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CALL for ENTRIES: Storytelling

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Learn more about the Storytelling exhibit from LA Photo Curator!FOOD
for the ages

The story of my life could easily be told with my culinary history:  the half-eaten worm that immediately proceeded my speaking in complete sentences (gross, but true), the cheese dogs of my youth (nicknamed angels riding horseback), the short-lived teenage infatuation with fast food, the pasta love fest of my twenties, and the ongoing efforts to repair all the damage done now that I know better, ha.  This next Call wants to hear your stories, but again, the food references are merely optional.  No artist statements required this time…

Check out this Call for Entries from L.A. Photo Curator for the Storytelling exhibit. $20 entry, no shipping & a portion of the entry fees goes to a great charity. Take a look…

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Learn more about the Storytelling exhibit from LA Photo Curator!CALL for ENTRIES:
Storytelling

 

“We are looking for photographers with the ability to tell a compelling visual narrative through fine art photography. Stories could be told based on landscapes, and do not have to be portraits. Any kind of photo process (digital, analog, alternative) is welcome.” –from laphotocurator.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Photography

DEADLINE: January 19, 2016

EXHIBITION: February 1-28, 2016

ENTRY FEE: $20 for up to 2

CURATOR: Carolyn Hampton is a Southern California fine art photographer who creates surreal, dreamlike images based on childhood memories, rituals, nightmares, and fantasies. She is currently working on a narrative portrait series entitled “Constructed Fairytales”. Hampton’s award-winning work has been exhibited in galleries, museums and art festivals worldwide, and is held in many private collections, including those of Jock Sturges, Kim & Gina Weston, and the Center for Fine Art Photography.  Her images have been published in books and on dust jackets, on album covers, and in newspapers, magazines, and popular blogs.  Hampton is represented by the Duncan Miller Gallery.

AWARDS: Winner receives review by curator plus online exhibition (front page of site for a month, then archived).  Winner also receives Q&A making a substantial PR piece for the photographer. A percentage of artist fees will go Hampton’s charity: Children’s Institute, Inc.  There is a 2nd place winner & 3 honorable mentions which will show their bio and images archived on the site.

SALES: All sales are conducted between the artist & buyer. L.A. Photo Curator does not handle any part of sales. There is no commission.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about the Storytelling exhibit from LA Photo Curator!

ARTIST of the DAY: Laird Bindrim

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simply BEAUTIFUL

Minimalism has so many faces. Some would have you believe it to be stark and cold and gray.  I find it comforting.  I disagree that minimalism must always be bare.  Even intricate design can be simple and clean and appreciable for their design.   Today’s Artist of the Day, Laird Bindrim, shows such beautiful restraint. Such beauty in simply waiting for the unfolding.

U-Totem by photographer Laird Bindrim
U-Totem by photographer Laird Bindrim

“Photography as a medium is immediate. The “taking” of a photograph is measured in fractions of a second.  An art form, that has the unique ability to show us a singular moment.  In this image, the person talking on the phone, my good friend, is calling home to his mother to let her know he’s arrived safely.  Albeit, three thousand miles away from her.  This was the view from the car where I waited and watched patiently as he consoled her.” —Laird Bindrim

Delight in more beauty by
photographer Laird Bindrim!

ARTIST of the DAY: David Marinos

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never ALONE

One of the joys of editing AAAD is the artists that I meet. Some seek advice or publication, but most often, they seek connection.  Creativity is often isolating, but all of you have taught me that an art community is where and what and who you make it. Today’s Artist of the Day, David Marinos, will be 18 years old tomorrow.  My birthday wish for David is that he not know artistic isolation although his work already displays an understanding.

Vision and Absent Light by David Marinos
Vision (left) and Absent Light (right) by David Marinos

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“No one knows what life is and all these meaningless quotes aren’t helping.” —David Marinos

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Discover more from David Marinos!

CALL for ENTRIES: Intimate Treasures

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Learn more about the Intimate Treasures show from the Textile Arts Factory!salty or
SWEET

As much as I love stuffed grape leaves & feta, my first thoughts of Greece are of figs.  My husband makes a mean pastitsio, but I will still take yogurt with honey & figs any day of the week.  This Call is another sweet treat from the Mediterranean.  If you are looking for an international show, this could be a golden opportunity…

Check out this Call for Entries from Textile Arts Factory (Greece) for Intimate Treasures, a textile, fiber & jewelry exhibit.  With approx. 40 days between notification & delivery, reasonable shipping rates are available for this international opportunity.  Take a look..

