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CALL for ENTRIES: Through the Looking Glass!

Posted on April 22, 2011April 25, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

MIX IT UP

Remember when the electric kitchen mixer was only a dream? Well, no, I don’t either, but you have at least contemplated what it was like BEFORE we had electrical conveniences. I, personally, don’t think I have the motivation or arm strength to deal with a manual egg beater. But, I have no doubt that someone somewhere thought that an electric hand mixer was a ridiculous, impossible dream. This next Call may test your ability to imagine the future, but I encourage you to be open to the possibilities. Always be an optimist…

Check out this Call for Entries for Through the Looking Glass at Artform Gallery & Tattoo. This is an all-hung show (or at least one piece per artist), and the entry fee is only $5 per piece. Hurry! The deadline is in FIVE days. It is worth a look…

CALL for ENTRIES: Through the Looking Glass

From the Artform Gallery website: “We’ve come across some very interesting technology that we believe will change how the world can be interconnected. The technology is in the palm of most peoples hands and they don’t even realize it. Our goal is to present this new form of communication to the world is going be through art, by having a gallery opening May 7th at Artform Gallery and Tattoo.”

“Nothing like this has ever been done before. We are trying to bring public awareness to the use of this technology in our everyday life, and what better way to do it through art. Especially since life imitates art on a daily basis. This is the future and the time to act is now while we are right on the cusp of this technological revolution.”

*Editor’s Note: I encourage you to think about this Call with an open mind. I was very hesitant to publish it because it is vague and unclear; however, after a discussion with the Gallery, I think they are just trying to keep their “secret technology” under wraps until the opening. But to help you a little, there is an ACTUAL show, not just an online show. There is an ACTUAL opening, but you don’t have to send your work… only .jpgs. I have a theory on the technology, and if you email me we can compare theories. I’ve wasted a lot of entry fees, but I think this $5 is worth being a part of the mystery.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: All media – Open to all 2 and 3 dimensional art

DEADLINE: Wednesday April 27th, 2011

NOTIFICATION: As long as you follow the rules laid out in the prospectus, at least one piece of your art will be included.

Examples of unacceptable work: no plagiarized art or JPEGs of really bad quality. Artists will be notified by email either way.

ENTRY FEE: The submission fee is $5.00 per entry, up to 3 pieces.

SALES: Artform Gallery and Tattoo will retain a 25% commission on the sale of artwork.

ABOUT THE GALLERY: Artform Gallery & Tattoo was established in September of 2008 and is committed to showing artwork that is excellent and fearless. Not only does Artform provide affordable, first class fine art just outside of Pittsburgh; it is also committed to bridge the gap between “high- brow” fine art and “low- brow” tattoo art.

For complete information, Download the Prospectus!

CALL for ENTRIES: Water’s Edge

Posted on April 21, 2011April 21, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

PARING in PAIRS

I must confess that I do less cooking than my daily ramblings might indicate. My dearest husband does much of the cooking in our household, and he does it wonderfully. But the times I truly enjoy are the times we spend in the kitchen together. And, as I get older, I have found that artistic collaboration keeps me motivated as well. This call offers you an opportunity to produce work while still being someone else’s muse. Great idea…

Check out this Call for Entries from Open to Interpretation’s juried book competition Water’s Edge. Have your work become the artistic inspiration for a literary masterpiece today!

*Editor’s Note: This is a repeated post because 1) I love the collaborative nature of this Call for Entries and 2) the early deadline is five days away!

CALL for ENTRIES: Open to Interpretation

Open to Interpretation is a juried book competition of photography, poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction. Each book begins with a themed call for photos. The chosen photos become the literary inspiration for the writers’ submissions. A book is created that matches each winning photo with two stories or poems that offer different interpretations of the image. The unique collaboration adds new dimensions to both the photos and the written word.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all

MEDIA:
Photography

THEME:
Water’s Edge

DEADLINE: The early deadline is April 26, 2011. The final deadline is June 7, 2011.

NOTIFICATION: June 20, 2011

ENTRY FEE: $30 for 5 images, $10 each additional if entered by April 26, 2011. $35 for 5 images, $10 each additional if entered by June 7, 2011.

