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CALL for ENTRIES: Harrow

Learn more about the Harrow Issue from Up the Staircase Quarterly!

ORANGE you glad?

I’m going to have orange elbows any day now.  I have been craving and eating carrots daily.  In my area, they are usually around a dollar a pound for full size organics and make great chips for hummus, a great boost to Indian dishes, beautiful color in Buddha bowls.  When my son was learning to eat real food, he preferred anything sweet or starchy, naturally, with a preference for carrots and sweet potatoes.  His hands, feet, knees and elbows stayed a hilarious color of orange for a few weeks.  I expect mine to turn any day now, ha.

Continuing with this week’s publication theme, I want to introduce you to Up the Staircase Quarterly if you’ve not yet had the privilege.  Established in 2008, Up the Staircase Quarterly is an online journal of poetry, art, interviews, and reviews. New issues are published every February, May, August & November, unless otherwise stated. And for some of you that write poetry in addition to visual work, UtSQ nominates for the Pushcart, Best of the Net, and Best New Poets

They have a 10+ year history and a detailed Masthead for you to research.  So, check out this Call for Entries from Up the Staircase Quarterly (online pubication) for Harrow.  There is no entry fee, but also no payment. Do you have suitable work?

Learn more about the Harrow Issue from Up the Staircase Quarterly!

CALL for ENTRIES:
Harrow 
from Up the Staircase Quarterly

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media 

THEME:  Paranormal. Open to any takes on this subject–serious, quirky, and everything in between, work containing ghosts/spirits, aliens, conspiracy theories, cryptozoology, near death experiences, glitches in the matrix, extrasensory perception, pseudoscience, and any experiences that can be considered supernatural.

DEADLINE:  June 15, 2019

NOTIFICATION:  Less than 30 days

ENTRY FEE: No fee up to 10 images 

AWARD: Publishing credit, no monetary compensation.  Harrow goes live on August 1st.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more from Up the Staircase Quarterly!

CALL for ENTRIES: Lay of the Land

Learn more from Orion, America's Finest Environmental Magazine!

dandy DISHES

I woke up sneezing this morning for the very best reason — flowers are blooming.  They’ve been blooming for a while, but today, the wildflowers have taken over my side yard.  That means it is time to remind folks about eating flowers.  Rose petals are among my favorite salad toppings & oil additives, but dandelions are truly the star of edible blooms.  The yellow flowers are delicious, the greens are considered a superfood, and I hear you can roast & grind the root as a decaf coffee substitute.  As always, never eat a flower if you don’t know its history as well as the history of the land upon which it grows.  No one wants a belly full of pesticide.

Continuing with the publication-themed calls this week, pay attention to the next one.  This environmental magazine has a 30+ year track record, so doing research on what they want is easy.  They do publish a wide variety of styles; however, environmental work is their mainstay.  I have linked to their Call, and although they have an online entry system, you will find that they prefer you to simply email them a link to your work, NOT the work itself.  This is a great way to have someone consider a portfolio of images instead of hoping you picked the single “right” image for the submission.  Free & easy…

Check out this Call for Entries from Orion Magazine (print publication) for the Lay of the Land department.  There is no fee to enter, but please do your homework on this publication so that you can craft your submission to suit.  “America’s Finest Environmental Magazine”…

Learn more from Orion, America's Finest Environmental MagazineCALL for ENTRIES:
Lay of the Land Art
from Orion Magazine

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all 2-D media 

THEME:“We are always curious to hear from artists whose work shares our concerns with nature, culture, and place. Artists are strongly encouraged to familiarize themselves with past issues of Orion before approaching us with portfolios….artwork in Orion maintains intuitive connections to the physical world.” –orionmagazine.org

DEADLINE:  June 15, 2019

NOTIFICATION:  Six months

ENTRY FEE: None

SUBMISSION NOTE: “Correspondence should ideally link to a web gallery, lightbox, or shared folder. We prefer not to receive media submissions attached directly to emails.”

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more from Orion, America's Finest Environmental Magazine!

CALL for ENTRIES: Unique Abstractions

Learn more about the Unique Abstractions exhibit from Las Laguna Gallery!

abstractly DRINKING SPEAKING

The notion of eating healthy is an abstract one. Even putting ethical concerns aside, there are health benefits (and disadvantages) to embracing vegetarianism, veganism and even raw diets.  Sugar is the devil, but artificial sweetners are differently malicious.  An excessively fatty diet can lead to heart disease but when coupled with an near absence of carbohydrates puts the body in ketosis that effectively treats diabetes in many.  Chocolate and red wine and coffee and kale, all abstractions of a healthy diet.

