Art publication always makes me happy.Free makes me even happier. As much as I love creating and showing my work, I have to admit that I would rather spend my hard earned cash on bon bons than entry fees anyday. How ’bout you?
Check out this free Call for Entries for inclusion in the RAP-10 Online Show and art book from Crussell Fine Arts. You can’t beat free, and you even have an opportunity for online sales that YOU don’t have to manage. Don’t let this one get away…
It’s A RAP…The year 2010 is coming to a close and Crussell Fine Arts is pleased to announce RAP-10, a FREE – NO FEE Open Call for artists around the world working in Fine Art Photography.
The final selected works will be included in their On-Line Gallery shown in 2011 at CrussellFineArts.com as well as in a book published by Crussell Fine Arts. All work will be available for sale through our website and book.
Eligibility: RAP-10 Open Call is open to any and all artists internationally working in fine art photography.
DEADLINE:November 1, 2010
Fees: No Fee Open Call
Media: Fine Art Photography
Sale of Artwork: It is understood that all artwork submitted would be for sale through Crussell Fine Arts website and book.
Content: There are no restrictions on content of the submitted work.
Required information: Your Name
Address
Cell Number
Home Number
Size of piece
Edition Number
Final output medium of piece
Year of piece
Unframed price in US Dollars of piece
Selected Artists: Artists names that are selected for the Online Gallery as well as the RAP-10 book will be posted on their website.
Email and General Communication: Crussell Fine Arts will be posting updates about the progress of the RAP-10 Open Call on their website.
Submission of Artwork: It is understood that (you) “The Artist” or (the gallery) “Artist Representative” are submitting artwork to the RAP-10 Open Call to be exhibited and/or purchased on the Crussell Fine Arts website / Online Gallery as well as through our published book titled RAP-10.
The Democratic Approach: Crussell Fine Arts believes that all artists should to be viewed equally and uses a democratic approach in presenting artwork by concealing the names, identification and representation of the artist from the viewers of the Online Gallery as well as the publication of their RAP-10 book. Crussell Fine Arts assigns a CFA number to each piece of art, which is used to identify the artist and the work. They want each artist to have a fair and equal opportunity in the review process by allowing the work to stand on its own.
Someone emailed me an appreciative note about my recent post featuring arubber chicken. I explained that finding Calls for Entry day after day was far easier than figuring out how to make a food reference day after day. There have only been a few that I wasn’t particulary proud of like the Rice A Roni reference to San Francisco. Nothing against Rice A Roni…it just wasn’t a creative reference. So here I am…horses? Carrot, folks. That’s all I’ve got.
Check out this great Call for Entries in Ex Arte Equinus 4 brought to you by Art Horse Magazine. The fees are reasonable, and this in an excellent opportunity to get true value from Art Publications. Check it out…
Ex Arte Equinus is an international art competition dedicated to presenting the equine as fine art. The amount of equine artists working today is astounding. Ex Arte Equinus is a chance for artists worldwide to have their work recognized in a fine art format, in a competition that will provide equine artists the opportunity to compete and have their work seen on an international level.
Images of winning artwork will be published in issue #12 of Art Horse Magazine (published March 2011). Winners and selected images will also be published in a limited edition hardback book about the show, available from Art Horse Magazine.
ELIGIBILITY:Contest is open to artists worldwide. Open to artists 17 years and older. All artwork must be original work executed by the artist. Works produced by non-human artists are not eligible. Works based on a photograph must have the photographer’s permission before entering that work. Works must include a suggestion of an equine form in the image submitted (i.e. a still life painting of tack or hunting dogs would not be acceptable for this show). Previously submitted works are welcome, howeverworks that placed or appeared in any previous Ex Arte Equinus competition or book are not eligible.
CATEGORIES:All artists will compete for the awards in these categories (note that multimedia pieces should be entered based on predominant media):
Paintings: Includes watercolors, oils, acrylics, and any other ‘wet’ traditional or non-traditional painting media. This category does not include “digitally painted” pieces or electronically-generated art for this competition. Any image entered into an inappropriate division will be moved by the jurors into the correct division at the time of judging without penalty to the artist.
Drawings: Includes drawings, pastel, charcoal, etchings, and other traditional or non-traditional types of ‘dry’ drawing media. This category does not include “digitally drawn” pieces or electronic art for this competition. Any image entered into an inappropriate division will be moved by the jurors into the correct division at the time of judging without penalty to the artist.
