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CALL for ENTRIES: Brand 40

Posted on May 14, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

PRETTY
PEAS

Do you care if your canned peas are Le Sueur? Are you brand loyal? I have become label loyal. I read labels very carefully, and I make my choices based on the best value for the best ingredients. The results will surprise you sometimes. This call may make you loyal to an entirely different brand. Interested?

Check out this Call for Entries from the Brand Library & Art Center and the Glendale Public Library for the Brand 40 National Works on Paper Exhibition in Glendale, California. The commission is only 25% on sales, and in some cases, the gallery will even take unframed two-dimensional work. Take a look…

CALL for ENTRIES:
Brand 40 – Works on Paper

The Associates of Brand Library & Art Center and the Glendale Public Library announce a call to artists for an exhibition September 17 – October 28, 2011 at the Brand Library Art Galleries in Glendale, CA. The Brand Library Art Galleries offer visitors a professional gallery experience and showcases works by established and emerging artists that educate, enlighten, challenge and enrich people’s lives.

ELIGIBILITY: Participation is open to artists residing in the United States. Entries must be original work recently executed and not previously shown at the Brand Library Art Galleries. Do not submit work, unless available August 12 to October 29, 2011.

MEDIA: Any work on paper: collages, drawings, paintings, photography, prints, watercolors, 3-dimensional work, etc. The “topic” for this show is “Entrances & Exits.”

DEADLINE: June 1, 2011 for receipt of signed entry form, CD, fees and a self-addressed stamped envelope.

NOTIFICATION: Jury results will be mailied June 9, 2011.

ENTRY FEE: Non-refundable fees must accompany the submittal form: $20 for the first work, $10 for each additional work. A maximum of 3 works may be submitted. Mail CD, signed entry slip, a check made payable to Brand Associates and a self-addressed stamped envelope to BRAND 40, 1601 West Mountain St., Glendale, CA 91201.

JUROR: Peter Frank is art critic for the Huffington Post and Adjunct Senior Curator at the Riverside Art Museum. He is past critic for Angeleno magazine and the L. A. Weekly and was Editor for THE magazine Los Angeles and Visions Art Quarterly. Frank was born in New York, where he served as art critic for The Village Voice and The SoHo Weekly News, and moved to Los Angeles in 1988.

Frank contributes articles to numerous publications and has organized numerous theme and survey shows, most notably “19 Artists – Emergent Americans,” the 1981 Exxon National Exhibition mounted at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. McPherson & Co. Documentext published his Something Else Press: An Annotated Bibliography in 1983. A cycle of poems, The Travelogues, was issued by Sun & Moon Press in 1982. Abbeville Press released New, Used & Improved, an overview of the New York art scene co-written with Michael McKenzie, in 1987.

AWARDS: $4000 in prizes will be awarded.

SALES: Unless specified “NFS,” all works will be offered for sale. If the price is not indicated, the piece will be considered NFS. The commission to the Brand Associates is 25%. Payment to artists will be mailed after the close of the show. Prices quoted on the entry form may not be changed after acceptance into the show.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

CALL for ENTRIES: A Sense of Place

Posted on May 11, 2011May 11, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

NUTS for YOU!

I believe that food has a sense of place. When you eat cotton candy, don’t you think of going to the fair? When I taste boiled peanuts (Yes, Virginia, they do exist), I am instantly transported to South Carolina. You have associations of your own, no doubt. This Call is named Sense of Place, but it isn’t a theme. Maybe it comes from the enormous sense of place felt even through photographs of this beautiful gallery space. Inspired yet?

Check out this Call for Entries from the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art in Augusta, GA for the 2011 National Juried Exhbition: A Sense of Place. The entry fee is low, and once again, the juror is well-documented and happens to be a printmaker, although many media are embraced. This looks like a winner…

CALL for ENTRIES: A Sense of Place

The Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art (GHIA) is pleased to announce its 2011 juried fine art competition, A Sense of Place. Open to participants from throughout the United States, this 31st annual event seeks to recognize the outstanding quality and diversity of work being generated by contemporary American artists.