In art, abstraction takes a lot of forms.  At it’s broadest, abstraction is work that is non-representational. But, that begs the question, non-representational of what?  From that we get non-figurative & non-linear styles that are often included in surrealism, dadaism, cubism, fauvism, suprematism, art informel, neo-plasticism, de stijl & others.    This next Call wants to see all of your abstract creations.  My heart lies with abstraction, although I find reactions to it frustrating.  What’s your experience?  Are you insulated enough not to hear the voices of those that would dismiss the non-representational?  My mantra is ‘process not product’.  Excerise your muscle memory.  Lose yourself in process.  It works for me.  What works for you?

Check out this Call for Entries from the Las Laguna Gallery (Laguna Beach, CA) for Unique Abstractions, a show of abstract work in a wide range of media. $35 entry & 35% commission.  Don’t miss this opportunity…

Learn more about the Unique Abstractions exhibit from Las Laguna Gallery!CALL for ENTRIES:
Unique Abstractions
from Las Laguna Gallery

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

THEME:  Abstraction.  “True abstract art not only utilizes flexibility and freedom; it also employs bold uses of color, line, pattern, form, process and composition.” — laslagunagallery.com

MEDIA: Open to acrylic, airbrush, assemblage, charcoal, color pencil, collage, digital art, drawings, encaustic, fiber art, araphite, illustration, mixed media, new media, oil, painting, pastel, photography & watercolor.

DEADLINE:  June 7, 2019

NOTIFICATION: June 12, 2019.  If accepted, delivery of work is June 26th to July 2nd.

ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to 3 

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

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

 

Learn more from Las Laguna Gallery!

CALL for ENTRIES: Loss, Redemption & Grace

Learn more abou the Loss Redemption and Grace show from EBD4!

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…

Learn more abou the Loss Redemption and Grace show from EBD4!CALL for ENTRIES:
Loss, Redemption & Grace 
from EBD4

“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!

Learn more from EBD4!

CALL for ENTRIES: On the Easel Magazine

Learn more about On the Easel Magazine's first Call for Entries!

don’t paint with FISH SAUCE

Every week I manage to make a handful of Insta-worthy, perfectly staged lunches & dinners, completely by accident.  More often, I conjure tasty dishes that are weirdly, mostly shades of brown due to carmelization, excessive de-glazing and a love for soy, fish, Worchestershire & all other sauces, brown & salty.  As you might imagine, the brown food pics, outside of coffee & walnuts, aren’t really winners on social media, ha.  My work is not brown or salty, but similar & not…

A few times per week I manage to pull off a perfectly Insta-worthy image of my work in progress –always at an off-kilter angle with short focus to blur unresolved issues and just the right light to allow a contrast-y filter to make me look like a rock star.  It is deceptive and born out of equal measure of insecurity and social media pressure to look like I always have everything effortlessly under control.  I have guilt, but not.  I don’t like feeding into the notion that studio life needs to be glamourous, but I also don’t like exposing my vulnerability underbelly to nameless, faceless critics.  Then enters this Call.  As you might imagine, I read A LOT of Calls, and I like options for art publication.  But THIS call is different.  This call wants to see the mess.  Finally, there is an option to show studio life, work-in-progress specifically.  I think that this is the kind of aspirational we can feel good about –always real, likely messy & unresolved.  Seeing yourself represented as an artist is important.  This Call is the brainchild of one of our previously Featured Artists, Robyn Thompson.  It is a project of her course work while working toward her Master of Arts in Social Practice, making this a great opportunity to lift up ourselves AND one of our very own.  

Check out this Call for Entries from On the Easel Magazine (digital/print) for Works In Progress.  No entry fee for this aspirational call for work in progress.  There are no cash awards, but this Call is all pros, no cons for me.  Take a look, and please contact me personally if you have concerns…

Learn more about On the Easel Magazine's first Call for Entries!CALL for ENTRIES:
Work in Progress 
from On the Easel Mag

“On The Easel (OTE), a new hybrid digital/paper magazine is seeking submissions of works in progress. We want to see the mess. We want to show the struggles.”

