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2011 ARTIST of the YEAR: Pamela Zimmerman

Posted on January 24, 2012January 24, 2012 by R.L. Gibson

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
(kind of)

Today marks a New Year for ArtAndArtDeadlines.com! And, per usual, I am running a little behind the traditionally recognized New Year Celebration (December 31st), but I love Chinese New Year (yesterday). And, I almost got this post done by then, ha! I, of course, always appreciate an excuse to eat Chinese food…it doesn’t have to be a holiday.

This is the day we name the
Artist of the Year for 2011.

When this blog began in September of 2009, I was determined to cover not only art deadlines but also really good art. And, I chose a few artists here and there. I quickly realized that the Featured Artist program needed structure, or it would never really get done on any sort of regular basis. The $2 Art Contest was born.

I began to realize that the Featured Artist Page was getting crowded and adding more artists would lessen the impact of being Featured. I knew I had to start archiving artists yearly…

And the idea of
the Artist of the Year
was born.

I now give all of our Featured Artists each year notice that on December 31st at midnight EST, the Artist of the Year would be determined by the number of comments on their individual Featured Artist blog posts.

Right out of the gate, three artists’ fans came out strong: Denee Black, Deanna Bowdish, and Pamela Zimmerman. And after a month of voting, the final count was close… only a few dozen votes separated Black, Bowdish and Zimmerman.

Congratulations to
Pamela Zimmerman
AAAD’s 2011 Artist of the Year

I have enjoyed getting to know her this year. It feels to me like she showed a vulnerability to me, and thereby you, with her intricate, personal work. True vulnerability is rarely seen and often imitated.

Get to know Pamela Zimmerman:

ArtAndArtDeadlines.com
Facebook
Twitter

Do you want to be the 2012 Artist of the Year?
It all starts with the
$2 Art Contest.

Stay tuned later this week we unveil 2012’s first Featured Artist as well as changes to the Featured Artist Page!

CALL for ENTRIES: Six

Posted on January 23, 2012 by R.L. Gibson

GLUG-A-LUG

Why does beer come in six packs? My house is dotted with six packs. It isn’t like THAT. I am NOT a beer drinker, but my husband IS a beer brewer. My son’s room would be far less cluttered if beer were more efficiently packaged. Did I forget to mention that my husband stores his beer under my 12-year-old’s bed? Okay, I am going to stop before this sounds even worse. This call is a much better use of things that come in sixes. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries for Six, an all-hung exhibit sponsored by Robin Willow Elements, at Red Z Gallery in Mt. Vernon, OH. The size restrictions make shipping easy, and the entry fee is realy low. Don’t miss this opportunity…

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CALL for
ENTRIES:
Six

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists. All original artwork must be 6”x6”, unframed-but mounted (if needed) and have a hanging mechanism on the back.

MEDIA: All media accepted/except: glass, tile and ceramic due to breakage potential during transport.

Examples: Photography, painting, fiber art, paper art, pen & ink, drawing, pencil, collage, word art, graffiti art, and so on…

DEADLINE: July 13, 2012

NOTIFICATION:
All hung exhibit. The gallery has the right to not hang artwork they feel is not appropriate. Please feel free to contact robinwillow@hotmail.com if you have questions.

ENTRY FEE: $6 for up to 2 pieces. Entry fee is non-refundable. Add’l entries are $3.50 each.

JUDGING & AWARDS: Voting will take place on opening night by the public for “Best of Show”. There will be a cash prize. The winner will be announced via blogs, website and Facebook.

SALES: The Red Z Gallery will retain 50% of the price of your artwork. (Price your artwork accordingly). You will receive your check one month after sale.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

CALL for ENTRIES: Night Light

Posted on January 22, 2012 by R.L. Gibson

Muncha,
Muncha, Yawn…

How does the older generation eat at 4:30 in the afternoon? I am hoping it is just a Golden-Girls-esque stereotype. I prefer to eat late night, but then again, I prefer to do everything at night. Everything tastes better after 8pm, but that may account for the reality of my lifelong struggle with the size of my rear end. My husband likes to jokingly refer to me as his “vampire-honey,” but that is clearly untrue…vampires don’t eat food. But I would look cute as Countess Chocula. Well, we all know I am a little hyper-focused on eating. Anyhoo, I digress. This next call wants to see your vision of the night. Investigate…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Darkroom Gallery (Essex Junction, VT) for Night Light. The entry fee at Darkroom is always low ($20), and I love that they will provide free matting and framing if you work in their standard sizes. Take a look…

*Editor’s Note: If you enter, please make sure to let them know that you found the Call on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com. We’ve got a great history with them…including Best of Show!

