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!

ARTIST of the DAY: Elizabeth White

Posted on November 21, 2017November 21, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

"Migration", a site-specific installation of concrete life-cast leaves, by Elizabeth White — **“Migration”**, a site-specific installation of concrete life-cast leaves, by **Elizabeth White**

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“In view of the current economic disasters, political conditions, military actions & climate or earth changes I see immigration as the new normal. What may be them today is us tomorrow.” — Elizabeth White

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Many people spend a lifetime without ever having to consider the need to emigrate from their homeland. Many others spend their lives learning what it means to always be an immigrant, never feeling quite at home. And then there are others, never quite at home regardless of where they are. When I saw the “Migration” installation by today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Elizabeth White, I marveled at the simple symbolism of leaves separated from their roots. It is precisely how many of us feel, like leaves strewn about, seemingly at random. Disconnected.

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Artist of the Day, Elizabeth White.

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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.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Sanctuary

Posted on November 18, 2017November 19, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

now i’m COOKING

My kitchen is sacred; all of them have been. Studio space is sacred, all of them are. I have had them in every size, and every quality –both kitchens & studios. Now, my studio is attached to my kitchen, separated by a counter in my tiny new apartment. I cannot create art outside of the view of my stove, nor create food outside of the view paint tubes & Mason jars of brushes. It has been the most productive of marriages, compact, comfortable, safe. This Call wants to know more about YOUR sacred space. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Gallery 263 (Cambridge, MA) for the Sanctuary. $25 entry & all media considered. Investigate this space…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Sanctuary
from Gallery 263

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“Sanctuary is a place, a feeling, where harmony, beauty, and stillness are shielded and allowed to flourish. A sanctuary can lift us up and make us feel big. Or, it can shrink us down and show us humility in the face of infinity. We find sanctuary in the presence of awesomeness. It posts up in supportive communities and makes itself known when the impossible becomes reality.” –from gallery263.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all U.S. artists

MEDIA: All media will be considered

THEME: Sanctuary. Work that explores, depicts, criticizes, or creates safe havens & sacred spaces.

DEADLINE: December 3, 2017

NOTIFICATION: December 22, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $25 for up to 3, $40 for 4-6.

JUROR: Maria Molteni is a multimedia & performing artist, educator & organizer. Her practice sprung from formalist roots, and has grown to incorporate research, social engagement & trans-disciplinary experimentation. From fiber to found-object sculpture, textile to movement, performance to publication, she employs processes per their ability to manifest elaborate conceptual orchestration and formal satisfaction. Her works introduce original or absurdist processes as applied aesthetic solutions & launched the international collective New Craft Artists in Action.

SALES: All proceeds from art sales go to the artist. Gallery 263 acts as the liaison between the artist & any parties interested in purchasing artwork. However, they do suggest a 30% donation to the gallery from any sales made.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for PROPOSALS: Bernheim AiR

Posted on November 13, 2017November 8, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

foraged FOOD

Most people think of Spring as the prime food foraging season with flowers in full bloom & greens at their most tender. But don’t dismiss Fall. Mushrooms abound as well as a number of nuts and berries. For all those caffeine addicts, some holly leaves have more caffeine by weight than coffee beans, just don’t eat the berries, please. This next Call comes from a place home to one of North America’s largest collections of holly species & a large Edible Gardens. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Proposals from Bernheim Arboretum & Research Forest for 2018 Artists in Residency. There is a stipend but no entry fee. The gift of time is invaluable to every artist. Could this be the residency for you?

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CALL for PROPOSALS:
2018 Artists in Residency from Bernheim Arboretum

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media. Bernheim is most interested in work that furthers expands the artist’s practice & the interplay between visual art and the natural world. This program enhances the visitor experience through interaction with art & artists while fulfilling Bernheim’s mission of “connecting people to nature”, through the lens of art. Bernheim believes that if people recognize & benefit from the value found in nature, quality of life would be enhanced, hence motivating them to protect the natural world for both its practical & intrinsic value.

DEADLINE: January 14, 2017

NOTIFICATION: March 15, 2018

ENTRY FEE: None

AWARDS: Bernheim will provide comfortable housing in a beautiful wooded setting and an honorarium up to $2,500.00 USD**. This honorarium is to help offset travel expenses for artists visiting from afar. (Regional Artist in Residence can expect to receive a minimum of $1000 honorarium. Recipients of a Bernheim Regional artists include those currently living in Kentucky, Southern Indiana and the greater vicinities of Cincinnati, OH and Nashville, TN.) In exchange, artists will create a site-specific sculpture or project or exhibition, with least one mutually agreed upon work of art left to the Bernheim Foundation. There is also some form of public engagement required such as a lecture, workshop, demonstration or participation in one of ’s annual events.

