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CALL for ENTRIES: Of Light and Spirit

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I eat my fair share of frozen lunches, but I prefer leftovers.  It isn’t the food that I object to because there are lots of options for fairly wholesome, preservative-free foods in the frozen food aisle these days.  I don’t like the plastic.  I recently abandoned all of my plastic food containers for glass.  I like the weight.  I like that I can get the orange sludge from my chili off in the dishwasher.  I like glass.  This next call is for glass lovers.  Don’t dismiss it, investigate…

Check out this Call for Entries from Studio 550 (Manchester, NH) for Of Light & Spirit.  This is a great opportunity for mixed media artists to tackle a new component.  Take a look…

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Learn more about the Studio 550 Center!CALL for ENTRIES:
Of Light and Spirit

Hope.
Truth.
Direction.

Light holds many meanings, and the absence of light can mean just as much. This is a show of glass art that comes alive with light and depicts the artists’ interpretation of spirituality, whether it is secular or religious, inspired by stories, drawn from nature, or inspired by dreams or emotions.

They are looking for entries that come alive with light, that are well designed, well photographed and display exceptional craftsmanship.

Learn more about the Studio 550 Center!ELIGIBILITY:  Open to US residents.

MEDIA: Glass art that captures your interpretation of spirituality with glass. Functional and Non-functional welcome.  Mixed media will be considered if glass is a primary component of the work.

DEADLINE:
February 20, 2012

NOTIFICATION:
March 5, 2012

ENTRY FEE:
$30 for 3 entries. Add’l $10 ea.

SALES:  Studio 550 collects 40% of all retail sales of artwork sold, the artists receive 60% of sales. All exhibited work MUST BE FOR SALE. Retail price must be under $500/entry.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

Download the Studio 550 Prospectus!

OPEN CALL: The Soap Factory

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something good

I almost moved to Kentucky because of a pickle/tamale factory. Have I told you this story? I know, I should search my posts before I write. Yeah, yeah, yeah.  So, for once it ISN’T about the pickles or tamales.  Nope.  I looked into the Paducah Artist Relocation program and fell in love with a pickle/tamale factory in need of rehab.  I love factory spaces for art.  This next Call is how I relieve myself of the anxiety of not taking the pickle/tamale factory. I submit every year.  Eventually they will let me in.  You wait and see…

Check out this Open Call  from The Soap Factory (Minneapolis, MN).  The Soap factory is looking for work for group exhibits, AND they offer installation support, travel, accommodations, and a stipend to those selected to exhibit.  Did I mention NO ENTRY FEE?

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Visit The Soap Factory online!OPEN CALL:
The Soap Factory

 

The Soap Factory exhibits work in its galleries throughout the year. Exhibitions curated from submissions and could have as many as 8 artists. The Soap Factory is a 120-year old ex-industrial warehouse on the banks of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis.

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists.  They are particularly interested in proposals conceived specifically for The Soap Factory galleries. (So do your homework!)  Their programming is unique in that they select only a small proportion of the artists they exhibit from their pool of submissions. They commonly receive 400 artist submissions per season.

Read the Full Call from The Soap Factory!MEDIA:
All Media may be considered.

DEADLINE: April 30, 2012. They do NOT accept e-mailed submissions.  So please keep in mind that this is a POSTMARK deadline.

NOTIFICATION:  Summer of 2012. *Editor’s note: Yes, I hate vague, prolonged notification dates, but it IS a huge undertaking for them. Be patient.  Do not call or email to check on your submission. The Soap Factory does not return work. Please only send materials that you do not need to be returned.

Create work for the Soap Factory space!The Soap Factory is committed to diversity in audience, staff and programming. To assist them in achieving their diversity goals, please indicate your ethnicity or cultural background. Please note that compliance or non-compliance with this request will NOT affect the status of your submission.

The Soap Factory provides full installation support for all selected projects, including travel and accommodation, as well as a stipend to artists. They provide publicity, exhibition invitations, mailings, opening reception and artist talks. However, they do not provide insurance coverage for work exhibited at The Soap Factory. All work is shown at the artist’s own risk.

Questions? Visit The Soap Factory Submissions Page!

Read the Full Call from The Soap Factory!

