eat it regularly–not because I choose to, but because disclosure is not required. What freaks me out is the unknown end result. Maybe nothing is wrong with GM food, but shouldn’t we figure that out before we start stuffing it in everything? You might be shocked by how much of the raw foods we eat are manipulated, and the processed foods we eat are packed as well. This next Call puts a lovely spin on the modified and manipulated… and stays away from my food, thank-you-very-much.

Check out this Call for Entries for Manipulated from Castell Photography in Asheville, NC! The entry fee is only $25 for 3 images, and this is an excellent opportunity for photographers to push their boundaries a little. Take a closer look…

CALL for ART ENTRIES: Manipulated

“Manipulated” is an open call for entries of photo-based works which have been altered by the artist’s physical hand at any point in the process of its creation.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists.

MEDIA: All content and photographic media is acceptable — alternative processes, traditional black and white, and/or digital methods, as long as the actual hand of the artist has been employed to manipulate either the negative, the print, or both. Images which have been altered using digital methods are welcome, but only when utilized in addition to physical hand manipulation.

DEADLINE: September 4, 2011

NOTIFICATION: Entrants will be notified via email on September 14th only if accepted. A list of accepted artists will also be posted on their website. Additionally, they will provide additional shipping and exhibition details upon acceptance.

ENTRY FEE: $25 for first 3 images and $10 for each additional. Payments accepted: check, money order, or credit card through PayPal (no PayPal acct required). To pay with your cc please go to their web site and click the information tab, then click Manipulated: Call for entries.

JUROR: Ariel Shanberg was appointed executive director of The Center for Photography at Woodstock in the fall of 2003. As the fourth executive director in the organization’s history, Shanberg sets and oversees the CPW’s artistic mission and creative offerings, working with the staff and Board to ensure its historic & continued excellence.

AWARDS: Juror’s Choice Award will receive $200, a feature on their gallery blog, as well as an article in their monthly newsletter following the exhibition. One Directors Choice Award will also be awarded by gallery director Heidi Gruner, and will be awarded a subscription to Aperture Magazine as well as a feature on their gallery blog.

SALES: All work must be available for sale. The gallery receives a commission of 50% of sale before taxes, and the artist will receive 50%. All payments to artists will be in the form of a check and mailed after 30 days of the close of the show.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

CALL for SUBMISSIONS: Union Station

Posted on July 10, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

TAKE MY CHERRY,
please.

I don’t want a cherry on my sundae. I beg of you, please stop pushing unnaturally glowing, sickly sweet fruit as the topping for my ice cream treat. Why can’t we have strawberries or blackberries …or nothing… on top of our sundaes? Clearly, pretty-please-with-a-cherry-on-top doesn’t get you much in my house. Here’s hoping this next art publication opportunity is the blackberry on your dairy treat…

Check out this Call for Submissions for Visual Art & Photography from Union Station Magazine. For those of you that are multi-talented, there is opportunity for writers too! There is no entry fee, so what do you have to lose? Take a chance…

CALL for SUBMISSIONS:
Union Station Magazine

Designed off the image of a train station with many tracks extending outward, Union Station has a distinct urban aesthetic. They seek to be inclusive, to put into relation the many narratives, images, and voices that are redefining our landscape.

“Come here. Go Everywhere.”

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists.

MEDIA: Visual Art & Photography. Styles can vary but please limit yourself to six submissions at a time.

DEADLINE: Ongoing

NOTIFICATION: Approx. 90 days

ENTRY FEE: None

SUBMISSIONS: They accept submissions all year through their submissions manager only.

Limit your submission to six pieces at a time. Please include a short bio of no more than the 150 most important words the world should know about you. Please also include link(s) to your website or blog, if available. You, of course, retain the right to keep your work in its original form should you so choose. All work is copyrighted upon publication and you automatically grant Union Station one-time rights to publish your work and archive it online in perpetuity. Should your work be presented elsewhere, subsequent to appearing in Union Station, they ask that you please mention that it appeared in Union Station first.

