CALL for ENTRIES: Faces of Humanity

Posted on December 24, 2016December 22, 2016 by R.L. Gibson

CREAM of the crop

Dairy isn’t everyone’s friend. My child has struggled with it for years. He loves it far more than it loves him. To this day, nothing is better than seeing his FACE when he stretches warm cheese off a pizza or eats that first spoonful of ice cream. People suffer for fashion and art. Why not for the love of dairy? This next Call wants to see all the faces of humanity, not just the dairy daze. You know how I love portraiture…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net for Faces of Humanity. $25 entry & no shipping. The media is pretty wide open too. Take a look…

CALL for ENTRIES:
Faces of Humanity
from Art-competition.net

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ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+

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

THEME: Faces of Humanity “For this group exhibition the curators will be selecting artwork that communicates the diversity of humanity by capturing the emotion, beauty, love, hope, and wisdom as seen in the faces of people from different cultures.”

DEADLINE: January 16, 2017

NOTIFICATION: January 27, 2017

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

AWARDS: 20 artists will be selected for an online group exhibit, “Faces of Humanity” at Gallery25N; the exhibit and artists will be extensively marketed worldwide to over 20,000 people including art buyers, gallery owners, curators, collectors, etc.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Expo 36

Posted on November 23, 2016November 23, 2016 by R.L. Gibson

fast FARE

The freezer saves dinner about two days a week in my house. We purposefully cook more portions than we can eat and save the leftovers. It started out as a way to send lunch with my kiddo for school, but it has become a dinner rescue regularly. When you get busy and have forgotten to plan for dinner and live nearly a half hour from the closest grocery or restaurant, you’re grateful for frozen leftovers. This next Call is not a leftover or frozen, but I did neglect to plan the publication more than a few days out from the deadline. Sorry about that…

Check out this Call for Entries from the b.j. spoke gallery (Huntington, NY) for Expo 36. The deadline for this New York gallery show is just days away. Don’t miss this chance…

CALL for ENTRIES:
Expo 36
at b.j. spoke gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all U.S. residents

MEDIA: Open to all fine arts media, i.e. watercolor, drawing, pastel, painting, sculpture, mixed media, installation art, photography, video, digital art, etchings, monotype, monoprint, silk screen, lithography, collagraph, fiber art, etc. No crafts, please.

DEADLINE: November 28, 2016

NOTIFICATION: December 15, 2016

ENTRY FEE: $35 for six (6) images and/or two (2) video submissions

JUROR: Jennifer Harris, Curatorial Assistant, Museum of Modern Art

AWARDS: The exhibition of selected works in March, 2017 at the b.j. spoke gallery.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Passion to Perform

Posted on November 20, 2016November 20, 2016 by R.L. Gibson

the gilded PALATE

Breakfast & dessert challenge my craving for variety. I have resigned myself to daily morning eggs in every conceivable form, but I still delight in eggs for dessert. Custard. Eggs, sugar, vanilla, cream, yum. Crusted sugar atop a golden custard is heaven. A simple delight. This next Call offers gold as your inspiration. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Yamana Gold for Passion to Perform contest. No entry fee. Finalist judged from physical work & shipping paid by the sponsor. Carefully investigate…

CALL for ENTRIES:
Passion to Perform
from Yamana Gold

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all media

DEADLINE: January 15, 2017

NOTIFICATION: January 30, 2017: Short listed notices & delivery instructions. February 6, 2017: Results of final round of judging and award notices

ENTRY FEE: None. Limit 2 entries.

JUDGING: The panel of judges will review entries; approx. 35 artists will be short listed. Short listed works will be delivered to the corporate offices (Toronto), using reputable courier firms, the cost of which will be borne by the company.

AWARDS: $6,000 USD for 1st prize, $2,500 USD for 2d prize and $1,500 USD for 3rd prize. An add’l fund has been established to acquire more work from the shortlisted finalists, which will then become part of the permanent collection.

