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CALL for ENTRIES: Enacting Queerness

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SPROUTS ALIVE!

I am reclaiming brussel sprouts for the tasty side.  I am tired of hearing them spoken of in the same tone as snot, vomit and boiled okra.  Gone are the days of bitter and boiled little cabbage-like veggies that your mother forced you to eat.  Celebrate the roasted sprout with rosemary and a squeeze of lemon.  Live a little.  Actually, live and let live.  This next Call is about reclamation and celebration too.  Say it with art…

Check out this Call for Entries for Enacting Queerness by The Omni Proje[q]t.  There is NO ENTRY FEE, but it will require a bit of a leap of faith on your part.  Take a chance!

*Editor’s Note:  Unfortunately, a handful of you will unsubscribe from this site because of the content of this post.  It makes me sad–not that you’re going, although I hate to see people leave us behind, but because if you are  a human that still has issues with the gender and/or sexuality of others, your life must be very small indeed.

Learn more about the Omni Projeqt!CALL for ENTRIES:
Enacting Queerness

Enacting Queerness uplifts ideas, actions, and/or persons that exist out of the norm in terms of their gender and/or sexuality.  It celebrates the reclamation of deviant identity as an empowering one.  Whether queer identified or not, socially we have been brought to recognize these acts of identity reclamation.  This exhibition aims to uplift these revolutionary ways of existing.

ELIGIBILITY:  All artists are invited to submit their artwork pertaining to the theme for the exhibition, which will take place in a space on Elm Street in Downtown Greensboro, NC for one night only.

DEADLINE:  May 15, 2011

ENTRY FEE:  No entry fee necessary. You just have to pay for the shipping of your polished work to and from their space.

SALES:  No commission will be taken out of what is sold.

Learn more about Enacting Queerness by the Omni Projeqt

CALL for ENTRIES: Can You See Me Now?

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I take some foods for granted.  Friday I learned a valuable lesson:  I am addicted to granola bars.  My beloved husband packs my daily lunch that I then refrigerate or reheat at my office.  There is usually one entree, a granola bar, and two additional salty snacks.  This past Friday he forgot to pack a granola bar.  Without my standard 10:30 am snack, I was lost all day.  Lost like I would be if you took away my BlackBerry.  Sad, but true.  This Call for Entries allows you to use that cell phone that is probably surgically connected to your hand anyway.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from [Artspace] at Untitled (in Oklahoma City, OK) for Can You See Me Now: Photos Made on Phones. The entry fee is only $25, and you probably already have a killer shot that you’re carrying around in your hip pocket.  Take a chance…

CALL for ENTRIES: Can You See Me Now?

A trio of nationally known photographic professionals will accept a single image from up to 50 photographers and the announcement of selections will be made June 6. 

Learn more about Can You See Me Now from Artspace at Untitled!It will be the responsibility of the individual photographers to supply a high resolution file of the selected image from which an exhibition print can be made.  The exhibition will premier on July 29 at [Artspace] at Untitled with an opening reception and will continue through Oct 1, 2011.

ELIGIBILITY:  Local, regional and national artists

MEDIA:  Photographs made on cell phones

DEADLINE:  May 15, 2011 (originally May 2, 2011)

NOTIFICATION:  June 6, 2011

Learn more about Can You See Me Now from Artspace at Untitled!ENTRY FEE:  Payment of the $25 entry fee (for up to 6 images) is to be made via PayPal using the link at the bottom of the Call Page. Payment of the submission fee constitutes an agreement between the photographer and [Artspace] at Untitled establishing that the photographer understands and agrees to the terms.

SUBMISSIONS:  Submissions are accepted electronically only. They are to be e-mailed to: lindsay@artspaceatuntitled.org and the subject line must contain: CYSMN followed by the entrant’s name.  Each entrant must submit a folder containing a minimum/maximum of (6) photographs made using a cell phone.  Images should be formatted as jpeg’s and the file size of each should be 72dpi with a measurement of 720 pixels (10 inches) on the longest dimension.  Images may be color profiled in sRGB, Adobe-1998, or not color-managed.

