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CALL for ENTRIES: Maker, Thinker, Feeler

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Learn more about The Artist as Maker, Thinker & Feeler!hot HOT hot

My kitchen is awash with hot peppers.  A trip to our UT Farmers Market resulted in a bounty of experimental varietals of habenero & Scotch bonnet peppers.  I moved them from a paper bag to the dehydrator trays, and three hand washes later, my hands were still on fire.  The maker in me couldn’t let go of the idea that I need to preserve them for use over the winter.  The maker in me tries to find a use for every extra.  How does your maker-thinker-feeler side affect your work?  This Call wants to know.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Cade Art Gallery (Arnold, MD) for The Artist as Maker, Thinker, Feeler.  Only $22 to enter this academic show.  Theme open to interpretation…

Learn more about the National Juried show from the Cade Art Gallery!CALL for ENTRIES:
Maker, Thinker, Feeler
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ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all U.S. artists

MEDIA:  Open to all 2-D work

THEME: “This is a call for art that is driven by ideas and emotions, but that also has a strong emphasis on aesthetics, materials, and craft. In other words, the work in this show will be conceptually and emotionally dynamic but will also have a strong embodiment of form through process.  The show is open to individual interpretations of the meaning & relative importance of concept, form, and process in one’s own art-making practice.”

DEADLINE:  October 14, 2016

NOTIFICATION:  October 19, 2016

ENTRY FEE: $22 for up to 6

JUROR:  Jack Rasmussen earned his bachelor’s degree in art from Whitman College. He holds master’s degrees in painting, arts management, and anthropology; and a PhD in anthropological linguistics from American University. Rasmussen began his career in 1975 as assistant director of the Washington Project for the Arts under founder Alice Denney.  Rasmussen is currently on the Board of the Maryland State Arts Council and serves as the Director and Curator of the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about the National Juried show from the Cade Art Gallery!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Kissimmee Sculpture

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Learn more about the Kissimmee Sculpture Experience!coastal FARE

I miss fish.  I live in a land-locked state; therefore saltwater fish are expensive if you can even find it fresh.  I love the abundant mountain trout, but a simple grilled flounder or grouper is just a dream.  If you can find no other reason to visit Florida, let me recommend the fish –and this next call.  Take a look at this one…

Check out this Call for Entries from Kissimmee Main Street for the 9th Kissimmee Sculpture exhibit.  No entry fee.  The deadline is approaching, so don’t delay…

Learn more about the Kissimmee Sculpture Experience!CALL for ENTRIES:
Kissimmee Sculpture

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ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists working/residing in North America

MEDIA:  Sculpture suitable for extended outdoor display

DEADLINE: September 23, 2016

NOTIFICATION: October 2, 2016

AWARDS: $750 Stipend to each artist. $500 Best of Show

SALES:  Kissimmee Main Street will retain a 20% commission on all sales

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Transience

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Learn more about the Transience exhibit from L.A. Photo Curator!TO-MAY-TO to-mah-to

Here today, gone tomorrow –ah, transient tomatoes.  Just last week I was lamenting how many ways I could quickly preserve the abundance of tomatoes I brought home from the farmers market.  Now?  I have a handful of tiny Romas left before I have to suffer the grocer’s sad selection of hard, hot house harlots that pass as tomatoes. This next Call wants your take on transience, physical, mental or ethereal.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from L.A. Photo Curator for the Transience exhibit. $20 entry, no shipping, great prizes plus art publication for ALL entrants. Great opportunity…

Learn more about the Transience exhibit from L.A. Photo Curator!CALL for ENTRIES:
Transience
from L.A. Photo Curator

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“. . . photography itself is transient, so I think the transient aspects of photographs remain relevant and interesting. This call for entries seeks images that relate in some way to physical or psychic movement, the nature of being and non-being, aspects of our various experiences, the retelling and visualization of dreams, expressions of spirituality, or any other interpretation of the word transience- both material and ethereal.” –from Adam Finkelston via laphotocurator.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Photography

DEADLINE: September 23, 2016 (Midnight PST)

NOTIFICATION: (and opening date) October 5, 2016

ENTRY FEE: $20 for up to 3. 15% of artist fees go to 2 charities per competition. 7.5% to the curator’s choice of charity and 7.5% to the first place winner’s chosen charity.  Finkelston has chosen the charity Change The Truth. 

