CALL for ENTRIES: Endless Possibilities

Posted on June 9, 2018June 9, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

just PEACH-y

I sent my husband to the farmers market for turnips & beets. He came home with honey & peaches. I suppose it isn’t like going to the grocery where there are a proscribed list of possible foods you will encounter. Instead, the farmers market offers an almost endless range of possibilities within your growth climate, lending itself to surprises, naturally. This next Call is hoping for those same possibilities. Send them a peach…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Las Laguna Gallery (Laguna Beach, CA) for the Endless Possibilities exhibit. 35% commission & $35 entry. Don’t miss this opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Endless Possbilities
from
Las Laguna Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists (int’l)

MEDIA: Open to most media including assemblage, charcoal, collage, digital art, drawing, encaustic, fiber art, illustration, mixed media, new media, painting, pastel & photography

THEME: Open

DEADLINE: July 6, 2018

NOTIFICATION: July 11, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $35 for 1, $2 ea. add’l on CaFe or $35 for up to 3 on submittable

SALES: The Las Laguna Gallery will retain 35% commission on all sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Rhythm & Rush

Posted on June 2, 2018June 1, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

DINNER for one entire night

I’m a restaurant camper, and I apologize. I want the pace of dinner to drag on all night and this isn’t always the same pace at which the restaurant can afford to turn over table. Luckily, I am also a big tipper and luckily that sometimes buys lots of forgiveness from the serving staff. This next Call is all about rhythm –fast or slow. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Ground Floor Gallery (Nashville, TN) for the Rhythm & Rush. The Guardian included Ground Floor Gallery in the top 10 galleries to visit in Nashville! $30 entry for this Call. Great venue…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Rhythm & Rush
from Ground Floor Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media

THEME: “Rhythm and Rush seeks to find work that provokes movement, atmosphere, and speed in both conceptual and formal ways . . . Slow, fast, static, haptic, and rhythmic can be presented in many ways – we are seeking works that touch on these ideas in very specific, sensitive and strong ways.” –groundflrgallery.com

DEADLINE: July 15, 2018

NOTIFICATION: August 1, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $30 for up to 3, $50 for 4-6 & $70 for 7-9 images

JUROR: Catherine Haggarty is an artist, curator & writer based in Brooklyn, NY. Haggarty earned her MFA from Mason Gross, Rutgers University in 2011 and is currently the co-director of Ortega y Gasset Projects in Brooklyn, New York. Haggarty’s paintings & curatorial work has been reviewed & featured in Hyperallergic, Two Coats of Paint, Brooklyn Magazine, The New York Times, Maake Magazine, Art Maze Magazine, The Black and White Project (UK), Sound and Vision Podcast and Young Space. Teaching experience includes but is not limited to Rutgers University, Abrons Art Center, Princeton Day School, Philadelphia Mural Arts and One River School of Art and Design.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Cones & Rods

Posted on May 31, 2018May 31, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

sugar or cake CONES?

I am addicted to cones of vanilla ice cream dipped in chocolate. More accurately, I love the chocolate dipped diary, not the cone, but I have great respect for the edible nature of this delivery system. Why don’t we have more edible packaging? I don’t know either. (BTW, no, I do NOT want to know about the probably-scary, chemical explanation for why dipping chocolate hardens. Ignorance is bliss.) This next Call is all about cones (and rods), but of the photoreceptor quality. I’ve shown work at this venue, and I can’t wait to see this show…

Check out this Call for Entries from Whitdel Arts (Detroit, MI) for Cones & Rods. $15 Entry & 33% commission, plus this theme is open to all media and wide interpretation. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Cones & Rods
from Whitdel Arts

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“Cones & Rods is an exhibition about the act of seeing and perception. Touching on formal elements such as color theory and Op Art, we will explore the visual effects created within works of art including, but not limited to: pattern, repetition, design, composition, Gestalt psychology and all forms of optical razzle dazzle that will make the cones and rods in our eyes forget which way is up.” –from whitdelarts.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all media

DEADLINE: June 10, 2018

NOTIFICATION: June 15, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $15 for up to 3 (non-members); free to members.

