CALL for ENTRIES: The Bitters

Posted on January 17, 2018January 17, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

cheers TO YOU

A family member gifted me with some orange bitters over the holidays. It was supposed to be a snarky jab at newly found inability to keep my opinions to myself. I accepted it with a smile, a nod and a feigned chuckle. It was an ironic gesture of politeness in the face of passive aggressiveness. The jokes on them though; the martini’s have been fantastic. This Call wants all the bitter you can muster. They’re reading my mind…

Check out this Call for Entries from Whitdel Arts (Detroit, MI) for The Bitters 2. $15 Entry & 33% commission, plus investigating how can you not have something to say about this one? Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
The Bitters 2
from Whitdel Arts

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“In times of cynicism, disgust and hopelessness, we look for outlets to express our frustrations, as well as our aspirations for action and change. We decided to take one of our favorite exhibitions and reboot it in this current time of disillusionment and subjective truth. Whitdel Arts is currently accepting submissions for The Bitters 2: We’re Fucked. This exhibition will explore how we currently cope with lies, greed, conflict, inequality, and paranoia – with all the sarcasm, and overall disenchantment that made the first “The Bitters” exhibition so satisfying. “ –from whitdelarts.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all media

DEADLINE: February 3, 2018

NOTIFICATION: February 9, 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: Faces of Humanity

Posted on January 12, 2018January 13, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

THAI tofu

I was out having Thai food for lunch with a friend lately. I ordered massaman curry with shrimp; she ordered green curry with tofu. I will never understand. I said, “Tofu?”, and she replied, “of course, it is my favorite”. Seriously? I am certain there are a lot of people who appreciate tofu as a vegetarian-friendly protein that will take on the flavors of other foods. But she looked me in the face and said, “it is my favorite”. NO. It isn’t really anyone’s favorite, is it? I was looking at the face of deprivation, right? Someone explain tofu to me. Again. Please. This next Call wants to see the Face of Humanity, not necessarily of a tofu lover (assuming those really exist, ha). Investigate this opportunity…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net for Faces of Humanity. $25 entry & no shipping. The media is pretty wide open too. Take a look…

CALL for ENTRIES:
Faces of Humanity
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: Faces of Humanity “For this group exhibition the curators will be selecting artwork that communicates the diversity of humanity by capturing the emotion, beauty, love, hope, and wisdom as seen in the faces of people from different cultures.”

DEADLINE: February 5, 2018

NOTIFICATION: February 19, 2018

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

AWARDS: 20 artists will be selected for an online group exhibit, “Faces of Humanity 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: 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: Brutal Beauty

Posted on December 5, 2017December 5, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

OVERCOOK me not

The worst crime against food is over-cooking, in my opinion. Meat gets tough; veggies get mushy. It all ends up tasteless. Plus, the longer you cook food, the more nutrients are lost. Vitamin C is particularly sensitive to heat. I keep finding more and more benefits to a raw food diet. This next call wants to see your view of the human form, the nude in raw form. I like this twist on a figurative call, AND they pay return shipping…

Check out this Call for Entries from Lexington Art League (Lexington, KY) for Brutal Beauty. No entry fee, and this show has a 30-year history. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Brutal Beauty
from Lexington Art League

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media

THEME: A contemporary exhibition of the human figure that speaks to our innermost instincts for satisfaction, pleasure, and comfort through work that invites us to examine the qualities that we are unable to avoid, but often hide from others. This exhibition seeks to convey a rawness that is universal while revealing our desires and limitations in a boldly honest approach to the way we experience the human form.

DEADLINE: December 17, 2017

NOTIFICATION: December 21, 2017

ENTRY FEE: No entry fee for 6 works (10 images). Please note that if shipping, you are responsible for the cost of shipping TO the gallery, but Lexington Art League will pay for return shipping.

SALES: Lexington Art League will retain 30% commission on all sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Tiny Acts

Posted on December 4, 2017December 4, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

Eating local is a tiny act that can have a huge impact. It isn’t a possibility for everyone, but I advocate eating local-ish. Chose the food that came from the place closest to you. Sometimes that is all you can do. Your taste buds will thank you, and it does reduce the emissions of the transport to your table. Right now, I can still get cherry tomatoes from not too far away, and I am eating them on everything. This next Call wants to you to explore tiny acts of rebellion. This is a great curatorial theme.

Check out this Call for Entries from the Woskob Family Gallery (State College, PA) at Penn State for Tiny Acts Topple Empires. This is another great academic opportunity, and entry is only $20! Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Tiny Acts Topple Empires

from Woskob Family Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to any practicing artist creating work in the United States, with the exception of those currently enrolled in an undergraduate degree-granting program, is eligible to submit.

MEDIA: All media considered. The gallery is best-suited to displaying 2-D work, but can consider smaller and/or wall-mounted sculptural work & video. No size restrictions, but please note that wall height from ceiling to baseboard is 100”.

