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Year: 2013

CALL for ENTRIES: Paint

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or not to olive

Olive oil flows freely in my kitchen.  I use it in everything from the obvious, sauteed mushrooms and onions, to baking and sweet treats like peanut butter cookies and brownies.  Olive oil when combined with onions, celery and carrots become the foundation for almost every savory dish that exits my kitchen.  It is the basis upon which everything else is built.  Many feel that paint occupies that same space in the arts.  This next Call wants your view on the media…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Hera Gallery (Wakefield, RI) for PAINT.  Looking for pieces about paint with paint as the main medium in the work (sounds like an invitation for mixed media to me).  Entry fee is only $25 for 2 works.  Maybe this one is for you…

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Learn more about PAINT from the Hera Gallery!CALL for ENTRIES:
Paint

 

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists

MEDIA:  Open to works about paint with paint as the main medium in the work. 2D limited to a maximum of 4 feet in any direction. 3D limited to 100 lbs and must fit through a 5’10” x 6’8” door.

DEADLINE:  September 6, 2013

NOTIFICATION:  September 20, 2013

ENTRY FEE: $25 for up to 2 entries

JUROR:  Neal Walsh is a working artist who has exhibited nationally and is Gallery Director of AS220 Project Space Gallery in Providence, RI.

SALES:  Hera Gallery retains a 25% commission.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more from the Hera Gallery!

INVISIBLE Rejection

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maybe
recommended

I don’t like to have anyone cook in my kitchen other than my husband.  I’m just territorial that way.  I feel judged and inadequate, and I don’t understand why.  I have also never had a guest blogger on AAAD.

But, with the holidays slowly approaching, inevitably I will have to endure guest chefs in my kitchen.  And today, we will have a guest blogger.  There is a time for most things in this life, and today it is time for this to be said, even if not by me…

INVISIBLE REJECTION

From an email received by Editor R.L. Gibson Sat, 10 Aug 2013 18:31:18 -0400: 

Loose Lips by David Willison

“One day, someone more energetic than me will compile a “best practices” manual for galleries holding juried art exhibitions. The first page of the manual will contain a list of basic commandments to be followed under all circumstances. The first commandment will read something like ‘Thou shalt always include a letter of acceptance or rejection.’

“It seems like basic common sense, right? It’s an obvious no-brainier and normally what you would expect from anyone who considers themselves to be an art professional. It’s also the polite thing to do.

“You would be surprised, however, how often such basics are neglected. Over the last year or so, it’s happened to me on multiple occasions. The deadline for notification comes and goes and there’s no word. Trying to be polite, you wait several days under the assumption that maybe the juror’s dog ate your images or perhaps the gallery director had some sort of bizarre gardening accident and the notice was delayed. Then, with great reluctance, you follow up with an e-mail asking politely if there has been a delay. Much to your chagrin, you are told that your work was not selected and that only accepted artists were notified. To make matters worse, the gallery suggests that this is actually common practice.  Well, I’m not buying it…

No matter how you slice it,
informing artists by this default mechanism
(The invisible rejection letter)
amounts to no notice at all.
It’s unprofessional,
it’s lazy,
and it’s simply not polite.

 

“My wife raised me to send thank you notes and I expect similar behavior from art professionals. If you don’t have the stomach to send rejection letters, get out of the juried art show racket. Alternatively, at least spell out such practices in big, bold type somewhere in the call to artists.”

–End of rant…Dave Willison

*Editor’s Note:  I completely agree with you Dave.  If they can take your money, then they should be able to send you a rejection letter.  A number of AAAD readers are gallerists.  Here’s to hope your point hits home with at least one of them. –R.L. Gibson (Rachel), Editor

Learn more about Guest Contributor David Willison!

Learn more about Guest Contributor Dave Willison!

CALL for ENTRIES: Uncommon Design

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GLASS HOUSES

In the end, glassware is always the workhorse in my kitchen.  From ramekins and measuring cups for ingredients, mixing bowls for pastry, lasagna and pie pans for casseroles and quiches.  And, I’ll admit that the cooler they look, the more likely they are to end up in my cabinet.  This next Call is the way to have your artwork in the cabinets around the world.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Uncommon Goods for the Graphic Glassware Design.  I don’t get many chances to post graphic design posts, and I really like this one…

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Learn more about the Graphic Glassware Design Challenge from Uncommon Goods!CALL for ENTRIES:
Uncommon Design

 

Uncommon Goods needs the help of a graphic designer!  They came up with an awesome idea – a set of six glasses uncannily shaped like beer cans – but they’re looking for an artist to create a catchy design. Send them your package designs from your portfolio for a chance to work with their Product Development team to get your artwork on the tables of their customers.

