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CALL for ENTRIES: Road Trip!

Posted on June 8, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

BE a
PEACH!

Road trips are an excuse to throw all food rules aside and indulge in the local flavor. Whether it is a hot dog stand in a big city or on a baseball field, a slice of apple pie in the Appalachians or peach pie in the Peach State or a sampling of milk chocolate in Hershey. Don’t miss a chance to eat local. This next Call encourages you to share your best photos of your road trips, past or present. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Darkroom Gallery in Vermont called Road Trip. Enter your work for as little as $20. Don’t forget Darkroom Gallery offers free framing & matting on accepted entries!

CALL FOR ENTRIES:
Road Trip

A road trip is synonymous with nostalgia; they are opportunities for memorable moments of exploration and experience. The best road trips are the ones that offer us indelible experiences – experiences touching the things and people that we barely get to know and may never see again, but which leave lifelong impressions.

Where have you been? What and whom did you see? How did you see them? Whether it was from a convertible or a bicycle, on trailer or train, boat, parachute or via your own two feet, you’ve captured the essence of the freedoms and inspirations we feel being ‘on the road’. Show us the photographic moments you’ve captured that will inspire our next trip.
JUROR: Douglas Beasley has taught at the University of Hawaii, Carleton College, University of Minnesota, and the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. As Founder and Director of Vision Quest Photo Workshops, Beasley is offering his insights, emphasizing personal expression and creative vision, from New Mexico to Peru, China to Africa.

Beasley photographs a variety of fine-art based commercial and editorial assignments internationally. He is represented by galleries from Hollywood to Italy, and is the recipient of numerous fellowships, grants, and awards. His first book, “Japan; A Nisei’s First Encounter,” shows us his journey to his mother’s homeland. His second book “Earth Meets Spirit” will be out in the Fall of 2011.

PHOTO SUBMISSIONS:

Age: Entrants must be at least 18 years old. If younger, a parent or legal guardian may make the submission for you.

Ownership: All submitted photos must have been taken by the photographer making the entry.

If you are a parent or legal guardian submitting for a minor, please make it clear on the submission form.

Digital Submissions: All submissions must be made by digital files through:

1. Upload on the Dark Room Gallery website or

2. Sent via email to submissions (at) VermontPhotoSpace.com. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it along with an application form. There is a $5.00 surcharge for email entries.

3. Images should be as large as possible but no larger than 1280 pixels on the longest side, type jpg – set to the highest quality. DPI can be set to any number, but if you must specify something to go with 72 dpi.

FEES: Up to three images may be submitted for a fee of $20 US for on-line submission and $25 for email submission. Additional images may be submitted for an additional $5 US per image.

DEADLINE: Images and payment must be received by midnight EST on July 19, 2011.

NOTIFICATION: July 26, 2011

RIGHTS: Photographers retain all rights to their work, except for submissions accepted for exhibition: artists grant Dark Room Gallery/Vermont Photo Space the right to use their images to promote the exhibition on the website and for inclusion in an exhibit catalog.

Darkroom Gallery provides free matting and framing of accepted entries for the duration of each of their exhibitions, subject to standard sizes. Photographers set their own prices if they wish to sell their work, and retain all rights.

For the full Call for Entries, visit the website.

CALL for ENTRIES: Method Art

Posted on June 7, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

DEEP-FRIED

I’m craving chimichangas today. I don’t know why, but I would sell my second child for a carne adobada filled chimichanga. Admittedly I have only one child, but the sentiment remains. Yum. Maybe I should enter this next Call and enjoy a chimichanga in the very place they originated. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Method Art Gallery in Scottsdale, AZ for the Juried Photography Competition. You can enter up to 5 images for only $30, 10 images for $40 and 25 images for $50. What a deal…

CALL for ENTRIES: Method Art Juried Photography Competition

Call to both amateur and professional photographers for a juried photographic exhibition titled: “Dog Days of Summer.” Apply for a chance to show your work at one of the newest and most exciting galleries in the heart of the Scottsdale Arts District. This area is the 4th largest art district in the United States, guaranteeing your work to be seen by many art lovers. Method Art is a gallery where photography is not only strongly supported, but also highly celebrated.