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists 

MEDIA: Open to all media.  Despite the name, this Call is not restricted to painting. They “want to show work during its awkward teen years in the hopes that it will inspire folks to push through to bring it to fruition.”

DEADLINE: Rolling.  April 15, 2019 or until all spots have been filled.

NOTIFICATION: 1 week post submission.

ENTRY FEE: None

EDITOR:  Robyn Thompson, visual artist who is working toward her M.A. in Social Practice program at the University of the Highlands and the Islands.  This project is a part of Thompson’s course work.  Your participation would be appreciated.

AWARD:  Each page will include a full page image of your work in progress or a detail from it. We welcome submissions of either. Your name, links to your work and a paragraph about your process will also be included. The publication will be available for free online and you will be able to order print copies at cost if you wish.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more from On the Easel Magazine!

CALL for ENTRIES: Wide Open 10

Learn more about Wide Open 10 from BWAC - Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition!

a-PEELING

My mother doesn’t own a vegetable peeler.  Well, didn’t.  While I have the benefit of a knife skills class in culinary school, I am not great a peeling vegetables.  I can tourne a potato, but if I peel potatoes for mash, you’d better hope I have a vegetable peeler… or a LOT of potatoes.  When my mother requested vegetable soup over the holidays, I refused unless she let me buy a peeler.  She agreed with disdain, and I spent $3 on the most generic “Domestix” variety available at the local grocer. CHANGED MY LIFE, well, my cooking anyway.  With one swoop across a potato, I realized how dull my home peeler was.  I put the gadget on my holiday list, and it showed up under the tree.   Suddenly I have zucchini ribbons in salad & shaved carrots in my coleslaw.  The possibilities are wide open, ha.

I’ve done the same with paint recently.  I had access to some more highly pigmented tube watercolors recently, and it affected my approach to the work I did with them.  My nature is to “make do” with what I have.  It is taught as a virtue in the South.  Don’t get me started on all the evils of making do.  It is a mindset meant to make children grateful for what they have, but it often squashes ambition and self-value in adults.  That mindset combined with all the guilt I have associated with spending money, has kept me “making do” with some watercolors that are not working for me.  Now when I finish a tube that doesn’t behave in a way that serves my work, I re-order that hue or something similar from a different maker.  I am exploring variations & dispersal patterns & saturation unknown.  The adventure has left me open to the possibilities.  Vegetable peeler & watercolors. Variations on a theme. 

This next Call is also looking for variations on the theme of “Wide Open”.  BWAC is one of my favorite venues, known for great jurors, reliable curatorial vision, a non-profit format & even artist run.  Interested? Then check out this Call for Entries from BWAC (Brooklyn, NY) for Wide Open 10.  There is a distinct discount for early entry, so don’t delay. Take a look…

CALL for ENTRIES: Wide Open 10

Learn more about Wide Open 10 from BWAC - Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition!ELIGIBILITY: Open to U.S. artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media

THEME: Wide Open “encompasses all the possibilities of knowledge and freedom & love – wide open spaces…arms wide open…eyes wide open ‐ but as with all things, there is the inevitable opposite ‐ wide open to attack…corruption…failure. What kind of fantasy is this? What does it really indicate? This juried show looks to explore the idea of “wide open” in all the hidden niches of our collective psyche.” –bwac.org

ENTRY FEE: $50 up to 3, $6 ea add’l (early) or $70 up to 3, $6 ea add’l after Jan. 19th

DEADLINE:  February 4, 2019 (early bird) or February 24, 2019 (final)

NOTIFICATION: March 15, 2019

JUROR: Ylinka Barotto is an Assistant Curator at the Guggenheim Museum and has assisted on such large-scale modern and postwar retrospective exhibitions as Alberto Burri: The Trauma of Painting (2015); Moholy-Nagy: Future Present (2016); Visionaries: Creating a Modern Guggenheim, which showcased masterworks from the Guggenheim’s modern collection (2017); and Mystical Symbolism; The Salon de la Rose+Croix in Paris, 1892-1897 (2017, for which she contributed to the catalog with entries on many of the show’s artists.  Barotto is also one of the organizing curators for the museum’s Young Collectors Council, which acquires the work of emerging artists for the museum’s permanent collection. Barotto received an MA in curatorial and museum studies at Accademia de Belle Arti di Brera in Milan and is currently working toward an MA in art history at Hunter College of the City University of New York with a focus on postwar and contemporary feminism.