Recipients are required to live and work at Bernheim for a minimum of four weeks to three months. Bernheim will provide comfortable housing in a one-room cabin with kitchen, AC, heating, Wi-Fi and a log-burning fireplace accessible from outside the arboretum. There is a lakeside studio that is heated, with electricity, concrete floors, a utility sink, and a large, well-lit wall. *Editor’s Note: Of the amazing amenities Bernheim offers, one of them is an Edible Garden that provides food served daily in their cafe, another being wild edibles classes. Just FYI.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: 12th National

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

comfort FOOD

We are approaching the one-year anniversary of the East Tennessee wildfires. When I posted this Call last year, I lamented my emotional-eating reaction to those wildfires –baked goods. But, a year later finds me back to a full-time studio practice, 40 lbs lighter & feeding my wildfire PTSD with more vegetables & fewer baked goods. It’s a better place for me. How about you? Where were you a year ago? This next Call feels good & is also a great way to end your year. Cash prizes too…

Check out this Call for Entries from Knox Arts & Culture Alliance for the 12th Nat’l Juried Exhibition. I have shown here. I have juried here. I teach here. I would love to see your contribution here. Take a look…

CALL for ENTRIES:
12th Nat’l Juried Exhibition
from Knox Arts & Culture Alliance

ELIGIBILITY: Artists 18+ living in the US

MEDIA: 2-D (painting, drawing, mixed media, printmaking, photography) & 3-D (sculpture of all media).

DEADLINE: December 10, 2017

NOTIFICATION: January 9, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $40 for up to 3, $7 ea. add’l. Members $25/$5.

JUROR: During a two-year residence in Japan, Jeffrey Morton was drawn to Japanese art and culture, and it influences his work to this day. He exhibits his work regionally & nationally, including the Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, the Harrison Center for the Arts (Indianapolis) & the Hunter Museum (Chattanooga). Educated at Yale University & Temple University, Tyler School of Art (PA), Morton is a professor of art at Covenant College (GA).

AWARDS: $500 Best in Show, (2) $250 Juror’s Citations & an award for best work by a member, at least $1000 in cash awards.

SALES: 25% commission (20% for check/cash)

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Raw

Posted on November 5, 2017November 4, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

raw FOOD

In a world where so many people are vegetarian or vegan, steak tartar was once the most controversial food conversations one could have. Now we have so many more choices of things with which to disagree. If we just stick to raw foods, there are still subgroups like fruitarians, juicearians, or sproutarians which cause heads to metaphorically explode. The bottom line is that people have the right to determine what goes into their bodies, and what we choose to eat says something about who we are. We are what we eat, right? This next Call wants to know the raw truth about you through your work. This one is personal…

Check out this Call for Entries from IU Kokomo Art Gallery (Kokomo, IN) for Raw: The Exhibition. There is no entry fee, the media is wide open & the commission rate is low. If you’re willing to let it hang out, this could be a great opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Raw: The Exhibition from
IU Kokomo Art Gallery

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“Raw” calls for any work which begs the question what is public vs. what is private, work that is auto-biographical in nature, work which functions as confessional, revelatory, cathartic. We are seeking a divulgence, unbosoming, or unburdening; that which you have always wanted to say, to share, to let go.” — IU Kokomo Art Gallery

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all fine art media are accepted including: painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramic, glass, printmaking, photography, collage, pastel, video & mixed media.

DEADLINE: December 1, 2017

NOTIFICATION: December 15, 2017

ENTRY FEE: No entry fee

CURATOR: Mary Ade, 2018 IU Kokomo Art Gallery intern

SALES: Sales are encouraged. The gallery will retain 30% commission on all sales, giving the artist 70%.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Introductions 2018

Posted on October 15, 2017October 16, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

say “CHEESE”

Appetizers should come before the meal. It seems obvious, but my Saturday-night restaurant choice seemed to think otherwise. My baked brie, (it was really baked pimento cheese –don’t judge) showed up with my entree, but I digress. The starter is a sort of introduction* to the meal like this next call in an introduction to the Gallery. This is an excellent way to say “hello”…

Check out this Call for Entries from The Trestle Gallery (Brooklyn, NY) for Introductions 2018. This is an opportunity to introduce your work to a great non-profit contemporary art space for only a $10 entry fee. Take a look…

[*Editor’s note: Hello, my name is Rachel, and I am a bad blogger/editor. (I hear reply, “Hello, Rachel.”) Most of you know I am a working artist too. I have been an absentee editor due to deadlines & obligations to my own studio practice. I am excited by the work I am producing & a little single minded. Forgive me. I’ll try to do better.]

