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CALL for ENTRIES: Lucky 13 Small Works Competition

Posted on September 2, 2010September 2, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

QUIT SPILLING STUFF, ALREADY!

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!

ART SCHOLARSHIP: MyArtSpace.com

Posted on September 1, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

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.

Learn more about MyArtSpace.com!

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!

NO ENTRY FEE: Rejected Art AWARD

Posted on August 22, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

REJECTION SUCKS

I’ve been rejected personally, professionally and artistically… and they all suck. On rare occaison, I take the artistic rejection personally. I’ve been known to hold a grudge. I’ll omit the name, but let’s just say there IS a gallery out there that rejected four of my pieces for four different shows in ONE year. You won’t find their Calls on this site EVER.

Bitter? Maybe a little.

Want redemption for your rejected artwork? Check out the online Rejected Art Award. Here’s your shot to redeem up to 10 of your rejected works of art and possibly win a cash prize to boot.

Entry is free, so what do you have to lose?

REJECTED ART AWARD

ELIGIBILITY: All entries must have been rejected at some point in the past- Either proposals or competition entries (Other than this competition).

Entrants must be over the age of 18.

Only the Judge and Matt Akehurst are excluded from this competition.

SPECIFICATIONS:

Images must belong to the named person entering the competition or to the executor of their estate.

Information to be sent in email- Full Name, Email Address, Country, Title of work, Where rejected from.

One image per entry, 800 x 600 px at 72 RGB jpg, (Note: it is possible to combine two or more views of the work into this format)

Optional information, 50 word text for entries to be displayed when image clicked. Price (no commission, interested parties email will be forwarded to the artist).

Ten entries allowed per person.

Open from 6th August to 8th October

PRIZE MONEY:

$1000 (NZ dollars) will be awarded by the Judge.

Five lots of $100 (NZ dollars) will be randomly distributed throughout the competition.

Any costs in transferring money will be deducted from the prize.

Winners will be notified by email.

Email your entry to rejectedaward@gmail.com!

FEATURED ARTIST: Peg Grady

Posted on August 13, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

INDULGENT WHIMSY

I find the sacred in everyday objects and appreciate the indulgence of artists that do. My house is filled with odd tidbits that have called out to me from here and there–things with which I cannot part for reasons unknown.

Peg Grady is a kindred spirit.

July marks the first month of the $2 Art Contest. The purpose of the contest was not to get rich, but to force myself to regularly review the work submitted to me by artists. Now you will get monthly Featured Artists, not quarterly or whenever the mood strikes me.

When choosing to force myself to be more diligent about posting Featured Artists, I neglected to account for how hard it would be for me to chose only one. I contemplated giving 2nd and 3rd place, but felt it somehow took away from the true winner–Peg Grady.

PEG GRADY

When I started investigating Peg Grady’s work, I was immediately drawn to her paintings and drawings that often take on the appearance of oil pastels and often incorporate a whimsy of color and typography. But once I found The Perfect Word Series, I was hooked. The work was, well, reverential…from a distance.

I noticed a statement on Grady’s site apart from her Artist Statement specifically for The Perfect Word: “An old thesaurus’s yellowed pages containing outdated phrases such as ‘apple pie order,’ ‘pretty kettle of fish’ and ‘tittle-tattle’ evoke a sense of history that delights me, sending me back to my elementary school classroom where the teacher told us of the value of Roget’s (not the dictionary style) thesaurus and how it branched off with differing shades of meaning, leading you to the perfect word.”

This led me back to the work, where I used the built-in magnifier to examine the details that tied it all together.

The simply whimsy in sacred found objects is all tied together in the simplicity of The Perfect Word.

Some of you may recall that I send out a questionnaire to all of my potential Featured Artists that asks a variety of questions from favorite foods to artistic influences, and I couldn’t wait to read Peg Grady’s answers to see if I really could have developed a picture of who she was based on this short series of work.

Artistic influences? Betye Saar, famous for her assemblage work, seems fitting. Robert Rauchenberg reinforced assemblage as Grady’s true love. Romare Bearden rounds it out.

Foods? Dark Chocolate and Almonds–indulgent. I would expect no less.

When asked if she liked to collaborate with others, she matter-of-factly explained that she doesn’t “play well with others. But I do run with scissors.” A woman after my own heart.

