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Year: 2013

CALL for ENTRIES: Mayhem

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fiasco

I recently reclaimed my kitchen.  Lately, the time I spend outside of my home office, art and music studios is greatly reduced, and now I handle almost ALL of the cooking again.  I’m loving it, but I have become SO territorial.  My husband can make popcorn, and it looks like someone has been killing zombies.  And why, pray tell, if the dishwasher is empty can the dirty dishes not go there instead of on the counter?  Deep breaths; I digress.  This next Call is all about Mayhem; Send them your best…

Check out this Call for Entries from Arc Gallery (San Francisco, CA) for Mayhem. The entry fee is reasonable, and I like this selection of media.  Take a look…

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Learn more from the Arc Gallery!CALL for ENTRIES:
Mayhem

 

Join in their madness, mischief, and monkey business with the aim to create pandemonium, chaos, and discord.  Liberal interpretations of the theme are encouraged.

Let the mayhem begin!

 

ELIGIBILITY:  All artists residing inside the United States

MEDIA:  Sculpture, painting, drawing, photo, printmaking, ceramics, assemblage, collage, mixed media, fiber art, artist book.  This exhibition cannot accept jewelry, video, film, performance art, installation and works requiring an external electrical source.

Learn more from the Arc Gallery!DEADLINE:
February 24, 2013

NOTIFICATION:
March 29, 2013

AWARDS:  The juror will select works that will be on display at the Arc Gallery on 1246 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA. These works will also be on display in the Arc on-line gallery. Additionally, the juror will select works that will be shown in the Arc on-line gallery only. This allows for more works to be seen beyond the 1,000 square feet physical limitation of the gallery.

SALES:  60% of the sale will go to the artists, 40% of the sale will go to Arc.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more from the Arc Gallery!

CALL for ENTRIES: Skin

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everywhere

I’ve never cared for drinking water.  I know, I know.  Shame and guilt.  I drink unsweetened decaffeinated iced tea by the gallon.  But somewhere along the way I noticed a few wrinkles and sags in my face.  Shortly thereafter I tripped across an article extolling the wonders that drinking water promises for your skin.  It was hard, but I stuck with it hoping for miraculous results.  Now I regularly crave water in addition to all the tea that I still drink.  Of course, it made no noticeable difference in my skin, but it IS proof that I am not immune to the vanity that rears its ugly head as we age.  This next Call is all about skin.  I love this theme…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Darkroom Gallery (Essex Junction, VT) for Skin. The entry fee at Darkroom is always low ($24), and they will provide free matting & framing if you work in their standard sizes. Take a look…

Learn more about Juror Allen Birnbach!

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Skin

 

The undulating landscape
of the human form
is one of the most
variable in nature.

 

With so many sizes, shapes, textures, and tones, our subject matter is endlessly inspiring.  How we see, interpret, re-define, and then represent the figure in our photographic work is as diverse as the individuals we celebrate.  Show Darkroom Gallery the Bodies you’ve portrayed through your photographic eye.

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

Learn more about the Darkroom Gallery online!MEDIA:
Photography

DEADLINE:
March 6, 2013

NOTIFICATION:
March 13, 2012

ENTRY FEE: Up to 4 images for $24 US for on-line and $29 for email submission

JUROR: Allen Birnbach has worked as a Photographer for over 30 years; from product to non-profit, hospitality to finance and to the performing arts, he has found great success in commercial Photography. His clarity of vision as a professional Photographer flows through his portraiture, lifestyle, landscape and dance portfolios, as well.

The breadth of these achievements may be viewed at www.allenbirnbach.com. Birnbach’s body of work represents much more than commercial. Begin by viewing his fine art photography on www.birnbachimages.com, then visit www.birnbachfigureworks.com for extraordinary examples of the fine art nude. There is boundless visual motivation for your own submission to Body, in the galleries on FigureWorks.

Learn more from the Darkroom Gallery!Birnbach imparts his photographic skills as a lecturer and instructor at The Santa Fe Workshops, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Focus on Nature in Iceland, The Anderson Ranch, and through his own private workshops, NudePhotoWorkshops.com

AWARDS: All selected entries are exhibited in the Darkroom Gallery and included in a full color exhibit catalog. Juror’s Choice receives a 30×48″ 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 Submission Rules page!