AWARDS: Best of Show Gold $1000, Best of Show Silver $500, People’s Choice $250, Curator’s Choice $250 & ten (10) $100 (ea.) Certificates of Recognition.

SALES: BWAC will retain a 30% commission on all exhibition sales.

For full details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about the Wide Open 10 show from BWAC!

CALL for ENTRIES: Small Works 2019

Learn more about the 2019 Small Works Exhibit from the Lemonade Stand Gallery!

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?

Learn more about the 2019 Small Works Exhibit from the Lemonade Stand Gallery!

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

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.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about the Lemonade Stand Gallery!

CALL for ENTRIES: 47th Int’l Show

Learn more about the 47th International Art Show from the Brownsville Museum of Fine Art!

focused and FARE

I cheated on my husband with shrimp tacos.  He’s contact allergic to shellfish, and on the rare occasion I eat a meal without him, my radar is firmly set on shrimp.  I feel guilty while eating them, like I’ve cheated, and then have to go through a hazmat-style sterilization process afterward.  But, shrimp.

I had that shrimp-y luncheon with my a friend, an accomplished realist painter.  We spent time talking about our plans for the next weeks and months. She paints prolifically and noted, “I haven’t even been looking at Calls because I can’t do anything until Fall”.  Between work for galleries that represent her, a couple of invitational shows and a museum solo show that comes down this week, she can’t lose focus.  Realizing that kind of focus has been my goal for months, and I am beginning to see results, but it requires tuning out the things that don’t serve my focused goal. 

Are museum shows a part of your current plan?  If yes, check out this Call for Entries from Brownsville Museum of Fine Art (Brownsville, TX) for 47th International Art Show.  $45 entry & 30% commission, plus $3300 in cash awards.  Both jurors’ work is well documented, so do your homework!

Learn more about the 47th International Art Show from the Brownsville Museum of Fine Art!CALL for ENTRIES:
47th Int’l Art Show 
from Brownsville Museum of Fine Art

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to painting, drawing, water media, mixed media, printmaking, 3D sculpture, photography & digital media.

DEADLINE:  February 20, 2019 (midnight CENTRAL time)

NOTIFICATION:  February 26, 2019

ENTRY FEE: $45 up to 3, $5 ea. addl 

JURORS:  Joe Harjo, visual artist, MFA from the University of Texas San Antonio, and Professor of Photography at Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX.  Mauricio Saenz, visual artist and filmmaker, MA in Artistic Production from Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain.

AWARD: Best of Show $1000; Clara Ely Award $250 (limited to oil & acrylic),  and Octavia Arneson Award $250 (limited to water media), Mayor’s Award: Commemorative Plate, First Place (in each of 8 categories) $150, 2nd Place (in each of 8 categories) $50, 3rd Place (in each of 8 categories) $25 and Honorable Mentions receive ribbons.

SALES:  All art must be for sale and the BMFA will require 30% commission for any sale that was a direct result of the exhibition.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more from the Brownsville Museum of Fine Art!

CALL for ENTRIES: Arte Natura 2019

Learn more about the Art Natura exhibit from the Limner Gallery!

lost in TRANSLATION

What you do if your grocery option were cut by 90%?  I recently read an article about the single largest threat to independent or regional grocers being small-box discount stores like Dollar General, Family Dollar & Dollar Tree.  If you groceries could only come from one of these sources, can you imagine never eating fresh meat or vegetables again?  Virtually every food you would consume would be pre-processed, significantly so.  Nothing you ate would be as it exists in nature or even one step removed.  My mind is really blown by that idea.  It scares me.  It that scenario, I would have to put my own health into the hands of the food processing industry.  How does that sit with you?  Yeah, me neither.

I live less than 5 miles from a regional grocer and another 10-15 miles from large-box retailers like Kroger, Publix, Walmart & Aldi.  As much as I would like to buy local, my local grocer doesn’t make stock decision or employ pricing policies that allow me to make the best menu or the best financial decisions.  Currently, Aldi gets the bulk of my formal grocery dollars.  I want to make foods based on fresh fruits, vegetables, meats, seafood & diary –as close as I can find to their natural form as possible.  If I eat poorly, I want it to be by my choice.