For complete details, read the Full Call!

Learn more about Can You See Me Now from Artspace at Untitled!

CALL for ENTRIES: Naturalist Art Show

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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

Learn more about the Hubbard Art and Naturalist Festival!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.

Learn more about the Hubbard Art and Naturalist Festival!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: Social Rejection

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I reject very few foods, but canned asparagus is near the top of my list.  Fresh asparagus is a happy, grassy, bright veggie that reminds me of spring when served ice cold after being blanched or roasted served with a  little balsamic vinegar reduction.  Yum.  Canned asparagus is gray, salty, slimy, and unworthy of being purchased. Rejected.  Feeling rejected yourself?  Vent a little frustration by participating in the Call for and exhibit all about being rejected.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Submissions for Social Rejection, an all-hung exhibit of rejection letters.  I know you’ve got them, folks, because you’ve been sending them to meHere’s your chance to put a Canadian show on your resume too.

CALL for SUBMISSIONS: Social Rejection

Independent Curator, Clayton Windatt is seeking your letters of rejection for display in his new exhibition Social Rejection

Learn more about Social Rejection and exhibit by Clayton Windatt!All artists have received rejections; some more frequently than others.  The guilt, shame, pain and isolation that an artist feels when they receive a rejection letter can seem insurmountable.  This project will empower artists that have been rejected by publicly acknowledging the hostile environment that the arts councils have created. 

By exhibiting rejection letters from artists, collectives and organizations, this exhibition will address the stressful condition imposed on the artistic majority by the elite few.  Artists participating in this exhibition will be conforming to non-conformity and experiencing the empowerment of embracing their worthlessness.

ELIGIBILITY:  Rejection letters can be submitted by artists from all regions, disciplines and backgrounds, collectives and organizations. These letters will be adhered to the walls, ceiling and floor, to cover every surface of each exhibition space Social Rejection exhibits at. A roster of all participating artists will be presented at the rear of the exhibition venue acknowledging the participants, enabling acceptance through rejection.

Learn more about Clayton Windatt!DEADLINE:  June 1, 2011

NOTIFICATION:  All Hung Exhibit

ENTRY FEE:   Participants are asked to pay a small fee ($10 payable to “Social Rejection”) to help cover costs of creating and maintaining each exhibition as well as the costs of publicizing the event. Letters must be in English or French – there is no funding for additional translation services.

CURATOR/ARTIST:  Clayton Windatt is an artist, curator and outspoken advocate for artists’ rights. He holds a BA in Fine Art from Nipissing University and received his Graphic Designer certification from Canadore College. He contributes actively to several provincial and regional organizations as a writer, designer, and curator and is an active visual and media artist. Clayton’s current curatorial vision explores the unclear nature of the funding world, peer assessment committees and what constitutes acceptance.

NO LETTERS WILL BE RETURNED. If you need to retain your originals, please send photocopies.

COMMISSION:  No artist fees will be paid to any participants during this exhibition. This is an act of political aggression towards the arts councils of Canada. This statement will communicate the anguish that artists experience as a result of being rejected.

Please send letters to:

Clayton Windatt
ATTN: SOCIAL REJECTION
P.O. Box 23022
North Bay, Ontario CANADA
P1B 4K6

FIRST VENUE: gallerywest is a space for contemporary art, located at 1332 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario.  They will host the premiere of Social Rejection on July 7th at 7pm!  Everyone is invited to come and see rejection letters from dozens of artists from all skill sets and backgrounds plastered together on the walls.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Editor’s Note:  Whether or not you submit your rejection letters, take a few moments to explore Clayton Windatt’s site.  He is certainly living OUT LOUD–a lesson we could all learn.

Learn more about Social Rejection and exhibit by Clayton Windatt!

CALL for ENTRIES: Print Exchange

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I love introducing new foods to food newbies.  Anytime you can get someone to take a chance on a new food, your reward comes in the form of their response–often shock, surprise and delight.  There are an extreme few foods that I don’t like, but beets have always been one of them.  When in Arizona recently, I was in the company of someone who ordered a roasted beet salad.  I tried it and LOVED it.  Merry Christmas for me; I now love beets.  Thank you, Kim.  For some of you, this next Call for Entries will introduce you to a whole new media.  Take a chance and figure out how you can adapt your media to this call.