CALL for ENTRIES:
Night Light

Night photography reveals a world that we do not consciously see and offers photographers unique creative opportunities.

Night and day, dark and light – one implies the absence of the other. But like yin yang, each has a bit of the other. The surprising thing to first time night photographers is how their images reveal things that the mind’s eye does not see. Different light sources reveal their true colors. Compared to daylight, directed and weaker light creates drama, contrast, mystery and mood.

The dynamic range of light at night tends to be more in line with our tools abilities. Of course there are technical challenges with shooting in low light, but also tremendous creative opportunities. That’s what Darkroom Gallery wants to show with this exhibit.

Do you work with existing light – or do you introduce your own? Maybe you paint with light emitting light brushes. How have you approached shooting at night to express your vision? They want to see.

ELIGIBILITY: Entrants must be at least 18 years old. If younger, you must have a legal guardian make the submission for you.

MEDIA:
Photography.

DEADLINE:
March 21, 2012

NOTIFICATION:
March 27, 2012

JUROR: Linda Rutenbergm, a Montreal-born native, who has been a photographer for 30 years. Her MFA in Photography is from Concordia University. She’s taught photography and worked as a freelance photographer for thirty years.

Rutenbergm’s fine art work has been exhibited internationally. She has produced several series:- Urban Visions, Sacred Sites, Terre Caliente, One Island – Many Cities, Mont Royal – A World Apart, The Spiritual Landscape and is presently working on a nocturnal garden series.

Linda has become particularly known for her striking images of flowers taken at night, revealed in a series of books, starting with The Garden at Night: Private Views of Public Edens (2007),After Midnight (2008)and The English Garden at Night (2009).

AWARDS: All selected entries are exhibited in the gallery and included in a full color exhibit catalog. Juror’s Choice receives a 20×35″ vinyl exhibit banner featuring their image. People’s Choice gains free entry into a future exhibit.

SALES: Darkroom offers free matting and framing of accepted entries for the duration of each of their exhibitions, subject to standard sizes. Photographers set their own prices if they wish to sell their work and retain all rights to their photographs. For commission details, go to the bottom of the Submisssion Rules page!

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Musical Influences

Posted on January 21, 2012January 21, 2012 by R.L. Gibson

HUMs
the WORD

Music (and dessert) are the cherry on the proverbial sundae at any meal. I have had the privilege of enjoying everything from a jug band at a pig pickin’ to authentic mariachi while eating tamales on a recent trip to Cozumel. But my favorite dinner music is the humming of my lactose-intolerant 12 year old when he delights in his favorite cheesy indulgence…pizza. This next call wants to hear about the music that delights you. Get to humming…

Check out this Call for Entries for the Musical Influences show at Studio 1666 in Vancouver, British Columbia. This is another no entry fee in an unusual space; it is starting to look like a theme, eh?

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CALL for ENTRIES: Musical Influences

Studio 1666 is looking for works of art that is influenced by music. This can be interpreted many ways, and they are asking you to avoid the obvious and draw upon your imagination and push your own boundaries of what this means to you. By drawing upon senses other than vision, the idea is to convey feeling through artistic means that evoke multiple outcomes.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Photography, painting, sculpture, design, multimedia, mixed media, etc.

DEADLINE: January 31, 2012

ABOUT THE GALLERY: This is an opportunity for a group show at gallery located just off gallery row and close by Granville Island. Studio 1666 is Vancouver’s new non-traditional gallery space, featuring current works from both established and emerging artists who are invested in confronting and responding to current trends in art. At Studio 1666, artists are invited to give voice to their expression by sharing their creativity and ideologies with the local community. Their aim is to support this partnership by providing a relaxed space that promotes progressive art with the mandate of making it accessible.

ENTRY PROCESS: Please send your digital files to studio1666@gmail.com

Jpgs only 72dpi dimensions image should not exceed 1024 pixels on the longest side
Submit 1-6 images for consideration
For video/digital work provide links to website if applicable.
Files should be titled LastName_firstName_01Title.jpg

*Editor’s note: Bookmark this page for reference because this Call doesn’t appear on a website with any additional information.