CALL for ENTRIES: Light, Space & Time

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It is a happy, shiny New Year, and I am excited about the possibilities. Per usual, I am optimistic about the future… nauseatingly optimistic, according to my husband Jon.  However, most folks will also tell you that my attitude toward life is often like my taste in food…direct, unapologetic and undiplomatic. Can food be unapologetic and undiplomatic?  Absolutely. Have you ever met a cheese named Limberger? That sort of straight forwardness is what drew me to this next Call.  Investigate…

Check out the Call for Entries from the Light, Space & Time Gallery for their online Landscapes competition. You know that I am not a huge fan of online competitions; however, I think of this as digital publication which is always a good thing. The entry fee is dirt cheap, and the value of inbound links to your website is priceless. Take a look…

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Learn more about the Light Space and Time Online Gallery!CALL for ENTRIES:
Landscapes

 

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery presents a Juried Competition, in which 2D artists from around the world are called upon to make online submissions for the theme Landscapes for inclusion into the March 2012 online group exhibition.

ELIGIBILITY: Light Space & Time encourages entries from all 2D artists regardless of where they reside and regardless of their experience or education in the art field.

Learn more about the Landscapes show!MEDIA: All two dimensional media are eligible.

DEADLINE: The submission process for artists ends February 27, 2012.

ENTRY FEE: $10 for 2 Entries or $15.00 for 3 to 5 Entries

AWARDS: Awards will be for 1st through 10th places. In addition, 5  artists will be recognized with Honorable Mention awards. Depending on the amount and the quality of the entries these winning categories may be expanded and there also may be Special Recognition awards posted as well.

Learn more about the Light Space and Time Online Gallery!BENEFITS: Your artwork is exposed to thousands of visitors to the website each month. Your artwork is retained on the website in the Archives section for further and ongoing exposure. The Artist’s website is linked to Light Space & Time. Winners for that month are promoted in direct email pieces to gallery owners and directors, corporate art representatives and decision makers in the art world. Winners for that month will be promoted to 50+ news and press release outlets, thus creating more traffic, exposure and back links to the artist and their website. Participating winners are gaining valuable experience, marketing their artwork and building their resumes for a very low cost to take part in one of the gallery’s online competitions. *Editor’s Note: This statement is not a guarantee from www.ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, but it comes directly from the Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery website.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Read the Full Call at the Light Space and Time Online Gallery!

ARTIST RESIDENCY: I-Park (FREE)

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before WHINE

Communal cooking requires wine consumption.  Well, it does for ME.  It isn’t that I don’t trust other people to do things “right” in the kitchen; afterall, my husband cooks dinner for our family almost every night.  No, it is really about being IN the kitchen with multiple people, all doing things differently.  I can adapt, it just requires a little wine in the beginning, ha.  This next Call could require some communal cooking.  Look out…

Check out this Call for Applications for an Artist Residency at I-Park in Connecticut.  There is a $30 entry fee, but if selected, there is no fee for the 4-week residency which provides a private bedroom, private studio, artists’ meal program, etc.  Don’t miss this opportunity!

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Read the Full Call from I-Park!ARTIST RESIDENCY:
I-Park

I-Park is both an open air and a closed studio laboratory for individual artistic pursuits in the fields of the visual arts, music composition/sound sculpture/design, moving image, landscape/garden design and creative writing. The artists-in-residence program offers a quiet, retreat-like environment conducive to exploration and experimentation – without the expectation of particular outcomes. Artists are free to conceive and execute new ideas or work on existing projects.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to artists internationally, aged 21+ years.

CATEGORIES: Visual Arts, Music Composition/Sound Sculpture/Design, Creative Writing, Moving Image and Landscape/Garden Design.  Inter-disciplinary artists are welcome to apply for a residency at I-Park. 

Read the Full Call from I-Park!DEADLINE:
January 30, 2012
(Less than a week away…hurry)

NOTIFICATION:
Usually around mid-March

APPLICATION FEE: $30

JURORS: For 2012, I-Park has organized juries for the following programs and/or disciplines: Visual Arts, Music Composition/Sound Sculpture/Design, Creative Writing, Moving Image and Landscape/Garden Design. 

AWARDS:  A 4-week residency includes a private bedroom, private studio, artists’ meal program, etc. 

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Read the Full Call from I-Park!

