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CALL for ENTRIES: Mail Art for Prison Library

Posted on March 14, 2011March 14, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

FOOD for THOUGHT

The more you know about anything the better off you are about everything. I attended Johnson & Wales culinary school just long enough to learn sauce and knife skills that have been worth every penny I spent. I use those skills everyday of my life. This next mail art call offers you the opportunity to provide educational benefits that not only will provide prisoners a chance to learn which impacts their lives, but their chance to learn impacts YOU too.

Check out this Call for Entries for Postmarked 2011, California’s largest mail art exhibition that benefits the Prison Library Project. Jump start your creative juices with a mail art project today! Take a look…

CALL for ENTRIES: Postmarked 2011

For many years, inmates from around the country wrote to the Prison Library Project and they were amazed by the artwork that accompanied requests for books. These beautiful illustrations were their inspiration for a mail art exhibition and fundraiser.

Postmarked was developed seven years ago for the Claremont Forum’s Prison Library Project, which sends books free to prisoners in the U.S. upon their request. Providing education and opportunity to learn about mail art, view new and established mail artists’ works, and to participate in the experience of creating and sending mail art. Now in its 7th year, this exhibition is one of the largest in California.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all.

MEDIA: Please send submissions of mail art of any size and medium to: Postmarked 2011, Prison Library Project, 112 Harvard #303, Claremont CA 91711. ONLY the side with the official USPS Postmark/barcode will be displayed. Your mail art may be painted, stamped, collaged, printed, and/or otherwise decorated or constructed. It may be any shape and size that will go through the mail and receive an official postmark.

Your submission may get worn or torn through the mail, but the handling process is an important part of the theme. Only the side with the postmark can be displayed, due to space limitations, but the art doesn’t have to be limited to that side. You may include any message inside the envelope, which will be opened only by the person who purchases the art envelope. You may submit more than one piece… and begin sending now!

DEADLINE: Entries must be postmarked by May 31, 2011.

ENTRY FEE: No entry fee.

WHY SUPPORT the PLP? “Rehabilitation was at one time a stated goal of the prison system. Today, funding for most educational and rehabilitation programs, including prison libraries, has been cut or completely eliminated. It is a distressing fact that today’s U.S. prisons are increasingly about punishing people and warehousing human beings, not about, rehabilitation, or education.”

“This is where PLP steps in. We believe that everyone deserves access to literature and educational materials, including people trying to work towards social change, self-empowerment or rehabilitation within the incarceration system.

The U.S. has less than 5 percent of the world’s population, but more than a quarter of the world’s prisoners.

Nearly one percent of American adults are incarcerated, the highest rate in the world, but many prisoners have little access to books or educational material. They face substantial barriers and are cut off from family and friends on the outside. While some prisons have libraries, many do not. Of those that do, access and selection can be extremely limited. Usually, prisoners are not allowed to receive books from friends or family. Thus, programs like ours are one of the few options available to these individuals.” –from the PLP website.

Learn more about Postmarked 2011 online!

CALL for ENTRIES: Venice Biennale

Posted on March 13, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

TOE-MAY-TOE
TOE-MAH-TOE

I absolutely love heirloom vegetables. I love the idea of preserving the genetic “bloodline,” if you will, of a fruit or vegetable easily distinguished from the genetically modified, hot-house varieties we are all used to eating. However, I can admit that sometimes a tomato is just a tomato. This next call recognizes that sometimes art is just art. They don’t want your CV, resume, statment or anything else–just your art.

Check out this Open Call from the WW Gallery for the Venice Biennale. Here’s your chance to get a London show based on merit. The deadline is rapidly approaching but you can email your entry! Take a look…

CALL for ENTRIES:
Venice Biennale

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all.

MEDIA: Works should be on paper. Two-Dimensional, no larger than A3 size. No more than 1 year old. Media can include drawing, collage, printmaking, painting, digital, photography and mixed media.

DEADLINE: March 31, 2011

NOTIFICATION: Published on their website by April 25, 2011.

