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CALL for ENTRIES: Axis Gallery 6th National

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COMMODITIES

I am dreaming of summer, and it is barely February.  I am longing for fresh produce, watermelons and picnics.  I have had enough of hot house fruits and vegetables that cost enough you could assume they must be gold-plated.  This next call has a summer deadline, but don’t procrastinate.

Check out this Call for Entries from the Axis Gallery for their 6th Annual National Juried Exhibit.  There are no media restrictions and plenty of time to create new work if you’re motivated to do so.  Take a look…

CALL for ENTRIES:
Axis Gallery 6th National

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to artists residing in the U.S.

Learn more about the Axis Gallery 6th Annual National Juried Exhibit!MEDIA:  Contemporary original 2D and 3D work in any media, including
paintings, prints, drawings, photography and digital images.

DEADLINE:  May 28, 2011 (postmark date)

NOTIFICATION:  June 22, 2011

ENTRY FEE:  There is a (nonrefundable) $30 entry fee for up to three submissions, $5.00 each additional entry, limit 6.  Entry by CD only.  CD’s will not be returned.  Make checks payable to Axis Gallery.

SALES:  Sales are encouraged.  The gallery will retain 40% commission on any works sold.  Price of work should include commission.

Under by Cherie HackerABOUT THE JUROR:  Axis Gallery is pleased to have Dena Beard as juror for the 6th National Juried Exhibition. Dena Beard is Curatorial Assistant at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA). For the MATRIX program at BAM/PFA she assists with the production of site-specific projects by national and international emerging artists.

Independently, she curated the Lending Library exhibition series in Oakland and San Francisco.  Dena is currently working on Take Up Room on the Floor, a project about physical and virtual embodiment, and a solo exhibition featuring the artist Lutz Bacher. Prior to joining the staff at BAM/PFA, Dena was Curatorial Associate at the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum.  She graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with an M.A. in Art History, Theory, and Criticism.

AWARDS:  Cash awards to be determined.

ABOUT THE GALLERY:  Axis Gallery is an artist-run space.  This cooperative has been together for over 15 years building a reputation for exhibiting challenging contemporary artwork.  The artist members are equal partners and support the gallery through sales of artwork, contribution of labor and monthly dues, thus avoiding the usual constraints of a commercial gallery. 

For complete details, download the Prospectus!

CALL for ARTISTS: Art Source for Design

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As you are all aware, I love food.  However, if I had to make my living cooking, it would cease to be fun (but the hat is cute).  I learned this is true for me of writing, sewing and more.  Luckily, I have never had an art commission make me hate art. 

Here is your chance to make a connection to designers that could mean sales of your work.

 

Check out the Call for Artists from Art Source for Design.  Every wondered how artists find those collaborative relationships with designers that incorporate their work into their clients’ homes and businesses?   Here is just one of the many ways…

CALL for ARTISTS: Art Source for Design

Learn more about Art Source for Design online!Art Source for Design specializes in residential, corporate and hospitality artwork, with a client list that expands worldwide and represents a diverse range of artists throughout the country as well as internationally.  They work with designers, art consultants to the trade, as well as the general public.

Art Source has become a leading source of original artwork to both the trade and private collectors due to both dedication to providing a unique contemporary collection of exclusive fine art that embraces creativity and trend-savvy design combined with exceptional customer service. 

Learn more about Art Source for Design online!MEDIA:  Oils, acrylics, mixed media, collage, photography, sculptures and Digital.  They’re looking for high-quality art with a decorative appeal and a unique styles.  They welcome a wide variety of subject matter and styles: abstract, traditional, contemporary, retro, vintage landscapes, and figurative.

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists

DEADLINE:  March 28, 2011

NOTIFICATION:  Ongoing

ENTRY FEE:  There is no jury fee for this Call for Artists.

SUBMISSIONS:  Any submissions should be sent by email and include the following information for each work:  Name of artist, title of work, medium, size, and suggested retail price.  Again please note that pricing must be consistent with anywhere else you sell your work.  Also it is preferable to send images of work that is AVAILABLE.  All images must be submitted as JPG files. Please do not send any work directly to Art Source for Design.

For complete details, visit Art Source for Design online!

