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%.

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CALL for ENTRIES: Embracing our Differences

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

i always need TACOS

I eat SO MANY tacos. Because I travel so often, I find picking a good restaurant, be it counter service or table, has odds not unlike roulette (37 to 1). But I have consistently had great tacos, nearly everywhere. I rarely meet anyone that doesn’t like a good taco. They are like the great joiners of people. Aside from being bad eating-while-driving food (due to the mess), I can eat a taco almost anywhere with almost anyone. Differences seem to disappear. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the answer to embracing our differences was a simple as the ordering from the local taco truck? It isn’t, but until we find a solution and do the work, this next Call wants your ideas about coexistence. Take a look…

Check out the Call for Entries for the Annual Embracing our Differences Exhibit in Sarasota, FL. Your work on a billboard, no entry fee & $3000 in awards. Plus, this is a great way to try on public art for size. Don’t miss this opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Embracing our Differences

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: 2 Dimensional work (photography, digital, collage, drawing, painting, etc.)

DEADLINE: January 9, 2018

NOTIFICATION: Announced online at their website by mid-March, 2018

ENTRY FEE: None

AWARDS: A total of $3,000 USD will be presented in the form of three separate awards – $1,000 each for “Best-in-Show Adult;” “Best-in-Show Student;” and the “People’s Choice.”

JURY PROCESS: Both “Best-in-Show” awards will be granted by a three-judge panel of art professionals. The “People’s Choice” award will be determined by visitors to the exhibits.

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CALL for ENTRIES: Drawing from Perception

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

FEED me

Restaurant wait times make me testy, and if I’m “hangry”, you’d better hope the kitchen isn’t in the weeds. I have a handful of standard distraction techniques, but my favorite is the restaurant with paper cover tables to draw on. It never fails that my artistic genius strikes when the only materials on hand are roll paper & crayons. Let’s call them oil pastels, shall we? This next Call wants your best drawing. Show ’em what you’ve got…

Check out this Call for Entries from Wright State University Art Department (Dayton, OH) for Drawing from Perception VIII, a national juried drawing exhibition at the Stein Galleries. This is another great opportunity to add an academic show to your resume…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Drawing from Perception VIII
from Wright State Univ.

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

MEDIA: Open to drawing

DEADLINE: September 15, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $30 for up to 3

JUROR: Catherine Kehoe received her BFA in painting from Massachusetts College of Art & Design and her MFA in painting from the School of Visual Arts from Boston University. Kehoe has received the Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship in Painting; Ballinglen Foundation Fellowship; Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed Foundation Grant; Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant; Berkshire Taconic Artist’s Resource Trust Grant; Massachusetts Cultural Council Finalist Grant; Blanche E. Colman Award; St. Botolph Club Foundation Grant; and the Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts Award. Kehoe teaches painting & drawing at Massachusetts College of Art and Design and is the co-founder of Black Pond Studio in southeastern Massachusetts.

AWARDS: Several cash awards of distinction will be given.

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CALL for ENTRIES: 7th Nat’l Pastel

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

iced PASTELES

My Spanish classes are coming along nicely although I am struggling with objective pronouns. My food vocabulary expands easily and exponentially. My favorite is pasteles. Cognates are easier to remember, but some words just stick in the brain & roll off the tongue. Pasteles = cakes. This next Call is for pastels, not pasteles, but segues are hard. It’s a stretch, I know. If pastel is your media, this is a great show…

Check out this Call for Entries from Arkansas Pastel Society (Little Rock, AR) for 7th National Exhibit. This media-specific show offers $35 Entry, 40% commission & a great juror. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
7th National Exhibit
from Arkansas
Pastel Society

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

MEDIA: Open to work at least 80% soft or oil pastel.

DEADLINE: September 3, 2017

NOTIFICATION: September 21, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $30 for 1, $40 for 2 & $45 for 3 (member discounts available)

JUROR: The artwork of Christine Ivers has been described as vibrant & textural with dynamic light. Ivers attained a BFA in painting & 2-D design from Hartford Art School in 1973 & found work in the advertising field for the last 40 years, after which she returned to her love of painting. She is the Past-President of the CT Pastel Society, former member of PSA Board of Governors where she is a Master Pastelist & was inducted into the IAPS Master Circle of Pastelists. She is a current board member of IAPS & is affiliated with numerous pastel societies & art organizations.