Editor’s Note: Yes, I am going to keep shouting about how ridiculous it is that galleries will take our money and not even bother to send acceptance and rejection emails, but I suspect we willl never win this battle.

ENTRY FEE: UK applicants pay £25 GBP (approx $40 USD). All other applicants pay £30 GBP (approx $48 USD).

SALES: The Gallery is authorized to sell artwork on behalf of the Artist during the exhibition period. Title to each artwork will remain with the Artist until the Gallery sells the Work. The Gallery will sell the Work, as agent for the Artist, at the agreed Selling Price as specified in the consignment note. The Gallery will be entitled to charge the Artist a 50% commission on the net Selling Price of any Works sold.

For complete details, read the Full Call!

CALL to ARTISTS: Art Kudos

Posted on March 12, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

SWEET NOT SOUR

Today, I am going to give you a time-tested Southern recipe for success. Use sugar, not vinegar. It worked for Mary Poppins; it will work for you. When sending in your Calls for Entries, your submissions for the $2 Art Contest or submissions for ANY show. Be professional, but above all else… be nice. I am going to have to quit saying that I do not usually recommend online exhibits because here is another one. It is a great exhibit sponsored by a great site (albeit a competitor, of sorts). Consider the benefits.

Check out this Call to Artists for Art Kudos, and international juried competition sponsored by ArtShow.com, my personal favorite of the mass-listing art deadline sites. And there is NO COMMISSION. Take a look…

CALL to ARTISTS: Art Kudos

Learn more about the Art Kudos show sponsored by Artshow.com! Art Kudos is an annual international juried competition that serves to recognize and honor excellence in the visual arts. Artists who are selected as finalists benefit from world-wide exposure in a year-long online exhibition and have the opportunity to win cash awards for their exemplary work.

ELIGIBILITY: The competition is open to artists anywhere in the world, 18 years of age or older. Publishers, galleries, agents, and collectors may not submit artwork on behalf of artists.

MEDIA: Drawings, paintings, printmaking, photography, digital art, sculpture, installations, wood, glass, ceramics, fiber art and mixed media are eligible. Media not accepted: video/film, wearable art (clothing or jewelry). All works submitted must be original in design and concept. Artwork must not be copied, in part or wholly, from any published or copyrighted work. Work previously shown in an Art Kudos exhibition is ineligible. Please do not submit images which would be inappropriate for general audiences.

DEADLINE: June 30, 2011

NOTIFICATION: August 1, 2011

ENTRY FEE: Artists must submit a completed entry form and pay a non-refundable entry fee of $30 US dollars (check, money order, or PayPal) to submit 3 images. For sculptural or three-dimensional pieces, artists may submit 2 views of each work (for a total of 6 images).

JUROR: Holly Koons McCullough is the Director of Collections and Exhibitions at the Telfair Museum of Art in Savannah, Georgia. She began her career at the Telfair in 1996, serving as the museum’s Curator of Education before assuming leadership of the curatorial department.

McCullough spearheaded the publication of the Telfair’s first collection catalogue, and has organized exhibitions on subjects ranging from modern silverpoint drawings to contemporary Southeastern art, as well as 19th and early 20th-century American art, including the recent Dutch Utopia exhibition. She holds a B. A. in English and art history from the University of Georgia and a M.A. in art history from the University of Notre Dame.

AWARDS: Exemplary works will be displayed in a year-long online exhibition at www.artkudos.com beginning August 15th, 2011. Cash awards totaling $4,400 will be distributed as follows: Best of Show – $1,200; Second Place – $900; Third Place – $750; Founder’s Award of Distinction – $500; (3) Merit Awards – $250 each; (3) Honorable Mentions – $100 each.

COMMISSION: No commissions are taken for sales generated via the exhibition, and works submitted do not have to be available for sale. Sales will be encouraged, however, and artists will have the option to display their contact information beside their images.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

CALL to ARTISTS: Charlatan Ink Art Prize

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

LEFTOVERS ROCK!

Sometimes anything worth having is worth having twice. Honestly, my chili taste better on day two, even day three. Sometimes things don’t resonate on their debut, and this next Call might be the same for you. I published this Call back in November, but with the new extended deadline rapidly approaching… take another look at this opportunity!