2011 ARTIST of the YEAR: Pamela Zimmerman

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(kind of)

 

Today marks a New Year for ArtAndArtDeadlines.com! And, per usual, I am running a little behind the traditionally recognized New Year Celebration (December 31st), but I love Chinese New Year (yesterday).  And, I almost got this post done by then, ha!   I, of course, always appreciate an excuse to eat Chinese food…it doesn’t have to be  a holiday.

This is the day we name the
Artist of the Year for 2011.

 

When this blog began in September of 2009, I was determined to cover not only art deadlines but also really good art. And, I chose a few artists here and there. I quickly realized that the Featured Artist program needed structure, or it would never really get done on any sort of regular basis. The $2 Art Contest was born.

Learn more about 2011 Featured Artist of the Pamela Zimmerman!I began to realize that the Featured Artist Page was getting crowded and adding more artists would lessen the impact of being Featured. I knew I had to start archiving artists yearly…

And the idea of
the Artist of the Year
was born.
 

 

I now give all of our Featured Artists each year notice that on December 31st at midnight EST, the Artist of the Year would be determined by the number of comments on their individual Featured Artist blog posts.

Right out of the gate, three artists’ fans came out strong: Denee BlackDeanna Bowdish, and Pamela Zimmerman. And after a month of voting, the final count was close… only a few dozen votes separated Black, Bowdish and Zimmerman.

Learn more about 2011 Featured Artist of the Pamela Zimmerman!Congratulations to
Pamela Zimmerman
AAAD’s 2011 Artist of the Year

I have enjoyed getting to know her this year. It feels to me like she showed a vulnerability to me, and thereby you, with her intricate, personal work.  True vulnerability is rarely seen and often imitated.

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Do you want to be the 2012 Artist of the Year?
It all starts with the
$2 Art Contest.

Stay tuned later this week we unveil 2012’s first Featured Artist as well as changes to the Featured Artist Page!

CALL for ENTRIES: Six

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Why does beer come in six packs?  My house is dotted with six packs.  It isn’t like THAT.  I am NOT a beer drinker, but my husband IS a beer brewer.  My son’s room would be far less cluttered if beer were more efficiently packaged.  Did I forget to mention that my husband stores his beer under my 12-year-old’s bed? Okay, I am going to stop before this sounds even worse.  This call is a much better use of things that come in sixes.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries for Six, an all-hung exhibit sponsored by Robin Willow Elements, at Red Z Gallery in Mt. Vernon, OH.  The size restrictions make shipping easy, and the entry fee is realy low.  Don’t miss this opportunity…

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Learn more about the Six Show at the Red Z Gallery!CALL for
ENTRIES:

Six

 

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists.  All original artwork must be 6”x6”, unframed-but mounted (if needed) and have a hanging mechanism on the back.

MEDIA:  All media accepted/except: glass, tile and ceramic due to breakage potential during transport.

Examples:  Photography, painting, fiber art, paper art, pen & ink, drawing, pencil, collage, word art, graffiti art, and so on…

DEADLINE: July 13, 2012

Learn more about the Red Z Gallery!NOTIFICATION:
All hung exhibit. The gallery has the right to not hang artwork they feel is not appropriate. Please feel free to contact robinwillow@hotmail.com if you have questions.

ENTRY FEE:  $6 for up to 2 pieces.  Entry fee is non-refundable.  Add’l entries are $3.50 each.

JUDGING & AWARDS:  Voting will take place on opening night by the public for “Best of Show”.  There will be a cash prize.  The winner will be announced via blogs, website and Facebook.

SALES:  The Red Z Gallery will retain 50% of the price of your artwork(Price your artwork accordingly).  You will receive your check one month after sale.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

Download the Six Call for Entries!

 

CALL for ENTRIES: Night Light

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Muncha, Yawn…

How does the older generation eat at 4:30 in the afternoon?  I am hoping it is just a Golden-Girls-esque stereotype.  I prefer to eat late night, but then again, I prefer to do everything at night. Everything tastes better after 8pm, but that may account for the reality of my lifelong struggle with the size of my rear end. My husband likes to jokingly refer to me as his “vampire-honey,” but that is clearly untrue…vampires don’t eat food.  But I would look cute as Countess Chocula.  Well, we all know I am a little hyper-focused on eating.  Anyhoo, I digress.  This next call wants to see your vision of the night. Investigate…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Darkroom Gallery (Essex Junction, VT) for Night Light. The entry fee at Darkroom is always low ($20), and I love that they will provide free matting and framing if you work in their standard sizes. Take a look…

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Learn more about the Night Light show at the Darkroom Gallery!CALL for ENTRIES:
Night Light

 

Night photography reveals a world that we do not consciously see and offers photographers unique creative opportunities.