For questions, please email studio1666@gmail.com!

CALL for ENTRIES: Creative Quarterly No. 27

Posted on January 20, 2012 by R.L. Gibson

Ginger, AGAIN,
please

Exposure therapy works with food too. You only THINK you dislike anise and brussel sprouts. I used to think ginger tasted like Lemon Pledge® smells. But, now I love ginger in everything from chicken salad to pancakes. Art publication is no different. Just keep submitting work, and you’ll become less startled by being overlooked and rejected until one day…surprise, your work is published! This next call could be your art publication surprise. Don’t miss it…

Check out this Call for Entries for Creative Quarterly. The entry fee is an incredibly low $10, and art publication is great exposure for your work. Great news…it isn’t limited just to photography! Take a look!

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Creative Quarterly 27

Creative Quarterly asks the question: Where does your inspiration come from?

What person, place or thing inspires your work?

By launching a new redesign, they’ve become a much more interactive journal. They search the web for interesting projects in art and design to share with their readers. They ask their readers to share what inspires them. The purpose, not to copy but to inspire.

Inspiration can come from an innovative chair design or an unusual ring or from an interview with a well-known designer or artist or something from ones past.

Creative Quarterly is the best of art and design, quarterly.

ELIGIBILITY & MEDIA: Open to all undergraduate and graduate students, recent graduates, professors, instructors, graphic designers, art directors, illustrators, photographers and fine artists in all media.

All entries must have been completed during the last twelve months. All art directors, graphic designers, photographers, illustrators and fine artists are eligible to enter —professionals and students are judged separately. Judging is done digitally. Submission of entries acknowledges the right of to use them for publication, exhibition and promotion.

CATEGORIES:
Fine Art, Graphic Design,
Illustration and Photography

ENTRY FEE: $10 per entry.
Entering a series? Each piece is still $10.

DEADLINE:
January 27, 2012

NOTIFICATION: Will be listed on website
& by email in 6 to 8 weeks.

SUBMISSIONS: Each entry must be submitted as:

300 dpi, RGB, Jpeg
Vertical images must be 8″ wide.
Horizontal images must be 10″ wide.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

OPEN CALL: La Boutique

Posted on January 19, 2012 by R.L. Gibson

JUST SAY
…MOO!

I am not fond of food buffets, generally speaking. I can’t ever get past the image of myself as a cow being herded along a trough. Then there is the germy thing. But, I have been proven wrong on occasion. The buffet, as a concept, I appreciate though. Think of art venues as a buffet of options; they come in every shape and size in both the most conventional and the least likely locations. This next call gives you an opportunity to try something new. Investigate the menu…

Check out this Open Call from La Boutique a retail store and gallery in San Francisco, CA. There is no fee to submit, and if you’ve never tried a retail show, this could be a great way to sample yet another menu. Take a look…

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OPEN CALL: La Boutique

La Boutique, a unique gallery, retail store, showroom and art installation space in San Francisco is seeking artist proposals for 2012. They are currently accepting proposal for exhibition in two distinct spaces: the main gallery as well as the storefront window.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Although there is no specific theme, we promote innovative, original, and site-specific installations. Artists and curators are invited to submit proposed work, in 2D and 3D media, including but not limited to drawing, painting, pastel, printmaking, photography, mixed media, and sculpture.

DEADLINE: Ongoing

ENTRY FEE: None

AWARDS: Each of the selected artists will be exhibited for a one to two month-long period. An area will be provided for artist bio and contact information. All of their exhibitions are actively promoted through an opening reception, a dedicated page on their web site, an email blast, a postcard etc.

For complete details, Visit the Website!

CALL to ARTISTS: My Loves

Posted on January 17, 2012 by R.L. Gibson

LAMBCHOP,
my love

I love my husband more than life itself, but if he was just a meant-and-potatoes guy…we would never have made it. Relationships have hinged on worse, no doubt. The idea of a perfect lamb roast or seared piece of ahi gives hime the shivers, and I could not love him more for it. My loves are my husband, food and art. This next call wants you to name YOUR loves. Say it with art…

Check out this Call to Artists for My Loves from the Linus Galleries (California). The acceptable media for this show is a cool mixture, and this could be a great opportunity. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES: My Loves

Love is in the air. But what is Love to you? What are your loves? Interpret love, or your desires, or your loves to Linus Galleries in the best art.

