CALL for ENTRIES: Mixed Media, Collage & Digital

Posted on December 26, 2019November 6, 2020 by R.L. Gibson

a CITRUS dream

Oranges trigger holiday memories. So many different holidays, both secular and sacred, are celebrated during the month of December. And regardless of the holiday, you’ll always find someone whose memory of that holiday is triggered by the smell of oranges. My mother said that when she was a child, Christmas was the only time her family could afford citrus of any sort. I have incorporated citrus into my entire sense of winter because it is the only time I can find super sweet clementines. It is an odd sort of passing of the baton.

Now that most of the holidays have past, it is time to kick it into high gear. I am attempting another 30 paintings in 30 days. (I don’t hold out a lot of hope of finishing that in grand style.) Meanwhile I have 3 commissions & 3 shows that I desperately want to enter. I am no longer a member of the cult of busy. I don’t celebrate or glorify it. But I have certainly bitten off more than I can chew. How do you rank your art priorities? When you figure that out consider this Call.

Check out this Call for Entries from the Las Laguna Gallery (Laguna Beach, CA) for Mixed Media, Collage and Digital Art, $35 entry & 35% commission. Don’t miss this opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Mixed Media, Collage & Digital Art
from Las Laguna Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to mixed media, collage & digital art

DEADLINE: January 11, 2020

NOTIFICATION: January 17, 2020. If accepted, delivery of work is January 30-February 4.

ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to 3

SALES: The gallery will retain 35% commission on all sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: 2 Shows at Limner

Posted on October 11, 2019October 25, 2019 by R.L. Gibson

this is how we STEW IT

I making stew in the slow cooker today. *cues the Fall music* Like clockwork, soups and stews suddenly appear several times a week once the temperature outside drops 10 or 15 degrees. Old habits die hard, and I have no motivation to change this one since it only leads to easier dinners and more studio time. Other habits are worth changing though. Late night snacking has to stop (for me), and breakfast has got to get less boring. What norms do you want to change?

My studio habits are already on the move. I have been slowly shifting my work toward the studio work that will be my future. I’ve worked hard to change my thinking about the expected artist career arc, and the effect I allow the perception of others to have on my work. It started with a media change and progressed to extricating myself from multiple arts organizations that were all take and no give. It has now moved to considering opportunites based on desired outcomes versus how I feel about entering. I will still enter shows whose themes excite me, but I am better equipped to say “no” to shows that don’t serve my purposes.

With that process in mind, I am breaking another of my rules by publishing two calls in one post. They both come from the same gallery, Limner, that has a long curatorial and sales history to be dissected and interpreted by you. But these opportunities couldn’t be more different. One show is a more traditional juried show with standard risk, fees & commission with the possibility of a bonus publication award. The other show is a lightly juried, retail-oriented show that has no entry fee, but front loads the risk of no sales onto you with a hanging fee. The commission skews sightly less as the pieces get more expensive. Depending where you are in your career and what your current goals are, one or both of these shows can work for you. But you have to do the work to figure it out. No more auto-pilot. Let’s make that next year’s theme… no more auto-pilot.

These calls cover a wide spectrum of show options in one place. Check out these Calls for Entries from Slow Art Productions for Emerging Artists and Holiday Smallworks at the Limner Gallery (Hudson, NY). $35 & 35% for the Emerging Artist show. No entry fee & 35% after the first $100 on the Holiday Smallworks show. Both are open to all media and all artists. Carefully examine these opportunities…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Emerging Artists and Holiday Smallworks
at the Limner Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media. Note: Work submitted to smallworks show must be 18″ or under.

DEADLINE: October 31, 2019

NOTIFICATION: December 30, 2019 for Emerging Artists. Rolling Notifications for Holiday Smallworks.

ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to 4, for the Emerging Artists exhibit; no entry fee for the Holiday Smallworks, but there is a hanging fee. Do not waste your time or the gallery’s time applying for the Holiday show if you haven’t read the fine print.

SALES: SlowArt Productions will retain 35% commission on sales. The Holiday Smallworks show is commission free for the first $100. Note: Please do the math. The commission of the Holiday Smallworks show is calculated differently, and you should be aware BEFORE you submit work.

For complete details, Read the Full Calls!

CALL for ENTRIES: In Gold We Trust

Posted on August 22, 2019September 8, 2019 by R.L. Gibson

come home, HONEY

My local farmer’s market is almost done for the season. Because the market uses the parking lot between the American Legion and the post office, it is only available to us from late Spring to early Fall. The worst of it is that it will likely cut off my supplie of golden goodness, local honey.

