CALL for ENTRIES: Summer Solstice

Posted on May 2, 2017May 2, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

SWEET harvest

While my friends are dreaming of picnics awash with super-size sandwiches and fresh squeezed lemonade, I crave fruit salads. My childhood was fulled of canned fruit cocktail, coconut & marshmallow concoctions; so my adulthood is ripe with freshness. Most of the year I try to take in moderate amounts of sugar, but fresh, summer fruits like apples & pears, starfruit & guava, berries & melons are more than I can resist. I’m hoping you can’t resist this next Call, which is also all about summer. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from LibertyTown Arts (Fredericksburg, VA) for a nat’l juried exhibit, Summer Solstice. $25 Entry & 40% commission. Be sure to investigate this opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Summer Solstice
from LibertyTown Arts

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“On Midsummer, the Northern Europeans light massive bonfires to summon the suns rays to make sure their summers are long and bright. It is a time of celebration and family. This June we would like to summon a bit of sunshine to our gallery to make this summer as joy filled as possible.” –from libertytownarts.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to artists, age 16+

MEDIA: Open to all media

DEADLINE: May 20, 2017 (10pm EST)

NOTIFICATION: May 22, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $25 for 1, $5 ea. add’l up to 10. (Members $15 for 1, $5 ea. add’l).

JUROR: Carole Garmon, Professor of Art, holds an MFA (1996) & a BFA (1993) in sculpture from Virginia Commonwealth University. She has taught at UMW since 1998 and is a recipient of UMW’s Outstanding Young Faculty Member Award. In addition to numerous private collections, her work has been exhibited at the Main Art Gallery & 1708 Gallery in Richmond, the WPA/Corcoran Museum in D.C., as well as Peru & Germany.

AWARDS: First Place $250, Second Place $150 and Third Place $75

SALES: LibertyTown keeps a commission of 40% on all show sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Black & White

Posted on May 1, 2017May 2, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

LOVE ME love me not

Beet wars 2017 just ended. At least once per year, I post something random about eating beets on social media. Every time, it ends in my friends arguing the merits, or not, of this ever-controversial veg. I am amazed by how passionately people love or hate beets. The confusing ones are the folks that love merlot & hate beets. I’ll never understand the disparity. They both have that same from the earth pungency, so shouldn’t it be a black & white issue? This next Call is definitely all about the black & white of it all. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from BWAC (Brooklyn, NY) for Black & White. Take advantage of a discount for early entry, a distinguished juror & significant cash awards. This is a great opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Black & White from BWAC

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“Black and white is primal, the underneath, the foundation, of the opuce of color; black and white is where we register motion and, when the cones do not have sufficient light, our rods optimize our survival in the night woods. ‘Black & White’ intends to explore this underground of survival and few words.” –from bwac.org

ELIGIBILITY: Open to U.S. artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media

ENTRY FEE: $45 up to 3, $5 ea. add’l (early bird) or $65 up to 3, $5 ea add’l after May 10

DEADLINE: May 10, 2017 (early bird) or March 31, 2017 (final)

NOTIFICATION: March 31, 2017

JUROR: Alison Hokanson, Assistant Curator of European Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She holds a BA from Brown University and an MA and PhD from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, where she studied Minimalism before writing her dissertation on Belgian Realism and Symbolism. Her recent projects include exhibitions on the whaling scenes of Joseph Mallord, William Turner and on The Met’s collection of Pre ‐ Raphaelite art and design. She publishes and lectures on topics ranging from Impressionist painting to Symbolist drawing, and was previously a juror for the National Arts Club’s Artist Members Exhibition.

AWARDS: Best of Show Gold $1000, Most Innovative Use of Materials $500, People’s Choice $250, Curator’s Choice $250 & ten $100 Certificates of Recognition.

SALES: BWAC will retain a 25% commission on all exhibition sales.

For full details, Read the Full Call!

ARTIST of the DAY: Ray Gonzales

Posted on April 26, 2017April 27, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

"Cactus Heart" (clay mixed media) by Ray Gonzales — *“Cactus Heart” (clay mixed media) by Ray Gonzales*

“I’ve always been assured
of my path as an artist.”
—Ray Gonzales

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I envy those who have chosen a path and stayed true. My heart is fickle. I’ve chosen a new path recently, and my heart is so invested. Is this the path that I was meant to find all along? The work of today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Ray Gonzales, speaks to me of the strength of his passion and confidence in his journey. I love this work.

