CALL for ENTRIES: 2018 Encaustic

Posted on June 26, 2018June 27, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

WAXING the rounds

To wax or not to wax the cheese. I have a friend with cows that makes cheese regularly. Her production is up to more than what they can eat, and her refrigerator can’t hold any more. She’s trying to not increase her electric suck by not buying an additional refrigerator. So, she’s learning to wax her cheese for storage in her cold cellar. This next show is for those that already know how to wax (not cheese), or learning. Take a look at this opportunity…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Morpho Gallery (Chicago, IL) for their 7th Annual 2018 Encaustic exhibit. $25 Entry & 20% commission. Have you waxed?

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CALL for ENTRIES:
2018 Encaustic
at Morpho Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to encaustic work. Mixed media is welcomed, but encaustic must be the primary medium.

DEADLINE: July 20, 2018

NOTIFICATION: July 26, 2018

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

JURORS: After 6 years of successful shows, including: Hot Wax in the City, Wax(N)Blue and Unbound(ed), FUSEDChicago member Kathy Blankley Roman returns once again to jury the 7th Annual Encaustic Exhibition. Joining her is Dan Addington from Addington Gallery on board as guest juror.

SALES: Morpho will retain a 20% commission from sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Sextet III

Posted on March 5, 2018March 6, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

a DOZEN delights

I’ve had many a conversation about why some foods, eggs & bread & oysters for example, come in dozens. I’ve heard that it is easier to divide because it has more factors (1, 2, 3, 4 & 6). I’ve heard that a bakers dozen (13) exists merely so delivery men don’t eat part of the order making the baker look like a cheat. I’ve heard it originated in the fact that there were 12 pennies in a shilling which made sales without change making easier. None of these are verifiable though. Did you know there is even a Dozenal Society that advocates for 12 as our base number instead of 10? While you contemplate the math of it all, this next Call will only choose a half dozen artists to participate in this show. Are you one of six?

Check out this Call for Entries from Slow Art Productions for Sextet III at the Limner Gallery (Hudson, NY). $36 entry open to all media and all artists. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Sextet III
at the Limner Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media

DEADLINE: April 30, 2018

NOTIFICATION: May 31, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $36 for up to 6

AWARDS: The six selected artists will be featured in a exhibition at the Limner Gallery in Hudson, NY, June 14 – July 14, 2018, and on the gallery web site.

SALES: SlowArt Productions will retain 30% commission on sales. Prices set by the artist.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Spectrum Gestalt 5

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

the full SPECTRUM

I dream of rainbow colored foods. No doubt you’ve read more than one of my artificial food coloring rants. And, for the record, I don’t understand why one would color food for the sake of coloring them. But the good news is, we are finding our way back to natural pigments made from tumeric, beet root & blueberries. One day, I’ll get to eat rainbow cupcakes with full abandon & no fear. This next Call wants the entire rainbow, but you’re only responsible for ONE of the colors. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Bleicher/Gorman Project Space Bergamot Station aka bG Gallery (Santa Monica, CA) for Spectrum Gestalt 5. Enter for as little as $15. This show is part curated show, part installation. Fascinating…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Spectrum Gestalt 5
from bG Gallery

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“Part curatorial, part installation Spectrum-Gestalt brings together artists’ works from a wide variety of genres and mediums, grouping them into an expansive spectrum of color. Spectrum is one of our most popular exhibits each year having a similar concept but a different installation structure.” –bG Gallery

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media. Work should be predominantly a single color.

DEADLINE: September 30, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $15 for one (4″x4″ or smaller / all hung), $20 for one (any size) or $40 for up to 3 any size.

SALES: bG Gallery will retain 50% commission on sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Wax Poetic

Posted on August 14, 2017August 14, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

with a CHERRY on top

I have an aunt that still seals jelly with wax instead of heat sealing them with a lid & ring. She swears it is easier and says her cherry jelly never lasts more than 2 months anyway. I don’t understand how it is any easier since she has to melt the ways and spoon it over the top of the each jar of jelly. But, I love her cherry jelly, so I just keep my mouth shut about the wax. This next Call is all about the wax. Is this Call for you?

Check out this Call for Entries from Fabulon (Charleston, SC) for Wax Poetic, a juried show of encaustic work with and without Poetry as a component. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Wax Poetic
from Fabulon

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to encaustic work

THEME: “Fabulon will curate a juried show of encaustic work with and without Poetry as a component. The main goal is to bring encaustic work to the people. Show why artists are enthralled. Show the best it can be. Elevate from the crafty, decopauge, or crayon connotation it has in some minds.” –from fabulon.com

DEADLINE: August 21, 2017

NOTIFICATION: August 31, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to 5

AWARDS: Best of Show $

SALES: The gallery will retain 40% commission on sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: L’Origine du Monde: Eroticism

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

FOOD without fight

Date night used to always be mussels steamed with white wine & peppercorns. Post shellfish allergy, I find our date night regularly features ahi tuna, ripe avocado, chilled vodka & goat cheese for days. But, since our teenager left home for his summer job & college, we’ve decided that any meal without a kid is a romantic dinner, ha. This next Call is looking for your take on sensuality & eroticism. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Scarlet Seven Fine Art Gallery (Troy, NY) for L’Origine du Monde: Eroticism. $20 Entry, 30% commission & curator Jillian Platt has been featured by AAAD in the past. This is a new gallery, and I am excited to see them grow. Investigate this opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
L’Origine du Monde:
Eroticism from
Scarlet Seven
Fine Art Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists, 18+

MEDIA: Open to painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, photography, hand made jewelry, textiles & encaustic.