This opportunity also includes exposure of your work during Scottsdale Artwalk every Thursday nights. This has been a 30 year long tradition of over 70 galleries opening up their doors to a large variety of artists and artwork. Don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity to showcase your work among many other artists in an extremely popular art district.

ELIGIBILITY: This competition is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 years or older as of the date the competition begins.

Categores include:
Professional Photographers – Anyone who makes a living or partial living as a photographer in any field.
Amateur Photographers – From beginner to enthusiasts and students. Anyone who has a passion for photography but does not earn any money from it.
Process Photographers – Where the development process is just as important as the composition. Traditional processes, mixed media, or alternative processes.
Sub categories are: landscape, nature, portrait, travel, action, macro, editorial and abstract.

MEDIA: The competition is open to both film and digital photography. This theme is open to interpretation and can include anything from hot summer landscapes, to portraits, summer gatherings, or anything else relevant to the summer season.

DEADLINE: June 30th, 2011

NOTIFICATION: On or about July 2nd, 2011

ENTRY FEE: Up to 5 submissions into the competition cost the competitor $30.00, additional photograph submissions are $10.00 for 5 more and $20.00 for 10 more.

JURORS: Preliminary judging will be done by a panel of judges chosen by Method Art. The decisions of the judges are final and binding.

Judges for the preliminary round:
Davin Lavikka – Owner of Method Art – Professional Photographer and Artist
Michelle Lavikka – Owner of Method Art
Jessie Herndon – Artist – Photography, Mixed Media, Interactive and Wood Sculpture
Ramy Sidarous – Fine Art Landscape Photographer

Final round Celebrity Judges:
Richard Rabinowitz, Founder of Digital Photo Academy
Jill Enfield, Fine Art Process Photographer, Teacher and Author of Photo Imaging: A complete guide to alternative processes

AWARDS: The cash prize fund is 10% of the total submission funds divided 4 ways for each category. The estimated cash prize is $500 for each category.

Up to 40 finalists will be selected from all eligible submissions. The 40 finalists will have their art work shown in Method Art Gallery for 60 days. The top artist in each category will have their art work shown in Method Art for one year.

For complete details, Download the Guidelines!

CALL for ENTRIES: Art Inter/National

Posted on June 5, 2011June 5, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

EAT your HEART out!

Reared in the south, my family would not have dreamed of getting our Sunday meal of fried chicken from the colonel. However, getting fried chicken from a whole chicken took forever. By the time chicken was being pulled from the cast iron skillet, we were starving. I always ran off with the chicken heart, liver, and gizzards before anyone could notice. These days I prefer my appetizers in the form of chicken pate, but I miss the sneaky treat of it all. This next Call for Entries involves a different sort of heart all together. This is an excellent opportunity…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Boxheart Gallery (Pittsburgh, PA) for the 2012 Art Inter/National Exhibition. There is no entry free and no media restriction on this exhibit. Don’t miss this chance!

CALL for ENTRIES:
The 11th Annual Art Inter/National, Here and Abroad 2012

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists.

MEDIA: Open to all media. Box Heart encourages diversity in the media used to create the work, in the artists and his/her interpretation of Art Inter/National. There are no limits or boundaries, no categories or types.

DEADLINE: November 1, 2011

NOTIFICATION: December 1, 2011

ENTRY FEE:
No entry fee.

AWARDS: A maximum of twenty (20) artists will be invited to participate in the 2012 Art Inter/national Exhibition. One artist will receive the Best of Show Award. This artist is awarded Box Heart “Artist of the Year” and receives their own Solo Exhibition in the 2013 Exhibition Year. This includes Gallery Representation with Box Heart Gallery.

SALES: 40% Commission on all sales. (All work must be for sale.)

SUBMISSIONS:
Click Here for the Artist Application.

1) Submit an Artist Statement describing your interpretation of Art Inter/National and how the space around you influences your creative process.
2) Submit a maximum of three (3) art works to be considered properly labeled with Name, Media, Size, and Price. Digital Images Only.
3) Submit supporting artist materials such as; artist resume and artist biography. (optional)

For complete details, Read the Prospectus!