CURATOR: Adam Finkelston is an artist, art educator, and magazine publisher based in Roeland Park, KS. Finkelston is also the owner, publisher, and co- editor of an internationally- recognized quarterly art magazine called, The Hand Magazine: A Magazine For Reproduction-based Arts, through which he has also curated exhibitions of international artists. As an educator, Mr. Finkelston has received numerous awards and grants, including the 2016 ArtsKC Education Award, recognizing his multi- disciplinary student project, Creative Co/Lab.

SALES: All sales are conducted between the artist & buyer. L.A. Photo Curator does not handle any part of sales. There is no commission.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Root to Bloom

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Learn more about the Root to Bloom exhibit at the Principle Gallery!SIPPING and driving

While traveling around the country, people often ask what food I miss most from home.  The truth is, what I really miss is tea — unsweetened, cold-but-not-iced, sans caffeine.  I drink at least a gallon a day.  I can make it on the road, but it isn’t the same.  Different water, different container, different refrigerator.  When I am nearly home from a road trip, I always think the same thing, “I can’t wait to get home & have a glass of tea” (and see my family and dog, yeah, yeah, I know).  This next call wants to know what “home” is to you.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Principle Gallery (Alexandria, VA) for Root to Bloom, a juried show about “home” –wherever that may be.  Open to painting only…

Learn more about the Root to Bloom exhibit from the principle Gallery!CALL for ENTRIES:
Root to Bloom
from Principle Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists

MEDIA: Painting

THEME:  “representative of where an artist calls ‘home’ . . . from a studio interior to a street scene, from a rural landscape to an aerial view of city or countryside . . . location of your birth, somewhere you spent a considerable amount of time, or the locale where you currently live”, etc. — principlegallery.com

DEADLINE:  September 28, 2016

NOTIFICATION:  September 30, 2016

ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to 3, $5 ea. add’l

JUROR:  Teresa Oaxaca, DC area artist

AWARDS: Best In Show $1,200, 2nd Place $500, 3rd Place $300, Social Media Award & Gallery Visitors’ Choice Award.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Crossover

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Learn more about the Crossover show from the OA Gallery!spin like SALAD

Food needs better PR.  There are laws against trans fats, but I have trouble convincing my mother that ginger will settle her stomach.  Why are we willing to believe the worst about food but eager to assume all benefits are purely science fiction?  Natural healing is not science fiction, but the next Call definitely is.  Traditional media only…

Check out this Call for Entries from the OA Gallery (St. Louis, MO) for Crossover, a juried sci-fi/fantasy exhibit. A fantastic, theme-valued juror, a gorgeous gallery & lower commission rate.  Take a look…

Learn more about the Crossover show from the OA Gallery!CALL for ENTRIES:
Crossover from OA Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY:  Open to artists 18+ residing in U.S.

MEDIA:  Open to two-dimensional work done in traditional media only. Acceptable mediums include but are not limited to oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, graphite, pencil, ink, and/or gouache. No digital component in this category.  

THEME:  Science Fiction & Fantasy

DEADLINE:  September 25, 2016

NOTIFICATION:  October 6, 2016

ENTRY FEE: $35 for one; $5 ea. add’l

JUROR:  Mark A. Nelson, image maker

AWARDS:  Best of Show, 1st, 2nd, 3rd place & Awards of Excellence at juror’s discretion

SALES:  OA Gallery will receive a 35% commission for works sold during the exhibit.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Altered State

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Learn more about the Altered States of Collage exhibit from the Collage Artists of America!INGREDIENTS a-go-go

It is casserole week at my house.  Every once in a while we spend a day assembling casseroles.  I don’t know why people consider them “easy” meals because they take excessive amounts of time, prep and organization, but I do find them convenient to have around once they are pre-prepared on a week I need free time at the end of the day.  Plus, when we have a bevy of rapidly ripening food from our local farmers market, casseroles offer an excellent long-term storage option via the freezer.  But the best part of making casseroles are the ingredients.  Like many of you, I am guilty of getting into a rut of one protein and two vegetable for meals; however, casseroles are a collage of sometimes a dozen or more ingredients.  The combination of ingredients makes for a special treat –like this next collage call.  Don’t miss this one…

Check out this Call for Entries from Collage Artists of America for the Altered States of Collage exhibit at the San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultural Center in Tarzana, CA. Great juror, cash prizes & media specific.  Take a look…

Learn more about the Altered States of Collage show!CALL for ENTRIES:
Altered States of Collage
from Collage Artists of America

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ELIGIBILITY:  Open to artists residing in the U.S.