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about the Darkroom Gallery!

CALL to ACTION: Empty Bowls

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for every season

I talk a lot about food.  I take food for granted.  I have been in some pretty horrible financial situations over the years, but I always knew that there would be a next meal for me and my family.  Not everyone has that luxury.  So, while I blather on about the pros and cons of of reducing dairy in my diet, there ARE people in my community, and yours, that wish whether or not they have dairy was their CHOICE.  This next Call is artistic in nature, related to food, and may be one of the hardest Calls  to get you to follow through.  Please investigate…

Check out the Call to Action known as Empty Bowls.  Many of you get upset at the never ending requests that you, as an artist, receive to donate your work to some non-profit or the other.  Here’s your chance to be a part of creating an event that makes a difference in YOUR community in a way that YOU can control.  Please just take a look…

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Learn more about Empty Bowls!CALL to ACTION:
Empty Bowls

 

Empty Bowls is an international grassroots effort to fight hunger and was created by The Imagine Render Group.

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists

MEDIA:  The basic premise is simple: Potters and other craftspeople, educators and others work with the community to create handcrafted bowls. Guests are invited to a simple meal of soup and bread.

DEADLINE:  On-going as long as someone in your community is hungry

SALES:  In exchange for a cash donation, guests are asked to keep a bowl as a reminder of all the empty bowls in the world. The money raised is donated to an organization working to end hunger and food insecurity.

It is the collective genius of all the people involved that has made Empty Bowls what it has become. Events have now taken place across the United States and in at least a dozen other countries. Many millions of dollars have been raised and donated to hunger-fighting organizations. We could never have imagined all the things people have done or all the ways the project has touched people.

Learn more about Empty Bowls!

Each individual or group organizing an event designs it around the needs of their own community and is responsible for their own event. We ask that all such events are called Empty Bowls so that the idea can continue to spread.

Please make your event inclusive, insist that it maintain a high level of integrity, include an educational component to raise awareness, and give the money raised to an organization helping to feed people in need.

The largest hunger-relief organization in the United States, Feeding America, reports that the nation’s food banks could soon be overwhelmed by demand. Statistics show that 1 out of 8 Americans struggle with food insecurity every day. Millions of people have lost their jobs during the most recent recession and the number of food stamp recipients has increased dramatically. Your help is needed now more than ever.

For complete details, visit Empty Bowls online!

Learn more about Empty Bowls!

CALL for ENTRIES: Direct Art 20

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wanted

Some days I just want fried chicken and macaroni and cheese.  Yes, I could make a beautiful coq au vin  instead of fried chicken or pastitsio instead of mac ‘n’ cheese.  But sometimes the comfort of the familiar is the only thing that will do.  Magazines like the one in this next Call are a lovely alternative to the onslaught of online art zines that pop up day after day.  Here’s your chance to be amongst its pages…

Check out this Call for Entries from Direct Art Magazine for publication in Volume 20!  There are very few paper-publishing opportunities left out there, and this one is a great one.  Take a look at this competition…

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Learn more Direct Art Magazine!CALL for ENTRIES:
Direct Art 20

 

ELIGIBILITY:
Open to all artists

MEDIA:
Open to all media

DEADLINE:
March 31, 2013

NOTIFICATION: 
April 30, 2013

ENTRY FEE:  $35 for up to 4, $5 ea. add’l

AWARDS:  Grand Prize: Front Cover and six page feature display.  Second 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.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Read the Prospectus from Direct Art Magazine!

CALL for ENTRIES: an Alternative

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love

My favorite place to eat dinner is, well, anywhere.  Anywhere where the cook is passionate and LOVES what they create.  Some of the best meals I’ve experienced have been in the most unlikely locations: tailgates, picnics, tiny studio apartments.  You get the idea.  This next Call comes from a Gallery Director who is passionately in love with what he does.  Read about the gallery, and it is obvious.  This is their first Call, and your ONLY opportunity be a part of their first.  Take a look…

Check out this FIRST Call for Entries from Brass & Bellows (Marine on St. Croix, MN) for an Alternative, an alternative process photography show.  The entry fee is standard, but the commission is only 20%.  Don’t miss this opportunity to be one of first to show at Brass & Bellows…

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Learn more about the an Alternative show from Brass and Bellows!CALL for ENTRIES: an Alternative

 

ELIGIBILITY: 
Open to all artists

MEDIA:
Alternative process photography

DEADLINE:
February 24, 2013

NOTIFICATION:
10 days after deadline

ENTRY FEE:  $30 for up to 5, $10ea. add’l

JUROR:  Cy DeCosse graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 1952.  In 1954 he won a Fulbright scholarship to Italy to study graphic arts. It was while studying with Renzo Maggini at the Instituto d‘Arte, Firenze, that DeCosse received his only formal photographic training.