SALES: The listed value for the artworks can only be up to $1,500 USD in order to accommodate possible acquisition by Yamana Gold. Any work with a registered value higher than $1,500 USD will not be accepted. The entrant must specify the “catalogue selling price” in the event the corporation wishes to acquire the artwork; shipping & insurance costs will be borne by the company.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: small works BIG TALENT

Posted on October 24, 2016October 24, 2016 by R.L. Gibson

beware the DELI MEATS

My first encounter with a peppercorn was in olive loaf. My father deluded himself into the notion that a seven year old was the target audience for this studded meat product. I survived. I love olives, and fresh peppercorns make my stock & dressings sing. (I still shun the loaf of olive, though.) Both olives & peppercorns are perfect example huge impact in tiny packages — the inspiration for the next Call. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Las Laguna Gallery (Laguna Beach, CA) for small works BIG TALENT, an exhibit of small works with big impact. Don’t miss this opportunity…

CALL for ENTRIES:
small works BIG TALENT
from Las Laguna Gallery

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“Great things are done by a series of
small things brought together.”
–Vincent Van Gogh

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to 2D media 16″ or smaller –from photography to fabric, mixed media, all paintings and drawings including, oil, acrylic, ink, graphite, pastels, etc.

DEADLINE: November 6, 2016

NOTIFICATION: November 10, 2016

ENTRY FEE: $25 for 1, $3 ea. add’l

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

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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ARTIST of the DAY: Amanda Senneby

Posted on November 23, 2015November 23, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

life LESSONS

If the life of American artist Margaret Keane, famous for drawing portraits & paintings with big eyes, taught us anything, it is to be careful who you trust with your name, with your work — with your legacy. Today’s featured work leaves me with the same words of caution. AAAD is happy to share the work of Stockholm-based artist Amanda Senneby, our current Artist of the Day, with you. (continues below)

small men GREAT WOMEN by Stockholm-based artist Amanda Senneby! — *“small men GREAT WOMEN” by artist Amanda Senneby!*

“A self-initiated book project with the working title Small Men Great Women. The purpose of the project is to tell the story about successful couples where the women have been neglected in the historiography in favor of their men. I want to examine a simple way to communicate and pay attention to a difficult and inaccessible subject.” –Amanda Senneby

Learn more about Amanda Senneby!

CALL for ENTRIES: Billboard Diversity

Posted on November 18, 2015November 17, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

EAT
more

I ate broccoli at dinner last night. *yawn* Did you know there are approximately 30,000 edible plants on this planet? Did you also know that a mere 50 crops make up 90% of the calories consumed? How did we get so boring? Diversity is the best part of eating and cooking and consuming (and being for that matter) even if I do forget that when shopping some days. This next Call is another excellent way to celebrate diversity. Take a look…

Check out this great Call for Entries for the annual Embracing our Differences billboard project (Sarasota, FL). No entry fee & $3000 in awards. Don’t miss this opportunity…

*Editor’s Note: If you have read the personal portion of this post, CALL for ENTRIES: Billboard Diversity, anywhere other than by email subscription or on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, it has been published without permission and is considered theft.

CALL for ENTRIES:
Embracing our Differences

Our goal is to create a community where diversity and inclusion are valued while teaching the importance of being an ‘up-stander,’ not a ‘by- stander’.” — from embracingourdifferences.org

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: 2-D work including but not limited to photography, digital, collage, drawing, painting, etc. Remember, if chosen, it will be enlarged to 16′ x 12.5′ or 4.9 m x 3.8m.

THEME: Enriching lives through diversity

DEADLINE: January 4, 2016 (midnight PST)

NOTIFICATION: Winning selections will be announced online by mid-March, 2016

ENTRY FEE: None

AWARDS: A total of $3,000 USD in three separate $1,000 awards for Best-in-Show (adult), Best-in-Show (student) & People’s Choice.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

ARTIST of the DAY: Polly Nor

Posted on November 17, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

our FIRST time, again

AAAD is thrilled to announce Polly Nor as our very first Artist of the Day. The first “A” of AAAD is “art” & as we begin our seventh year, you will see more art on our pages. Our month Featured Artist will now be chosen from Artist of the Day posts. Simple. Delicious. (continues below)

Let Go -- illustration by Polly Nor — *Let Go — illustration by Polly Nor*

“I draw women & devils for women & devils.”
— Polly Nor (via Twitter)

North London illustrator Polly Nor has produced a number of commissions for Hunger TV, Bloomsbury and EMI records and has worked on projects for Bric Gallery, Salzburg Festival and The Metropolitan Opera, New York. With a strong focus on female sexuality, relationships and emotional instability, Polly Nor creates erotic and cultural satire for all the perverted internet addicts out there.

