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CALL for Entries: Shift for Change

Posted on July 27, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

SNICKERS

You know how I love a theme. I hear the snickers…I am proud to love a theme. I once had an art critic wonder aloud (in print anyway) if my love for a theme didn’t occasionally cloud my curatorial vision. Ouch, right?

Here’s a great Art Show Theme…Shift…Change…Movement. Any interpretation you fancy will be fine for this Call for Entries from the BECA Foundation. Check it out:

BECA Foundation presents:
SHIFT, A Call to Artists, Architects + Designers

DEADLINE:
Rcv’d by August 10, 2010

RECEPTION:
September 3, 2010

The BECA Foundation is pleased to present SHIFT, an exhibition of new works of art + design featuring works that express, reveal, embody or address a change or movement on some level – be it social, cultural, physical, metaphysical, political, technological or any other relative shift.

For the purpose of this Call, submitting artists, architects and designers are encouraged to freely interpret the meaning of the word ‘shift’.

Those at least 18 years of age from any country are eligible to submit their works for consideration according to the guidelines below.

The BECA Foundation will host the exhibition at New Studio A.D., a new multi-functional studio, exhibition and event space located in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The space allocated for the exhibition is 650 sqft (60 sq meters) with a ceiling height of 14 feet (4.3 meters) allowing the exhibition to fill a full 9,100 cubic feet (258 meters cubed) of viewing space.

Of the entries submitted, three individual artists, architects, designers, duos, groups or collectives will be selected by BECA Foundation directors + advisors to receive the exhibition opportunity which will run from September 1 – 14, 2010 with an opening reception from 6 – 8pm on September 3^rd, during Downtown Albuquerque’s First Friday ArtsCrawl.

This is a multimedia and multidisciplinary exhibition without limitation therefore all works will be considered, including but not limited to: site-specific installations, painting, sculpture, mixed-media, drawing, printmaking, fiber, textiles, illustration, digital art, interactive design, photography, video/new media, film, performance art, music and sound focused works, 3D animation, graphic design, product design, furniture design, haute couture fashion + accessories, architectural interventions/designs and functional art, etc. In other words, all creative culminations are welcome.

With a growing international BECA network of now 30,000, it is more important than ever for BECA to ensure that in addition to hosting the physical exhibition, the exhibition also be made available online at www.BECAICAD.org for those who are unable to attend in person.

BECA outreach efforts also extend beyond its own growing network via news releases, blogs, videos, flip publications and various forms of social media. This extended outreach for each exhibition results in the exposure of exhibiting artists, architects + designers work to over 750,000 members of the local, regional, national and international art + design communities.

Please download and review the complete Call to Artists, Architects + Designers below:

SHIFT_Call to AAD.pdf
Size : 177 Kb
Type : pdf

Once you have downloaded and reviewed the
Call to Artists, Architects + Designers, you may begin by clicking the
“Submission Fee” link found on their site.

CALL for ENTRIES: The Map as Art

Posted on July 26, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

ART ON THE GO

In our mobile world, it seems that all of life revolves around fast food, GPS and mobile phones. Maps have become a rarely used–and lately a little understood–artform.

When I think of maps as an artform, I think of the fantastical maps of Canadian Artist Shane Watt. (Ironic considering the call is limited to US Artists). So, I was really excited to find this Call for Entries from Sebastopol Center for the Arts celebrating the Map as Art.

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Mapworks

Sebastopol Center for the Arts invites artists living in the United States to submit work to Mapworks: the Map as Art. SCA is looking for art which references maps and mapmaking.

This may be done directly or indirectly, metaphorically, or conceptually. The terrain may be (but is not limited to) geographic, psychological, political, historical, cultural, mathematical, imaginary, or personal.

All media is acceptable, including installation. Video and film should be submitted as a DVD in loops no longer than 4 minutes; selected artists will need to supply their own equipment for display.