I have fallen in love with The Perfect Word series, and my heart is singing to hear that The Perfect Game series featuring a vintage book of solitaire layouts is in the works.

How did Peg Grady develop into the artist she is? Maybe it all ties back to her childhood…

“I was born in New York City where I appreciated the dinosaurs at the Museum of Natural History much more than the Monets at the Modern. Finally I got older and (hopefully) wiser, became a California girl and fell in love with art.”

Thank you, Peg Grady for the reverence with which you treat the written word and for creating work that makes us think. Thank you for artwork that both celebrates and believes in the ability of the child in all of us to remember the whimsy of our childhood with the sacredness it deserves.

Discover Peg Grady’s artwork on your own at:
www.PegGradyArt.com

Just a side note, Peg Grady embodies many of the tips that I preach in “The Art of Cooking (aka How to Get an Art Show)” Investigate and learn.

CALL for ENTRIES: After Dark

Posted on August 11, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

CHEETOS OR CHOCOLATE?

I am a night owl…I’m just wired that way. In a perfect world, I would wake up around noon and go to bed at 4 a.m. Unfortunately, I like night-time snacking too. Lately it is an irrational love of Cheetos and chocolate…but not together, I promise…although, hmmmm. Maybe the cure to my night-time snacking is to spend my nights taking photographs instead.

Here’s a great Call for Entries from Vermont Photo Space Gallery called After Dark that celebrates both high drama of the night light as well as the mysterious shadows AND offers free matting and framing. Take a look…

CALL FOR ENTRIES: After Dark

As the sun sets, a whole new world of photographic opportunities presents itself. Buildings, streets and time lapse take on a different light at night. But don’t stop there…

Ever hear of “Night life”? Carnivals? Animals? People? Theater? There is a voyeuristic feel to night images, the viewer senses that they are observing life from the shadows. Urban lights create high drama – colors intensify and shadows loom. In the country, things become scary and still. Is there just a hint of the sunset left? Time lapse can create fantastic swirls of lights creating abstract compositions. Show them what your camera sees “After Dark.”

JUROR: Tom Paiva is a professional, freelance photographer based in California where he has had his business for over 15 years. He specializes in large format photography of industrial and maritime settings, as well as architecture and interiors. Tom has over 70 cover images for various Trade Magazines to his credit.

His long term passion is night photography and he loves to create images of urban settings and moonlit landscapes on film. He was a co-founder of The Nocturnes, a group of night photographers who had a landmark exhibit in San Francisco in 1991. His book, Industrial Night, contains 46 color images of industrial settings at night.

He has co-lead photo workshops on night photography and view camera use over the past 10 years and has had several articles on these subjects in photographic magazines.

He was educated at the San Francisco Academy of Art, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in photography.

RULES FOR PHOTO SUBMISSIONS:

Age: Entrants must be at least 18 years old. If younger. a parent or legal guardian may make the submission for you.

Ownership: All submitted photos must have been taken by the photographer making the entry. If you are a parent or legal guardian submitting for a minor, please make it clear.

Digital Submissions: All submissions must be made by digital files through:

1. Upload on VermontPhotoSpace.com or

2. Sent via email to submissions@VermontPhotoSpace.com. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it along with an application form. There is a $5.00 surcharge for email entries.

3. Images should be as large as possible but no larger than 1280 pixels on the longest side, type jpg – set to the highest quality. DPI is only relevant for output purposes and does not effect the stored size of the image. It can be set to any number, but if you must specify something go with 72 dpi.

FEES: Up to three images may be submitted for a fee of $20 US for on-line submission and $25 for email submission. Additional images may be submitted for an additional $5 US per image.

DEADLINE: Images must be received by midnight EST on the submission closing date September 15, 2010 for the exhibition for which you are submitting. Payment must be received by the close of submissions September 15, 2010 for the exhibit for which you are submitting.

RIGHTS: Photographers retain all rights to their work, except for submissions accepted for exhibition: artists grant Vermont Photo Space the right to use their images to promote the exhibition and for display on VPS website and for inclusion in an exhibit catalog.

SALES: For submissions that are accepted, photographers may offer their work for sale and establish their own price for framed and unframed prints.

For Vermont Photo Space framed work they retain 66% of the sale price.

For works framed by the artist Vermont Photo Space retains 34%.