My work has prominently featured golden hues lately, and I’ve fallen in love with some metallic Japanese watercolors. I’ve even spent some time making my own metallic watercolors, using honey as a humectant. Luckily, my paints don’t require Mason jars from the local farmer’s market. Have you fallen under the spell of the glint of gold, the glow of gamboge hue, or the warmth of yellow ocre? If so, here’s a great opportunity in San Diego. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Ashton Gallery @ Art on 30th (San Diego, CA) for In Gold We Trust. $35 Entry and 50% commission. I could find work for this call, could you?

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CALL for ENTRIES:
In Gold We Trust
from Ashton Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all 2-D & 3-D artwork that fits on a pedestal. Photography, fabric & journal pages are welcome if prepared for hanging.

THEME: Gold. “Do you have the ‘Midas touch’ with gold in your artwork? Let’s see what you have been creating. All that glitters is not gold… any of the metallic paints are eligible as well as golden colors (mustard, yellow oxide, yellow ochre, etc) . . . . makes it eligible.”

DEADLINE: September 22, 2018

NOTIFICATION: September 30, 2019

ENTRY FEE: $35 for the 1st, $5 ea. addl

JUROR: Leonardo Bravo, Director at Palm Springs Art Museum. He is the founder and organizer of Big City Forum, an interdisciplinary, social practice and curatorial research project that brings attention to emergent practices across design, architecture, and the arts. It provides an ongoing exploration of the intersections between these creative disciplines and new ways of knowledge making within the context of public space and social change. Over the last three years he has been the Director of Education and Public Programs wfth the Palm Springs Art Museum

AWARD: $1,000 in cash prizes

SALES: Ashton Gallery retains 50% commission for sale of artwork.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Redemption

Posted on August 21, 2019September 8, 2019 by R.L. Gibson

looking for one in a MELON

I fall in love with foods, binge needlessly and then tire of them quickly. It is a pattern. I have eaten enough watermelon this summer that the very notion of it is a little nauseating. I’m off in pursuit of something new, but I’ll make my way back to watermelon by next summer. I’m often that way with galleries as well.

I become enamored of the curatorial vision of a handful of galleries for a while, then tire when it feels like I’m seeing the same Calls from them over and over again. Sometimes you need to stretch your proverbial legs, take your work for a walk, explore new territorty. While on one of those searches, I came across this theme and thought it so relevant and current to my work, that I should give it a try. I offer it to you in case it is of interest…

Check out this Call for Entries from Skye Gallery (Providence, RI) for Redemption. $30 Entry & 50% commission. Take the time to research their previous shows and in-house artists. Is this show a good fit for you?

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Redemption
from Skye Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+, residing in the U.S.

MEDIA: Open to all media except film/video

THEME: Redemption. “In these times of unearthing atrocities & a growing shared conversation about our traumas personal, political & historic, the idea of healing & recovery sometimes feels past our fingertips and humanity’s capacity. This begs the question: What is redemption? What does it look like? Is it possible or just a human construct for the convenience for the ones who wound & institutions that oppress? What is the price to repair? Is there a moral economy?”

DEADLINE: September 20, 2019

NOTIFICATION: September 30, 2019

ENTRY FEE: $30 up to 3

JUROR: Gallery owner Jonny Skye (BA Visual Arts, Brown University, MAT Art Education, Rhode Island School of Design) will lead selection of artwork.

SALES: Art sales are split 50/50. Artist honors the split agreement for 3 months after exhibition.

For complete details, Read Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: No Big Heads 2019

Posted on August 13, 2019September 2, 2019 by R.L. Gibson

hugs & QUICHES

I make the best quiche in the world. Not hyperbole. (The quiche pictured here is not of my making.) You can say what you want, but I will not be dissuaded, ha. It is NOT, if fact, what I was hoping for as a ~~supper~~ super power, but it is what I got. My husband has decided that I am allowed to have a big head regarding this one topic; however, I suspect he’s just humoring me for fear his quiche connection will dry up before he learns my secret techniques and/or ingredients. Bwahahahaha.

This next Call indicates No Big Heads. Do I still qualify? Just kidding. I like this next Call because it ticks off a lot of great mileposts for many of us. It is an academic show, a resume builder, and it is in Alaska, a state missing on many of our resumes. The submission size is limited to 12″ or smaller in any direction, so shipping is cheap & easy, AND there are cash prizes.

