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CALL for ENTRIES: Centering the Margin

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Culinary experimentation is one of my favorite endeavors.  I like to think of results in the terms a “margin for interpretation” as opposed to a “margin for error.”  No Canadian bacon or english muffin for your eggs benedict?  How about brie and roasted garlic loaf.  Granted, that interpretation may be on the very periphery of acceptable to some.  But maybe, just maybe, that’s the sweet spot.  These folks behind this next Call for Entries agree with me.  “Varied platforms of concept.”  Fun…

Check out this Call for Entries for Centering the Margin, an artist curated show brought to you by Root Division (Sacramento, CA).  The entry fee is incredibly low, and the thematic content is fascinating.  Don’t miss this one…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Centering the Margin

Learn more from Roots Division! Centering the Margin is an artist-curated project focusing on artwork that concerns itself with spaces, events, and artifacts that exist just outside of our field of vision and attention. If our contemporary existence is marked by a focus on spectacle and constant stimulation, then Centering the Margin is a show that documents those things that fall outside this focus. These are things that require a change of speed or shift in focus to perceive them.

This show hopes to draw connections between artists concerned with margins, edges and interstitial spaces through diverse approaches and varied platforms of concept, representation and materials.

Works considered for the show could be: 1) pictorial works that represent spaces and moments that are glimpsed fleetingly if at all; 2) process-based works that employ materials that exist solely as vessels for goods or products, or are artifacts of technologies of display and production; or 3) time based works that document forces or phenomena that are barely perceptible or so common as to escape notice.  *These are only a few examples.

Learn more about Roots Division!Editor’s Note:  This call is meant to complete a show that currently includes the work of 7 artists including the curator, Anthony Ryan.  A total of 15 to 18 artists will be represented in the exhibition. Final selection of works will occur AFTER the Call for Entries process is complete.

ELIGIBILITY:  All artists

MEDIA:  All media

DEADLINE:  January 17, 2012

ENTRY FEE: $10 for 4 images

CURATOR:  Artist Anthony Ryan

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

Learn more from Roots Division!

CALL for PROPOSALS: Kettering Solo Show

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I love it when two of things I like most collide… like those old 1970s commercials about “your peanut butter on my chocolate” versus “your chocolate in my peanut butter” for Reese’s peanut butter cups. Well, it happened again this week on our little-blog-that-could. Featured Artist Amy Kollar Anderson sent a Call for Proposals for a gallery for whom she’s the coordinator.  We are proud to have her as an alum and thrilled to post her Call. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Proposals for Solo Shows at the Rosewood Arts Centre from the Kettering Arts Council.  There is no entry fee, but don’t procrastinate and miss the deadline! Don’t miss this opportunity…

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CALL for PROPOSALS:
Rosewood Arts Centre Solo Show

Learn more about the Call for Proposals from the Kettering Arts Council for the Rosewood Gallery!The Rosewood Gallery is dedicated to the encouragement and creation of new works and to the promotion of the visual arts in the Dayton, Ohio, area. Eight exhibitions are presented each year in the Rosewood Gallery, sponsored by the City of Kettering Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts, with support from the Kettering Arts Council and the Ohio Arts Council. View current exhibitions.

ELIGIBILITY: The Rosewood Gallery specializes in the exhibition of contemporary art by emerging local, regional and national artists.

Learn more about the Call for Proposals from the Kettering Arts Council for the Rosewood Gallery!MEDIA: All media will be considered for exhibition, including video and installation pieces.

DEADLINE: Proposals must be postmarked byFebruary 3, 2012.

NOTIFICATION: By the end of May, 2012.

ENTRY FEE: None

JUROR: A selection committee composed of regional art professionals will make recommendations from submissions of work for exhibition.

For complete details, Read the Call online!

 

Read the Call from the Rosewood Arts Centre!

