How to Get an Art Show – Page 187 – Art and Art Deadlines.com

A food-themed FREE resource site for ARTISTS.

Category: How to Get an Art Show

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Ventura California

Posted on June 10, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

On ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, I preach the wisdom of not getting complacent…of continuing to enter shows. However…

I have been working on my show Psychomachia (see a detail of Lust: The Three Legged Man at left) for more than a year now with Arizona artist Jerry Portelli, and I have worked on it to the exclusion of almost everything else.

So, I really need to take my own advice and decide that it is time that I at least enter a couple of shows…it is all about balance…apples AND Cheetos.

NO MORE EXCUSES.

I PROMISE.

It has ceased to be about cash prizes for me. It is all about the ability to show in new places. Here is one of the shows that I think that I will enter this June:

Sylvia White Juried Show–Entry Deadline June 19th

This summer, the Sylvia White Gallery will be awarding two exhibition opportunities in our gallery space in Ventura, California’s New Art City.

COMPETITION DETAILS:

Juried by: Sylvia White. Sylvia White is founder and director of Contemporary Artists’ Services. She has been advising artists on matters related to career development since 1979. Sylvia White Gallery opened in 2008 and has exhibited artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Robert Graham, Ed Moses, Dale Chihuly and others. Take a virtual tour of our gallery , please visit our website at http://www.sylviawhite.com/ .

PRIZES: One solo exhibition and one group exhibition.

EVENT SCHEDULE:
June 19 – Entry Deadline
July 3 – Notifications sent out
August 4 – September 4 – Group Exhibition (Solo exhibition dates to be arranged with winning artist)

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all U.S./Canadian resident artists at least 18 years of age. Eligible entries include paintings, mixed media, works on paper, photography, sculpture, installation art and performance.

ACCEPTANCE: Accepted work may be refused if it does not conform to the image entry, at the Juror’s discretion. No substitutions of accepted works will be allowed. All accepted work must remain in the gallery for the duration of the exhibit.

Artists will be responsible for delivery and return shipping of all their artwork. Sylvia White Gallery will assist in providing e-mailing lists and press contacts.

SALES: Unless otherwise specified, accepted works will be considered for sale at the price indicated and 30% of the selling price will be retained by The Sylvia White Gallery. A purchaser may not remove work until the end of the exhibition.

INSURANCE: Great care will be taken with all work, but artists are responsible for insuring their own pieces if they wish. The Sylvia White Gallery will not be responsible for any loss or damage to work while on the premises or in transit to or from the gallery. Artists are advised to get their own insurance.

DELIVERY & RETURN: All work must be suitably framed, wired and ready for hanging, or installation. Graphics, prints, watercolors and pastels must be framed under Plexiglas. NO GLASS.

Shipped work must be packaged in a reusable container. NO STYROFOAM PEANUTS. A prepaid waybill for its return must be enclosed. Please make shipping arrangements through the U.S. Postal Service, DHL, FedEx, or UPS. COD returns are not acceptable. The gallery accepts no responsibility for work not retrieved on the pick-up date and will charge the artist $5.00 a day thereafter for storage. After 30 days the gallery may dispose of the work.

APPLICATION PROCESS: To apply you need to email all of the following to juriedshow@artadvice.com.

1. Link To Website with available work (if available)
2. Three (3) Digital Images of Work – Digital Images should be submitted in JPEG format and the images’ dimensions should not exceed 1600 pixels in any dimension and should have a maximum file size of 5 MB. Please label each JPEG image as follows: Lastname_Firstname_title.jpg
3. Details of submitted work: Title, Medium, Dimensions, and Price.
4. Contact Details of Artist: Name, Email Address, Phone Number
5. Entry Fee $40 (US Dollars only)

If you have any questions, email Sylvia…she’s always quick with replies.