Check out this Call for Entries for the Charlatan Ink Art Prize. The entry fee is a whopping $50 per piece entered, but the judges are exemplary…and the Grand Prize is $25,000. And I think the second place prize is even better. Take a chance…

CALL for ENTRIES: Charlatan Ink Art Prize

The Charlatan Ink Art Prize for the Visual Arts will be held biennially in New York from 2011 onwards, but in an innovative twist will be traveling every other year around the globe. Possible venues for 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018 are in chronological order Brisbane/Australia; Graz/Austria; Cracow/Poland and Shanghai/China.

ELIGIBILITY: The Charlatan Ink Art Prize for the Visual Arts is open to all artists practicing visual art. Art works submitted for the Charlatan Ink Art Prize must conform to each year’s specified theme. Artists may interpret the theme in any way that fits with their art practices, however the theme has to be visually present within all artistic interpretations.

THEME: ‘Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?’

MEDIA: Accepted: painters (in any medium & stylistic expression from classical painting to collages to illustrations to graffiti to drawing to print); photographers (film/digital); sculptors (3D works/jewellery); film-makers (video/film-camera/animation film); conceptual artists (working in all mediums mentioned above); and crafts (from pottery to weaving to carpet-looming).

ENTRY FEE: US$ 50.00 (including TAX) handling + administration fee has to be paid for each work entered. Two works can only be entered in each year’s competition. An individual work may not be submitted more than once. Should this occur, the Charlatan Ink Partners reserve the right to disqualify the entry.

DEADLINE: March 31, 2011

NOTIFICATION: After April 15, 2011

JUDGES:

Anthony Lister‘s “tireless approach to living is an unrelenting approach to art. What is evident in his work is the inability to remove a man’s life from his creations. Studio, gallery and museum shows aside, his name and imagery is on street corners worldwide accessing a massive audience by way of stickers, aerosol paint and all manner of markers. His paintings, drawings, sculptures and happenings pull from his experiences as a youth in Australia and participating in the repetition as a father of two. Superheroes, skateboarding, graffiti, Australian gangster celebrities, television, jail birds, tattoos, the internet, pop and advertising resurface in his art practice.” from Too Heavy For Superman by Joseph Allen Shea.

Winston Smith: From 1977 to the present: has worked on numerous Punk record covers, posters, logos and flyers for American, British and Italian bands including Dead Kennedys, D.O.A., Green Day, Lard, and spoken word projects for Jello Biafra. Also designed album art for Ben Harper, Tijuana No, Alternative Tentacles projects, Emily the Strange, George Carlin and others. Books include three volumes of Collage Art published by Last Gasp of San Francisco, as well as works in countless other books as covers and inside (both as illustrations and for personal interviews), including illustrations for magazines such as The New Yorker, Playboy, Spin, The Progressive, Mother Jones, Amazing Stories, etc.

Marlene Antico has many years of experience in sourcing and collecting fine art for private and corporate collections. As a professional art consultant, she assists her clients to develop a comprehensive, high-quality collection and in the sale of their artwork on a consignment basis when required. Marlene Antico’s expert guidance ensures that both the experienced collector and the first time buyer derive satisfaction from their art purchases. She also works in tandem with architects and interior designers with sourcing work for their clients.

JB Berkow: “I have been exhibiting and selling my work for more than forty years. In 1976 at age 27 I founded the most well-known cooperative gallery in the country, “Touchstone Gallery,” located in Washington, D.C. My work is in the permanent collection of the Vatican Contemporary Art Collection…not bad for a nice Jewish girl!

It has never been enough for me to show and sell my own work, for whatever reason I have always been interested in promoting other artists’ work. That is the reason that I went on to found “Frenchman’s Art Gallery and Studios, Inc.” in 1994 and opened “RosettaStone Fine Art Gallery” and “RosettaStone Corporate Art Consulting.”