THEME: Entries should reflect the aesthetic ideas of sensuality, desire, romanticism & eroticism.

DEADLINE: July 9, 2017

NOTIFICATION: July 21, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $20 for up to 5

CURATORS: Jon Christopher Gernon has cultivated more than 25 years experience with the local arts scene, including 22 years as the former gallery director at Clement Art in Troy, NY. He has curated, installed & designed 100+ exhibitions of local, regional, national & European artists work. A widely exhibited & collected artist himself, his work has been featured in more than fifty group & solo exhibitions in the U.S., Canada & Europe.

Jillian Platt has a BFA in painting from Boston University & a M.S. in medical illustration from Augusta University. Jillian has worked as a freelance artist creating illustrations & animations for editorial, pharmaceutical, surgical & legal communities for 20 years. Her work has been featured on PBS, as part of global advertising campaigns & has helped to win the highest product liability case in NYS. She recently curated 3 pop-up art shows in Troy, NY.

SALES: The gallery will retain 30% commission on all sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Contemporary Encaustic

Posted on May 21, 2017May 16, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

your BEESwax

For all of my complaining about added wax in/on food, it does have its place. You know I don’t need my fruit and veggies to be pretty, but a lightly waxed apple from my local orchard will keep in cold storage or root cellar for months on end. And have you spied the new beeswax food wrap? It is meant as a replacement for plastic wrap. You can even make your own. Cool. This next Call is also an excellent use of wax. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Royal Contemporary for the Contemporary Encaustic 2017. A $35 entry fee is standard, but cash prizes are always a bonus. This is a great opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Contemporary Encaustic
from Royal Contemporary

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to both traditional encaustic materials, techniques, and methods as well as works that explore unexpected relationships between encaustic and other materials.

DEADLINE: June 1, 2017

NOTIFICATION: June 5, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $35 for 2-5 images

JURORS: Lisa Steele is a sculptor working primarily in clay & mixed media & involves the sculptural interpretation of land forms, simplified & abstracted into fundamental shapes & elements to capture the essence and spirit of the place. She has been exhibiting professionally for 25+ years, and holds a B.F.A. from Syracuse University. Steele owns Royal Contemporary, the premier contemporary fine art gallery in Florence, CO.

Lauren Lipinski Eisen’s encaustic & mixed-media paintings focus on memory and place, investigating the visual portrayal of separate moments in time combined into single images. Her images explore the relationships between landscape, architecture, agriculture, horticulture and other aspects of industry that affect native plant and animal life. Eisen leads the Painting program for the School of Art & Design at the University of Northern Colorado. Lauren received an M.F.A. in Painting from Tulane University & a B.F.A. in Fine Arts from Columbus College of Art & Design.

AWARDS: $300 for Best of Show, $200 for 2nd Place & $100 for 3rd Place. Selected artists will be featured in a group exhibition at Royal Contemporary from July 6 through August 27, 2017. The exhibition will be promoted with professionally printed invitations, email announcements, website presence for all selected artists on the gallery’s website, an opening reception, local and regional electronic postings, and press releases.

SALES: All work must be for sale. Royal Contemporary will retain 50% commission on sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: 2017 Strange Figurations

Posted on May 15, 2017July 2, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

odd PERFECTION

I once had a kitchen with a dishwasher that opened into the living room. No kidding. I love an odd house, an odd room. I am the one that buys the mutant vegetables at the farmer’s market. I like to think of the mutations as the vegetables exercising their free will over their little spot in the world. Yeah, yeah, science. I know. This next Call also entertains an interest in the odd, the strange, the surreal. Investigate this show…

Check out this Call for Entries from SlowArt Productions for Strange Figurations at the Limner Gallery (Hudson, NY). $35 entry & 30% commission. This is open to all artists, all media & all interpretations. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
2017 Strange Figurations
from SlowArt Productions
at the Limner Gallery

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

MEDIA: Open to all media, included are all forms of surreal, visionary and extraordinary figurative art.

THEME: All interpretations of “Strange Figurations” will be reviewed & considered.

