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CALL for ENTRIES: Stories, Parables & Tall Tales

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Learn more about the Stories, Parables & Tall Tales exhibit from Studio Channel Islands!DINNER anyone?

I’ve been eating with strangers lately.  That is, I’ve had the privilege of eating family-style  –from farm-to-table dinners with 20 at a table, or a restaurant with 8 at a table.  It reminds me of stories my grandmother used to tell of Sunday dinners in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, when her family, that included 10 children, would just lay a sheet over the home-grown & prepared food on the dining room table after everyone ate, just in case friends or neighbors dropped by.  They didn’t have much except a wealth of food to share. I love the planned inclusion of unplanned guests and the stories that must have inevitably followed. This next Call offers you an opportunity to tell your own story.  Don’t miss the opportunity…

Check out this Call for Entries from Studio Channel Islands (Camarillo, CA) for Stories, Parables & Tall Tales.  Great theme for this California show.  Take a look…

Learn more about the Stories, Parables & Tall Tales exhibit from Studio Channel Islands!CALL for ENTRIES:
Stories, Parables & Tall Tales
fm Studio Channel Islands

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ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists

MEDIA:  Open to all media except video, film, performance art, installation and works requiring an external electrical source.

DEADLINE:  November 14, 2016

NOTIFICATION:  November 21, 2016

ENTRY FEE:  $45 for up to 3,  $35 for members (with code)

JUROR: Often dreamlike and enigmatic, Christine Brennan’s work features a host of symbolic and allegorical reference. Brennan’s images draw from the unconscious, leading the viewer into richly-lit narratives that evoke personal stories and associations.  As a painter and printmaker, Brennan works in oil on paper or board and hand-colored linoleum block prints. Never setting out to illustrate a specific theme or story, the artist creates each image as she goes, changing and shaping it along the way.

AWARDS:  1st Place $500, 2nd Place $200 & 3rd Place $100

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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RESIDENCY: HMC Budapest

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Learn more about the HMC International Residency!with a CHERRY on top

Long-time readers have felt my pain at the lack of ethnic culinary options in my little hometown.  But we HAVE recently added superb Thai & Indian food to list.  There is ONE really inconveniently located German restaurant –which is like not having one.  But, I still await Ethiopian food (never going to happen) & Hungarian food (craving hideg meggyleves, a chilled cherry, sour soup).  Soup is not the only reason to consider this next residency Call.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Application from the Hungarian Multicultural Center (Dallas/Budapest) for Int’l Artist Residencies.  Two great themes & only $35 to apply.  Investigate…

Learn more about the HMC International Residency!RESIDENCY
from HMC
in Budapest

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ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists, designers, theorists, writers and curators 

MEDIA:  Open to all media, ie. work on paper, painting, drawing, photo, video, performance, etc.

THEMES:  “My Life with a Dog” or “Environmental Project”

DEADLINE:  January 20, 2017 (as of 11/28/16)

NOTIFICATION:  January 23, 2017

APPLICATION FEE: $35 to apply.  Note: There is a package price to attend the residency of the summer residencies: $1350/artist.  The winter residency cost $1,150.  Artists are expected to pay all travel expenses, personal costs, visa (if necessary), insurance & artist materials.

AWARDS:  The residency is located in Budapest.  The residence offers shared room/bath/kitchen as living quarters, and working area, exhibition, ArtistTalk, field trip, gallery tour are included in the cost. 

HOW to APPLY:  The details are downloadable here.  Please email bszechy@yahoo.com for an application. *Note: I have been unable to locate this form on the site, so be sure to bookmark this page if interested.

For complete details, email bszechy@yahoo.com!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Still Life

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Learn more about the Still Life exhibit from Art-competition.net!goin’ BANANAS

The landscape of my kitchen counter is changing. My day is incomplete without fresh fruit. While the happy dance of the clementines begins soon, it is otherwise just the banana bunny hop for most of the winter.  I find that most in-season winter produce is either not finger food (cranberries, pomegranates) and/or expensive (guava, kumquat, kiwi).  So clementines & bananas still life it will be.  This next Call invites you to create your own still life.  Orange you glad? (sorry)

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net for Still Life. $20 entry plus no shipping. Take a look…

Learn more about the Still Life exhibit from Art-competition.net!CALL for ENTRIES:
Still Life
from Art-competition.net

 

ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+

MEDIA:   Open to still media, including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, digital, prints, fiber art, collage, etc.

THEME: Still Life  “…works can be traditional or contemporary in nature, with the content exhibiting everyday objects which are natural  or which are manufactured. The subjects of the art can range from a single object to a complex arrangement of objects expressed from representational to abstract. The still life art genre may appear simplistic; however, it frequently reveals a subtle insight into various cultures that are uniquely different from our own.”