Founded in 1937 and housed in the historic Nicholas Ware mansion (c. 1818), GHIA is Augusta’s only independent nonprofit visual arts school and gallery. The Institute serves as a showcase for local, regional, and national artists, offering rotating exhibitions of outstanding contemporary artwork year-round. In addition, professionally taught studio art classes in a wide variety of media are provided to students of all ages and experience levels.

ELIGIBILITY: The 2011 juried fine art competition is open to all US artists age 18 and older. All works must be original, not previously exhibited at the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, and completed on or after June 1, 2009.

MEDIA: Painting, drawing, mixed media, printmaking, photography, ceramics, and sculpture. Film and video pieces are ineligible. The exhibition is not judged in media categories.

DEADLINE: Postmarked by June 3, 2011.

NOTIFICATION: Mailed July 22, 2011. *Editor’s Note: Just allow me to say “Wow!” GHIA still sends REAL letters.

ENTRY FEE: A non-refundable fee of $30 enables each artist to enter up to three works; additional works may be submitted at a cost of $5 each. Please submit one digital image per work; one additional detail image will be accepted for three dimensional works. Complete the entry form portion of the prospectus and return along with the required entry fee (checks, MasterCard and Visa accepted). Please also include a self-addressed stamped envelope for mailing of the notification letter.

JUROR: Tom Hammond, noted printmaker and professor emeritus at the University of Georgia’s Lamar Dodd School of Art, will serve as juror for A Sense of Place 2011. Over the past thirty years Hammond has exhibited extensively in solo and group shows throughout the United States and abroad. His work is held in numerous public and private collections, including the Royal Museum of Art, Antwerp, Belgium; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; and the Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina. Hammond holds a master of arts from East Carolina University and also studied at Atelier 17 in Paris.

AWARDS: Three cash prizes will be given, including a $750 Best of Show Award and two $500 Juror’s Awards. Award recipients will be announced at the exhibition’s opening reception on Friday, September 16, 2011.

SALES: Sales will be encouraged, and all works are assumed to be available for purchase unless designated “Not For Sale” (NFS). A 35% gallery commission will be charged on sales of all exhibited artwork.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

CALL for ENTRIES: Outdoor Sculpture

Posted on May 9, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

PICK YOUR BRAIN

Sometimes you have to eat outside your comfort zone. I’m not suggesting you all go out and order brains to go with your eggs at the diner, but I am asking you to live a little. Ordering food from a menu that you may not like is not earth shattering. There ARE worse things. Expand your palate. You would be amazed at the adrenaline rush I get from discovering a new taste or food experience. This Call will be a challenge for a few of you closet sculptors out there. Just take a deep breath and order the brains…

Check out the Call for Entries from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas for the 16th Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition. The entry fee is only $25, and having an academic exhibition of this nature on your resume could truly alter the trajectory of your career. Think carefully about this one…

*Editor’s note: I know there are a large number of you that sculpt, even if it isn’t your primary media. If you aren’t sure you are ready to jump into this arena, I want to encourage you to visit a local university campus. Inevitably they have outdoor sculpture that may inspire you… or at least get you thinking about what that sculpture needs to endure outdoors for a year. Don’t just dismiss the call… give it a chance.

CALL for ENTRIES:
Outdoor Sculpture

The 16th annual exhibition will be August 2011 to July 2012 and will feature up to five sculptures. The purpose of the annual outdoor exhibition is to provide the campus with a different selection of sculptures each year. The exhibition will allow the featured works to be complemented by the natural beauty of the campus and experienced in a casual, unhurried way by visitors, students and faculty. A brochure will be published which will feature each selected sculpture and a map of a walking tour of the sites.

ELIGIBILITY: The contest is open to all sculptors internationally 18 years of age and older. Artists may enter up to three works for consideration.

MEDIA: All submitted sculptural work must be of sound design, free standing and suitable for outdoor public display without external support. Steel and concrete pedestals and ground mounts will be provided for each selected entry when required. Only finished works will be considered.