JUROR: As founder and director of Vision Quest Photo Workshops, Douglas Beasley provides workshops that emphasize personal expression and creative vision over the mechanics of camera use. He believes in helping each student find their voice rather than making pretty pictures. Click on the Wind in Water photograph of Lake Michigan by Juror Douglas Beasley pictured right to see his portfolios.

Much of his personal work, including Sacred Sites of the Lakota, Disappearing Green Space, Silent Witness: Genocide and the Landscape, Sacred Places and Earth Meets Spirit are supported by grants and commissions and have been widely exhibited and collected. His second book Earth Meets Spirit will be coming out in late 2010. Doug continues to explore the notion of what is sacred in his photography and in his life. He lives in a passive solar home surrounded by trees in Saint Paul, MN. When not out traveling the world he can be found tending his Japanese gardens or enjoying a strong cup of coffee while listening to loud music. Personal heroes include Jimi Hendrix, the Dalai Lama and whoever invented the espresso machine.

AWARDS: $300 Jurors Selection Award

For complete details, visit Open to Interpretation online!

ARTIST RESIDENCY: 1 Week River Retreat

Posted on April 20, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

CATCH and RELEASE?

One of my favorite things about a river vacation getaway or retreat is the trout. I like to catch them. I like to eat them. I do not like to clean them. It isn’t about my wanting to be ignorant of the source of my food or the avoiding the death of a living being. I just don’t like the guts part. No, really. If you’re a little squeamish too, make sure you take someone along for this next week-long artist residency on the river. Take a look…

Check out this Artist Residency Opportunity from Vision Quest Photo. It would be a great deal at the normal cost of $675; however, here is your chance to get a grant to spend a free week at the Trade River Retreat Center! For those of you that don’t normally consider Artist in Residence programs due to an inability to leave home for months at a time, this might just be your chance!

ARTIST RESIDENCY: Trade River Retreat Center

Vision Quest Photo Workshops announces a new yearly grant of a one-week photographic artist’s residency. Spend five days to one week alone in the woods devoted to nourishing your artistic spirit at Vision Quest’s Trade River Retreat Center in NW Wisconsin.

For mid-career fine-art photographers looking for a retreat-like experience to work on their art, reflect on their artistic direction, make new photographs, plan new career paths, have time away from work/family/life pressure and stress or use in any way they find useful to move their art or career forward or use the time away to simply reflect on where they are and where they are headed.

Stay in a very private retreat in the woods along the banks of a pristine sand-bottom river. The Trade River Retreat Center is located near Grantsburg, Wisconsin, an hour and a half from the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, MN.

Modern facilities include full bathroom with hot and cold running water, heat, electricity, phone, modern kitchen, wood-burning fireplace, sauna, fire-pit, library and stereo system. See student photos made at the Trade River Retreat Center.

The residency will include a private consultation, in person or via phone or Skype, with Vision Quest Photo Workshops founder and director Douglas Beasley before the week begins to help set the tone and scope of time spent there and also after its conclusion, to discuss its impact on future artistic endeavors.

DEADLINE: July 31, 2011

ENTRY FEE: There is a $20 application fee.

SUBMISSIONS: Submit 12 .jpeg images. Also send a 300 to 500-word artist statement about your past and current work and overall artistic direction, and a 300 to 500-word statement of what you would like to do with your residency.

IMAGE GUIDELINES:

sRGB or RGB color space (standard) – not CMYK.
Save files to 72 dpi resolution, flattened layers, 8 bit JPG files.
Sized to 1280 pixels on the longest side.
JPG compression at level 7 (medium). This compression level will not affect the quality of the images viewed on the monitor.
Enter zero in the field for width, height and depth.
Each image should be titled.
DO NOT USE characters other than a period or underscore preceding jpg in the file name. The following characters !@#$%^&*()+?/"~ will lead to image uploading problems.

For complete details, visit Vision Quest Photo online!

CALL for ENTRIES: Naturalist Art Show

Posted on April 8, 2011April 8, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

LONGHORN?