INTERNATIONAL CALL: United Kingdom

Posted on June 9, 2010June 12, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

Happily, ArtAndArtDeadlines.com readers span the globe; however, the Calls for Entries and Calls for Submission are not always as accommodating.

This gem of a Call for Submissions is from Beers Lambert Contemporary Art in the UK and is open to artists everywhere. You can enter up to 6 images for only 10£ or $15 US.

Please note the deadline is JUNE 13th…
so don’t waste any time.

EMERGING ARTISTS
INTERNATIONAL
EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITY

Beers Lambert Contemporary Art invites all artists working in 2D and 3D to submit to an international exhibition, I Am Solitary I Am An Army, in collaboration with Surface Gallery in Nottingham, UK, scheduled for September to October of 2010, that will explore current paths and ideas in contemporary art.

The exhibition wishes to showcase the very best in
emergent art from around the world.

Entry is open to all artists whose work speaks to concepts of identity, progress, temporality, and self, and interpretations of these themes, and/or operates upon this conceptual basis through an exciting approach to medium/material, presentation, and figurative or abstract art.

Beers Lambert encourages submissions from artists whose work explores a unique aesthetic sensibility and a progressive approach to the themes described.

The work sought after should engage with the themes, present new avenues for dialogue, and offer an exciting approach to issues that challenge and determine the direction of contemporary emergent art.

Successful artists will be exhibited and considered for inclusion with Beers Lambert Contemporary Art.

Due to overwhelming initial response, the deadline for applications has been extended to midnight, Sunday June 13, 2010.

For a full prospectus, please refer to
www.beerslambert.com/call.htm

PHOTOGRAPHY: Emerging Work

Posted on May 28, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

Photography Week
on Art & Art Deadlines

Installment 4:
No Resume, No Problem

You know how much I love shows that don’t require artists to submit resumes.

I think artwork should be judged on its merits, not its pedigree…but I don’t often trip across artshows where they are brazenly looking for work that has been little seen or documented…the Apeture Portfolio Prize.

Finally…we don’t have to have the “chicken or the egg” conversation. Yippee.
Here’s the call for the Apeture Portfolio Prize.

The purpose of the Aperture Portfolio Prize is to identify trends in contemporary photography and specific artists whom they can help by bringing a wider audience.

In choosing the first-prize winner and runners-up, they are looking for work that is fresh and that hasn’t been widely seen in major publications or exhibition venues.

First prize is $5,000.

The first-prize winner and runners-up are featured in Aperture’s website for approximately one year.

Winners are also announced in the foundation’s e-newsletter, which reaches thousands of subscribers in the photography community.

Deadline: July 14, 2010, at 12:00 noon EST.

Results Announced: November 1, 2010.

For more information, see the Guidelines and FAQs pages.

ArtAndArtDeadlines.com is a free service–forever and always. But clicking on a sponsor’s ad can help you find additional Art Deadlines and help this service remain free. I’ve filtered the ads so they are mostly about art. I hope you find something intriguing! Thanks for your support!

PHOTOGRAPHY: Call for ART Publication

Posted on May 25, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

Photography Week on Art & Art Deadlines
Installment 2:Art Publication

I preach the virtues of Art Publication all of the time, but I will climb up on the soapbox for just a minute again today. Get your art published…there is no down side–rolling deadlines & international exposure. For all of my motivationally challenged artists (you know who you are) that I have spoken to this week alone, get off the couch, put down the Cheetos, and get to work.

Here is a great call for the photographer (or wannabe) in us all…

Art Publication from Cerise Press

Cerise Press, an international online journal (with forthcoming print) based in the United States and France, builds cross-cultural bridges by featuring artists and writers in English and translations, with an emphasis on French and Francophone works.

Co-founded by Sally Molini, Karen Rigby, and Fiona Sze-Lorrain in 2009, Cerise Press hopes to serve as a gathering force where imagination, insight, and conversation express the evolving and shifting forms of human experience.