SALES: Arkansas Pastel Society/Central Arkansas Library System retains 40% commission on sales.

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CALL for ENTRIES: 32nd Classic

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

hot TAMALES

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

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

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

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

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

DEADLINE: May 22, 2017

NOTIFICATION: Mailed by July 14, 2017

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

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

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

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

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CALL for ENTRIES: Abstractions

Posted on March 20, 2017March 20, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

comfort, hold the BREAD

Peanut butter & jam used to be my go-to comfort food, back before wheat allergies took my family down with a thud. So I’ve been trying out abstractions of the PB&J. Peanuts & raisins, dried cranberries & sunflower seeds, and my favorite, pumpkin seeds and raspberries. It is the same comfort, but without the structure. I’m a fan. This next Call wants to test your comfort with abstraction. Take a look…

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

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Abstractions
from Las Laguna Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

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

THEME: Abstraction “Las Laguna Gallery is seeking unique abstract works in a variety of mediums.” — from laslagunagallery.com

DEADLINE: April 2, 2017

NOTIFICATION: April 7, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $35 for 1, $2 ea. add’l

SALES: The gallery will retain 25% commission on all sales

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Women in Art

Posted on December 27, 2016December 27, 2016 by R.L. Gibson

BEANS of green

The women in my family have a grudge against the snap of a fresh green vegetable. My mother has canned green beans for her sisters for the last half-dozen years. Her process for canning requires a certain amount of cooking plus heat-sealing the jars which compromises the texture. But, that isn’t where the grudge match ends; my aunts cook canned green beans for hours in addition. What did green beans ever do to the women in my family? While I contemplate those answers, here’s a Call that wants to see more work by women. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Las Laguna Gallery (Laguna Beach, CA) for Women in Art, an exhibit of creativity by women. Don’t miss this opportunity…

CALL for ENTRIES:
Women in Art
from Las Laguna Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all women artists

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

THEME: None “This exhibition is dedicated to the spirit and creativity of all women artists, past and present.” — from laslagunagallery.com

DEADLINE: February 1, 2017

NOTIFICATION: February 11, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $35 for 1, $2 ea. add’l

SALES: The gallery will retain 25% commission on all sales

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CALL for ENTRIES: Drawing 2

Posted on May 30, 2016June 2, 2016 by R.L. Gibson

BUTTER bomb

Can someone explain margarine to me? It tastes terrible. It is chemical laden. It is approximately the same price as butter. So why? Butter is so fundamental to my cooking and baking that I cannot imagine substituting margarine. I have a friend & peer that is on a ketogenic diet, and she puts butter in her coffee. Butter is fundamental, folks, just like drawing which is the theme of this next Call. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net for Drawing 2. $20 Entry & great marketing awards. Drawing is fundamental but doesn’t have to be representational…

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CALL for ART ENTRIES:
Drawing 2 from ART-competition.net

“Drawing is the original art and language of man and continues to allow us to communicate what we see and feel. A drawing can be formal and refined or expressive and energetic; it can capture our thoughts with doodling, marks, lines or shaded areas expressing our external world and our individual thoughts. It is a record of who we are as humans and our need to connect with each other.” – from art-competition.net

ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+

MEDIA: Open to drawing including pencil, charcoal, pastel, digital drawing, experimental, etc.

THEME: “Drawing”

DEADLINE: June 6, 2016

NOTIFICATION: June 21, 2016

ENTRY FEE: $20 for 1, $10 ea. add’l

AWARDS: First place $1000 cash + $5,000 marketing value, 2nd place $150 cash + $1,500 marketing value, 3rd place $125, 4th place $100, 5th place $75, 6th place $50, & 7th place $25. The 1st through 7th place winners’ work + 10 Honorable Mentions will have their work featured in Art-Competition.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

We are happy to have Art-Competition.net as a sponsor of AAAD.