DEADLINE: Entry forms and CDs must be in the hands of the committee by midnight May 31, 2011.

ENTRY FEE: $25 non-refundable entrance fee. Please make checks payable to Washburn University, with Campus Beautification Committee written in the notation line.

JUROR: A professional selection committee will choose up to five sculptures through a process of jury review. Jurors are not eligible to submit work.

AWARDS: $1,000 per sculpture paid as an honoraria. Washburn will facilitate purchases of selected artwork without commission. The exhibition is coordinated by, and funded through, the Campus Beautification Committee of Washburn University.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

CALL for ENTRIES: Mix it Up, Mixed Media

Posted on May 5, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

INSIDE the BOX

I am not much of a baker, but my birthday cakes get rave reviews. Did I mention I use boxed cake mix? I am not kidding. My secret to super moist cakes? Bake the cake in professional-grade 8″ rounds, cool part way and then wrap tightly and FREEZE before they are completely cool. Take them out to thaw 4 or 5 hours before icing. Yummy. This Call for Entries wants you to Mix it Up as well–art media, that is. I love mixed media…

*Editor’s Note: This post is not sponsored by Duncan Hines, but I do really love their cake mixes… and I am willing to let them sponsor this post if they really want. 🙂

Check out this Call for Entries from the Santa Cruz Art League in California for Mix it up, Mixed Media. The fees are a little high, but the juror is well-documented, and I love the encouragement to use odd materials. Could this be the right show for you?

CALL for ENTRIES:
Mix it Up, Mixed Media

This is an opportunity to use collage materials you have tucked away, dried tea bags, old love letters kept in a beautiful box in the garage. You may even find some nails and screws out there!

ELIGIBILITY: Open to United States residents.

MEDIA: Mixed Media refers to artworks that combine more than one medium. This can be a combination of pencil and paint or possibly ceramics, wire, wood, metal, etc. It can be 2D or 3D.

DEADLINE: May 20, 2011, received (not postmarked)

NOTIFICATION: Mailed June 24, 2011

ENTRY FEE: $40 / $30 Members for up to 3 entries/jpegs. (Maximum 3 entries/jpegs per artist). $20 handling fee per box for shipped work.

JUROR:
Tobin Keller, Teacher / Director / Curator, at Cabrillo College.

Editor’s Note: When I say a juror is well-documented, I mean that most of what you need to know about them is available: bio, statement, resume and artwork. Don’t miss this opportunity to KNOW your juror.

AWARDS: The Juror will grant $1,000 in awards: 1st, 2nd & 3rd place.

SALES: By entering, all artists agree to donate 45% of any sale of work to SCAL or 30% of sale if Santa Cruz Art League member.

For complete details, download the Prospectus!

CALL for ENTRIES: 24th Annual Northern National

Posted on May 2, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

BRIE a PAL
& do me a favor…

I love cheese–all cheeses. But, I prefer stinky cheeses, as you know. However, on a beautiful late Spring afternoon, there is not much better than a slice of cheddar cheese and a juicy slice of Granny Smith green apple. If you get juried in to the show in the Call, pick me up a block a cheddar at the airport. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Nicolet College and the Northern Arts Council for the 24th Annual Northern National Art Competition, an artshow in Wisconsin! The entry fee for this show is fairly standard, with the bonus of NO COMMISSION!

CALL for ENTRIES:
24th Annual Northern National

Nicolet College & the Northern Arts Council announce a call to artists for a national juried art competition, July 26 – September 9, 2011 at the Nicolet College Art Gallery in Rhinelander, Wisconsin.

ELIGIBILITY: The competition is open to all artists 18 years or older who are US residents.

MEDIA: 2D hangable artwork of any medium including photography.

DEADLINE: May 14, 2011

NOTIFICATION: June 27, 2011

ENTRY FEE: A non-refundable fee of $30.00 will entitle the artist to submit either one or two images — ONE image per art work. Images must accurately represent the work entered. Make checks payable to Nicolet College.

