CALL for ENTRIES: Lab.8

Posted on May 14, 2017May 11, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

PASTA perfection

Fettuccine alfredo is the picture of pasta indulgence for many folks, but I have an artery-clogging love for pasta carbonara. If you haven’t had this egg-y, cheese-y, bacon-y deliciousness, I warn you that one taste could ruin all other pasta for you. I like a little extra cream and a few sun-dried tomatoes & fresh green peas in mine, but I’m guessing some of you didn’t need to hear anything after bacon, ha. This next Call includes a shot at an exhibition in Rome, from hence carbonara originates. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Malamegi Lab for the Lab.8 Art Contest. Awards for this contest include an exhibit in Rome, a cash prize, a book & collaborative collection opportunity. Don’t miss this one…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Lab.8
from Malamegi Lab

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists (int’l)

MEDIA: Open to drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, graphics, mixed media & video.

DEADLINE: June 28, 2017

ENTRY FEE: €40 subscription ($43.46)

AWARDS: 12 artists will be selected for the final exhibition of the competition at the Loft Gallery in Rome. At the end of the collective exhibition, among the 12 selected, one artist will be awarded a cash prize of €1,000 (~$1086.22 USD). A collaboration will enable the winning artist will allow the development an entire collection of works which will be advertised & presented to a commercial network. A monographic book will be dedicated to one of the finalists. The monography will be curated by Malamegi Lab with the support of final exhibition’s curators.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: 32nd Classic

Posted on May 11, 2017May 11, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

hot TAMALES

My child volunteered me to make tamales for his entire Spanish class. He then neglected to schedule being home to assist me. (Fear not; I didn’t strangle him.) I love tamales, and I love making tamales. The smells are earthy, the masa is fluffy & husks are the perfect wrapper. I often make the ones that are tied at each end because I prefer the masa to filling ration. They are more common in north Mexico and Texas. And whaddya know… this next Call also hails from Texas. This is a prestigious opportunity for representational artists…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Bosque Arts Center for the 32nd Annual Bosque Art Classic. Enter for as little as $15 and be eligible for lots of cash prizes. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
32nd Art Classic
from Bosque Arts Center

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists, 18+ (int’l)

MEDIA: Open to representational art. Categories include: Drawing, Oil/Acrylic, Pastel, Sculpture, Water Media & Mixed Media.

DEADLINE: May 22, 2017

NOTIFICATION: Mailed by July 14, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $15 per (online) or $25 per (on CD). Note: 4 entries required to be eligible for John Steven Jones Award.

JUROR: Teal Blake credits his authenticity as a western artist to “simply being fortunate enough to work & ride alongside” his “friends & muses.” He has been featured in such magazines as Western Horseman, Western Art & Architecture, Southwest Art, Ranch & Reata, and The Cowboy Way. Teal has garnered repeated honors in the Bosque Art Classic, plus the Joe Beeler CAA Foundation Award and 1st Place Watercolor at the Phippen Museum. In 2014 joined the prestigious Cowboy Artists of America, quickly proving himself at CAA shows, winning silver in 2015 & gold in 2016.

AWARDS: 1st place ($1000 ea.) & 2nd place ($500 ea.) awards are given to pieces in each category. Additional awards include the Art Patrons Purchase Award $1,000 (in addition to the sale price), New Entrant Award $1,000, the Boren-Selvidge Award $1,000, and the coveted John Steven Jones Purchase Award* $5,000 (not in addition to the sale price).

SALES: BAC Art Council retains 25% commission on all sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: 10x10x10

Posted on May 10, 2017May 8, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

small FOODS

Two of the most used utensils in my kitchen are ice cream scoops, and neither gets used for ice cream. We haven’t make full pans of brownies or cornbread or cake in years. We use those scoops to portion everything from quiche to bread in muffin tins. With everyone on the go, we find single-serving sized foods make for fewer excuses for not taking quality food from home. As a gallerist, I’ve found that small works often take the I-don’t-have-room objection off the table too. This next Call wants the best of your small work. This is a great opportunity…

Check out this Call for Entries from Tieton Arts & Humanities (Tieton, WA) for the 10 x 10 x 10 exhibit, a small works show. This is open internationally, and the fully-illustrated, hand-bound, hardcover catalogue is a great perk! Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
10 x 10 x 10 from
Tieton Arts & Humanities

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists (int’l)

MEDIA: Open to all media, but no larger than 10″ on any side.