ART MARKETING: Free Business Cards

Posted on May 31, 2011June 5, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

SPECIAL of the DAY!

Somehow, I have managed to escape collecting menus. Surprised? Me too. Menus are one of the first clues about the culinary delight awaiting you– be it fast food or four star. I love elaborately hand-crafted menus with embossed leather and corded tassels, but alas, I have no room for another collection. Restaurants now the value of the menu as a marketing tool. Do you know the value of art marketing tools? How about the simple business card?

Check out our FREE Business Cards Giveaway sponsored by AllBusinessCards.com! That’s right, folks! Follow the contest rules in this post, and you can be one of THREE winners of 500 custom-designed business cards. Don’t miss your chance for this freebie!

ART MARKETING: Free Business Cards

The business cards chosen by the winners can be single or double sided, printed on thick 16pt card stock, and have a Glossy UV finish, a Matte Finish, or can come uncoated.

ELIGIBILITY: The contest is open to US and Canadian entrants only (not my rule).

ENTRY FEE: None. Printing and shipping is included. These business cards cost the winners absolutely nothing.

CONTEST RULES:

1. Like us on facebook and leave a comment on this post letting us know you’ve liked us on facebook.

2. Follow us on twitter @artartdeadlines, then tweet about the contest including @artartdeadlines and @allbusinesscard. Then leave a comment on this post letting us know you’ve tweeted.

3. You can complete both tasks and just leave one comment on this post if you prefer.

DEADLINE: You must follow the rules and complete both the tasks by 11am EST on June 6, 2011 (my birthday, BTW) — 1 week from the date of this post.

NOTIFICATION: I will contact the 3 randomly-selected winners by email within 2 business days of the contest’s end.

Any questions? Email me.

CALL for ENTRIES: Cork Street Open in London

Posted on May 30, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

dem BONES dem BONES

I get questioned regularly about the role of food in this art blog. I understand your confusion. I know all artists are not foodies. I know you aren’t all going to run out and order roasted bone marrow for dinner. Food commentary is my distracted motivation. It helps me take a fresh approach everyday. So, try to learn from and enjoy the food references, but make sure to stay motivated enough to enter this next GREAT show in London!

Check out this Call for Entries for the Cork Street Open Exhibition held at both the Gallery at Cork Street and Gallery 27 in London. Enter almost any media online for as little as £20 (~$33 USD) for your shot at this London show by June 12th! Don’t miss out…

CALL for ENTRIES: Cork Street Open Exhibition

ELIGIBILITY: Any artist living anywhere in the world may enter. All work must be original, conceived and executed solely by the artist (with the exception of casts or other foundry production), and completed since January 2010.

MEDIA: All media except reproductions, film and video are eligible for exhibition. Work cannot exceed 60in (152cm) in any direction (inclusive of packing if coming from abroad) or 75 lbs. in weight. There will be no provision for work requiring special installation.

DEADLINE: June 12, 2011

ENTRY FEE: £20 (approx. $33 USD) for the first submission, and £12 (approx. $20 USD) for each additional entry, £18 (approx. $30 USD) for the first young artist (under 22 years) submission, and £8 (approx. $13 USD) for each additional entry.

JUROR: Stuart Semple is a British painter who has achieved widespread critical acclaim as a provocative image-maker, social commentator and visual spokesperson. His worldwide blockbuster exhibition schedule humbly grew from sales of his drawings for just a couple of pounds on eBay. Quickly his following expanded furiously and by the age of just 21 he had sold over 3000 works and held his first sell-out solo exhibition in London. He now exhibits worldwide, curates for leading institutions and writes for national publications, including a column for Art Of England. His canvases are preserved in the Getty, Langen, David Roberts and Niarchos foundations.

Giles Baker-Smith has been working at the heart of the London art world continuously for 25 years, specializing in nineteenth and twentieth century British and European painting, and contemporary art.

Martin Newman is the art critic and assistant news editor at the Daily Mirror. He graduated from Sydney University with a degree in literature and fine arts in 1991 and has worked as a journalist for almost 20 years and an art reviewer for the past dozen. He professes to liking all forms of art from classical realism to snow sculptures and video installations, and believes that art = beauty.

