A food-themed FREE resource site for ARTISTS.
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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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eat more ARTFood matters to me, inspires me. I believe that what we eat informs our health & happiness. I’m not talking about counting calories or carbs. I am concerned with whole foods, grown locally with minimal processing. Real food. I am always delighted to see food inspiring others. Chocolate has inspired art, including a sort of painting, in the the pastry arts for years, but did you know there are chocolate portrait painters? No joke. This next call is looking for work done through a painterly process, but I’m guessing they aren’t expecting chocolate. Investigate for yourself…
Check out this Call for Entries from Maryland Federation of Art for Strokes of Genius for exhibit at the Circle Gallery. Cash awards, fantastic juror & only 30% commission. Take a look…
CALL for ENTRIES:__
ELIGIBILITY: Open to artists residing in U.S., Puerto Rico, Canada & Mexico
MEDIA: Open to all 2-D work created through any painting media
DEADLINE: September 1, 2016
NOTIFICATION: September 21, 2016
ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to 2 ($20 for MFA members) & $5 ea. add’l
JUROR: Joey P. Mánlapaz is a painter & Associate Faculty at the Corcoran College of Art & Design since 1992, and is a Lecturer at Georgetown University. She also teaches painting at The Art League School in Alexandria, VA. She exhibits extensively in the U.S. and is recognized for her unique form of painterly photorealism in the styles of NY artists Tom Blackwell and Richard Estes and sensibilities of Edward Hopper. The D.C. Commission on the Arts & Humanities awarded Mánlapaz a 2014 Artist Fellowship for artistic merit.
AWARDS: Cash awards total $1000. Award contributors & recipients will be listed in the exhibition catalog.
SALES: The MFA will retain 30% commission from sales
freckled FRUITAGEFood imagery IS the visual brand of this site. For years, I used primarily pristine images of perfect foods on crisp, white, burned out backgrounds. But in the past couple of years, my strategy has changed. I have concerns about how many people, children specifically, don’t know what natural produce looks like. I’ve had many cashiers at the grocer offer to let me trade in a piece of organic fruit for something waxed, dyed & shiny for fear I was buying “bad” produce. Nature doesn’t care about symmetry, saturation or uniformity. This next Call wants your take on nature. Open to broad interpretation…
Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net for Nature. $20 entry, no shipping, plus $8125 in cash & marketing awards. Take a look…
CALL for ENTRIES:
ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+
MEDIA: 2-D media: painting, drawing, photography, digital, collage, fiber, etc.
THEME: Nature “An artist’s focus should inspire and enhance our appreciation and respect for nature’s delicate balance, as it protects and ensures the survival of our planet. Artists, through their works, provide a means of focusing on our planet’s beauty, energy, and diversity. They may also bring us to a greater understanding of humans’ impact upon the environment. From the beginning of human history, artists have provided us with a record of their feelings and observations as they absorb the unspoiled world’s wonders and envision their hopes for the future. “
DEADLINE: August 29, 2016
NOTIFICATION: September 7, 2016
ENTRY FEE: $20 for 1, $10 ea. add’l
AWARDS: First place $500 cash + $5000 marketing; 2nd place $400 Cash + $1500 marketing; 3rd Place $300 cash; 4th Place $200 Cash; 5th Place $100 Cash; 6th Place $75 Cash, 7th Place $50 Cash. Click here for details. The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th place winner’s and 10 Honorable Mentions work will be featured in Art-Competition.net “Winners Showcase” with links to their websites.
another shot of REDLamenting the end of red foods the other day, I completely forgot about rhubarb. The further South you live, the later in the season you can harvest rhubarb. It isn’t a common find at fresh markets in my area, or even at my grocer, in theory because it is a pain. It is disease resistant and hard to kill, but it requires a well-fed diet of compost and/or manure each year and SO MUCH watering. Nonetheless, I love rhubarb jam. Rhubarb, sugar, lemon juice. Simple, sweet & tart. Try it; you’ll love it. This next Call is looking for your red work, fruits & veggies are optional. Delicious…
Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net for Red 2. $20 entry, no shipping, plus marketing awards. Take a look…
CALL for ENTRIES:
ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+
MEDIA: 2-D media: painting, drawing, photography, digital, collage, fiber, etc.
THEME: Red “The color red implies many emotions and feelings; power, heat, love, sexuality, anger, joy, and war are but a few examples. Red can be used to draw the viewer closer emotionally in a way which enhances and emphasizes their reaction to the art. It may define intuitively an intended focal point that carries the viewer more deeply into the message.”