Art Source for Design

CALL for ENTRIES: Focal Point

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I miss seafood.  I love my husband dearly, but his adult-onset allergy to shellfish has really put a crimp in our food lifestyle.  Amongst my favorites are mussels steamed in white wine and Maryland blue crabs.  Aside from the adults having gorgeous blue claws, they are delightfully yummy.  Crack one for me at the opening of the show resulting from this next Call.

Check out this Call for Entries from the Maryland Federation of Art (MFA) for Focal Point to be shown at MFA’s Circle Gallery in Annapolis, MD.  Expand your resume with a great juror like Laurie Snyder.  Take a look…

CALL for ENTRIES:  Focal Point

Learn more about the Focal Point show from MFA!ELIGIBILITY: All artists residing in the United States and Canada

MEDIA:  Any original work created in any form of photography will be considered.

DEADLINE:  March 12, 2011 via online submission

NOTIFICATION:  April 16, 2011 by email

ENTRY FEE:  A maximum of 6 original works created within the past 3 years may be entered. 1 or 2 entries $35 (MFA members $20). Additional four entries $5 each. Entry fees are non-refundable.

Learn more about the Circle Gallery in Annapolis!ENTRY DETAILS:  To submit your work on-line you will need to set up an account HERE with an email and password. 

You will then be directed to the online entry point where you will be able to upload digital photographs of your work and pay the appropriate fees using a credit card or your PayPal account.  Entries will not be valid until payment is received. Entry fees are nonrefundable. 

Please note that there may be more than one exhibition open for entry. Your account will permit you to enter either or both but each has a separate entry point.  If you have questions, contact MFA staff at Circle Gallery, 410-268-4566 or info@mdfedart.org.

Untitled Photography by Juror Laurie SnyderJUROR:  Laurie Snyder has been Chair of Photography at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore MD since1993. She teaches classes in the Alternative Process in photography, and The Artist’s Book in printmaking, which explores the book as concept and object. Prior to that, she taught at Cornell University, Ithaca College, and Syracuse University in New York. An active exhibiting artist, Snyder has shown her work to critical acclaim throughout the mid-Atlantic.

Untitled Photography by Juror Laurie Snyder!Snyder is currently working on several series: Nature and Lace, (pictured above and left) a series of photograms of antique lace paired with a photogram of plant material. These are silver gelatin prints; another group are wall books of plant matierial printed in cyanotype on rice paper.

Another on going series of photographs explores the concept of “Mend”which documents the repairs and mends in everyday life. Laurie maintains a studio in Baltimore and in Ithaca, New York.

AWARDS: Cash awards total $1000.  Award contributers and recipients will be listed in the exhibition catalog.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

Download the Focal Point Prospects from Maryland Federation of Art!

ART PUBLICATION: Vallum Magazine

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I want to do everything.  I don’t sleep much because I cannot turn my brain off.  I am constantly thinking of the souflee I’ve never made, the exotic vacation I haven’t taken and the art I haven’t produced.  It isn’t a sad sort of sleepless anxiety.  It is an I-Want-to-Take-on-the-World-and-I-am-Running-Out-of-Time anxiety.  This next Call is a chance for you to mark a few “to do” items off your artistic bucket list.

Check out this Call for Art (among other things) from Vallum Magazine!  Here’s a chance for you to shine on the pages of a great poetry magazine.  And, if you’re a wordsmith, well, there’s that too…

ART PUBLICATION: Vallum Magazine

Founded in 2000, Vallum: contemporary poetry is one of Canada’s top, critically-acclaimed, all-poetry magazines.

Check out Vallum Magazine!Vallum has positioned itself as an avant-garde exposition of the best in poetry, providing a literary platform for established and emerging writers from Canada, the US and abroad.

Notable past contributors include P.K. Page, George Bowering, Paul Muldoon, Franz Wright, Jan Zwicky, Stephen Dunn, Les Murray, Charles Bernstein, John Kinsella, Fanny Howe, George Elliott Clarke, Andrew Motion, Erin Mouré, Peter Redgrove, Nicole Brossard and others.

Vallum publishes poetry that is sharp, engaging and exciting. It pushes boundaries and invites the exploration of different worlds and perspectives. In addition to the poetic contributions are essays, interviews, book reviews and stimulating visual art.

