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CALL for ENTRIES: 24th OPA Nat’l

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Learn more from Oil Painters of America!a lid for
EVERY POT

One of the most valuable lessons of culinary school was stock-making.   It is the building block of many of my kitchen masterpieces.   My standard includes chicken, water, celery, carrot, onion, black peppercorns, garlic & parsley.  When I stray from the standards, it is a choice.  I encourage you to make a choice to enter this next Call that celebrates the preservation of a standard upon those that have strayed have built.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries for the 24th Annual National Exhibition from Oil Painters of America to be exhibited at the Brilliance in Color Gallery (St. Augustine, FL).  The show is prestigious, and awards are in excess of $80,000.  Make us proud…

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Learn more from Oil Painters of America!CALL for ENTRIES:
24th OPA Nat’l

 

ELIGIBILITY: Open to artists residing in the U.S., Canada & Mexico

MEDIA:  Representational oil painting

DEADLINE:  January 23, 2015 

NOTIFICATION:  February 26, 2015

ENTRY FEE:  $30 for 1 or $45 for 2 (plus membership fee of $70).  More membership information can be found on the OPA website, under the Member Services tab.

JURORS:   Howard Friedland, Signature Member and OPA Board Member, will serve as chairman of a Jurying Committee, consisting of five Master Signature or Signature members of OPA.

AWARDS: The total awards will be in excess of $80,000, including a $25,000 Best In Show.

SALES:  Commission of 40% is required by the gallery for all paintings sold.

ABOUT OPA:  Oil Painters of America (OPA) is a not-for-profit organization representing more than 4,000 artists throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico.  The mission of OPA is to advance the cause of traditional, representational fine art by providing a forum in which artists can display their art in regional & national competitions –both online & in-gallery.  Please note, OPA is a site sponsor, and a link to their opportunities can always be found in the right side-bar.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more from Oil Painters of America!

CALL for ENTRIES: New Beginnings

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Learn more from F-Stop Magazine!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

 

Learn more from F-Stop Magazine!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!

Learn more from F-Stop Magazine!

CALL for ENTRIES: 20x20x20 Compact

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Learn more from the LSU Student Union Student Gallery!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…

*Editor’s Note: If you have read the personal portion of this post, CALL for ENTRIES: 20x20x20 Compact, anywhere other than by email subscription or on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, it has been published without permission and is considered theft.

Learn more from the LSU Student Union Student Gallery!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

Learn more about the LSU Student Union Art GalleryENTRY 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!

Learn more from the LSU Student Union Student Gallery!

CALL for ENTRIES: Feminist Sex

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Learn more from On the Ground Floor!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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Learn more about The Feminist Sex Shoppe from OTGF!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

Learn more from On the Ground Floor!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!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Lines

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Learn more from the Darkroom Gallery!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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Learn more from the Darkroom Gallery!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.

Learn more about the Darkroom Gallery online!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!

Learn more from the Darkroom Gallery!

*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

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Learn more from The Chait Galleries Downtown!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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Learn more from The Chait Galleries Downtown!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.

Learn more from The Chait Galleries Downtown!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!

Learn more from The Chait Galleries Downtown!

ARTIST to LOVE: Laura Mabbutt

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We found another great artist to celebrate!

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

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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

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

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ARTIST to LOVE: Dan McCormack

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We found another
great artist to celebrate!

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

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Dan McCormack
Photography
Vera by Photographer Dan McCormack
Vera
Pinhole Photography		McCORMACK used a round oatmeal box pinhole camera to create a series of visceral images. Through successive pulling of curves in Photoshop, B&W values are replaced with color. The “Nude at Home” series, began about five years ago.

McCormack photographs the model nude in her home, apartment or studio. With the model in her space, all the objects in the image are a part of the life of the model. Then the pose, the furniture and the long, two minute exposures reveal an intimate portrait of the subject.

FAVORITE FOOD: Blueberries

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

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CALL for ENTRIES: Black & White

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Learn more from F-Stop Magazine!what is
BLACK & WHITE
and read?

Please stop eating fake foods.  Every time I make a statement like that, I lose subscribers. But I care about your health like I care about my own.  It is black & white, but I pick my battles.  I won’t try to talk you into organic produce (although it is recommended), but I can beg you to stop eating fake food.  No cheese food.  No imitation vanilla.  No caramel coloring or stuff you can’t pronounce.  This next Call is a Black & White issue as well.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from F-Stop Magazine for their Portfolio Issue #69.  No Entry Fee.  And an opportunity to join the Hotshoe community FREE.  Be sure to tell them you found F-Stop through artandartdeadlines.com. One of our Featured Artists made it into their current Portfolio issue.  We know you will continue to make us proud…

*Editor’s Note: If you have read the personal portion of this post, CALL for SUBMISSIONS: Black & White, anywhere other than by email subscription or on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, it has been published without permission and is considered theft.

Learn more from F-Stop Magazine!CALL for SUBMISSIONS:
Black & White

Please be sure to follow the
guidelines closely!

ELIGIBILITY:
Open to all artists

MEDIA:
 Photography

DEADLINE:
January 15, 2015

PUBLICATION:
February 1, 2015

ENTRY FEE:  None

AWARDS:  This issue is sponsored by Hotshoe the photography club for black and white photography.  The selected featured artist will receive a 1 year PRO membership at Hotshoe.org.

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!

Learn more from F-Stop Magazine!

ARTIST to LOVE: Ansley Adams

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WE found ANOTHER great one!

  This fantastic artist is from Rock Hill, SC!  Say “Hello” to our newest Artist to Love…

Ansley Adams
Painting
The Red Horse, Oil Painting by Ansley Adams
The Red Horse
Oil Painting		ADAMS was born in the rural outskirts of Pittsburgh, PA, where she lived before settling in Charlotte, NC. Adams obtained a BA in Art & Education from Wingate University & a MFA in Painting at the University of SC. Her research on objects and the interior is drawn from the emotional memory of solitude and longing that the memory of place or thing holds for her. She is inspired by the desire to express, through ideas of shared experience, the emotional memory that these locations or 'special objects' hold.

FAVORITE FOOD: Mashed Potatoes

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