Learn more about Polly Nor!

CALL for SUBMISSIONS: 46 Million

Posted on November 5, 2015November 5, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

eat a TATER
save a TURKEY

Sweet potato casserole, and I’m done. Turkey has never been a part of my family’s holiday traditions. In fact we are so obsessed with sweet potato casserole with a pecan pie top, we really just eat the rest of the meal as an excuse to consume ridiculous amounts of casserole. It serves as a side dish & dessert then late-night snack. We until it is gone. It takes the four of us about 2 days. I feel the need to put on stretchy pants just thinking about it. This next Call is a fun turkey project. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Submissions from Fireseed Arts Gallery (Framingham, MA) for 46 Million Turkeys, an all-hung project to raise awareness. No entry fee. It only costs a single stamp to ship. If you are stuck in a rut, this is a great way to jump start your creativity…

*Editor’s Note: If you have read the personal portion of this post, CALL for SUBMISSIONS: 46 Million, anywhere other than by email subscription or on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, it has been published without permission and is considered theft.

CALL for SUBMISSIONS:
46 Million Turkeys

“The National Turkey Federation estimates Americans eat approximately 46 million turkeys on a single Thanksgiving holiday. Imagine 46 million animals raised, killed, and eaten for one single holiday! Well that’s just it—it’s hard to imagine such a staggering number! The 46millionturkeys project invites members of the community to help create 46 million mini turkeys portraits as a reminder that every single one of those animals was a unique individual.” –from 46millionturkeys.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all media, but restricted to 2″x 2″. Recycled and/or upcycled materials suggested, but not required.

DEADLINE: Ongoing until the “46 million” goal is reached. An exhibit is held each November. If submissions arrive prior to 11/21/15 –included in THIS YEAR’S exhibit. If arrives AFTER 11/21/15 –included in next year’s exhibit.

NOTIFICATION: All hung

ABOUT the Gallery: “Fireseed Arts is a creative enterprise founded as an incubator for profitable, sustainable, environmental art projects and businesses. We are artists, entrepreneurs and musicians with a passion for preserving and protecting our cultural and environmental heritage.” –from fireseedarts.com

For complete details, Read the Full Guidelines!

CALL for ENTRIES: Small Plates

Posted on June 30, 2015April 4, 2016 by R.L. Gibson

i want some
MORE

Remember having “eyes bigger than your stomach”? That was the automatic response to an overly large-portioned plate at my childhood dinner table. It was then immediately followed by a lecture reminding me of children thought to be starving in a far away country that seemed, well, other worldly to a five year old. The truth would have been more effective. There were starving children in my own country, my own state, my own town, probably my own neighborhood. I was fortunate not to want for food as a child. But today, my eyes are always bigger than my stomach. I always take on more than I can easily digest, gastronomically and otherwise, and yet I always find myself both hungry to pile on more–even while suffering the indigestion of my last turn at the proverbial table. This next Call is proof. In 2016, we are proud to be offering a buffet for all of you. Take us up on this, the first of several dinner invitations to come…

Check out this Call for Entries from ArtAndArtDeadlines.com (AAAD) for Small Plates: A Response to Hunger, a small works show, exhibited in The Balcony gallery (Knoxville, TN) located at The Emporium Center. Grow with us…

CALL for ENTRIES:
Small Plates

“The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experiences.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

Here at AAAD, we believed that the food metaphor is a perfect vehicle to inspire you to feed your creative self. We shun the demeaning cutesy-ness of the bohemian “starving artist” image as it numbs us to the real struggle of hunger & starvation worldwide. Starvation, in a literal way, robs humanity of being human and ends even the possibility of a creative self. For SMALL PLATES, AAAD wants your views on hunger —physical, spiritual, political, emotional and/or creative. Food references are optional.

The SMALL PLATES will be exhibit will both open & close on May 6, 2016 as a part of the First Friday festivities at The Balcony Gallery, located in The Emporium Center in Knoxville, TN –a one-day show.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists —any age, any gender, any location.

THEME: Hunger—physical, spiritual, political, emotional or creative. Food reference optional.

MEDIA: Open to all media that will fit in a 9”x12” envelope (aka 229 mm x 305 mm or No. 10 ½), including but not limited to: painting, drawing, fiber, collage, digital, photography, graphic design, illustration, pen and ink, printmaking, etc.