Laura Noble is a London based Artist, Writer and Director of Diemar/Noble Photography, a new Commercial Gallery in the heart of London’s West End. She lectures regularly and is the author of ‘The Art of Collecting Photography’ and primary essays in the following monographs: ‘Crazy God’ by Yvonne De Rosa, ‘Chrysalis’ & ‘Circus’ by Anderson & Low, ‘London’ by Lluis Real. She also contributes to magazines including: Eyemazing, Snoecks, LIP, Photoicon, Image, Next Level, Foam & Leisure Center and is Editor at Large for Photoicon Magazine.

Louis Singh says, “St Ives in the 1970s was a somewhat lazier place than today. Late morning deals were customarily made with cigarette in one hand and glass of sherry in the other. Back then my father had the Wills Lane gallery which ensured my mind was constantly flooded with images of the St Ives School as soon as my eyes had opened. When I was ten my parents opened the Beaux Arts gallery in Bath which continued to nurture these Cornish roots. These days with a sister gallery in London, minus the sherry, not much has changed. I busy myself by keeping the gallery from growing old by steering some youth and raw contemporary talent, towards its doors.”

AWARDS: More than £6,000 in Cash Awards and Prizes. Grand Prize £2,500 (approx. $4125 USD); Runner Up Prize £1,000 (approx. $1650 USD); Visitor’s Choice Award £750; Young Artist Prize £750; Cash Prize winners will also be featured in a second group exhibition of work at the Gallery in Cork Street in January 2012.

£300 Diemar/Noble Photogoraphy Prize – Selected by gallery director, Laura Noble this prize winner will receive a portfolio review from one of the gallery’s directors and will be invited to participate in the Diemar/Noble Photography Gallery’s seminar: Collecting Photography & The Photography Market

£150 Derwent Drawing Prize – A superb set of 120 assorted colour Derwent Artists’ Pencils in a beautifully crafted light mahogany finish wooden presentation box

£1,360 Your Art Image Prizes:

2 – Success is NOT an Accident – Home Study Programme worth £95 each
2 – Success is NOT an Accident – Interactive Online Courses worth £195 each
An Intermediate Art Business Consultation worth £295
An 8-week Art Business Coaching Sessions worth £485

SALES: All works must be for sale at the exhibition, prices set by the artist, and Cork Street Open Exhibition will retain 40% of the selling price half of which will be passed onto the selected charity. All sales of exhibited work must be undertaken by Cork Street Open Exhibition during the exhibition period. Payment of all prizes and for work sold during the exhibition will be issued to Artists less the 40% commission no later than Monday, 5 September 2011.

For complete details, visit the Cork Street website!

CALL for ENTRIES: Visions in Clay 2011

Posted on May 29, 2011May 29, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

O-LIVE you!

I have an unnatural love of olives. Stuff them with jalepenos, blue cheese or even the lowly pimento… I don’t care. I love olives so much I have a beautiful little dish I bought from a ceramics show specifically for olives shaped like a lovely little trough that prevents my having to chase olives all over my plate. One problem… the dish is no longer big enough. If you make it to the opening for this next Call, please find a new olive solution for me while you’re perusing the BEST in clay work, function or not. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the LH Horton Jr Gallery found on the campus of San Joaquin Delta College (California) for Visions in Clay 2011. Enter your clay work for $30 by June 6th with UNLIMITED detail images!

CALL for ENTRIES: Visions in Clay 2011

The LH Horton Jr Gallery is a non-profit art gallery located on the campus of San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton, California. The Gallery provides excellent exhibition opportunities, with over 2000 square feet of exhibition space, an extended 22 ft. ceiling with mounts, and over 1200 visitors to each exhibition.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists residing in the US.

MEDIA: Ceramic works of any thematic and stylistic presentation will be accepted for entry. Clay must be the primary medium, and works may be functional, decorative or sculptural. Assembled works may not exceed 4ft. in any direction, and 50lbs in weight.

DEADLINE: June 6, 2011

NOTIFICATION: July 1, 2011

ENTRY FEE: $30 for 3 work entries. Additional images of work and/or detail images may be purchased for $5 per image, limited to 3 additional work entries, for a total of 6 work entries and unlimited detail images.