Florentine Lady by Juror Cy DeCosse!Upon returning to Minnesota, DeCosse resumed his career in advertising, becoming an art director and later a Vice President of Campbell-Mithun Advertising.

DeCosse has shown his exquisite alternative process prints around the world for decades, and has been represented in galleries including The Weinstein Gallery, Verve Gallery, Iris, and the John Stevenson Gallery, among others.

Working closely with his printer Keith Taylor, Cy DeCosse uses alternative processes to his full advantage, gaining a subtlety and richness of image that simply would not be achievable through more modern methods.

AWARDS:  The juror will select up to 45 images to be included in the show.

SALES:  Brass & Bellows will retain 20% commission.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Read the Full Call from Brass and Bellows!

ANNUAL OPEN CALL: Soap Factory

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not whine
please

I am now officially one of those old codgers that complain about the price of potatoes to the grocery cashier and bitch about the prices of soft drinks to my waitress.  Ugh.  I cannot believe I have turned into THAT person, but I have.  My Dad would be so proud.  But, I don’t feel alone due to the number of artists I listen to lament the price of entry fees.  This next Call doesn’t have one.  Woohoo!

Check out this Open Call from The Soap Factory (Minneapolis, MN). The Soap factory is looking for work for group exhibits, AND they offer installation support, travel, accommodations, and a stipend to those selected to exhibit. Did I mention NO ENTRY FEE?

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Visit The Soap Factory online!ANNUAL
OPEN CALL:

The Soap Factory

 

The Soap Factory exhibits work in its galleries throughout the year. Exhibitions curated from submissions and could have as many as 8 artists. The Soap Factory is a 120-year old ex-industrial warehouse on the banks of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis.

They have no climate control, air conditioning or permanent heating system; please bear this in mind when submitting your work.  Projects by individual artists that propose to use the entire 12,000 sq feet of gallery space are always encouraged.

Learn more about The Soap Factory!ELIGIBILITY:
Open to all artists

MEDIA:
Artists working in all media
are encouraged to submit proposals.

DEADLINE:
April 30, 2013

NOTIFICATION:
Summer of 2013

*Editor’s note: Do not call or email to check on your submission.

AWARDS:   Group exhibitions curated from submissions could have as many as 8 artists.

The Soap Factory provides full installation support for all selected projects, including travel and accommodation, as well as a stipend to artists. Plus, they provide publicity, exhibition invitations, mailings, opening reception and artist talks.

Learn more about The Soap Factory!SUBMISSION TIP:  Examples of artists shown by The Soap Factory from submissions: Nadine Anderson, Matt Bakkom, Nina Lola Bachhuber, Ernest Arthur Bryant III, David Bartley, Ian Burns, Santiago Cucullu, E-Team, Omer Fast, Harrell Fletcher, Isa Gagarin, Michael Gaughan, Amber Ginsburg, Jay Heikes, Alexa Horochowski, Margaret Kilgallen, Chris Lawrence, Keith Lemley, Rita MacDonald, Joseph Madrigal, Rodney McMillian, Clive Murphy, Wil Natzel, Kelly Nipper, Carl Pope Jr, David Rathman, Patrick Scully, Slinko, Xavier Tavera, Bruce Tapola, Traci Tullius.   Editor’s Note:  DO YOUR HOMEWORK!

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Read the Full Call from The Soap Factory!