The journal is published three times a year: Summer, Fall/Winter, and Spring. They include a selection of photographers’ galleries (black and white or color) in each issue, along with poetry, translations, interviews and more.

Please visit their website for guidelines: http://www.cerisepress.com/guidelines

Contact: Greta Aart, Sally Molini, Karen Rigby editors@cerisepress.com

Deadline: Ongoing

Cerise Press, P.O. Box 241187 / Omaha NE 68124
http://www.cerisepress.com

ArtAndArtDeadlines.com is a free service–forever and always. But clicking on a sponsor’s ad can help you find additional Art Deadlines and help this service remain free. I’ve filtered the ads so they are mostly about art. I hope you find something intriguing! Thanks for your support!

TWITTER: @artartdeadlines

Posted on May 24, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

I have long been tweeting posts for ArtAndArtDeadlines.com from my http://www.twitter.com/artistrlgibson.

Well, I have finally gotten around to creating a twitter account just for ArtAndArtDeadlines.com…

So make sure to follow @artartdeadlines for the latest FREE updates and artist resources.

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Photo Abstraction

Posted on May 24, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

The difference between taking photographs and being a photographer is about the same as playing golf versus being a golfer. I’m no photographer, but it is part and parcel of my media, Xerography. So…let’s call this Photography Week on Art & Art Deadlines.

Without photography, nothing would ever be cookin’ in my kitchen. To that end, here’s a great call for the photographer (or wannabe) in us all…Here’s a Call for Submissions: Photo Abstraction from The Vermont Photography Workplace.

“We often think if the camera as a tool for recording minute details of the visual world, in images that sometimes seem so real they could be mistaken for actual experience.

“But photographs can also build on abstract elements inherent in the medium, such as blur, and in the visual world, such as pattern and texture. For “Abstraction in Photography” we seek images that utilize abstract components as their primary mode of expression.

“Fields of color and exquisite shapes found in nature, linear designs discovered in the built environment, blur created in-camera or with vintage processes—the sky’s the limit. Astonish us with your eye and mind for the abstract.

“Juror Stephen Strom will select forty photographs for exhibition on the walls of PhotoPlace Gallery in August and on the gallery website. An additional thirty-five images will be chosen for PhotoPlace’s “On-Line Gallery Annex.”

Click Here for a Upcoming Full Exhibition Schedule for the Gallery.

“All selected work will be included in a full-color exhibition catalogue available for purchase. To help artists defray costs, PhotoPlace Gallery offers to mat and frame work selected for exhibition free of charge, providing artists print their images to our pre-cut mat and frame sizes.

Click Here for Submission Guidelines.

The deadline for Photo Abstraction is August 16, 2010.

“Juror: Stephen Strom, photographer, astronomer, writer, and educator. His most recent photography book is Earth Forms, published by Dewi Lewis Publishing.”

Visit Photo Place for an online Application Form.

For further information visit www.vtphotoworkplace.com or e-mail photos@vtphotoworkplace.com.

PhotoPlace Gallery
3 Park Street
Middlebury, VT 05753
802/989-2359
www.vtphotoworkplace.com
Contact: Kirsten Hoving, photos@vtphotoworkplace.com

ArtAndArtDeadlines.com is a free service–forever and always. But clicking on a sponsor’s ad can help you find additional Art Deadlines and help this service remain free. I’ve filtered the ads so they are mostly about art. I hope you find something intriguing! Thanks for your support!

GRADUATION: Call for Submissions

Posted on May 23, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

It is graduation time, and I’ve been receiving lots of requests from art grads and upcoming art grads about where to go next. I am not a career counselor, but if you’re looking for shows and have had the privilege of building a large body of work your senior year…then it is time to find a show, or two, or three.

Where to begin? When you are frantically searching for a show on Google, remember to look for “Call for Submissions.” The use of “submissions” usually indicates no fee and a large number of submission allowed. These committees and gallery directors are looking for a well-rounded glimpse into what you offer, not just the winner of a competion as in “Call for Entries.”