JUROR: Dennis Wojtkiewicz is a painter who lives and works in Bowling Green, Ohio. He is a professor at Bowling Green State University where he has taught painting and drawing in the School of Art since 1988. His luminous photo-realistic paintings have been shown throughout the United States with solo exhibitions scheduled at the Peterson-Cody Gallery in Santa Fe in August and the J. Cacciola Gallery in New York in the spring of 2012.

His work has been featured in international art fairs in Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Palm Beach, Santa Fe and Toronto. He is the recipient of two Ohio Arts Council Individual Fellowships and has both paintings and drawings represented in major public, private and corporate collections.

AWARDS: Three $1,000 Awards of Excellence. More than $8,500 in prize money will be awarded.

SALES: All proceeds of sales will be assigned to the artist.

For complete details, download the Prospectus!

CALL for ENTRIES: Collage, Digital & Mixed Media

Posted on April 30, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

FREAKY & FRUITY

With rare exception, I am not a fan of fruit and meat combinations. Keep your pineapple off my pizza and out of my stirfry. Lemons and limes are acceptable, and figs and plums are only allowed in Mediterranean food. While I don’t care to mix my food groups sometimes, mixed media in artwork is a different story. This Call gives you an opportunity to show your best mixed media work (or collage and digital). Don’t miss this opportunity for artist representation too!

Check out this Call for Entries from Upstream People Gallery for the 13th Annual Collage, Digital & Mixed Media Juried Online Art Exhibition. I am not crazy about entering every online show that comes along, but if you are looking for quality online gallery representation, this Call comes with a full year of representation. Bonus: only 20% commission! Take a look…

*Editor’s Note: I am sorry, Dave. 🙂 If you look at the comments on the CultureHall post, I assured him that I would take it easy on the online gallery calls. But, this one was already written… and a year of representation with really low commission will work for some of you…

CALL for ENTRIES: 13th Annual Collage, Digital & Mixed Media Juried Online International Art Exhibition

The Upstream People Gallery presents an exhibition with 12 month’s gallery representation, June 1, 2011 through May 31, 2012, with approximately 900,000 hits each month.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists worldwide.

MEDIA: Artworks in collage, digital and all mixed media. All artworks including alternative media, paintings, sculpture, prints, drawing, photographs, papier colle, assemblage, installation, digital manipulation, ceramics, fiber and other.

DEADLINE: Postmark Deadline to send early entries May 8, 2011. Final Deadline for later entries May 24, 2011.

NOTIFICATION: Early entry jury notifications mailed May 15, 2011. Final deadlines entries are notified shortly after day of receipt of entry.

ENTRY FEE: A fee of $25 must accompany up to five slides or jpegs/tiffs; $5 for each additional. No maximum.

Checks or POSTAL Money Orders or for artists outside the U.S. send an International POSTAL Money Order or a Cashier’s Check in U.S. dollars drawn on a U.S. Bank, payable to: Upstream People Gallery. Western Union via http://www.westernunion.com/ or cash (where possible) may also be used. PayPal may be used with payments made to: shows@upstreampeoplegallery.com, with $2.00 added to cover PayPal’s fee or $27 entry fee. Later entries after postmark deadline is $30; Later entries with PayPal is $32.

JUROR: Professor of Art Larry Bradshaw, University of Nebraska at Omaha, College of Communication, Fine Arts and Media, who has exhibited in over 350 exhibitions with upwards of 60 art awards.

SALES: Upstream People Gallery will take 20% commission on sales directly attributed to the web site; however, the gallery takes no commission from artists who negotiate the sale of their own work.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

CALL for ENTRIES: Richeson 75 Figure/Portrait 2011

Posted on April 28, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

BUTTER not JAM

I cannot bake biscuits of any sort. I have tried and tried, but the result is a pan of white hockey pucks. It is okay not to be good at everything… even if you really want to be. By the way, I cannot paint either. I have tried and tried, but the result is a canvas of muddy mess. Lately, I’ve published a lot of photo calls, and I am starting to feel the guilt of personal bias. So, this Call is mostly meant for all of my talented painting readers. Go forth and conquer!