JUROR: Judith S. Schwartz, Ph.D., has identified an international movement of artists who use clay confrontationally within the context of what might be called: art activism. This research culminated in the book, Confrontational Ceramics. She lectures internationally to bring ideas and artists together in the service of clay. Her current community service is spent for Watershed, a residency in Maine that supports serious artists to work in clay and the K-12 Foundation for early childhood education in the ceramic arts.

Schwartz has been a professor for 30 years (Director of Sculpture in Craft Media at New York University) helping young artists reach their potential. She started a Museum for Ceramic Art to open in NYC, and curates numerous exhibitions, some of which have received critical acclaim. She teaches studio courses in ceramic sculpture for undergrad and graduate students. She has received many awards, including the JD Rockefeller III grant in Art Education, the Everson Museum’s award for service and excellence in the field of ceramic education, Honors Award from the National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts, the Distinguished Service Award from The Clay Art Center in Port Chester, NY, and, most recently, a Fullbright (senior specialist category).

AWARDS: Best of Show: $1000, 2nd Place: $600, and 3rd Place: $350.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

CALL for ART ENTRIES: Toyed With

Posted on May 27, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

NO EXTRA
STARCH,
please!

Newer isn’t always better. Once upon a time, all fast-food french fries were similar to the yumminess that is McDonald’s fries. But about a decade ago, someone (to protect the guilty, I won’t mention their names) decided that all fast food fries needed to be crispier and started add weird stuff to mashed potatoes and extruding a fry-like stick that my family calls “starch sticks.” Luckily, the golden fries from the golden arches remain the same as always. This next Call gives you an opportunity to prove that newer isn’t always better.

Check out this Call for Art Entries for Toyed With a low-fidelity / alternative process photo show at Open Shutter Gallery in Durango, Colorado. Enter your photographs for $25, but be sure to make the July 8th deadline!

CALL for ENTRIES:
Toyed With

A juried exhibition for photographers working in low-fidelity or alternative process photography. Images must be shot with a toy or vintage camera and/or printed in an experimental or antique / alternative process.

ELIGIBILITY: This competition is open to all artists. Works must be original, created within the last two years and may not have been shown previously at Open Shutter Gallery. All works must be framed, ready to hang, and for sale.

MEDIA: Photographic images must be shot with a toy or vintage camera and/or printed in an experimental or antique/alternative process.

DEADLINE:
July 8, 2011

NOTIFICATION:
July 23, 2011

ENTRY FEE: First three entries: $25, each additional entry is $5 each.

JUROR: Michelle Bates has been a passionate photographer since she was young, and learned her way around a camera in 1991 at the Maine Photographic Workshops, where she first discovered the Holga. Since then, Michelle has shown work in solo exhibitions in the Pacific Northwest, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Israel; and in group shows internationally. She has photographed for weekly newspapers, album covers, performers, artists, and many others.

Michelle loves teaching, and has given lectures on plastic and toy cameras to groups all over the US, including the Society for Photographic Education, SF Camerawork, Powell’s Books, and the Creative Center for Photography. She teaches at the Photographic Center Northwest, Newspace (PDX), and photo schools and centers nationwide. Her book, Plastic Cameras: Toying with Creativity was published in 2006 by Focal Press and the second edition in October 2010, and was called the “complete and essential reference for plastic-camera shooters” by American Photo. Michelle is a member of Freestyle Photographic Supply’s Advisory Board of Photographic Professionals.

Michelle lives in Seattle, and also frequents Vashon Island, Portland (Oregon), San Francisco, and New York. She loves to road trip and fly away with her Holgas whenever possible.

SALES: A 50% commission will be retained on all artwork sold during the exhibition. Works should be priced accordingly and may not be changed after submission. Selected artists are encouraged to mat works in white and frame with black.

For complete details, visit the Toyed With website!

