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CALL for ENTRIES: Manhattan Perceived

Posted on January 19, 2013February 1, 2013 by R.L. Gibson

HOTDOG
disasters

When I was in second grade, we lived in Little Rock, Arkansas for 18 weeks. My dad was on loan from Lockheed Georgia to Falcon Jet as an aircraft inspector. And during that 18 weeks, we say 108° temperatures, 18″ of snow AND a 3′ flood. No joking. Snow meant I got to go the movie theater and eat leftover popcorn. The flood meant I got to stay home with my dad in our apartment on the 2nd floor and eat LOTS of hotdogs and popcorn. I made myself sick with Cheese Dogs and made-for-TV movies. Wouldn’t it be nice if all natural disasters could be seen through ONLY through the eyes of child? For all those kids that had to see Hurricane Sandy in a far uglier light, this contest is one of many great ways we can all help. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries for the Manhattan Perceived event to be held at the UN Headquarters (Manhattan, NY). There is no entry fee and a possible $10,000 prize. This is a great opportunity AND a great cause…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Manhattan Perceived

The Manhattan Perceived art competition aims to showcase artistic works that capture the perceptions of various neighborhoods throughout Manhattan that have been impacted by or are recovering from Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Painting and photography

DEADLINE: June 10, 2013

NOTIFICATION: June 12, 2013

ENTRY FEE: None

JURORS: A panel of expert judges will select six winning entries, one Grand Prize winner and five runners-up. The decision of the judges will be final. The entries in the painting and photography categories will be judged separately, in accordance with the Judging Criteria as defined below. Entries in each Category from among all eligible entries based on the following “Judging Criteria”: (1) Creativity; (2) Quality; (3) Genuineness of the content; (4) How well the artwork captures the resilient spirit of neighborhoods in New York City affected by Hurricane Sandy.

AWARDS: The Grand Prize Winner will receive $10,000 US. The five runners-up will each receive a MacBook Pro.

SALES: By entering, the entrant must agree that if selected as a winner, you will provide Manhattan Perceived with your original artwork without condition or limitation. All winners’ original artwork will become the legal property of Manhattan Perceived. All winning artwork will be auctioned off at a fundraising event on February 15, 2013 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.

No entrants will be compensated for the sale of the artwork in any manner. The Auction will take place on February 15, 2013 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (EST). All proceeds will benefit the American Red Cross’ Hurricane Sandy Relief Efforts.

For complete details, Read the Terms & Rules!

CALL for ENTRIES: Lost & Found

Posted on January 18, 2013January 18, 2013 by R.L. Gibson

SORRY
sardines

Have you ever lost your taste for something? I used to absolutely love sardines as a kid. My grandmother would make my uncle Darryl and I sit on the back step outside the back door of the kitchen to eat them. But, over the years, I fell out of love with them. I don’t hate them. I remember the buttery melt-in-your-mouth texture contrasted with the crunchy saltiness of the Saltines, their constant companion. Maybe it is time to find a can of my old friend sardines again. This next Call is all about lost & found. Don’t miss this opportunity…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Darkroom Gallery (Essex Junction, VT) for Lost & Found. 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…

*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:
Lost & Found

To happen upon something
forgotten, forsaken; to find
what was once lost.

Photography eliciting scenes or subjects that meant something to someone long ago or in the recent past. Foraging in a far away land, or even in your own backyard and uncovering the unexpected. We are looking for photographs that embody this murky realm of faded glory; haunting happenstance, and beauty found in the details dropped by a stranger on the street. Capture those ancient treasures tucked away from plain sight; the handiwork of a craftsman now far away, but re-imagined, and re-discovered by your lens.

In light of recent events, we are all feeling a communal sense of loss. We see that, like material things, people can be lost, sometimes tragically. They can be misplaced, or forgotten–lost souls, the invisible humans in our midst. Bring these subjects into the light, show the Darkroom Gallery what was lost and you have found.

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:
February 6, 2013

NOTIFICATION:
February 13, 2012

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

JUROR: Davy Rothbart is the creator of Found Magazine, a publication dedicated to discarded notes, letters, flyers, photos, lists, and drawings found and sent in by readers. The magazine spawned a best-selling book, Found: The Best Lost, Tossed, and Forgotten Items from Around the World, published in April 2004. A second collection was published in May 2006, a third in May 2009. The magazine is published annually and has a worldwide following, it’s online blog is updated daily.

Rothbart is a frequent contributor to This American Life, and author of My Heart Is An Idiot, a book of personal essays, and the story collection The Lone Surfer of Montana, Kansas. He writes regularly for GQ and Grantland, and his work also appears in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and The Believer. He is also the founder of Washington II Washington, an annual outdoor adventure for inner-city kids. Rothbart lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan and Los Angeles, California.