Check out this Call for Entries from the Richeson School of Art for the Richeson 75 2011 Figure / Portrait exhibition. Win a prize in this show and walk away with LOTS of art supplies from Jack Richeson & Co. Win Best of Show and walk away with $3,ooo!

CALL for ENTRIES: Richeson 75 Figure/Portrait 2011

Richeson School of Art & Gallery, a division of Jack Richeson & Co., Inc., is proud to announce the Richeson 75 Figure / Portrait 2011. Seventy five two-dimensional works of art and several alternates will be selected to represent the finest examples of painting and drawing being produced by today’s visual artists.

ELIGIBILITY: Competition is open to all artists over age 18. All work entered must be original in concept/execution and have been created since January 1, 2009. No work done in a class, workshop or under supervision is eligible.

MEDIA Categories: 1) Oils, Oil Pastel & Paintstiks; Pastels & Drawing; 2) Dry Media, and Water Media; and 3) Other (Printmaking, Mixed Media etc.). No photography, electronic or computer generated and/or assisted or 3-D is eligible for this competition.

DEADLINE: All entries must be postmarked or entered online by June 10, 2011.

NOTIFICATION: E-Mailed on or before June 29, 2011.

ENTRY FEE: $30 for one image plus $10 each additional image, maximum of 3 in each category with a maximum of 6 artworks total.

AWARDS: Best In Show – $3,000 cash. First Place in each category will receive a $ 1,000 certificate for art materials from Jack Richeson & Co., Inc. Second Place Award in each category will receive a $500 certificate for art materials from Jack Richeson & Co., Inc.

75 Finalists and a number of alternates will be selected and invited to participate in the exhibit at the Richeson Gallery in Kimberly, Wisconsin from Sept. 9-Nov. 4, 2011. Only work actually exhibited in the Richeson 75: Figure / Portrait 2011 show will be eligible for an award. Awards will be presented at the Opening Reception. Finalists & Alternates will be featured in their on-line Virtual Gallery along with information on the artist and will include a link to each artist’s website if one exists.

For complete information, Download the Prospectus!

CALL for ENTRIES: Modern Landscape in NYC

Posted on April 4, 2011April 4, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

DESERT and
JUST DESSERTS

I have been in Phoenix for a few days opening my own show at Perihelion Arts. And, I have learned a few things about stereotypes. I thought I was going to a dust bowl to eat south western food. Turns out–not so much. The grass is still green there. Trees still grow there. And my favorite restaurant sampling during my trip turned out to be Mediterranean influenced tappas at Pita Jungle. Go figure. This next Call gives you a chance to break a few landscape stereotypes. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Dacia Gallery in New York for Modern Landscape. The entry fee is only $25 for up to TEN images. Take a chance…

CALL for ENTRIES: Modern Landscape

Dacia Gallery is seeking entries for a month-long group show by emerging artists for a Juried, Landscape Exhibition. They are looking for a wide range of styles that push the realms of the modern landscape. All artwork must have a concentration on the landscape. The artwork may be traditional landscapes, flowers in the landscape or urban cityscapes; the figure in the landscape or interior exterior artwork that features spaces with landscapes as well as abstract landscapes. The work may be plein air paintings or straight from the studio, or simply imaginary inspirations that show landscapes from the visual experience of the artist.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists.

MEDIA: Acceptable media include painting, drawing, printmaking, photography and mixed media.

DEADLINE: April 17, 2011

ENTRY FEE: You may submit up to 10 images for a curation fee of $25.00. Payment of the curation fee is final.

JUROR: Thomas Legaspi currently teaches Art History and studio courses in Drawing and Painting at St. John’s University in Manhattan. His primary focus is realism, landscapes and the figure. Thomas is also published by Oxford University on his treaties on Art and Culture in the West. His artwork has been exhibited in New York City, nationally and internationally at the State National Museum of Kazakhstan, and in private and corporate collections. Thomas lives and works in New York City where he has his private art studio.

SALES: Dacia Gallery charges 50% commission on all artwork sold during exhibitions.

For complete details, visit the Dacia Gallery online!