CALL for SUBMISSIONS: Pop Up Billboard Exhibit

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I get lots of requests for restaurant recommendations.  And, I think sometimes people are disappointed when I give them the stereotypical answers, but famous places are famous for a reason.  For example, I would never visit New Orleans without a trip to the Cafe du Monde for beignets and cafe au lait or to Central Grocery for a muffuletta.  If you “pop-in” to this next show opening, make sure to check out my favorites.  Is it lunch yet?

Check out this Call for Submissions from Art Below for the Pop-Up Billboard Exhibit and Gallery Orange co-exhibit in New Orleans.  The fees are huge, but you can’t ask for better exposure.  Take a look…

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Learn more from Art Below!CALL for ENTRIES:
Pop-Up
Billboard Exhibit

 

Art Below ‘Pop Up’ is taking place in New Orleans for the month of February 2012, specially planned to co-inside with the legendary Mardi Gras which every year bring thousands of fun loving visitors to the city to join the celebrations.

As an exhibitor you will be allocated with your own billboard to display your selected artwork for 4 weeks starting January 31, 2012. 

Running alongside the billboard display you will also be invited to exhibit your selected artwork as part of the Art Below ‘Pop Up’ Group Show for the month of February at Gallery Orange located in the world famous French Quarter.

Learn more from Art Below!There will be 2 private view events at Gallery Orange on February 4th and 18th, 2012.

ELIGIBILITY:
Open to all artists.

MEDIA:
All media that can be adequately
represented as a static
two-dimensional 10’x20′ billboard.

DEADLINE:
January 9, 2012

NOTIFICATION:  Ongoing after January 9th until spots are filled.

ENTRY FEE:   The fee is £750 (approximately $1175 USD)

Learn more about Gallery Orange!Editor’s note:  I know this is a HUGE expense for many of you; however, if you look into the price of a billboard along any interstate (never mind this one is in the French Quarter during Mardi Gras) and you will quickly realize that this is A DEAL…IF AND ONLY IF this is the appropriate step in your career at this particular time.

JUROR:  The jury process is unclear.  However, my knowledge of Art Below indicates you probably can’t simply buy your way into this one.

SALES:  This is a 50/50 split with Gallery Orange/Art Below for prints of your billboard image as well as original work included at the gallery portion of the exhibit.

For complete details, Visit the Website!

Learn more from Art Below!

CALL for ENTRIES: Right Here Over There

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Don’t you want to have a Club sandwich in the Club Car of a long-distance train?  It it just me?  Admittedly, I just watched White Christmas again.  I just watched them all sing “Snow, Snow, Snow, Snow.”  Now that I think about it, we never do SEE those sandwiches…just the aftermath.  Hmmm… While I ponder the snowy landscape of napkins in that train car, you ponder the “metaphoric landscape of place” in this next Call.  Go ponder…

Check out this Call for Entries for Right Here Over There brought to you by the Lexington Art League (Lexington, KY).  This is an all media show with NO ENTRY FEE!  Don’t miss this rare opportunity…

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Learn more about the Right Here Over There exhibit!CALL for ENTRIES:
Right Here Over There

 

Right Here Over There is an exhibition exploring the physical, mental, and metaphoric landscapes of place and their indelible link to memory. Throughout our lives we are surrounded by a world punctuated by varying spaces, climates, geographies, buildings, and cultures.  Accumulating in layers over time, pieces of our physical world provide visual reference points for how we understand one another and ourselves.

THEME:  Including (but not limited to) the following may be integrated into the final exhibition: mapping, topography, architecture, nature, distance, home, exile, travel, and personal/social/political geographies.

ELIGIBILITY:  All artists, age 18 and older.

MEDIA:  All media and styles will be considered.

DEADLINE:  January 31, 2012

NOTIFICATION:  February 17, 2012

ENTRY FEE:  No entry fee.