CALL for ENTRIES: NY Art Marathon

Posted on May 24, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

NITRO-FUELED
BRAIN FREEZE

I love new ideas in food. Iodiza, one of AAAD’s loyal readers, turned me on to Chin Chin Laboratorists, Europe’s only nitro ice cream parlour. They are using liquid nitrogen to make delicious creamy ice cream. So cool! This next Call for Art Entries is also a fascinating new combination. Take a look…

Check out this International Call for Entries for the NY Art Marathon. This is an interesting combination show. Everyone gets in the online show, and 10 people get a group show in NYC. Enter any media for as little as $25 by the June 15th deadline. I love the combination approach…

CALL for ENTRIES:
NY Art Marathon

The NY ART MARATHON is an international art competition, which offers its 10 finalists the opportunity to participate in a group show in New York City; a $3000 cash prize for the winner; a People’s Award for the most voted-for artist.

NYAM is a new type of art contest, where everybody gets rewarded. Each member of the NY ART MARATHON participates in the online group show. The first hundred participants receive their work reviewed by the curator.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists.

MEDIA: Any media and genres are welcome, from traditional to digital.

The theme for THE NY ART MARATHON Spring 2011 is
“NEW VISION = NEW WORLD. Break old canons, create new art.”

DEADLINE: June 15th, 2011

NOTIFICATION: Finalists will be notified by July 1st, 2011.

ENTRY FEE: There is an entry fee of $25 for the first image and $15 for every next image up to 3 images.

JUROR: The curator and juror for the NY ART MARATHON Spring 2011 is David Gibson, a well-known NY art critic and curator who has curated numerous shows all over the United States, reviewed by the New York Times, Art in America, The Miami Herald, New York Arts, New York Art World, WagMag, Time Out NY, The Cleveland Free Times, Sculpture Magazine, The Village Voice, and other publications. As an art critic, David Gibson published numerous catalogue essays, books and exhibition reviews. David Gibson taught and gave lectures at the University of Massachusetts, Indiana University, University of Central Florida, Christie’s Education, University of Wisconsin, School of Visual Arts NY, Pratt Institute NY, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Parsons School of Design NY, and other institutions, and was an interviewer and was himself interviewed on radio and television.

The board of the judges
also includes:

Highly-acclaimed artist Vitaly Komar is represented at some of world’s best museums and private art collections, and has been included in “100 Best Artists of the 20th Century.”

Alexandre Gertsman is New York’s premier dealer in contemporary Russian art. He represents well-known and established Russian-born artists and develops new, young, emerging artists. Mr. Gertsman has curated more than 40 traveling major museum exhibitions of Russian art throughout the United States, Europe, and Russia. He was also a Member of the Leadership Committee and Sponsor for the highly-acclaimed RUSSIA! exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. In 1993, Mr. Gertsman founded the International Foundation of Russian and Eastern European Art, which introduced the American public to the largely unknown and undiscovered world of Russian contemporary art.He furthered this with the formation of the American Friends of the Tretyakov Gallery founded in 2002, which supports and contributes to the programs of the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow and fundraises for the return of artworks by former dissident artists.

Jill Conner is the New York Editor of Whitehot Magazine (pictured left)and Editor of On-Verge. She is also a curator and contributor to Afterimage, ArtUS, Art in America, Interview Magazine, Performance Art Journal and Sculpture Magazine. Two summer 2011 exhibitions that she has curated are “Reverb: New Work by Vicki DaSilva,” at Able Fine Art Gallery and “Vestige” at the AIR Gallery.

AWARDS: 10 finalists participate in THE NY ART MARATHON group show in New York City during the month of July 2011. The Winner – chosen by the juror – receives a $3000 cash prize. The most voted-for artist receives the People’s Award and is featured for a year on the main webpage of THE NY ART MARATHON. Each week, the juror / curator selects several artists from the participants who submitted their artworks during that week. The selected artists receive an online group show with a review of their submitted artworks by the curator.

Each of the first hundred participants receives an online group show with the review of the submitted artworks by the curator. Each participant who is not in the first hundred or was not selected by the juror / curator during the week of their submission takes part in an online group show so every participant of THE NY ART MARATHON is rewarded. All online group shows are published on THE NY ART MARATHON’s blog and social networks.

For complete details, visit the NYAM website!