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists residing in the US

MEDIA:  Graphic Design

DEADLINE:  August 31, 2013 at 11:59 PM ET

NOTIFICATION:  The judges will then select one Grand Prize Winner who will be notified by September 18, 2013.

Learn more about the Graphic Glassware Design Challenge from Uncommon Good!ENTRY FEE:  It seems there is no fee.

JURY PROCESS:  UncommonGoods (Letterpress design team, 1Canoe2, and UncommonGoods Product Development Associate, Tiffany Jyang) will select a number of entries to move on to the semifinal round based on skill, style, and originality. On September 4, semifinalists will be added to the Community Voting App where UncommonGoods’ community will vote for their favorite entries and leave comments and feedback. (UncommonGoods’ team will acknowledge positive votes only; negative votes will not be considered.)

AWARDS:  $500 + 5% royalties.  At the end of the voting period, UncommonGoods will present the 5 entries with the highest positive votes to a panel of judges.   The winning entry will also be announced through UncommonGoods media channels.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more from Uncommon Goods!

CALL for ENTRIES: Figures

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SHALLOT
on the fire

Vacation has not been kind to my figure.  Tomorrow is the last day of my summer vacation at Lake Lure (Dirty Dancing & Last of the Mohicans were filmed here), and I am already trying to figure out tomorrow’s food schedule and we’ve just finished with today’s brunch.  What is it about being out of town that leads to over-indulgence and gluttony?  Maybe I need another treat to figure it out. We’ll call it research, ha.  Luckily, this next Call takes all interpretations of “figure,” even the vacation version.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from ArtAscent (online) for Figures, their most recent Int’l Art Competition.  If you haven’t figured it out, hard copy art publication is being replaced by online art magazines.  Make careful decisions just like you would about a gallery. Don’t forget, you can enter for only $15…

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Learn more from ArtAscent!CALL for ENTRIES:
Figures

 

Human beauty, creature shadows, unexpected forms. Show them the figures YOU have imagined.

ELIGIBILITY:
Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: All media except video, sound or performance.  Some examples:  Painting, drawing, photography, mixed media, digital, printmaking, installations, ceramics, jewelry, sculpture and other 2- and 3-dimensional media. The theme of this call is Figures. Submissions including diverse interpretations of the human figure will be considered. Explicit sexuality or genitalia is not encouraged.

DEADLINE:  August 31, 2013

ENTRY FEE:  $15 for one image, $25 for up to 3 & $45 for up to 8

Learn more about the Figures competition for Art Ascent!AWARDS: Gold Winner $100: Featured in ArtAscent Magazine Gold Winner section with an art writer review, bio, artwork & website link. Add’l publication & exposure includes ArtAscent website & social media.

Silver Winner: Featured in ArtAscent Magazine Silver Winner section with an art writer review, bio, artwork & website link. Add’l publication & exposure includes ArtAscent website & social media.

Bronze Winner: Featured in ArtAscent Magazine Bronze Winner section with an art writer review, bio, artwork & website link. Add’l publication & exposure includes ArtAscent website & social media.

Honourable Mention Winners (17): Featured in ArtAscent Magazine Honourable Mention Winners section with artwork & website link. Add’l publication & exposure includes ArtAscent website & social media.

SALES:  No commission. Any purchase inquiries will be referred directly to the artist.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more from ArtAscent!