SALES: Whitdel Arts takes a 33% commission fee of the sales price, regardless of gallery affiliation.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Below the Surface

Posted on May 21, 2018May 21, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

slow BURN

Four days out of seven find my family eating spicy foods. Before I quit smoking five years ago, I suspected my tolerance for spicy food came from my deadened taste buds. But after years as a non-smoker, we eat more hot food, not less. However, I’m not usually a fan of overtly fiery foods; I prefer the slow burn that simmers just below the surface. I frequently start dinner thinking “this needed more heat” and end the meal with a flush having creeped up my scalp. This next Call wants to know what is layered just below the surface of your work. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from 440 Gallery (Brooklyn, NY) for Below the Surface, a juried exhibition, Brooklyn, NY, July 5 – July 29, 2018. Most of create work that is layered either literally or metaphorically, so this curatorial theme might work for you…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Below the Surface
from 440 Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all U.S. artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media

THEME: “What lies below the surface? Is it visible or hidden, more than just a cursory glance? This exhibit will explore ways that artists are interpreting the physical layering of material versus the metaphorical strata of meaning. Show us how—from the simplest drawing to the most complex sculpture—art has the power to invoke something more than what meets the eye.” — 440 Gallery

DEADLINE: June 1, 2018

NOTIFICATION: June 17, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $405 up to 3, $5 ea. addl

JUROR: Peter Gynd is an independent curator and fifth generation artist originally from Vancouver, Canada. Gynd studied at the Alberta College of Art and Design and has exhibited in both Canada and the US. Peter Gynd lives & works in Brooklyn, NY and is the director at Lesley Heller Gallery in Manhattan’s Lower East Side.

SALES: 30% commission on all sales will go to the 440 Gallery.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ART: Gifts of Art

Posted on May 14, 2018May 14, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

one EGG or two?

Simplicity can be a gift. Sometimes what I want to eat has less to do with a craving and more to do with the ease of preparation. When I’ve had a productive day, a drawn-out night of cooking weighs me down. Sometimes an egg sandwich is just an egg sandwich; sometimes an egg sandwich is a gift. This next Call see the transformative effect of art on our reparative health as a gift. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Michigan Medicine (Ann Arbor, MI), the academic medical center of the University of Michigan, for Gifts of Art. Contrary to the name’s implication, artists are NOT asked to donate work. I like this call…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Gifts of Art
from Michigan Medicine

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media. Exhibits must fill an entire gallery. Click here for gallery size information.

THEME: “The Exhibition Program is designed to calm nerves, lift spirits, and engage minds. This supports the healing process and reduces the stress and anxiety often associated with a healthcare setting. Engaging with the arts in a medical setting can be an especially powerful, even transformative experience for patients and visitors.”

DEADLINE: May 31, 2018

NOTIFICATION: July 15, 2018

ENTRY FEE: None. (minimum of 15 quality images for solo artists, 24 for group shows)

AWARD: Solo or group exhibit at 1 of 9 galleries at Michigan Medicine.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Exploration Of Light

Posted on May 3, 2018May 3, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

cha-cha-cha-CHIA

Now that it is warmer outside, I find myself turning to lighter food for breakfast. My “go to” is often yogurt and fruit, but the downside is that I will often be hungry again long before lunchtime arrives. My solution is to add a few chia seeds. They pack a punch of energy while letting me have a “light” breakfast. Next? This Call is all about exploring the lighter side. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Vanessa Lacy Gallery (Kansas City, MO) for Exploration Of Light. If you are trying to expand your gallery experience, this is a great opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Exploration of Light
from Vanessa Lacy Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media that fit the “Exploration of Light” theme

DEADLINE: May 13, 2018

NOTIFICATION: May 15, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $15 up to 3

AWARD: Selected artists will be included in the Exploration of Light show at the Vanessa Lacy Gallery in Kansas City, MO. This show will have an opening reception from 5pm-9pm on Friday, June 8, 2018 and a closing reception July 7, 2018 from 10am-2pm.

SALES: 50% commission on all sales will go to the Vanessa Lacy Gallery.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: The Inventive Eye

Posted on April 29, 2018April 28, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

if looks could KALE

Lettuce & tomato are the exception, not the norm, in hamburger toppings any longer. You can get burgers made from soy, mushrooms or fried eggs, topped by aioli infused with truffles or ghost chiles, and even I have fallen under the spell of maple syrup drizzled over arugula. Don’t knock it. Inventive food combinations require an uncommon type of creativity. This Call wants your inventive work. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Upstream Gallery (Hastings-on-Hudson, New York) for The Inventive Eye, an exhibit for works on paper. I would love to see the interpretations generated from this theme. Do you have something to submit?