DEADLINE: April 18, 2016

NOTIFICATION: Ongoing by April 19, 2016

ENTRY FEE: $5 for up to 5. Entry fee waived for members in good standing of The Haggus Society.

CURATOR: R.L. Gibson (yours truly), a working artist, also serves as the editor of artandartdeadlines.com (AAAD). Trained in classical, French culinary techniques, Gibson created AAAD as a food-themed resource to motivate artists to create their own community, standards & artistic opportunities. In addition to producing her own solo & collaborative art, Gibson has served as a gallerist, juror, teacher & arts administrator for nearly two decades.

AWARDS: To assist resume building, designations of Best of Show, 1st, 2nd & 3rd Place will be awarded; however, cash prizes will NOT be awarded. Award designations will be chosen from the physical work and will be judged based on artistic merit and interpretation of the theme. If not chosen for the gallery exhibit, please note that at the curator’s discretion, ONE image from EVERY artist will go into the online exhibit* with a link to the artist’s website. *Editor’s note: So if you follow all the rules, you can at the very least add the online exhibit to your resume, even if you are not selected for the physical exhibit.

SALES: All work will be considered for sale unless marked NFS. A commission of 30% will be taken on all sales. Please note, 20% commission on cash/check sales and 25% commission on credit card sales is held by Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville. The additional 5-10% commission is retained by AAAD. Unsold artwork will be returned and payment for sold artwork will be made within 30 days of the close of the exhibit.

For complete details, Read the Full Prospectus!

CALL for ENTRIES: The Mark on the Wall

Posted on January 21, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

HYDROPONICS too,
apparently

I continue to dream of exotic walapini gardening. In my dreams, my fantastic garden of dragon & noni fruit, black radishes & dulse (yes, hydroponics) is documented by Grete Stern & Virginia Wolfe for Garden & Gun Magazine. I’m hoping that my dream was inspired by this next Call (and not that I need medication, ha). This is a fantastic Call. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania for The Mark On the Wall–a juried exhibition of small works on paper at Greenly Art Gallery in conjunction with The 25th Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf. Investigate this opportunity…

*Editor’s Note: If you have read the personal portion of this post, CALL for ENTRIES: The Mark on the Wall, anywhere other than by email subscription or on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, it has been published without permission and is considered theft.

CALL for ENTRIES:
The Mark on the Wall

In keeping with the theme of the conference, Virginia Woolf and Her Female Contemporaries, preference will be given to works inspired or broadly influenced by those female artists who were contemporaneous with Virginia Woolf, including but not limited to Berenice Abbott, Anni Albers, Vanessa Bell, Ilse Bing, Romaine Brooks, Claude Cahun, Dora Carrington, Leonora Carrington, Imogen Cunningham, Gisèle Freund, Barbara Hepworth, Hannah Höch, Frida Kahlo, Loïs Mailou Jones, Ergy Landau, Lee Miller, Lucia Moholy, Gabriele Münter, Georgia O’Keeffe, Méret Oppenheim, Grete Stern, Dorothea Tanning, Suzanne Valadon, and Remedios Varo. –from The Mark on the Wall prospectus

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists age 18+

MEDIA: Open to works on paper (15” x 11” or smaller) in all traditional & experimental visual arts media, including photography, will be considered.

DEADLINE: April 20, 2015

NOTIFICATION: May 1, 2015

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

JURORS: Rosalyn Richards received her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design & MFA from Yale University School of Art. Her work is represented in many museum & university collections. She has held artist residencies at numerous locations in the U.S., including VA Center for Creative Arts and Ragdale in Illinois. She was a visiting artist and critic at Colby College, Cornell University, the University of Dallas and Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts in Tianjin, China. Richards retired as Professor of Art at Bucknell University in 2014.

Chad Andrews received his BFA in studio art from Kutztown University & his MFA in printmaking from the University of PA. He has taught at The University of PA for five years, and held the position of Director of Visual Arts at the Interlochen Center for the Arts (Interlochen, MI) for six years. He is currently a full-time instructor of printmaking and 2-dimensional design at Bloomsburg University. He maintains a private studio at the Pajama Factory in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

SALES: Sales will be encouraged, and a 20% commission will be retained by Greenly Art Gallery from the retail price listed on the entry form.

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