MEDIA: Open to collage, mixed-media collage and assemblage

DEADLINE:  September 15, 2016 by 5pm Pacific Time

NOTIFICATION: October 1, 2016

ENTRY FEE: $35 for one; $45 for two.

JUROR:  Leslie Shows is an American artist who is recognized for expanding the boundaries of landscape painting. Leslie Shows’ earlier works were mixed-media collages depicting abstracted landscapes.  Her more recent paintings, while retaining the use of mixed media, have become more abstracted and focus on mineral textures and geologic features.  Solo exhibitions include:  Walter & McBean Gallery, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Jack Hanley Gallery, Haines Gallery, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art & Berkeley Art Museum.

AWARDS:  First Place $500, 2nd Place $300, 3rd Place $200, three Honorable Mentions & Merchandise Awards.

SALES:  Gallery will receive 30% commission on any and all sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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ARTIST of the DAY: Mister Finch

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"toadstool" (textile art) by Mister Finch
“toadstool” (textile art) by Mister Finch

“A story sewn in, woven in. Velvet curtains from an old hotel, a threadbare wedding dress and a vintage apron become . . . . Storytelling creatures for people who are also a little lost, found and forgotten.” —Mister Finch

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I find tactile joy in vintage textiles and incorporating them into my life gives me a sense of history, of continuation, that my personal story lacks in some degree.  The works of today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Mister Finch, are gifts of life, experience, labor and joy — of mindfulness.  These creatures have a sort of fabricated authenticity, a beautifully crafted reality.

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Find your own creature feature in the work of
today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Mister Finch!

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ARTIST of the DAY: Rosalind Wyatt

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"I wish I were with you" by textile artist Rosalind Wyatt
“I wish I were with you” by textile artist Rosalind Wyatt

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“My work is about words – the ‘sound’ of them, the ‘feel’ of them and the forming of letters.   The choice of tool is uninhibited and relevant to the content of the text – therefore my range of writing tools has expanded from nib, through to brush and now to a needle.” —Rosalind Wyatt, textile artist

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Words have meanings; chose them carefully.  The repercussions can be irreversible.  The textile work of today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Rosalind Wyatt, investigates the emotion held within every individual mark of the hand to uncover the how each story “feels” as it unfolds.  Spectacularly intimate.

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Discover the meaning of both the words & works of
today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Rosalind Wyatt.

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CALL for ENTRIES: Bring us Your Dead

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Learn more about the Bring us your Dead exhibit from Las Laguna Gallery!shared TREATS

My Aunt Maggie B. loved marzipan. We would attempt to craft our own from honey, powdered sugar and finely ground almonds & foregoing the additional almond extract.  The year I spent with her trying to form our Play-Doh-like lumps into little fruit and vegetable shapes taught me that food color can be derived from real food, not just a jar, that gold and silver are edible in small amounts, and that treats well-labored taste better.  I celebrate the making & eating of every marzipan fruit with my great aunt Mag (RIP, 1922-2005).  This Call is a chance for you to celebrate life with someone who has already passed.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Las Laguna Gallery (Laguna Beach, CA) for Bring us Your Dead, an exhibit allowing you to inspired by those no longer with us . Don’t miss this opportunity…

Learn more about the Bring Us Your Dead exhibit from the Las Laguna Gallery!CALL for ENTRIES:
Bring us Your Dead
from Las Laguna Gallery

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“Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico and around the world in other cultures. It is an ancient and enduring ritual when the living commune with the dead – a mystical night when the veil is lifted between their two realms and they may share a day together.” –from laslagunagallery.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all wall-hung media

DEADLINE: September 6, 2016

NOTIFICATION: September 12, 2016

ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to 3, $5 ea. add’l

SALES: The gallery will retain 35% commission on all sales

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about the Women in Art exhibit from the Las Laguna Gallery!

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ARTIST of the DAY: Mike Weber

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"Desert Warrior" (mixed media on panel) by Mike Weber
“Desert Warrior” (mixed media on panel) by Mike Weber

“The beasts of our planet have many reasons for being and they are different from our reasons for being.“ —Mike Weber

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The upcoming presidential election in the United States has many pondering how we get to a place of peace, of harmony, one with another.  Today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Mike Weber, suggests we turn to nature, specifically animals, and study their synchronicity for an example to replicate.  Harmony.

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Get back to nature with the work of AAAD Artist of the Day, Mike Weber!

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