For unframed prints Vermont Photo Space retains 25% of the print sale price.

Local sales tax of 6% is collected on all sales at the gallery.

Vermont Photo Space Gallery provides free matting and framing of accepted entries for the duration of each of our exhibitions, subject to standard sizes. Photographers set their own prices if they wish to sell their work, and retain all rights.

For the full Call for Entries, visit their website.

ART PUBLICATION: Art Buzz

Posted on August 4, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

YOUR SUNDAE
OVERFLOWETH!

I heard from a couple of you that you made it into The Flaneur! And, so many of you loved the Cantaker Magazine call that I couldn’t resist promoting another art publishing opportunity. If art publication is the cherry on your sundae, then multiple publishing opportunities has to be the nuts and syrup!

This Call for Entries from Art Buzz Publishing offers you a chance to have your work published in a beautiful 10″ x 10″ book that is distributed to art dealers in New York (including NYC), California (including LA & San Francisco), Sarasota, Naples & Miami in Florida, Santa Fe, New Mexico, New Orleans, Louisiana, Washington DC, Pennsylvania, The Netherlands, Russia, the United Kingdom (including London), Paris and more! Don’t miss a single chance. Make sure you Enter today!

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Art Buzz!

Art Buzz Publishing, founded in 2007, offers an alternative to mainstream art publications and a way for lesser known and undiscovered visual artists to showcase their work to an international audience.

The annual Art Buzz fine art search seeks passionate emerging and mid-career visual artists throughout the world. Artists that are awarded with inclusion in the book, are chosen solely on the merits of their work—not their resume, background, biography, etc. Unlike many other publications, artists can not buy their way into this book.

Art Buzz, the book, is an annual, full-color, fine quality, large (10″ x 10″) format, hardcover “coffee table” publication that is scheduled for release in January of each year with a vigorous distribution plan targeted directly to the International Fine Art Community.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all visual artists – worldwide – 18 years of age or older. All the various mediums will be accepted such as: painting (oils & acrylics, etc.), drawing, graphic art, photography (includes digital), mixed media, fiber, print making, sculpture, glass, metal, pottery, jewelry, etc. If you wish to enter two different mediums (ex. oils and mixed media, or sculpture and jewelry, etc.), you are required to submit an entry form and fee for each particular medium you enter.

SUBMISSIONS: Artwork images may be submitted by 35mm slides (or 21/4” or 4″ x 5″ transparencies), digital files (preferred) or photographs up to 8″ x 10″. All artwork images should be clearly and neatly labeled with the artist’s name, title of work, medium and dimensions. The same information should also be listed clearly on the entry form.

SLIDES: Artist slides should be 35mm (or transparencies 21/4” or 4″ x 5″). All slides should be labeled with artist’s name, title of work, medium, dimensions and an arrow pointing to the slide top. Visit the full call for slide submission guidelines.

DIGITAL SUBMISSION: Digital artwork image files will be accepted on CD (NO DVDs please) and should be readable by a Mac and named in conjunction with the actual artwork title. Visit the full call for digital submission guidelines.

NOTIFICATION: All artists will be notified of acceptance or non-acceptance via EMAIL.

ENTRY FEE: The entry fee for up to three (3) slides (or transparencies), digital images or photographs is $35.00.

DEADLINE: Postmarked by September 30, 2010.

On a personal note, my readers know that I try to ensure that none of the calls I list are scams or thinly-disguised money-making schemes. This IS NOT vanity publishing and DOES appear to be a legitimately-distributed fine art book.

Visit Art Buzz online for full details!

HOT NEW PIC: Photo Competition

Posted on August 3, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

NO BURNED TOAST!

Sometime you only get one shot. You can’t unbake a cake or unburn toast.

Here’s a Call for Entries from the Center Gallery in Wichita, Kansas that judges each photograph on its own merit for the 2010 Hot New Pics Contest, and not your work as a whole. Depending on whether you see life as a glass that is half full or or a glass that is half empty, your work can shine even if the jurors don’t like EVERY piece. Here’s your shot…take it!

CALL for ENTRIES: 2010 Hot New Pics Show

Center Gallery in Wichita, Kansas seeks entries for a national exhibition that celebrates the range of creative exploration in photography, opening October 29, 2010. Each photograph will be considered based on the merit of the single image.