AWARDS: No honorarium for publication at this time.

See the full Call at Union Station online!

OPEN CALL: Dacia Gallery in NY!

Posted on July 9, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

CHOCOLATE
PERFECTION

The existence of some foods has an almost mythical quality… the perfect hot dog, the perfect pizza, and for me, the perfect piece of chocolate? Sometimes there are so many choices and so many opinions that awarding the status of “perfection” can be as individual as the food itself. Art is no different. The perfect piece of artwork or the perfect collection or show for a gallery is as individual as the gallery itself. This next Call is an opportunity to see if you’re the right fit for this gallery.

Check out this Open Call from Dacia Gallery in New York, NY! For the $35 entry fee, you have a shot at both a solo show and a group show. Take a chance…

OPEN CALL:
Dacia Gallery

Dacia Gallery is pleased to present the following Solo Exhibition opportunity to one artist to exhibit new works of art. One artist will be selected by Dacia Gallery directors and advisors to receive a Solo Exhibition from August 3-19, 2011. The artist selected for the solo exhibition will be considered for future representation.

The purpose of the solo exhibition is to provide artists with an opportunity to have a solo show and exhibit your work to the public, gallery directors, curators and collectors that they might discover your compelling works.

“This is a great opportunity for emerging and
established artists to present your artwork.”

Dacia Gallery is strategically located one block from the New Museum and in the vicinity of over 50 art galleries in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. This is the hottest art area in New York City with countless museum and gallery visitors. The gallery will also advertise and promote the selected artist for the exhibition. Dacia Gallery invites emerging and established artists to submit artwork for this unique opportunity to have a Solo Exhibition.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists.

MEDIA: Includes but is not limited to painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, photography, digital art, mixed media site-specific installations, illustration, etc. In other words, all creative culminations are welcome. Submitted works are not required to conform to any particular medium, style, theme or concept, artwork dimensions may be of any size.

DEADLINE: July 21, 2011

ENTRY FEE: You may submit up to 10 images for a curation fee of $35.00. Payment of the curation fee is final.

AWARDS: 10 Artists will be chosen as finalists for the solo exhibit, they will be announced on the website after the deadline date. Only one out of ten will be chosen for the solo exhibition, the remaining 9 Artists will be awarded participation in a group exhibition in the fall.

SALES: Dacia Gallery charges 50% commission on all artwork sold during exhibitions.

For complete details, visit the Dacia Gallery online!

CALL for ENTRIES: 3 Minute Pictureshow

Posted on July 6, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

A KERNEL
of SURPRISE

It won’t surprise you that I sneak food into the movie theatre. For the record, it isn’t about being cheap–although I am astounded by the price of movie popcorn. It is actually about not being willing to eat the version of popcorn they still serve at my local theatre. Scary glow-in-the-dark, butter laden ickiness. I prefer a little parmesan, asiago and fresh-cracked black pepper on my delicate morsels. How ’bout you? This next Call will undoubtedly give you a reason to check out two different theatres’ popcorn. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries for the Three Minute Picture Show! Get your filmed screened in Portland or San Francisco, and get this… there is a sliding scale entry fee from $5 to $25. More money for popcorn!

CALL for ENTRIES:
3 Minute Pictureshow

Anyone ages 6 and up, regardless of experience, can sign up to take part. Participants have the month of July to create a cinematic masterpiece, 3 minutes or less, and upload it (don’t worry, they’ll tell you how) to 3-minute HQ.

ELIGIBILITY: All films must contain original footage and music only – no copyrighted materials are allowed. All 3-minute films must be made expressly for the 3-Minute Picture Show. No previously made movies are allowed. You can start thinking about your film/plotting/story-boarding now, but all filming, editing, and assembly work must be completed only between July 1 and July 31, 2011.

Click on the picture (left)
to watch last year’s
winning video “Home.”