 

Learn more by visiting the Lexington Art League online!JUROR: Becky Alley, LAL’s Exhibitions & Programs Director, will select all artwork for exhibition.  Alley earned a BFA in studio art from Washington University, and an MFA in studio art from the University of Kansas.  Before joining the LAL staff in January 2010, Alley was the Director of University Galleries at Murray State University.  She has organized over 100 shows and has curated several major projects including Think Tank, an international show of political art, Creatures Great and Small, a touring exhibition of contemporary art featuring animals, and Love and Things Like Love, an LAL project.

SALES:  Not all works need to be for sale, but LAL retains a 30% commission on the retail price of all works sold in the gallery. The artist must determine retail price, which is sent with the application materials.

For complete details, Visit the Website!

Learn more by visiting the Lexington Art League online!

CALL for ENTRIES: Absence of Color

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not KRAUT

People tell me the wackiest food facts.  I love hearing them, and I usually assume I am being told the truth.  But, just to be certain, I always verify the facts if I can.  Recently someone told me that the black and white cookie, that I alway think of as German in orgin, IS actually German, but it is called an Amerikaner.  There has to be some cyclical humor in the fact that an American who thought she was a fan of German cookies is really only a fan of cookies that Germans refer to as American cookies.  Funny.  This next call is all about Black and White, too.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries for Black & White: Absence of Color from MPLS Photo Center (Minneapolis, MN).  This is a great venue and a great juror.  Don’t miss this opportunity!

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Learn more about the Black and White show from MPLS Photo Center!CALL for ENTRIES:
Black & White: Absence of Color

The world’s first photographic images were made in shade of gray, black, and white, and the black and white photograph continues to be an important palette for photographers today. The beauty of a well-printed black and white photograph is undeniable—it is striking, unearthly, and can be life changing.

Some of the world’s most memorable photographs are black and white—the rich blacks, glowing whites, and silvery grays of a strong, black and white photograph leave a lasting impression on the mind. For photographers, those deep blacks hold a special significance, as it is the black tones that reveal themselves first in photographic chemistry and communicate the magic, mystery, and possibility of the photographic process.

Black and white photographs can have painterly, etching-like qualities, which were celebrated by photography’s inventors and early adopters. Photography as art was first championed with The Photo-Secessionists who celebrated the pictorial aspect of the black and white image. Today photography is widely accepted as an art form and as a key medium within contemporary and conceptual art.

The choice of using black and white versus color is the photographer’s choice, and the reasons for that choice can be personal, theoretical, or aesthetic. This call for entry—Black and White—The Absence of Color—looks to grays and blacks and whites to tell the story and make the picture that color would often muddy.

Learn more about the MPLS Photo Center!ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists.

MEDIA:  Photography

DEADLINE:  Jan. 21st, 2012

NOTIFICATION:  Jan. 29th, 2012

ENTRY FEE:  $35 for five, $10 ea. add’l

JUROR:  Bevin Bering Dubrowski is Executive Director of Houston Center for Photography, a nonprofit organization founded in 1981 offering year-round exhibitions, workshops, publications, outreach programs, lectures, and classes.  HCP’s mission is to increase society’s understanding and appreciation of photography and its evolving role in contemporary culture, and produces 15 – 20 exhibitions annually on and off-site, balancing work by regional and internationally acclaimed emerging, mid-career, and established artists.  Bevin curates exhibition for HCP and is also editor of spot magazine, a bi-annual journal of photography that includes artist portfolios, interviews, exhibition and book excerpts, and highlights on HCP members’ work.

Learn more about the MPLS Photo Center!Prior to joining HCP as Executive Director, Bevin founded the photography division of Bering & James and served as gallery director.  Bevin is also a practicing photographer and received her BA in Art History and Visual Arts from Emory University. Bevin has reviewed portfolios for FotoFest, Lens Culture/ FotoFest Paris, Photo Nola, and Photo Lucida.  She has also recently served as a juror for Critical Mass and the Lens Culture International Exposure Awards and serves on the FotoFest Art Board.

AWARDS:  First Place – $400, Second Place – $300, Third Place – $200 and Three Honorable Mentions. Prizes and Awards include a free Black & White Exhibition Book.