DEADLINE: June 16, 2017

NOTIFICATION: June 26, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $30 for 2, $10 ea. add’l

JURORS: Lloyd Herman was the founding director of our national craft museum, the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art museum and, after 20 years at the Smithsonian returned to the Northwest. For the past 25 years he has worked as a museum planner (Museum of Glass, Tacoma) & guest curator of exhibitions for museums, traveling exhibition services and the U.S. Information Agency.

Gia Hamilton currently serves as the Joan Mitchell Center Director, an artist residency program of the Joan Mitchell Foundation in New Orleans; which acts as a place based, community centered incubator for visual artists, curators & arts professionals to connect with each other and the larger community. She is an organizer & founder of the Afrofuture Society. She serves on the board of Tulane University’s Newcomb Museum, Alliance for Artist Communities & New Orleans Video Access Center.

AWARDS: Each accepted entry will be featured in a fully illustrated, hand-bound, hardcover catalogue of the exhibit. Each accepted artist will receive one copy of the catalogue.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Spectacular

Posted on May 9, 2017May 8, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

EAT it all

People always ask about my favorite food. Some days it is goat cheese. Well, a lot of days it is goat cheese. But some days it is lamb or strawberries or pesto or pomegranate. I am open to every food. Fickle stomach. This next Call is also completely open to your wish or whim. Send them your best…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Las Laguna Gallery (Laguna Beach, CA) for the spectacular exhibit. Sales commission is only 25%. Don’t miss this opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
spectacular
from Las Laguna Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists (int’l)

MEDIA: Open to all* media, including (but not limited to) assemblage, collage, digital art, drawing (graphite, charcoal, colored pencil), encaustic, fiber art, illustration, mixed media, new media, painting (oil, acrylic, watercolor, airbrush), pastel & photography (traditional or digital). No jewelry, video or sculpture.

THEME: Open Theme. Open to a full spectrum of work and interpretation.

DEADLINE: June 6, 2017

NOTIFICATION: June 12, 2017

GUEST ARTIST: Lisa Clarke

ENTRY FEE: $35 for 1, $1 ea. add’l

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

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Solo Showdown

Posted on May 8, 2017May 8, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

EATING alone

So, I’ve been in potato rehab for about 3 weeks now. I am trying to conquer the problem, but all I can do is dream about chips coated in dark chocolate. I have forbidden my family from bringing chips or chocolate in the house. I can behave when I have witnesses, but when I’m alone… look out. This next Call wants to reward you and you alone. Trust me, this is better than chips & chocolate. The deadline is looming…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Fort Worth Community Arts Center for Solo Show[down]. $25 entry & only 25% commission. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Solo Show[down]
from Forth Worth
Community Arts Center

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists (int’l)

MEDIA: Open to all media

DEADLINE: May 15, 2017 (midnight CMT)

NOTIFICATION: June 1, 2017

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

JUROR: Jennifer Casler Price has held the position of curator for Asian and non-Western art at the Kimbell Art Museum since 1993. She has also juried exhibitions for the Dallas Business Comm. for the Arts, the San Antonio Art Museum League & the Fort Worth Main Street Arts Festival. Price has been a member of the Assoc. of American Museum Curators (AAMC) since its founding in 2001.

AWARDS: Grand Prize Winner receives a solo show in the Main Gallery at Art7 & a honorarium of $2000. Runners Up receive a group exhibition occurring simultaneously as the solo show in the Back section of the Art7 Gallery. And, the People’s Choice award goes to a single artist who receives the most likes on Facebook will receive a cash prize of $250.

SALES: FWCAC retains 25% commission

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Color

Posted on May 3, 2017May 2, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

TASTE perfection

These days most produce is waxy, cartoon-saturated perfection. Take baby-shaped carrots. We can’t handle carrots with their roots and imperfect skin, so now we whittle them down to miniature perfection. The other day I picked up a head of iceberg lettuce and promptly put it back down because it was pale-colored. I’ve been influenced too. Colorful food is wonderful & healthy & flavorful, but perfection is unnecessary & wasteful. This next Call is colorful, but not wasteful. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from F-Stop Magazine for Color, (Issue #83). No entry fee, and it is a gorgeous publication opportunity. Take a moment to look at the last few issues. You’ll be inspired. We can’t wait to see your images published here…

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CALL for SUBMISSIONS:
Color, Issue #83
from F-Stop Magazine

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

THEME: Color

MEDIA: Photography

DEADLINE: May 15, 2017

PUBLICATION: June 1 1, 2017

ENTRY FEE: None

AWARDS: Selected artists/photographers will have images published in Issue #83

ABOUT F-Stop: F-Stop Magazine is an online magazine featuring contemporary photography from established & emerging photographers from around the world. Each issue has a theme that the unites the images to create a dynamic dialogue. Founded in 2003 and published online, bi-monthly.