MEDIA: Feel free to work in any wacky medium, but all submissions, regardless of original format, must be submitted through their website.

DEADLINE: On or before July 31, 2011.

ENTRY FEE: Sliding scale from$5 to $25

AWARDS: The Three-Minute Picture Show also offers a gathering place to watch your film on the big screen in front of a live audience; at its fun faux black tie “Oscars” style screenings. The 2011 Black-Tie Gala & Film Screening and family-friendly Twinkling To-Do (for 6-17 year olds) take place in Portland, OR on August 20 at the Clinton St. Theater and in San Francisco on August 27 at the Victoria Theatre.

For complete details, visit the Three Minute Pictureshow site!

CALL for ENTRIES: Creative Quarterly No. 25

Posted on July 5, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

FOOD YES,
WHINE NO

I am a magazine reader. Yep, the paper ones. I read and peruse imagery as motivation for household projects, photography and, of course, cooking. And the occasional gossip rag. One of my favorite food magazines? Food and Wine, of course. I have delusions of grandeur each and every time I watch Top Chefs that I could win that show and have my work featured in F&W. Instead, I am opting to submit my art to this Call for Creative Quarterly. Do you think Food & Wine will be so impressed they will cover my food anyway? Me neither. Anyway, don’t miss this opportunity…

Check out this Call for Entries for Creative Quarterly. The entry fee is an incredibly low $10, and art publication is great exposure for your work. Great news…it isn’t limited just to photography! Take a look!

CALL for ENTRIES:
Creative Quarterly 25

Creative Quarterly asks the question: Where does your inspiration come from?

What person, place or thing inspires your work?

By launching a new redesign, they’ve become a much more interactive journal. They search the web for interesting projects in art and design to share with their readers. They ask their readers to share what inspires them. The purpose, not to copy but to inspire.

Inspiration can come from an innovative chair design or an unusual ring or from an interview with a well-known designer or artist or something from ones past.

Creative Quarterly is the best of art and design, quarterly.

ELIGIBILITY & MEDIA: Open to all undergraduate and graduate students, recent graduates, professors, instructors, graphic designers, art directors, illustrators, photographers and fine artists in all media.

All entries must have been completed during the last twelve months. All art directors, graphic designers, photographers, illustrators and fine artists are eligible to enter —professionals and students are judged separately. Judging is done digitally. Submission of entries acknowledges the right of to use them for publication, exhibition and promotion.

CATEGORIES:
Fine Art, Graphic Design, Illustration and Photography

ENTRY FEE: $10 per entry. Entering a series? Each piece is still $10.

DEADLINE:
July 29, 2011

NOTIFICATION: Will be listed on website & by email in 6 to 8 weeks.

SUBMISSIONS: Each entry must be submitted as:

300 dpi, RGB, Jpeg
Vertical images must be 8″ wide.
Horizontal images must be 10″ wide.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

CALL for ENTRIES: Embracing our Differences

Posted on July 1, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

MAKE ME
FAMOUS

Have you ever wanted to be on the cover of the Rolling Stone? Have you ever wanted your face on the side of a bus? Maybe you would settle for just a sandwich named after you? Me too. Would you settle for just having your artwork on a billboard? Yep, Me too.

Check out this great Call for Entries for the Annual Embracing our Differences Exhibit in Sarasota, Florida. And in addition to possibly getting your artwork on a billboard …don’t forget there is NO ENTRY FEE!

CALL for ENTRIES: Embracing our Differences

Embracing Our Differences invites artists, photographers, professionals, amateurs, teachers and students to participate in its annual visual art exhibit celebrating diversity. The Embracing Our Differences exhibit will be displayed throughout the months of April and May 2012 at Island Park along Sarasota’s beautiful bayfront.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists. National and international submissions are encouraged.

DEADLINE:
January 9th, 2012

ENTRY FEE:
There is no entry fee.

45 artists will be selected for the exhibit.