CALL for ENTRIES: Opulent Mobility

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GOURMET

I had another Jetsons dream.  This one involved me in my futuristic kitchen that was equipped with completely mobile gadgetry.  I could sit or stand in one place and everything would come to me as I needed it just by thinking it.  Is it telling that I even dream about my own laziness?  Maybe instead of my laziness, it was just a premonition of a design for this next Call.  So cool…

Check out this Call for Entries from Dreams by Machine (Ventura, CA) for Opulent Mobility.  I rarely get to describe a Call as unique and even more rarely get to publish that there is no entry fee; but, this Call is both.  Don’t miss this winning combination…

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Learn more about Let's Talk About Mobility from Dreams by MachineCALL for ENTRIES:
Opulent Mobility

 

If you could have a walker, a wheelchair, crutches, prosthetic arm/leg/etc. or a home/workplace with unlimited accessibility of any style and any kind, what would that look like?  What secret powers would they have?  How do you re*imagine mobility and disability?

Opulent Mobility is a juried gallery show devoted to re-imagining mobility and disability. It will be held at the Bell Arts Factory in Ventura, CA  from September 6-8, 2013, opening on their popular First Friday. The gallery is beautifully designed for wheelchair and walker accessibility.

Learn more about Let's Talk About Mobility from Dreams by MachineThey are looking for  2D art that helps start a conversation about what works and what doesn’t in mobility and disability devices, designs and everyday living.

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists

MEDIA:  Drawings, paintings, digital works, photography, multi-media —anything that can be hung on a wall

DEADLINE:   August 19, 2013

NOTIFICATION:  August 21, 2013

ENTRY FEE:  None

SALES:  The gallery takes a 30% commission of sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Read the Full Call from Dreams by Machine!

CALL for ENTRIES: Art of it All

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cottontail

So I’m a little shy about my food knowledge.  My friends, readers and even my family ask food questions all the time with the assumption that I will know the answers because I write about food everyday.  And, if you need to know how to boil the perfect egg, I’m your woman.  But, I can’t tell you the flavor profile of every fruit, veggie and meat on the planet because I haven’t tried them ALL.  I’m working on it though. In the meantime, when asked a question to which I don’t have an answer.  I just shyly beg off the subject.  Don’t be shy about this next opportunity…

Check out this Call for Entries from Shy Rabbit (Pagosa Springs, CO) for The Art of It All.  Like the name of the show implies, they are open to all media–even some fine craft like jewelry, basketry and glass work. Take a look…

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Learn more from Shy Rabbit Contemporary Arts!CALL for ENTRIES:
The Art of it All

 

ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+

MEDIA: All Media

DEADLINE: September 7, 2013

NOTIFICATION: September 21, 2013

ENTRY FEE: $30 up to 3, $5 ea. add’l

JUROR: Professional Artist and Arts Educator, D. Michael Coffee, has over 30 years of combined experience in architecture, ceramics, painting, photography and fine art printmaking. As Curator and Creative Director for SHY RABBIT Contemporary Arts, Coffee has been responsible for organizing, curating and installing over 40 fine art exhibitions since SHY RABBIT’s inception in 2004.

Coffee has been credited with transforming SHY RABBIT into the region’s most important and innovative contemporary art spaces through the high level and broad range of the contemporary work and educational programs presented.

SALES: Sales will be encouraged, therefore all artwork must be available for sale. Retail sales of an Artist’s work will be split 60% Artist / 40% SHY RABBIT.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more from Shy Rabbit Contemporary Arts!

CALL for ENTRIES: Activate Market Street

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PLEASE

I’ve had a few jobs and a few careers.  One that I loved more than most was as a Downtown Development Director.  I believed in the tiny town; I believe in urban renewal in rural locations (pop. 3500).  Alas, my time there was shortened to a mere 3 years.  I’ve never admitted this before, but part of my impatience with the development process was my inability to attract new, exciting food opportunities.  Really.  This next Call is a fantastic opportunity to be a part of making ART the answer.  Please investigate this FANTASTIC opportunity…

Check out this Call for Entries from Gallery Aferro (Newark, NJ) and RBH Group for Activate: Market Street.  This is a very inexpensive ($5 US) opportunity to truly get public art exposure.  So cool…

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http://activatemarketstreet.org/open-call/Learn more about Activate Market Street!CALL for ENTRIES: Activate Market Street

 

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists

MEDIA:  New media, film, neon, installation, performance, animation, interactive and kinetic art

DEADLINE:  August 20, 2013

ENTRY FEE: $5 USD fee per submission, via google checkout at www.aferro.orgIf you truly cannot afford this fee please contact them for a waiver. They do not believe in artist gouging and have begun to ask for this small donation only as part of our overall, diversified activities to support our nonprofit programs.

