CALL for ENTRIES: Monsters

Posted on January 21, 2018January 22, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

toe-mate-OH

Winter is bearing down on my culinary sensibilities; it does every year. In need of tomatoes for a recipe, I ventured into the produce section of my local grocer on a mission. I was greeted with $4/lb. hot house tomatoes shipped in from a climate that should not require a hot house for them to flourish. The most amazing part is that I only had to buy one. Why? Because the one tomato I bought, while beautifully folded like so many of my favorite heirloom varieties, was dense like a cannon ball and nearly three-quarters the size of my head. Monster tomatoes are in a store near you. (Spring can’t come soon enough.) In the meantime, your monstrous work is welcomed by this next Call. It is the first Call for this online publication; don’t miss out…

Check out this inaugural Call for Entries from N.Y. Photo Curator (online) for the Monsters exhibit. $20 entry, no shipping, plus art publication for ALL entrants. $20 entry for this unique call. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Monsters
from N.Y. Photo Curator

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Photography

THEME: Monsters. “Teratology. Cryptozoology. Therianthropy. All of these terms are related to the study of monsters. Monsters are at once foreign and familiar, and they take on a good deal of cultural work, reflecting back to us our own monstrous side as well as representing “otherness”. Protectors or destroyers, they elicit reflection on the complexities of our nature . . . As a society, we consume monster-centric media in mass quantities, from volumes of fairy tales to horror flicks to serial killers presented on screen and in podcasts. From Totoro to Pan’s Labyrinth, be they gentle or malicious, monsters demonstrate a broad and intensely creative diversity of form, and there is a rich art historical archive of images and sculpture dating back centuries and reaching across cultural boundaries.“ –Anne Eder

DEADLINE: January 31, 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. Anne Eder has chosen the Fleisher Art Memorial.

CURATOR: Anne Eder is an interdisciplinary artist and educator from Philadelphia. She holds an MFA in Photography and Integrated Media from Lesley University College of Art and Design where she studied with Christopher James and has been employed as an adjunct professor. Eder teaches courses in alternative and material processes in photography and in interdisciplinary projects, and will be joining the roster of educators at Harvard University and at Penumbra Foundation in NYC this spring. She is also a reviewer for Lensculture.

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: Food

Posted on January 10, 2018January 11, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

GREEN filler

I am the queen of comfort food. I know that the secret to award-winning mac ‘n’ cheese is Dijon mustard. I know that a light coat of olive oil under the sauce prevent pizza crust from getting soggy while baking. I know a dust of cayenne makes the chocolate sauce on your sundae sing. But this week, my only comfort is salad. Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years and then vacation. I have eaten everything that won’t run from me –none of it on the light side. Different food for different feels (and fills). This next Call wants your take on food and sustenance. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from The Passporte (online gallery) for Food Photography. There is no fee & submissions are limited to a single entry. Take a look at this opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Food Photography
from The Passporte

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Photography

THEME: Food – “Food in art can be a celebration of culinary joys, an exploration of society and culture, and, of course, a fascinating aesthetic exploration. Whether mass-produced or home-cooked, an elaborate restaurant affair or a meal-for-one over the kitchen sink, food means more than just sustenance.” –passporte.com

DEADLINE: January 28, 2018

NOTIFICATION: February 18, 2018

ENTRY FEE: None

AWARDS: Photos from eligible submissions will be selected for a group exhibition & displayed on ThePassporte.com & highlighted through social media to over ten thousand viewers.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Wide Open 9

Posted on January 8, 2018January 9, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

completely CRACKED open

I don’t have an electric can opener. Any time someone cooks in my kitchen, they are puzzled by my lack of this appliance. (Insert obligatory I-don’t-buy-single-use-gadgets explanation here.) In my defense, I don’t eat that many foods that come in cans, and a large percentage of the few canned foods I do eat come with pop tops –even my guilty secret canned salmon. The most commonly “opened” foods in my house are eggs and nuts… and fortune cookies. This next Call wants to see your wide open work, and the juror is fantastic…

Check out this Call for Entries from BWAC (Brooklyn, NY) for Wide Open 9. Discounts for early entry, a distinguished juror & cash awards. This is one of my favorite venues & the early bird deadline is just around the corner. Take a look…