CALL for ENTRIES: Abstraction

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same old

My favorite restaurant added a whole new selection of side items from creamed cauliflower to spaghetti squash Parmesan.  I love it when the old standard surprises you with a little refresher.  This next Call is a perfect example.  One of my favorite photography-specific galleries is offering their FIRST non-photographic solo show.  So exciting…

Check out this Call for Entries for Spring Featured Artist – Abstraction from the Kiernan Gallery (Lexington, VA). The entry fee is higher than our norm, but remember…you’re gambling on a SOLO show.

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Learn more about the Kiernan Gallery!CALL for ENTRIES:
Abstraction

 

Abstract art is an exploration of color, form, movement, or other intangibles that need not be wedded to a recognizable subject. Such work is limited only by the imagination. Non-figurative art, nonobjective art, and nonrepresentational art are all acceptable.

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists

MEDIA:  The Kiernan Gallery seeks a body of 2D, non-photographic work that partially or fully obscure the recognizable world.

DEADLINE:  February 20, 2013

NOTIFICATION:  Approx. 8 days later

Learn more from The Kiernan Gallery!ENTRY FEE: 8 -10 pieces for $50

AWARDS: A one-month solo show.  A feature on The Kiernan Gallery’s blog and website.   An electronic show card designed and distributed by The Kiernan Gallery.

SALES: Kiernan Gallery no longer takes commission on sold works. But, they DO still have incentive to sell your work. The Kiernan Gallery was founded by an emerging artist, and recognizes the importance of selling work; they believe that if artists are paying a submission fee, the gallery should not also take a portion of the sale. They do reserve the right to negotiate 20% in order to make a sale.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Read the full call from The Kiernan Gallery website!

CALL for ENTRIES: Fork & Knife

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kills?

All of my life, some adult or the other has been saying “everything in moderation” to me. It has always been my favorite justification for pizza, brownies, and other I-should-know-better indulgences.  Then I watched Forks over Knives and heard “moderation kills”.  You know what killed me?  Their version of moderation was eating dairy and meat.  Really?  Milk is an indulgence now?  I have to admit, I have lowered my dairy and meat intake, but clearly, moderation is going to kill me.  This next Call is NOT about moderation, but it IS about food. Investigate…

Check out this Call to Artists for Fork and Knife from the Linus Galleries (Pasadena, CA). The exhibit offers an online listing as well as the possibility for a showing in one of their brick and mortar galleries. Take a look…

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Check out the Call for Entries at the Linus Gallery!CALL for ENTRIES:
Fork and Knife

 

Food is one of many satisfying things people produce.  It communicates to four out of our five senses.  Not only is it a delight for our sense of taste and smell, but it can be a delicious treat for our sense of sight as well.  Preparation produces an exciting experience for our sense of touch.

For this exhibition, they are looking for art that evokes the many emotions and experiences related to or that are sparked by food.  Textures, colors, shapes, and even scents can be represented in artwork and can create an intriguing palette.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists.

MEDIA: All Media including: Photography, wall sculpture, fabric, mixed media, painting, drawing.  It must be wall hung.  Sizes up to 12′. Video submissions will be displayed/accepted only for the online exhibition.

Learn more about the Fork and Knife show!DEADLINE:
February 11, 2013

ENTRY FEE:
$35 for 3,
$5 per add’l

AWARDS: Accepted artwork for this online exhibition will be judged again for a collective live exhibition at their Pasadena Gallery. The artists will be asked if they wish to submit their artwork for the collective exhibition, which is not a requirement to being a part of the online exhibition.

SALES: 40% commission on all sales.

ABOUT LINUS GALLERIES: Linus Galleries is based in Southern California. They are located in Pasadena and Long Beach in Los Angeles County.

For complete details, Read the Guidelines!

Learn more about  the Linus Galleries!

FEATURED ARTIST: Stephanie Metz

Learn more about Featured Artist Stephanie Metz!BUTTER, melts like butter

I try to co-ordinate the Featured Artists I choose with the season, the weather and, well, my mood.  Given the time of year and the constant presence of butter-laden comfort foods in my house, I have been in the mood for something comforting, something soft, something knowable.  Well, I don’t always get my way.