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CALL for ENTRIES:
The Inventive Eye
from Upstream Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to works on paper including collage, drawing, painting, printmaking, etc. Photography submissions will be declined.

THEME: The Inventive Eye: Observation, Transformation & the Art of Seeing

DEADLINE: May 20, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $30 for 1, $45 for 2, $5 ea. add’l

JUROR: James Lancel McElhinney, is a visual artist, author, oral historian & publisher. He is the recipient of a Pollock Krasner 2017 artist-grant. McElhinney attended Tyler School of Art (BFA Painting), Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, and Yale University (MFA Painting). He has received numerous honors including a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. McElhinney is also a published author who has conducted numerous oral history interviews for the Smithsonian Archives of American Art, Coleccion Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, the Frick Center for the History of Collecting, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, other foundations & private individuals.

SALES: 30% commission on all sales will go to Upstream Gallery.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Pushing Paper

Posted on April 24, 2018April 23, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

my CREME-filled heart

My husband and I celebrated our 20th anniversary with Chinese takeout because neither of felt like cooking or grocery shopping. It was our typical night egg drop soup & steamed dumplings, but the thing that made the night a celebration came in a paper bag. A beautiful, fresh chocolate eclair from our local doughnut shop, a guilty pleasure from the middle years of our marriage when that was one of the only splurges we could afford. Since then, I tend to watch my sugar intake and my husband was diagnosed with a wheat allergy. But with a that single damn-the-consequences pastry, I felt the heart flutter that says he’ll stick for another twenty. Some of the best things come in, or on, paper just like in this next Call. Plus the gallery is gorgeous…

Check out this Call for Entries from Barrett Art Center (Poughkeepsie, NY) for Pushing Paper. This venue is spectacular, and venues open to cutting edge work are always appreciated. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Pushing Paper
from Barrett Art Center

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all U.S. artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media that explores & manipulates the materiality of paper, as well as works on paper, including watercolor, oil, photography, prints, digital work & drawings. Artists are invited to provide a juxtaposition of traditional styles and cutting-edge practices. In addition to 2-D works in all media, sculpture & installation are all encouraged.

DEADLINE: May 16, 2018

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

JUROR: Paul Wong is Artistic Director (retired 2017) of Dieu Donné and a master papermaker/artist who has collaborated with many artists producing groundbreaking work in the creative papermaking medium for over 38 years. Wong has widely exhibited his work in paper, books & installations since 1975 at museums & galleries including Neuberger Museum, Plains Museum, Columbia College Center for Book and Paper Arts, and Dieu Donné. He has conducted papermaking lectures and workshops including: NY Library, Haystack, Penland, Banff, Oxbow, PBI, UArts-Philadelphia, UA-Tuscaloosa, Columbia College-Chicago, Morgan Conservatory-Cleveland

AWARDS: $1,300 in prizes –two $500 prizes & two $150 prizes.

SALES: Barrett Art Center will retain a 30% commission for sales (20% for members).

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Still Life 2.0

Posted on April 23, 2018April 22, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

FRUIT bowl

My husband has been throwing new bowls for me. (He’s a commercial potter.) I now have bowls of fruit and yarn and onions and paper clips. Because I can’t decide on a glaze color, he keeps throwing while I cannot part with any of them. Now it appears that all things in my house have to be stored in bowls. I’m am currently rationalizing it as a study in perpetual still life. This next Call encourages a far broader interpretation of still life than fruit in a bowl. Send them your best…

Check out this Call for Entries from N.Y. Photo Curator (online) for the Still Life 2.0 exhibit. $20 entry, no shipping, plus art publication for ALL entrants. Be sure to check out this juror’s work; it is fantastic. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Still Life 2.0
from N.Y. Photo Curator

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Photography

THEME: Still Life 2.0. “From the Greco-Roman art, mostly depicting offerings for the gods, to the Dutch masters of the 16th and 17th centuries, to the vanitas and, later on, to impressionism and cubism, still lifes have always been providing keys to understanding cultures of different eras and regions, as well as the psyche of each individual artist. Forget about fruits and flowers or bowls and skulls. Or not. Introduce us to your world by arranging and displaying your updated version of still life. Invite us into your fears, desires, dreams and attachments. Show us your treasured collections or simply what you’re hoarding

” –Fran Forman

DEADLINE: April 30, 2018 (Midnight PST)

ENTRY FEE: $20 for up to 3. 20% of artist fees go to 2 charities –½ to the curator’s choice of charity & ½ goes to the 1st place winner’s choice. Yorgos Efthymiadis has chosen the PRC in Boston (The Photographic Resource Center).

