CALL for ENTRIES: Faber Birren National

Posted on June 26, 2017June 26, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

everyday FOOD everyday

I am a little obsessed with citrus pasta salad this summer, but I’m known for cravings not unlike a pregnant woman. Maybe it is the contrasting sweet & sour flavor of the citrus vinaigrette or the bite of green onions or all that color packed in one bowl. It is a bowl of summer, and I am hooked. This next Call is also hooked on color. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Stamford Art Association (Stamford, CT) for the 37th Annual Faber Birren National Color Award Show. This show is devoted to color, regardless of media. Investigate this opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Faber Birren Nat’l
from Stamford Art Assoc.

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all U.S. artists, 18+

MEDIA: Open to painting, mixed media, sculpture, photography, drawing & printmaking. Note: No electronic media, performance art & installations.

THEME: “This competition is the only artistic event devoted exclusively to the use of color.” –from stamfordartassociation.org

DEADLINE: July 23, 2017

NOTIFICATION: August 14, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $35 for one, $20 ea. add’l. Note: There is an additional $55 handling fee per artist, if accepted.

JUROR: Devon Zimmerman, Ph.D. candidate, former Director’s Assistant at Pace, Modern and Contemporary Art Department, Research Assistant at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and MoMA

AWARDS: Faber Birren Color Award $1,000, Stamford Art Assoc. Award of Excellence $600, The Vivian & Stanley Reed Founders Award $400, Joyce & Bob Jones Award (2) $150 & the Wofsey Award $300.

SALES: The gallery will take 25% commission on any work sold.

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CALL for ENTRIES: WAO Photography Award

Posted on June 25, 2017June 26, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

FOOD rewards

Today I had a view of 7 U.S. States (Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama) during lunch at Cafe 7, high atop Lookout Mountain. I navigated the short climb through Rock City up to Lover’s Leap and took the obligatory selfie with my husband before being seated at the last available table for late lunch. After a weekend of hard work on the road, I felt a sense of culinary karmic justice when my fried green tomato sandwich arrived at my table topped with Benton’s bacon, avocado puree & chipotle mayonnaise. It was a photo finish to a spectacular day. This next Call could be YOUR photo finish. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from WorkingArtist.org for the Photography Award. This may very well be the simplest entry process + great return. $25 Entry. Don’t miss this one…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Photo Award from
workingartist.org

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Photography

DEADLINE: July 17, 2016

ENTRY FEE: There is an application review fee of $25 for up to 5.

AWARDS: If selected as the winner, the award recipient must exchange one original work or smaller series of original works for inclusion into a collection, in return for the $1000 award. Work considered by the artist as of equal value, and available for acquisition can be negotiated upon receipt of the award. Shipping costs will be paid by workingartist.org.

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CALL for ENTRIES: Nothing Special

Posted on June 22, 2017June 23, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

FEED me

I am trying to lose weight. Yes, again. I don’t really care about my size. I am trying to get off some meds to make me less tied to doctors & pharmacists, less tied to one place, more able to travel. Regular readers won’t be surprised to hear I’m jones-ing for goat cheese & olives right now. What ordinary item do you take for granted? Is it the bacon on your BLT? Or is it actually the mayo? Is it the peanut butter on your PBJ? Or is it actually the drizzle of honey? What I have learned is that I don’t often miss the star of the show. I miss the little extra bits that keep meals from being plain or dry or ordinary. This next Call wants to know about the ordinary bits that mean the world to you. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from L.A. Photo Curator (online) for the Nothing Special exhibit. $20 entry, no shipping, plus art publication for ALL entrants. What do you have to say about the ordinary, the overlooked? I appreciate the possibilities offered by this curatorial theme…

Learn more about the Nothing Special exhibit from LA Photo Curator! — *Image above by* *Logan Bellew*

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Nothing Special from
L.A. Photo Curator

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“How do you make something compelling out of nothing special? This question has become compounded as the ubiquity of image-making and image-sharing has reached at an all-time peak and is steadily growing through various social media outlets. In a time when we are sharing, “liking,” and viewing more images than ever, how are you seeing & capturing the world around you? This call is looking for well-seen images of the everyday – the benign, the boring, the overlooked.” –from Bree Lamb via laphotocurator.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Photography

DEADLINE: July 8, 2017 (Midnight PST)

NOTIFICATION: July 28, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $20 for up to 3. 20% of artist fees go to 2 charities –½ to the curator’s choice of charity & ½ goes to the 1st place winner’s chosen charity. Bree Lamb has chosen Union of Concerned Scientists.