A similar desire prompted by media change.  I wanted to work using supplies and/or products that I could find easily, or make myself if necessary.  At the time, I was contemplating significant rural travel that would have made art supply deliveries less convenient. I’ve always been a closet painter, but always acrylics.  Acrylics led me down the path to acrylic mediums, and then my supply load quadrupled.  I slowly made my way to watercolor.  Purchased paints last long periods & arrive in compact containers.  I can make both paints & paper with very few supplies if necessary. Finished work can be stored flat, pressed.  Small amounts of water can be found anywhere.  It took me a long time to commit, but I’m here and I’m in love, naturally.

This next Call in interested in seeing your nature-oriented work.  What do you have to show in this well-established gallery?  Take your time, research the history of this show & venue and the curatorial choices that have shaped this space.  Could this be a good fit for you?  Check out this Call for Entries from Slow Art Productions for Arte Natura 2019 at the Limner Gallery (Hudson, NY). $35 entry open to all media and all artists.  Take a look…

Learn more about the Art Natura exhibit from the Limner Gallery!

CALL for ENTRIES:
Arte Natura 2019
at the Limner Gallery

This exhibition will focus on art inspired by the natural world and will be held at the Limner Gallery from May 9 – June 1, 2019.

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media forms of painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, graphics, digital and installation art, video, etc.

DEADLINE:  February 28, 2019

NOTIFICATION:  March 31, 2019

ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to 4, $5 ea. add’l 

SALES:  SlowArt Productions will retain 35% commission on sales.  Prices set by the artist.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more from SlowArt Productions and the Limner Gallery!

CALL for ENTRIES: Dairy Arts Annual

Learn more about 2020 Exhibition opportunities from the Dairy Arts Center!

you’re the ZEST!

The hourglass on citron is running low.  Citron (aka Buddha’s hand) is that freaky-looking fingered citrus fruit that is commonly found in fruitcake and other holiday baked confections.  It is lovely candied and turns a gorgeous shade of lemon yellow.  Not panicked about the days slipping away?  You’d better be certain, because it is only available a few months of the year, and January is the last of them in most places.  So what happens if I need it in June?  I wait; that’s what.  If you miss this next call, YOU will also have to wait.

That’s the problem with waiting until you’re ready.  Artists are often, by nature, too busy or too focused or too single-minded to be looking forward by months, much less years.  So, we are cast as procrastinators even if the part doesn’t quite fit.  I am you; we are all you.  It is easy to say “next time” when you feel unprepared, or worse yet, suffering from a reliable case of impostor syndrome.  But we’re never ready enough or prepared enough or qualified enough.  

This next Call is for solo exhibit opportunities in 2020 at a public art center in Boulder, Colorado, a popular arts location.  Why this call?  First, they only ask for 4 to 7 images, not 20.  You’ve got 4 images, right?  Next, they offer a map of their galleries.   Why is this important? Because their galleries are numerous and of varying size, including some lobby and corridor spaces that are manageable, regardless of how prepared you feel right now.  You can’t wait until you re ready because then you’ll have to wait 2 years.  And, what if you don’t get in the first time?  You’ll feel more prepared and less nervous the second time, not “next time”.  I get that not every opportunity is right for every artist, but if you’re going to NOT enter, be certain you’re CHOOSING not to enter, not letting the fear or insecurity choose for you.

Check out this Call for Entries from Dairy Arts Center (Boulder, CO) for 2020 Exhibition Opportunities. $35 submission fee with as few as 4 images.  Is this your next step? This is a great venue…

Learn more about 2020 Exhibition opportunities from the Dairy Arts Center!CALL for ENTRIES:
2020 Exhibition Opps 
from Dairy Arts Center

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media 

DEADLINE:  January 15, 2019

ENTRY FEE: $35 

JURORS:  A ten-member committee comprised of artists, curators, university faculty, and art collectors. A floor plan of the Dairy’s exhibition spaces has been provided for review by potential applicants, however, if selected for exhibition the Dairy’s Curator of Visual Arts will select the gallery or galleries that are most appropriate for the display of invited artist(s) work.

AWARD:  Following the close of this call, applications will be reviewed by the Dairy’s Curator of Visual Arts and the Visual Arts Jury to select individual artists and groups of artists to exhibit in the Dairy’s four galleries. 

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more from the Dairy Arts Center!