ELIGIBILITY:
Open to all artists.

MEDIA: Photography to paintings in oil, acrylic, watercolor and ink, graphite drawings and fabric work from quilts to stitchwork.

DEADLINE: April 12, 2012

ENTRY FEE: $35 for 3 entries,$5 per add’l

AWARDS: Those accepted artists will be asked to be a part of a collective show in the future months. The artists will be asked if they wish to submit their artwork for the show.

SALES: Artwork will be offered for sale at the reception & other days the gallery will be open. 40% commission on all sales.

For complete details, Read the Guidelines!

CALL for ENTRIES: Games+Learning+Society

Posted on January 15, 2012January 18, 2012 by R.L. Gibson

SAY CHEESEcake!

I delight in finding delectable foods in unexpected locations. Light and creamy cheesecake at a random, taco food truck or the perfect muffin with currants and anise in a tire store lobby. It happens; you just have to be brave enough to take the first bite. This next call offers a delightful opportunity to show art in a common location as a part of an uncommon gathering. Muncha, muncha, muncha…

Check out this Call forEntries for the 8th annual Games+Learning+Society (GLS) conference at the University of Wisconsin Madison. There is no entry fee, and it is an opportunity to show work in a different environment. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Games+Learning+Society

“This is a general call for new work (completed in the last two years) or proposals for new work for the second annual Games and Art exhibition featured at the 8th annual Games+Learning+Society (GLS) conference to be held in June of 2012. Narrative is an essential tool of understanding and communication of ideas. Humanities from history to politics to science are understood and disseminated through narrative tools. Characters and bildungsroman are the flesh and blood of narratives, which link us to our past and help guide our vision of the future. Narrative is a thread which represents, interprets, and shapes our world. Our narrative is often truth for lack of capital-T-Truth as we manipulate it so it may manipulate us. Perhaps most importantly, it is a double-edged sword which grants us access to experiences which may be beyond our reach–independent of space, time, and reality. This exhibition seeks to explore the power of character and narrative through games and art.”

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists.

MEDIA: Open to virtually any form from traditional practices in painting, sculpture, photography, and printmaking, to new media, performance, film, and digital video, as well as new playable games, game art, and game-like forms.

DEADLINE: March 15th 2012

NOTIFICATION: Sent by April 15, 2012.

ENTRY FEE: There is no entry fee.

JUROR: Arnold Martin, the Games+Learning+Society Artist-in-Residence, will curate the exhibition.

SALES: Artists are welcome to sell the work in the show directly, GLS will not broker sales or take a commission.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Eco Art Awards

Posted on January 14, 2012 by R.L. Gibson

CHEESY
CENTER

I refuse to be pigeon-holed as a “foodie.” It isn’t bad. I just think I wandered out of “foodie” territory across the border into “crazy-food-lady” land long ago. I dream about the perfect head of garlic. I would rather sit down eat cheese than do almost anything else in the world. Dare I say it…I probably love food more than art. I am so sorry. I didn’t mean it. Well, maybe just a little. This next call doesn’t want to pigeon-hole your talents by labeling it all art. Get a load of the categories…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Eco Art Awards. I love that there are multiple categories you can enter. The entry fee is expensive per piece, but the cash prize is nice. At least take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES: Eco Art Awards

“E-col-o-gy – the totality or pattern of relations between organisms and their environment. It has been said that art is an expression of what we aspire to be…It is also true that art is a powerful catalyst for new thinking and cultural values!

“In our present world, ecology and the balance of humanity with nature is the most important challenge we face. Being ‘green’ is becoming mainstream and top of mind. Eco Arts Awards has created a platform of self-expression that reflects our passions for deep ecological balance in the world, together with the joy and happiness that art brings us in our daily lives.” –from EcoArtAwards.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists.

CATEGORIES: Songwriting, Literature, Photography, Fine Art, Functional Art and Short Videos.

MEDIA: The Fine Art categories includes paintings, mixed media, drawings with any medium, sculpture, installations, and of course environmental interactions.

DEADLINE: January 31, 2012

NOTIFICATION: The First Place Winner’s, and People’s Choice award will be announced in early Spring of 2012.