CALL for ENTRIES: Saint Spotting

Posted on March 29, 2011March 29, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

FREE, but ODD

The strangest thing I’ve ever eaten is Fugu, also known as Japanese pufferfish. What was strange was that I ate it in the USVI at the hands of a Japanese Chef who sold me on eating it BECAUSE #1 it was FREE and #2 it could kill me if prepared improperly. No meal is worth dying for, folks; ahhh, the stupidity of being eighteen. Well, clearly, I didn’t die, and unfortunately, I don’t really remember the taste due to my adrenaline-fueled expectation that I could, at any moment, drop dead. In hindsight, I don’t REALLY know what I ate. Hmmm. This next call for art may be the strangest of its sort I’ve ever seen as well–at least for an Art Exhibit. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Art, a unique opportunity to build advertising imagery for A SAINT for Saint Spotting, and international contest sponsored by the Institute of the Daughters of Mercy. Free, but odd…

CALL for ENTRIES:
Saint Spotting

On the occasion of the bicentenary of the birth of St. Mary Joseph Rossello (1811 – 1880), the Institute of the Daughters of Mercy announces an international contest to bring to light the work of the founder, Mother Mary Joseph, born near Savona, Italy, and proclaimed Saint in 1949 for her incessant actions to assist the needy and promote social integration through the creation of educational and health institutes.

Creative people, such as filmmakers, photographers, cartoonists, graphic and fashion designers, songwriters, musicians, etc… are asked to promote a product which is most definitely unusual. The challenge for creative artists worldwide is to create advertising for a SAINT, as if it is a product just like any other product in need of an ad campaign.

“WE’RE SEEKING a way to advertise a Saint with an unusual perspective, not necessarily religious, focusing primarily on the historical figure of this great woman, Mother Mary Joseph Rossello .”

ELIGIBILITY: Open to a variety of creative people around the world (minimum age 16), the competition will be held in two editions, English and Italian.

MEDIA: Each partecipant can submit only one work and choose only one of the following categories: 1. Audiovisual: Video clip, Commercial Ad, Animation orShort Film 2. Communication & Design: Marketing Concept, Advertising, Graphics, Photography, Design, Poster, Comic strip, Graphic novel, Fashion or Gadgets 3. Music: Tune, Song or Music Composition

DEADLINE:
April 30, 2011

ENTRY FEE: No fee to enter. Works must be submitted on-line and sent by mail.

SAINT SPOTTING JURORS:

President: David Calderly, Owner Graphic Therapy

Jon Beaupre-Professor California State Univ, Owner of Broadcast Voice, Reporter NPR

Barney Bernhard-Former N.A. President Midem Organization

Ivy Brown-Curator, Gallery Owner

Josh Cheuse-Creative Director Sony Music

Miguel Mora Díaz-Journalist, Art-Culture-Cinema, El Pais

Georgia Kacandes-Film Producer

Coco Mcpherson-Journalist Rolling Stone

Cassandra Peterson-Actress and writer

Kevin Stewart-Fashion Director ESPN Magazine, Menswear Designer, Roger Charles

Mario Zonta-Member of the Andy Warhol’s Foundation

AWARDS: $14,000 Total Cash Awards – Two awards of $2,000 (one given by jury and one by public) for best of each category: Audiovisual/Visual & Design/Sound & Music – Special Journalism Award.

For complete details, visit Saint Spotting online!

CALL for ENTRIES: Mail Art for Prison Library

Posted on March 14, 2011March 14, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

FOOD for THOUGHT

The more you know about anything the better off you are about everything. I attended Johnson & Wales culinary school just long enough to learn sauce and knife skills that have been worth every penny I spent. I use those skills everyday of my life. This next mail art call offers you the opportunity to provide educational benefits that not only will provide prisoners a chance to learn which impacts their lives, but their chance to learn impacts YOU too.