Vallum MagazineTHEME:  Mountains/Heights

How high can you go? Stars, mountains, ledges, high diction, big dreams, high wired… We walk straight ahead, but how do we climb? Slow or fast, where do we go when we look up?

DEADLINE:  March 1, 2011

SUBMISSIONS:  Essays, reviews, interviews, letters to the editor and art work can be sent by regular mail or through their Online Submission page.

For complete details, visit Vallum’s Submissions Page!

CALL for ENTRIES: Junk or Genius

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FEED ME!

We have a new food rule for our 11 year old in my house:  When eating at an ethnic restaurant, he must eat ethnic food.  I cannot watch my child eat chicken nuggets and fries while we eat Indian food ever again.  So far, so good.  This next call is international too.

Check out this Call for Entries from Gallore Gallery in Connecticut for Junk or Genius.  I love when galleries start a new annual tradition and make it international from the start.  Looking for representation?  Here’s your chance…

CALL for ENTRIES:  Junk or Genius

Learn more about the Junk or Genius show at Gallore Gallery!Gallore Gallery in Middletown, Connecticut announces a call for entries open to artists of all disciplines.  Artist may submit up to 4 images of their recent original works to be selected from their panel to exhibit in our 1st annual International Group show “2011 Junk or Genius” April 1st thru April 29th, 2011.

ELIGIBILITY & MEDIA:  This Juried exhibition is open to artist & photographers of all styles and disciplines worldwide, 18 years and older.

Learn more about the Junk or Genius show at Gallore Gallery!DEADLINE:  February 28, 2011, online submissions

NOTIFICATION:  March 4, 2011 by phone or email

ENTRY FEE:  For submitted works to be considered there is a $35 Application Fee.

SUBMISSIONS:  Please send an email to galloregallery@comcast.net Include Junk or Genius in the subject line. Please include your full name, art bio/CV, website link or high quality photo JPEGs [up to 4 images] of your most recent work. Each with work has to have a title, dimension, medium.  Also include a contact phone number and or email address. All selected winners will be represented for one full year by the Gallore Gallery.

AWARDS:  All selected winners will be represented for one full year by the Gallore Gallery. Runners up will names will be posted on their website.

For complete details, visit the Gallore Gallery website!

CALL for ENTRIES: Center Forward 2011

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CHOPSTICKS

Have I mentioned I love a theme lately?  One of my favorite themed food days at our house is the day we have Chinese chicken salad for lunch, Eggroll pizza for dinner and rice pudding for dessert.  We even have special little blue and white Chinese patterned dishes, complete with porcelain turtle bowls for dipping sauces, for the occasion. 

Granted, my idea of a theme may not be your idea of a theme, but this next call allows you to interpret the idea of a theme any way you choose.

Check out this Call for Entries from the Center for Fine Art Photography in Colorado for Center Forward 2011.  The theme is open, and the entry fee can be as low as $15.  Just take a deep breath, believe in your work and take a chance…

CALL for ENTRIES:  Center Forward 2011

THEME:  As the dynamic conversation of photography continues to evolve, we are engaged in moving this dialogue forward.  Center Forward 2011 will include a main gallery group exhibition and a solo exhibition award. Learn more about C4FAP online!

 The theme is open and all subjects are eligible.
Please join in the conversation.

 

ELIGIBILITY:  The exhibition is open to all photographers world wide, both amateur and professional. 

MEDIA:  The Center for Fine Art Photography invites photographers working in all mediums, styles and schools of thought to participate in Center Forward 2011 and all of its exhibitions.

Learn more about C4FAP online!DEADLINE: 
February 7, 2011 (early)
& February 23, 2011 (final)

NOTIFICATION: 
March 1, 2011

ENTRY FEE:  Members of C4FAP: $20 ($15 at early deadline) for the first five images.  Non-C4FAP Members: $35 ($30 for early deadline) for the first five images.

JUROR:  Hamidah Glasgow is the Executive Director at The Center for Fine Art Photography.  Glasgow has had diverse careers as a TV producer, photographer, nonprofit arts executive and reviewer for PhotoLA, FotoFest, Critical Mass and Photolucida 2011.

AWARDS:  With selection for this exhibition, featured artist’s work will be seen by an international audience of collectors, curators, art consultants and other advocates of fine art photography. 

