CALL for ENTRIES: Open 2018

Posted on August 24, 2018August 24, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

the PRICKLY truth

Sometimes you just have to be open to trying new foods. So, when handed a nopales taco by a friend, I thought “why not”. Nopal is a common name for the pad of a cacti and sometimes refers to the prickly pear fruit as well. Fleshy & a little tart, the nopales in my taco really worked as a meat substitute. I’m not sure why I don’t eat more cacti. To what are you open? This next call is open to any thematic content. Investigate the opportunity…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net for Open 2018 & the Christopher E. Burke Fine Art Grant. $25 entry & no shipping. The theme is open to more than pencil & charcoal drawing, and one artist now receives a $500 grant. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Open 2018
from Art-competition.net

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ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+ (int’l)

MEDIA: Open to any still medium

THEME: Open “. . . . free from category, subject, and medium stipulation. Your art work can range from photo realism to abstraction; it is invited as your spirit of choice and is much appreciated as representation of a personal voice. There is a welcome ‘mystery’ behind this ‘tabula rasa’ of opportunity which is likely to bring forth stimulating varieties of life’s subjective legacies. ” –art-competition.net

DEADLINE: September 10, 2018

NOTIFICATION: September 20, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $25 for up to 3, $5 ea. add’l

AWARDS: 20 artists will be selected for an online group exhibit, “OPEN 2018” at Gallery25N; the exhibit and artists will be extensively marketed worldwide to over 26,000 people including art buyers, gallery owners, curators, collectors, etc. One artist will be selected to receive the “Christopher E. Burke Fine Art Grant“ of $500. That artist’s work will become the image of the exhibition and will be used on the invitation, video title screen and on all online marketing.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Flowers, Plants & Gardens

Posted on August 19, 2018August 21, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

presto PESTO

My menu has been pesto-riffic this month. Two visits to West Virignia resulted in my returning home with the bounty of someone else’s garden, and her basil crop is booming. Add a few walnuts (my preference over pine nuts), some parm & EVOO, and I have the best pesto on the block, if I do say so myself. This next Call wants to know about your flowers, plants & gardens. This is a perennial favorite, ha…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net for Flowers, Plants & Gardens 2018. $20 entry & no shipping. The media is pretty wide open too. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Flowers, Plants & Gardens 2018
from Art-competition.net

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ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+

MEDIA: Open to still media, including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, digital, prints, fiber art, collage, etc.

THEME: Flowers, Plants & Gardens “symbolize continual rebirth, fresh beginnings, fragile persistence, and alluring symmetry. Whether it is a single flower, a garden in full aromatic bloom or a ‘shy’ plant on a window sill, there is no mistaking the awesome complexity of the planet’s precious myriad types of vegetation. This abundance of flowers and greenery inspires and challenges the creative mind to redefine and/or simply glorify their splendor.”

DEADLINE: September 3, 2018

NOTIFICATION: September 12, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $20 for 1, $10 ea. add’l

AWARDS: $8,125 in cash & marketing prizes. (e.g. 1st place $500, 2nd Place $400, 3rd Place $300, etc) + helpful marketing. There will be 7 Winners and 10 Honorable Mentions.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Drawing 2018

Posted on July 28, 2018July 26, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

the EGGY truth

Sometimes you just need a win. In the kitchen, my win is usually an egg dish. I think of them as the basics — hard boiled, frittata, omelette, quiche. The skills used to make those four egg dishes include many of the fundamentals for cooking well. Drawing is a fundamental that helps support every other media pursuit for me from painting to photography, even fiber arts. This next Call wants to see YOUR drawing. Investigate…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net for Drawing 2018 & the Christopher E. Burke Fine Art Grant. $25 entry & no shipping. The theme is open to more than pencil & charcoal drawing, and one artist now receives a $500 grant. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Drawing 2018
from Art-competition.net

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ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+ (int’l)