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Find your passion in the work of AAAD Artist of the Day, sculptor Ray Gonzales!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Senses working Overtime

Posted on April 24, 2017April 25, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

all my SENSES

I used to be very visually tuned in to my food. And, while I still love a beautifully composed plate, I find that the soft give of a melon or the earthy smell of mushroom gills are really what drive my appetite. I demand more from food these days; I want all the sensations. This next Call also wants you to use all of your sense. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from L.A. Photo Curator for the Senses working Overtime exhibit. $20 entry, no shipping, plus art publication for ALL entrants. Take the sensory challenge presented to help you stretch your creative muscles. Explore…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Senses working Overtime from
L.A. Photo Curator

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“One of the first things I talk to my students about is the challenge of experiencing a scene or subject with four or five of our senses and then translating those feelings into a two-dimensional frame and image. I might be standing on a beach, watching a beautiful sunset, feeling the sand beneath my feet, listening to the waves crash and the gulls chirp and smelling the salty ocean breezes, but how do I distill all the sensory information, other than visual, into a photograph?” –from Peter Bennett via laphotocurator.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Photography

DEADLINE: May 6, 2017 (Midnight PST)

NOTIFICATION: (and opening date) May 26, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $20 for up to 3. 20% of artist fees go to 2 charities per competition –half goes to the curator’s choice of charity & half goes to the first place winner’s chosen charity. Peter Bennett has chosen the charity Friends of the L.A. River.

CURATOR: Peter Bennett has been a successful travel & environmental photographer for over 25 years and has his work appear in numerous publications and books worldwide. In 2015, he formed Citizen of the Planet, LLC, devoted exclusively to the distribution of his work and stories on sustainability and environmental subjects. Since 2009, Bennett has been teaching at the Los Angeles Center of Photography. Bennett has been photographing & documenting the Los Angeles River since 2008. His work on the river has been exhibited in numerous recent shows and will be the subject of an upcoming book.

SALES: All sales are conducted between the artist & buyer. There is no commission.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Street Photography

Posted on April 23, 2017April 24, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

CURRY from a cart

There are glorious benefits to living rurally, including quiet solitude and night-time darkness. But, I’ve always admitted that there are detractions, many of them food related, from the long haul to the grocer and a lack of food diversity. Currently, I really miss street food or living in a city where wanting a snack just means I have have to walk a few yards or a block from my front door to whichever vendor is occupying the corner today. I miss it. This next Call wants to see your best street impressions. Don’t miss this chance…

Check out this Call for Entries from The Passporte for the Henri Cartier-Bresson Passporte Prize in Street Photography. $25 entry & cash awards. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Passporte Prize in
Street Photography
from The Passporte

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Photography

THEME: Street Photography – Images of street photography can depict the atmosphere of a space & the soul of its inhabitants by opening a window onto life in the locality. Its occupants inhabit & modify the space with their acts of physical & economic survival, attempts at entertainment & spiritual elevation, and mutual interactions as they embrace their humanity.

DEADLINE: May 15, 2017 (midnight MCT)

NOTIFICATION: May 30, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $25 for up to 3

JUROR: Stephanie Heimann is the Photo Director for the New Republic. She is the recipient of the prestigious 2017 Magazine Picture Editor of the Year from the National Press Photographers Assoc. She is the founder of the non-profit Fovea Exhibitions, where in a volunteer capacity she oversees photojournalism exhibits on topical & social issues. A veteran photo editor, she has worked on many int’l & domestic magazines and books, including Newsweek, Fortune Small Business, Scientific American & New York Magazine. She was the photo editor for Al Gore on his book Our Choice, the sequel to Inconvenient Truth.