AWARDS:  Gallery Aferro will occupy the storefront windows of 75 Market St., 77 Market St., 85 Market St., 93 Market St., and 101 Market St. with art works that can be viewed 24/7 by pedestrian audiences. Each space will be prepared and presented as a professional exhibiting space and openings will coincide with major events at our main gallery space at 73 Market Street. Each event will be promoted in print and online.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about Activate Market Street!

CALL for ENTRIES: Botanicals

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MO VEGGIES

I try not to spend all of these posts talking about my new gluten-free lifestyle.  Boring, I know.  But it has been enlightening.  Most of all, I have learned the key to GF menu planning.  Instead of figuring out how to substitute every wheat product you can no longer eat, just eat more of the naturally GF foods.  If you are what you eat, I am all things green.  This next Call wants your unique perspective on botanicals.  Great show, great gallery; don’t miss it…

Check out this Call for Entries for Botanicals from the Kiernan Gallery (Lexington, Virginia). The entry is very reasonable. The theme is fun, and the juror is active and easily researched. Take a look…

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

 

The natural world has fascinated photographers since the invention of the medium. Botanicals are props in portraiture, examined in landscapes, and rendered as patterns in décor and apparel.

Preserving the ephemeral quality of plant-life as a still image allows viewers to contemplate the beauty and complexity of natural forms, but it also allows artists to re-purpose nature for our own expressive ends. Whether in bloom or decay, edible or admirable, mammoth or miniscule, all interpretations of flora are welcome for The Kiernan Gallery’s exhibition, Botanicals.

Work by Juror Sharon Beals!ELIGIBILITY:
Open to all artists

MEDIA:
All photographic media are encouraged.

DEADLINE:
August 19, 2013

NOTIFICATION:
Approx. 8 days later

ENTRY FEE:
5 for $25, each add’l $5

JUROR: Sharon Beals is the author and photographer of Nests: Fifty Nests and the Birds that Built Them. Her images have been published in both science and art publications, including Scientific American and American Photo, which named Nests one of the best photo books of 2011.

Her work is in many private collections and was purchased by Art in Embassies for the US Embassy in Riga. Following her environmental path, she collects and photographs beach plastic to make large scale, deceptively beautiful yet confrontational prints. She is represented by Cordon/Potts Gallery in San Francisco.

Learn more from The Kiernan Gallery!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.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Read the full call from The Kiernan Gallery website!

FEATURED ARTIST: David Phillips Hodge

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& SUSHI
summer

Yes, it is the first day of August, and I am judging the JUNE entries to the $5 Art Contest. I will spare you the excuses.   As the hot, rainy days of Summer start winding down, we all need a little peace without boredom.  Beautiful sushi with a wasabi surprise.  Here it is…

This month’s artist works is a painter–now.   I appreciate the contemplative nature of landscape without having to endure another wagon wheel in a wheat field or lone seagull in the sand.  This work is like the intersection of reality and perception.  The message is subtle, but appreciated.

Learn more about Featured Artist David Phillips Hodge!

On behalf of ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, I am proud to announce the Featured Artist chosen from the June entries to the $5 Art Contest is David Phillip Hodge. I find this work to be…a visual respite but also thought-provoking.

FEATURED
ARTIST:

David
Phillip
Hodge

 

A Missouri native, Hodge began his art career at age 18 at Missouri State University.  After graduating with a BFA, he immediately headed to New York to pursue his other passion, filmmaking, at NYU.  For 30 years, he then ran his own film and television production company, producing and directing everything from political campaign spots, to music videos, to documentaries and commercials.

Painting by Featured Artist David Phillips Hodge!Hodge won numerous awards, including 2 Emmys, 3 Cine Golden Eagles, and a Monitor Award. While in NYC, he also directed Off Broadway theatre.  He is thrilled to have now returned to painting.  His current focus is exploring the emotion evoked through line, shape and color.  The work lies at the intersection between color field painting and representational art—examining the ways in which they co-exist within the same canvas.

Are you self taught or formally instructed?

“Well I graduated with a BFA in sculpture & ceramics. One of my teachers once told me that after graduation you spend the next few years trying to unlearn what you learned in school.” 