DEADLINE: November 7, 2016

NOTIFICATION: November 17, 2016

ENTRY FEE: $20 for 1, $10 ea. add’l

AWARDS: Twenty artists will be selected for a group exhibit entitled “Still Life” at G25N’s online gallery. The exhibit and all selected artists will be extensively marketed.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: L.A. 2016

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Learn more from The Billboard Creative!FRESH on the street

My heart beats for the east coast, but my stomach is devoted to the other coast.  I love that fruit vendors are to Los Angeles what the pretzel cart is to NYC.  I can’t defect over fruit, but I can ask… the next time you are handing a few bills to a street vendor, look up.  If you don’t see your art on the billboard above, then this next Call may be for you.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from The Billboard Creative for the 2016 Los Angeles Exhibition.  Only $27 to enter & no hidden fees if selected.  A exciting opportunity…

Learn more from The Billboard Creative!CALL for ENTRIES:
L.A. 2016
from The Billboard Creative

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ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists.

MEDIA:  Open to all disciplines.  “If you can put it on a digital file we can put it on a billboard.”

DEADLINE:  October 2, 2016

ENTRY FEE:  $27 for 1 image, $7 ea. add’l

CURATOR:  Mona Kuhn is best known for her large-scale, dream-like photographs of the human form. Her work often reference classical themes with a light and insightful touch.  Kuhn’s approach to her photography is unusual in that she usually develops close relationships with her subjects, resulting in images of remarkable naturalness and intimacy, and creating the effect of people naked but comfortable in their own skin.

AWARDS:  Selected work will be displayed on billboards throughout Los Angeles.  Imagine your art viewed on a massive scale, by tens of thousands of Angelenos on their daily commutes.  Public art displayed in a quintessential Los Angeles medium.

SALES:  The Billboard Creative will not use your images for any commercial purpose outside the terms of the Billboard show and publicity for The Billboard Creative and its shows. Every image you submit is yours and you retain all rights to your images.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for PROPOSALS: Living Arts

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Learn more about the 2017-18 Call for Proposals from Living Arts in Tulsa, OK!window GARDEN

It is the first day of Fall, and I am still nursing my garlic chives from Spring.  I received a gift of a 6″ starter of garlic chives from a farmers market vendor.  And, instead of re-potting, I just sat it in a dish in my window sill and kept clipping and watering.  Miraculously, it is still here –testament to an excellent offering from an excellent farmer.  This next Call is excellent.  Trust me, you won’t regret sending a proposal. I promise.

Check out this Call for Proposals from Living Arts (Tulsa, OK) for the 2017-18 Exhibit Season.  No entry fee, open to almost every media AND they might even cover return shipping.  Take a look…

Learn more about the 2017-18 Call for Proposals from Living Arts!CALL for Proposals:
2017-18 Season
fm Living Arts

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ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists

MEDIA:  Open to nearly all media — including painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, new media, new music, installation, spoken word, performance, new dance, art cars, artist residencies, curation and even video. Click here for a list of programs that might help you tailor your proposal.

DEADLINE:  October 1, 2016

NOTIFICATION:  Ongoing

ENTRY FEE: No entry fee

SALES: Sales are subject to 30% commission.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about the 2017-18 Call for Proposals from Living Arts!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Bring us Your Dead

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Learn more about the Bring us your Dead exhibit from Las Laguna Gallery!shared TREATS

My Aunt Maggie B. loved marzipan. We would attempt to craft our own from honey, powdered sugar and finely ground almonds & foregoing the additional almond extract.  The year I spent with her trying to form our Play-Doh-like lumps into little fruit and vegetable shapes taught me that food color can be derived from real food, not just a jar, that gold and silver are edible in small amounts, and that treats well-labored taste better.  I celebrate the making & eating of every marzipan fruit with my great aunt Mag (RIP, 1922-2005).  This Call is a chance for you to celebrate life with someone who has already passed.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Las Laguna Gallery (Laguna Beach, CA) for Bring us Your Dead, an exhibit allowing you to inspired by those no longer with us . Don’t miss this opportunity…

Learn more about the Bring Us Your Dead exhibit from the Las Laguna Gallery!CALL for ENTRIES:
Bring us Your Dead
from Las Laguna Gallery

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“Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico and around the world in other cultures. It is an ancient and enduring ritual when the living commune with the dead – a mystical night when the veil is lifted between their two realms and they may share a day together.” –from laslagunagallery.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all wall-hung media

DEADLINE: September 6, 2016

NOTIFICATION: September 12, 2016

ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to 3, $5 ea. add’l

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

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about the Women in Art exhibit from the Las Laguna Gallery!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Aerial Red

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Learn more about the RED, the Aerial Gallery, from the City of Las Vegas Office of Cultural Affairs!going, going, GONE

The season of red fruit is coming to an end.  Goodbye to glorious, vine-ripened tomatoes, berries fresh from the patch and those ruby-filled melons.  But in its place will be the season of orange goodness.  Everything in good time.  In the meantime, don’t miss this FREE Call for all things red.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the city of Las Vegas Office of Cultural Affairs (Las Vegas, NV) for Red, an Aerial Gallery (banner exhibit).  No entry fee, but the deadline IS August 14, 2016.  Don’t delay…

Learn more about the RED, the Aerial Gallery, from the City of Las Vegas Office of Cultural Affairs!CALL for ENTRIES:
Aerial Red from the
Las Vegas Office of Cultural Affairs

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ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all media

THEME: The unifying theme of the exhibition will be the color red.