Night and day, dark and light – one implies the absence of the other.  But like yin yang, each has a bit of the other. The surprising thing to first time night photographers is how their images reveal things that the mind’s eye does not see.  Different light sources reveal their true colors. Compared to daylight, directed and weaker light creates drama, contrast, mystery and mood.

The dynamic range of light at night tends to be more in line with our tools abilities. Of course there are technical challenges with shooting in low light, but also tremendous creative opportunities. That’s what Darkroom Gallery wants to show with this exhibit.

Do you work with existing light – or do you introduce your own? Maybe you paint with light emitting light brushes. How have you approached shooting at night to express your vision? They want to see.

Learn more about the Darkroom Gallery online!ELIGIBILITY: Entrants must be at least 18 years old. If younger, you must have a legal guardian make the submission for you.

MEDIA:
Photography.

DEADLINE:
March 21
, 2012

NOTIFICATION:
March 27, 2012

JUROR:  Linda  Rutenbergm, a Montreal-born native, who has been a photographer for 30 years. Her MFA in Photography is from Concordia University. She’s taught photography and worked as a freelance photographer for thirty  years.

Rutenbergm’s fine art work has been exhibited internationally.  She has produced  several series:- Urban Visions, Sacred Sites, Terre   Caliente, One  Island – Many Cities, Mont Royal – A World Apart, The   Spiritual  Landscape and is presently working on a nocturnal garden   series.

Linda has become particularly known for her striking images of flowers   taken at night, revealed in a series of books, starting with The Garden at Night: Private Views of Public Edens (2007),After Midnight (2008)and The English Garden at Night (2009). 

Learn more about the Darkroom Gallery!AWARDS: All selected entries are exhibited in the gallery and included in a full color exhibit catalog. Juror’s Choice receives a 20×35″ vinyl exhibit banner featuring their image. People’s Choice gains free entry into a future exhibit.

SALES: Darkroom offers free matting and framing of accepted entries for the duration of each of their exhibitions, subject to standard sizes. Photographers set their own prices if they wish to sell their work and retain all rights to their photographs. For commission details, go to the bottom of the Submisssion Rules page!

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about the Darkroom Gallery!

CALL for ENTRIES: Musical Influences

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the
WORD

Music (and dessert) are the cherry on the proverbial sundae at any meal.  I have had the privilege of enjoying everything from a jug band at a pig pickin’ to authentic mariachi while eating tamales on a recent trip to Cozumel.  But my favorite dinner music is the humming of my lactose-intolerant 12 year old when he delights in his favorite cheesy indulgence…pizza.  This next call wants to hear about the music that delights you.  Get to humming…

Check out this Call for Entries for the Musical Influences show at Studio 1666 in Vancouver, British Columbia.  This is another no entry fee in an unusual space; it is starting to look like a theme, eh?

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CALL for ENTRIES:  Musical Influences

 

Learn more about Studio 1666 on Facebook! Studio 1666 is looking for works of art that is influenced by music.  This can be interpreted many ways, and they are asking you to avoid the obvious and draw upon your imagination and push your own boundaries of what this means to you.  By drawing upon senses other than vision, the idea is to convey feeling through artistic means that evoke multiple outcomes.

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists

MEDIA:   Photography, painting, sculpture, design, multimedia, mixed media, etc.

DEADLINE:  January 31, 2012

ABOUT THE GALLERY:  This is an opportunity for a group show at gallery located just off gallery row and close by Granville Island.  Studio 1666 is Vancouver’s new non-traditional gallery space, featuring current works from both established and emerging artists who are invested in confronting and responding to current trends in art.  At Studio 1666, artists are invited to give voice to their expression by sharing their creativity and ideologies with the local community.  Their aim is to support this partnership by providing a relaxed space that promotes progressive art with the mandate of making it accessible.