CALL for ENTRIES:
Wide Open 9

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to U.S. artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media

THEME: Wide Open “encompasses all the possibilities of knowledge and freedom & love – wide open spaces…arms wide open…eyes wide open ‐ but as with all things, there is the inevitable opposite ‐ wide open to attack…corruption…failure. What kind of fantasy is this? What does it really indicate? This juried show looks to explore the idea of “wide open” in all the hidden niches of our collective psyche.” –bwac.org

ENTRY FEE: $45 up to 3, $5 ea add’l (early) or $65 up to 3, $5 ea add’l after Jan. 19th

DEADLINE: January 19, 2018 (early bird) or February 16, 2018 (final)

NOTIFICATION: March 19, 2017

JUROR: Carmen Hermo is the Assistant Curator for the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum. She has organized several of the initiatives &exhibitions celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Sackler Center. She is currently organizing the Brooklyn presentation of the Hammer Museum exhibition Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960-1985. Previously, Carmen was Assistant Curator for Collections at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (2010-16), where she served on the museum’s Young Collectors Council acquisition committee, and co-curated Now’s the Time (2012-13) and Storylines (2015). She has previously worked with the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Museum of Modern Art.

AWARDS: Best of Show Gold $1000, Best of Show Silver $500, People’s Choice $250, Curator’s Choice $250 & ten (10) $100 (ea.) Certificates of Recognition.

SALES: BWAC will retain a 30% commission on all exhibition sales.

For full details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Tangible Photograph

Posted on January 6, 2018January 9, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

not a HUNGRY holiday

I’ve been on vacation for a few days. It might be more accurate to say I’ve been eating for a solid three days. Before we set out, every restaurant was planned, and the challenge became how to fit in all the additional little eateries and diners that popped up en route. I was reminded, again, that fancy presentation & ingredients don’t make food more filling, more tangible, than the classics. I enjoyed the 7″ layer cake from the 24-hour diner just as much as the gatrique-dotted gastropub fare. This next Call wants your tangible, in the hand (not the stomach) photographs. I love this call…

Check out this Call from L.A. Photo Curator (online) for the Tangible Photograph exhibit. $20 entry, no shipping, plus art publication for ALL entrants. $20 entry for this unique call. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Tangible Photograph
from L.A. Photo Curator

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Photography

THEME: The Tangible Photography. “One of my favorite pastimes is exploring old junk shops & antique stores. I love vintage books, old photographs, ephemera, boxes, trinkets, weird oddities, games etc. I suppose I’m a nostalgic person, but the timelessness of these objects inspires me to create things myself that have a timeless physicality to them. I enjoy artwork that have visual impactfulness & a certain contextual materiality. I practice this in both my own art making as well as my publishing projects of other artists’ work. For this call for art I’m hoping to present works of photo-based art that truly transcend the notion of the 2-d (or screen) photograph. My hope with this exhibit is for viewers to expand their understanding of what photography is – or can be.” –Blue Mitchell

DEADLINE: January 14, 2017 (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. Blue Mitchell has chosen the Caldera Arts.

CURATOR: Blue Mitchell is an independent publisher, curator, educator & photographer. Based in Portland, OR, he has been involved with many facets of the photographic arts. After Mitchell received his BFA from Oregon College of Art & Craft in 2005 he founded One Twelve Publishing. One Twelve focuses on photography based projects in both print and online gallery formats. Aside from his publishing endeavors, Mitchell has also curated & juried exhibitions for a number of galleries and organizations. He has been a juror for Critical Mass & a reviewer for numerous photo festivals across the U.S.. Mitchell teaches workshops as well as presents lectures & panels discussions on hand-crafted photography. Most recently, he was the keynote speaker at the 2016 Northwest Symposium for Alternative Process Photography in Vancouver, BC.