Look for areas within a day’s drive of you so that you are confident you can assist with hanging the show–only if asked–and show up for the opening of your big night. Look for rolling deadlines. If you’re interested in a gallery, look to see if they take submissions year ’round, and don’t procrastinate.

Here is a Call for Submissions from Space 237 to get you started:

Space 237 welcomes artist submissions year round and will consider your work for the next year of exhibits. They ask that the artists be 18 yrs + and submit original art any media. Space 237 especially appreciates unusual, cutting edge artwork, but, because they use 2 galleries for their Spring & Fall exhibits, there is usually a nice mix of unique artwork along with high quality traditional & not-so-traditional.

Space 237 is looking at submissions next for their annual fall show October 15, 2010 – January 8, 2011. Opening night will be Fri, Oct. 15, 7-10 pm.

Submission deadline: Submissions must be received by Friday, July 16, 2010.

Submissions may be mailed or dropped off in person. They will not be reviewed at the at the time of drop off, if they are delivered in person.

Click Here for a printable .pdf of the Submission Guidelines.

ArtAndArtDeadlines.com is a free service–forever and always. But clicking on a sponsor’s ad can help you find additional Art Deadlines and help this service remain free. I’ve filtered the ads so they are mostly about art. I hope you find something intriguing! Thanks for your support!

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Photography

Posted on May 4, 2010May 4, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

If your dream is to run off to New York and be an artist when you grow up…it is never too late.

What could be better than a Manhattan exhibit, round-trip airfare to the event and a $1.2 million dollar apartment for a year? I don’t know either. If you are a photographer looking to take one big leap into the art world, here is the call for which you’ve been looking. It costs $88 for 15 images, but that could be the cheapest investment of your life. Directly from their website:

International Open Call

Your images hold power. Every time you pick up the camera, you have an opportunity to make art, to ask questions, to share beauty, to expose truth.

You are invited to participate in an international competition for photographers of all types. This is your moment to be discovered.

Our goal is simple: we want to find amazing photographic talents and expose them to the world in the most potent way possible. Rewards and benefits will be given to all who participate (to see a sample of submitted portfolios, click here).

One grand prize winner will be awarded an art-star New York City gallery reception, international publicity and their choice of $10,000 cash or 1 year living rent free in a $1.2 million apartment provided by The Edge in New York City.

What You Get:

By entering the contest, you will receive all of the following:

1. An online portfolio (see a sample here) of your images to share with the world. Your portfolio will be browsable by gallerists, collectors and commercial buyers through our Artist Search Engine.

2. A free subscription to JPG’s digital magazine.

3. $100 in discounts and credits from Zipcar.com.

4. Other discounts and freebies from our sponsors valued at over $95.

The Awards:

Our panel of judges including Photographer Lauren Greenfield, New York Times Photo Editor Maura Foley, MOMA Curator Nora Lawrence and JPG Founders Derek Powazek & Heather Powazek Champ, will choose one photographer for the Grand Prize:

$10,000 cash or 1-year FREE living at a $1.2 million apartment at The Edge in New York City
A Manhattan Gallery Reception
Airfare and shipping to and from New York City for the event
International Publicity

The public will also cast their vote and the highest rated portfolio will receive the People’s Choice Award:

$2,000 in cash
A Manhattan Gallery Reception
Airfare and shipping to and from New York City for the event

ArtAndArtDeadlines.com is a free service–forever and always. But clicking on a sponsor’s ad can help you find additional Art Deadlines and help this service remain free. I’ve filtered the ads so they are mostly about art. I hope you find something intriguing! Thanks for your support!

INTERNATIONAL CALL: Post Cards

Posted on May 3, 2010May 3, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

I received an overwhelming response to the last post on a Mail Art opportunity.

