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CALL for ENTRIES: Infected 4

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Learn more about Volume 4 of Infected by Art!feelin’
LEMONY

I ran across Buddha’s finger a couple of years ago.  What a bizarre, other-worldly looking fruit.  It is a type of citron and has the aroma of a lemon.  It makes great candied peel and is fantastic for flavoring vodka, or infusing oil or sugar.  The best part is that the pith doesn’t have the bitter taste that is commonly in the white of the lemon.  I would love to have a keep just for ornamental reasons since fruit tends to last longer “on the vine” than flowers do.  The fruit of this tree just doesn’t look real.  The next Call wants just the opposite–subject matter that appears real but is not.  This is a science fiction lovers dream…

Check out this Call for Entries from Infected by Art for Volume 4, an art compilation book. $10 Entry & you DO NOT sign over your copyright.  Take a look…

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Learn more about Volume 4 of Infected by Art!CALL for ENTRIES:
Infected

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to work of imaginative realism, i.e. science fiction, fantasy, horror, etc.  The categories include: Oil/acrylic, pen/ink,digital/photoshop, & other work that can be represented by a 2-D image.

DEADLINE:  December 4, 2015

NOTIFICATION:  January 2016

ENTRY FEE: $10 each image, limit 10.  Images 5 & 10 are free.

JUROR:  The Jury Panel is comprised of four individuals personally entrenched in the creation, sales or promotion of imaginative realism artworks; Erica Berkowitz, Patrick Jones, Lauren Panepinto & Allen Williams.

AWARDS:  Artists have a chance to win $5,000 in Cash Prizes. Gold, Silver, and Bronze awards in each of the Categories will also receive a full page in the IBA book dedicated to that image.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about Volume 4 of Infected by Art!

ARTIST of the DAY: Amy Friend

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perspective, yes

Get to know artist Amy Friend, our current Artist of the Day.  I struggled to choose what to post because she is, simply, in my head.  This work is both lush & toothsome. (continues below)

My Tangled Perspective by Amy Friend, AAAD Artist of the Day
My Tangled Perspective by Amy Friend

“A pleasure in the discomfort & need for the tension.”
— Amy Friend (from amydraws.com)

“My current body of work focuses on a desire for balance and the dichotomy of my life; my desire for adventure and freedom versus a need for security and roots. Illustrating these themes is the current obsession of mine. Using metaphors and abstracts, my work maintains realism in its depiction. The compositions create a graceful struggle and an uncertain balance.”

Learn more about Amy Friend!

 

CALL for ENTRIES: Billboard Diversity

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Learn more about the Embracing our Differences billboard project!EAT
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I ate broccoli at dinner last night. *yawn*  Did you know there are approximately 30,000 edible plants on this planet?  Did you also know that a mere 50 crops make up 90% of the calories consumed?  How did we get so boring?  Diversity is the best part of eating and cooking and consuming (and being for that matter) even if I do forget that when shopping some days.  This next Call is another excellent way to celebrate diversity.  Take a look…

Check out this great Call for Entries for the annual Embracing our Differences billboard project (Sarasota, FL). No entry fee & $3000 in awards. Don’t miss this opportunity…

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Learn more about the Embracing our Differences billboard project!CALL for ENTRIES:
Embracing our Differences

 

Our goal is to create a community where diversity and inclusion are valued while teaching the importance of being an ‘up-stander,’ not a ‘by- stander’.” — from embracingourdifferences.org

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: 2-D work including but not limited to photography, digital, collage, drawing, painting, etc.  Remember, if chosen, it will be enlarged to 16′ x 12.5′  or 4.9 m x 3.8m.

THEME:  Enriching lives through diversity

DEADLINE: January 4, 2016 (midnight PST)

NOTIFICATION: Winning selections will be announced online by mid-March, 2016

ENTRY FEE: None

AWARDS: A total of $3,000 USD in three separate $1,000 awards for Best-in-Show (adult), Best-in-Show (student) & People’s Choice.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about Embracing our Differences!

 

ARTIST of the DAY: Polly Nor

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our FIRST time, again

AAAD is thrilled to announce Polly Nor as our very first Artist of the Day.  The first “A” of AAAD is “art” & as we begin our seventh year, you will see more art on our pages.  Our month Featured Artist will now be chosen from Artist of the Day posts.  Simple. Delicious.  (continues below)

Let Go -- illustration by Polly Nor
Let Go — illustration by Polly Nor

“I draw women & devils for women & devils.”
— Polly Nor (via Twitter)

North London illustrator Polly Nor has produced a number of commissions for Hunger TV, Bloomsbury and EMI records and has worked on projects for Bric Gallery, Salzburg Festival and The Metropolitan Opera, New York. With a strong focus on female sexuality, relationships and emotional instability, Polly Nor creates erotic and cultural satire for all the perverted internet addicts out there.

Learn more about Polly Nor!

