CALL for ENTRIES: 20 St(art)ups

Posted on May 24, 2018May 22, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

GROCERY greenbacks

I have cut my own grocery budget in an effort to force myself to adapt to cooking for two instead of three. A small budget forces me to look for smaller portions of things bought by the pound like produce, cheese & meat. But once a month, I tack on a $50 to allow for a treat or two. That $50 makes all the difference. This next Call invites you to find out what an extra $5,000 art budget could do for you. Investigate this opportunity because the deadline is just around the corner…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Dean Collection for 20 St(art)ups, artist grants of $5,000 each. There is no cost to enter, no commission to pay. How much difference could $5,000 make to your art career? Apply today…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
20 St(art)ups
from the Dean Collection

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all media

THEME: Open to any theme. *Editor’s note: A short but detail business plan plus 4 images of work are required to apply.

DEADLINE: May 31, 2018

NOTIFICATION: Ongoing

ENTRY FEE: None

ABOUT: The Dean Collection, founded by Kasseem “Swizz Beatz” Dean and Alicia Keys, is a contemporary, family art collection focused on the support of living artists. In addition to being custodians of great artworks, TDC develops platforms that encourage progress in all facets of artistic practice. Following the success of No Commission, the art and music fair held in three continents worldwide, TDC presents The Dean Collection 20 St(art)ups #TDC20.

AWARDS: “We want to give 20 artists around the world $5,000 each, to throw their own art show, and let them keep 100% of the sales. Any medium. Any theme.” —dean-collection.com

SALES: No commission. “You keep what you sell so you can use this start up to be sustainable.”

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 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: Uplifting

Posted on April 26, 2018April 27, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

new SPINACH leaf

My diet has been less than ideal for the past month. I’ve been stress eating all the cheese and fried food I can get my hands on lately, and surprise, I’m feelin’ kinda crappy. I started this week on a positive note though. I’m turning over a new leaf this week, well lots of new leaves — spinach leaves, among other foods that support health and uplift my mood. Hopefully the tide will turn on the “yucks”. This next Call is looking for work to put in an uplifting position, in a literal sense. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Cultural Center of Cape Cod (South Yarmouth, MA) for Uplifting Art 2018, a public art installation (wrap) on elevator doors. No commission & no shipping. Here’s a way to get public art on your resume…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Uplifting Art 2018 from the
Cultural Center
of Cape Cod

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all* media that can be represented as a digital image / photograph. The elevator doors measure 36” wide x 80” high, which translates into a 1:2.2 ratio. (Portrait orientation.) Images that are more than half as wide as they are high may be cropped to fit the available space.

THEME: Three images will be selected, one for each elevator door in the Cultural Center’s Education Wing. The images, provided as high resolution digital files, will be reproduced on material to be affixed to the elevator doors for one year.

DEADLINE: May 4, 2018

NOTIFICATION: May 18, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $20 for 1, $5 for ea. add’l.

AWARDS: Each artist will receive a $250 stipend and acknowledgement with contact information at the site of the installation.

JUROR: Director’s choice. Please note, there is no personal feedback given by jurors.

SALES: All sales inquiries will be directed to the artist.

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 SUBMISSIONS: Bucktown Arts Fest

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

say CHEESE

I can’t imagine how many times I have written the words “I love goat cheese”. It is easy for me to for to write these posts and reveal my food soul and forget that people READ these posts. But when I give career development seminars, I have readers that show up (thank you) and have conversations with me about food that remind me that people know way too much about what I eat, ha. Recently at a seminar about branding yourself as an artist, I had someone bring me goat’s milk soap since they couldn’t keep goat’s milk cheese cold. ♥ This next Call doesn’t have a lot of requirements, but one of them is that your design must include a goat. No, I’m not kidding.

