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CALL for ENTRIES: Enthusiasm

Learn more about the Enthusiasm issue of F-STOP MagazineSOUP-y soft spot

I will eat almost anything once, we’ve established this already.  But, as a kid, I would not get past the lemon-furniture-polish impression I had of lemongrass and ginger.  Luckily I was far more likely to be faced with fried okra than lemongrass as a youngster.  As an adult, I am such a fan.  A day with a bowl (or three) of Tom Kha soup never ends badly.  I’m a little overly enthusiastic about ginger, but perfectly enthusiastic about this Call.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from F-Stop Magazine for Enthusiam, (Issue #78). No entry fee, and it is a gorgeous publication opportunity. Take a moment to look at the last few issues. You’ll be inspired. We can’t wait to see your images published here

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

THEME: For issue #78 F-Stop Magazine is looking for enthusiasm, advocation, belief & devotion.

MEDIA: Photography

DEADLINE: July 15, 2016

PUBLICATION: August 1, 2016

ENTRY FEE: None

AWARDS: Selected artists/photographers will have images published in Issue #78

ABOUT F-Stop: F-Stop Magazine is an online magazine featuring contemporary photography from established & emerging photographers from around the world. Each issue has a theme that the unites the images to create a dynamic dialogue. Founded in 2003 and published online, bi-monthly.

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ARTIST of the DAY: Satsuki Shibuya

(left to right) Soi & Movement by Satsuki Shibuya
(left to right) Soi & Movement by Satsuki Shibuya

“A simple life may be mistaken as a boring life, but quite the
contrary as quiet in-between moments reveal the whispers
of the Universe.”
Satsuki Shibuya

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The work of today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Satsuki Shibuya offers a respite for each of us to find our own journey.  I need the quiet, the time, the perspective. 

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Enjoy the quiet with today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Satsuki Shibuya!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Lens Flare

Learn more about the Lens Flare exhibit from the Las Laguna Gallery!flawless FRUIT

I’m taking less food pics in restaurants these days.  I’ve been shamed into stopping.  How ’bout you?  Now when I am served a beautiful dish, I have to weigh whether it is worth the condescending looks of disdain from servers and other patrons. Sigh.  The only advantage is that taking pictures at home allows me to use a really camera, not my phone, and get the cherries arranged just so.  Plus, now I can re-heat dinner after I get the perfect shot, ha.  This next Call is interested in your perfect shots.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Las Laguna Gallery (Laguna Beach, CA) for Lens Flare, an open-themed photography exhibit. Don’t miss this opportunity…

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 more about the Lens Flare exhibit from the Las Laguna Gallery!CALL for ENTRIES:
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“Photography provides many things; proof that something happened, the ability to capture a moment or memories, or as a means of communication. ” –from laslagunagallery.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all female artists

MEDIA: Open to photography –traditional or digital

DEADLINE: August 1, 2016

NOTIFICATION: August 14, 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!

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ARTIST of the DAY: Christian Hetzel

(left to right) Ruptured Concrete No 1 and No 2 by Christian Hetzel
(left to right) Ruptured Concrete No 1 & Ruptured Concrete No 2 by Christian Hetzel

“In times of overload of visual impressions, I try to send the viewer on a journey of discovery across the painting surface and sensitize him for the few and less in color, structures, cracks and textures.” — Christian Hetzel

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Years of being allowed to handle artwork as a juror, curator and/or gallerist has made me the patron that museums loathe.  I want to feel the texture, smell the oils, see the support structure.  Art should always be personal. Intimate. But, I refrain.  I still long to touch, but I don’t.

Today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Christian Hetzel chooses texture and palette to convey a complexity of message.  There is a reason all signs flash and a commercials scream.  Competing for our attention is complicated.  But does it have to be?

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You’ll long to touch the work of today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Christian Hetzel!

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CALL for ARTISTS: Open Doors 2016

Learn more about Open Doors 2016 from Newark Arts Council and Aferro Gallery!hold the PUMPKIN

Farmer’s markets are in full swing. Summer heat is pervasive –and distracting.  Most galleries & arts organizations take a casual approach to Summer programming due to competition from outdoor activities. But Fall is just around the corner, and it signals the onslaught of pumpkin-flavored foods and arts festival that take advantage of the glorious weather.  This next Call is for just such a festival.  This could be an opportunity for you.

Check out this Call for Artists from Newark Arts Council (Newark, NJ) & Gallery Aferro for Open Doors 2016.  This 4-day festival also has curated show opportunities. All you have to do is send a FREE email.  Take a look…

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Open Doors 2016 from Newark Arts Council & Aferro Gallery

“The Newark Arts Council is excited to invite you to participate in Open Doors 2016, the citywide arts festival.  The festival draws thousands of visitors, as more than 40 venues join forces to showcase visual, performing, and literary art. In 2016, the festival will run concurrently with the Dodge Poetry Festival & Newark Celebration 350, which marks the city’s 350th birthday.”

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists

MEDIA:  Open to all media

DEADLINE: August 1, 2016

CURATORS:  This year the NAC has contracted with Gallery Aferro to produce Open Doors, your contact person will be Evonne Davis, she can be reached here.

AWARDS:  Opportunities for individual artists include consideration for curated exhibits, access to temporary space in which they can individually showcase their works, artfair/project style during October 20-23, and having your artwork shared with curators

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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ARTIST of the DAY: Sarah Stone

(left to right) Persephone, Cosmic Serpents, & Hades by Sarah Stone!
(left to right) Persephone, Cosmic Serpents & Hades by Sarah Stone

“Searching for nodes of human commonality across distance,
time and cultural diversity, I hope that my work can
connect people using recognizable threads drawn
from our shared mythologies.”Sarah Stone

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My time as an illustrator has made me such a fan of iconography –from typography to sacred icons.  I appreciate the the subtleties of unspoken language.  I ask all new design clients a handful of questions that help me get to know them & their design style.  In answer to the “serif vs. sans serif” question, one of my recent artist-clients responded, “Sans serif. What am I, a lawyer?” Perfect.