Ed McCormack, a former columnist and feature writer for Rolling Stone, and one of the original contributing editors of Andy Warhol’s Interview, has written extensively on art and popular culture for the Village Voice and numerous other publications. Presently, with his wife Jeannie McCormack, he co-publishes the New York art journal Gallery & Studio. McCormack’s most pressing present project is a memoir called “Hoodlum Heart,” of which he says, “It’s all about what it was like to be the test dummy for the crash and burn generation, an epic work of shameless name-dropping and self-libel that is bound to create a scandal.”

Bing Dawe: Since graduating from the University of Canterbury School of fine Arts in the mid 1970s Bing Dawe has exhibited extensively throughout New Zealand and overseas. He has held over 40 solo exhibitions including a major survey exhibition at the Robert McDougall Art Gallery in his home town of Christchurch in 1999. His work is held in most public and private collections in New Zealand. In 1999 he was the winner of a major national art award, The Visa Gold James Wallace Award.

PRIZES:

The Winner of the inaugural Charlatan Ink Art Prize for the Visual Arts 2011 shall receive the Charlatan Ink Art Prize Silver Ink Well and US$ 25,000.00 in Prize Money.

The artist with the second highest point score awarded by the jury shall receive the Charlatan Ink Encouragement Prize, which includes a 6 week artist residency at the Carlton Arms Hotel, New York*, a Canon G11 Camera and US$ 1,000.00.

Furthermore Endeavor Printing will print an exhibition catalog (softcover, max. 75 pages in an edition of 200) for an exhibition the artist might undertake within the next twelve months of the Second Prize win.

The artist with the third highest point score awarded by the jury shall receive a twelve months art expose on the CHARLATAN INK Website, hosting the artist’s portfolio.

To encourage galleries to forward to their artists all relevant information concerning the Charlatan Ink Art Prize, Charlatan Ink Publishing & Endeavor Printing have committed themselves to print for the gallery that has encouraged the Winner to participate in the Charlatan Ink Art Prize, a first class exhibition catalog in an edition of 300 copies (softcover, max. 100 pages).

For all the details, visit the Charlatan Ink Art Prize website!

CALL for ENTRIES: Thunder at CAM

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

SALTY BUT SWEET

I grew up with a single father from age 3 to 13, and it was a culinary adventure. One of my fondest memories is of weekend-long motorcycle trips when I was around 8. We’d climb on and hit the road. I would freeze in the morning early-morning air. My father’s solution? We’d stop at every other golden arches we could find for french fries and hot fudge sundaes. This next Call is a whole different way to celebrate two-wheeled freedom.

Check out this Call for Entries for Thunder — Motorcycles and Art from the Coos Art Museum. The entry fee is as little as $15 dollars for this incredibly unique opportunity to show a wide variety of media — even jewelry! Take a look…

CALL for ENTRIES: Thunder at CAM

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists—painters, sculptors, photographers and printmakers—over 18 years of age. Artists are invited to submit up to three original works of art on any theme related to motorcycles. Works selected by jurors from submitted entries will be chosen on the basis of creative excellence and quality of execution. All works must be original and completed within the last two years. Coos Art Museum’s “Thunder at CAM – Motorcycles and Art” jurors will be the final authority on eligibility. Accepted works meant for wall hanging must be ready with all necessary hardware in place.

MEDIA: Paintings, Drawings, Hand pulled prints, etchings, serigraphs, Photography, Mixed media, Fiber & textiles, Wearable art (must supply display device), Small sculptures, Glass, Turned and carved wood and Jewelry. No Video, motion picture film, audio, computer generated digital works, giclée prints of original fine art or furniture.

DEADLINE:
Postmarked by March 26, 2011

NOTIFICATION:
April 1, 2011

ENTRY FEE: Artists may submit a total of up to three (3) submissions, with a non-refundable fee of $15 for the first submission plus $10 for the second submission plus $10 for the third submission. Include a check or money order made out to Coos Art Museum in the amount of $35.00, $25.00 or $15.00.