Check out this Call for Entries from University of Alaska Hugh McPeck Gallery (Anchorage, AK) for 34th Annual No Big Heads Exhibit. $25 entry, 10% commission & cash awards too. This is open media self-portraiture, so if you’ve got work to offer, investigate this opportunity!

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CALL for ENTRIES:
34th Annual 2019 No Big Heads
from Hugh McPeck Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media

DEADLINE: September 12 2019

NOTIFICATION: September 16, 2019

ENTRY FEE: $25 per entry, limit 2

JUROR: April Bey grew up in the Nassau, Bahamas & now resides and works in L.A. as a contemporary visual artist and art educator. Bey’s interdisciplinary artwork is an introspective and social critique of American and Bahamian culture, contemporary pop culture feminism, generational theory, social media, AfroFuturism and constructs of race.

AWARD: $1000 for Best of Show & $1000 in other cash prizes

SALES: UAA encourages sales of work and charges a 10% commission. If your work is not for sale please clearly mark NFS on your application.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Art About Agriculture

Posted on August 2, 2019September 2, 2019 by R.L. Gibson

the APPLE of my eye

It is almost apple season ’round these parts, and I cannot wait. I grew up thinking Red Delicious apples were “apples”, and I wasn’t a fan. Not until I became a teenager did I understand there were many other varieties. Not until I moved to Tennessee did I realize how many varieties there really were. Now, I live within a few miles of an orchard with more varieties than I imagine I’ll never get around to trying. I appreciate being able to know about my food, about how it is grown and harvested and sold, and how those funds support the lives of my neighbors.

That connection to my food is what made me connect to this exhibit about agricultural awareness. I know that many of you are hoping to add a museum show to your resume, and this is a great opportunity to do just that. Your work doesn’t have to be literal or necessarily botanical to fit this curatorial them. Show them what you’ve got.

So, check out this Call for Entries from Santa Paula Art Museum (Santa Paula, CA) and the Ag Art Alliance for Art About Agriculture. $30 entry & 40% commission plus cash prizes. This is a great venue…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Art About Agriculture
from Santa Paula Art Museum

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media

THEME: Agriculture “art that in some way draws its inspiration from our agricultural heritage and/or contemporary agriculture. That inspiration may include (but is not limited to) depictions of rural landscape, farm animals, farm products, and rural life. Art that in a more abstract way deals with issues and ideas related to agriculture will also be considered.”

DEADLINE: September 27, 2019

NOTIFICATION: October 4, 2019

ENTRY FEE: $30 up to 3

JUROR: Works for this exhibition will be selected by a panel of the Ag Art Alliance’s curatorial staff. “The purpose of the exhibit is to promote awareness of agriculture by using art to explore its many facets – from workers to water, machinery to fields, and to the food that goes on our plates.”

AWARD: $500 in prizes will be awarded.

SALES: The Santa Paula Art Museum & Ag Art Alliance will receive 40% commission on all sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: The Bicycle 2019

Posted on June 28, 2019June 27, 2019 by R.L. Gibson

FOOD to go

I have a friend that is a competitive cyclist and one that owns a coffee cart that is powered by custom-built tricycles, meanwhile I can’t ride a bike or a trike, or at least I don’t think so. It has been a long time since I tried. My friend that rides long distances carries a small pack with water and snacks. I picked up the protein bars she recommended, assuming they would be of questionable taste and that the lack of TASTE would prevent me from eating them like candy bars. FAIL. They taste like coconut cookies — delicious. Ahhh. I’m trying to forgive her, ha.

Today’s call is all about the bicycle. I exhibited in this show last year, and the venue is beautiful. My interpretation of bicycle was NOT literal, so I was pleased to receive an acceptance letter. My work did not sell, but the returned work was well-packed and received in an appropriate amount of time. The entry fee is low; there are cash awards, and the commission is standard. I may enter again this year. How about you?

Check out this Call for Entries from Theatre Art Galleries -TAG (High Point, NC) for The Bicycle: Art Meets Form. $20 Entry, 40% commission & cash awards. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
The Bicycle: Art Meets Form
from the Theatre Art Galleries

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media. Subject matter must relate in some way to bicycles or cycling.

DEADLINE: July 26, 2019

NOTIFICATION: August 6, 2019

ENTRY FEE: $20 up to 3

JURY INFO: All entries will be judged from digital images. Awards will be selected from the original works of art.