For complete details, Visit the Website!

Learn more about the MPLS Photo Center!

CALL for ENTRIES: Imagination

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Last night I imagined my self in a white chef’s coat and orange clogs while dozing off on the couch.  I must have been channeling Mario Batali, or maybe it was just eating antipasto a little to late in the evening.  This next show is all about imagination, but then again–shouldn’t EVERY show be about imagination?

Check out this Call for Entries for Imagination brought to you by the A. Smith Gallery (Johnson City, Texas).  The entry fee is low, and you can’t ask for a better theme.  Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES: Imagination

 

Learn more about the Imagination show at the A Smith Gallery!i-mag-i-na-tion: fabrication, fantasy, illusion, imagery, insight, inspiration,  originality, thought, vision, creation, creativity, inventiveness realization.

“A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral”. –Antoine de Saint Exupery

“I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.” –Pablo Picasso

“Imagination feeds the need to photograph. Since I can remember, I have loved to create with my mind and my hands. This desire was instilled by a mother and grandmother who shared the same compulsion. These imaginative women taught me to dream and experiment. ‘I-mag-i-na-tion’ is your opportunity to imagine and create. Get outside the conventional with this one. Don’t just photograph the pear; hide it underneath a cloth napkin and see what happens.” — from the A. Smith Gallery website.

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists.  Entries must not have been exhibited previously in an exhibition at A Smith Gallery.

MEDIA:  Photography

DEADLINE:  January 9, 2012

Learn more about the Imagination Exhibit from the A Smith Gallery!ENTRY FEE:  A non-refundable entry fee of $25 for the first 5 images and $5 for each additional image is required.  The Paypal link is on the Entry Form.

JUROR:  The juror  for “I-mag-i-na-tion” will be Aline Smithson.   After a career as a New York Fashion Editor and working along side the greats of fashion photography, Aline discovered the family Rolleiflex and never looked back. Now represented by galleries in the U.S. and Europe and published throughout the world, Aline continues to create her award-winning photography with humor, compassion, and a 50-year-old camera. Her work has been featured in numerous publications including a recent cover of PDN, the PDN Photo Annual, Communication Arts Photo Annual, Eyemazing, and others.  She has exhibited widely.  Aline writes and edits the blogzine, Lenscratch, has been the Gallery Editor for Light Leaks Magazine, a contributing writer for Diffusion ,Too Much Chocolate, Lucida, and F Stop Magazines, and has been curating exhibitions for a number of galleries and on-line magazines.  Though she was nominated for The Excellence in Photographic Teaching Award in 2008, 2009, and 2010 and for The Santa Fe Prize in Photography in 2009 by Center, she considers her children her greatest achievement.

AWARDS:  Cash prizes of $250 each will be awarded for The Juror’s Award and The Director’s Award, along with a $100 prize for the Visitors’ Choice Award.  There will also be five Honorable Mentions.

SALES:  A Smith Gallery will retain 40% commission out of the sales price.

For complete details, Visit the Website!

Learn more from the A Smith Gallery!

CALL for ENTRIES: Earth Through a Lens

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Earthy foods are yummy.  I know that is obvious to many of you.  But, I have to say that learning to appreciate earthy foods is the biggest change in my palate over the years.  I’m still not a fan of what I call “dirt crackers.”  I DO have my earthy limits, but I am in love with whole grains, whole foods, in fact.  And the earthiness of merlot doesn’t exactly hurt my feelings.  Food should taste like itself, not the over-refined, processed version of itself that is so cheaply and readily available these days.  This next show wants to see earthy through your eyes.  Interesting…

Check out this Call for Entries for Earth Through a Lens, a dual media photography show–both camera and cell-phone based.  The camera work entry fee is high, but the prizes are great.  The cell work entry fee is low, but the exhibit isn’t as exciting.  Take a look…

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See the ETAL winners for 2011!CALL for ENTRIES:
Earth Through a Lens

 

Earth Through a Lens (ETAL) is pleased to announce its third annual photo competition and display focused on promoting a sustainable environment.  Photographers living in North America are invited to submit up to 3 cell phone derived images or up to 4 digital images produced by a camera.  Photos should be of the natural environment and/or human impact on the environment.