JURORS: Susan Lehman, Oregon artist and art educator, began life-long passion for motorcycles that began with her first ride on the back of a restored 1951 Vincent Black Shadow. Fans of British café-style racers, she and her husband have owned and ridden dozens of motorcycles. Susan’s formal art training was at California College of Arts in Oakland, CA. She has co-produced two juried art exhibitions for the museum.

Philip Koenen, Since an early age, Philip has had two passions; motorsports and film making. Among the founding students of the now famous Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Chapman University, Philip was asked to join the Eisaman, Johns & Laws advertising agency to work on the U.S. Suzuki motorcycle account and later to be the Executive Producer for their Film and Television Department. In 1983, he joined the Stunt Driving Team, Driver’s Inc. the clientele of which included Ferrari, Jaguar, Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha. In 1984 he left advertising to follow his passion for building and restoring automobiles. Today Philip continues to successfully operate Grand Touring Garage with a worldwide clientele.

Christiaan “Dutch” Mostert, is an internationally recognized watercolor artist. Born in Holland he received early training from his artist father. A full-time freelance artist since 1978, his travels through Europe, Africa the Middle East and the Pacific Rim countries have provided him with a wealth of subject matter for his works. Though known for marine subjects Dutch has also developed a love of classic vehicles.

Mike Boyle, is an avid collector of vintage Motorcycles. He began restoring cars and motorcycles in 1964. For 32 years he owned and operated a large repair and restoration business in San Diego. Since his move to Coos Bay in 2006 he does restoration work only on his own collections of cars and motorcycles.

Michael Holm, works primarily in digitally manipulated photography, printmaking and design. He has had a life-long interest in motorcycles. Mike received a BA in Art and photography from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He has been instrumental in the upcoming exhibition of motorcycles and motorcycle art.

AWARDS: First Place Award will receive cash prize of $500, Second Place Award will receive cash prize of $350, Third Place Award will receive cash prize of $250 and Four Honorable Mention ribbons will also be awarded.

SALES: Works in the exhibition may be available for sale. Artist agrees to donate 30% of any sale as commission to Coos Art Museum.

For complete details, visit the Coos Art Museum online!

FEATURED ARTIST: Deanna Bowdish

Posted on February 15, 2011April 24, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

PIZZA mio!

Choosing a Featured Artist is not about separating the good artwork from the bad. It has become about the challenge of picking from amongst ALL of the good work. Thanks for that. (*Editor’s Note: The Featured Artist program was retired in 2015 and replaced by the Artist of the Day program.)

Like many of you, my life is frenzied and full of things that I love… and things that I don’t. So, I have a soft spot for visual places to rest, for work that makes me smile. I am tickled pink when I later find beautiful theory behind the work afterall.

This month’s artist has brought a ray of sunshine into my gray February.

The Featured Artist chosen from January’s entries is painter Deanna Bowdish. Bowdish’s work is a happy place. The work is like a challenging tromp uphill through the daises… in 4″ heels.

FEATURED ARTIST:
Deanna Bowdish

Deanna Bowdish was born in Solon, Ohio in 1976. As a toddler, flopping her red paint-soaked body across moms green shag carpeting, Deanna’s father was assured of his daughter’s innate sense for color and balance. A trip to France and Italy at age 16 to study the great masters compelled Deanna to give up her parents’ hopes of her going into the medical field. After considerable negotiations with her parents and the promise of an “employable minor,” she was able to follow her dreams and concentrate on a fine art career. Bowdish painted in the Minneapolis metropolitan area for seven years featuring works in several shows and galleries.

In 2002 Deanna stumbled into the Lowcountry of South Carolina to house sit for her sister and began exhibiting at The Gallery in Beaufort, South Carolina. Bowdish subsequently purchased The Gallery in 2004 fulfilling a long-held dream and creating one of the most dynamic and eclectic assemblies of art in the region.

She is always experimenting with a new material or a new way of achieving a different outcome with the same materials. She loves to challenge traditional methods and break the rules. But when Isuggested her work might be mixed media, I found that she really considers herself a painter. Take a look at her beautiful commissioned pieces of functional artwork pictured below at the Breakwater restaurant in Beaufort, SC.