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Learn more about the Intimate Treasures show from the Textile Arts Factory!CALL for ENTRIES:
Intimate Treasures

 

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA:  Accepted techniques include, but are not limited to: weaving, lace, knitting, crochet, embroidery, dyeing, patchwork, sewing, felt, braiding & knotting. Experimental techniques are also welcome. Combinations of different materials are accepted; however the main material should be textile and/or fibers, synthetic or natural.

DEADLINE:  January 15, 2016

NOTIFICATION:  January 20, 2016

ENTRY FEE:  $15 for up to 3

JUROR:  A jury of acclaimed artists & designers will decide which entries will be showcased.

SALES: Textile Arts Factory will retain a 30% commission of all sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about the Intimate Treasures show from the Textile Arts Factory!

ARTIST of the DAY: Jennifer Dipper

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try a new PERSPECTIVE

It is just another day of the calendar, but January 1 brings out the worst of self-judgement & self-loathing in us all. New Year’s resolutions are rarely about self-fulfillment & more about internalizing the judgement of others –about fixing perceived faults of body image, guilty pleasures & consumer expectations. So every January 1, I just try, often in vain, to remember to live my life with eyes open, wide open, open with a renewed awareness of myself and the world around me, the people, the earth, and the food, of course.  When I came across this image by today’s Artist of the Day, Jennifer Dipper, I recognized this look. Gentle but fierce, a haze of lashes softening but not obscuring the world. Strength.

EYES: Open by Photographer Jennifer Dipper
EYES: Open by Photographer Jennifer Dipper

“I like taking a minimal approach to fine art photography. Moments captured are not created my me. I am simply recording one possible perspective in a given time in a way that I am captivated. Capturing an image allows me to capsulate [sic] a fleeting moment, allowing that same emotion (or interpretation) to be felt over and over by even those who were not there.” —Jennifer Dipper

Learn more about photographer Jennifer Dipper!

CALL for ENTRIES: Benjamin’s Banquet

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Learn more about the Benjamins Banquet exhibit from the Chait Galleries downtown!feed me
LOUISIANA
(or Iowa)

All people have something in common –hunger.  As a product of that hunger, we all have to eat.  Some of us are more interested in food than others.  Granted, not everyone is as obsessed as I am, but I’m also not the only one contemplating food several meals (sometimes several months) in advance.  There are towns where I feel right a home simply because of the food — like New Orleans, Louisiana.  This next Call, also food obsessed, feels like home too.  Iowa is calling…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Chait Galleries Downtown (Iowa City, IA) for Benjamin’s Banquet.   $25 entry, and well, the theme.  Take a look…

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Learn more about the Benjamins Banquet exhibit from the Chait Galleries downtown!CALL for ENTRIES:
Benjamin’s Banquet

 

“What is your most closely held connection or apparent disconnection to food? What insights do you have to our global food system or perhaps there is a secret love/hate relationship in your own personal consumption? What about food moves you?” — from chaitgalleries.com

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

MEDIA: Open to all 2D and 3D media considered –except photography & jewelry.

DEADLINE:  January 15, 2016

NOTIFICATION:  January 21, 2016

ENTRY FEE: $25  for up to 3, $10 ea. add’l

AWARDS: Best in Show $300 & 2 $100 Honorable Mentions

SALES: The gallery will retain 50% commission on sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more from the Chait Galleries downtown!

ARTIST of the DAY: Robin Antar

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egging on the POUNDS

This is not just a season of mass consumerism, but a season of mass consumption.  As a Southerner, I am unceasingly amazed by how many holiday dishes include mayonnaise.  It is an embedded part of the culture.  There are less-than-playful, spiteful & angry debates, conversations & argument over brands.  I stand firmly on the side of homemade.  *Please note, all hate mail containing the word “Dukes” has been filtered to my junk mail box.  The work of today’s Artist of the Day, Robin Antar takes its own stand, intention or not. (continues below)

Hellman's Real Mayonnaise (realism in stone) by Robin Antar
Hellman’s Real Mayonnaise (realism in stone) by Robin Antar

“My passion as a sculptor involves a technique I uncovered more than 20 years ago — the precise art of creating ‘virtual records’ of contemporary culture — capturing common, everyday items in stone. Essentially, I replicate these items on a real life-scale, complete with meticulous detail. I achieve this absolute realism by incorporating parts of the actual object, as well as custom-made stains, paints, plastics and gold leaf. It’s more than art imitating life, it’s art mirroring life.” —Robin Antar

Discover more from sculptor Robin Antar!