AWARDS: Juror’s Award $300 USD, Director’s Award $200 USD & Honorable Mentions

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: July Int’l Print

Posted on April 20, 2017April 19, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

playing with your FOOD

I butter baking pans with my hands. I work pie crust and pizza dough with my hands. Yes, I even like the feel of food. Luckily for my family, I am also a compulsive hand washer. Feel your food; I encourage it. This next Call is for a magazine that has a luscious hand feel too. Even if you don’t enter, order a copy. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Create! Magazine for the July International Print Issue. I’ll bet that you will love this gorgeous magazine as much as I do. Don’t miss this chance…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
July Int’l Print Issue
of Create! Magazine

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all media, i.e.: painting, sculpture, digital, printmaking, fiber, mixed media, photography, installation & more.

DEADLINE: May 25, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $25 for up to 3, $30 for 5, $35 for 7 & $40 for 10. Note: a portion of all submission fees will be donated to National Endowment for the Arts/Americans for the Arts.

JUROR: Dasha Matsuura is the Assistant Director at Spoke SF. Since 2009 she has curated contemporary art exhibitions at galleries and nonprofit venues as an independent curator. Matsuura has spent many years working with artists and galleries, as well as corporate and private art consulting clients. In addition, she has worked closely with nonprofit arts organizations and sits on the Board of Directors for Oakland Art Murmur helping to support the Oakland arts community.

AWARDS: Artists selected by the guest juror will receive a 2-page spread including a brief bio, website, and 2 images in print and digital formats. Published artists will receive a complimentary digital issue and will be listed on Create! Magazine’s website/social media.

SALES: The July Issue will be available at McNally Jackson Books in NYC, Charlotte Street News in London & online.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Flowers, Plants & Gardens

Posted on April 19, 2017April 19, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

aztec TEA

We move to our “clean slate” apartment in about 6 weeks. It has a good-size front porch but almost no yard. The only green in site is a decayed and crumbling stepped flower bed next to the driveway. I don’t think I can really grow a lot of food, but I have a friend that says she can get me a cut of epazote, a Mexican herb that’s hard to find in these parts. Maybe if I surround it with marigolds and citronella, I might be able to save it from the bugs & their furrier 4-legged neighbors. This next Call wants to know about your flowers, plants & gardens. This is a perennial favorite, ha…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net for Flowers, Plants & Gardens. $25 entry & no shipping. The media is pretty wide open too. Take a look…

CALL for ENTRIES:
Flowers, Plants & Gardens
from Art-competition.net

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ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+

MEDIA: Open to still media, including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, digital, prints, fiber art, collage, etc.

THEME: Flowers, Plants & Gardens “symbolize continual rebirth, fresh beginnings, fragile persistence, and alluring symmetry. Whether it is a single flower, a garden in full aromatic bloom or a ‘shy’ plant on a window sill, there is no mistaking the awesome complexity of the planet’s precious myriad types of vegetation. This abundance of flowers and greenery inspires and challenges the creative mind to redefine and/or simply glorify their splendor.”

DEADLINE: May 8, 2017

NOTIFICATION: May 22, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $25 for up to 3, $5 ea. add’l

AWARDS: 20 artists will be selected for an online group exhibit, “Flowers, Plants & Gardens” at Gallery25N; the exhibit and artists will be extensively marketed worldwide to over 24,000 people including art buyers, gallery owners, curators, collectors, etc.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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ARTIST of the DAY: Victoria Veedell

Posted on April 18, 2017April 18, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

"Morning Garden" (oil on canvas) 20" x 20" by Victoria Veedell — *“Morning Garden” (oil on canvas) 20″ x 20″ by Victoria Veedell*

“Travel has become an important component in my work as it allows me to observe and compare gradients of color, light & atmosphere in different geographic locations.” —Victoria Veedell

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I have my eye on a prize, of sorts, and I am able to keep focused on the prize by finding inspiration anywhere I can. The work of today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Victoria Veedell, suggests that inspiration can be found both around the world or in your own backyard. Or, you could adopt Veedell’s work as your inspiration. I am taking a trip to Shanghai via oil on canvas. Join me…

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Find your inspiration on a canvas of AAAD Artist of the Day , painter Victoria Veedell!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Paperworks

Posted on April 17, 2017April 18, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

COOKING in paper

I dislike washing dishes, just like everyone else. I have had a dishwasher for the past 10 years, but I still try to be conservative in usage. But as of June 1, we are downsizing to an apartment that does not have a dishwasher. And, while I will still avoid disposables, like paper plates, I am a strong advocate of cooking “en papillote”. Not only is it a great way to produce tender, flavor-infused dishes, it also produces one less dirty dish. This next Call also extols the praises of working with paper. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the b.j. spoke gallery (Huntington, NY) for Paperworks 2017. The deadline is approaching, so don’t miss this chance…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Paperworks 2017
at b.j. spoke gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all U.S. residents

MEDIA: Open to works made of, on or about paper: cut paper, folded paper, woven paper, glued paper, drawings, paintings, pastels, prints, photography, paper sculpture, 3D, bound books, collage, mixed media, video, installation.