Sculpture: Includes 3-dimensional works completed using traditional or non-traditional materials. Copies of originals are accepted for cast media (such as bronze, wax, ceramics, or resin) if they are submitted as entries by the sculpting artist only.
Digital Art: Includes any artwork completed digitally, including digital image that has a photograph as its base, such as an image heavily reworked or texturized with Photoshop, any images with painted or pasted backgrounds, foregrounds, layers, or subjects, and any image which is entirely computer-drawn or computer-created. Digital collages are included in this division. Please review the qualifications for the Photography division below if you have questions. Any image entered into an inappropriate division will be moved by the jurors into the correct division at the time of judging without penalty to the artist.
Photography: Includes digital or film photography (alternative film or traditional film types of images and /or processing), color or black and white. Photo should include the image or suggestion of a real, live horse in some way. Artists may be asked to provide the original file if a digital image is in question as to the amount of reworking. Any image entered into an inappropriate division will be moved by the jurors into the correct division at the time of judging without penalty to the artist.
Sculpture by Juror Susan Leyland
LIMITED EDITION PROGRAMME BOOK:
Selected works and information about the show will be printed in a color hardbound book that will be available on the Art Horse Magazine website.
ENTRY PROCEDURE: Submit entries on CD, or online. SUBMIT ONLY A DIGITAL VERSION OF YOUR IMAGE. Do not sent actual work.
Send your files via email to: exarte_images@gmx.com(total size per email is 15mb, so you may need to send multiple emails.) DO NOT send images prepared for web pages or internet viewing. For flatwork(paintings, drawings, photos, digital), submit one image per entry, with a limit of 12 entries per artist. For sculptures: Multiple views of your piece may be needed to sufficiently show the piece in entirety (i.e. front and side views). Submit up to two images per entry, with a limit of 12 entries per artist. Please name your files with Artist’s last name, entry number, and view number (i.e. Smith_1_1.jpg, Smith_1_2.jpg, etc.)
Happy in the Fields by Juror Rachael Waller
ENTRY FEES:
$30.00 per artist will include up to 3 entries. Additional entries up to twelve may be added at $10.00 each.
USEAGE RIGHTS:By submitting for jurying, artists grant Art Horse Magazine permission to use the submitted images in publication of issue 10 of Art Horse Magazine, in online display and printed promotion about the competition only (such as informational booklets sent to sponsors etc.),and in publication of the show programme. Artists grant the use of their image(s) as stated here without further compensation from Art Horse Magazine. Artist and title recognition is always included at use.
AWARDS:Prizes include rosettes for first place through third place for each category. First place and overall winners receive custom glass awards and one copy Ex Arte Equinus IV programme book will be awarded to each first place artist and overall Award winners. Winning works will be included in issue #12 (Winter, 3/11) of Art Horse Magazine and in the published show programme book as an opportunity to present the work to an international audience of equine art collectors and enthusiasts.
JURORS:Each category will be judged separately. Susan Leyland(Drawing category),Rachael Waller(Photography category), Sherron Sheppard (Digital Art category) and Kathi Peters(paintingcategory), and Lyne Raff, editor(sculpture category).
JURY NOTIFICATION: On or about sixty days from final entry deadline.
DEADLINE:October 30, 2010.Electronic entries only after 10/20
I am a big fan of the color RED. I wear red clothing. I own a red Jeep. I eat red foods. My husband and I sing together as the Pea Pickin’ Hearts, and we sing a song called “I See Red” about throwing away the rose-colored glasses in exchange for the red-eyed passion of life–good or bad.
Check out this next Call for Entries that screams “Red” to me. Lipstick & Rouge is the first juried show for Second Space Gallery in Spokane, Washington. The entry fee is as low as $10 too. I need a cupcake.
Second Space Gallery invites you to enter the juried exhibition entitled Lipstick and Rouge to be held in Spokane, Washington during December 2010. The title refers to the ways in which we perceive beauty through color. In the past, red has been associated with passion, love, anger, heat and a range of other things.
The desire of Second Space Gallery is to see what it means to the artists. Over $1000 in prize money will be awarded to artists whose work adheres to theme, demonstrates impact and energy, and stimulates us visually.
DEADLINE:November 3, 2010
NOTIFICATION:November 12, 2010
ENTRY FEE:$10 per image
ELIGIBILITY & MEDIA: This exhibit is open to all artists over the age of eighteen working in two-dimensional media. There is a limit of five entries. Work must be the original creation and composition of the artist submitting it. Artwork must have been created within the last two years AND not previously exhibited.