Since 2004, the exhibit has been viewed by more than 850,000 visitors. The exhibit will contain 39 billboard-sized (16 feet wide by 12 1/2 feet high) images of the selected artworks. In the judges’ discretion, an additional six “honorable mention” selections may be made.

SELECTION PROCESS: Final selections will be chosen based on artistic excellence in reflection of the theme “Embracing Our Differences.”

The art-work will also be evaluated on how effectively it will read outdoors when enlarged to billboard size – 16′ wide by 12.5′ high.

Artists are encouraged to use
bold saturated colors and strong lines.

Final selections will be made by a 3-judge panel of professional artists, curators and art professionals.

AWARDS: A total of $3,000.00 in awards will be presented.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

CALL for ENTRIES: A Show of Heads

Posted on June 30, 2011April 28, 2012 by R.L. Gibson

GOUD-A-HEAD

I talk a good food game. My culinary tastes seem brave to some, but they aren’t really. I know what I like, but I’m a chicken about trying some stuff just like you. I cannot bring myself to even try something called head cheese. I get that it is mainly just meat in aspic, but it sounds gross and doesn’t win huge points with me for aesthetics either. One of you should take a picture of yourself eating head cheese and send it to me. The first one that does will get a little ad in the side bar for a couple of months. Make it a good picture though… ’cause I WILL publish it before you get your ad. I wonder if head cheese is an eligible topic for this next Call for Entries. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from SlowArt Productions for A Show of Heads exhibit at the Limner Gallery! Open to all artists and media, this exhibit is a great shot for all of you to dive in head first …pun intended.

CALL for ENTRIES:
A Show of Heads

SlowArt Productions presents the annual group thematic exhibition, A Show of Heads. The exhibition will be held at the Limner Gallery from November 3 – 27, 2011.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: All forms of painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, graphics, digital and installation art, video, etc. are eligible.

THEME: This exhibition will include all interpretations and portrayals of the human head, from the traditional to the abstract and conceptual. All visions of the The Head, including partial and multiple heads, will be reviewed and considered.

DEADLINE: Entries must be submitted via email by August 31, 2011.

NOTIFICATION: Artists will be notified of acceptance or non-acceptance no later than September 21, 2011. Results will be posted on or before this date at: http://www.slowart.com/results. Notification will be made via email and by posting on the results page. All artists who provide a working email address will be notified via email, if no email is provided, artists will be notified via postal mail only if accepted to exhibit. Type your email address clearly, if a mistake is made you will not be notified.

ENTRY FEE: There is a $35.00 entry fee for one to four artworks entered, presentation is by digital JPG image files. 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 by credit card at time of entry using PayPal, or check or money order payable to SlowArt Productions.

AWARDS: Winning artists will be featured in a group exhibition at the Limner Gallery, November 3 – 27, 2011. The exhibition will also be displayed on the Limner Gallery web site. One artist will be awarded a two page display in Direct Art Volume #19, Fall 2012 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

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

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

CALL for ENTRIES: One Life Photo Competition

Posted on June 29, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

THE GOOD
STUFF

I often wonder what I would eat if I only had one meal left. I can’t wrap my brain around it, really. It would have to involve goat cheese…and dark chocolate …hollandaise …mussels steamed in white wine …and lots of garlic. But luckily, chances are good I have many, many meals ahead of me to obsess about and share with you. But, imagine that I ran across THIS Call for Entries for the asking me to illuminate my perspective about what I love. I’ll give you one guess…

Check out this Call for Entries from Photo District News (PDN) and Artists Wanted for the One Life International Photography Competition. The entry fee can be as little as $10, and you could win up to $10,000. Enter online today!

CALL for ENTRIES:
One Life Photo Competition

One Life is an international open call for photography that delves into the lives of the global community. You are invited to participate in the One Life Photography Competition. This worldwide search for photography seeks to illuminate your perspective: what you love, your travels, or anything that reflects your world and experience.

Photography is our way to capture the moments as we experience them. The One Life Photography Competition is your opportunity to share your vision with the world.