Just the other day, I admitted my food stereotypes about Phoenix. I’ll continue today with Texan food stereotypes. I think steak or Tex-Mex. All things Mexican or Spanish, right? I never thought of chicken fried steak. Chicken fried steak is considered German, a derivative of Wiener Schnitzel, a veal steak deep-fried in a breadcrumb batter. In chicken fried steak, beef scraps are used and beaten into steak form. A milk-based cream gravy is almost always served with chicken fried steak too. Yes, folks…Welcome to Texas. Okay, I did my research on Texas. This next call will require you to do a little Texas research as well before creating your artwork. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries for the Hubbard Art & Naturalist Art Show and Festival. The entry fee is only $20 for up to four images and you DO NOT have to be a vendor at the festival to enter. Do your research and enter…

CALL for ENTRIES: Naturalist Art Show

Hubbard Art & Naturalist Fest is a juried wildlife and nature art contest with $1000 in prizes. All 2D mediums accepted; artwork should depict either the Hubbard City Lakes (in Texas) themselves or a species native to the Central Texas area.

Fine art/select vendor spots for the Festival (including ecosport, fine art, select fine craft with an outdoors theme) are available as well – but not required to enter the art contest. The Hubbard Art & Naturalist Fest is held October 14-16, 2011.

ELIGIBILITY: The subject matter of the entries should be based on one of the following: a) the Hubbard City Lakes themselves which are located in Central Texas or b) species native to the Hubbard area, including flora, fauna, insect life, etc.

MEDIA:
All 2D mediums considered, and 3D works of small and modest size/weight will also be considered (i.e., under 100 pounds and/or three feet in any direction.) If you have any doubts, please email the show coordinator at hubbardartfest@gmail.com.

DEADLINE:
Entries should be in .jpg format, and should be submitted no later than July 1, 2011.

ENTRY FEE: One fee of $20 covers up to four entries.

AWARDS: All artwork will be considered for the top three prizes: first place, $500; second place, $350; third place, $150, plus honorable mentions at the judge’s discretion. And, all artwork that is listed as “for sale” and is based on the Hubbard City Lakes themselves will be considered for the Mayor’s Purchase Prize. The Mayor’s Purchase Prize will be awarded at the sole discretion of the Purchase Prize committee; if no suitable entry is entered, the Purchase Prize will be withheld.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

CALL for SUBMISSIONS: Art-O-Mat

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

I love Art-O-Mat! Art Starts at only $5!

I originally became an art gallery owner because I couldn’t afford the art I loved, and I wanted to be responsible for making at least some of the art I loved affordable. But I assure you that your friendly blogger didn’t invent the idea of affordable art. Neither did Art-O-Mat, but I love their take.

I am blogging from the road today, so, instead of posting a traditional Art Deadline for you…I thought I would just remind you of some opportunities that are ALWAYS out there for you like Art-O-Mat.

What is an Art-o-mat?
Art-o-mat machines are retired cigarette machines that have been converted to vend art. There are approx. 90 active machines in various locations throughout the country. Find an art-o-mat near you.

Check out this Art-O-Mat work from Kathy Fisher! Now there is no excuse not to be a collector. And of course, you can be an Art-O-Mat artist too! Submit your work today! Here is some great information from Art-O-Mat.

DEADLINE: Rolling year ’round.

ENTRY FEE: None

What do you get from an Art-o-mat?

The experience of pulling the knob alone is quite a thrill, but you also walk away with an original work of art. What an easy way to become an art collector. See Art-O-Mat samples here. Check out the Art-O-Mat work of Kathy Fisher (pictured right).

Want to be an Artomat artist?
There are around 400 contributing artists from 10 different countries currently involved in the Art*o*mat project. They are always searching for fresh work. Check out the submission process. Just remember, all they can do is say no. Do your research, and then follow the guidelines. Be brave and submit your inspired art so that someone else can afford to be a collector…and eat!