JUROR: Kim Anno is a painter, bookmaker, collaborator and Professor and Chair of Painting, at the California College of the Arts, San Francisco. Her advocacy of the arts has enjoined her talents as curator, artist-in-residence, juror, lecturer, and interviewer. In addition, her diverse practice has led her into important collaborations with writers, visual and performance artists.

DEADLINE: Hand-delivered entries will be accepted at SCA on Monday, August 30, between 3 and 6 pm. Entries by jpegs on CD must arrive by 5 pm, on or by that date. Please see prospectus for complete guidelines.

ENTRY FEES:

SCA members, $10 per entry or 3 entries for $25 (membership is $40 annually).

Nonmembers, $15 per entry, or 3 entries for $40. Maximum, 3 entries per artist.

AWARDS:

$200 Best of Show

$50 Coordinators Award & Merit Awards

For a prospectus go to http://www.sebarts.org/visual/pdf/MappingProsp.pdf
or request by e-mail from satrip@sonic.net.
For information call SCA at 707/829-4797.

CALL for ENTRIES: 7 Deadly Sins in Miami

Posted on July 25, 2010October 20, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

SINFUL…
Like Chocolate

I never cease to be amazed at how often I trip across artist opportunities when on a completely different mission to find source or inspiration material for my own work. While searching for some reference material to shoot my last piece “Greed” for the series Pyschomachia that I’ve been working on with Arizona Artist Jerry Portelli, I tripped across this great call for the Seven Deadly Sins from Miami’s Bakehouse Art Complex.

Call for Entries: ¡Sin!

A national juried exhibition of original work inspired by a traditional concept of human transgressions. Lust, envy, gluttony, sloth, greed, wrath and pride have had an enormous impact on the moral compass of the modern world. With many different interpretations and understandings, each individual sin has been explored and exposed numerous times.

The Bakehouse Art Complex located in the Wynwood Arts District, Miami FL is announcing a Call to Artists for ¡SIN! to be on view during the world renowned art fair Art Basel Miami 2010.

In its 2,600 square foot gallery, the artists, chosen by a reputable panel of curators, will display their works that are directly related to one of the deadly sins.

Each of the seven sins is explored, from their origins and nature, their opposing virtue, and their corresponding punishment through a variety of media and styles from across the country.

Applicants will have the opportunity to present their work to a highly distinguished panel of jurors consisting of Museum and respected Art Professionals from Miami.

Each juror has chosen a specific sin, which they will individually curate. Jury panel is listed below. All Media Welcome.

Download the PDF Application

Exhibition Dates:
November 30^th – January 24^th 2011

Opening Reception:
November 29^th 7-11pm

Submission Deadline: OCTOBER 1^st, 2010, 5:00pm est

JURY

GREED: Silvia Karman Cubiñá, Executive Director and Chief Curator of the Bass Museum of Art

LUST: Brian Dursum, Executive Director & Curator, Lowe Art Museum

ENVY: Jeremy Chestler, Executive Director, Art Center / South Florida

GLUTTONY: Bonnie Clearwater, Executive Director & Chief Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami

SLOTH: TBA

WRATH: Carol Damian, Professor & Director and Chief Curator, Frost Art Museum

PRIDE: Cathy Leff, Director, Wolfsonian

Check out all the Opportunities at The Bakehouse Art Complex!

GALLERY REPRESENTATION: Printmakers

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

PRINTMAKERS DESERVE
TO EAT CHEESE!

We always want what we can’t have. I want to live on blue cheese, but my family has explain that it isn’t really an option. Printmakers want shows to enter…and it really should be an option.

As I have mentioned before, artists looking for printmakers’ call for entry make up a significant part of the readership of ArtAndArtDeadlines.com. They ARE hard to find–so when I run across any opportunity for printmakers, I like to pass it along. This is a great opportunity for Gallery Representation for a printmaker…and you don’t have to be local.

GALLERY REPRESENTATION:
Printmakers Wanted

Washington Printmakers Gallery is a cooperative of active artists that allows printmakers to have gallery representation with the personal freedom to set your own prices and select the work you display. WPG is also an opportunity to learn from your peers and be a part of distinguished printmaking community.