Artists Wanted and PDN have partnered to bring photographers together to share images illustrating their lives, loves and passions.

All participants will be included in the One Life Photography Project. This is your opportunity to immortalize your story, sharing them with future generations for years to come.

ELIGIBILITY: One Life is open to photographers from around the world! They are looking for all types of photography including (and definitely not limited to): Fashion, Landscape, Travel, Candid, Digital / Manipulated, Artistic / Conceptual, Self-Portrait, Wedding and more!

SUBMISSION & ENTRY FEE: One Life only accepts submissions through their online form. They do not accept submissions that are mailed or hand delivered to them. You may submit up to 9 images for $10 per image. For 10 or more images, they offer a flat discounted rate of $95. You can upload up to 15 images for the discounted rate.

AWARDS: The top selected artist will be awarded the Grand Prize:

$10,000 cash grant OR a World Wide Travel Adventure
A feature in PDN Magazine and on Artists Wanted
A show and reception during PDN’s Photo Plus Expo in NYC
World Wide Notoriety

The public will cast their vote for the People’s Choice Award and the highest rated portfolio will receive $2,500 in cash, and international exposure via a feature with Artists Wanted and on One Life Photos that will be seen by tens of thousands of viewers.

DEADLINE: July 29, 2011 (Midnight EST)

USE OF ENTRY: The folks at PDN and Artists Wanted are working everyday to make real opportunities for photographers around the world. They have no intention of reselling your work, or using it for any commercial means outside of the terms of this contest.

For full details, visit OneLifePhotos.com!

CALL for ENTRIES: My Darlin’ Yellow

Posted on June 28, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

GOLDEN BEAUTY

I have always loved raspberries and blackberries. However, until the vacation that I am currently on, I’ve never had a golden raspberry. Not to be missed folks…but don’t take my work for it. Maybe golden raspberries will be my inspiration for this next Call. There is no entry fee so take a chance…

Check out this Call for Entries from the My Darlin’ Yellow design business and art shop for the My Darlin’ Yellow Art Contest! If you looking for an inspired summer project to get your creative juices flowing, you can’t beat free and unlimited. Take a look…

CALL for ENTRIES:
My Darlin’ Yellow

THEME: “We want to know what about our name might inspire you. to us, ‘my darlin’ yellow’ is a girl in a yellow dress… a muse, but my darlin’ yellow might also be a person, object, place, idea, shape, image, or emotion. What does the phrase mean to you?”

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all media

DEADLINE: September 1, 2011

ENTRY FEE: There is no fee or limit on number of submissions.

SUBMISSIONS: E-mail a 300dpi digital .jpg of your work, titled as your first name, underscored, last name (john_jones.jpg) to mydarlinyellow@gmail.com. Also in the e-mail body, please attach the title, medium, and size of your piece.

AWARDS: They will choose 10 best pieces. All 10 will receive a place in their artshop to sell their winning piece, and the top 2 pieces will be awarded wall space in their first ‘my darlin’ yellow’ art exhibit!

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

How to Get an Art Show: The Dinner Invitation

Posted on June 25, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

SWEET TOMATOES

My mother is a great cook. When I decided I wanted to learn how to can my own tomatoes, I asked her advice. I was annoyed by her answer because of how much seeminly unnecessary work was involved in canning something I could easily buy at the grocery store. I did it my way and ignored her advice all together. She enjoys telling anyone who will listen about how I cleaned tomatoes off the walls and ceiling of my laundry room for weeks. I should have listened. I didn’t have to DO it her way, but if I had listened, I would be enduring the laughter almost 20 years later and might not still be BUYING canned tomatoes. The moral of the story is pay attention…

I receive lots of “cooking questions” from readers, and I have noticed one question pop up repeatedly in my inbox, “How do I contact an art gallery about showing my work?” I’m going to answer it, and you don’t have to do it my way. But, don’t blame me if you end up with tomato on your face. Check it out…

*Editor’s Note: ArtAndArtDeadlines.com is on hiatus until I return from vacation on July 5th; however, we’ll keep publishing q&a, “best of,” and a handful of oddities to keep you entertained. Enjoy!