 

CALL for SUBMISSIONS: Artist Grant

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Learn more about the Working Artist Grant and Purchase Award!cold & cheap
ROOTS

I am grateful for the apples, but I am missing fresh local veggies already.  My local orchard serves as my farmers market most weeks.  With their cold storage program, I can get local apples for most of the year, but the veggies they offer are limited as of November.  Aside from winter squash, the only thing LOCALLY fresh I’ll have until spring are potatoes, onions and maybe a hot house bell pepper or two.  My normal $25 farmers market budget will be too much for a change.  This Call is a great use for the extra $. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Submissions from WorkingArtist.org for the $1000 Artist Grant/Art Purchase Award. $25 entry & send a link.  It doesn’t get any easier. Don’t miss this one…

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Learn more about the Working Artist Grant and Purchase Award!CALL for SUBMISSIONS:
Artist Grant

 

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all media including traditional visual arts, painting, sculpture, mixed media, photography, video, new media & performance (no dance at this time).

DEADLINE:  November 30, 2015

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

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

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about the Working Artist Grant and Purchase Award!

CALL for ENTRIES: Animals 2

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Learn more about the Animals 2 exhibit from art-competition.net!eat my
FUNGI

I’m afraid of eating wild mushrooms.  Correction, I am afraid of improperly identifying a mushroom as edible and doing unexpected harm to my family.  So, I have been trying to decide whether or not to grow them myself.  Growing mushrooms at home always conjures images of damp, basement-like conditions.  But research indicates I can crow them on logs in dappled shade, above ground, among the living, with fewer creepy-crawlies. This next Call want to know your views, wild OR domestic, but no veggies–just animals.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net for Animals Wild or Domestic 2.  $20 entry & open to 2D media.  Cash prizes & great marketing tools too…

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Learn more about the Animals 2 exhibit from art-competition.net!CALL for ENTRIES:
Animals 2

 

ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+

MEDIA: All 2D media: painting, drawing, collage, photography, digital, etc.

THEME: “Animals Wild or Domestic 2“ – The artists should intrigue and fascinate the viewer with their vision and interpretation of the animal’s beauty, elegance, strength, speed, delicateness, size, etc. The work can reflect on creatures of the land, sea & air from domesticated pet to a ferocious wild animal.  The art can be expressed from realism to abstraction.

DEADLINE: November 30, 2015

NOTIFICATION: December 8, 2015

ENTRY FEE: $20 for 1, $35 for 3, or $60 for 7

AWARDS: $7,500 in cash & marketing prizes. All cash prizes have doubled (e.g. 1st place $1000, 2nd Place $250, 3rd Place $125, etc) + helpful marketing.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about the Animals 2 exhibit from art-competition.net!
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CALL for ENTRIES: Out of Bounds

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Learn more about the Out of Bounds exhibit at the Kavanagh Gallery at the Fine Line Creative Arts Center!seat belt
VINAIGRETTE

I eat in my car A LOT.  This has always been true.  Once upon a time, those meals consisted of a generous amount of fast food of the drive thru variety.  However, as my tolerance for processed food has waned but my travel for the job has increased, I find that packing food for the road has become more and more common.  Eating a decent meal is no longer an out of bounds activity for the car.  I do pull over to eat, but my seat belt has the permanent aroma of Italian dressing.  This next Call wants to know what YOU consider out of bounds.  This is a great opportunity and a beautiful space…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Fine Line Creative Arts Center (St. Charles, IL) for Out of Bounds at the Kavanagh Gallery.  The theme is broadly interpreted.  Take a look…

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Learn more about the Out of Bounds exhibit at the Kavanagh Gallery at the Fine Line Creative Arts Center!CALL for ENTRIES:
Out of Bounds

 

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists living & working in the U.S.

MEDIA:  Open to all media.  Pieces should encompass the definition of the title: beyond limit, banned, beyond the pale, forbidden, inaccessible, off-limits, prohibited, and restricted.

DEADLINE:  December 7, 2015

NOTIFICATION:  December 20, 2015

ENTRY FEE: $30 for up to 5 ($25 for members)

JUROR:  Three jurors will choose from the pool of applicants. Artists are selected on the basis of originality and quality of work.

AWARDS:  There will be a Best of Show award as well as a non-monetary People’s Choice Award, chosen by popular vote of the attendees of the show.

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

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about the Kavanagh Gallery at the Fine Line Creative Arts Center!

 

CALL for ENTRIES: Magnificent Maps

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Learn more about the Magnificent Maps exhibit from Artlink!grown
WILD

Have you ever eaten a persimmon?  I am headed out for a road-trip soon, and I am super excited about eating persimmon pudding in Indiana.  Persimmons are typically cultivated in the southeastern U.S. but grow WILD throughout much of Indiana.  I think their love of this weird little fruit has resulted in some of the best uses, including the notorious pudding.  Give a persimmon a try.  Make sure it is ripe though; trust me.  This next Call IS ripe and from Indiana.  (I know.  Bad.  Sorry.)  This is a great call…

Check out this Call for Entries from Artlink (Fort Wayne, IN) for the Magnificent Maps exhibit.  No entry fee.  The theme is broad & open to interpretation.  Take a look…

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Learn more about the Magnificent Maps exhibit from Artlink!CALL for ENTRIES:
Magnificent Maps

 

ELIGIBLE:  Open to all artists 18+ residing in U.S. (Sorry Shane Watt, they are missing out on the fine work of one amazing Canadian.)