ELIGIBILITY:
Artists living in North America.

MEDIA:  Photography
(cell or camera-based)

DEADLINE:  January 6, 2012

NOTIFICATION:  February 6, 2012

See the ETAL winners for 2011!ENTRY FEE: Entry fee is $35 for the first camera image and $10 for each additional image.  Please check www.callforentry.org for possible discount coupons. Entry fee is $10 per cell  image using the coupon “CELL” available on the checkout page at www.callforentry.org.

JUROR:  Camera Work – A professional jury will select 30 – 50 images for public exhibition at the Rancho Mirage Public Library from April 1 – June 30, 2012 and electronically at the Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA) in San Diego for 1 month.  Judging is conducted anonymously.  All cell phone images will be accepted into a Power Point presentation to be shown on Earth Day.

AWARDS:  Camera Work – Cash prizes ranging from $500 – $1,000 will be awarded.  The top three print images will be published in the April issue of Palm Springs Life magazine.  All of the finalists will have their photographs published in the ETAL2012 catalog.  Cell Work – All cell phone images will be accepted into a Power Point presentation to be shown on Earth Day.  Audience favorites will be selected and prizes up to $300 will be awarded.

For complete details, Visit the Website!

Learn more about the Earth Through a Lens exhibit!

ARTIST RESIDENCE: 3331 Arts in TOKYO

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IN GROUPS

Have you ever wanted to go into a restaurant and order everything on the menu? You can, you know. Try it at your favorite sushi or tappas bar with friends. Everyone gets to try everything AND split the bill. This Call might get you to work as a group too…

Check out this Call for Submissions for those interested in an Artist Residency in Tokyo sponsored by 3331 Arts Chiyoda. Anyone can apply, but they encourage groups of 2 to 5 artists at this Arts & Cultural Center in the heart of Tokyo. Take a chance…

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Learn more about the Artist Residence program at 3331 Chiyoda!CALL for SUBMISSIONS:
3331 Artist & Curator
Residence TOKYO

 

ELIGIBILITY: 3331 Arts Chiyoda is launching a fairly new residency program open to artists, curators and creative practitioners internationally. With a full range of facilities including accommodation, studio and gallery, creative practitioners have the exceptional opportunity to extend their artistic engagement in the heart of Tokyo.

Visit 3331 Arts Chiyoda online!Not only will artists be able to pursue their own individual research and practice, but they will be connected to the extensive network of Tokyo’s art scene through the hub that is 3331. With the energy of the electronics and anime haven of Akihabara right at one’s doorstep and the traditional cultures of downtown but a stone’s throw away artists will be able to experience all aspects of this kaleidoscopic city from this convenient base.

Artists are not only able to spend time in Tokyo, but are able to create work onsite and then finally exhibit what they have developed during their stay, in the distinct setting of 3331 Arts Chiyoda. They are pleased to be able to offer these facilities to artists who can contribute to the creative expressions of this metropolis and engage its inhabitants in new ways.

ENTRY FEE: No fee to enter; however there is a fee to participate.

 

Check out the 3331 Arts Chiyoda Residency in Tokyo!They particularly encourage applications from galleries, museums, universities, and arts organizations. They also welcome approaches from individual artists; however, they recommend that artists consider applying in groups of 2-5. Please note that 3331 is unable to offer financial support to artists in residence in this program.

The facilities are ideal to be shared between a group of 3 artists, and can accommodate a maximum of 5 artists if so required. In order to apply for this program please download the application form from the website.

DEADLINE: December 30, 2011.  They currently have availability for May, June, October, November and December 2012.

For all enquiries please contact Satoko Takahashi residence@3331.jp +81 3-6803-2441.

For complete details, Visit the Website!