CONTACTING A
GALLERY

1. Dinner Invitation: The simplest, most obvious answer is: Enter a juried show. This site publishes invitations to those dinner parties almost EVERY DAY. Most gallery directors view juried show entries like gifts at at holiday party. They are excited to open them and hopeful of finding a little gem. Make a good impression, and you just might get a solo show offer. It really happens.

2. Plus One: If the invitation to dinner pan out, don’t forget about the Plus One. The single best way to get in touch with a gallery is by personal introduction from someone they have already invited to the party. An artist or friend that a gallery director already knows and trusts is the easiest way in. Don’t know anyone? Unlikely. Treat it like six degrees of separation and do your homework.

3. Party Crasher: The last answer is… be a wanted party crasher. If you’re gonna crash a party, make sure you make the most of your entrance. Unless you are a true people person, I don’t recommend just showing up at a gallery unannounced or calling and fumbling through awkward conversations about how you are the next best thing. Submit your work to the gallery by delivery via mail or messenger. But, it doesn’t have to be subtle. Make a splash in a good way when you crash the party, and next time you might be on the invitation list.

For example, I one had a friend who made a mock up of the gallery in miniature with his own work hanging in it… and got a solo show. I had another friend send a 4×6 canvas a day for 30 days to a gallery director who then had to assemble them into a painting at the end. She got a show too. They want to like you… give them a reason.

Category: Art Competiton

FREAKY FOOD

CALL for ART ENTRIES: Manipulated

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

TAKE MY CHERRY, please.

CALL for SUBMISSIONS: Union Station Magazine

“Come here. Go Everywhere.”

See the full Call at Union Station online!

CHOCOLATE PERFECTION

OPEN CALL: Dacia Gallery

“This is a great opportunity for emerging and established artists to present your artwork.”

For complete details, visit the Dacia Gallery online!

A KERNEL of SURPRISE

CALL for ENTRIES: 3 Minute Pictureshow

Click on the picture (left) to watch last year’s winning video “Home.”

For complete details, visit the Three Minute Pictureshow site!

FOOD YES, WHINE NO

CALL for ENTRIES: Creative Quarterly 25

What person, place or thing inspires your work?

Creative Quarterly is the best of art and design, quarterly.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

MAKE ME FAMOUS

CALL for ENTRIES: Embracing our Differences

45 artists will be selected for the exhibit.

Artists are encouraged to use bold saturated colors and strong lines.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

GOUD-A-HEAD

CALL for ENTRIES: A Show of Heads

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

THE GOOD STUFF

CALL for ENTRIES: One Life Photo Competition

For full details, visit OneLifePhotos.com!

GOLDEN BEAUTY

CALL for ENTRIES: My Darlin’ Yellow

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

SWEET TOMATOES

CONTACTING A GALLERY

Have more questions? Email me. My recipes don’t always work, but they are always free.

TAKE MY CHERRY,
please.

CALL for SUBMISSIONS:
Union Station Magazine

CHOCOLATE
PERFECTION

OPEN CALL:
Dacia Gallery

“This is a great opportunity for emerging and
established artists to present your artwork.”

A KERNEL
of SURPRISE

CALL for ENTRIES:
3 Minute Pictureshow

Click on the picture (left)
to watch last year’s
winning video “Home.”

FOOD YES,
WHINE NO

CALL for ENTRIES:
Creative Quarterly 25

MAKE ME
FAMOUS

Artists are encouraged to use
bold saturated colors and strong lines.

CALL for ENTRIES:
A Show of Heads

THE GOOD
STUFF

CALL for ENTRIES:
One Life Photo Competition

CALL for ENTRIES:
My Darlin’ Yellow

CONTACTING A
GALLERY

Have more questions? Email me.
My recipes don’t always work, but they are always free.