“I consider my work painting and myself a painter, my process just happens to incorporate mixed media right now. Once I am happy with the painted surface, I then begin the destruction of my creation, usually the most stressful part as I am always hesitant about cutting up such a magnificent creation, but then I quickly recover and go to town with my exacto knife.”

Her work is an explosion of color and texture, creating a frenzy of energy and movement, very much like her own life. Deanna seeks to find harmony and balance amongst the frenzy.

Learn more about Featured Artist Deanna Bowdish! “The large surfaces are cut down into smaller components in preparation for the next stage in my process. These pieces are either woven or sewn back together depending on the final piece that I am creating.

The ripple series is woven then mounted to a permanent surface and covered with resin. The quilts are sewn back together using the sewing machine. The final construction phase for both processes is quite exciting as I see a whole new painting coming to life before my eyes.”

“I feel overwhelmed by all the infromation that is thrown or forced at me; emails, mail, texts, television, tweets, facebook alerts, radio ads, billboards, its everywhere coming at me from all angles.”

My life is a game of dodgeball —
me against the information age.

“The frenzy and frequency of this information could be crippling, but I choose to challenge the waves of information and reintroduce it in my own painted language.”

Art therapy for an optimist.
I may be in love.

From the Ripple Series by Featured Artist Deanna Bowdish! But what about the food? This IS, afterall, a food-themed art blog. I don’t know if I just attract foodie-artists or artistic foodies. Or, maybe artists just think that food is the way to my heart because most of the artists I interview have phenomenal culinary tastes. When Bowdish’s secret tastes were probed? Pizza and Hawaiian kettle chips. No joking. Her honesty is as refreshing as her artwork.

There are a few questions I’m going to have to quit asking… What school of art do you think your work falls into? The answer is always “an eclectic mixture,” but I think Bowdish’s influences, living and deceased, may be more telling than the amalgumation she claims. Deceased influence? 20th century abstract expressionist painter Richard Diebenkorn. One of her living influences? Painter turned sculptor, Laura Lloyd. I see how the pieces fit together.

I am really restless for Spring. I want to walk shoeless through cold grass, and Deanna Bowdish got me as close as I can ask. Thank you!

Learn more about Deanna Bowdish online!

CALL for ENTRIES: Botanical Art Show

Posted on February 13, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

MY BLACK THUMB

I want to grow my own food. I WANT to, but when the day starts, I pull on my stilettos and head off to my air-conditioned office where all attempts at growing house plants have withered and died.

There are no secret overalls and garden clogs in my closet.

I don’t even have fruit trees in my yard. My husband and I are thinking of building a shipping container house; maybe I should look for property with fruit trees. Stilettos AND home-grown food. If you don’t have a green thumb, this Call will let you take inspiration from nature even if you didn’t grow it.

Check out this Call for Entries from Kentucky Art Speaks for the Botanical Art Show. The entry fee is as low as $15 for that one perfect piece, plus you could get end up as another future group or solo show! Take a look…

CALL for ENTRIES:
Botanical Art Show

K.A.S. Gallery in Louisville, Kentucky is seeking entries of botanical art for a national exhibition, May 13 – June 24, 2011.

ELIGIBILITY:
Open to all artists

MEDIA: Mixed media, photograpahy, oil, acrylic, lithograph, and drawings

DEADLINE:
March 28, 2011

NOTIFICATION: 30 days after deadline

ENTRY FEE: No more than 5 entries may be submitted per artist. 1 entry $15; each additional entry is $5. Entry fees are non-refundable.

SALES: K.A.S. Gallery will add a 30% commission fee to the selling price of an art piece. Should your work sell, K.A.S. will retain a 30% commission. K.A.S. will collect sales tax from buyer and pay KY State sales tax.

AWARDS: Accepted artists may be considered for future group and/or solo shows.

For more information, Download the Prospectus!

CALL for ENTRIES: 6x6x2011 Global at RoCo

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

GIMME MORE

I am a collector at heart. I enjoy having odd jars of condiments just a cabinet door away. I love having kitchen gadgets and utensils that I only have reason to use once a year. But what I most love to collect is art. I have art stuffed in every nook and cranny of my house.