DEADLINE: August 22, 2016
NOTIFICATION: August 31, 2016
ENTRY FEE: $20 for 1, $10 ea. add’l
AWARDS: Twenty artists will be selected for a group exhibit entitled “RED 2” at G25N’s online gallery. The exhibit and all selected artists will be extensively marketed. Click here for details.
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The work of today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Marion Täschler, contemplates the rarity, the scarcity, of unforced originality. It has moved her to change her work, change how she presents both her work and herself to the world. That is a scary journey. Admirable. Thank you.
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Why food? I am asked all of the time. Food & art are connected as inspiration, nourishment & care-giving. Food is ripe with meaning. My developing palate & the evolution of my culinary abilities (and responsibilities), as well as my attitude about the suitability of food, echo my growth through the years as an artist and arts administrator –all marking the passage of time. That’s why.
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The most recent work of today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Ruth Tabancay, features the installation of burnt sugar forms that slowly melt during their installation. Sugar marking the passage of time, marking the beautiful fluidity, ignoring your impatience or desire to know the destination. Beautiful.
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going, going, GONEThe season of red fruit is coming to an end. Goodbye to glorious, vine-ripened tomatoes, berries fresh from the patch and those ruby-filled melons. But in its place will be the season of orange goodness. Everything in good time. In the meantime, don’t miss this FREE Call for all things red. Take a look…
Check out this Call for Entries from the city of Las Vegas Office of Cultural Affairs (Las Vegas, NV) for Red, an Aerial Gallery (banner exhibit). No entry fee, but the deadline IS August 14, 2016. Don’t delay…
CALL for ENTRIES:__
ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists
MEDIA: Open to all media
THEME: The unifying theme of the exhibition will be the color red.
DEADLINE: August 14, 2016, 11:59pm PST (*please note the time zone)
ENTRY FEE: None
AWARD: A $1000 honorarium will be offered to each selected artist/artist team per-block (8 blocks in total). Artist(s) will be selected by block, allowing for up to eight artists’ work to be selected. Each light pole will have two banners hung on it, allowing for each artist to have 6-10 images on display per-block, depending on the block. Each printed vinyl banner will be 18 inches wide by 60 inches tall, with double sided printing.
“I vividly remember playing with dolls and stuffed animals as a young girl. They brought me comfort, pleasure and new coping skills and on occasion, solutions to conflicts. This current work is an attempt to recreate some of those childhood characters and to interact with them both as an artist and as a woman.” —Yana Goldfine
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The experiences of our childhood help shape us –for the good or for the bad, often both. But for me, my childhood was a strange place, disconnected from whom I chose to become as an adult. Any time I am met face to face with an artifact of my youngest years, it gives me pause. Today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, sculptor Yana Goldfine is on a journey to revisit her own artifacts. Where do they take you?
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old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-OFarmers markets are changing. They used to be the place to find great fresh produce and unique varietals of mushrooms and herbs. I love the smell of fresh dirt on fresh food in the summer heat of my car with the windows rolled down. But things change. Evolution is as necessary as preservation is. It doesn’t mean that dirt on the veggies has no place, it simply means squeaky-clean hydroponic lettuce, artisinal soft drinks & ready-made gazpacho should be just as welcome. Views on preserving the natural within the evolving landscape are sought in this Call. Spend the time to research this theme…
Check out this Call for Entries from the University Art Gallery at New Mexico State University (Las Cruces, NM) for the Banner Project, that explores ontological responses to spirituality, technology & anthropogenic geological concerns of preservation. Take a look…
CALL for ENTRIES:__
ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists
MEDIA: Open to all media that can be represented on a 2D banner.
THEME: Work that resembles, echoes, and/or mimics the geological to explore our ever-evolving scientific and technological landscape. The project’s objective is to create an outdoor gallery experience, which echoes the exhibition within the UAG creating a platform to explore ontological responses to spirituality, technology, and anthropogenic geological concerns of preservation in relation to the natural environment.
DEADLINE: August 22, 2016
ENTRY FEE: $20 for 3 to 5 images
JURORS: Marisa Sage, Curator of “GEOMAGIC” and Director of the UAG, the UAG Exhibition Review Board, & Julia Barello, Academic Department Head of the NMSU Department of Art
AWARDS: Up to 6 artists whose work will be reproduced onto high-quality outdoor banners and hung on the banner systems installed on the outer walls of D.W. Williams Hall. This is an exciting opportunity to have thousands of viewers see your work as they drive off of interstate 10 or 25 down University Avenue past the campus of New Mexico State University. The UAG Banner Project is open to all students, as well as amateur and professional artists.
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Magic pills for all that ails you, emotional, psychological & physical. Wouldn’t it be a dream if all those ails could be remedies by the transformative power of art? Today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Andrea Costantini, offers us at least an escape, if not a remedy, from the weight that holds you down.
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