Check out this Call for Entries for the Print Exchange for a Cure to be hosted by the University of Dallas.  The entry fee is low.  You get 10 prints in return, AND your work ends up in a permanent University collection.  Oh, did I mention the funds raised go to a reputable charity?  You couldn’t ask for more.

CALL for ENTRIES:  Print Exchange

Learn more about the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society!All printmakers are invited to participate in Print Exchange For A Cure. The purpose of this exchange is to raise funds in order to find a cure for blood cancers and offer financial support to those already battling these diseases.

ELIGIBILITY:  These works do not have to fall under any particular theme. The Paper size must be 7″x10″. The print/image size is open.  12 identical hand-pulled, original prints, with glassine or other archival leafing between each print, cut to match paper size must be submitted.  Each print must be signed and numbered somewhere on the print.  In addition, clearly print artist’s name, title, and media on the back of each print.

MEDIA:  Printmaking including relief, intaglio, lithography, silkscreen, solar, woodblock, or any process other than digital.

DEADLINE:  Prints must be received by May 1, 2011.  But, participants must RSVP by April 17, 2011 by email to: sarahfrancisart@gmail.com.

Learn more about the University of Dallas online!ENTRY FEE:  Minimum cost to participate is $15 US or $25 International paid via PayPal to sarahfrancisart@gmail.com or a check made out to Sarah Francis, other donations for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society are always appreciated. Please let me know if you would like a receipt for tax purposes.

PROCESS:  A portfolio of 10 randomly selected prints will be mailed to each participant by May 15th.  You will also be able to find digital images of all prints involved at the following website: www.cargocollective.com/sarahfrancisart.  The 11th print in each edition will be auctioned off through ebay. The proceeds from the sale of each piece will go to support the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and the 12th print in the edition will remain in the University of Dallas’s Private Collection of Prints.

The works will be exhibited in the Upper Gallery at the University of Dallas* from May 16 – May 27, 2011.

* Editor’s Note:  In the interest of full disclosure, I wanted to make sure that readers are aware that this is a Catholic University.  Their Vision and Mission statements: “The University of Dallas aspires to be recognized regionally and nationally as a premier Catholic, liberal arts school and a first-choice institution for practice-oriented, professional business education…to educate its students, to develop intellectual and moral virtues, to prepare themselves for life and work, and to become leaders in the community.”

For complete details, Read the Full Prospectus!

CALL for ENTRIES: Bibliophoria – Art of the Book

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YOU
GLAD?

While in Phoenix recently, I discovered that our hosts were lucky to have an orange tree in their back yard.  Every morning I went out back to the sweet smell of orange blossoms and the overwhelmingly loud buzzing of bees.  I am inspired by the smell and sound.  I wonder if I can get an orange tree to grow in my Smoky Mountain yard?  This next Call is from California — where they have no problem getting orange trees to grow either. 

Check out this Call for Entries from Sebastopol Center for the Arts (in California) for Bibliophoria II.  The entry fee is a little high for non-members, but you’ve gotta love book shows.  Book shows are less common than you think so the risk could be worth it.  Take a chance…

CALL for ENTRIES:
Bibliophoria II – Art of the Book

Check out the Sebastopol Center for the Arts online!ELIGIBILITY:  Sebastopol Center for the Arts invites artists living in the U.S.A. to submit work to Bibliophoria II.

MEDIA:  We are looking for artwork created in the form of handmade artist’s books—using traditional bookmaking methods, or contemporary, unconventional structures, or made by altering existing books.  Open to any method, in any media, on any subject.

DEADLINE:  Tuesday, May 31, 2011

NOTIFICATION:  June 3, 2011 – posted on their website. Editor’s Note:  If you hate the notification by post to website as much as I do, make sure you tell them AFTER they post results.  This practice will become more and more common if you don’t speak up.