As I type, I am watched by a little carving of late artist Bob Ross (click here for image) who came in his own little cigarette box marked “Bob in a Box” part of a series by Bob Snead that included Bob Villa, Bob Dobb and more, whom I met Founder of Redux. This next show gives YOU a chance to be both collected and a collector!

Check out this Call for Entries from the Rochester Contemporary Art Center (RoCo) for the 6x6x2011 Global. There is no entry fee for up to 10 submissions. This show is all hung, looks great on your resume, and benefits a great member of the art community!

CALL for ENTRIES: 6x6x2011 Global

Help RoCo build an exhibition of artworks from ALL 50 US States and more countries than last year. Please invite everyone you know to send their artwork early. 6×6 began as a small fundraising exhibition, but has grown into an international art phenomenon.

Last year over 5,000 artworks
from 43 US States & 22 Countries were entered in this
astounding exhibition!

6x6x2011: Global is the fourth exhibition of thousands of original artworks, made and donated by celebrities, international and local artists, designers, college students, youths, and YOU. Each artwork will be 6×6 square inches and signed only on the back, to be exhibited anonymously. All artworks will be for sale to the public for $20 each to benefit Rochester Contemporary Art Center (RoCo). Artist names will be revealed to the buyer only upon purchase and all works will remain on display for the duration of the exhibition

ELIGIBILITY: All hung.

DEADLINE: May 1, 2011

PREVIEW HOURS: June 1, 2 & 3, 2011 from 1-10pm

OPENING RECEPTION: June 4, 2011 from 6-10pm, $5 opening night admission, 7:30pm raffle for buyer positions 1-20, AND 8:00pm all other buyers

ONLINE PURCHASING BEGINS: June 6, 2011 at 10am (Editor’s Note: This is my birthday. Artwork makes a lovely gift, heehee.)

AWARDS: 3 prizes will be awarded by popular vote. Vote for your favorite artwork in the 6x6x2011 Online Gallery. Voting closes on July 1, 2011. First Place: $360, Second Place: $120, and Third Place: $60.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

CALL for ENTRIES: 4th Annual National in NYC

Posted on February 4, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

ROLL ME UP with…
CREAM CHEESE

Usually when I think of NYC, I think of street food vendors. However, I can only write so much about filafel, hot dogs and pizza. So, searching my memory for another favorite culinary delight from my last trip to New York, I thought… crepes from Suzette’s. I love crepes, and one of my favorite places to get them is in the neighborhood with the gallery sending out this next call.

Check out this Call for Entries from Prince Street Gallery in New York City (Chelsea) for their 4th Annual National Juried Exhibit. Trying to check New York of your list of US states on your resume? Here’s one of the big ones…

CALL for ENTRIES: 4th Annual National

ELIGIBILITY: Open to artists 18 years or older living in the USA.

MEDIA: Paintings, drawings, original prints and mixed media only. All work must be original. No giclée prints, videos or photographs will be accepted.

DEADLINE: April 9, 2011

NOTIFICATION: April 29, 2011

ENTRY FEE: A non-refundable fee of $35 for up to 3 images, and $5 each for extra images up to 6 (D, E, F) for a maximum fee of $50. Kindly make checks payable to Prince Street Gallery.

JUROR: William Bailey is represented in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Museum of Modern Art. Bailey was elected to the National Academy of Design and the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and is represented by the Betty Cuningham Gallery, where he had his most recent exhibition in 2010. Mr. Bailey taught for many years at Yale, and maintains studios in New Haven and Italy.

ABOUT THE GALLERY: Prince Street Gallery represents contemporary figurative and abstract artists. The gallery first opened its doors on Prince Street in SoHo in 1970.

Prince Street Gallery originally emerged out of the Alliance of Figurative Artists and continues to broaden from its roots. During its founding years the gallery received encouragement from The New York State Council on the Arts in the form of grants supporting exhibitions and a catalogue.