AWARDS:$500 for Best of Show; $300 for the Merit Award; and at least three honorable mention awards of $75
JUROR:Karen Kaiser, of the Jundt Museum at Gonzaga University, will judge the show. For over twenty years, Karen Kaiser has been making her mark on the Washington art world. She began as a student of painting at Fort Wright College in Spokane and went on to earn her Master of Fine Art degree in Drawing and Printmaking from Washington State University.
After graduation, she turned to art instruction and later extended her career focus to help art students in other ways. With her extensive experience teaching oil, acrylic and watercolor painting at community colleges and at WSU, Ms. Kaiser has helped hundreds of students develop their own talents. Her fifteen years as the Art Program Manager at Spokane Falls Community College led to a position as the Assistant Curator for Education at the Spokane Art School.
Ms. Kaiser currently puts her education and expertise to work as the Assistant Curator for Education at the Jundt Art Museumat Gonzaga University in Spokane. In addition to her teaching and curatorial duties, Ms Kaiser has been able to maintain an active exhibition record in Washington and Idaho galleries.
I have always wondered why I have never received a “____ of the Month” gift for a holiday. Fruit, cheese, beer…you name it, I would love any of them. Maybe my relatives are concerned about my food obsession? It’s possible. But not only do I love most things edible, I have a soft spot for mail. I may be the only human alive that still has magazine subscriptions…plural. You can feel this one coming, can’t you?Mmmhmm…art publication.
It is that time again folks; it is time to remind you that all publicity for your artwork is good publicity. Check out this Call for Entries from Rural Route 2 Box 281, a bi-monthly art zine dedicated to photo-based contemporary art. It is available both digitally and in hard copy.
RR 2 Box 281 is a bi-monthly zine dedicated to photo-based contemporary art. They are currently seeking artists for inclusion in our first year of publications. Each issue will be focused on the work of two living artists working and living outside of traditional art centers / major metropolitan regions.
The title “RR 2 Box 281” comes from the childhood address of the zine’s editor. Through Digital and hard copy dissemination, RR2 seeks to increase the exposure of artists working and living in rural (non-urban) settings, thereby creating a dialog around relationships between contemporary art, regional identity and rurality.
Six times a year a new issue of RR 2 Box 281 will be released as both a free pdf file (to be emailed) and a hand-bound hard-copy zine (to be sent via post). The hard-copy zine will be $15/ issue, or $60 for a yearly subscription. The first Issue will be released on Nov. 4 @ P.S.1. in conjunction with Printed Matter’s NY ART BOOK FAIR.
DEADLINE
December 31, 2010
ENTRY FEE:
FREE
ELIGIBILITY
This call is open to all photo-based contemporary artists living and working outside of traditional art centers/major metropolitan regions. All types and styles of work will be considered, special attention will be paid to artists whose work is reflective of, or speaks to their environment.
REQUIREMENTS:
For consideration please submit the following to rr2box281@me.com with the subject line RR2:
Four 600px (longest side) .jpg files of recent body of work
A brief resume
An Artist statement & bio
or
a link to a website containing
your images, statement, cv and bio.
AWARDS:
Each artist selected will receive a free hard-copy of their issue and a heavily discounted rate for a full year subscription.
Editor’s Note:I know, I know. I can smell the paranoid, suspicious email headed my way about how I shouldn’t promote Calls from newbies. Bottom line…we all start somewhere. They are building a blog and finding a few fans on facebook too.
This blog is only a year old. If everyone had been suspicious, I wouldn’t have a few hundred of you mixed nuts reading these posts everyday. Then where would we all be (she says with an exaggerated sense of self-importance)? Have a little faith, folks. When you expect the best…you very often get it.
My family enjoys joking… that if I continue moving to towns with smaller and smaller populations that I will eventally live in complete isolation except, of course, for my husband, internet access, food delivery, my dogs and a separate home for my shoe collection. Funny, eh?There is something to be said for both urban AND country living. I love them both, but buying fresh eggs and goat milk from a farm on my way home has skewed my objectivity just a smidge.
I cannot wait to see the results of the Call for Entries for The Urban and Country Landscape Annual Book from The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards. It is a type of art publication–which you know I love, and part published exhibit. There is no entry fee unless you are accepted. Take advantage of this great opportunity to both tell your story and show your work.