Membership privileges include:

Your work on view in the gallery at all times
Representation by a professional gallery director
Full voting privileges in all gallery affairs
Opportunities to have hands on experience in the ongoing workings of the gallery
Monthly subscription to “The Scribe”- our informative gallery newsletter
Gallery-supported advertising and monthly press releases
Access to the WPG’s very professional, always current web site which includes sales opportunities
Opportunities to attend WPG sponsored special events outings, lectures and other affairs
Opportunities for members to show prints at other venues
Shared information regarding exhibitions of interest and upcoming juried exhibition opportunities
Artists receive 60% on sale of their artwork (Note artists set the price of their work)

Membership Dues

There are a variety of membership levels available based on privileges and responsibilities within the collective. Monthly dues fees range from $50 to $190 per month. Full Membership artists are eligible for a solo show at WPG every 2 – 3 years. Other Membership levels include: Distant Associate, Emerging Printmaker, and Portfolio Member. Please inquire for more details.

How to Apply for Membership

Washington Printmakers Gallery is currently looking for artists interested in Full Membership. Local artists who are able to fully participate in gallery activities are particularly encouraged to apply.

If you are interested in applying for membership, please send three JPEG images of your work plus a current resume and artist statement to director Annie Turner at info@washingtonprintmakers.com for initial review.

CALL for ENTRIES: TOYS

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

I love toys.

As an adult, there are two things for which I am always trying to invent excuses…eating dessert for breakfast…and buying cool artistic toys. I have been rationalizing away “bressert” (as we call it in my house) for years, but now I have a great reason to buy toys…research.

The Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock has a Call for Entries out for the 37th Annual Toys Designed by Artists show with Purchase Awards totaling $2500. The toys don’t have to be functional and is open to all artists internationally–not just regionally. Take a look…

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Toys Designed by Artists

This delightful and ever popular competition was created to recognize and celebrate the playful side in each of us – artists and viewers alike. Toys may be functional, nonfunctional, child friendly, child proof, too delicate or scary to touch, or begging for tactile tinkering. Successful entries are creative, original, featuring excellence of design and superior craftsmanship.

DEADLINE: September 13, 2010

JUROR: The juror for 2011 is Jim Bartz. Bartz has a BFA in Illustration from The Choinard Art Institute (now Cal Arts) in Los Angeles and as a working toy artist has taught in Northern California for 35 years. He is an active member in The Puppeteers of America.

HOW TO ENTER: Complete the information, upload images, and pay a non-refundable fee ($15 for the first submission, and $10 for each additional) using the online form by September 13th, 2010.

GUIDELINES: Each artist may enter up to three entries that are original, completed within the last two years, and not previously exhibited at the Arkansas Arts Center.

NOTIFICATION AND DELIVERY: Notifications of selected submissions will be mailed beginning October 12, 2010. Selected works must arrive at the Arkansas Arts Center by November 12, 2010. The artist will be forwarded any sales inquiries and works not for sale may be noted on the entry form.

PURCHASE AWARDS: Purchase awards totaling up to $2500 will be chosen by the Arkansas Arts Center after the selected works have arrived.

Works purchased through an award will become part of the Arkansas Arts Center’s Foundation Collection.

SHIPPING: The artist is responsible for the cost of shipping and insurance. Prepaid return shipping of selected work is required. A return shipping label must accompany delivered works. Works hand delivered directly to the museum must be picked up no later than 90 days after the close of the exhibition.

Any unclaimed artwork in the possession of the Arkansas Arts Center after 90 days becomes the property of Arkansas Arts Center Foundation.

More details on shipping will be provided in the selection letter.

DIGITAL IMAGES: The juror selects the exhibition based digital image submissions. Medium resolution images are preferred.

Resolution is sufficient when the image is easily viewed on an average size computer monitor.

Keep images free of identifying information (artist name, etc.,) as this information will require cropping the image.