CALL for ENTRIES: Mist Gallery

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Learn more the Mist Gallery!cheap
PROTEIN

Food challenges abound: Meatless Monday, Veggie Thursday & others.  I full believe in $5 Friday.  It doesn’t have to be Friday, but, well, alliteration.  I like the creativity required to feed my family of three for $5.  My “go to” used to be chicken quarters (75¢/lb), but chicken that cheap can be scary.  But, I can serve the best of eggs as protein, grass-fed, free-range, antibiotic free FRESH eggs and still have plenty of cash left over to round out the meal.  Fried rice & quiche are family favorites, but if you are not an egg eater, dried beans are fantastic (but require prep time).  This next Call is also a shockingly good value for $5 as well.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Mist Gallery (online exhibit) for the February exhibition! $5 entry & no shipping unless work sells.  What do you have to lose?

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Learn more the Mist Gallery!CALL for ENTRIES:
February Exhibition

 

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to U.S. & Canadian artists, age 18+

MEDIA:  Open to all media

DEADLINE:  December 31, 2015

NOTIFICATION:  by January 7, 2016

ENTRY FEE: $5 for up to 6

CURATORS: All participating artists are hand-picked by Mist Gallery founders, Elizabeth Servito & Nastassja Swift.

SALES:  Mist Gallery will take a 25% commission of each sold piece.  Artwork for sale through the Site is being sold unframed and all exceptions must be noted in the description.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more the Mist Gallery!

ARTIST of the DAY: Greg Sand

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CHRISTMAS future

I watched Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” again last night.  I think the familiarity of the story along with the endless tongue-in-cheek remakes and knock-offs have taken the edge of the concept.  But what if?  What if your life was absent of you?  The work of Greg Sand, today’s Artist of the Day, reminds me of the reality of that concept.  Every vintage portrait over which I have longed in consignment and thrift stores has met their end.  Sobering.  Another thoughtful display of empathy– empathy for those connected to these unknown souls. (continues below)

Once Removed #1 (left) & Once Removed #4 by Greg Sand
Once Removed #1 (left) & Once Removed #4 (right) by Greg Sand

“The series Once Removed consists of antique portraits in which the subject is missing. In all of the images, only the photographer’s backdrop and chair–next to which the sitter once stood–remain. The photographs are now about the absence of the subject rather than about the subject itself. Hopefully the viewer ponders the removal of the person and concludes, given the obvious age of the portraits, that the subject is dead.

‘By giving me the absolute past of the pose…
the photograph tells me death in the future… I shudder…
over a catastrophe which has already occurred.’

 

“These words from Roland Barthes’s ‘Camera Lucida” describe how I feel when I view a photograph as old as the ones used in this series. I feel a connection to the person, followed by a dread of what is to come, followed by a sense of grief at what has already transpired. The removal of the subject–who is very much alive in the photograph–forces the photograph to more truthfully depict the present reality in which the subject is no longer alive.” — Greg Sand

Explore the more work by Greg Sand!

CALL for ENTRIES: Garden Realm

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Learn more about the Garden Realm from the Litha Moon Gallery!don’t eat the
POINSETTIAs

Holiday meals at our house are inevitably eaten around a floral centerpiece, or more commonly, a potted plant.  But, for love of our dogs, there hasn’t been a poinsettia in our home for a couple of decades.  Instead, we keep a Christmas cactus or two year round.  The only rule of thumb is to treat them badly.  My mother didn’t water hers for a year, left it on the front porch during multiple early cold snaps.  She pulled it in  & watered it mid-October, and it was gorgeous just in time for Thanksgiving.  So, as a rule, don’t eat your floral holiday centerpieces, but a Christmas cactus might protect your pets if they get the munchies.  This next Call is looking for your perspective on flowers this winter.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Litha Moon Gallery (Greensboro, GA) for The Garden Realm: Flora in Watercolour.  I always appreciate a themed call that makes room for the abstract.  Investigate…

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Learn more about the Garden Realm from the Litha Moon Gallery!CALL for ENTRIES:
Garden Realm

“Whether a walk down a garden path, or discovering fragile gentle beauty on a woodland trail, flowers have been a silent still and inspiring subject throughout time.  Flowers express love, celebrate rights of passage, such as marriage, birth and death, providing peace for the weary and comfort for the stressed.  They are the passion and tenderness of the lover.  Comfort for the grieving.” — lithamoon.com

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists

MEDIA:  Watercolor of flowers — open to interpretation, realist to abstract

DEADLINE:  December 19, 2015

NOTIFICATION:  January 16, 2016

ENTRY FEE: $40 for up to 4

AWARDS:  1st  Place $300, 2nd Place $150, 3rd Place $100 & 2 Certificates of Recognition/Honorable Mention

SALES:  Litha Moon Gallery will retain 35% commission on all works sold.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about the Garden Realm from the Litha Moon Gallery!