Photo by Juror Hamidah Glasgow!Each participant will be included in the Center’s Main Gallery exhibition, Online Gallery exhibition and in the Center Forward Exhibition Catalogue. 

Each artist will receive one catalogue with the option to purchase more online at Blurb.com. Select artists will receive a blog feature at the Center’s blog PERSPECTIVES. Exhibiting artists are encouraged to attend the Center’s opening reception to participate in portfolio reviews and artists’ talks.

Solo Exhibition Award:
$500
towards a Solo Exhibition
at the Center and a Blurb book Award.

2 liveBooks Website Awards:
Valued at $399 from liveBooks.com

Honorable Mention Awards:
2 year membership and a three image submission to a call for entry at the Center.

For complete details, visit the C4FAP.org website!

For complete details, visit the Center for Fine Art Photography website!

ARTIST in RESIDENCE: Emporium Center

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A WINDOW on the WORLD

There is a great little restaurant in downtown Knoxville called Sapphire that occupies an old jewelry store.  It is one of my favorite places to go, sit at a table in the display window overlooking the downtown sidewalk, and sip a Sapphire Martini.  This next call is another great reason to find things to do in this little gem of a Southern town.

Check out this great Call to Artists for the Betsy Worden Memorial Artist Residency at the Emporium Center.  There is no application fee, and you could end up with a solo show!

ARTIST in RESIDENCE:  Emporium Center

The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to announce availability of the next Betsy Worden Memorial Artist Residency at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street in downtown Knoxville. 

DEADLINE:  Friday, March 11, 2011 

Learn more about the Arts and Culture Alliance online!ELIGIBILITY:  Available to college students and other young and emerging artists, The Betsy Worden Memorial Artist Residency includes:

  • FREE and exclusive access to a 10’ x 10’ artist studio located in the Emporium Center;
  • Sponsored membership in the Arts & Culture Alliance for one year;
  • Display of at least one piece of artist’s new work in the public areas of the Emporium Center each month of the residency (beginning with the First Friday opening reception on April 1, 2011); and
  • Solo exhibition of artist’s new work in the Balcony gallery of the Emporium Center near the end of the residency period (September 2-30, 2011).

Learn more about the Arts and Culture Alliance online!Click here to download the application: Word / PDF

 

REQUIREMENTS:  The resident artist is required to occupy the studio and be present to show new work each First Friday of the month, spend a significant amount of time creating work in the Emporium studio, and help hang monthly changing exhibits in the Emporium galleries if necessary.  Artist may also offer curatorial input and be eligible for curatorial opportunities in programming gallery space.

The Tree Houses by Keegan LuttrellThe Emporium’s current Artist-in-Residence is Keegan Luttrell, a mixed media artist who graduated from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2008 with a BFA in Art History and a Concentration in Photography. Originally from Knoxville, she has lived and worked in Baltimore, New York City, France, and Australia. In the past, she has shown in local Knoxville venues, as well as in Baltimore, Brooklyn, New York, Aix en Provence, and Austin.  Her solo exhibition, “uproot”, is scheduled to run March 4-25, 2011 in the Balcony.  “I have been so grateful for the opportunity to be the Artist-in-Residence at the Emporium,” says Luttrell. “The Residency has provided me with the space and time to grow artistically and challenge myself in ways I never thought I could.” 

Cove Mountain watercolor by Betsy WordenABOUT BETSY WORDEN:  An artist, teacher, and Knoxville Civic Leader, Betsy Worden was perhaps best known for her works in watercolor and weaving, and she contributed greatly to Knoxville’s visual arts community by teaching young ones cool easy things to draw and other numerous ways throughout her life.  She received her BA in Fine Arts from the University of Tennessee and did post-graduate studies at Atlanta School of the Art, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, and the University of Tennessee.  A painter, tapestry weaver, and printmaker, she was a longtime instructor at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, and she taught watercolor classes for the Knoxville Museum of Art.  A leader in the Knoxville arts community, Worden served on the boards of many arts organizations.  She also co-founded the Community School of the Arts in Knoxville.

Learn more about the Tennessee Arts Commission online!Applications must include resume, letter of recommendation, artist’s statement, and CD of digital images of artist’s work.   Applications should be submitted to the Arts & Culture Alliance, PO Box 2506, Knoxville, TN 37901.  For more information, please contact the Arts & Culture Alliance at (865) 523-7543 or e-mail sc@knoxalliance.com.