Check out this Call for Entries for Postmarked 2011, California’s largest mail art exhibition that benefits the Prison Library Project. Jump start your creative juices with a mail art project today! Take a look…

CALL for ENTRIES: Postmarked 2011

For many years, inmates from around the country wrote to the Prison Library Project and they were amazed by the artwork that accompanied requests for books. These beautiful illustrations were their inspiration for a mail art exhibition and fundraiser.

Postmarked was developed seven years ago for the Claremont Forum’s Prison Library Project, which sends books free to prisoners in the U.S. upon their request. Providing education and opportunity to learn about mail art, view new and established mail artists’ works, and to participate in the experience of creating and sending mail art. Now in its 7th year, this exhibition is one of the largest in California.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all.

MEDIA: Please send submissions of mail art of any size and medium to: Postmarked 2011, Prison Library Project, 112 Harvard #303, Claremont CA 91711. ONLY the side with the official USPS Postmark/barcode will be displayed. Your mail art may be painted, stamped, collaged, printed, and/or otherwise decorated or constructed. It may be any shape and size that will go through the mail and receive an official postmark.

Your submission may get worn or torn through the mail, but the handling process is an important part of the theme. Only the side with the postmark can be displayed, due to space limitations, but the art doesn’t have to be limited to that side. You may include any message inside the envelope, which will be opened only by the person who purchases the art envelope. You may submit more than one piece… and begin sending now!

DEADLINE: Entries must be postmarked by May 31, 2011.

ENTRY FEE: No entry fee.

WHY SUPPORT the PLP? “Rehabilitation was at one time a stated goal of the prison system. Today, funding for most educational and rehabilitation programs, including prison libraries, has been cut or completely eliminated. It is a distressing fact that today’s U.S. prisons are increasingly about punishing people and warehousing human beings, not about, rehabilitation, or education.”

“This is where PLP steps in. We believe that everyone deserves access to literature and educational materials, including people trying to work towards social change, self-empowerment or rehabilitation within the incarceration system.

The U.S. has less than 5 percent of the world’s population, but more than a quarter of the world’s prisoners.

Nearly one percent of American adults are incarcerated, the highest rate in the world, but many prisoners have little access to books or educational material. They face substantial barriers and are cut off from family and friends on the outside. While some prisons have libraries, many do not. Of those that do, access and selection can be extremely limited. Usually, prisoners are not allowed to receive books from friends or family. Thus, programs like ours are one of the few options available to these individuals.” –from the PLP website.

Category: Mixed Media

PRETTY PEAS

CALL for ENTRIES: Brand 40 – Works on Paper

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

NUTS for YOU!

CALL for ENTRIES: A Sense of Place

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

PICK YOUR BRAIN

CALL for ENTRIES: Outdoor Sculpture

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

INSIDE the BOX

CALL for ENTRIES: Mix it Up, Mixed Media

For complete details, download the Prospectus!

BRIE a PAL & do me a favor…

CALL for ENTRIES: 24th Annual Northern National

For complete details, download the Prospectus!

FREAKY & FRUITY

CALL for ENTRIES: 13th Annual Collage, Digital & Mixed Media Juried Online International Art Exhibition

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

BUTTER not JAM

CALL for ENTRIES: Richeson 75 Figure/Portrait 2011

For complete information, Download the Prospectus!

DESERT and JUST DESSERTS

CALL for ENTRIES: Modern Landscape

For complete details, visit the Dacia Gallery online!

FREE, but ODD

CALL for ENTRIES: Saint Spotting

SAINT SPOTTING JURORS:

For complete details, visit Saint Spotting online!

FOOD for THOUGHT

CALL for ENTRIES: Postmarked 2011

The U.S. has less than 5 percent of the world’s population, but more than a quarter of the world’s prisoners.

Learn more about Postmarked 2011 online!

PRETTY
PEAS

CALL for ENTRIES:
Brand 40 – Works on Paper

CALL for ENTRIES:
Outdoor Sculpture

CALL for ENTRIES:
Mix it Up, Mixed Media

BRIE a PAL
& do me a favor…

CALL for ENTRIES:
24th Annual Northern National

DESERT and
JUST DESSERTS

CALL for ENTRIES:
Saint Spotting