CALL for ENTRIES: Catawampus

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

UMMY–YUMMY

I am not a fan of baby talk. I don’t like it when adults talk to children in that voice and I certain don’t like to hear grown women use that tone. However, as an adult, I seem to have developed a Suess-ian fondness for making up words where there is no need outside of making them rhyme. I have not excuse. None. And, I’m thinking that my unnecessarily made up, substitute name for fried chicken, “chicky wicky” (yes, I wish I were kidding) will not make it into the dictionary as some verbal creation inevitably do–like the name of this show.

Check out this Call for Entries from the Northbrook Public Library for their Annual Juried Show. The entry fee is reasonable. There is NO COMMISSION taken by the show promoters, and this year’s theme ought to get you out of a rut and ready for the Spring art season!

CALL for ENTRIES: Catawampus

The Northbrook Public Library announces a call for entries for its 9th annual international juried art show held October 14 through November 30, 2011. Artists should consider the theme, “Catawampus,” as a playful exploration of life turned on its head or simply an acknowledgment of what is different or a bit askew. Prizes include a $2,000 purchase prize as well as numerous other prizes.

ELIGIBILITY: The show is open to artists 18 years and older.

MEDIA: 2 and 3 dimensional art executed within two years of entry date and not previously been displayed in the library.

DEADLINE: May 31, 2011

NOTIFICATION: July 17, 2011

ENTRY FEE: Entry fee is $35. Checks payable to the Northbrook Public Library. A maximum of 3 entries per artist fee will be judged.

JURY PROCESS: Artists should be cognizant that the exhibition is open to the general public and artwork must be viewable for all ages. Pieces will be judged on artistic quality and execution as well as thematic relevance. Artists should consider the theme, “Catawampus,” as a playful exploration of life turned on its head or simply an acknowledgement of what is different or a bit askew. The library, with juror guidance, reserves the right to accept or reject any piece for show inclusion.

SALES & COMMISSION: The NPL does NOT charge a commission for show participation. All sales inquires will be referred to the artists. Contact information, provided by the artist, will be listed in the online and printed show catalog to facilitate sales. The only sale to be handled by the NPL will be the purchase of the first-place award winner.

AWARDS: One (1) $2000 purchase prize, one (1) second place cash award of $1000, one (1) third place cash award of $500, and two (2) Viewer’s Choice cash awards of $200.

For complete information, Download the Prospectus!

CALL for ENTRIES: Peace Now

Posted on March 22, 2011March 22, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

A PIECE of PEACE

I am puzzled by folks who dislike the mildest of foods like potatoes. But, I realize that taste and opinion vary from person to person. Peace is something I’ve never known anyone to dislike. While opinions vary as to how we should achieve it, everyone seems to agree that it is worth pursuing. This call is another chance to say it with art… Peace Now.

Check out this Call for Entries for Peace Now at Galeria 6 in Mexico in benefit of Wings of Peace International. This is a great way to get an international show on your resume and spread a little peace. Take a look…

CALL for ENTRIES: Peace Now

Peace Now is an effort to show individuals how they can integrate meaningful acts of peace into their everyday activities. Peace is not just a concept that is ‘out there’ but a possibility and a way of being that exists within each of us. In fact, for true peace to reign, we all must be participants. A broad interpretation of the concept of “Peace Now” is encouraged for submissions to this show. The chosen entries will be exhibited in downtown Pozos at Gallery 6, #6 Plaza Principal, Mineral de Pozos, Guanajato Mexico with an opening reception on July 2, 2011.

ELIGIBILITY: They encourage merging or established artists age 18 or older creating 2 and 3 dimensional original works from all cultures, religions, and creative walks of life, to participate, connect, share resources, and help find solutions for a better world.

MEDIA: Accepted media include drawing, painting, traditional or digital photography, mixed media, printmaking, wood, paper, enamels, glass, metalsmithing, collage, any work where the subject matter reflects the exhibition theme. Crafts, film/video, kit work, and reproductions are not accepted.

DEADLINE:
May 7, 2011

NOTIFICATION:
May 28, 2011 via email

ENTRY FEE: A non-refundable fee for entry of up to four (4) works in one media is $35 US or 400 pesos. Pay via PayPal by clicking the Call for Entries link.