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!

CALL for ENTRIES: Archetype Drift

Posted on January 17, 2013 by R.L. Gibson

GROCERY
mania

It is snowing like crazy at my house right now, and I promise you that the grocery store is crowded with people shopping as though it is the last food they will ever buy. There is something about the peaceful quilt of snowfall that brings out the animal instinct regarding food. My favorite is when people stock up on microwaveable food that they won’t be able to cook if there is no electricity. What would these folks think if they could see themselves in the mirror? This next call is a “momentary mirror” of sorts. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Filter Photo Festival for Archetype Drift, an exhibit at the Johalla Projects Gallery (Chicago, IL). The entry fee is low, and I appreciate the questions this Call asks. Investigate for yourself…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Archetype Drift

Photography can be a painful mirror. Because of its illustrative tendencies and mnemonic capacities, photography enables us to tell the stories we want to tell with a hammer that is the frame. What happens when the medium gets in the way of the most important narratives?

Photography can be a seductive enabler that, at its worst, allows us to fetishize, beautify, and conduct shallow investigations. Meanwhile, paradigmatic changes in history and culture metastasize alongside new technological ways to make, edit, and distribute images. Are photographers pushing envelopes of meaning and relevance? Are they even keeping pace?

With the ubiquity of images high and low, how does an image-maker create cultural value in 2013? Archetype Drift is a call for new methods of photographic making, editing, and presentation. It is a call for risk taking, chance operations, relabeling, and letting go of the comfortable. It is in itself an experiment and a (momentary) mirror.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: All types of photographic and lens-based work will be considered, including video and GIFs.

DEADLINE: February 4, 2013

NOTIFICATION: Mid-February

ENTRY FEE: $25 for 3, $5 ea. add’l up to 6

CURATOR: Jason Lazarus (born 1975) is a Chicago based artist, curator, writer, and educator who received his MFA in Photography from Columbia College Chicago in 2003.

His work has been exhibited internationally and is in major collections including the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Bank of America LaSalle Photography Collection, and the Milwaukee Museum of Art among others. Major exhibitions include “Black is, Black ain’t” at the Renaissance Society, “On the Scene” at the Art Institute of Chicago, “Not the Way You Remembered” at the Queens Museum of Art, and “Image Search” at PPOW Gallery in NYC.

Jason recently became the Co-Director of Chicago Artist Writers, a new art criticism platform.

SALES: There is no commission on artwork, and artists will receive 100% of any sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Art Biologic

Posted on January 16, 2013 by R.L. Gibson

FEED YOUR
creativity

The biology of food and nutrition both terrifies and thrills me. I am scared that non-genetically-modified corn is virtually non-existent. I can’t just avoid corn; it is IN EVERYTHING. But I also believe in the healing power of eating the right foods and avoiding the wrong foods. I love meat and cheese, but I also know the benefits, first hand, of lowering or eliminating them in your diet (watch the movie Forks over Knives if you’re interested). This next call wants your take on the art of biology–not necessarily related to food, of course. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from SlowArt Productions with Art Biologic. The entry fee is reasonable at $35. There are no media restrictions, and the awards include both an exhibit at the Limner Gallery as well as an opportunity to have your work in the nationally-distributed art magazine, Direct Art. A New York art show AND art publication? Please don’t miss this double-duty art opportunity!

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Art Biologic

SlowArt Productions presents the fourth, periodic group exhibition, Art Biologic. This exhibition will focus on art inspired by nature and biology. The exhibition will be held at the Limner Gallery from May 16 – June 15, 2013.

ELIGIBILITY:
All artists 18+

MEDIA: All art forms relating to, or gaining inspiration from nature and biology. All artist interpretations of the theme, from the realist to the abstract and conceptual, will be reviewed and considered.

DEADLINE: February 28, 2013

NOTIFICATION: No later than March 31, 2013

ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to 4, $5 ea add’l. Artists accepted to exhibit will not be charged additional fees of any kind. Payments may be by check or money order payable to SlowArt Productions, or by credit card using PayPal.

SALES: All works in the show must be for sale. The gallery will take a 30 % commission on all sales. Sale price is determined by the artist.

AWARDS: Winning artists will be featured in a group exhibition at the Limner Gallery, May 16 – June 15, 2013. The exhibition will also be displayed on the Limner Gallery web site. One artist will be awarded a two page display in Direct Art Volume #20, Fall 2013 issue. Two artists will be awarded a single page display. Direct Art is distributed to bookstores across the USA including Borders and Barnes and Noble.