DEADLINE: July 8, 2017 (extended from June 20, 2017)

NOTIFICATION: July 30, 2017

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

AWARDS: Winning artists will be featured in a group exhibition at the Limner Gallery, September 6 – 30, 2017. The exhibition will also be displayed on the Limner Gallery web site and through social media.

SALES: The gallery will take a 30% commission on all sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Spectacular

Posted on May 9, 2017May 8, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

EAT it all

People always ask about my favorite food. Some days it is goat cheese. Well, a lot of days it is goat cheese. But some days it is lamb or strawberries or pesto or pomegranate. I am open to every food. Fickle stomach. This next Call is also completely open to your wish or whim. Send them your best…

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

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CALL for ENTRIES:
spectacular
from Las Laguna Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists (int’l)

MEDIA: Open to all* media, including (but not limited to) assemblage, collage, digital art, drawing (graphite, charcoal, colored pencil), encaustic, fiber art, illustration, mixed media, new media, painting (oil, acrylic, watercolor, airbrush), pastel & photography (traditional or digital). No jewelry, video or sculpture.

THEME: Open Theme. Open to a full spectrum of work and interpretation.

DEADLINE: June 6, 2017

NOTIFICATION: June 12, 2017

GUEST ARTIST: Lisa Clarke

ENTRY FEE: $35 for 1, $1 ea. add’l

SALES: The Las Laguna Gallery will retain 25% commission on all sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: monochrome

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

sautee or FRY?

There is a fine line between golden goodness & fried brown sameness. I have an aunt who won’t eat “lacy” eggs or “dirty” biscuits, her phraseology for anything browned, but she only eats meats well done. (Go figure.) Personally, I love a butter browned anything, but I shy away from the monotony of bread-crumb brown. This next Call wants your monotone work –food references not required. Take a look…

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

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CALL for ENTRIES:
monochrome
from Las Laguna Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all* media, except jewelry and sculpture.

THEME: Monochrome “Art that explores values of one color.” — from laslagunagallery.com

DEADLINE: April 16, 2017

NOTIFICATION: April 21, 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!

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CALL for ENTRIES: 12 Solo Shows

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

et tu, Brute?

Anchovy paste is a standard item in my pantry, but it’s because I have a Caesar salad addiction. Otherwise, I don’t know a single person that eats anchovies outside of my family. Then, I was sitting in a pizza joint in Hendersonville, NC when I heard someone say, “I’m here for the anchovy, black olive pie.” See, I am not alone –never alone. There are benefits to being alone at times though. This next Call is the perfect opportunity to go solo. Don’t miss this chance…

Check out this Call for Entries from Firehouse Center for the Arts (Newburyport, MA) for one of 12 Monthly Solo Show opportunities. For your $25 entry fee, you could land a solo show in Massachusetts. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES: 12 Solo Shows
from Firehouse Center for the Arts

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all 2-Dimensional art

DEADLINE: delivered by April 30, 2017 (All submissions are by hard-copy, NOT ONLINE.)

NOTIFICATION: Early June 2017

ENTRY FEE: $25 for 10-20 images

JURORS: A Visual Arts Review Board (composed of Firehouse Board members, professional artists, photographers, gallery directors) will conduct a blind review of all submitted proposals in May.

AWARDS: Artists chosen will receive a one-month, one-person show with 50 linear feet of 10’ high gallery wall space located on the ground floor of the Firehouse Center for the Arts.

SALES: Prices should reflect the 30% commission due to the Firehouse.

Category: Encaustic

WAXING the rounds

CALL for ENTRIES: 2018 Encaustic at Morpho Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

a DOZEN delights

CALL for ENTRIES: Sextet III at the Limner Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

the full SPECTRUM

CALL for ENTRIES: Spectrum Gestalt 5 from bG Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

with a CHERRY on top

CALL for ENTRIES: Wax Poetic from Fabulon

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

FOOD without fight

CALL for ENTRIES: L’Origine du Monde: Eroticism from Scarlet Seven Fine Art Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

your BEESwax

CALL for ENTRIES: Contemporary Encaustic from Royal Contemporary

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

odd PERFECTION

CALL for ENTRIES: 2017 Strange Figurations from SlowArt Productions at the Limner Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

EAT it all

CALL for ENTRIES: spectacular from Las Laguna Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

sautee or FRY?

CALL for ENTRIES: monochrome from Las Laguna Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

et tu, Brute?

CALL for ENTRIES: 12 Solo Shows from Firehouse Center for the Arts

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES:
2018 Encaustic
at Morpho Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
Sextet III
at the Limner Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
Spectrum Gestalt 5
from bG Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
Wax Poetic
from Fabulon

CALL for ENTRIES:
L’Origine du Monde:
Eroticism from
Scarlet Seven
Fine Art Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
Contemporary Encaustic
from Royal Contemporary

CALL for ENTRIES:
2017 Strange Figurations
from SlowArt Productions
at the Limner Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
spectacular
from Las Laguna Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
monochrome
from Las Laguna Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES: 12 Solo Shows
from Firehouse Center for the Arts