CURATOR: Bree Lamb is a working artist, editor, and educator based in New Mexico. She is the Asst. Editor at Fraction Magazine, Project Manager for Fraction Editions & Part-Time Faculty at NM State University. Lamb received her MFA in Photography from the University of NM. She is a Beaumont Newhall/Van Derek Coke Fellow and is represented by Gallery 19 in Chicago. She regularly exhibits her work & is represented by Gallery 19 (Chicago). Lamb has previously worked for Wildenstein & Company, The Center for Photography at Woodstock, Fovea Exhibitions & photo technique Magazine.

AWARDS: The curator chooses one 1st place winner, one 2nd place winner & 3 honorable mentions. The 1st place winner will receive a review by one or more curators including a Q&A about the photographer’s work. In addition, their image will be on the home page for a month. 2nd place & honorable mentions will have their image shown along with their bio, artist statement, C.V. and a link back to their website.

SALES: All sales are conducted between the artist & buyer. There is no commission.

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CALL for ENTRIES: L’Origine du Monde: Eroticism

Posted on June 20, 2017June 20, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

FOOD without fight

Date night used to always be mussels steamed with white wine & peppercorns. Post shellfish allergy, I find our date night regularly features ahi tuna, ripe avocado, chilled vodka & goat cheese for days. But, since our teenager left home for his summer job & college, we’ve decided that any meal without a kid is a romantic dinner, ha. This next Call is looking for your take on sensuality & eroticism. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Scarlet Seven Fine Art Gallery (Troy, NY) for L’Origine du Monde: Eroticism. $20 Entry, 30% commission & curator Jillian Platt has been featured by AAAD in the past. This is a new gallery, and I am excited to see them grow. Investigate this opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
L’Origine du Monde:
Eroticism from
Scarlet Seven
Fine Art Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists, 18+

MEDIA: Open to painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, photography, hand made jewelry, textiles & encaustic.

THEME: Entries should reflect the aesthetic ideas of sensuality, desire, romanticism & eroticism.

DEADLINE: July 9, 2017

NOTIFICATION: July 21, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $20 for up to 5

CURATORS: Jon Christopher Gernon has cultivated more than 25 years experience with the local arts scene, including 22 years as the former gallery director at Clement Art in Troy, NY. He has curated, installed & designed 100+ exhibitions of local, regional, national & European artists work. A widely exhibited & collected artist himself, his work has been featured in more than fifty group & solo exhibitions in the U.S., Canada & Europe.

Jillian Platt has a BFA in painting from Boston University & a M.S. in medical illustration from Augusta University. Jillian has worked as a freelance artist creating illustrations & animations for editorial, pharmaceutical, surgical & legal communities for 20 years. Her work has been featured on PBS, as part of global advertising campaigns & has helped to win the highest product liability case in NYS. She recently curated 3 pop-up art shows in Troy, NY.

SALES: The gallery will retain 30% commission on all sales.

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CALL for ENTRIES: 2017 Juried Photo

Posted on June 16, 2017June 21, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

SEASIDE treasure

Virginia is famous for ham and peanuts and even maple syrup, but I always think of crabs & oysters. My grandmother was born & reared in Virginia, and even after she moved away in her twenties, she made sure we vacationed regularly near the Chesapeake Bay to dine on the blue crab & oysters —Virginia treasures. Among the many treasures of the Cavalier State, you’ll find the arts organization sponsoring our next call. Investigate…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Academy Center of the Arts (Lynchburg, VA) for the 2017 National Juried Photography Exhibition. This is a great arts organization and an excellent show opportunity. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
2017 Nat’l Juried Photo
from Academy Center
of the Arts

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists, 18+ residing in U.S.