This month’s artist works in the soft and fuzzy, but she left me with an uneasy feeling.  After reviewing her work, I had more questions than answers and the sinking feeling I might have seen something that wasn’t any of my business.  I feel a little voyeuristic when feasting on her work.  I am uncomfortable, and I am okay with that.  On behalf of AAAD, I am proud to announce this month’s Featured Artist is Stephanie Metz.  Her artwork is mysterious but overtly human.  Let Stephanie take YOU out of your comfortable place and inspire you for the New Year…

Learn more about the Featured Artist Stephanie Metz!FEATURED ARTIST:  Stephanie Metz

Stephanie Metz lives and works in San Jose, California and was a featured artist in Bay Area Currents 2009 at ProArts Gallery, Oakland, CA.  She has exhibited at Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco and New York, and the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art.  Her numerous group exhibitions include Creatures: From Bigfoot to the Yeti Crab at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts in Idaho, Formex Stockholm 2008 in Stockholm, Sweden, and Transmission: Experience at the Institute of Contemporary Arts Gallery, Singapore.  Metz was honored with two Center for Cultural Innovation Grants in 2011 and 2009.

Her artwork has been reviewed and featured in the San Francisco Chronicle, Fiberarts Magazine, Craft Magazine, Artweek Magazine, and PBS. She received her BFA in Sculpture at the University of Oregon.  Metz’s focus is overly domesticated creatures, especially those whose form has overgrown their function.

Flesh and Bone Study 2 by Featured Artist Stephanie Metz!What do you consider your media?  Felted Wool?  Mixed Media?  “I describe myself as a ‘Sculptor’, and I mostly use wool, but I feel free to use other things when they’re needed. I’m known for my felted wool work, and I truly love the medium, but I don’t identify myself as a fiber artist or a felt artist or a wool artist—all of which apply, but really narrow down the discussion with a lot of preconceptions.  I have in the past listed my medium as ‘felted wool’ on labels for my work, but recently saw a show of Rosemarie Trockel’s wrapped yarn canvases described simply as ‘wool,’ and really liked the simplicity of it—probably because I feel that I’m always having to push forward the idea of wool as just another medium with which to sculpt, rather than a way to draw a line between art and craft.   So I guess I’m saying my medium is wool.”

Talk to me about the process you use.  “My process is ridiculously simple: I poke at masses of wool fibers with sharp, notched needles from various directions until they compact into nearly solid forms. Needle felting is a way to make non-woven textiles, but unlike wet felting which tangles the wool fibers through heat and motion, needle felting accomplishes the tangling by mechanically forcing the wool fibers against each other, where they become interlocked thanks to the microscopic scales that cover the hairs.

Hair Underwear by Featured Artist Stephanie Metz!“Eventually the fluffy wool becomes more like a solid object, given a particular shape by the process of turning it over to reach different areas, adding on more wool, compacting it down, and all the time poking and poking and poking. Repeat.  I enjoy pushing the known limits of a material and a technique, and since I had no background whatsoever in fibers when I stumbled across needle felting, I didn’t know what rules I might be breaking.”  For those interested, there are some great process pictures on her Facebook page.

How do you feel about what I suspect are never ending questions, like mine, about your process?  “Sometimes I wish I were a painter, because then when people ask what I do I could just say ‘I’m a Painter’ which either ends the discussion or opens on to a discussion of ideas and themes, rather than detailing the physical application of materials.  Working in an unusual and craft-heavy medium means I have a lot of practice talking about my technique, which is a blessing and a curse. It’s great that people find it interesting, and I’m enthusiastic about sharing the ins and outs of needle felting—but that doesn’t always leave time to talk about the ideas behind the work. ”  Watch a time lapse video of 35 hours of work in 4:14 minutes.

Lorica 5 by Featured Artist Stephanie Metz!Your work actually makes me a little uneasy.  It seems far too intimate for public viewing, and I don’t know why.  Talk about your influences. “I’m intrigued to find that my work seems intimate to you, since I sometimes suspect that I’m too much of a chicken to really put it all out there.  I’m a private person.  I feel somewhat protected by the non-literal nature of my artwork, but perhaps it’s more self-disclosing than I realize. Or maybe it appears to be self-disclosing to a viewer because it reflects back their own issues or expectations. I do find that when I meet new people who have known my work first they often seem surprised that I am, er, ‘normal.’  I don’t know any ‘normal’ artists Stephanie.  Even the folks doing representational pastel beach scenes on the Boardwalk have a weird streak.