It seems that my readers like the idea of a quick project and the unpredictible nature of the postal system. Just for you, here is an a cream puff of a resume builder–an international call for mail art (postcards) from Sweden.

This show is all hung AND offers possible publication as well….and it is FREE!

Call for Submissions

After the success of their collage postcard project in September 2009, Cut & Paste, the folks at MailArt.se are now making a call for altered postcards of famous tourist sights from all over the world.

All incoming cards will be published on MailArt.se and exhibited in Galleri KG52, Stockholm in August of 2010.

They will also publish the ones they like the best in a small book edition.

Here are the rules:

* The cards should have the usual postcard format, i.e. approximately A6, 105 x 148 mm (approx. 4″ x 6″)
* The cards should show an altered tourist attraction
* all techniques are welcome
* Three cards is the maximum for each participant
* The cards have to be posted before June 1, 2010
* The cards won’t be returned.
* The cards will be uploaded on the net from from April 15, 2010–– Click Here to see what they will look like.
Send your Card to:
1. Edvard Derkert, Galleri KG52, Kammakargatan 52, 11160 Stockholm, Sweden
2. A digital version of the file saved in jpg, highest quality. 1000 x 709 pixels, or something close to that should be emailed to: info@dad.a.se

Please state include your name, country, the name of the postcard view, your mailing address and/or homeadress andyour website–if you have one.

Participants agree to the exhibition and public showing of their cards: in the Gallery, on the web and in the book.

If you have questions, ideas, good links etc., please contact info@dad.a.se .

ArtAndArtDeadlines.com is a free service–forever and always. But clicking on a sponsor’s ad can help you find additional Art Deadlines and help this service remain free. I’ve filtered the ads so they are mostly about art. I hope you find something intriguing! Thanks for your support!

CALL FOR ENTRIES: US Mint

Posted on April 13, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

The tag line of this site is
“Never Let Them See You Starve.”

I like to emphasize shows with low fees that jury based on talent, not resume. But, cash prizes and honorariums never hurt because it takes money to eat.

Here’s a great way to never let them see you starve…

Make a mint…from the U.S. Mint.

That’s right, folks, you too can design a coin for the United States of America. Here’s the Call:

Call for Artists

The United States Mint invites artists from across the country to apply to the Artistic Infusion Program.

Artistic Infusion Program is a great way to take part in American history and create designs which will be circulated nationwide. Artists must be United States citizens but may work from any location they choose.

The United States Mint encourages applications from artists representing diverse backgrounds and a variety of interests reflecting those of the American people.

This year, the United States Mint is seeking up to 6 Associate Designers to join the current designers under contract with the program.

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis with 3 cutoff dates throughout the year for evaluation and review. Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible. The last application deadline is July 6, 2010. If you wish to apply for this program, please review the eligibility requirements below. Then click Apply Now. If you have additional questions please visit the U.S. Mint FAQ page.

Eligibility

To qualify in the associate designer category, applicants must be an established professional visual artist and meet the following criteria:

U.S. citizenship
Have specialized training in his or her art form
Have derived a portion of his or her individual income from his or her art for a minimum of 5 years by the time of application
Have a history of public presentation of his or her art in a professional context, such as a gallery show, or work that has appeared as part of a curated exhibit, permanent collection of a museum, or in a professional journal

Applicants must also be able to accept the terms and conditions for participation in the AIP as described in the application. Click here to apply now.

Note: At this time, the AIP is limited to coin and medal design (i.e., drawings) and does not encompass the execution (sculpting and engraving) of designs. United States Mint sculptor-engravers model designs created by AIP artists and also submit their own designs for consideration for coin and medal programs.

The application deadlines is July 6, 2010.

ArtAndArtDeadlines.com is a free service–forever and always. But clicking on a sponsor’s ad can help you find additional Art Deadlines and help this service remain free. I’ve filtered the ads so they are mostly about art. I hope you find something intriguing! Thanks for your support!