JURORS: The Peace Now exhibition has attracted an esteemed panel of jurors including: Kahrin Jones Arbitman, author, art critique, and retired executive director of the Cummer Museum of Art, Ph.D, Bernardo Sarvride, a representative from the Museo Regional de Queretaro, Coordinador del departamento de Museografia, Kathleen Mann, owner Caracol Collection/San Miguel de Allende, collector & curator, Barbara E. Verchot, MS, Executive Director, Wings of Peace International and Nick Hamblen, owner/curator of Galeria 6.

For complete details, download the Prospectus
in Rich Text Format or as a jpeg!

OPEN CALL: Art for Holy Cross

Posted on March 18, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

PEPPERONI for the SOUL

Chicken soup is the ideal healing food for some. I prefer what my family calls cardboard pizza and chips ‘n’ onion dip. Nope, there no sense in it, but that is my food habit when sick. I can’t tell you how many people I know that turned to art when they became desperately sick or injured. The creation of art can be cathartic, and having work available when you are sick has a way of transporting you away from your own situation. Submit work to this show to be a part of the creation and healing…

Check out this Call for Artists from the Holy Cross Hospital’s Gallery for the 2011 – 2012 Season. There is no entry fee. Commission is a 10% donation, and you can show up to 15 pieces. Art heals…

OPEN CALL: Art for Holy Cross

The community art exhibition space at Holy Cross Hospital is located in the busy concourse of the Professional and Community Education Center on the lobby level.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists, groups or organizations who live and/or are located in the aforementioned areas or whose works are of a local interest, or those that pertain to a special theme designated by the hospital. Editor’s Note: They give preference to locals, but you don’t have to be local.

MEDIA: Oil, watercolor, charcoal, acrylic, drawings, mixed media, digital graphics, and photography are acceptable forms of media. The maximum size of the work to be displayed is 32in X 40in and 30 pounds.

DEADLINE: Applications are now being accepted through May 2011 for consideration of exhibits during July 2011 through June 2012.

ENTRY FEE: No Entry Fee.

COMMISSION: There is no charge to hang work in their gallery. They ask for a 10% donation of any sales to be given to the Holy Cross Hospital. Foundation.

For more information or an application email Christian Payne.

CALL for ENTRIES: End of an Empire

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

ATTEN-TION

My grandma says you should never talk about money, politics or religion in polite company. So all I’m going to say about war is that MRE’s (meals ready to eat) sound really unappealing to me. I hear MREs have come a long way; however, I remain unconvinced that I would appreciate them, despite their convenience. I DO, although, believe art is an excellent way to make your opinion know about money, politics OR religion. This next Call for Entries from Davis Art Services gives you a chance to get everything off your chest if you want.

Check out this Call for Entries for End of an Empire organized by Davis Art Services. The entry fee is a low $25 for up to 5 images on a theme that can be harder to place in a more general show. If you’ve got something to say about war, say it now.

CALL for ENTRIES: End of an Empire

Davis Art Services is currently organizing “End of an Empire”, a juried group show of anti-war art, which will open June 23 in North Adams, running for two months in a temporary space.

ELIGIBILITY: All artists 18 years and older

THEME: This show will feature artwork critical of wars the United States has conducted since the end of the Cold War. They are interested in artwork dealing with specific conflicts, or more general themes.

MEDIA: All media

DEADLINE: Received by May 1, 2011

NOTIFICATION: May 23, 2011

ENTRY FEE: $25 for up to 5 images

SALES: 20% commission

ABOUT DAVIS ART SERVICES: Davis Art Services formed in 2006 in Los Angeles, where they organized several definitive shows. Since Summer 2008, they have been based in North Adams, MA, operating independent galleries and producing professional exhibitions of cutting-edge work by artists from all over the globe. Their goal is to produce the most exciting shows of the best, most challenging independent artists working today. They are always scouting new locations for short-term exhibitions.

For complete details, download Application information!