DEADLINE: April 30, 2017

NOTIFICATION: May 30, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $35 for six (6) images

JUROR: Akili Tommasino is a curatorial assistant at The Museum of Modern Art, New York and doctoral candidate in History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University, where he earned his MA and BA. An advocate of emerging artists and scholar of the twentieth-century avant-garde, Tommasino has organized and collaborated on numerous exhibition projects at institutions including the Centre Pompidou – Musée national d’art moderne, Paris and National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.

AWARDS: The exhibition of selected works in August, 2017 at the b.j. spoke gallery.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Bowery 26th Annual

Posted on April 13, 2017April 13, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

les ÉPINARDS

I am what I am, and this week, I am a spinach lover. To be honest, I am a spinach lover every week, but this week I have had spinach quiche & spinach salad without a wilted leaf to be seen. Because of the popularity of aquaponics and the number of artisan growers in my area, every day is spinach season for me (happy dance), but this next Call just has a few more days left. Don’t miss this deadline…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Bowery Gallery (New York, NY) for the 26th Annual Juried Competition. $35 entry & No commission. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
26th Annual Juried
from Bowery Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to include painting, drawing, printmaking & mixed media. Sculpture, photography and digital art not eligible.

DEADLINE: April 20, 2017

NOTIFICATION: June 1, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to 3, $6 ea. add’l

JUROR: Kyle Staver received her MFA in painting from Yale School of Art, and has exhibited throughout the United States. She has been a recipient of the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (2015) and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Purchase Prize (2015). Her work has been exhibited at Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, and the American Academy of Arts & Letters. She currently exhibits at Kent Fine Art in New York, and lives in Brooklyn.

SALES: All work will be for sale unless artist states otherwise. All proceeds go to the artist.

Category: Networking

SWEET harvest

CALL for ENTRIES: Summer Solstice from LibertyTown Arts

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

LOVE ME love me not

CALL for ENTRIES: Black & White from BWAC

For full details, Read the Full Call!

“I’ve always been assured of my path as an artist.” —Ray Gonzales

Find your passion in the work of AAAD Artist of the Day, sculptor Ray Gonzales!

all my SENSES

CALL for ENTRIES: Senses working Overtime from L.A. Photo Curator

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CURRY from a cart

CALL for ENTRIES: Henri Cartier-Bresson Passporte Prize in Street Photography from The Passporte

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

playing with your FOOD

CALL for ENTRIES: July Int’l Print Issue of Create! Magazine

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

aztec TEA

CALL for ENTRIES: Flowers, Plants & Gardens from Art-competition.net

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

“Travel has become an important component in my work as it allows me to observe and compare gradients of color, light & atmosphere in different geographic locations.” —Victoria Veedell

Find your inspiration on a canvas of AAAD Artist of the Day , painter Victoria Veedell!

COOKING in paper

CALL for ENTRIES: Paperworks 2017 at b.j. spoke gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

les ÉPINARDS

CALL for ENTRIES: 26th Annual Juried from Bowery Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES:
Summer Solstice
from LibertyTown Arts

CALL for ENTRIES:
Black & White from BWAC

“I’ve always been assured
of my path as an artist.”
—Ray Gonzales

CALL for ENTRIES:
Senses working Overtime from
L.A. Photo Curator

CALL for ENTRIES:
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Passporte Prize in
Street Photography
from The Passporte

CALL for ENTRIES:
July Int’l Print Issue
of Create! Magazine

CALL for ENTRIES:
Flowers, Plants & Gardens
from Art-competition.net

CALL for ENTRIES:
Paperworks 2017
at b.j. spoke gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
26th Annual Juried
from Bowery Gallery