Check out this Call for Submissions from Bucktown Arts Fest (Chicago, IL) for Annual Poster Contest. This is a great resume builder for the winner. Take a look…

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CALL for SUBMISSIONS:
Annual Poster Contest
from Bucktown Arts Fest

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to 2D media, including but not limited to graphic design, digital illustration, pen & ink, drawing, painting, etc. All posters must be 18″x24″, include a goat (not kidding) & include specific text that can be found in the full call. Visit the gallery of past winners for reference.

DEADLINE: May 11, 2018

NOTIFICATION: May 31, 2018

ENTRY FEE: No entry fee

AWARD: $200 cash prize OR complimentary admission and booth at the fest (your pick). Plus, your artwork will be used to promote the Fest, including the Bucktown Arts Fest website, festival merchandise (posters, t-shirts, hangtags, postcards, program), collateral, press releases and signage.

ABOUT: The Bucktown Arts Fest is a non-profit, all-volunteer run, neighborhood celebration of the arts. All proceeds from the fest go to fund, develop and support arts education programming at Holstein Park and in the Bucktown/Wicker Park neighborhoods.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Bemis AiR

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

OLIVES & more

I tend not to buy in bulk, despite the benefits, because I live in a very small apartment. But, I am guilty of buy multiples. There are too many varieties of olives, specifically, for me to resist. I’ve gotten so carried away that part of my decision of what to buy is based on whether the jar is tall & skinny or short & fat. Ridiculous. The sponsors of this Call love artists so much, they invite them 10 at a time. You could be one of the ten…

Check out this Call for Entries from Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts (Omaha, NE) for 2019 Artist Residencies. Each session hosts 10 artists for a total of 30 opportunities WITH a monthly stipend. Consider this opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Color
from Bemis Center
for Contemporary Arts

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 21+

MEDIA: Open to a variety of disciplines are accepted including, but not limited to, visual arts, media/new genre, performance, architecture, film/video, literature, interdisciplinary arts, music composition & choreography.

RESIDENCY DATES: Jan. 23 – April 19, May 22 – Aug. 16 or Sept. 18 – Nov. 15 (10 artists per residency session)

DEADLINE: May 1, 2018

NOTIFICATION: August 15, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $40 USD. Artists who are interested in applying to all 2019 open call opportunities (January–April; May–August; and September–November) will be required to submit a separate application and application fee for each designated session.

JUROR: Residency applications are reviewed by a rotating panel comprised of artists and arts professionals, such as curators, academics, and/or critics. The application review process consists of an online review followed by on-site panel meeting. The review process takes 12–14 weeks from the application deadline.

AWARD: U.S.-based artists-in-residence (AiR) receive a $1,000 USD monthly stipend & add’l $500 USD travel stipend. Due to the limitations of B2 visas (touring/visiting), international artists are eligible to receive reimbursement of qualified expenses, such as airfare, ground transportation & meals. Selected artists-in-residence enjoy generous sized, private live/work studios complete with kitchen & bathroom. AiRs have 24-hour access to extensive installation and production spaces and the Okada Sculpture & Ceramics Facility, a 9,000 sq. ft. industrial space used for large-scale sculpture fabrication. This is a process-based residency; there is no expectation or promise of an exhibition.

For complete details, Learn more from Bemis!

Learn more from Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts!

Category: May 2018

GROCERY greenbacks

CALL for ENTRIES: 20 St(art)ups from the Dean Collection

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!

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!

new SPINACH leaf

CALL for ENTRIES: Uplifting Art 2018 from the Cultural Center of Cape Cod

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!

say CHEESE

CALL for SUBMISSIONS: Annual Poster Contest from Bucktown Arts Fest

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

OLIVES & more

CALL for ENTRIES: Color from Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts

For complete details, Learn more from Bemis!

CALL for ENTRIES:
20 St(art)ups
from the Dean Collection

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

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:
Uplifting Art 2018 from the
Cultural Center
of Cape Cod

CALL for ENTRIES:
Pushing Paper
from Barrett Art Center

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

CALL for SUBMISSIONS:
Annual Poster Contest
from Bucktown Arts Fest

CALL for ENTRIES:
Color
from Bemis Center
for Contemporary Arts