ENTRY FEE:  SCA members, $15 per entry or 3 entries for $35 (membership is $40 annually). Nonmembers, $20 per entry, or 3 entries for $50.  Maximum, 3 entries per artist.

Learn more about the Sebastopol Center for the Arts!JUROR:  Sas Colby has more than forty years of experience making, exhibiting and teaching art. Her artwork has been exhibited and collected nationally and internationally.  She made her first artist’s book in 1972 and is considered a pioneer in the field.  A survey exhibition, Sas Colby:  Twenty Years of Book Thinking, was shown in numerous venues in 1995.  Colby has been a visiting artist in Australia and colleges throughout this country.  She currently teaches workshops in Taos, New Mexico; Mallorca, Spain; and at the San Francisco Center for the Book.

AWARDS:   $200 Best of Show; $50 Coordinators Award, and Merit Awards.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

Learn more about the Sebastopol Center for the Arts!

CALL for ENTRIES: Modern Landscape in NYC

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JUST DESSERTS

I have been in Phoenix for a few days opening my own show at Perihelion Arts.  And, I have learned a few things about stereotypes.  I thought I was going to a dust bowl to eat south western food.  Turns out–not so much.  The grass is still green there.  Trees still grow there.  And my favorite restaurant sampling during my trip turned out to be Mediterranean influenced tappas at Pita Jungle.  Go figure.  This next Call gives you a chance to break a few landscape stereotypes.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Dacia Gallery in New York for Modern Landscape.  The entry fee is only $25 for up to TEN images.  Take a chance…

CALL for ENTRIES:  Modern Landscape

Learn more about the Dacia Gallery online!Dacia Gallery is seeking entries for a month-long group show by emerging artists for a Juried, Landscape Exhibition. They are looking for a wide range of styles that push the realms of the modern landscape.  All artwork must have a concentration on the landscape.  The artwork may be traditional landscapes, flowers in the landscape or urban cityscapes; the figure in the landscape or interior exterior artwork that features spaces with landscapes as well as abstract landscapes.  The work may be plein air paintings or straight from the studio, or simply imaginary inspirations that show landscapes from the visual experience of the artist.

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists.

Learn more about the Dacia Gallery online!MEDIA:  Acceptable media include painting, drawing, printmaking, photography and mixed media.

DEADLINE:  April 17, 2011

ENTRY FEE:  You may submit up to 10 images for a curation fee of $25.00. Payment of the curation fee is final.

JUROR:  Thomas Legaspi currently teaches Art History and studio courses in Drawing and Painting at St. John’s University in Manhattan. His primary focus is realism, landscapes and the figure. Thomas is also published by Oxford University on his treaties on Art and Culture in the West. His artwork has been exhibited in New York City, nationally and internationally at the State National Museum of Kazakhstan, and in private and corporate collections. Thomas lives and works in New York City where he has his private art studio.

SALES:  Dacia Gallery charges 50% commission on all artwork sold during exhibitions.

For complete details, visit the Dacia Gallery online!

Learn more about the Dacia Gallery online!

ART PUBLICATION: Three Magazines

Learn How to Get an Art Show!

SPRINKLES PLEASE

Magazines are skinny lately.

Have you noticed?

I suppose online zines are shrinking the proverbial waist of the magazine industry just as online newspapers are making words on newsprint less and less common.

My advice?  Eat a doughnut.

Most folks want the instant gratification of Google that ends in a digital zine.  Information sought.  Information found.  But…

Rolling Stone MagazineI still love the feel of paper, inky or slick, in my hands. I don’t own a digital reader because I still buy books. I subscribe to Conde’ Nast Traveler so I can fill my dreams with tours of gilded Russian palaces and sunny Italian beaches. I have recently re-subscribed to Rolling Stone after a hiatus of more than 10 years, and trust me, more than just Keith Richards needs some fattening up.

Eat a doughnut, folks.

So why am I babbling on about magazines? It is a question of legitimacy. I have had lots of conversations with lots of subscribers and friends about what constitutes artistic legitimacy or “making it,” aside from the ability to support oneself artistically.