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: 27th Nat’l OPA

Posted on December 29, 2017August 21, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

Learn more about the 27th National Juried Exhibition from Oil Painters of America!

swirl & DRIZZLE

Kitchen creativity is all about the art of substitution. I find that I am okay with juice instead of syrup in many dishes, but in savory dishes, I find oil replacements frequently leave me missing something. Have you had an olive packed in oil versus an olive packed in oil? There is no comparison. I’ll take a drizzle of sesame oil over almost anything. This next Call is all about the oils. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries for the 27th Annual National Exhibition (link disabled) from Oil Painters of America to be exhibited at the Steamboat Art Museum (Steamboat Springs, CO). $100,000 in awards including $25K Best of Show. Make us proud…

CALL for ENTRIES:
27th Nat’l Juried
from Oil Painters of America

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to artists residing in the U.S., Canada & Mexico

MEDIA: Representational oil painting

DEADLINE: January 26, 2018

NOTIFICATION: February 23, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $30 for 1 or $45 for 2 (plus membership fee of $70). More membership information can be found on the OPA website, under the Member Services tab. Out of Town Artists must pay a $25.00 fee online prior to their painting being hung. This fee covers the expense of uncrating, storage of crates, re-crating and contacting your shipper for return.

JURORS: James Bruce, Signature Member and OPA Board Member, will serve as chairman of a Jurying Committee consisting of five Master Signature and/or Signature members of OPA.

AWARDS: The total awards will be approximately $100,000, including a $25,000 Best In Show.

SALES: Commission of 40% is required by the gallery for all paintings sold.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more from Oil Painters of America!

CALL for SUBMISSIONS: Nat’l Native American Veterans Memorial

Posted on December 28, 2017December 29, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

vintage FOOD?

While on my way home from Virginia through North Carolina and on to Tennessee, I stopped in a number of “antique malls”, or junk stores as my mother would cal them, in search of frames for my own work. But I was struck by the number of meals ready-to-eat (MREs) for sale. I understand the attraction to un-expired MREs for survivalists & doomsday preppers, but why would anyone buy vintage beans? You can’t eat them. You can’t really open the package. Is it kitsch value? Someone please enlighten me. In the meantime, here is a Call celebrating Native American veterans. I am looking forward to seeing the winning design. You don’t have to be an architect or sculptor to apply.

Check out this Call for Design Submissions from The National Museum of the American Indian (Washington, D.C.) for National Native American Veterans Memorial. There is no entry fee, and designs need only be preliminary. Take a look…

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CALL for DESIGN SUBMISSIONS:
Nat’l Native American Veterans Memorial
from The Nat’l Museum of
the American Indian

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“Despite . . . . distinguished legacy spanning 2 1/2 centuries of American history, no national memorial yet exists—Native veterans & those serving today remain unrecognized by any landmark. With your participation, however, this will soon change.” — NMAI

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all

DEADLINE: January 9, 2018

NOTIFICATION: January 25, 2018 (Announcement of Stage II Participants)

ENTRY FEE: None

JUROR: A blue-ribbon jury of Native and non-Native artists, designers, scholars & veterans will judge the design submissions. Don Statsny, architect, urban planner and community facilitator, will oversee the competition.

AWARDS: Stage I will be an open call to submit design concepts. The jury will select up to five finalists to participate in Stage II. The second stage will require finalists to refine their concepts. At the conclusion of Stage II, the jury will review the submittals & select a design concept for the memorial. Semifinalist Honorarium—$25,000; Projected Design/Construction Budget—$8 million.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Courage Kenny Cards 2018

Posted on December 27, 2017December 28, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

screaming GREENS

As we approach the New Year, I keep having flashbacks to a screaming pressure cooker preparing collard greens each New Year’s Day. The sounds & smells have been spurred on because of my new electric pressure cooker, a gift from my mother for Christmas. Yes, I know that I normally shy away from large, trendy gadgets, but I just couldn’t resist. This one does more & replaces other small appliances, so I’m giving it a whirl. I’ve had two successful attempts in a row — Swiss steak then pork chops with apples. Maybe collard greens next. This next Call wants your reflections on the holidays. You likely have work for this one…

Check out this Call for Entries for 2018 Artists for Courage Kenny Cards. You can enter up to a dozen images for only $10. Artists are paid licensing fees & given credit on the back of every card. Proceeds help support rehabilitation & services for people with disabilities. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
2018 Cards
fm Courage Kenny

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“Courage Kenny Cards are high quality holiday cards . . . . Proceeds from the sale of these cards support rehabilitation, independent living & recreational services for people with disabilities.” from couragecards.org

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to two dimensional drawing, painting, illustration & photography.