Click for more information on
Direct Art magazine.

For the full guidelines, Download the Prospectus!

CALL for ENTRIES: A.M.P.E.D.

Posted on January 15, 2013 by R.L. Gibson

PEPPER-O-MI

I vividly remember the first piece of pizza I ate. It was Totino’s (no, they aren’t a sponsor, but they should be). I thought it was the best thing I ever ate. I was around 4 years old. I still think the little cubes of pepperoni are ingenious, and I still turn to this junk food classic when I am sick. I realize it isn’t logical to crave junk food when you’re ill, but I do. Yes, I know this runs contrary to my whole foods mantra. Deal with it; I’m only human. Sometime there is nothing like a first. I’ve eaten a lot of gourmet pizza since then, but I still have the sweetest memories of the first. This next Call is an opportunity for you to be among this site’s first artists. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from A.M.P.E.D. (online) for their February Gallery. The entry fee is an impossibly low $10 for up to 5 pieces. If you are looking for a little web exposure, think about giving this one a try…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
A.M.P.E.D.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: All traditional and non-traditional graphic media, including all forms of printmaking, drawing, and book arts. All artists are encouraged to submit original prints or drawings produced within the last three years (2009-2012).

DEADLINE: January 31, 2013

NOTIFICATION: Non-juried. Gallery will be available for viewing on February 1, 2013

ENTRY FEE: $10 for up to 5 pieces

JURY PROCESS: Non-juried. Each artists can submit up to 5 pieces, of those 5 pieces 1 will be displayed on their homepage, and their additional pieces will be made available on your personal portfolio page.

ABOUT A.M.P.E.D.: From their website: “A.M.P.E.D. (Art Media Production Entertainment & Design), is an artistic entertainment company, with emerging artists in mind. Giving creative minds a platform for their aspirations. Putting artists in cultivating environments with like minded individuals, all while producing and promoting quality bodies of work that will resonate throughout the world. Showcasing rare, and creative works. Promoting individuality, originality, and education. Our mission is to increase the visibility of artists by providing opportunities to showcase their artwork through our online exhibitions and artist portfolios. We provide direct access to artists so they can sell their work, and increase their exposure.”

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

EXTENDED DEADLINE: Love + Lust

Posted on January 14, 2013 by R.L. Gibson

THE BEET
of my heart

Second chances make the world go round. For years I professed a hate for beets and asparagus. I LOVE almost everything edible, but I had bad experiences with these two. In hindsight, my asparagus experience had been of the gray canned variety, and my beets experience had been with the canned pickled variety as a child. I was convinced a while ago to retry FRESH asparagus and now I am addicted. I had a roasted beet and goat cheese salad in Arizona two years ago, and now I keep beets on hand at all times. This next show’s deadline was originally January 10th, but it has been extended to February 12th. Don’t miss your second chance…

Check out this Call for Entries from Open to Interpretation‘s juried book competition Love + Lust. Have your work become the artistic inspiration for a literary masterpiece today! Keeping reading for details…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Open to Interpretation:
Love + Lust

Open to Interpretation is a juried book competition of photography, poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction. Each book begins with a themed call for photos. The chosen photos become the literary inspiration for the writers’ submissions. A book is created that matches each winning photo with two stories or poems that offer different interpretations of the image. The unique collaboration adds new dimensions to both the photos and the written word.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all

MEDIA: Photography

THEME: Love + Lust. Lust is an intense appetite, craving, or untamed desire. We lust for an array of things—money, power, objects, sex, or just living life. Love is a powerful affection or personal attachment and comes in a variety of forms, which can encompass romantic, sexual, platonic, narcissistic, or even religious feelings or attitudes. And sometimes love and lust overlap. What images capture these emotions for you?

DEADLINE: February 12, 2013

NOTIFICATION: March 5, 2013

ENTRY FEE: $40 for 5, $10 ea. add’l

JUROR: After a career as a New York Fashion Editor and working along side the greats of fashion photography, Aline Smithson discovered the family Rolleiflex and never looked back. Now represented by galleries in the U.S. and Europe and published throughout the world, Aline continues to create her award-winning photography with humor, compassion, and a 50-year-old camera.

She has exhibited widely. Aline founded and writes the blogzine, Lenscratch, that celebrates a different contemporary photographer each day and offers opportunity for exhibition. She has been the Gallery Editor for Light Leaks Magazine, is a contributing writer for Diffusion, has written book reviews for photoeye, and has provided the forwards for artist’s books by Tom Chambers, Flash Forward 12, Robert Rutoed, amongst others.