AWARDS: Enter and Compete to become the “Hot New Pic” and receive a $250 fellowship award.

FORMAT: Submit images in jpeg format on CD: 300 dpi, no larger than 3000 X 3000 pixels.

FEE: Submit up to 10 images for $50, $5 for each additional image. See the call for complete guidelines.

DEADLINE: September 1, 2010.

Questions? Contact Linda Robinson at info@centergalleryonline.com
or call the Gallery at 316-269-1250.

CALL for Entries: New Directions

Posted on August 1, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

CHICKEN OR FISH?

Sometimes you think it is going to be a pan-seared-trout day and before you know it, you’re gathered around the coffee table with the other members of your family (who were also too lazy to cook) munching on take out fried chicken. Sometimes a change in direction is a really good thing.

Check out this Call for Entries from the Barrett Art Center for their 26th Annual Juried Contemporary Art Exbition entitled “New Directions ’10”.

CALL for ENTRIES: New Directions ’10

Opening Reception : Saturday, October 23rd, 2010 4:00 – 6:00 pm

Barrett Art Center Galleries

55 Noxon Street Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

DIGITAL: CD with your images (not DVD). No Asterisks or Quotes, please. Simple titling, Artist LAST name FIRST, then title, size, medium, .jpg files ONLY.

Approx. 1MB jpeg file is sufficient. (A good pixel width of 1800 sufficient for detail). CDs must open on PCs & Macs. Please test before sending. Unreadable CDs will not be judged. Judging will be done from CD images only, no prints of any type accepted. Work previously exhibited at the BAC is not eligible. Submitted work must have been completed within the last 4 years.

ENTRY FEE: Entry fee is non-refundable. $30 for the first 4 slides or images, $5 for each additional image. Complete the entry form, and send it to the BAC along with your slides or disk and entry fee so that it arrives at the BAC no later than Friday, September 17, 2010.

NOTIFICATION: Please remember to include a self-addressed, stamped envelope for notification of acceptance or rejection and the return of your CD. Every precaution will be taken to assure the safe return of your materials, but the BAC cannot be responsible for any loss or damage. Care should be taken that images are accurate representations of your work. Accepted works that do not reasonably meet the quality indicated on the CD can be refused. Accepted work will require proper framing or presentation, no substitutions of accepted work will be permitted. Images of accepted works may be retained by the BAC for publicity and documentation purposes. If selected, instructions for submission of artwork will be forwarded to the entrant. Notification of acceptance by Monday, October 4th . Accepted work will be due October 11th –16th.

AWARDS: Recipients of cash awards will be determined by the juror and announced at the opening reception. Artists need not be present.

JUROR: Nat Trotman, Associate Curator, Guggenheim Museum of Art, New York , NY. Nat Trotman is an Associate Curator at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, where has worked since 2001.

He holds a Master of Philosophy from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where he focused on performance, photography, and time-based art, and is a graduate of the Whitney Museum’s Independent Study Program.

Among the exhibitions he has co-organized for the Guggenheim are Haunted: Contemporary Photography/Video/Performance (2010), Catherine Opie: American Photographer (2008), Felix Gonzalez-Torres: America (2007), and The Shapes of Space (2007).

Learn More about the Barrett Art Center online!

LAST DAY for JULY $2 Art Contest

Posted on July 31, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

LAST CHANCE for July

I just wanted to post a short reminder that today is the last day of the $2 Art Contest for July. We’ve had enough entries so far to make the July contest interesting, but I haven’t reviewed ANY of the work yet. If you get to this post after the deadline, don’t worry…there’s always August.

If you want to read the reasoning behind the monthly $2 Art Contest, visit the page. But remember…if you want to be considered for the July Featured Artist, the deadline is July 31st at midnight EST. If you miss the deadline, don’t worry…you’ll be automatically entered in the August contest.

You can’t buy your way onto ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, but here are the tangible benefits to you for your $2 if you are chosen for a feature post.

Benefits of Entering the $2 Art Contest:

The distinct honor of being a FEATURED ARTIST of the MONTH on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com . 🙂
A permanent inbound link from the post to multiple pages on your website (if you have one) from this site which has a Google Page Rank of 4 (as of 07/01/2010) which helps your website’s visibility on the web.
Additional permanent inbound links from a new Featured Artist page to your website (if you have one) from this site which has a Google Page Rank of 4 (as of 07/01/2010) which helps your website’s visibility on the web.
A 300×300 pixel ad (created by me) for occasional use in other blog posts throughout the month in which you are featured (and beyond–at my discretion)

I hope you agree…It could be the best $2 you ever spend.