The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards invite photographers from all over the world to submit their work to be featured in The Urban and Country Landscape Annual Book – Nature and People, Life and Culture, and in the online WonderPick Gallery.
In this occasion WPGA wants to select images displaying your city or neighborhood, or that city that you visited this summer or in past years, or it can be the country landscape of your dreams, that one that have stimulated your eyes and your imagination; images about the city and the country life, the culture in your home town or in the remote Bhutan or in La Havana; images of that unforgettable wedding or of your family during a remarkable week-end or at home.
The theme is ample and everything will depend on your interpretation, knowing that we will like to screen landscapes and cityscapes with or without people in the scene. People can be predominant in the scene.
Both color and black and white (including duotones, toned) will be accepted to be screened. Abstract, micro and macro images will not be accepted. All kind of processes, including digital manipulation will be accepted.
The selection process:There will be two screenings
First screening: Selection will be done by WPGA’s artistic and editorial staff. The first screening will be conducted to accept or reject the submitted works. There’s is no entry fee to submit works to the first screening, and you may submit a minimum of 3 images and a maximum of 12 images.
Within 1 week after the reception of the images sent for consideration of the jurors in the first screening, submitters will be notified by email detailing which works have been accepted and which have been rejected. Together with the notification’s email a brief structured feedback will be provided.
Second screening: Selection will be done by Julio Hardy, WPGA’s Managing Director. Accepted images in the first screening will be included in the second screening and entered in the competition. Those works which passed the first screening will be exhibited for one year in the online WonderPick gallery, and available for sale.
During the second screening, 80 images will be selected to be featured in The Urban and Country Landscape Annual Book – Nature and People, Life and Culture.
ENTRY FEES:There is NO INITAL ENTRY FEE. Participants in the second screening will have to pay an entry fee within 1 week after receiving the notification that their image/s have pass the first screening and have been entered into the competition.
The entry fee for those works selected (those that have passed the first screening and have been entered into the competition) will be: $15 for each image accepted, up to 3 images; and $8 for each additional image.
PAYMENT OF FEES: Once the number of images selected in the first screening –and that have therefore been entered into the competition- an email will be sent to you as well as a Paypal invoice with the entry fees to be paid according to the calculation based on the images accepted, to settle the entry fees.
Prizes:Best Image of Show (to be featured in the book cover) will receive a $ 500 B&H gift certificate. Runner up (to be featured in the book back cover) $ 300 B&H gift certificate.
I am a wierdo, admittedly. I am obsessed with food. I don’t drink coffee. I rarely wear pants. I won’t do much that can’t be done in four inch heels, and I don’t like prints…unless they are geometric. Oh yeah, that is just the tip of the weirdness iceberg. I like geometric food too…Gorgeous round egg yolks, little logs of goat cheese, and the perfect grid of a golden waffle.
Be a part of the grid with this open digital art and photography Call for Entries named Snap to Grid from the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art (LACDA). Build your resume with online entry, guaranteed acceptance and a chance to get special consideration for future solo and group exhibits. What more could you want?
Show your work in our un-juried exhibit featuring digital art and photography. All entries will be printed (8.5″x11″ on heavyweight paper) and shown in our gallery arranged in a grid. Entrants submit JPEG files of original work.
Multiple entries are permitted. Separate registration required for each image. Exhibit is limited to space available, early entry is advised.
All styles of artwork and photography where digital processes of any kind were integral to the creation of the images are acceptable. Digital video stills and screen shots of web/new media are acceptable. Documentation shots of digital installation and digital sculpture are acceptable.
Special consideration is given to “Snap to Grid” artists for inclusion in future exhibits. Entrants to our calls for submissions form the pool of artists from which we select the majority of our exhibitors. There have been a large number of “Snap to Grid” participants who have been included in group exhibits, as well as a number of solo shows.
Proceeds for “Snap to Grid” benefit these gallery programs and keep LACDA thriving. Exhibit your work, build your resume, and support our gallery. Everybody wins!
Eligibility: This call is international, open to all geographical locations.
Show Dates:Nov 11-Dec 4, 2010
Deadline for entries:October 25, 2010
Entry Fee:Registration fee is $30US.
Submission Rules: Registration and submission are done online only. JPEG file uploads are the only accepted submissions under 2MB each. Please do not send materials to LACDA. All materials sent to LACDA will not be viewed and cannot be returned.
Multiple Entries: Multiple entries are permitted. $30 registration fee for each additional image. Separate registration required for each image.