For complete details, Read the Guidelines!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Summer Solstice

Posted on May 2, 2017May 2, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

SWEET harvest

While my friends are dreaming of picnics awash with super-size sandwiches and fresh squeezed lemonade, I crave fruit salads. My childhood was fulled of canned fruit cocktail, coconut & marshmallow concoctions; so my adulthood is ripe with freshness. Most of the year I try to take in moderate amounts of sugar, but fresh, summer fruits like apples & pears, starfruit & guava, berries & melons are more than I can resist. I’m hoping you can’t resist this next Call, which is also all about summer. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from LibertyTown Arts (Fredericksburg, VA) for a nat’l juried exhibit, Summer Solstice. $25 Entry & 40% commission. Be sure to investigate this opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Summer Solstice
from LibertyTown Arts

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“On Midsummer, the Northern Europeans light massive bonfires to summon the suns rays to make sure their summers are long and bright. It is a time of celebration and family. This June we would like to summon a bit of sunshine to our gallery to make this summer as joy filled as possible.” –from libertytownarts.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to artists, age 16+

MEDIA: Open to all media

DEADLINE: May 20, 2017 (10pm EST)

NOTIFICATION: May 22, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $25 for 1, $5 ea. add’l up to 10. (Members $15 for 1, $5 ea. add’l).

JUROR: Carole Garmon, Professor of Art, holds an MFA (1996) & a BFA (1993) in sculpture from Virginia Commonwealth University. She has taught at UMW since 1998 and is a recipient of UMW’s Outstanding Young Faculty Member Award. In addition to numerous private collections, her work has been exhibited at the Main Art Gallery & 1708 Gallery in Richmond, the WPA/Corcoran Museum in D.C., as well as Peru & Germany.

AWARDS: First Place $250, Second Place $150 and Third Place $75

SALES: LibertyTown keeps a commission of 40% on all show sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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ARTIST of the DAY: Heather Robinson

Posted on May 2, 2017May 2, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

"For the Sake of Richness" (acrylic & fabric on panel) by Heather Robinson — *“For the Sake of Richness” (acrylic & fabric on panel) by Heather Robinson*

“I have a magpie-like attraction to bright, colorful, decorated objects, but an orderly mind, a love for the grid and a strong schooling (from my architectural design studies) to mistrust the superficial.” —Heather Robinson

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Four weeks left until my home, studio & storage space are cut in half. I am trying to make the hard decisions about need versus want, necessary versus nourishing. There is a time & place for everything, but finding those times and places is an art form all its own. I fell in love with the work of today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Heather Robinson, whose “Attraction” series explores some of these very themes. I find it a comfort to know that others, both known & unknown to me, experience my thoughts & feelings & challenges as there own. We are not alone.

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Identify yourself in the work of today’s AAAD Artist of the Day,
painter Heather Robinson!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Axis 12th National

Posted on April 25, 2017April 25, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

penny FOODS

Have you noticed that the only a handful of foods are regularly sold in dozens. Eggs & pastries are most common, but there are a few others, like oysters and hot wings. As I understand it, it started because 12 pence = a shilling, and a shilling was a convenient unit of measure for 12 eggs, a pence per. This next Call costs more than a shilling to enter, but it is the 12th in the series. Open to any media…

Check out this Call for Entries from Axis Gallery (Sacramento, CA) for the 12th National Juried Exhibition. This juror is well-known and, therefore, easy to research. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
12th Nat’l Juried
from Axis Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to artists residing in the U.S.

MEDIA: Open to any media including painting, prints, drawings, photography & digital images. (Sorry, no video)

DEADLINE: June 1, 2017

NOTIFICATION: June 26, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to 3, $10 ea. add’l

JUROR: Founder of the highly controversial Coagula Art Journal, Mat Gleason is an internationally recognized art critic and curator of contemporary art. Gleason’s sharp analytical tongue and ability to articulate aesthetics served him well in analyzing and critiquing competitive body painting in the Ru Paul-hosted “Skin Wars: Fresh Paint”, the television series where he sat as one of the regular judges in its lone season on network television.