MEDIA: Open to photography.

DEADLINE: June 30, 2017

NOTIFICATION: July 24, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to 3

JUROR: Carolyn Russo, a professional photographer and author, is a museum specialist & photographer with the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. since 1988 where she creates original photography projects, curates art exhibitions & acquires art for the museum. She has lectured internationally & was an invited participant with the U.S. Embassy in Finland. In 2016, she was an artist in residence at NES in Skagaströnd, Iceland. Russo has a B.F.A. in photography and studied at the Massachusetts College of Art (Boston), The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond College & Heatherly School of Fine Arts (London) & the Studio Arts Center Int’l (Florence).

AWARDS: Cash awards given at the discretion of the juror. Best of Show $1000

SALES: The Academy Center of the Arts retains 35% commission

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CALL for ENTRIES: 2017 JTNP Juried

Posted on June 13, 2017June 14, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

YUCA, not yucca

Tapioca is an other-worldly food. I love the pearls in pudding and starch as a thickener, but I still find it odd. Many people think it is a grain, like wheat, but it is processed as a product of the cassava plant. You may know it as yuca, which can be found from Brazil to Nigeria, but don’t confuse it for yucca, the similar-sounding decorative plant that is related to the Joshua Tree. And whatever you do, don’t eat a Joshua Tree, ha. The Park behind the next Call would probably like for me to reiterate that point –don’t eat Joshua Tree; but DO make art inspired by them. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Joshua Tree National Park Council for the Arts for the 5th Annual Joshua Tree National Park Art Exposition’s Juried Exhibition at the 29 Palms Art Gallery (Twentynine Palms, CA). This in another excellent opportunity with large cash prizes and a low commission rate…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
2017 Juried Exhibit
from Joshua Tree Nat’l Park
Council for the Arts

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists, 18+

MEDIA: Open to painting, works on paper, photography, mixed media & sculpture

THEME: Art MUST depict or be inspired by the unique natural aspects of Joshua Tree Nat’l Park or its cultural history.

DEADLINE: July 15, 2017

NOTIFICATION: August 1, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to 3

JUROR: Diane Best, artist, landscape painter, filmmaker specializing in non-narrative moving image work; Jenny Kane, artist & educator, painter, photographer, designer/interactive sculpture installations; and Billy Shire, founder & curator, La Luz de Jesus Gallery & Soap Plant / Wacko.

AWARDS: First Place $1,500, 2nd Place $1,250, 3rd Place $1,000 & up to five (5) Honorable Mentions at $250 ea.

SALES: A 35% commission on works sold during the show will be retained by JTNP Council for the Arts and 29 Palms Art Gallery.

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CALL for ENTRIES: The Art of Timelessness

Posted on May 28, 2017May 29, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

the CLASSICS

I drove from Tennessee through Arkansas to Texas in two days this week, then immediately got on a plane from Dallas to Atlanta and then on to Charlotte. Yes, I AM road weary. All that traveling means a lot of restaurant and convenience foods. I was also traveling with a teenager in tow, so the food choices weren’t always the healthiest. By day three I was in full-on vegetable withdrawal when I tripped across a new restaurant, modern & sleek, somewhere in Arkansas whose specialty was salads. Not deconstructed, not a self-serve buffet, not odd combinations or fusion cuisine. Just salads –Cobb, Caesar, caprese & more. Just the classics, timelessly delicious. This next Call is all about timelessness. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from L.A. Photo Curator (online) for the The Art of Timelessness exhibit. $20 entry, no shipping, plus art publication for ALL entrants. Take the sensory challenge presented to help you stretch your creative muscles. Explore…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
The Art of Timelessness from
L.A. Photo Curator

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“As artists, one nurtures & comes to possess a visually attuned intuition. For some gaining this 2nd sight takes a lifetime of hunting and searching. Others seem to be born with this keen sense of knowing. Most of us have experienced these timeless yet eternal essences. Like a memory lodged deep inside our psyche- these transitory moments are illusive and appear quick as lightning. . . the fleeting second of light, composition & memory.” –from Lisa Gizara via laphotocurator.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Photography

DEADLINE: June 7, 2017 (Midnight PST)

NOTIFICATION: June 27, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $20 for up to 3. 20% of artist fees go to 2 charities –½ to the curator’s choice of charity & ½ goes to the 1st place winner’s chosen charity. Lisa Gizara has chosen the ASPCA.