Works with multiple components must be represented by at least one image which shows the complete work arranged for display. Entries are not accepted via email.

Visit the Arkansas Arts Center website for Full Information!

CALL for PROPOSALS: 1708 Gallery in Richmond

Posted on July 22, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

STIRRING
THE POT

I know I keep stirring this pot, but if you want a solo show, you really have to make the effort to get one. An Open Call for Proposals from a Gallery is what you should be looking for…and you know it.

Never presume that you know the value of a gallery or its exhibition space based upon its location or the generosity of the gallery’s submission process. Do your homework on the gallery. See if your work fits into the scope of the work the gallery seems to show. Then send a well-crafted proposal. You have nothing to lose, and rejection won’t kill you. Here’s a great Call for Exhibition Proposals from the 1708 Gallery in Richmond, Virginia!

Call for Exhibition Proposals:
1708 Gallery

1708 Gallery presents an average of eight exhibitions a year by emerging and established professional artists from all over the world. Each exhibition is approximately 6 weeks long.

1708 Gallery’s focus is to present new art that is not older than three years.

Artists and curators may submit exhibition proposals to 1708 Gallery throughout the year. They welcome submissions from professional and emerging artists in all mediums (students are not eligible).

1708 Gallery’s Exhibition Committee which includes professional artists from 1708 Gallery’s Board of Directors review and select all exhibitions presented at 1708 Gallery.

Selected artists will receive a 6 week exhibition at 1708 Gallery, a small honorarium, and some funding for exhibition related expenses.

Artists are responsible for delivering, shipping, installation, and deinstallation of their work and all related costs. 1708 Gallery will provide assistance with installation and deinstallation. Exhibiting artists are encouraged to attend the exhibition opening and participate in an artist talk.

Click here to download the Exhibition Proposal Guidelines

Please mail your proposal to:

1708 Gallery
Exhibitions and Programming Committee
PO Box 12520
Richmond, VA 23241

Please contact Gallery Administrator, Jolene Giandomenico at jgiandomenico@1708gallery.org if you have any questions.

CALL for ENTRIES: Managed Landscapes

Posted on July 21, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

SHOW ALREADY!

I spend a lot of time answering artists’ excuses about why they don’t enter shows or put their work out there. I have heard them all, and some of them are legitimate.

With the accessibility of digital cameras, photography has taken a hard hit in the retail arena. Many consumers no longer see the value in purchasing photos that they believe they “can take themselves.” Please don’t write to me about all the things wrong with that argument…I get it.

As a result of that sentiment, many emerging photographers have to be very savvy with how and where they choose to submit work. The cost of entry fees, packaging, matting and framing add up fast. Here’s a great Call for Entries from Vermont Photo Space Gallery that takes these concerns to heart and offers free matting and framing. Take a look…

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Managed Landscapes

The touch of man on the natural landscape is all around us. From shimmering cityscapes and rural farms to strip mines and garbage dumps. Let’s see images that show the touch of man, light or heavy, on the earth around us.

“Contemporary landscape photography’s insights and observations reach far beyond the natural environment. A close examination of the land will often reveal more about ourselves as individuals, communities, and society at large.” — Thomas Bachand

Up to 44 photographs will be chosen by juror Thomas Bachand for exhibition at the Vermont Photo Space Gallery, on our website and in a
full color catalog available to the public for purchase.

JUROR: Thomas Bachand has been a professional photographer for over a decade, working in both traditional and digital mediums. His photography has appeared in magazines, advertisements, brochures, and textbooks – both in print and on the web. He writes on digital imaging issues for professional trade publications and lecturers on photography and technology issues.

Tom is the author of Lake Tahoe: A Fragile Beauty. In addition to private collections, his photography can be found in the Bancroft Library and the California Historical Society.

Thomas Bachand’s photography is a consideration of the land and the competing visions that inform our interaction with the world at large. Core to the work is its accessibility to the viewer. The use of color and a documentary style allow for an open and immediate connection to the subject.