THEME: Rebellion. Bhandari invites artists to consider the manifold expressions of rebellion, and how they might be manifested in contemporary art. The exhibition takes its title from a quote in a 2004 essay by Danusha Goska, in which she writes, “when we study the biographies of our heroes, we learn that they spent years in preparation, doing tiny, decent things before one historical moment propelled them to center stage and used them to tilt empires.” The curator will consider work that engages with all types of rebellion: formal, material, political, and otherwise. Artworks engaging with notions of rupture, disruption, and change are sought.

DEADLINE: December 15, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $20 for up to 3

CURATOR: Heather Darcy Bhandari is a New York City-based curator, writer, and arts advocate. Her book Art/Work, written with Jonathan Melber, will be published in its second edition by Free Press this month. Bhandari was a Director at Mixed Greens gallery in New York City from 2000 to 2016 before becoming Director of Exhibitions at Smack Mellon in Brooklyn, New York. Bhandari is currently developing independent curatorial projects, teaches at Brown University, and serves on the board of directors of visual art at Omi International Art Center.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Time Machines

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

childhood FAVORITES.

I spent part of this weekend in a Virginia State Park. Every year the park lights their train tunnel and serves hot chocolate & s’mores while musicians echo familiar carols in the background. As the temperature dropped to the mid-thirties, I made my way to concessions & was handed a steaming paper cup with a plastic spoon to stir my powdered mix. After my first sugary sip, I was transported to my childhood, as if by time machine, complete with melted marshmallow mustache. Thanks to Natural Tunnel State Park for the trip. ♥ This next Call wants your vision of the passage of time. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery (Worcester, MA) at Worcester State University for Time Machines. $25 Entry for this academic show. We all have thoughts about the passage of time. Share yours…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Time Machines from Mary
Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media

THEME: Open to work that reflects any aspect of time: personal, historical, cosmological, past and future, real & imagined.

DEADLINE: December 1, 2017

NOTIFICATION: December 22, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $25 for up to 3

JUROR: Lisa Crossman is a Boston-based art historian, curator & editor whose interests include supporting underrecognized mid-career & emerging artists & making art accessible to a broad public in fun & meaningful ways. In her current position as Koch Curatorial Fellow at the Fitchburg Art Museum, she’s organizing shows of regional contemporary art & collaborating with Fitchburg State University’s faculty & students.

AWARDS: First Prize $300, Second Prize $200 & Third Prize $150

SALES: The Gallery will retain 25% commission on sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for SUBMISSIONS: $1000 Artist Grant

Posted on November 19, 2017November 20, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

VEGGIE dough

Variety in the produce department is on it’s way out with the onset of winter temps. Initially it feels dire –momentary panic. But by the time winter arrives, Dec. 21st this year, I will appreciate the nutty sweetness of root veggies and the silky texture of winter squash and a rainbow of beans. Plus, the cost of my weekly produce goes down by a third leaving more money for art supplies. Woohoo! This next Call offers a great opportunity to stock your studio supply closet too. Take a look…

Check out this Call to Artists from WorkingArtist.org for the $1000 Artist Grant. $25 entry & an email. It doesn’t get any easier. Don’t miss this one…

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CALL to ARTISTS:
Artist Grant
from workingartist.org

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“The Working Artist Grant/Art Purchase Award is a meager one-time art award intended to disperse small but vitalizing bursts of funding to support an artist’s ongoing art making process.” –workingartist.org

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to visual media, including but not limited to drawing, painting, conceptual, installation, prints, sculpture, new media, mixed media, photography & video.

DEADLINE: December 31, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $25 for up to 5

AWARDS: If selected as the winner, the award recipient must exchange one of their original works or smaller series of original works for inclusion into a collection, in return for the award. Work considered by the artist as of equal value, and available for acquisition can be negotiated upon receipt of the award. Shipping costs will be paid by workingartist.org.

Category: Art Exhibit

cheers TO YOU

CALL for ENTRIES: The Bitters 2 from Whitdel Arts

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

THAI tofu

CALL for ENTRIES: Faces of Humanity from Art-competition.net

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!

OVERCOOK me not

CALL for ENTRIES: Brutal Beauty from Lexington Art League

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Tiny Acts Topple Empires

from Woskob Family Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

childhood FAVORITES.

CALL for ENTRIES: Time Machines from Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

VEGGIE dough

CALL to ARTISTS: Artist Grant from workingartist.org

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES:
The Bitters 2
from Whitdel Arts

CALL for ENTRIES:
Faces of Humanity
from Art-competition.net

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:
Brutal Beauty
from Lexington Art League

CALL for ENTRIES:
Tiny Acts Topple Empires

CALL for ENTRIES:
Time Machines from Mary
Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery

CALL to ARTISTS:
Artist Grant
from workingartist.org