AWARDS: $1000 Cover Award, $500 Judge’s Choice Award Photography and $500 Judge’s Choice Award Writing or Poetry. All participants chosen, if so desired, will have their contact info indexed in the book so as they can be contacted directly regarding their work.

For complete details, visit Open to Interpretation online!

CALL for ENTRIES: Sustainable

Posted on January 13, 2013 by R.L. Gibson

NOW &
forever

Food labeling and packaging is frustrating. First is that not every food item requires ridiculous packaging. My husband still gets the stink-eye from me every time he reaches for a produce bag for a single lemon or lime. Secondly, I’d like to know what’s in my food. Is it genetically modified? Is it sustainably farmed? I suspect I won’t see complete labeling in my lifetime. But, this next Call wants your ideas about sustainability. This could be a great chance to show your work in California…

Check out this Call for Entries from Sustainable Silicon Valley for the WEST Summit and Showcase (Mountain View, CA). There is no entry fee or limit on age, so don’t miss this opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
WEST Summit and Showcase

SSV is hosting an art exhibition to visualize the idea or implementation of sustainability and to inspire positive change during this pivotal time in our history. SSV is looking for artists to submit digital images of their artworks that respond to these concepts. In addition to being exhibited in relation to the WEST Summit and Showcase, SSV is will use the accepted artworks to create a pool of images that may be used for current and future marketing campaigns in both print and online formats. Some examples for use of images are the WEST Summit/Showcase printed program, the SSV annual report and an ongoing sustainability awareness campaign.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists, regardless of location or age

MEDIA: Open to all media that can be represented in a digital photograph

DEADLINE: February 5, 2003 (5pm Pacific Standard Time)

NOTIFICATION: March 4, 2013

ENTRY FEE: None

AWARDS: Accepted images will be exhibited in relation to the 2012 WEST Summit and Showcase and entered into the SSV Image Marketing Pool and may be used for other SSV marketing initiatives.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Foreign Images

Posted on January 12, 2013 by R.L. Gibson

EENY, MEENY
miny moe

Indian, Thai, Ethiopian food, oh my. I’ve been driving back and forth to the Atlanta area at least once per week to take care of my father’s estate and my grandmother’s care. And, wow, the difference 250 miles makes. Foreign food is limited to Mexican, Italian and Chinese in Gatlinburg, but my head spins with the options in the Atlanta area. This next Call is interested in your foreign images. Investigate…

Check out this Call to Artists for Foreign Images 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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CALL for ENTRIES:
Foreign Images

Being away from home can be
an inspiring experience.

It can produce perspectives,
ideas and emotions that are
new to the artist and medium.

For this call for entry, Linus Galleries is looking for the artist’s interpretation of landscapes or cityscapes you consider to be exotic and foreign.

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.

DEADLINE:
January 21, 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 our 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!

CALL for ENTRIES: Creatures

Posted on January 9, 2013January 12, 2013 by R.L. Gibson

ONIONS
will make you cry

Much of the time I spend in my kitchen is with my critters hoping for a morsel of anything I am cooking. They seem most attracted to the kitchen when I am cooking onions and garlic–two foods dogs can’t digest. We always want what we can’t have, eh? This next Call wants YOU, so don’t play hard to get. Show them your creatures…

Check out this Call for Entries for Creatures from the Kiernan Gallery (Lexington, Virginia). The entry is very reasonable, and the juror is well-documented. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Creatures

From beloved pets to exotic wildlife, animals hold a certain fascination for photographers. They serve us as faithful guardians, trusted steeds, and loyal family members. We invoke them to highlight human traits both good and bad, but also search for our humanity within them.

Photographing both the tame and the wild, we seek kinship that cannot be communicated with words. Whether as taxidermy for study, pets for companionship, or out in the wild, for Creatures, the Kiernan Gallery seeks photographs that depict our complex relationship with the animal kingdom.

ELIGIBILITY:
Open to all artists

MEDIA:
All photographic media are encouraged.

DEADLINE:
January 17, 2013

NOTIFICATION:
Approx. 8 days later

ENTRY FEE:
5 for $25, each add’l $5

JUROR: Anne Berry is a Critical Mass 2012 Top 50 and a 2012 Clarence John Laughlin Award finalist. She is represented by the Catherine Couturier Gallery in Houston, and has recently exhibited at the San Diego Art Institute, the Center for Fine Art Photography, and the Fence at Photoville in Brooklyn.