Gallery Statement: “Every year for 50 years the L.A. Municipal Gallery has held its ‘Open Call’ exhibit where any artist can show up with their art and an entry fee (to benefit gallery programs) and the piece is shown.
“The Los Angeles Center For Digital Art decided to launch an international experiment of the same nature where the artists upload images that are printed and hung by the gallery. The hundreds of works are displayed in a grid like installation (reminiscent of postcard art shows of the 1980’s) where every work submitted is exhibited.
“The usual (less than democratic) selection process where only the precious few are chosen is turned on its head in a curatorial anarchy where everyone gets to participate and the viewer is literally left to be the judge. The show represents a snapshot of a current moment in art history when digital imaging has reached the hands of the many, an age where culture belongs to the ‘mobblogers’ around the globe.
“From Thailand to Texas, amateur to academic, beautiful to banal and beyond the monumental quantity and variety of “Snap to Grid” becomes an aesthetic experience where each individual piece adds to an agglomerative effect that has a life of its own.”
I have spent the last two days in a ballroom in Northwest Tennessee at a corporate conference. As you might imagine, the rubber chicken served at ALL of the conferences was not the highlight of my culinary experience. However, I am most surprised that what I missed. More than anything, I missed the sunlight on my face. Flourescent lighting is not your friend. Every chance I could find between seminars I stood in the sun.
Imagine my delight to find this great Call for Entries from Vermont Photo Space Gallery called The Spice of Light celebrates the beauty of nature, specifically light, that we find the essence of our souls. As a phenomenal bonus Vermont Photo Space Gallery, this gallery offers free matting and framing. Take a look…
Fine art nature photographers create emotions, feelings and memories. Sometimes Mother Nature gives you the perfect light, the perfect composition, the perfect colors, and you are able to present your experience exactly as the lens captured it.
Unfortunately, most of the time…she doesn’t. This doesn’t lessen the excitement, the drama, you experienced at the moment of capture. At times like this, you have to go deep within yourself to discover the colors, lines, and shapes that not only express what you experienced, but also transfer that emotion to the viewer.
Color: the Spice of Light is your opportunity to express nature in a manner that doesn’t necessarily express reality, but does express your feelings and experience at the moment of capture. And, by all means, if nature gave you that “perfect moment”, then submit that moment! The Juror wants to see drama through the use of composition, color and light….an image that makes the viewer want to stop and spend time with your creation….an image that makes the viewer FEEL! Remember, it’s within the beauty of nature that we find the essence of our souls.
JUROR:Bruce K. Haley, Jr. uses the camera lens as his paint brush. His bold and colorful presentation of nature has made his work much sought after throughout the United States.
Since November of 2002, Haley’s award-winning art has appeared in over one-hundred exhibitions in West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Colorado, North Carolina Michigan, and California. His work is included in many corporate and private collections including six pieces purchased by the state of West Virginia for their permanent art collection.
In Bruce’s words, “Photography isn’t about f/stops, shutter speeds or equipment. it’s about living, feeling, seeing. It’s about opening my mind to learning, not only about the people, places and things around me, but also, about me. Photography, for me, is life living, life giving.”
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 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 and payment must be received by midnight EST on the submission closing date October 28, 2010.
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.
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 theirwebsite.
I write a lot about the recipe for success, about using the best ingredients, about never over-cooking. I don’t like to talk about the burnt bread of it all. But the truth is that even when you follow the recipe, sometimes the souflee just doesn’t rise. You can’t take it personally; you just have to get back in the kitchen.
I entered the original Beers Lambert I Am Solitary call posted on this site…and my souflee didn’t rise. However, I am going back to the kitchen, and I invite you to do the same. Check out this Call for Entries for I Am Solitary – London that is a counterpart to the original. Join me in applying for what promises to be a phenomenal show at the Gift gallery.
Beers.Lambert Contemporary Art is proud to curate an exhibition for Gift Gallery, at its extraordinary location on London’s primary gallery row, Vyner Street.
I Am Solitary – London, is a counterpart and extension of the related Beers Lambert exhibition that took place in Nottingham, in September of 2010.
This collaboration with Gift Gallery seeks progressive contemporary art that responds to questions of identity and individuality.
The exhibition aims to highlight ideas and articulations relating to a conceptual and aesthetic understanding of individuality, isolation, and identity in a world typified by conflict, disillusionment, and change.
The work submitted should critically & aesthetically challenge the reception of these themes & truly push the direction of contemporary art.*
*For those of my readers that like to skim the posts, please note that I put this sentence in bold…green…AND centered it for you…hint, hint.
