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ARTIST of the DAY: Emily Shane

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yours FOREVER

In a Walmart world where most everything can be had for $10 or less, how do we avoid reinforcing a culture that regards everything is disposable?  How do we discourage casual consumerism and reinforce long-term responsibility of ownership?  Value.  Buy what you LOVE.   Today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Emily Shane upcycles much-loved cast-offs of days past.   I LOVE the texture AND how illustrative this work is of falling down the reading “rabbit hole”. (continues below)

"Reliquary" detail (top) & triptych (below) by Aritst Emily Shane
“Reliquary” detail (top) & triptych (below) by Artist Emily Shane

“Reader’s Digest Condensed Book covers are my the base material for my mixed-media assemblages.  I’m inspired by their vintage look and texture, the rich colors, engaging patterns & surprising beauty –all of which are usually hidden under dust covers!  Now fading from the American gestalt, RDCBs speak to the baby-boomer generation as a bygone slice of middle-class life that will never return.”  –Emily Shane

Rediscover #RDCB with Artist Emily Shane!

CALL for ENTRIES: Grant / Purchase Award

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Learn more about the Working Artist Photography Award!lots of
CUKES

Cucumber frequently replaces crackers & bread in our house due to a family-wide wheat allergy.  I love the crisp texture coupled with the ridiculously low price.  If you have ever grown your own, you know that they fruit prodigiously, so they cost precious little.  But I have recently volunteered to pay more for my cucumbers.  No, I didn’t go organic; I went English.  I can’t go back.  English cucumbers aren’t usually waxed because plastic wrapping helps contain the moisture, and they are less bitter due to the smaller seeds.  But the true benefit for me is that they seem to spoil at such a slow rate that I never have to throw anything away.  The benefit outweighs the cost.  The return on this next opportunity is worth every penny too.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from WorkingArtist.org for the Working Artist Photography Award. This may very well be the simplest process for the amount of the return. $25 Entry. Don’t miss this one…

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Learn more about the Working Artist Photography Award!CALL for ENTRIES:
Grant / Purchase Award

 

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA:  Photography

DEADLINE:  February 15, 2016

ENTRY FEE: There is an application review fee of $25 for up to 5.

AWARDS: If selected as the winner, the award recipient must exchange one of their original works or smaller series of original works for inclusion into a collection, in return for the $1000 award. Work considered by the artist as of equal value, and available for acquisition can be negotiated upon receipt of the award. Shipping costs will be paid by workingartist.org.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more from WorkingArtist.org!

CALL for ENTRIES: The Mind’s Eye

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Learn more about The Minds Eye exhibit from all-about-photo.com!BREAKFAST blahs

We always end up eating eggs for breakfast.  I am so bored with eggs.  Because I try to avoid single-use appliances, I didn’t own a waffle iron until I inherited one second-hand from my mother-in-law last week.  We’ve had waffles 4 times in the last 7 days.  My husband asked, “Don’t you want something different?”   I explained that appearance of something 4 times in our nearly 20 years together still qualifies as something different even if the 4 times were all in one week.  The award for best waffles EVER goes to this morning’s blueberry bacon maple variety.  He deserves a cash award, really.  This next Call comes with cash awards but no blueberry waffles.  It is still worth a look though…

Check out this Call for Entries from All-About-Photo.com for The Mind’s Eye for a showcase at the Jules Maeght Gallery (San Francisco, CA) in addition to an online gallery.  Big jury pool, big prizes & reasonable entry fee.  Take a look…

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Learn more about The Minds Eye exhibit from all-about-photo.com!CALL for ENTRIES:
The Mind’s Eye

 

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists

MEDIA:  Photography

DEADLINE:  January 31, 2016 (11:59 MT)

NOTIFICATION:  March 15, 2016

ENTRY FEE: $30 up to 3, $5 ea. add’l

JURORS:  Learn about the TEN jurors here.

AWARDS:  First Prize $10,000, 2nd Prize $5,000, 3rd Prize $2,500, 4th Prize $1,500, 5th Prize $1,000.  In addition, all winners and entrants of merit will be featured at the Jules Maeght Gallery (San Francisco, CA) in May 2016.

SALES:  Jules Maeght Gallery will retain a 50% commission on the sale of each work.

For complete details, Read the Full Art Call!

Learn more about The Minds Eye exhibit from all-about-photo com!

ARTIST of the DAY: Don Bergland

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utopian DISTOPIA

This site does not debate political issues –except those that surround food.  But let’s speak generally.  The current political circus in the U.S. and abroad seems unreal to me.  I read quotes & sound bites everyday that indicate paint pervasively dark image of humanity.   Today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Don Bergland stages glimpses of the surreal world –both utopian & dystopian– only previously imagined.  If feel like the perfect fit today. (continues below)

"Fallow Atonement" by AAAD Artist of the Day Don Bergland!
“Fallow Atonement” by AAAD Artist of the Day Don Bergland

“I like to challenge accepted cultural dogma and ideology.  Each of my works features a theatrical set defined by a stage with actors, props, and a backdrop.  The actors in the set consist of everyday objects brought into combinations and interactions that attempt to elicit inquiry.  The content of the artwork focuses on themes such as time, aging, nostalgia, the footless pursuit of Utopia, and the conditions of ideology which disable our rational minds. Each image is constructed using conventions of visual realism, but with alterations that offer dreamlike possibilities. Themes and objects appear and re-appear. Each work becomes a framed snapshot of a moment in theatrical space, noticed briefly, and then forgotten once more, a fraction of time when reality is breached and a frozen glimpse into the mental theatre of Eternity is experienced, an opening when the viewer can catch the faint hint of cotton candy breezing in from the sideshow midway, the pastel moment of a lost memory, a slight reminder that the past is never absent, and that the future is always in front of us.” —Don Bergland

Discover dreamlike possibilities AAAD #ArtistoftheDay of Don Bergland!