Int’l CALL for ENTRIES: Art in Nature

Posted on May 23, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

A MUDDY MARKET

An artistic presentation of food is second only to the taste. You wouldn’t eat food that looks like mud, would you? Art and design are constant themes running through our worlds. This next Call encourages you to see the art in all that surrounds you… from mud to microgreens…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Center for Fine Art Photography in Colorado for Art in Nature. The theme for this photography show is inspiring, and the entry fee can be as low as $20. Just take a deep breath, and dive in for the June 8th deadline…

CALL for ENTRIES: Art in Nature

THEME: Art in Nature can be seen from the subatomic to the cosmic. It can be raw, powerful, serene, destructive, fertile and delicate.

The theme is open to all interpretations.
Please join in the conversation.

ELIGIBILITY: The exhibition is open to all photographers world wide, amateur and pro.

MEDIA: The Center for Fine Art Photography invites photographers working in all mediums, styles and schools of thought to participate in all of its exhibitions.

DEADLINE:
June 8, 2011

NOTIFICATION:
June 17, 2011

ENTRY FEE: Members of C4FAP: $20 for the first five images. Non-C4FAP Members: $35 for the first five images.

JUROR: Nick Brandt‘s images have been described as “…an ambitious and ongoing photographic project to memorialize the vanishing natural grandeur of East Africa. Brandt’s monochrome widescreen panoramas of animals and landscapes capture an epic vision of Africa that has not been seen before. His iconic portraits of its majestic animals are filled with an empathy usually reserved for human subjects.”

In 2000, Brandt set upon a three part project that he calls “an elegy to a world that is tragically vanishing.” 90 photographs from this decade long project have been condensed into two recent publications On This Earth and A Shadow Falls. Further solidifying his commitment to the African wilderness, Brandt recently established the remarkable Big Life Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of Africa’s wildlife and ecosystems.

Brandt has had multiple solo exhibitions worldwide, including in New York, Los Angeles, London, Berlin, Sydney, Munich, Brussels, Amsterdam and Paris.

AWARDS: With selection for this exhibition, featured artist’s work will be seen by an international audience of collectors, curators, art consultants, and other advocates of fine art photography. Each participant will be included in the Center’s Main Gallery exhibition and Online Gallery exhibition.

Juror’s Selection:
$300, and feature on the blog

Director’s Selection:
$200, and feature on the blog

2 liveBooks Website Awards:
Valued at $399 from liveBooks.com

Honorable Mention Awards:
2 year membership and a three image submission to a call for entry at the Center.

For complete details, visit the C4FAP.org website!

CALL for ENTRIES: Art of the Plains 2011

Posted on May 22, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

BEIGE NO LONGER

When people hear “American Food” they think of a homogenous buffet of beige food, but American food is a great quilt of influences from around the world. For example, New Mexican Cuisine is also very different than the preferred Tex-Mex style of Mexican-American food in Texas and Arizona. One of its most defining characteristics is the dominance of the New Mexican chile—in red and green varieties, depending on the stage of ripeness when picked. Other distinctive elements include blue corn, the stacked enchilada, and sopapillas into which honey is added moments before eating. Eat a little for me at the opening of this next show…

Check out this Call for Entries from the American Plains Artists in Las Cruces, New Mexico for Art of the Plains 2011. All traditional media (no photography or computer generated) considered. The entry fee is $25 (plus membership), and the deadline for digital entries is June 4th. I have NEVER seen this many awards for one show EVER…

CALL for ENTRIES: Art of the Plains 2011

The American Plains Artists announce a call to artists for a juried exhibition, September 8 – October 30, 2011 at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, Las Cruces, NM.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to artists working in any traditional 2D or 3D fine art media in a realistic or representational manner reflecting the theme of the American Plains completed within the last three years, original work only and not previously shown with APA.

MEDIA: No photography or computer generated art accepted. We have to have both the image size of the artwork itself and the outside dimensions of the frame. The maximum size for 2D work is 1564 square inches including the outside dimension of the frame. An example of that is a 24″ x 36″ artwork with a five inch frame. Sculpture would be of moderate size and not exceed 100 pounds. Artwork must represent the theme of the show: American Plains.

DEADLINE: June 4, 2011 for digital entries.