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Introductions 2018 from
The Trestle Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists. The only qualification is that you have not participated in a show at the Trestle Gallery before (previous open calls count, member salons do not count).

MEDIA: Open to all media

DEADLINE: November 1, 2017

SHOW DATES: January 19 – February 28, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $10 for up to 3

JUROR: Enrico Gomez, founder/director of The Dorado Project, a NY / NJ based project space & compendium of select local, national & international contemporary art. With a focus on emerging artists & innovative works, The Dorado Project seeks to unearth & weigh the very best of arts’ rich reserves. The Dorado Project: mining art. sharing gold.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Valdosta National 2018

Posted on October 4, 2017October 3, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

ooo-ey goo-ey CENTER

I was born in Florida & spent my adolescence in north Georgia. We made an annual trip between the two, and Valdosta, GA was one of our regular stops. We would stop in the same diner every year, and I would order the same grilled cheese with a pickle on top. As I ate my sandwich & debated the merits of pickle juice on butter-toasted bread, my dad would ask the same question of our waitress, “tell me ’bout Valdosta.” I don’t remember our server being the same woman every year, but I do remember hearing the same answer every year, “The man that wrote ‘Jingle Bells’ lived here.” I think of that short interaction every year when I receive this annual Call from Valdosta State. This is a great show, story not withstanding, and you should carefully weigh this opportunity…

Check out this Call for Entries from Valdosta State University (Valdosta, GA) for Valdosta National 2018 at the Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery. This is another excellent academic show with an esteemed juror. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Valdosta National 2018
from Valdosta State
University

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

MEDIA: Open to all media

DEADLINE: November 6, 2017

NOTIFICATION: December 11, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to 3

JUROR: Linda Hall is a multimedia artist that is inspired by the natural world and the human condition. She holds an MFA from the University of NC at Chapel Hill & is an occasional adjunct professor at FSU. Her watercolor paintings & 3D soft sculpture have been exhibited in group & solo shows in regional, nat’l & int’l publications & venues. Her work has been featured on various music CD covers, in an issue of New American Paintings & online in Oxford American & Beautiful Decay. She lives in Tallahassee, FL.

AWARDS: At least $1,500

Category: 3 Dimensional

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!

“In view of the current economic disasters, political conditions, military actions & climate or earth changes I see immigration as the new normal. What may be them today is us tomorrow.” — Elizabeth White

Investigate more work from AAAD Artist of the Day, Elizabeth White.

VEGGIE dough

CALL to ARTISTS: Artist Grant from workingartist.org

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

now i’m COOKING

CALL for ENTRIES: Sanctuary from Gallery 263

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

foraged FOOD

CALL for PROPOSALS: 2018 Artists in Residency from Bernheim Arboretum

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

comfort FOOD

CALL for ENTRIES: 12th Nat’l Juried Exhibition from Knox Arts & Culture Alliance

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

raw FOOD

CALL for ENTRIES: Raw: The Exhibition from IU Kokomo Art Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

say “CHEESE”

CALL for ENTRIES: Introductions 2018 from The Trestle Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

ooo-ey goo-ey CENTER

CALL for ENTRIES: Valdosta National 2018 from Valdosta State University

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES:
Tiny Acts Topple Empires

CALL for ENTRIES:
Time Machines from Mary
Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery

Investigate more work from AAAD
Artist of the Day, Elizabeth White.

CALL to ARTISTS:
Artist Grant
from workingartist.org

CALL for ENTRIES:
Sanctuary
from Gallery 263

CALL for PROPOSALS:
2018 Artists in Residency from Bernheim Arboretum

CALL for ENTRIES:
12th Nat’l Juried Exhibition
from Knox Arts & Culture Alliance

CALL for ENTRIES:
Raw: The Exhibition from
IU Kokomo Art Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
Introductions 2018 from
The Trestle Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
Valdosta National 2018
from Valdosta State
University