In 1980, the gallery moved to Wooster Street where it remained until 2001 when it reopened at 530 West 25th Street in Chelsea.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

ART PUBLICATION: Vallum Magazine

Posted on January 31, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

QUEEN OF THE WORLD

I want to do everything. I don’t sleep much because I cannot turn my brain off. I am constantly thinking of the souflee I’ve never made, the exotic vacation I haven’t taken and the art I haven’t produced. It isn’t a sad sort of sleepless anxiety. It is an I-Want-to-Take-on-the-World-and-I-am-Running-Out-of-Time anxiety. This next Call is a chance for you to mark a few “to do” items off your artistic bucket list.

Check out this Call for Art (among other things) from Vallum Magazine! Here’s a chance for you to shine on the pages of a great poetry magazine. And, if you’re a wordsmith, well, there’s that too…

ART PUBLICATION: Vallum Magazine

Founded in 2000, Vallum: contemporary poetry is one of Canada’s top, critically-acclaimed, all-poetry magazines.

Vallum has positioned itself as an avant-garde exposition of the best in poetry, providing a literary platform for established and emerging writers from Canada, the US and abroad.

Notable past contributors include P.K. Page, George Bowering, Paul Muldoon, Franz Wright, Jan Zwicky, Stephen Dunn, Les Murray, Charles Bernstein, John Kinsella, Fanny Howe, George Elliott Clarke, Andrew Motion, Erin Mouré, Peter Redgrove, Nicole Brossard and others.

Vallum publishes poetry that is sharp, engaging and exciting. It pushes boundaries and invites the exploration of different worlds and perspectives. In addition to the poetic contributions are essays, interviews, book reviews and stimulating visual art.

THEME: Mountains/Heights

How high can you go? Stars, mountains, ledges, high diction, big dreams, high wired… We walk straight ahead, but how do we climb? Slow or fast, where do we go when we look up?

DEADLINE: March 1, 2011

SUBMISSIONS: Essays, reviews, interviews, letters to the editor and art work can be sent by regular mail or through their Online Submission page.

Category: Painting

FOOD for THOUGHT

CALL for ENTRIES: Postmarked 2011

The U.S. has less than 5 percent of the world’s population, but more than a quarter of the world’s prisoners.

Learn more about Postmarked 2011 online!

TOE-MAY-TOE TOE-MAH-TOE

CALL for ENTRIES: Venice Biennale

For complete details, read the Full Call!

SWEET NOT SOUR

CALL to ARTISTS: Art Kudos

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

LEFTOVERS ROCK!

CALL for ENTRIES: Charlatan Ink Art Prize

For all the details, visit the Charlatan Ink Art Prize website!

SALTY BUT SWEET

CALL for ENTRIES: Thunder at CAM

For complete details, visit the Coos Art Museum online!

PIZZA mio!

This month’s artist has brought a ray of sunshine into my gray February.

FEATURED ARTIST: Deanna Bowdish

My life is a game of dodgeball — me against the information age.

Art therapy for an optimist. I may be in love.

Learn more about Deanna Bowdish online!

MY BLACK THUMB

There are no secret overalls and garden clogs in my closet.

CALL for ENTRIES: Botanical Art Show

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GIMME MORE

CALL for ENTRIES: 6x6x2011 Global

Last year over 5,000 artworks from 43 US States & 22 Countries were entered in this astounding exhibition!

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

ROLL ME UP with… CREAM CHEESE

CALL for ENTRIES: 4th Annual National

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

QUEEN OF THE WORLD

ART PUBLICATION: Vallum Magazine

For complete details, visit Vallum’s Submissions Page!

TOE-MAY-TOE
TOE-MAH-TOE

CALL for ENTRIES:
Venice Biennale

FEATURED ARTIST:
Deanna Bowdish

My life is a game of dodgeball —
me against the information age.

Art therapy for an optimist.
I may be in love.

CALL for ENTRIES:
Botanical Art Show

Last year over 5,000 artworks
from 43 US States & 22 Countries were entered in this
astounding exhibition!

ROLL ME UP with…
CREAM CHEESE