THEMES: Holidays: Thanksgiving, Symbols of the Season, Winter City Scenes, Religious Christmas, Winter Landscapes & Winter Wildlife.

DEADLINE: January 7, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $10 for up to 12 entries

JUROR: A panel of judges from the greeting card industry reviews all entries.

AWARDS: Approximately 30 pieces of art are selected each year for reproduction on holiday cards. Artists receive a license fee, nationwide recognition through the distribution of more than 300,000 catalogs, promotional pieces, web site and other marketing. An artist photo, profile and web site link are featured on the Courage Kenny Cards web site.

The artist retains ownership and copyright of the artwork. The artist grants Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute the exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute the artwork on a Courage Kenny Card for five years. The artist’s name, copyright notification and title appears on the back of each card. Courage Kenny may change the title and/or add a border, design element or title to the art to create an appropriate marketable holiday card.

SALES: A license fee of $400 is paid to the artist for selected art.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: P/N 33

Posted on December 19, 2017December 19, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

There are benefits to only having to feed two people again. It is cheaper, and our menu is more diverse without a teenage palate with which to contend. But it has also been an adjustment. We eat a lot of leftovers because I still haven’t completely adjusted to smaller portion sizes. (Tip: One zucchini per person.) Pros & cons, as always. This next Call wants your positives and negatives. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Slocumb Galleries at ETSU (Johnson City, TN) for the Positive/Negative 33, a nat’l juried exhibit. Open theme considers most media. Don’t miss it…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Positive/Negative 33
fm ETSU Slocumb Galleries

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to U.S. artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to 2D & 3D media & video

DEADLINE: January 25, 2018

NOTIFICATION: February 5, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $36 for up to 3

JUROR: Margaret Winslow has curated exhibitions for the Neuberger Museum of Art & The Delaware Contemporary and assisted with exhibits for the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. In 2010, she attended Independent Curators International’s Curatorial Intensive in New York and in 2015, she served as juror for Art of the State: Pennsylvania at the State Museum of Pennsylvania, and the Hunting Art Prize in Houston, Texas in 2013. Winslow holds a BA in Art History from the University of Mary Washington and an MA in Modern and Contemporary Art, Theory, and Criticism from SUNY Purchase College.

AWARDS: Up to $1,000 in cash prizes ($500 for Best of Show, $100/ea Honorable Mention) and exhibit opportunities.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for PROPOSALS: Bernheim AiR

Posted on November 13, 2017November 8, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

foraged FOOD

Most people think of Spring as the prime food foraging season with flowers in full bloom & greens at their most tender. But don’t dismiss Fall. Mushrooms abound as well as a number of nuts and berries. For all those caffeine addicts, some holly leaves have more caffeine by weight than coffee beans, just don’t eat the berries, please. This next Call comes from a place home to one of North America’s largest collections of holly species & a large Edible Gardens. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Proposals from Bernheim Arboretum & Research Forest for 2018 Artists in Residency. There is a stipend but no entry fee. The gift of time is invaluable to every artist. Could this be the residency for you?

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CALL for PROPOSALS:
2018 Artists in Residency from Bernheim Arboretum

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media. Bernheim is most interested in work that furthers expands the artist’s practice & the interplay between visual art and the natural world. This program enhances the visitor experience through interaction with art & artists while fulfilling Bernheim’s mission of “connecting people to nature”, through the lens of art. Bernheim believes that if people recognize & benefit from the value found in nature, quality of life would be enhanced, hence motivating them to protect the natural world for both its practical & intrinsic value.