AWARDS: 1st Place $500, 2nd Place $250 & 3rd Place $100

SALES: Theatre Art Galleries will retain a 40% commission on all work sold.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Content Matters

Posted on April 8, 2019April 9, 2019 by R.L. Gibson

SPRING greens

It is time for my seasonal obsession with ginger. I love ginger all of the time; however, about 4 to 6 weeks at the beginning of Spring, I am obsessed. I find ways to work it into every salad, entree & dessert. My family just smiles & nods, knowing that the ship will right itself soon. I think it happens because the weather has just warmed up enought to inspire thoughts of light and fresh fare, but our local harvest hasn’t quite made it to summertime bounty yet. High-quality ginger is available year ’round, and content matters.

This next Call has a deadline just around the corner (sorry for that), and it meets my resume criteria for this year (museums, publicly-funded galleries, collections or libraries). But the theme of “Content Matters” is what really pushed me to want to enter — achingly relevant. I am finishing a piece now that I think would be perfect, but, you know… jurors. We’ll see. If you are interested in a museum show and have work to offer, take a look at the details.

Check out this Call for Entries from Marin Museum of Contemporary Art (Novato, CA) for Content Matters. $35 entry, 40% commission. Delivery is nearly a month after notification, making shipping easier. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Content Matters from
Marin MoCA

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all U.S. resident artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media

THEMES: Content Matters ” ‘Content’ is the meaning conveyed by a piece of artwork – a message portrayed through images, symbols, marks, or stylistic treatment. Content communicates the artist’s point of view, their thoughts, beliefs and experiences, and it creates a response on the part of the viewer. “ MarinMOCA

DEADLINE: April 18, 2019 (PST)

NOTIFICATION: May 1, 2019 (posted on website)

ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to 3; $50 for 4-5 ($30/$45 for members)

JUROR: This exhibit will be juried by well-known San Francisco gallerist Jack Fischer, who has been exhibiting artists for over 15 years. According to Mr. Fischer, “The work I exhibit is from the heart and the gut.” Jack Fischer Gallery shows work from a diverse group of artists working in many genres including contemporary, visionary, self-taught, and intuitive.

AWARDS: 1st Place $500, 2nd Place $300 & 3rd Place $100.

SALES: Marin MOCA will retain 40% commission (30% for members) on sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Loss, Redemption & Grace

Posted on March 19, 2019March 17, 2019 by R.L. Gibson

I’ll take the PIE to go

There are a lot of customs surrounding death & food. Most people are familiar with people trying to feed the living by bringing the ubiquitous casserole to the living, but I’ve recently learned that many cultures feed the dead by leaving food on graves, from leaving a pie on the gravestone at Easter to pouring wine on the burial site. I don’t have a real understanding of the symbolism (if you do, LMK) behind the traditions, but I love the love it takes to want to feed someone pie and wine, even after death. THAT is devotion.

My work has centered around human bones for a while now. Bones indicate a pattern for me, both for the living and the lost. I prowl cemeteries with a sense of joy, not mourning. Gravestones are monuments for the living of the best in those no longer able to create new memories. They are, without doubt, often erected out of obligation, but even in obligation, they document a lifespan as an accomplishment, no matter how brief. If they include additional details, they are rare ugly, even if the truth is ugly. This next Call speaks to me because if offers the opportunity to react to loss from a place of truth, not obligation or memorialization. I am also excited about an open opportunity in Atlanta, a rarity.

Check out this Call for Entries from EBD4 (Atlanta, GA) for Loss, Grace & Redemption. $40 Entry & 50% commission. The jurors are researchable, and this venue offers a rare Atlanta opportunity. Take a look…

CALL for ENTRIES:
Loss, Redemption & Grace
from EBD4

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“a platform to examine edgy, daring and thought-provoking contemporary artwork, which traditionally may not be available in a commercial setting”

ELIGIBILITY: Open to American artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media.

THEME: What is your response to grief? Have you spoken to loss through artistic expression? Have you been inspired to answer injustice with the energy of creation? Share your interpretation & response to loss, redemption & grace.

DEADLINE: March 31, 2019

NOTIFICATION: April 15, 2019

ENTRY FEE: $40 up to 3, $10ea. addl

JUROR: Elyse Defoor, director of EBD4, will serve as curator. Jerry Cullum, Ph.D. & Teresa Bramlette Reeves, Ph.D., will serve as jurors.

AWARD: 3 cash awards totaling $800 –for Best in Show, 1st place & 2nd place.

