CALL for ENTRIES: Back to the Garden

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

TROPICAL delights

Citrus & avocados just became an option again. For years, my family has been considering locations for relocating, mostly in the eastern U.S., north of the Tennessee/Virginia line. But after our years of circling the same section of the map, an opportunity much closer to the equator has presented itself. While I should be concentrating on finding a place to live and all the details that follow, all I can think about is mangoes and avocados, and option I never imagined possible. While I get back to the garden planning, this next Call offers you a chance to get back to the garden as well. I love this venue & I’m guessing you will too…

Check out this Call for Entries from Root Division (San Francisco, CA) for Back to the Garden. It is only $10 to enter, and you’ll love this organization. Take a look…

CALL for ENTRIES:
Back to the Garden
from Root Division

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“From houseplants, to well-manicured gardens, and neighborhood parks, the natural world is consciously interwoven into our daily lives. The work selected for this exhibition will explore the motivations and methods by which human beings shape the natural world into a reflection of their identity, societal values, and projected ideals.” –from rootdivision.org

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all media

DEADLINE: February 12, 2017

NOTIFICATION: February 21, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $10 for up to four images

CURATOR: Lauren Etchells, 2016-17 Exhibitions Fellow, Root Division

AWARDS: Selected artists will have work included in Root Division’s “Back to the Garden” exhibit from April 5 – 20, 2017.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Through That Which is Seen

Posted on February 18, 2012 by R.L. Gibson

WHITE RICE
is boring

I confess that I occasionally have dreams that a model of my kitchen will end up in the Smithsonian like Julia Childs’ did. As glamorous as that sounds, everyone would see my 3 mismatched Fiestaware and shelves and shelves of white dishes. Think white rice. Yawn. Methinks life-size dioramas are a difficult tribute to pull off well. This next Call doesn’t require life size. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries for Through that Which is Seen, an curated show brought to you by Root Division (Sacramento, CA). The entry fee is incredibly low, and the thematic content is fascinating. Don’t miss this one…

*Editor’s Note: If you have read the personal portion of this post, CALL for ENTRIES: Through That Which is Seen, anywhere other than by email subscription or on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, it has been published without permission and is considered theft.

CALL for ENTRIES:
Through That Which is Seen

Through That Which is Seen will represent a range of interpretations of the diorama on all scales.

They aim to exhibit pieces borrowing from museums’ use of the diorama as a means to inform and educate to works that turn the more conventional notion of diorama on its head. From natural history displays to shoebox book reports…

The word diorama often conjures
memories from childhood.

However, dioramas can be found dotted throughout our daily lives. Think about storefront displays, televisions, and medicine cabinets, to name a few. Does a shower become a performative diorama when in use? Or a car?

ELIGIBILITY:
All artists

MEDIA:
The co-curators are open to
reviewing any and all
possible interpretations
of dioramas.

DEADLINE:
March 19, 2012

ENTRY FEE:
$10 for 4 images

CURATOR:
Alexis Arnold & Lauren Hartman

For complete details,
Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Centering the Margin

Posted on January 1, 2012 by R.L. Gibson

BACON SHMACON

Culinary experimentation is one of my favorite endeavors. I like to think of results in the terms a “margin for interpretation” as opposed to a “margin for error.” No Canadian bacon or english muffin for your eggs benedict? How about brie and roasted garlic loaf. Granted, that interpretation may be on the very periphery of acceptable to some. But maybe, just maybe, that’s the sweet spot. These folks behind this next Call for Entries agree with me. “Varied platforms of concept.” Fun…

Check out this Call for Entries for Centering the Margin, an artist curated show brought to you by Root Division (Sacramento, CA). The entry fee is incredibly low, and the thematic content is fascinating. Don’t miss this one…

*Editor’s Note: If you have read the personal portion of this post, CALL for ENTRIES: Centering the Margin, anywhere other than by email subscription or on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, it has been published without permission and is considered theft.

CALL for ENTRIES:
Centering the Margin

Centering the Margin is an artist-curated project focusing on artwork that concerns itself with spaces, events, and artifacts that exist just outside of our field of vision and attention. If our contemporary existence is marked by a focus on spectacle and constant stimulation, then Centering the Margin is a show that documents those things that fall outside this focus. These are things that require a change of speed or shift in focus to perceive them.

This show hopes to draw connections between artists concerned with margins, edges and interstitial spaces through diverse approaches and varied platforms of concept, representation and materials.

Works considered for the show could be: 1) pictorial works that represent spaces and moments that are glimpsed fleetingly if at all; 2) process-based works that employ materials that exist solely as vessels for goods or products, or are artifacts of technologies of display and production; or 3) time based works that document forces or phenomena that are barely perceptible or so common as to escape notice. *These are only a few examples.

Editor’s Note: This call is meant to complete a show that currently includes the work of 7 artists including the curator, Anthony Ryan. A total of 15 to 18 artists will be represented in the exhibition. Final selection of works will occur AFTER the Call for Entries process is complete.

ELIGIBILITY: All artists

MEDIA: All media

DEADLINE: January 17, 2012

ENTRY FEE: $10 for 4 images

CURATOR: Artist Anthony Ryan

Tag: Root Division