DEADLINE: January 14, 2017

NOTIFICATION: March 15, 2018

ENTRY FEE: None

AWARDS: Bernheim will provide comfortable housing in a beautiful wooded setting and an honorarium up to $2,500.00 USD**. This honorarium is to help offset travel expenses for artists visiting from afar. (Regional Artist in Residence can expect to receive a minimum of $1000 honorarium. Recipients of a Bernheim Regional artists include those currently living in Kentucky, Southern Indiana and the greater vicinities of Cincinnati, OH and Nashville, TN.) In exchange, artists will create a site-specific sculpture or project or exhibition, with least one mutually agreed upon work of art left to the Bernheim Foundation. There is also some form of public engagement required such as a lecture, workshop, demonstration or participation in one of ’s annual events.

Recipients are required to live and work at Bernheim for a minimum of four weeks to three months. Bernheim will provide comfortable housing in a one-room cabin with kitchen, AC, heating, Wi-Fi and a log-burning fireplace accessible from outside the arboretum. There is a lakeside studio that is heated, with electricity, concrete floors, a utility sink, and a large, well-lit wall. *Editor’s Note: Of the amazing amenities Bernheim offers, one of them is an Edible Garden that provides food served daily in their cafe, another being wild edibles classes. Just FYI.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Embracing our Differences

Posted on October 16, 2017October 16, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

i always need TACOS

I eat SO MANY tacos. Because I travel so often, I find picking a good restaurant, be it counter service or table, has odds not unlike roulette (37 to 1). But I have consistently had great tacos, nearly everywhere. I rarely meet anyone that doesn’t like a good taco. They are like the great joiners of people. Aside from being bad eating-while-driving food (due to the mess), I can eat a taco almost anywhere with almost anyone. Differences seem to disappear. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the answer to embracing our differences was a simple as the ordering from the local taco truck? It isn’t, but until we find a solution and do the work, this next Call wants your ideas about coexistence. Take a look…

Check out the Call for Entries for the Annual Embracing our Differences Exhibit in Sarasota, FL. Your work on a billboard, no entry fee & $3000 in awards. Plus, this is a great way to try on public art for size. Don’t miss this opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Embracing our Differences

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: 2 Dimensional work (photography, digital, collage, drawing, painting, etc.)

DEADLINE: January 9, 2018

NOTIFICATION: Announced online at their website by mid-March, 2018

ENTRY FEE: None

AWARDS: A total of $3,000 USD will be presented in the form of three separate awards – $1,000 each for “Best-in-Show Adult;” “Best-in-Show Student;” and the “People’s Choice.”

JURY PROCESS: Both “Best-in-Show” awards will be granted by a three-judge panel of art professionals. The “People’s Choice” award will be determined by visitors to the exhibits.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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Category: January 2018

toe-mate-OH

CALL for ENTRIES: Monsters from N.Y. Photo Curator

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

GREEN filler

CALL for ENTRIES: Food Photography from The Passporte

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Wide Open 9

For full details, Read the Full Call!

not a HUNGRY holiday

CALL for ENTRIES: Tangible Photograph from L.A. Photo Curator

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

swirl & DRIZZLE

CALL for ENTRIES: 27th Nat’l Juried from Oil Painters of America

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

vintage FOOD?

CALL for DESIGN SUBMISSIONS: Nat’l Native American Veterans Memorial from The Nat’l Museum of the American Indian

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

screaming GREENS

CALL for ENTRIES: 2018 Cards fm Courage Kenny

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Positive/Negative 33 fm ETSU Slocumb Galleries

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

foraged FOOD

CALL for PROPOSALS: 2018 Artists in Residency from Bernheim Arboretum

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

i always need TACOS

CALL for ENTRIES: Embracing our Differences

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES:
Monsters
from N.Y. Photo Curator

CALL for ENTRIES:
Food Photography
from The Passporte

CALL for ENTRIES:
Wide Open 9

CALL for ENTRIES:
Tangible Photograph
from L.A. Photo Curator

CALL for ENTRIES:
27th Nat’l Juried
from Oil Painters of America

CALL for DESIGN SUBMISSIONS:
Nat’l Native American Veterans Memorial
from The Nat’l Museum of
the American Indian

CALL for ENTRIES:
2018 Cards
fm Courage Kenny

CALL for ENTRIES:
Positive/Negative 33
fm ETSU Slocumb Galleries

CALL for PROPOSALS:
2018 Artists in Residency from Bernheim Arboretum

CALL for ENTRIES:
Embracing our Differences