MEDIA: Open to drawings in any medium including digital and experimental mediums

THEME: Drawing “Drawings present original art and the myriad languages of humankind — universal communication conduits. A drawing can be formal and refined, ,expressive and energetic, limitless and timeless; it can capture our thoughts with doodling, marks, lines, or shaded areas expressing our external world and our individual perceptions. It is a record of humanity and our valuable connections to each other. ” –art-competition.net

DEADLINE: August 27, 2018

NOTIFICATION: September 5, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $25 for up to 3, $5 ea. add’l

AWARDS: 20 artists will be selected for an online group exhibit, “DRAWING 2018” at Gallery25N; the exhibit and artists will be extensively marketed worldwide to over 26,000 people including art buyers, gallery owners, curators, collectors, etc. One artist will be selected to receive the “Christopher E. Burke Fine Art Grant“ of $500. That artist’s work will become the image of the exhibition and will be used on the invitation, video title screen and on all online marketing.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Abstract 2018

Posted on July 13, 2018July 13, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

something SALAD

For most people, the concept of salad is abstract at best –egg, chef, Caesar, Cobb, chicken. Something loosely defined by intent but not really definable. You can’t order a salad & know what you’ll get because everyone brings their own meaning to “salad”. Lately it always means spinach, mushrooms, strawberries & feta, but my mother jumps directly to the three bean variety. This next Call is waiting for what you will bring to abstract. Don’t miss your chance…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net for Abstract 2018. $20 entry & no shipping. The considered media is wide open too. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Abstract 2018
from Art-competition.net

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ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+

MEDIA: Open to still media, including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, digital, prints, fiber art, collage, etc.

THEME: Abstract “The artwork must be based on abstraction, where the subject or message is pushed to visual limits of abstraction so that there is little or no representation of the real world (as in nonrepresentational). The submitted artwork can be of any subject that is communicated in the power of abstraction. The composition elements of the work must rely on form, color, action, lines, marks, and texture to create a purely abstract work that engages the viewer and draws them into the intention of the artist’s work.”

DEADLINE: August 6, 2018

NOTIFICATION: August 14, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $20 for 1, $10 ea. add’l

AWARDS: $8,125 in cash & marketing prizes. (e.g. 1st place $500, 2nd Place $400, 3rd Place $300, etc) + helpful marketing. There will be 7 Winners and 10 Honorable Mentions.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

ARTIST of the DAY: Gabrielle Shannon

Posted on July 9, 2018July 10, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

"Copper Storm 1" (acrylic on canvas) by AAAD Artist of the Day, painter Gabrielle Shannon — *“Copper Storm 1” (acrylic on canvas) by AAAD Artist of the Day, painter Gabrielle Shannon*

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“. . . the brain mirrors the expanse of the entire cosmos… and beyond. Each moment is unique. Each moment is identical.” —Gabrielle Shannon

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For most of my life I felt I had a good handle on people as a species –essentially good & well-intentioned but deeply flawed. But the past few years have opened my eyes to my own bias & rocked my faith in good intentions. The work of today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Gabrielle Shannon, reminds me that the world is bigger than ourselves, bigger than our experience. Check our her full statement!

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Investigate the patterns of change with
AAAD Artist of the Day, painter Gabrielle Shannon!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Dreams 2018

Posted on July 3, 2018July 1, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

the DONUTS on the bus

I had a dream last night that I was a member of an elite task force who job was to stop the getaway of bandits driving cars with Boston-creme-doughnut wheels. I deployed tack strip which led to doughnut bits everywhere and creme filling running in the streets. Ummm, yeah, I’m concerned too. This next Call is all about your dreams. I’m betting you have something that fits this theme…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net for Dreams 2018 at Gallery25N (online). $25 entry & no shipping. The media is pretty wide open too. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Dreams 2018
from Art-competition.net

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ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+

MEDIA: Open to still media, including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, digital, prints, fiber art, collage, etc.