DEADLINE:  August 14, 2016, 11:59pm PST (*please note the time zone)

ENTRY FEE: None

AWARD:  A $1000 honorarium will be offered to each selected artist/artist team per-block (8 blocks in total). Artist(s) will be selected by block, allowing for up to eight artists’ work to be selected. Each light pole will have two banners hung on it, allowing for each artist to have 6-10 images on display per-block, depending on the block. Each printed vinyl banner will be 18 inches wide by 60 inches tall, with double sided printing.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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ARTIST of the DAY: Vivienne Strauss

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duck duck GOOSE

When I came home from the hospital with my bouncing baby boy so many years ago, I found a bottle of cold duck in my fridge –a gift from my mother.  Not champagne.  Cold Duck.  This particular variety was a blend of port & champagne.  I never asked her why, and I’ve never had it since.  But, after a pregnancy free from alcohol for both myself and my husband, it only took a glass a piece to make us a little giddy and able to let go of the fears and stress of being a new parent, if only for an hour or so.  It is a fond, silly memory that I treasure.  When I came across this work of today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Vivienne Strauss, it put a smile on my face.  The perfect complement. (continues below)

"Cold duck" (collage & embroidery on paper) by Vivienne Strauss
“Cold duck” (collage & embroidery on paper) by Vivienne Strauss

A self-taught painter with a background in Philosophy, Vivienne Strauss works predominately in oil and watercolor. Her paintings often migrating around the humor of being human – shared dejection, things left unsaid, false arrogance, disbelief, inspired irony. She is an observer and chronicler, in the actual world in which she exists and in the world of characters she creates, exposing, with precise wit, the subterranean elements lying in wait beneath the deceptively quotidian.

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Enjoy the witty observation in the work of today’s
AAAD Artist of the Day, Vivienne Strauss!

CALL for ENTRIES: Illustration Awards

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Learn more about the International Illustration Awards from 3x3 Mag!need a
CLEAN PLATE?

I am not a fan of buffet restaurants. Even when I get past the being herded like school children through a cafeteria line, I have trouble with all inclusive nature.  How can one hold everything at a single temp & humidity and expect everything to thrive? Some foods are fragile. Celery & carrots require higher humidity. Dairy needs a lower temp than washed greens.  In exchange for larger variety, we end up with mediocre versions of fresh food that would have better maintained their individuality in a kitchen.  This next call is a hand-picked selection of the highest quality, not a buffet.  Interested? Me too.

Check out this Call for Entries from 3×3 Magazine for the Int’l Illustration Show.  Quality art publication that is both curated but open to illustration is a rare combination. These fees are among the lowest in the industry.  Take a look…

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Learn more about the International Illustration Awards from 3x3 Mag!CALL for ENTRIES:
Illustration Awards
from 3×3 Magazine

 

3×3 Magazine publishes the world’s best contemporary illustration as judged by some of the world’s top art directors, designers and illustrators. They welcome entrants come from every part of the globe are still one of the best values regarding entry & publication fees.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists for commissioned & non-commissioned work produced/published during 2015.

DEADLINE: March 25, 2016

NOTIFICATION: by June 25, 2016

ENTRY FEE: Single entries are $35 and Series (3–5 images only) are $60. Note: Publication fees for winners are $85 to cover the printing & distributing. Honorable mentions pay $50.

JUDGES:  Read the FAQ for a complete list of judges.

AWARDS: Winners will be featured in the printed annual. Best of Show & Gold medal winners receive our distinctive 3×3×3-inch cube, Silver and Bronze winners receive a framed award; distinctive merit and merit winners receive paper certificates. The eBook will be offered free to a select list of art directors worldwide. In addition all winners will be invited to participate in the 2017 Illustration Directory sent free to 6,000+ art directors and art buyers in America.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about the International Illustration Awards from 3x3 Mag!

 

ARTIST of the DAY: Oriol Malet

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musical GEN(i)US

I find artist inspiration in unexpected places.  Lately, I’ve had a rash of commissions that have come musicians –from punk to folk.  My brain processes the sound aesthetically and the imagery just appears.  I appreciate the opportunity to exercise my creative brain differently. Today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Oriol Malet finds much of his motivation in jazz. (continues below)

Red Books (left) & White Cat (right) by illustrator Oriol Malet!
Red Books (left) & White Cat (right) by illustrator Oriol Malet!

Malet assures us that he does not take his references from graphic design but from literature and music. Oriol’s drawings derive more from the work of Boris Vian or Charles Mingus than from any visual artists.  He has been studying music for five years on the drums he has played all his life. Now, in addition, in honor of his devotion to jazz, he has begun to play the trumpet.

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Find your inspiration in the work of the
ArtAndArtDeadlines.com Artist of the Day Oriol Malet!

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