The Artist's MagazineIs it an academic pedigree or a resume of academic acceptance? Is it great reviews or stunning retail sales? Is it merely a well-hung cohesive show with “guts” and meaning?  I don’t know, sorry.  I can teach you how to get a show, but I can’t teach you how to be happy with it.

So, for all of you whose artistic dream is to be on the cover of the Rolling Stone, here’s a short menu of great art magazines…get to work.

1. The Artist’s Magazine. This is the first art mag I every owned. I was inspired by the work…wanted to be a painter…wanted my work to be featured among its pages.  That hasn’t worked out for me so far, but their Annual Art Competition has a looming deadline so don’t procrastinate.

Juxtapoz Magazine2. Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine (pronounced Jucks-tah-pozz) is a magazine created in 1994 by a group of artists and collectors including Robert Williams Fausto Vitello, C.R. Stecyk III, and Greg Escalante, to both help define and celebrate urban alternative and underground contemporary art.  Anytime I have an art block, I find flipping through an issue of Juxtapoz inspires me.

Unique in the field of publishing, Juxtapoz emerged at a critical moment during the genesis of the late-20th Centuy underground art movement with the mission of connecting seminal modern genres like psychedelic and hot rod art, graffiti, street art, and illustration, to the context of broader more historically recognized genres of art like Pop, assemblage, old master painting, and conceptual art.

ARTnews Magazine

3.  ARTnews is the oldest and most widely circulated art magazine in the world. Its readership of 200,000 in 123 countries includes collectors, dealers, historians, artists, museum directors, curators, connoisseurs, and enthusiasts.

Published eleven times a year, ARTnews reports on the art, personalities, issues, trends and events shaping the international art world. In clear, well-crafted language that is as comprehensible to the novice as it is to the expert, the magazine offers a lively, provocative, and visually stimulating package that informs as well as entertains with news dispatches from a worldwide network of correspondents, hard-hitting investigative reports, criticism, and opinion.

 

I am still posting from the road, folks, but stay tuned… we will return to our regularly scheduled programming in just a few days!

CALL for SUBMISSIONS: Art-O-Mat

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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).Remember to "Research the Ingredients" before submitting!

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: International Exhibit

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The SHIRT OFF my BACK

I spent just enough time in culinary school to discover that I did not want to be a chef. The hours on my feet were going to be too late, and my chances of being a world-renowned chef that only worked days were even more remote.  I opted for the t-shirt instead. Funny enough, my experience as a gallery owner was not altogether different– lots of work and lots of late night hours.  My hats are off to both Chefs and Gallery Owners.  This Call is from a brand-spanking new gallery in Connecticut.  This could be your chance to be a part of wonderful little gem of a gallery from the very beginning.  Take a chance…

Check out this Call for Entries from the brand new Gallore Gallery in Middletown, CT for their first Summer Showcase International Exhibition.  Here’s your chance to get in on the ground floor.  Don’t let the elevator pass your floor…

Learn more about Gallore Gallery online!CALL for ENTRIES:
Summer Showcase
International Exhibition

The Gallore Gallery is a 1000sq ft contemporary storefront set in the heart of Middletown, Connecticut’s busy downtown restaurant & shopping district.

Complete with  well lit parking, ample parking  is convieniently located directly across the street from the Gallore Gallery.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to artists worldwide ages 18 or older.

Learn more about Gallore Gallery online!MEDIA:
Open to all media

DEADLINE:
May 31, 2011

NOTIFICATION: Via telephone or email on or before June 6th 2011

ENTRY FEE: For submitted works to be considered there is a minimum $35 Submission Fee for 3 images and $45 for up to 8 images.

AWARDS: All selected winner(s) will recieve their Essie Art Award, Gallery Representation for one full year, and be the exclusively featured artist in the Summer Showcase.  The Winner(s) and Selectee(s) names will be posted on their website and will be invited to participate in their International Group Exhibition.

For complete information, Read the Full Prospectus!

Learn more about the ESSIE award from Gallore Gallery!