NOTIFICATION: Acceptance Letters will be mailed on or before July 2, 2011.

ENTRY FEE: $55.00 Fee for 1-3 digital entries (includes membership of $30.00 and $25.00 entry fee). Payable to: American Plains Artists c/o Marvin Stevenson APA Treasurer, 40 Prestwick Odessa, TX 79762

JUROR: New Mexican cowboy artist Robert “SHOOFLY” Shufelt has created graphite drawings that have become an important thread in the fabric of Western Art, earning world wide recognition. His work illuminates the bare bones of an artist’s craft and portrays the physical evidence of his perception. They are celebrations of a dreamer who has allowed his dream to become reality with all its grit and honesty, yet he still finds the work endlessly nteresting and satisfying. He has an artist’s vision of cowboys as they can only be around another cowboy, unposed and unself-conscious. They are men who practice their vision of excellence in whatever they do, leaving it up to the rest of us to determine whether they’re working or playing. These disciples of the “cowboy way” are Shoofly’s top hands and his work is forever honored by their friendship.

AWARDS:

Best of Show $2,000.00

1st Place Award $1,000
2nd Place Award $750
3rd Place Award $500
Clyde Heron Award $250
Plainsman Award $250
Golden Spur Award $250
Arrowhead Award $250
Best Plains Life $200
Best Plains Transportation $200

These are two new awards to encourage diversity of subject matter in artwork. These two awards will change yearly: New Mexico Award – The Point of My Pencil written and autographed by Robert “Shoofly” Shufelt and a one-year subscription to New Mexico Magazine.

Director’s Award – One-year Gift Subscription to Western Art & Architecture Magazine; Award of Excellence –a one-year subscription to Western Art & Architecture given by Western Art & Architecture – Ribbons presented by American Plains Artists; Publisher’s Award of Excellence – Half Page Ad sponsored by Art of the West $1,780.00 value; Publisher’s Award of Excellence – Artist’s Focus Award sponsored by Western Art Collector $2,900.00 value; Publisher’s Award of Excellence – Full Page Ad sponsored by Southwest Art $3,125.00 value; Publisher’s Award of Excellence – Full Page Ad sponsored by Western Art & Architecture $4,950.00 value; Artist’s Retreat Award – given by Our Heritage Guest Ranch, Jean Norman, Owner, Crawford, NE $600.00 value; Best Framing Award – given by Larson-Juhl & Mark Nichols, Dallas, TX – $150.00 Gift Certificate; and Fine Print Award – given by Fine Print Imaging, Fort Collins, CO $150. 00 Gift Certificate.

*Editor’s Note: This awards list is a testament to phenomenal non-profit arts management. Kudos to this kind of organization and support. I would rather have some of the publisher’s award than the BEST of SHOW!

SALES: APA sales commission of 25% will apply.

Category: Featured Artist

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CALL for ENTRIES: Method Art Juried Photography Competition

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CALL for ENTRIES: The 11th Annual Art Inter/National, Here and Abroad 2012

ENTRY FEE: No entry fee.

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CALL for ENTRIES: Cork Street Open Exhibition

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CALL for ENTRIES: Visions in Clay 2011

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CALL for ENTRIES: Toyed With

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CALL for ENTRIES: NY Art Marathon

The theme for THE NY ART MARATHON Spring 2011 is “NEW VISION = NEW WORLD. Break old canons, create new art.”

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CALL for ENTRIES: Art in Nature

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CALL for ENTRIES: Art of the Plains 2011

AWARDS:

Best of Show $2,000.00

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BE a
PEACH!

CALL FOR ENTRIES:
Road Trip

CALL for ENTRIES:
The 11th Annual Art Inter/National, Here and Abroad 2012

ENTRY FEE:
No entry fee.

NO EXTRA
STARCH,
please!

CALL for ENTRIES:
Toyed With

NITRO-FUELED
BRAIN FREEZE

CALL for ENTRIES:
NY Art Marathon

The theme for THE NY ART MARATHON Spring 2011 is
“NEW VISION = NEW WORLD. Break old canons, create new art.”

The board of the judges
also includes:

The theme is open to all interpretations.
Please join in the conversation.