By embracing a historical perspective, the photography captures a sense of honesty characteristic of the medium’s early pioneers. Whether creating a single, evocative image inviting reflection or a series conveying a sense of time and place, Bachand’s exploration includes the role of storyteller.

He seeks a convergence of the ordinary – extraordinary only in so much as it is revealing, offering both possibility and contemplation.

RULES FOR PHOTO SUBMISSIONS:

Age: Entrants must be at least 18 years old. If younger. a parent or legal guardian may make the submission for you.

Ownership: All submitted photos must have been taken by the photographer making the entry. If you are a parent or legal guardian submitting for a minor, please make it clear.

Digital Submissions: All submissions must be made by digital files through:

1. Upload on VermontPhotoSpace.com or

2. Sent via email to submissions@VermontPhotoSpace.com. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it along with an application form. There is a $5.00 surcharge for email entries.

3. Images should be as large as possible but no larger than 1280 pixels on the longest side, type jpg – set to the highest quality. DPI is only relevant for output purposes and does not effect the stored size of the image. It can be set to any number, but if you must specify something go with 72 dpi.

FEES: Up to three images may be submitted for a fee of $20 US for on-line submission and $25 for email submission. Additional images may be submitted for an additional $5 US per image.

DEADLINE: Images must be received by midnight EST on the submission closing date August 18, 2010 for the exhibition for which you are submitting. Payment must be received by the close of submissions August 18, 2010 for the exhibit for which you are submitting.

RIGHTS: Photographers retain all rights to their work, except for submissions accepted for exhibition: artists grant Vermont Photo Space the right to use their images to promote the exhibition and for display on VPS website and for inclusion in an exhibit catalog.

SALES: For submissions that are accepted, photographers may offer their work for sale and establish their own price for framed and unframed prints.

For Vermont Photo Space framed work we retain 66% of the sale price.

For works framed by the artist Vermont Photo Space retains 34%.

For unframed prints Vermont Photo Space retains 25% of the print sale price.

Local sales tax of 6% is collected on all sales at the gallery.

Vermont Photo Space Gallery provides free matting and framing of accepted entries for the duration of each of our exhibitions, subject to standard sizes. Photographers set their own prices if they wish to sell their work, and retain all rights.

For the full Call for Entries, visit their website.

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Billboard Art-No Entry Fee

Posted on July 20, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

Make Me Famous

Have you ever wanted to be on the cover of the Rolling Stone? Have you ever wanted your face on the side of a bus? Maybe just a sandwich named after you? Me too.

Would you settle for just having your artwork on a billboard? Yep, Me too. Here’s a great call for Entries for the Annual Embracing our Differences Exhibit in Sarasota, Florida. And in addition to possibly getting your artwork on a billboard…don’t forget there is NO ENTRY FEE!

Embracing Our Differences invites artists, photographers, professionals, amateurs, teachers and students to participate in its 8^th annual visual art exhibit celebrating diversity.

National and international submissions are encouraged.

45 artists will be selected for the exhibit.

The Embracing Our Differences exhibit will be displayed throughout the months of April and May 2011 at Island Park along Sarasota’s beautiful bayfront.

Since 2004, the exhibit has been viewed by more than 850,000 visitors. The exhibit will contain 39 billboard-sized (16 feet wide by 12 1/2 feet high) images of the selected artworks. In the judges’ discretion, an additional six “honorable mention” selections may be made.

Final selections will be chosen based on artistic excellence in reflection of the theme “Embracing Our Differences.” The art-work will also be evaluated on how effectively it will read outdoors when enlarged to billboard size – 16 feet wide by 12 1/2 feet high.

Artists are encouraged to use bold saturated colors and strong lines.

Final selections will be made by a 3-judge panel of professional artists, curators and art professionals.

A total of $3,000.00 in awards will be presented.

Deadline for submission is January 10, 2011.

There is no submission fee nor limit on the number of entries.

Submission forms and more information concerning past winning submissions are available at http://www.EmbracingOurDifferences.org or by emailing MichaelJShelton@comcast.net.