CURATOR: Lisa Gizara has been both a photographer & painter for over thirty years. Educated at the University at Massachusetts, she feels she had no choice but to be an artist. Gizara has extensive exhibition experience including the upcoming exhibit at The SFO Museum from May 18th – September 7th of this year. Gizara’s infrared photographic series “Surreal Escapes” was shown at the Annenberg Space for Photography’s Iris Night Series with a solo show at the G2 Gallery in Venice. A limited edition portfolio of Gizara’s work was placed in the Oscar Nominee Gift Bags, and Jennifer Lawrence and Bruce Dern added Gizara’s work to their private collections.

AWARDS: The curator chooses one 1st place winner, one 2nd place winner & 3 honorable mentions. The 1st place winner will receive a review by one or more curators including a Q&A about the photographer’s work. In addition, their image will be on our home page for a month. 2nd place & honorable mentions will have their image shown along with their bio, artist statement, C.V. and a link back to their website.

SALES: All sales are conducted between the artist & buyer. There is no commission.

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CALL for ENTRIES: Beyond the Blue

Posted on May 17, 2017May 16, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

pumping IRON

For a couple of years of my childhood, I was inexplicably anemic. I got used to weekly blood draws and iron shots. The careful planning of my diet to include iron-rich foods became an endless exercise in meat eating. It took a whole host of nutritionists to convince my father that spinach and seafood and peas and dried fruit were iron rich too. I still love raisins. A little extra vitamin C in my diet through citrus fruit allowed my body to absorb the iron, and voilà, my anemia disappeared, never to return. Those days may have begun my diehard belief in food as medicine. Iron was a key to my wellness just as iron plays a vital role in the cyanotypes wanted in this next Call. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Don’t Take Pictures for Beyond the Blue. I cannot wait to see this exhibit. No entry fee. Don’t miss this opportunity…

CALL for ENTRIES:
Beyond the Blue
from Don’t Take Pictures

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“Sir John Herschel invented the cyanotype process in 1842 by treating paper with an iron-salt solution. As one of the earliest photographic processes, cyanotypes are known for their signature Prussian blue color. This process is now in revival & contemporary photographers are embracing the blue hues, as well as experimenting with toning techniques for a moody, otherworldly aesthetic . . . [DTP] seeks contemporary cyanotypes that go beyond the blue.” –from donttakepictures.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to photography –cyanotype

DEADLINE: May 21, 2017

PUBLICATION: May 24 — August 22, 2017

ENTRY FEE: None

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CALL for ENTRIES: Shades of Green

Posted on May 16, 2017May 12, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

BROCCOLETTI di rapa

I have a secret love for rapini. You may know it as broccoli raab or broccoletti. People assume it is just fancy broccoli and often cook it that way, hence the reason I hide my love of it (until now). Rapini is more closely related to a turnip than broccoli with the same tendency toward bitterness or stringy-ness if under cooked or overcooked. Don’t ever buy, cook or serve rapini that isn’t a gorgeous shade of green. (You won’t enjoy the yellow, trust me.) Don’t under cook it or spare the garlic & olive oil. This next Call wants your perspective on all the shades of green, not just the broccoli shades. An open theme…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net for Shades of Green. $25 entry & no shipping. The media is pretty wide open too. This color theme is open to broad interpretation. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Shades of Green
from Art-competition.net

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ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+ (int’l)

MEDIA: Open to still media, including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, digital art, printmaking, fiber art, collage, etc.