ABOUT the Arts & Culture Alliance:  The Arts & Culture Alliance serves and supports a diverse community of artists, arts organizations, and cultural institutions.  The Alliance receives financial support from the Tennessee Arts Commission. Special thanks to Bluegill Creative.

For complete details, visit the Arts & Culture website!

OPEN CALL: Spiva Art Gallery

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WINNER

My idea of winning the lottery would be a free pass at the grocery store everyday for the rest of my life.  Can you imagine being able to buy anything, anytime, at your whim?  It is a little mind-boggling for me.  This next call is its own blank slate… a free ticket. 

Check out the Open Call for Spiva Art Gallery at Missouri Southern State University.  No media restriction, no geographic restrictions, no entry fee.  You can’t really ask for more…

OPEN CALL:
Spiva Art Gallery

Missouri Southern State University’s Art Department is inviting artists via an Open Call to submit proposals for the campus Spiva Art Gallery.  The Gallery’s Advisory Board selects works and collections for exhibition. The Gallery hosts approximately eight shows per year, including one or more group shows by local guilds or artist collectives, themed exhibits, and solo shows. We have a standing Call to Artists who wish to submit their works for consideration.

Learn more about the Art Department at Missouri Southern State University!ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists

MEDIA:  Open to all media

ENTRY FEE:  None

DEADLINE:  Ongoing

SUBMISSIONS:  Artists can send a packet of information by U.S. mail or electronically.  Applications sent by mail should provide the Advisory Board with a proposal for exhibition, including: (1) A cover letter or email (2) Artist’s biography / resume (3) Samples of work submitted for consideration.

Mailed submissions should be sent to: Missouri Southern State University Spiva Art Gallery: Gallery Coordinator Burt Bucher 3950 E. Newman Rd Joplin, MO 64804

Electronic submissions should be sent to (bucher-b@mssu.edu) with MSSU Art Gallery Submission in the subject line.

Learn more about the Spiva Art Gallery at MSSU!ABOUT THE GALLERY:  Located on the main floor of the Art Building immediately to the east of the main entrance, it has approximately 325 running feet of exhibition wall space. Gallery Hours are usually Monday through Friday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (Monday through Thursday in the summer) and there is no admission charge.

Spiva possesses a large permanent study collection of African art and artifacts and hosts an active program of international, regional, and student exhibitions of visual art. The gallery’s African Holdings are made up of these individual collections:

  • John and Pam Finley Collection
  • Institute of International Studies Collection
  • Marianna Keown Collection
  • Vivian Olson Collection
  • Guy Mace Collection
  • Ben Pickard, Pickard Gallery Collection

For additional details, email bucher-b@mssu.edu!

CALL for ENTRIES: Sugarloaf

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My family is on a savings spree.  We sat down the first week of the year and decided on goals for the year.  Many of those goals require cash.  Cash necessitates saving.  Saving, in my house, means cutting the food budget.  Grocery shopping is now preceeded by a menu and detailed grocery list and eating out has been cut to one sit-down meal and one fast-food meal a week.  This next Call gives you an opportunity to plan ahead.

This Call for Entries is for the 13 Sugarloaf Fine Art & Crafts festivals.  I don’t publish many festival calls, but Sugarloaf is among the country’s finest.  Take a look, and find a festival for you…or enter them all.

Wheel Thrown Pottery by Helen WeichmanCALL for ENTRIES:  Sugarloaf Festivals

Sugarloaf Crafts Festival, one of the nation’s most popular and most recognized juried shows of contemporary crafts and fine art, is now accepting applications from artists for its 2011 shows.

MEDIA:  Artists may apply for the 2011 shows in categories including ceramics and pottery, fiber and fashion, fine art, furniture, blown and leaded glass, leather, metalsmithing, photography and functional and decorative wood crafts.  Sugarloaf is no longer accepting applications for jewelry artists for Spring 2011 shows. Jewelry remains open for Fall 2011.

Glass Vessel by Henry LevineABOUT SUGARLOAF:  Sugarloaf enters its 36th year among the most respected shows in the country. In 2010, nine of Sugarloaf’s 13 shows were ranked in the Top 200 nationally by Sunshine Artist magazine. 