“It is a strange disconnect to make things and know what they mean to me, and then find out that others have completely different takes on them.  But I know each of us carries around a lifetime of personal baggage, and that affects the way we interpret art and life.  My teddy bear skulls, for example, tend to separate viewers into two distinct camps: those who see them as specimens of surreal nature, and those who see them as evidence of murdered childhood icons.  I’m in the former camp.”

Learn more about Featured Artist Stephanie Metz!What style of art do you find unbearable to own?  “I dislike artwork that mines the cultural iconography of another time or culture in a frivolous way… like plunking a Kokopelli figure on a mailbox, for example. There has to be a reason, a connection.”

You know we have to talk about food. What is your favorite? “Hmm. I’m not sure if ‘butter’ is considered to be a food or just a component of food. I was allergic to dairy as a child, so I tell myself I’m making up for lost time. Perhaps a more socially acceptable answer would be one of many cheeses, probably between Cotswold and fancy sharp Cheddar.  I lean towards an Italian palate of breads, cheeses, tomatoes, and the like.”  Butter.  I miss butter as it has been relegated to a rare indulgence, despite to my French culinary leanings.

What about snack foods?  “I really like rice cakes with cream cheese heavily applied, but some Oreos wil l do as well as long as it’s after real food.  I have a thing about not eating dessert food (chocolate-based) before ‘real food’. Not sure why.”  Rice Cakes, Stephanie?  Really?  You lead me on with butter only to slap me down with rice cakes?  I love them too, but it’s a long fall from butter.

Learn more about Featured Artist Stephanie Metz!So, what’s coming up next for you? “I’m considering this a ‘making year’- head down, working on my large scale body of work (and smaller studies as I work out the mechanics of making the large pieces). I’m looking into renting a larger studio space at the end of the year, since my work is lately taking over more of the house.”

What style or school of art do you think your work fits into and why?  “I think my work is perhaps related to post minimalism, but the ‘official’ style that best seems to fit is “Eccentric Abstraction,” a term coined by curator Lucy Lippard in 1966, which refers to the use of organic abstract form in sculpture evoking the gendered body through an emphasis on process.  I don’t know when there will be a term for a style or school that emphasizes hand work within the world of modern technology (and without the negative associations of ‘craft’), but I think I would fit there.”  Holy cannoli, someone finally ANSWERED this question without saying, ‘I don’t think in terms of labels’ or “My work doesn’t really fit into any particular style.”  Thank you.  You might be the first one EVER.

Thanks, Stephanie, for making me uneasy with your felted creaturesWe all need to be forced out of our comfort zone…

Learn more about Stephanie Metz online!

Learn more about Featured Artist Stephanie Metz!

CALL for ENTRIES: Art Labology

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with a side
of science, please

I enjoy the experimental nature of cooking.  I would love to own a little diner where there were no menus and the patrons got to eat whatever experiment I had going that day…a food lab of sorts.  Where anything goes, and everyone likes it that way.  This next Call espouses exactly that sentiment.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries for Art Labology’s First International Art Competition.  The entry fee is a little higher than usual; however, the prizes are better than we often see.  Web links and traffic are the new art publication, so don’t miss this opportunity…

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Learn more from Art Labology online!CALL for ENTRIES:
Art Labology

Welcome to the launching of the Lab!  You are just in time to become the First Winners of this International Juried Art Competition. They will be holding regularly themed competitions.  But for this first one… ANYTHING GOES.  Give them your favorite piece.

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists

MEDIA:  All two-dimensional work including photography, paintings, drawings, mixed media, ink, pastels, and pencil.

DEADLINE:  March 15, 2013

Learn more from Art Labology online!NOTIFICATION:  Winners will be notified by email.

ENTRY FEE:  $35 for one image or $50 for 3 images.

AWARDS:  Gold Winner –  $1500 / Feature on Gold Winner’s Page with additional artworks and link to your website/ International Exposure/ Artwork sent to a database of art collectors and galleries.  Silver Winners (3) – $200.00 each/ Feature on Silver Winner’s Page with a link to your website/ International Exposure.  During the course of the competition, all entries will be posted under “Entered Artworks” with a link to your own personal website, so enter early for maximum exposure!

For complete details, visit Art Labology online!

Learn more from Art Labology online!