THEME: Shades of Green “Colors communicate . . . sensations of a renewed life, glorious energy, or environmental concerns to darker forces such as envy, ambition, greed, or jealousy. For this particular art call our inspiration rests within . . . various shades of the color green.” –art-competition.net

DEADLINE: June 5, 2017

NOTIFICATION: June 12, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $25 for up to 3, $5 ea. add’l

JURORS / CURATORS: Sherry Mayo, Artist, Curator & Educator; William Ralph, Artist, Educator & Mathematics Researcher; and, Edward A. Burke, Artist, Gallerist, Curator & Teacher.

AWARDS: 20 artists will be selected for an online group exhibit, “Shades of Green” at Gallery25N; the exhibit and artists will be extensively marketed worldwide to over 24,000 people including art buyers, gallery owners, curators, collectors, etc.

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CALL for ENTRIES: 2017 Strange Figurations

Posted on May 15, 2017July 2, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

odd PERFECTION

I once had a kitchen with a dishwasher that opened into the living room. No kidding. I love an odd house, an odd room. I am the one that buys the mutant vegetables at the farmer’s market. I like to think of the mutations as the vegetables exercising their free will over their little spot in the world. Yeah, yeah, science. I know. This next Call also entertains an interest in the odd, the strange, the surreal. Investigate this show…

Check out this Call for Entries from SlowArt Productions for Strange Figurations at the Limner Gallery (Hudson, NY). $35 entry & 30% commission. This is open to all artists, all media & all interpretations. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
2017 Strange Figurations
from SlowArt Productions
at the Limner Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists (18+ int’l)

MEDIA: Open to all media, included are all forms of surreal, visionary and extraordinary figurative art.

THEME: All interpretations of “Strange Figurations” will be reviewed & considered.

DEADLINE: July 8, 2017 (extended from June 20, 2017)

NOTIFICATION: July 30, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to 4, $5 ea. add’l

AWARDS: Winning artists will be featured in a group exhibition at the Limner Gallery, September 6 – 30, 2017. The exhibition will also be displayed on the Limner Gallery web site and through social media.

SALES: The gallery will take a 30% commission on all sales.

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Category: Photography

everyday FOOD everyday

CALL for ENTRIES: Faber Birren Nat’l from Stamford Art Assoc.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

FOOD rewards

CALL for ENTRIES: Photo Award from workingartist.org

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

FEED me

CALL for ENTRIES: Nothing Special from L.A. Photo Curator

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

FOOD without fight

CALL for ENTRIES: L’Origine du Monde: Eroticism from Scarlet Seven Fine Art Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

SEASIDE treasure

CALL for ENTRIES: 2017 Nat’l Juried Photo from Academy Center of the Arts

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

YUCA, not yucca

CALL for ENTRIES: 2017 Juried Exhibit from Joshua Tree Nat’l Park Council for the Arts

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

the CLASSICS

CALL for ENTRIES: The Art of Timelessness from L.A. Photo Curator

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

pumping IRON

CALL for ENTRIES: Beyond the Blue from Don’t Take Pictures

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

BROCCOLETTI di rapa

CALL for ENTRIES: Shades of Green from Art-competition.net

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

odd PERFECTION

CALL for ENTRIES: 2017 Strange Figurations from SlowArt Productions at the Limner Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES:
Faber Birren Nat’l
from Stamford Art Assoc.

CALL for ENTRIES:
Photo Award from
workingartist.org

CALL for ENTRIES:
Nothing Special from
L.A. Photo Curator

CALL for ENTRIES:
L’Origine du Monde:
Eroticism from
Scarlet Seven
Fine Art Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
2017 Nat’l Juried Photo
from Academy Center
of the Arts

CALL for ENTRIES:
2017 Juried Exhibit
from Joshua Tree Nat’l Park
Council for the Arts

CALL for ENTRIES:
The Art of Timelessness from
L.A. Photo Curator

CALL for ENTRIES:
Beyond the Blue
from Don’t Take Pictures

CALL for ENTRIES:
Shades of Green
from Art-competition.net

CALL for ENTRIES:
2017 Strange Figurations
from SlowArt Productions
at the Limner Gallery