CALL for ENTRIES: Gender Definition

Posted on July 19, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

I am a product of a Southern upbringing and all the loveliness–and baggage–that goes with it. As a woman in the South, we are often expected to be in charge in the boardroom, have dinner on the table by 7…and do it all in heels and pearls.

Gender issues have been the subject of art for as long as art has been a subject. “Girl, Please!” is a Call for Entries from the Woman Made Gallery in Chicago and is a great exhibit opportunity to re-examine gender issues from a slightly different perspective.

Take a look…

Call for Entries:
Girl, Please!

Exhibition Dates: November 5 – December 23, 2010

“We are all born naked, the rest is just drag” -Rupaul

Gender is a performance, an act that is perpetuated and maintained by societal norms and expectations, but how, and to what extent does it define us? “Girl, Please!” seeks to push and transcend the definition of gender while also exploring its relation to individual character amongst collective expectations. Bearing in mind Rupaul’s statement, drag in this case is not disco, but rather an illustration of feminity and masculinity in shades of grey.

Open to all genders! Artwork in all media may not exceed 72” horizontally, frame included. Please include an artist statement and a $30 entry fee.

Online Entries Submit jpgs of up to three of your works on our website.

Mailed Entries Mail slides or cd with images of three of your works, completed entry form, and a $30 entry fee to Woman Made Gallery, 685 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL 60642.

Jurors: Kristen Carter and Emanuel Aguilar

Kristen Carter is WMG’s Gallery Coordinator. She is a graduate from DePaul University, and has a BA in History of Art and Architecture with a minor in Studio Art, in addition to studying Art History and Fine Art in Florence, Italy. Carter is a Ph.D candidate in Art History at the University of British Columbia as of September 2010. She is also a member of the Keeper Team for ArtSlant Chicago where she writes monthly reviews about art exhibitions in Chicago, and writes for the online art magazine, Jettison.

Emanuel Aguilar is assisting Woman Made Gallery with its exhibition programs. In addition he volunteers his marketing skills to the organization. He is a Fine Arts Major at Columbia College with concentration in Identity Politics and a Minor in Marketing, and he studied in Florence, Italy at the Lorenzo De Medici University. Aguilar works for Chicago’s Jean Albano Gallery and A & D Gallery. He has curated several exhibitions, and helped found the online arts magazine, Jettison.

Entry Deadline: August 11, 2010

Notifications: September 8, 2010

PORTFOLIO REVIEW: A Call for Solo Show Proposals in San Francisco

Posted on July 18, 2010July 18, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

I have been preaching about submitting your work for consideration for solo shows… and sometimes you guys make me look really good–like the prize winning pie at the county fair, in fact.

I posted a great call for Art Portfolio Reviews from Alphonse Berber Gallery in Berkley, California last week and clearly some of you must have listened because I just received another Call for Portfolios for Solo Shows from their San Francisco location known as Alphonse Berber Projects.

So, finish that piece of pie and check out this Call for Portfolio Review!

Alphonse Berber Gallery opened Alphonse Berber Projects in Union Square, San Francisco on June 4, 2010. Located at 575 Sutter St, it is housed in a multi-level building dedicated to showcasing the most contemporary artworks. Alphonse Berber Projects presents single-artist exhibitions and features the widest possible range of mediums.

Art Portfolio Submission Guidelines:

Images: Please send a digital or physical portfolio of no more than 10 images. If digital, please send high quality jpegs or tiffs.

Fee: Alphonse Berber requires a $30 fee to accompany the submission package. Include a SASE envelope, and mail your submissions to:

Alphonse Berber Gallery
Attn: Artist Submissions
575 Sutter St.
San Francisco, CA 94102

Submission review takes a one month turnaround period. Please, no phone calls before or after review.

For more information, Visit their Site.

Artists’ portfolios will be returned to them by mail after review, or kept for further consideration with artists’ permission.

Alphonse Berber Gallery is not responsible for any lost, missing, or damaged materials.