ENTRY FEE: $30 per work

JUROR: Each of the six categories has its own panel of expert jurors who will evaluate and select the winners of that particular category.

AWARDS: There will be a $1,000 cash prize per category to the first place winner.

For complete details, visit www.EcoArtAwards.com!

ART PUBLICATION: Direct Art Mag, Vol.19

Posted on January 13, 2012 by R.L. Gibson

As slow as
CHRISTMAS

I may have to invest in a new slow cooker soon. This time of year, my slow cooker gets a workout. Something about the cold makes me want to eat soups and stews and chowders. Potato soup and beef stew are probably my favorites. What are yours? This next Call is brought to you by SlowArt. Do you think slow-cooked foods are the official meals of this office? It only seems right. Ask for me…

Check out this Call for Entries into the Direct Art Magazine art publication competition brought to you by SlowArt Productions. The entry fee is low, and who wouldn’t want a cover and 6-page feature? I know, me too…

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ART PUBLICATION:
Direct Art Magzine, Volume 19

This competition is for Direct Art Magazine, Volume 19, Fall 2012 edition. The competition is for twenty publication awards.

Artist winners of the competition will, at no cost to the artist, have their work appear Volume 19 of Direct Art Magazine. See details of the awards listed below.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists, national and international, 18 years and older.

MEDIA: All media considered. All forms of painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, graphics, collage, fabric, digital and installation art are eligible. Video artists may submit video only if the work can be represented in print form.

DEADLINE:
March 31, 2012

NOTIFICATION:
April 30, 2012

ENTRY FEE: There is a $35.00 entry fee for one to four artworks entered, presentation is by digital files or prints. There is a $5.00 fee for each additional artwork above four. Details of 2D artwork count as an additional artwork. Sculptors may provide one additional view per artwork without cost. Artists accepted for publication will not be charged additional fees of any kind.

AWARDS: Grand Prize: Front Cover and six page feature display. 2nd Prize: Back Cover and four page feature display. Awards 3-4: Four page feature. Awards 5-6: Double page feature display. Awards 7-20: Single full page display. Editors Awards: Additional pages, inside covers, mast head and outside covers may be assigned based on editorial selection.

Year: 2012

HAPPY NEW YEAR! (kind of)

This is the day we name the Artist of the Year for 2011.

And the idea of the Artist of the Year was born.

Congratulations to Pamela Zimmerman AAAD’s 2011 Artist of the Year

Do you want to be the 2012 Artist of the Year? It all starts with the $2 Art Contest.

GLUG-A-LUG

CALL for ENTRIES: Six

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

Muncha, Muncha, Yawn…

CALL for ENTRIES: Night Light

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

HUMs the WORD

CALL for ENTRIES: Musical Influences

For questions, please email studio1666@gmail.com!

Ginger, AGAIN, please

CALL for ENTRIES: Creative Quarterly 27

What person, place or thing inspires your work?

Creative Quarterly is the best of art and design, quarterly.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

JUST SAY …MOO!

OPEN CALL: La Boutique

For complete details, Visit the Website!

LAMBCHOP, my love

CALL for ENTRIES: My Loves

For complete details, Read the Guidelines!

SAY CHEESEcake!

CALL for ENTRIES: Games+Learning+Society

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CHEESY CENTER

CALL for ENTRIES: Eco Art Awards

For complete details, visit www.EcoArtAwards.com!

As slow as CHRISTMAS

ART PUBLICATION: Direct Art Magzine, Volume 19

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
(kind of)

This is the day we name the
Artist of the Year for 2011.

And the idea of
the Artist of the Year
was born.

Congratulations to
Pamela Zimmerman
AAAD’s 2011 Artist of the Year

Do you want to be the 2012 Artist of the Year?
It all starts with the
$2 Art Contest.

CALL for
ENTRIES:
Six

Muncha,
Muncha, Yawn…

CALL for ENTRIES:
Night Light

HUMs
the WORD

Ginger, AGAIN,
please

CALL for ENTRIES:
Creative Quarterly 27

JUST SAY
…MOO!

LAMBCHOP,
my love

CALL for ENTRIES:
Games+Learning+Society

CHEESY
CENTER

As slow as
CHRISTMAS

ART PUBLICATION:
Direct Art Magzine, Volume 19