THEME: Dreams “artwork inspired by the artist’s visions of dreams –those windows into what might be called our subconscious reality. Reflections upon one’s dreams can have a short-term fleeting effect or a longer-term, even haunting, significance that influences one’s future choices and directions. . . . The artist might present a dream as a hazy, filtered reality from specific memories or from an explosion of abstract and surrealistic imagery –all of which may be emotionally captured as their own.”

DEADLINE: July 16, 2018

NOTIFICATION: July 27, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $25 for up to 3, $5 ea. add’l

AWARDS: 20 artists will be selected for an online group exhibit, “Dreams 2018” at Gallery25N; the exhibit and artists will be extensively marketed worldwide to over 26,000 people including art buyers, gallery owners, curators, collectors, etc. One artist will be selected to receive the Christopher E. Burke Fine Art Grant of $500. That artist’s work will become the image of the exhibition and will be used on the invitation, video title screen and on all online marketing.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: The Human Condition 2018

Posted on June 27, 2018June 28, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

all JUICED up

I have to learn to stop reading the comments sections on social media posts. Even when I think I found a safe, foodie-friendly post, I end up amazed by the viciousness of the battles over juice as the fiber-less evil cousin of fruit or the severing of parental rights over cereal as breakfast food. Do our food choices speak to the human condition, or is it how we judge others that speaks to our place in the world? I am always happy to hear your thoughts. This next Call would also like to know what you have to say about the human condition. Investigate…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net for The Human Condition 2018. $20 entry & no shipping. The considered media is wide open too. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
The Human Condition 2018
from Art-competition.net

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ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+

MEDIA: Open to still media, including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, digital, prints, fiber art, collage, etc.

THEME: The Human Condition “The visual narrative of the artist’s work should speak to the human condition: from joy to despondence, kind fortune to adversity, liberating freedom of expression to agonies of suppression. These myriad strongholds of energies, which hopefully inspire your works, should speak to us as they represent your brightest or darkest experiments and enlightening realizations in your life and should be represented as such here in your fine artwork for us to absorb and potentially integrate into our own lives. So, your submitted creations should express the subject as felt through the artist’s empathy or subjective eye of experience. The message is meant for us, the viewer.”

DEADLINE: July 16, 2018

NOTIFICATION: July 27, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $20 for 1, $10 ea. add’l

AWARDS: $8,125 in cash & marketing prizes. (e.g. 1st place $500, 2nd Place $400, 3rd Place $300, etc) + helpful marketing. There will be 7 Winners and 10 Honorable Mentions.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Shades of Green

Posted on June 1, 2018May 31, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

Tired of broccoli? Me too. Tired of kale? I think everyone is. What about purslane? It is a succulent herb that has a touch of a bitter overtone. It is technically a weed, but that just means it is easy to grow. If you don’t have it naturally growing in your yard, you can buy the seeds on the cheap. Try it in stir fry or salads. It might add a new twist on the green portion of your meal. This next Call wants to how your work is informed by all things green. And someone will win a $500 grant as well…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net for Shades of Green at Gallery25N (online). $25 entry & no shipping. The media is pretty wide open too. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Shades of Green
from Art-competition.net

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ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+

MEDIA: Open to still media, including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, digital, prints, fiber art, collage, etc.

THEME: Green “art that focuses on color, that is, a subject enhanced, here, by the use of the color green, in particular. The extent of this application to the composition is not a consideration in the judging of each piece. How the color green engages the viewer to enter the artist’s narrative defines these evaluations—nothing more. We look forward to receiving potential entries which capture a mood, relay a message, or inspire a viewer to interpret the artist’s work through their intuitive and perhaps methodical utilization of various green shades.” — art-competition.net

DEADLINE: June 11, 2018

NOTIFICATION: June 21, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $25 for up to 3, $5 ea. add’l

AWARDS: 20 artists will be selected for an online group exhibit, “Shades of Green 2018” at Gallery25N; the exhibit and artists will be extensively marketed worldwide to over 26,000 people including art buyers, gallery owners, curators, collectors, etc. One artist will be selected to receive the “Christopher E. Burke Fine Art Grant“ of $500. That artist’s work will become the image of the exhibition and will be used on the invitation, video title screen and on all online marketing.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Relationship