This past fall, attendance at the seven Sugarloaf shows increased by12%, and artists’ sales increased over 8%, totaling $9.7 million. Artists whose work is exhibited at Sugarloaf shows are jury-selected and are represented in the nation’s finest galleries, private collections, and museums.

APPLICATION PROCESS:  Artists interested in exhibiting at Sugarloaf Craft Festivals candownload applications from www.sugarloafcrafts.com. Applications must include slides representing artists’ work and their display space. Artists who wish to apply online can complete their application and submit digital images via www.zapplication.org, using the search term “Sugarloaf.” Potential exhibitors may also request printed applications and additional information by calling (800) 210-9900.

JEWELRY by Steve StamasThe Spring 2011 season of
Sugarloaf Festivals includes:

Chantilly, VA (Northern Virginia), January 28-30

Somerset, NJ, March 11-13

Oaks, PA (outside Philadelphia), March 18-20

Hartford, CT, March 25-27

Gaithersburg, MD (outside Washington, DC), April 8-10

Timonium, MD (outside Baltimore), April 29-May 1

Furniture by Michael WeneckThe fall 2011 season of
Sugarloaf Craft Festivals includes:

Timonium, MD, September 30 – October 2, 2011

Gaithersburg, MD, October 14 – 16, 2011

Somerset, NJ, October 28 – 30, 2011

Oaks, PA, November 4 – 6, 2011

Jewelry by Jeannette MullarkeyHartford, CT, November 11 – 13, 2011

Gaithersburg, MD, November 18 – 20, 2011

Chantilly, VA, December 9 – 11, 2011

For more information,
visit the
Sugarloaf website!

CALL for ENTRIES: Outlandish

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I love earthy foods.  Give me grassy asparagus and a loamy merlot, and I’m a happy girl.  However, just because something is earthy or natural doesn’t mean I want to eat it.  I will pass on the lemongrass and tofu, but you can toss a little wheat germ in my pancakes, though.  This Call will give you a chance to get up close and personal with nature…from the mundane to the outlandish.

Check out this Call for Entries from the Bedford Gallery in Walnut Creek, California for Outlandish: Contemporary Depictions of Nature.  You can enter by this California show by snail mail, or you can submit your entries online.  You have plenty of time, but please don’t procrastinate… Get back to nature.

CALL for ENTRIES:
Outlandish: Contemporary Depictions of Nature

Download the Outlandish prospectus from the Bedford Gallery!Bedford Gallery exhibits the work of historic, modern, and contemporary artists. The Gallery is dedicated to providing the public with opportunities to learn about visual arts through public programs that are varied, accessible, challenging, and educational. Its mission is to provide exhibitions and other programs that both reflect and engage the diverse audiences of the entire Contra Costa region.

This national juried exhibition will look at landscape from all vantage points and all media, including painting, sculpture, photography, video, and mixed media. From the micro to the macro, artists can explore a tiny speck of a garden to a global view.

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists in the United States, 18 years of age or older. Entries must be original work completed within the last three years.

Learn more about the Outlandish show at the Bedford Gallery!MEDIA:
All media will be considered. 

There are no size limitations for entries. Please include specific dimensions, exact weight (3D), and applicable installation instructions with your images for review by the juror. Bedford Gallery reserves the right not to accept exceptionally large or cumbersome pieces.

DEADLINE:
May 18, 2011

NOTIFICATION:  Artists will be notified of the results by email by May 27, 2011. Please do not call the gallery.

Check out the current and upcoming exhibits at the Bedford Gallery!ENTRY FEE:  A non-refundable fee of $35 is required. This fee covers up to 3 entries. Please make checks payable to City of Walnut Creek.

JUROR:  Alison Gass, Assistant Curator of Painting and Sculpture, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

AWARDS:  $2,000 in cash, plus prize awards to be selected by juror.

SALES:  Artists are encouraged to sell their work. Artists receive 60% of the sale price for work that is sold. In the past, public interest in available work has been high and the Gallery believes such artist collector dialogue is a vibrant part of exhibitions.  All work must have a declared value for insurance purposes, even if it is not for sale.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

Learn more about the Bedford Gallery online!