Today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Sarah Stone employs icons, both common & obscure, to open a dialogue.  Does the need to ask & discover open up the possibility for understanding?  Isn’t understanding the foundation for everything we want?  What do you see in this work?

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Understanding is key to today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, painter Sarah Stone!

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CALL for ENTRIES: I’ll Fly Away

Learn more about the I'll Fly Away exhibit from the 1650 Gallery!NUTTY solutions

Have you ever tried to shell sunflower seeds while driving?  It’s dangerous, trust me.  As a result, I buy them shelled, roasted & salted.  Have you ever tried to eat shelled sunflower seeds while driving? It’s messy, trust me.   I think I’ll leave the sunflower seeds to the birds and the birds to this next Call.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the 1650 Gallery (Los Angeles, CA) for I’ll Fly Away, a juried photography exhibit. $35 entry & free matting and framing (pre-set sizes). There’s even a way to avoid shipping. Enjoy the opportunity…

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“What is it then about the bird that affects us so? Are they everything we want to be beautiful, carefree and literally above it all? Do we envy their freedom? Do we project on to them our desire to take wing from the grave cares and pedestrian repetitions of our human-ness, to a far place both wild and beautiful, and a life lived literally ‘on the fly’ ?” — from 1650 Gallery

ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+

MEDIA: Photography

DEADLINE: July 10, 2016

NOTIFICATION: By July 17, 2016

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

JUROR: Andrew Overtoom is an award-winning filmmaker & photographer living in L.A. He publishes THE UNDEAD NEG, is launching a quarterly photography journal & owns the 1650 Gallery.

AWARDS: Best In Show, 2nd Place & 3rd Place will be awarded and posted online after the show opening. Award winning photos will be featured on the show page & Best In Show winners will have a small portfolio of their work featured in the 1650 Spotlight gallery of photographic excellence.

SALES: Selected artists may choose to offer their work for sale. The gallery retains 50% commission. The 1650 Gallery offers free matting and framing for accepted photographs that fit their pre-cut mat sizes for the duration of the exhibition. Photo sizes are 8″ x 10″, 11″ x 14″ 16″ x 20″, or 20″ x 24″.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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ARTIST of the DAY: Ed Freeman

(left to right) images from Desert Realty and Western Realty series by Ed Freeman
(left to right) images from Desert Realty & Western Realty series by Ed Freeman

I want to believe the best of people, but the current political climate has challenged that ability.  It as though the majority of people I already knew to have political leanings in one direction or the other have suddenly become extremists who are not only willing, but happy, to spout hate or accept the complete destruction of those that differ from them.  It scares me.  Then I ran across this quote… [These images] “are a way of seeing commonplace architecture with fresh eyes and discovering both the charm and the dark side of easily-ignored structures.”

I went in search of the images referenced by the quote. That’s how I happened across this work from today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Ed Freeman. While that is completely backward of my normal process, it seems that his images quietly, innocently & unintentionally mimic their louder human counterparts. Intriguing.

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Discover more of today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, photographer Ed Freeman!

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CALL for ENTRIES: 3rd Coast National

Learn more about the Third Coast National exhibit from K Space Contemporary! something’s FISHY

My son is spending the summer in Texas.  Before he left, he was excited about what he assumed would be all the BBQ & Tex Mex food he could eat.  He neglected to remember that Texas is a coastal state.  Corpus Christi alone has dozens & dozens of well-reviewed seafood restaurants. this next Call wants the unexpected and just happens to hail from Texas.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from K Space Contemporary (Corpus Christi, TX) for the 3rd Coast National exhibit.  Open to any media, great juror & venue.  Don’t miss this one…

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ELIGIBILITY:  Open to U.S. artists 18+

MEDIA:  Open to all media

DEADLINE:  July 8, 2016

NOTIFICATION:  August 1, 2016

ENTRY FEE:  $40 for up to 3 ($30/members), $5 ea. add’l

JUROR: Sharon Kopriva is a visual artist born in Houston Heights.  Kopriva’s extensive exhibition record includes solo shows at prestigious institutions, such as The Menil Collection in Houston, Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, and museums in India, Germany, China and other parts of the world.  Her work has been reviewed in numerous publications including Art in America, Art News, Art Lies and Art+Culture.  Kopriva was awarded the prestigious Texas State Visual Artist of the Year, Texas Artist of the Year-Art League of Houston& a Mid-America Arts Alliance/National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Award in Sculpture.

AWARDS:  $2500 in cash awards for the top 5 works: Erick Schaudies Memorial Award for Best of Show plus 4 places. Honorable Mentions are given at the juror’s discretion.

SALES:  All works must be For Sale. KSC collects payment & retains 40% commission.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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ARTIST of the DAY: Brooks Salzwedel

"You Never" (graphite) by Brooks Salzwedel
“You Never…” (graphite) by Brooks Salzwedel

I have been struggling with identity lately, struggling to find my voice again –both metaphorically & literally.  Art is supposed to evoke emotion, possibly incite action.  Added to the experience of the audience, art can evolve, change stories and inspire change for the better, or worse.  The work of today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Brooks Salzwedel feels intimate, makes me feel vulnerable, maybe a little paranoid.  This organic drawing nestled in a foreign shrine are seemingly devoid of connection, sans proximity.  But, then again, ‘you never’ know what another person battles.

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Discover the work of AAAD Artist of the Day,
Brooks Salzwedel!

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