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CALL for ENTRIES: Drawing

Posted on August 28, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

drawing with
FOOD

My favorite restaurant as a kid had tables covered in butcher paper & bowls of pencils & crayons. I had to be forced to stop drawing in order to eat my dinner. Just imagine if I could have had dinner with Victor Nunes. Check out these drawings with walnuts (left). Check him out on Instagram & Facebook for more drawing with food. This next Call wants your drawings, but the food is optional. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net for Drawing. Only $20 to enter. This Call is open to lots of different drawing media including digital art. Check out the marketing prizes…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Drawing

“Drawing is the original art and language of man and continues to allow us to communicate what we see and feel. A drawing can be formal and refined or expressive and energetic, can even capture our thoughts with doodling. Marks, lines or shaded areas expresses our external world and our individual thoughts. It is a record of who we are as humans and our need to connect with each other.” –from art-competition.net

ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+

MEDIA: Open to any drawing medium— e.g. digital art, pastel, charcoal, pencil, experimental media, etc. The work can be in black & white or color of any subject–representational to abstract.

THEME: Drawing

DEADLINE: September 14, 2015

NOTIFICATION: September 23, 2015

ENTRY FEE: $20 for 1, $35 for 3, or $60 for 7

AWARDS: $7,600 in Cash & Marketing Prizes including $500 for 1st Place

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

We are thrilled to have Art-Competition.net as a sponsor of AAAD!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Day of the Dead

Posted on August 26, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

SUGAR skulls &
bones of BREAD

My family enjoys participating in cultural celebrations from around the world. None of us grew up with any sort of specific cultural traditions aside from spaghetti night or BBQ on Father’s Day. So each year we adopt Chinese New Year, Oktoberfest & even the Day of the Dead as our very own. Chinese New Year gives us an extra 6 weeks or so to make plans for the upcoming year (Yes, we really are late to everything –even making resolutions, ha). Dia de Los Muertos offers us a time to tell stories about those we’ve lost. I’ve lost a lot of people lately, and it is a great comfort to take time to celebrate them. This next Call is interested in that same celebration. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Las Laguna Gallery (Laguna Beach, CA) for Day of the Dead–work that reflect the theme of Dia de Los Muertos. $25 entry & open to lots of media…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Day of the Dead

“Dia de los Muertos is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico and around the world in other cultures. It is an ancient & enduring ritual when the living commune with the dead.” –laslagunagallery.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: All media considered: photography to fiber, mixed media, all paintings & drawings including, oil, acrylic, ink, graphite, pastels, etc. (no jewelry, video, or sculpture)

THEME: Las Laugna Gallery is looking for works inspired by the Day of the Dead.

DEADLINE: September 6, 2015

NOTIFICATION: September 10, 2015

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

Category: Pastel

raw FOOD

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

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

i always need TACOS

CALL for ENTRIES: Embracing our Differences

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

FEED me

CALL for ENTRIES: Drawing from Perception VIII from Wright State Univ.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

iced PASTELES

CALL for ENTRIES: 7th National Exhibit from Arkansas Pastel Society

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

hot TAMALES

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

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

comfort, hold the BREAD

CALL for ENTRIES: Abstractions from Las Laguna Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

BEANS of green

CALL for ENTRIES: Women in Art from Las Laguna Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

BUTTER bomb

CALL for ART ENTRIES: Drawing 2 from ART-competition.net

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

drawing with FOOD

CALL for ENTRIES: Drawing

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

SUGAR skulls & bones of BREAD

CALL for ENTRIES: Day of the Dead

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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

CALL for ENTRIES:
Embracing our Differences

CALL for ENTRIES:
Drawing from Perception VIII
from Wright State Univ.

CALL for ENTRIES:
7th National Exhibit
from Arkansas
Pastel Society

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

CALL for ENTRIES:
Abstractions
from Las Laguna Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
Women in Art
from Las Laguna Gallery

CALL for ART ENTRIES:
Drawing 2 from ART-competition.net

drawing with
FOOD

CALL for ENTRIES:
Drawing

SUGAR skulls &
bones of BREAD

CALL for ENTRIES:
Day of the Dead