ENTRY PROCESS: Please send your digital files to studio1666@gmail.com

  • Jpgs only 72dpi dimensions image should not exceed 1024 pixels on the longest side
  • Submit 1-6 images for consideration
  • For video/digital work provide links to website if applicable.
  • Files should be titled LastName_firstName_01Title.jpg

*Editor’s note:  Bookmark this page for reference because this Call doesn’t appear on a website with any additional information.

For questions, please email studio1666@gmail.com!

Learn more about Studio 1666 on Facebook!

CALL for ENTRIES: Creative Quarterly No. 27

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please

Exposure therapy works with food too. You only THINK you dislike anise and brussel sprouts. I used to think ginger tasted like Lemon Pledge® smells.  But, now I love ginger in everything from chicken salad to pancakes.  Art publication is no different.  Just keep submitting work, and you’ll become less startled by being overlooked and rejected until one day…surprise, your work is published! This next call could be your art publication surprise. Don’t miss it…

Check out this Call for Entries for Creative Quarterly. The entry fee is an incredibly low $10, and art publication is great exposure for your work. Great news…it isn’t limited just to photography! Take a look!

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Learn more about Creative Quarterly!CALL for ENTRIES:
Creative Quarterly 27

Creative Quarterly asks the question: Where does your inspiration come from?

What person, place or thing inspires your work?

 

By launching a new redesign, they’ve become a much more interactive journal. They search the web for interesting projects in art and design to share with their readers. They ask their readers to share what inspires them. The purpose, not to copy but to inspire.

Take a look at back issues of Creative Quarterly!Inspiration can come from an innovative chair design or an unusual ring or from an interview with a well-known designer or artist or something from ones past.

Creative Quarterly is the best of art and design, quarterly.

 

ELIGIBILITY & MEDIA: Open to all undergraduate and graduate students, recent graduates, professors, instructors, graphic designers, art directors, illustrators, photographers and fine artists in all media.

All entries must have been completed during the last twelve months. All art directors, graphic designers, photographers, illustrators and fine artists are eligible to enter —professionals and students are judged separately. Judging is done digitally. Submission of entries acknowledges the right of to use them for publication, exhibition and promotion.

Learn more about Creative Quarterly online!CATEGORIES:
Fine Art, Graphic Design,
Illustration and Photography

ENTRY FEE: $10 per entry.
Entering a series? Each piece is still $10.

DEADLINE:
January 27, 2012

NOTIFICATION: Will be listed on website
& by email in 6 to 8 weeks.

SUBMISSIONS: Each entry must be submitted as:

  • 300 dpi, RGB, Jpeg
  • Vertical images must be 8″ wide.
  • Horizontal images must be 10″ wide.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

Download the Prospectus for the Call for Entries for Creative Quarterly No. 26!

OPEN CALL: La Boutique

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…MOO!

I am not fond of food buffets, generally speaking.  I can’t ever get past the image of myself as a cow being herded along a trough.  Then there is the germy thing.  But, I have been proven wrong on occasion.  The buffet, as a concept, I appreciate though.  Think of art venues as a buffet of options; they come in every shape and size in both the most conventional and the least likely locations.  This next call gives you an opportunity to try something new.  Investigate the menu…

Check out this Open Call from La Boutique a retail store and gallery in San Francisco, CA.  There is no fee to submit, and if you’ve never tried a retail show, this could be a great way to sample yet another menu.  Take a look…

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OPEN CALL: La Boutique

 

Learn more about La Boutique!La Boutique, a unique gallery, retail store, showroom and art installation space in San Francisco is seeking artist proposals for 2012. They are currently accepting proposal for exhibition in two distinct spaces: the main gallery as well as the storefront window.

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists

MEDIA:  Although there is no specific theme, we promote innovative, original, and site-specific installations. Artists and curators are invited to submit proposed work, in 2D and 3D media, including but not limited to drawing, painting, pastel, printmaking, photography, mixed media, and sculpture.

DEADLINE:  Ongoing

ENTRY FEE:  None

AWARDS:  Each of the selected artists will be exhibited for a one to two month-long period.  An area will be provided for artist bio and contact information. All of their exhibitions are actively promoted through an opening reception, a dedicated page on their web site, an email blast, a postcard etc.

For complete details, Visit the Website!

Read the Full Call at the La Boutique website!