CURATOR: Yorgos Efthymiadis is an artist from Greece who resides in Somerville, MA. He was a finalist for the 2017 Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship and was presented with a 2017 Emerging Artist Award from St. Botolph Club Foundation. He has exhibited in various locations, including Filter Photo Festival, Danforth Art Museum, the Griffin Museum of Photography and the PRC in Boston. Lately, he created a gallery in his own kitchen, titled The Curated Fridge (Crusade for Art Engagement Grant Finalist, Winner of the Popular Vote). The idea behind this project is to celebrate fine art photography and connect photographers around the world. There is a guest curator for every show which run on a quarterly basis, free of charge. Yorgos is represented by Gallery Kayafas in Boston, MA.

AWARDS: The curator chooses 1st place, 2nd place & 3 honorable mentions. The 1st place winner will receive a review by one or more curators including a Q&A about the photographer’s work. In addition, their image will be on the home page for a month. 2nd place & honorable mentions will have their image shown along with their bio, artist statement, C.V. and a link back to their website.

SALES: All sales are conducted between the artist & buyer. There is no commission.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for PROPOSALS: TAG Exhibits

Posted on April 20, 2018April 19, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

CHEESE please

It has been a complicated ~~day~~ week, and my husband asked, “Want a drink?”. I declined. “Want a pizza?” Um, yes please. We’ve been married for nearly 20 years. He’s got my number. And does my comfort pizza feature fresh, gourmet ingredients? Of course not. I want what we have dubbed “cardboard” pizza. It is much like the cafeteria pizza at your local public high school. I know, bad for me. Hush. This Call is from a gallery that could be great for your career. And YOU can be the fresh ingredient. There’s no fee to try…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Todd Art Gallery at MTSU (Mufreesboro, TN) for Exhibition Proposals. There is no entry fee. Take a look at this opportunity….

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Exhibits from
MTSU Todd Art Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to proposals from students, emerging & mid-career artists

MEDIA: Open to all media

DEADLINE: May 1, 2018

NOTIFICATION: Rolling

ENTRY FEE: None

JURORS: The department’s Gallery Committee meets twice a year to review exhibition proposals and will contact artists when additional information is needed.

AWARDS: If extended an invitation to exhibit artist/group acknowledges willingness to comply with agreed TBD scheduling, contractual obligations and other items or actions necessary to insure success of exhibit.

Category: Art Galleries

just PEACH-y

CALL for ENTRIES: Endless Possbilities from Las Laguna Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

DINNER for one entire night

CALL for ENTRIES: Rhythm & Rush from Ground Floor Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

sugar or cake CONES?

CALL for ENTRIES: Cones & Rods from Whitdel Arts

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

slow BURN

CALL for ENTRIES: Below the Surface from 440 Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

one EGG or two?

CALL for ENTRIES: Gifts of Art from Michigan Medicine

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

cha-cha-cha-CHIA

CALL for ENTRIES: Exploration of Light from Vanessa Lacy Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

if looks could KALE

CALL for ENTRIES: The Inventive Eye from Upstream Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

my CREME-filled heart

CALL for ENTRIES: Pushing Paper from Barrett Art Center

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

FRUIT bowl

CALL for ENTRIES: Still Life 2.0 from N.Y. Photo Curator

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CHEESE please

CALL for ENTRIES: Exhibits from MTSU Todd Art Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES:
Endless Possbilities
from
Las Laguna Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
Rhythm & Rush
from Ground Floor Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
Cones & Rods
from Whitdel Arts

CALL for ENTRIES:
Below the Surface
from 440 Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
Gifts of Art
from Michigan Medicine

CALL for ENTRIES:
Exploration of Light
from Vanessa Lacy Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
The Inventive Eye
from Upstream Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
Pushing Paper
from Barrett Art Center

CALL for ENTRIES:
Still Life 2.0
from N.Y. Photo Curator

CALL for ENTRIES:
Exhibits from
MTSU Todd Art Gallery