3331 Arts Chiyoda Residence

CALL for ENTRIES: Unconditional Love

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FOOD

Ever eaten a dog biscuit or cat treat?  If you didn’t make them yourself, I don’t recommend it.  They are laced with bizarre forms of protein, additives and preservatives… like most processed people food, actually.  There are lots of recipes out there for peanut butter dog treats.  My pups love ’em.  This next show is for the dogs, and the cats, too…

Check out this Call for Entries from The Shoe Factory Art Co-op in Rochester, NY for Unconditional Love: Cats & Dogs.  The entry fee and commission are low, and their themes are always fun.  Why not become a member while you’re at it?

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Learn more about the Unconditional Love show at The Shoe Factory Art Co-op!CALL for ENTRIES: Unconditional Love

 

The Shoe Factory Art Co-op celebrates the month of February’s Valentines Day and Spay Day with an art exhibit devoted to their feline and canine friends!  Artists are asked to create and submit work inspired by cats, dogs, or both!

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists.

MEDIA: Open to all media and will consider all sizes.

DEADLINE:  January 16, 2012

ENTRY FEE: Pay $15 submission fee, $25 for non-members, by PayPal or Credit Card on the Call for Artists page.

JUROR: Juried by the Art Co-op.

SALES: The Shoe Factory Art Co-op will retain 25% of the price of any artwork sold or commissioned by patrons, 35% for non-members.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

Download the Submission Form from Shoe Factory Art Coop!

CALL for ENTRIES: Square Inches

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of Cheese

Being aware of serving sizes sucks.  It takes all the fun out of over eating.  I’ve been on a lot of diets over the years, but the only thing that really works is being AWARE of what you put in your body.  The serving sizes I use most often?  A deck of cards is about the size of an appropriate portion of protein like fish or chicken, and a square inch is approximately 1 ounce of cheese.  Moderation sucks.  Moderation x 20 is a little more my speed.  Let me know what you think…

Check out this Call for Entries for Square Inches of Love, a design competition, sponsored by OPeX studios and benefitting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.  The entry fee is cheap, and even if you don’t win an award …inbound links to your website are worth their weight in clams, folks!

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Learn more about the Square Inches of Love project!CALL for ENTRIES:
Square Inches

 

Redefine the very basic concept of SPACE. The challenge is to take 20 square inches of the Square Inches of Love project’s “real estate” and let your ideas run wild. Each entry is limited to only 20 square inches of space, but multiple entries are allowed. Every single entry will be displayed online and as part of the resulting traveling exhibition.  Entries will share real estate with other individuals and companies (designer + non-designer) as a part of the overall “Square Inches of Love” project.

Los Angeles architectural design company, OPeX studios, will undertake transforming all the collected submissions into a 1000 in. x 1000 in. (1 million sq. in.) custom-printed fabric quilt base, fabricating the 3D structures that guide exploration of the exhibit, and taking the installation on the road.  50% of all online submission proceeds will be donated to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists.

Learn more about the Square Inches of Love Project!MEDIA:  Graphic Design, or any media that can be represented in 20 square inches.  Submitted digital image shall be 20 square inches (1 x 20, 2 x 10, or 4 x 5) and 300 dpi.

DEADLINE:  December 15, 2011

ENTRY FEE:  Each competition requires the purchase of exactly 20 Square Inches of exhibit space at $1 per sq. in. for a total of $20.

JUROR:  Evaluation of the proposals will be focused on their innovation + creativity + novelty of the idea.  Jury is still to be announced.

AWARDS:  1st Prize $1,000, 2nd Prize $500 and 3rd Prize $500.  Top 5 will get the opportunity to incorporate 3D elements of their design in the final installation, should there be any.  Top 10 Receive Honorable Mention and a custom printed T-shirt with their design.

SALES:  Submitted images can also be linked to a website to further promote sales, your creativity, business, or other endeavors.

For all the details, Visit the Website!

Learn more about the Square Inches of Love project!