CALL for ENTRIES: Viridian 22nd International

Posted on March 7, 2011March 7, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED

My kitchen cupboard is like the United Nations of spice racks. I love challenging my taste buds by experimenting with tastes and flavors that have not been a natural part of my cultural experience. As you know, I live in the Great Smoky Mountains where Thai food is considered a really exotic experience… so I value my trips to larger metropolitan areas for food variety alone. Is it wrong that I want to enter this next show just so I might be able to grab some Ethiopian food on the way to the opening? I don’t think so either.

Check out this Call for Entries for the 22nd Annual International Juried Competition from Viridian Artists, Inc. The entry fee is a little high, but the results could be a large number of your pieces in a time-honored exhibit in New York City. Take a look…

CALL for ENTRIES:
22nd Annual International Juried Competition

Viridian Artists, Inc. announces a call to all US and international artists working in 2D and 3D media for a juried art exhibition, June 28 – July 16, 2011 in New York, New York.

ELIGIBILITY: All artists

MEDIA: 2 and 3 dimensional art

DEADLINE: Friday, April 16, 2011

ENTRY FEE: Minimum entry fee is $40 for up to three entries and $5.00 for each additional entry. There is no limit to the number of entries. Make check or money order in US$ payable to VIRIDIAN ARTISTS INC. All entry fees are nonrefundable.

JUROR: Elisabeth Sussman, Curator, Whitney Museum. Sussman’s Gordon Matta-Clark: “You Are the Measure” was awarded the AICA award for best monographic show in New York (2007-08). She has organized many other Whitney exhibitions including Remote Viewing: Invented Worlds in Recent Painting and Drawing (2005); Mike Kelley: Catholic Tastes (1991); Nan Goldin: I’ll Be Your Mirror (1996), with David Armstrong; Keith Haring (1997); and the Museum’s 1993 Biennial Exhibition.

Sussman co-curated two exhibitions on the work of Eva Hesse, one of Hesse’s drawings with The Drawing Center, and another of her sculpture with The Jewish Museum, both in New York. For the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Sussman co-organized, with Renate Petzinger of the Museum Wiesbaden, a full retrospective on the work of Eva Hesse; the exhibition received AICA’s First Prize for the best monographic exhibition outside of New York in 2001 and 2002. For SFMOMA, Sussman also organized, with Sandra Phillips, a retrospective of the work of Diane Arbus, Diane Arbus: Revelation. The catalogue for the Arbus exhibition received the 2004 Infinity Award for Publication of the International Center of Photography. Sussman was a Fellow of the Rockefeller Foundation at the Rockefeller Study and Conference Center in Bellagio, Italy, in 1999, and a fellow at the Getty Research Institute in 2003. She is the author of many publications, including Lisette Model (Phaidon, 2001) and has contributed essays on Robert Gober for the Schaulager and on Lee Bontecou.

AWARDS: First Prize is $300; Second Prize is $200; Third Prize is $100. 25 artists’ work will be displayed in a group exhibition at VIRIDIAN gallery. An additional 25 artists’ work will be featured in an ongoing Power Point Presentation during the exhibition. All winners will be listed on the Viridian website.

Category: 2 Dimensional

MIX IT UP

CALL for ENTRIES: Through the Looking Glass

For complete information, Download the Prospectus!

PARING in PAIRS

CALL for ENTRIES: Open to Interpretation

For complete details, visit Open to Interpretation online!

CATCH and RELEASE?

ARTIST RESIDENCY: Trade River Retreat Center

For complete details, visit Vision Quest Photo online!

LONGHORN?

CALL for ENTRIES: Naturalist Art Show

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

UMMY–YUMMY

CALL for ENTRIES: Catawampus

For complete information, Download the Prospectus!

A PIECE of PEACE

CALL for ENTRIES: Peace Now

For complete details, download the Prospectus in Rich Text Format or as a jpeg!

PEPPERONI for the SOUL

OPEN CALL: Art for Holy Cross

For more information or an application email Christian Payne.

ATTEN-TION

CALL for ENTRIES: End of an Empire

For complete details, download Application information!

INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED

CALL for ENTRIES: 22nd Annual International Juried Competition

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

For complete details, download the Prospectus
in Rich Text Format or as a jpeg!

CALL for ENTRIES:
22nd Annual International Juried Competition