SALES: EBD4 will retain 50% commission.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Small Works 2019

Posted on January 22, 2019January 20, 2019 by R.L. Gibson

villainous FRUIT

I blew my grocery budget this week. I ran out of vanilla, almonds, pecans & walnuts all at one time. I may or may not have fallen prey to a Pinterest recipe that called for what seems like all the avocados in California, ha. Avocado toast is the villain once again. I see a lot of rice and beans for the end of the month. Do you rule your budget or does your budget rule you?

One of the most common stumbling blocks to productivity that I hear from artists is budget. Some media are incredibly expensive, some are not. We don’t always choose our media; sometimes it chooses us. So what do you do when you can’t afford 16 new tubes of oil? I have a friend that has become a master of mixing and regularly stocks only 6 colors. Early on, he did only monochromatic work that allowed him to stock only 3 tubes. I’m not suggesting this is your answer; I don’t have the answers. But I know that I must create, so I must find a way.

For years, I only did work that was under 12″ x 12″. Because I worked on gallery wrapped canvas or cradled wood I could ship anything I made via USPS Priority Mail for $8 or less. Now that I’m working on paper, I am torn between framing affordably small pieces or adding huge chunks of museum-quality matting to increase the negative space. That means you’re average 8″ x 10″ piece is 16″ x 20″ framed and 18″ x 24 “x 4″ by the time it is wrapped & packed & shipped. That doesn’t go anywhere in the continental U.S. for less than $36 bucks, and $50+ internationally, each way. This next show is for work 10″ x 10″, so if I work the math backwards, I would have to do 4″x4”. Hmmm, challenge accepted.

So, how about you? Do you normally work small or is this a challenge for you? Entry is cheap & the size means shipping is cheap. Check out this Call for Entries from The Studios of Key West & Lemonade Stand Gallery (Key West, FL) for 2019 Small Works Exhibit at the Sanger Gallery. $14 Entry & 50% commission. This show has a multi-year history for you to research. Is this right for you?

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CALL for ENTRIES:
2019 Small Works Exhibit from
the Lemonade Stand Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media. Finished work, must be 10″ or less including the frame.

DEADLINE: March 1, 2019

ENTRY FEE: $14 per piece entered

SUBMISSION NOTE: “When applying, please send the most clear image of your work. This year we would also like to have an on-line reception, giving the accepted art an even better chance to sell. The better your photos that we receive via this entry process, the more of a chance we will put it on-line. White backgrounds are preferred for this, but not required.”

SALES: The gallery will retain 50% commission on sold work. All artwork must be for sale, and artists will be paid by May 31, 2019.

Category: Art Sales

a CITRUS dream

CALL for ENTRIES: Mixed Media, Collage & Digital Art from Las Laguna Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

this is how we STEW IT

CALL for ENTRIES: Emerging Artists and Holiday Smallworks at the Limner Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Calls!

come home, HONEY

CALL for ENTRIES: In Gold We Trust from Ashton Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

looking for one in a MELON

CALL for ENTRIES: Redemption from Skye Gallery

For complete details, Read Full Call!

hugs & QUICHES

CALL for ENTRIES: 34th Annual 2019 No Big Heads from Hugh McPeck Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

the APPLE of my eye

CALL for ENTRIES: Art About Agriculture from Santa Paula Art Museum

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

FOOD to go

CALL for ENTRIES: The Bicycle: Art Meets Form from the Theatre Art Galleries

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

SPRING greens

CALL for ENTRIES: Content Matters from Marin MoCA

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

I’ll take the PIE to go

CALL for ENTRIES: Loss, Redemption & Grace from EBD4

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

villainous FRUIT

CALL for ENTRIES: 2019 Small Works Exhibit from the Lemonade Stand Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES:
Mixed Media, Collage & Digital Art
from Las Laguna Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
Emerging Artists and Holiday Smallworks
at the Limner Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
In Gold We Trust
from Ashton Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
Redemption
from Skye Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
34th Annual 2019 No Big Heads
from Hugh McPeck Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
Art About Agriculture
from Santa Paula Art Museum

CALL for ENTRIES:
The Bicycle: Art Meets Form
from the Theatre Art Galleries

CALL for ENTRIES:
Content Matters from
Marin MoCA

CALL for ENTRIES:
Loss, Redemption & Grace
from EBD4

CALL for ENTRIES:
2019 Small Works Exhibit from
the Lemonade Stand Gallery