He has lost count of the number of exhibitions he has curated and while blogging, writing about art and continuing to publish a milder print version of his magazine, operates Coagula Curatorial, his gallery of contemporary art on Chung King Road in L.A.’s Chinatown. A southern California native who hates all of the Bay Area’s sports teams, especially the A’s, he lives with his wife (artist Leigh Salgado) and dog (Aybar) near the city of Vernon, just south of Downtown L.A.

AWARDS: Cash awards and a printed exhibition catalogue.

SALES: Sales are encouraged. The gallery will retain 40% commission on any work sold.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Senses working Overtime

Posted on April 24, 2017April 25, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

all my SENSES

I used to be very visually tuned in to my food. And, while I still love a beautifully composed plate, I find that the soft give of a melon or the earthy smell of mushroom gills are really what drive my appetite. I demand more from food these days; I want all the sensations. This next Call also wants you to use all of your sense. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from L.A. Photo Curator for the Senses working Overtime exhibit. $20 entry, no shipping, plus art publication for ALL entrants. Take the sensory challenge presented to help you stretch your creative muscles. Explore…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Senses working Overtime from
L.A. Photo Curator

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“One of the first things I talk to my students about is the challenge of experiencing a scene or subject with four or five of our senses and then translating those feelings into a two-dimensional frame and image. I might be standing on a beach, watching a beautiful sunset, feeling the sand beneath my feet, listening to the waves crash and the gulls chirp and smelling the salty ocean breezes, but how do I distill all the sensory information, other than visual, into a photograph?” –from Peter Bennett via laphotocurator.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Photography

DEADLINE: May 6, 2017 (Midnight PST)

NOTIFICATION: (and opening date) May 26, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $20 for up to 3. 20% of artist fees go to 2 charities per competition –half goes to the curator’s choice of charity & half goes to the first place winner’s chosen charity. Peter Bennett has chosen the charity Friends of the L.A. River.

CURATOR: Peter Bennett has been a successful travel & environmental photographer for over 25 years and has his work appear in numerous publications and books worldwide. In 2015, he formed Citizen of the Planet, LLC, devoted exclusively to the distribution of his work and stories on sustainability and environmental subjects. Since 2009, Bennett has been teaching at the Los Angeles Center of Photography. Bennett has been photographing & documenting the Los Angeles River since 2008. His work on the river has been exhibited in numerous recent shows and will be the subject of an upcoming book.

SALES: All sales are conducted between the artist & buyer. There is no commission.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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Category: Art Exhibit

PASTA perfection

CALL for ENTRIES: Lab.8 from Malamegi Lab

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

hot TAMALES

CALL for ENTRIES: 32nd Art Classic from Bosque Arts Center

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

small FOODS

CALL for ENTRIES: 10 x 10 x 10 from Tieton Arts & Humanities

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

EAT it all

CALL for ENTRIES: spectacular from Las Laguna Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

EATING alone

CALL for ENTRIES: Solo Show[down] from Forth Worth Community Arts Center

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

TASTE perfection

CALL for SUBMISSIONS: Color, Issue #83 from F-Stop Magazine

For complete details, Read the Guidelines!

SWEET harvest

CALL for ENTRIES: Summer Solstice from LibertyTown Arts

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

“I have a magpie-like attraction to bright, colorful, decorated objects, but an orderly mind, a love for the grid and a strong schooling (from my architectural design studies) to mistrust the superficial.” —Heather Robinson

Identify yourself in the work of today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, painter Heather Robinson!

penny FOODS

CALL for ENTRIES: 12th Nat’l Juried from Axis Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

all my SENSES

CALL for ENTRIES: Senses working Overtime from L.A. Photo Curator

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES:
Lab.8
from Malamegi Lab

CALL for ENTRIES:
32nd Art Classic
from Bosque Arts Center

CALL for ENTRIES:
10 x 10 x 10 from
Tieton Arts & Humanities

CALL for ENTRIES:
spectacular
from Las Laguna Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
Solo Show[down]
from Forth Worth
Community Arts Center

CALL for SUBMISSIONS:
Color, Issue #83
from F-Stop Magazine

CALL for ENTRIES:
Summer Solstice
from LibertyTown Arts

Identify yourself in the work of today’s AAAD Artist of the Day,
painter Heather Robinson!

CALL for ENTRIES:
12th Nat’l Juried
from Axis Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
Senses working Overtime from
L.A. Photo Curator