Posted on May 15, 2018May 14, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

CHEESE glorious cheese

I still get email about my relationship with food. A number of my friends & peers are vegan and are bothered by my cheese obsession. I dare say the majority of the people I know are vegetarian; therefore, any mention of meat ends in a little hate mail from frenemies. And I still regularly get the “why do you write about food” question even though we’ve been at it for almost 10 years now. I am surprised EVERY time. I forget people read what I write, ha. This next Call wants to know about your relationship to anything you care to share. How will you answer this Call?

Check out this Call from L.A. Photo Curator (online) for the Relationship exhibit. $20 entry, no shipping, plus art publication for ALL entrants. $20 entry and a curatorial them to which everyone can relate. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Relationship
from L.A. Photo Curator

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Photography

THEME: “Relationship is a word that can take on a wide range of meanings and characteristics. We all share many relationships: with our pets, with our friends, with money, with yourself, with each other, with our environment, etc. In the scope of this call-for-entry, I am looking for images that illustrate how you define a relationship that is important to you. Is it a challenge for you to get out of bed, because of your relationship with a nagging back? Is driving frustrating to you because____ (fill in the blanks)? Do you look forward to going to your weekly arts meeting because your friend is there, and you would like the relationship to go deeper? No matter how you define it, you cannot go through your day without experiencing a multitude of relationships. It’s your call!” — Timothy B. Anderson

DEADLINE: May 22, 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. Timothy B. Anderson has chosen The Sierra Club.

CURATOR: Timothy B. Anderson publishes Shadow & Light Magazine, 100-page bi-monthly photography magazine, which is now available in print. Anderson is also a publisher (Cygnet Press), and Editor-at-Large for black-and-white photography magazine, Adore Noir. You can see current examples of his photography at his personal site, below. He has juried throughout the country for ANMPAS, Review Santa Fe, Review LA, Photo Lucida, The Center for Fine Art Photography, The Gala Awards & The Palm Springs Photo Festival. He has photographed workshops by Elizabeth Opalenik, Joyce Tenneson, and was asked by the iconic photographer Lucien Clergue to document his nude outdoor location workshop in Béssége, France, in 2009.

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 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.

Category: Online Gallery

the PRICKLY truth

CALL for ENTRIES: Open 2018 from Art-competition.net

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

presto PESTO

CALL for ENTRIES: Flowers, Plants & Gardens 2018 from Art-competition.net

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

the EGGY truth

CALL for ENTRIES: Drawing 2018 from Art-competition.net

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

something SALAD

CALL for ENTRIES: Abstract 2018 from Art-competition.net

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

“. . . the brain mirrors the expanse of the entire cosmos… and beyond. Each moment is unique. Each moment is identical.” —Gabrielle Shannon

Investigate the patterns of change with AAAD Artist of the Day, painter Gabrielle Shannon!

the DONUTS on the bus

CALL for ENTRIES: Dreams 2018 from Art-competition.net

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

all JUICED up

CALL for ENTRIES: The Human Condition 2018 from Art-competition.net

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Shades of Green from Art-competition.net

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CHEESE glorious cheese

CALL for ENTRIES: Relationship from L.A. Photo Curator

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!

CALL for ENTRIES:
Open 2018
from Art-competition.net

CALL for ENTRIES:
Flowers, Plants & Gardens 2018
from Art-competition.net

CALL for ENTRIES:
Drawing 2018
from Art-competition.net

CALL for ENTRIES:
Abstract 2018
from Art-competition.net

Investigate the patterns of change with
AAAD Artist of the Day, painter Gabrielle Shannon!

CALL for ENTRIES:
Dreams 2018
from Art-competition.net

CALL for ENTRIES:
The Human Condition 2018
from Art-competition.net

CALL for ENTRIES:
Shades of Green
from Art-competition.net

CALL for ENTRIES:
Relationship
from L.A. Photo Curator

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