Painting by Featured Artist David Phillips Hodge! I’ve had
quite a while
to unlearn
what I learned
in art school.

 

Your work is very quiet. Is the process as peaceful as the work comes across?  

“I believe the process of picture making IS somewhat peaceful, at least for me.  There is a fair amount of taping, spraying, brushwork, sanding and stencil cutting though.  Also, there is always music playing.”

The connecting aesthetic in your work seems to be landscape.  How landscape and color field work together for you?

Painting by Featured Artist David Phillips Hodge!“Landscape?  I keep coming back to the landscape. It gives me a certain amount of freedom to explore color because the landscape is so recognizable to the viewer.”

Tell me about the painting process for you.  Do you paint from photographs, plein aire  or from memory?  Is your work strictly paint or is their silk screening involved as well? 

Sometimes I work from photographs that I’ve taken or that my wife has taken. And other times I work from memory.  I don’t currently use silk screen  but, that not a bad idea.  Maybe in the future.

Painting by Featured Artist David Phillips Hodge!What style or school of art do you think your work fits into and why?

“I believe my work fits most closely as color field painting. I  coined the word Colorscape to describe my current work.”

You know we have to talk about food. What is your favorite?

“My favorite food changes from time to time or day to day for that matter, but at the present time I would say sushi is my favorite food. Last week I was in the Midwest so it was steak.”   I suspect you are easily bored and just haven’t found your true favorite.  Let me know if that ever changes, David.

Painting by Featured Artist David Phillips Hodge!What about snack foods?

“My favorite snack food is definitely beer.” Best answer ever.  No, really.

So, what’s coming up
next for you?

“I wish I knew.” 

Honesty, not bravado.  Refreshing.

David, thank you for making me take a second look at landscape.  I’ll try to be less dismissive in the future.  Lesson learned…maybe.

Learn more about David Phillips Hodge online!

Learn more about Featured Artist David Phillips Hodge!

 

CALL for ENTRIES: Rootlessness

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of food

I have drafted a dozen cookbooks in my head.  They are usually inspired by whatever food eccentricity I am dwelling on at the moment.  But they always have their roots in momentary excitement as opposed to being deep-rooted in a true philosophy about food.  Maybe if I ever find myself, a cookbook will make it out of the draft stage.  In the meantime, my roots will have to be of the vegetable variety.  This next Call want to explore YOUR feelings on roots, or the lack thereof…

Check out this Call for Entries from DRAFTspace (NY, NY) for Rootlessness, a two-part themed exhibit.  Selected artists will exhibit their solo exhibitions in the street-level pop-up space on Manhattan’s vibrant Lower East Side gallery district.  This is a great chance for that New York opening you’ve always wanted…

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Learn more from DRAFTspace!CALL for ENTRIES: Rootlessness

 

The exhibition series will consist of two sections – Works on Paper and Works on Space – and one exhibition proposal for each section will be chosen and realized on New York’s Lower East Side.

NY has historically been home to ethnically diverse immigrants, inspiring feelings and experiences related to migration, temporality, transformation, assimilation, or conflict.  DRAFTspace is hosting this exhibition series to provoke attention and discussion about this sense of rootlessness.  Artists are encouraged to interpret the theme creatively.

The theme of rootlessness is connected to the unique space setup and location. The exhibit will not be held in a permanent gallery space.  Instead, it will temporarily occupy a street-level vacant retail space that will be consecutively transformed to fit the different identity and characteristics of each exhibition.

Learn more about the Rootlessness Exhibits!

The Lower East Side where this event will take place has long been an immigrant neighborhood and has seen a series of immigrant communities pass through it.  The area has undergone gentrification, starting in the mid-2000s and has since become home to upscale boutiques and numerous contemporary art galleries.

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists

MEDIA:  Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Photography, or Illustration for “Works on Paper” section OR Sculpture or Site-Specific Mixed Media Installations for “Works on Space” section

DEADLINE:  August 31, 2013

NOTIFICATION:  September 15, 2013

ENTRY FEE: $40 per entry for up to 10 images

AWARDS:  $500 Cash Prize & Solo Exhibition.  The artist of each selected proposal will receive a $500 cash prize and his or her solo exhibition proposal will be realized.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more from DRAFTspace!