Why $2? I’m not trying to get rich off the artwork of my readers by producing ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, but it would be nice to pay the hosting fees and software occasionally. $2 is a ridiculously low fee FOR ANYTHING. You see a benefit, and ArtAndArtDeadlines.com gets to promote great art and great artists. Simple.

The $2 Art Contest Guidelines are easy:

FEE: Send $2 to submitart@artandartdeadlines.com via PayPal.com and record the transaction # when you’re finished. Don’t worry…it is part of the confirmation email they send you.

SUBMISSION: Email me the PayPal transaction #, a handful of pics, a bio and whatever you think I need to form an accurate opinion of your work. If all of the information I need is on your website, just send me the link to the site. There are no restrictions…You can win EVERY month, so just keep entering.

DEADLINE: The deadline is the last day of each month. The artist chosen will be notified by the 7th of each month, and the FEATURED ARTIST of the MONTH blog will be posted by the 15th of each month.

DISCLAIMERS: ArtAndArtDeadlines.com reserves the right to publish work of artists whose work we love–entry fee or not; however, a winner will be chosen each month from paid entries. Additional posts are at my discretion. P.S. Don’t expect to get a ribbon in the mail.

The permanent $2 Art Contest Page is accessible through the top and side navigation areas so that you can find it again and again.

Email me if you have any questions.

CALL for ENTRIES: TOYS

Posted on July 23, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

I love toys.

As an adult, there are two things for which I am always trying to invent excuses…eating dessert for breakfast…and buying cool artistic toys. I have been rationalizing away “bressert” (as we call it in my house) for years, but now I have a great reason to buy toys…research.

The Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock has a Call for Entries out for the 37th Annual Toys Designed by Artists show with Purchase Awards totaling $2500. The toys don’t have to be functional and is open to all artists internationally–not just regionally. Take a look…

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Toys Designed by Artists

This delightful and ever popular competition was created to recognize and celebrate the playful side in each of us – artists and viewers alike. Toys may be functional, nonfunctional, child friendly, child proof, too delicate or scary to touch, or begging for tactile tinkering. Successful entries are creative, original, featuring excellence of design and superior craftsmanship.

DEADLINE: September 13, 2010

JUROR: The juror for 2011 is Jim Bartz. Bartz has a BFA in Illustration from The Choinard Art Institute (now Cal Arts) in Los Angeles and as a working toy artist has taught in Northern California for 35 years. He is an active member in The Puppeteers of America.

HOW TO ENTER: Complete the information, upload images, and pay a non-refundable fee ($15 for the first submission, and $10 for each additional) using the online form by September 13th, 2010.

GUIDELINES: Each artist may enter up to three entries that are original, completed within the last two years, and not previously exhibited at the Arkansas Arts Center.

NOTIFICATION AND DELIVERY: Notifications of selected submissions will be mailed beginning October 12, 2010. Selected works must arrive at the Arkansas Arts Center by November 12, 2010. The artist will be forwarded any sales inquiries and works not for sale may be noted on the entry form.

PURCHASE AWARDS: Purchase awards totaling up to $2500 will be chosen by the Arkansas Arts Center after the selected works have arrived.

Works purchased through an award will become part of the Arkansas Arts Center’s Foundation Collection.

SHIPPING: The artist is responsible for the cost of shipping and insurance. Prepaid return shipping of selected work is required. A return shipping label must accompany delivered works. Works hand delivered directly to the museum must be picked up no later than 90 days after the close of the exhibition.

Any unclaimed artwork in the possession of the Arkansas Arts Center after 90 days becomes the property of Arkansas Arts Center Foundation.

More details on shipping will be provided in the selection letter.

DIGITAL IMAGES: The juror selects the exhibition based digital image submissions. Medium resolution images are preferred.

Resolution is sufficient when the image is easily viewed on an average size computer monitor.

Keep images free of identifying information (artist name, etc.,) as this information will require cropping the image.

Works with multiple components must be represented by at least one image which shows the complete work arranged for display. Entries are not accepted via email.

Visit the Arkansas Arts Center website for Full Information!