Submission Deadline: Sunday, November 14, 2010
Eligibility & Media: Artists at all career stages, from all parts of the world, working in all mediums and practices are encouraged to submit.
Vyner street haslong been the benchmark of excellence in London’s contemporary art sphere; prominently located at 10 Vyner, Gift gallery continues this tradiiton of featuring emergent and progressive contemporary art.
Beers Lambert is proud to work with Gift to present I Am Solitary – London.
We all know that I love food, but it occured to me that I don’t mention that I love cooks and chefs often enough. There is little better in this world than a well crafted Eggs Benedict. And, while the eggs are best when farm fresh, hollandaise in the wrong hands is just BAD regardless of how fresh the eggs are. I feel much the same about craft artisans.
A scarf isn’t always just a scarf…ask Pat K. Thomas. And certainly, jewelry isn’t always just jewelry…ask Vanessa Walilko. It is art, and I salute the craft artisans that turn raw materials into the phenomenal. Check out this great Call for Entries for the 17th Annual RAGS Juried Wearable Art Show. And remember, buying wearable art supports and artist…and makes you look fabulous!
The RAGS 2011 event will take place March 10-13, 2011, at Mercedez-Benz of Tacoma. MEDIA & ELIGIBILITY: Open to artists working in wearable art–garments, fashion accessories, & jewelry.
DEADLINE:Postmarked by December 17, 2010
ENTRY FEES: Two entry types:
Gallery $15: with awards competition, is a show of unique, one-of-a-kind, wearable art with competitive divisions for garments, jewelry, and accessories. The Gallery items must be designed and produced solely by the artist.
Marketplace $35: a boutique-style sale of wearable art. All works entered in this division must be priced for sale by the artist.
JURY PROCESS: All initial entries are juried by digital images. Accepted gallery entries are judged for award from actual works in late February 2011.
It will come as no surprise that I love kitchen gadgets. I actually own a machine called the CoCoMotion (pictured right) that serves the solitary purpose of making hot cocoa at the perfect temperature. Embarrassing, but true. The top of my cabinets serves as a storage house of ridiculous serving pieces I’ll never use, old cheese boxes, and some very cool art made out of toasters. And if it is an OLD kitchen gadget…like my egg scale, then I’m really in love.
I fell in love for this Call for Entries from The Columbus (GA) Museum called Past is Present: Contemporary Approaches to Historical Decorative Arts and Design.Check it out…I think you’ll be surprised to find it is part classical applied art, part artisan craft and a whole lot of opportunity to look at your art from a different perspective.
This exhibition will explore reinterpretations of textile work, including embroidery and beadwork; ceramics, such as transfer ware and figurines; portraiture, including miniature paintings and silhouettes; furniture-making, such marquetry and tall-case clocks; stained glass; and other traditional American decorative arts forms. The exhibition will be accompanied by a 16-page publication.
Eligibility: Open to all artists residing in the Continental United States. The Columbus Museum encourages innovative and progressive work that utilizes a diversity of art forms and media.
How to Submit Your Work: Please send 5-10 images at least 300 dpi on CD. Label all images with title and submit a corresponding image list.
The image list should include the title, date, dimensions, and medium (please list specific materials for mixed-media work). Please also include a current resume and artist statement.
Do not send original artwork, slides, master tapes, catalogues or reviews. Materials without self-addressed stamped envelope will not be returned.
DEADLINE: All materials must be postmarked before October 1, 2010; they may hand-delivered by that date to the Columbus Museum, located at 1251 Wynnton Road, Columbus, Georgia 31906, if preferred.
ENTRY FEE:There is no submission fee.
Electronic Media Work:Submit a sample of work(s) up to 30 minutes on DVD. (Complete work may exceed this running time.) Samples should be accompanied with label copy (title and date), length of running time, artist statement and resume. Materials without self-addressed stamped envelope will not be returned.
Notification:Artists will be contacted by December 1, 2010.
The final selected works will be included in their On-Line Gallery shown in 2011 at CrussellFineArts.com as well as in a book published by Crussell Fine Arts. All work will be available for sale through our website and book.
Fees: 
Submission of Artwork: It is understood that (you) “The Artist” or (the gallery) “Artist Representative” are submitting artwork to the RAP-10 Open Call to be exhibited and/or purchased on the Crussell Fine Arts website / Online Gallery as well as through our published book titled RAP-10.