MEDIA:  Open to all media. Eligible artwork should depict real or fictitious maps. Artists may incorporate collage pieces of maps or create new map- themed works of art.

DEADLINE:  December 1, 2015

NOTIFICATION:  All hung  *Editor’s Note: This in an update from the original post.

ENTRY FEE:  None

SALES:  A 35% commission will be retained by the gallery on all sold work.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about the Magnificent Maps exhibit from Artlink!

CALL for ENTRIES: Tiny Book Show

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Learn more about the Tiny Book Show from Food for the Soul Train!soul FOOD

I love an amuse-bouche as much as the next foodie.  I love tapas & small plate menus too.  But, I don’t understand the tiny food trends I am seeing.  The videos of tiny food being made on tiny appliances? I am clearly missing something.  I cannot find a point to the concept of tiny food except for the cute factor.  Where food is concerned, more is almost inevitably better in my house.  But there is a time & place for everything.  This next Call is the perfect way to dive into tiny works.  Now to learn how to bind my work…

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Learn more aboutthe Tiny Book Show from Food for the Soul Train!CALL for ENTRIES:
Tiny Book show

 

“The Tiny Book Show is our latest creative adventure and we need your help filling our library shelves. Our vintage caravan, Maude, will become a bookmobile of Lilliputian proportions, stopping in select locations around the country to display a collection of tiny books hand made by artists and writers from around the world.” –food4thesoultrain.com

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists

MEDIA:  Hand-made books no larger than 3″ square.  Content is up to the artist, these books do not have to be “How to” titles, but certainly can be if you’d like!

DEADLINE:  December 1, 2015

NOTIFICATION:  All hung, or in this case, all included

AWARDS:  Dates & locations TBD and will be announced as travel plans are confirmed.

SALES:  FFTST will retain a 40% commission on all sales

*Editor’s Note:  I am always trying to encourage you to stretch yourself.  If you do ANY 2-dimensional work, chances are good you can bind it into a book.  Consider the possibilities.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more aboutthe Tiny Book Show from Food for the Soul Train!

CALL for ENTRIES: Flawed

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Learn more from the A Smith Gallery about the Flawed Instant Film Exhibition!seasonal
FRUIT

My experience with pre-packaged instant food is sketchy at best.  You might find a box of instant oatmeal in my cabinet for lazy winter mornings.  But I find that some foods that are unnaturally dehydrated to the extreme never really recover, like cheese & coffee, while others thrive, like cocoa and popcorn.  I think of instant foods a little differently –preferring portable raw nuts, fruits, and even a few cheeses, best.  This time of year though, pomegranates are my favorite.  Just cut them in half, thump them with on spoon on the outside, and voilà –instant snackage.  This next Call wants your instant favorites.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the A. Smith Gallery (TX) for flawed | an instant film exhibition.  Rediscover the joy, freedom & accessibility of instant film. Buy a camera & film used. Stretch your skill set and find out what inspires you…

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Learn more from the A Smith Gallery about the Flawed Instant Film Exhibition!CALL for ENTRIES:
flawed | an instant film exhibition

 

“flawed : faulty, haywire, imperfect, erring, inaccurate, crooked” –from asmithgallery.com

ELIGIBILITY:   Open to all artists

MEDIA:   The only constraints are that work must be made with one of the many forms of instant film, be it original Polaroid, any one of the Fuji Instant or Impossible Project films, or even the latest New55 Film.

DEADLINE:  November 30, 2015

NOTIFICATION:  December 12, 2015

ENTRY FEE:  $30 up to 5, $6 ea add’l

JUROR:  Michael Kirchoff straddles  the worlds of both commercial and fine art photography.  A commercial shooter for twenty-five years, it is his fine art work that has set him apart from others, with instant film fueling more than a few bodies of work, both completed and ongoing. His consulting, training, and overall support of his fellow photographer and artist continues with help in constructing ones vision, producing artist lectures, and finding exhibition opportunities, which fill the gaps in time away from active shooting.

AWARDS: Jurors Selection receives $325 & (3) three Directors Selections will receive an exhibition catalogue.  Winning images will be exhibited at the A Smith Gallery from January 15 to March 6, and also published in a special editorial section of the international publication, Blur Magazine.

SALES:  A Smith Gallery will retain 40% commission.

For complete details, Read the full Call!

Learn more from the A Smith Gallery about the Flawed Instant Film Exhibition!