Publications featuring Anne’s work include Shots Magazine, Photo District News,Silvershotz, The Portfolio Review, Esquire Russia, Lenscratch, CNN Photos, and Black & White. Anne attended Sweet Briar College (BA) and the University of Georgia (MA). Currently Anne is working on Behind Glass, a collection of images of primates in captivity.

AWARDS: All images will be reproduced in an exhibition catalogue available for purchase. A Juror’s Choice and Director’s Choice will also be announced and both winners will receive a free copy of the catalogue.

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. (updated on 1/12/12)

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

2012 ARTIST of the YEAR: Stephanie Mead

Posted on January 8, 2013 by R.L. Gibson

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Today marks another year for ArtAndArtDeadlines.com! And, I am running a little late again, but I at least I’m getting it done before Chinese New Year (February 10th this year). I am joyfully looking forward to a new year. 2012 was a really tough year for me personally. But, 2012 had some wonderful food highlights including pesto made from home-grown basil from my newly-planted garden as well as highlights for AAAD, including this one…

This is the day we name the
Artist of the Year for 2012.

When AAAD began in 2009, I was determined to cover art deadlines and really good ART. And, after I chose a few artists, I quickly realized that the Featured Artist program needed structure, or it would never really get done on any sort of regular basis. The $5 Art Contest was born.

The Featured Artist Page was getting crowded and adding each new artist was lessening 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.

Congratulations to
Stephanie Mead,
AAAD’s 2012 Artist of the Year

I followed up with Stephanie to find out what’s new: “I try to balance my art and my music and my cooking (I just made another batch of chili yesterday in between preparing a submission for a fellowship in Music through New York Foundation of the Arts). The Sullied Accolades are gaining happy success in our musical career; this year we have completed an in-home recording booth and are getting much use out of it. Additionally, our music video project was screened at the 2012 Coney Island Film Festival in Brooklyn.

“In the meantime, my large, mixed media, octopus piece is out on our main wall, reaching towards anyone that walks by. She is almost finished (a long, on-going project because of the scale!), and I felt compelled after Hurricane Sandy to pick up bits of paper from the streets and insert pieces of fishing route/Manhattan waterway maps as the octopus tentacles…

“As I gain more experiences in life, the more complex and refined my art has become. I look forward to keep pushing forward. I am happy to be an artist in this life, it is my calling. I am excited for all opportunities that are coming my way.”

I have enjoyed getting to know Stephanie this year. I found a kindred artist and musician in Stephanie, and her work spoke to both my frustration AND my optimism. Thank you, Stephanie, for being a highlight of the AAAD year! Get to know Stephanie Mead yourself.

Year: 2013

HOTDOG disasters

CALL for ENTRIES: Manhattan Perceived

For complete details, Read the Terms & Rules!

SORRY sardines

CALL for ENTRIES: Lost & Found

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

GROCERY mania

CALL for ENTRIES: Archetype Drift

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

FEED YOUR creativity

CALL for ENTRIES: Art Biologic

For the full guidelines, Download the Prospectus!

PEPPER-O-MI

CALL for ENTRIES: A.M.P.E.D.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

THE BEET of my heart

CALL for ENTRIES: Open to Interpretation: Love + Lust

For complete details, visit Open to Interpretation online!

NOW & forever

CALL for ENTRIES: WEST Summit and Showcase

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

EENY, MEENY miny moe

CALL for ENTRIES: Foreign Images

For complete details, Read the Guidelines!

ONIONS will make you cry

CALL for ENTRIES: Creatures

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

This is the day we name the Artist of the Year for 2012.

Congratulations to Stephanie Mead, AAAD’s 2012 Artist of the Year

Do you want to be the 2013 Artist of the Year? It all starts with the $5 Art Contest.

HOTDOG
disasters

CALL for ENTRIES:
Manhattan Perceived

SORRY
sardines

CALL for ENTRIES:
Lost & Found

GROCERY
mania

CALL for ENTRIES:
Archetype Drift

FEED YOUR
creativity

CALL for ENTRIES:
Art Biologic

CALL for ENTRIES:
A.M.P.E.D.

THE BEET
of my heart

CALL for ENTRIES:
Open to Interpretation:
Love + Lust

NOW &
forever

CALL for ENTRIES:
WEST Summit and Showcase

EENY, MEENY
miny moe

CALL for ENTRIES:
Foreign Images

ONIONS
will make you cry

CALL for ENTRIES:
Creatures

This is the day we name the
Artist of the Year for 2012.

Congratulations to
Stephanie Mead,
AAAD’s 2012 Artist of the Year

Do you want to be the 2013 Artist of the Year?
It all starts with the $5 Art Contest.