CALL for ENTRIES: Tiny Art Show

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Learn more about the Tiny Art Show from Pitt County Arts!ch-ch-ch-CHIA

Despite not mentioning them for a year or two, I am still MAD about chia seeds.  Still loving using them to may refrigerator jam.  But, I just tried this chia parfait and renewed my LOVE of this peculiar, tiny food.  Plus, you also have the raw ingredients to make a chia pet, ha.  Good things come in small packages, like this next Call. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Pitt County Arts Council & the Emerge Gallery (Greenville, NC) for Tiny Art Show.  Help support a local arts council AND clean out your studio.   Great option for works on paper…

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Learn more about the Tiny Art Show from Pitt County Arts!CALL for ENTRIES:
Tiny Art Show

 

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all media up to 5″x5″x7″. *Editor’s Note: You COULD clean out all those works on paper–studies, unfinished, unframed & abandoned projects.  They will be treasured by someone else.  Cut them down to make abstract work to size.  Fit in one envelope, take 50% & donate what doesn’t sell. That’s my plan. 

DEADLINE:  January 28, 2015 (must arrive by Saturday 1/30/16)

NOTIFICATION:  None.  All hung show.

ENTRY FEE:  None

SALES:  Work must be priced at either $5 or $10. If the “juried” box is checked on the inventory sheet, the work may be juried and re-priced to be $25 or $50 by Emerge Gallery. $5 and $10 are the only price options for the show. (You can check the box on the inventory sheet if you want them eligible for the juried section, but you must choose $5 or $10 beforehand.)  50% commission goes to the Arts Council; however, you can offer a complete sale donation if you wish.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more from the Pitt County Arts Council!

 

ARTIST of the DAY: Anastassia Elias

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throw away DAYS

We’re on snow day THREE here in the Smokies.   I love snow.  I love lots of snow, in fact.  But, the stark isolationism associated with snow is not lost on me.  Today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Anastassia Elias seemed the ideal person to illustrate this issue.   It is a very small world …and getting smaller everyday. (continues below)

"Pyramide" by Artist of the Day Anastassia Elias
“Pyramide” by Artist of the Day Anastassia Elias

These collages are interior to discarded cardboard / paper tubes like you might find inside a roll of paper towels or toilet tissue.  These simple silhouettes remind me to celebrate home, and remember it IS wherever YOU are.

Discover other work by Anastassia Elias!

CALL for ENTRIES: Wide Open 7

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Learn more about the Wide Open 7 show from BWAC!5 + 2 =
7 DAYS

Veggies everyday seems simple.  There are many different perspectives on how much is enough, but the average recommendation is 5 servings a day (approximately 1/2 c., well packed, per serving).  Five days a week, no problem, but because I travel for work so often, those last 2 days seem to elude me.  I still manage 2 or 3 fruits & veggies a day, but the full five is a struggle.  Celebrate seven with this next call.  Open to all media…

Check out this Call for Entries from BWAC (Brooklyn, NY) for Wide Open 7.  Discounts for early entry, a distinguished juror & cash awards.  Take a look…

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Learn more about the Wide Open 7 show from BWAC!CALL for ENTRIES:
Wide Open 7

 

“‘Wide Open 7’ encompasses all the possibilities of knowledge & freedom & love –wide open spaces, arms wide open, eyes wide open. But as with all things, there is the inevitable opposite –wide open to attack, corruption, failure. What kind of fantasy is this? What does it really indicate? …explore the idea of ‘wide open’.“ –from bwac.org

ELIGIBILITY: Open to U.S. artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media

ENTRY FEE: $45 up to 3, $5 ea. add’l (early bird) or $65 up to 3, $5 ea add’l after March 1

DEADLINE:  March 1, 2016 (early bird) or March 15, 2016 (final)

NOTIFICATION: March 25, 2016

JUROR: Beth Saunders, Curatorial Asst. at NY’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, holds a BFA from the UNC  & an MPhil from the CUNY Graduate Center, where she is currently a PhD candidate in Art History. Before joining the Met as a curatorial asst., she was a Jane & Morgan Whitney Art History Fellow. Saunders has published book & exhibition reviews in Photography & Culture & Exposure.

AWARDS: Best of Show Gold $1000, Best of Show Silver $500, People’s Choice $250, Curator’s Choice $250 & ten $100 Certificates of Recognition.

SALES: BWAC will retain a 25% commission on all exhibition sales.

For full details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about the Wide Open 7 show from BWAC!

CALL for ENTRIES: Reflections

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Learn more about the Reflections exhibit from the 1650 Gallery!burnt BREAD

My toaster died.  I have had the same retro-styled, chrome toaster for 10+ years.  Who knew they lasted that long? It operated perfectly until about a year ago when it just quit toasting anything evenly.  I should probably have been sad to lose my faithful little toaster that could.  But, I hated it.  It was cool for about the first 15 minutes I owned it –before the finish began to reflect every stray speck in my kitchen.  My mother decided a red and toaster, far less reflective, would make the perfect gift.  We played, Mom.  This next call highlights all that is good about reflections.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the 1650 Gallery (Los Angeles, CA) for Reflections. $35 entry & free matting and framing (pre-set sizes).  There’s even a way to avoid shipping.  This could be a great opportunity…

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Learn more about the Reflections exhibit from the 1650 Gallery!CALL for ENTRIES:
Reflections

 

“…wash your window and shine your chrome, this time it’s not you we want…. it’s the reflection of your perfection we yearn to see.” — 1650gallery.com

ELIGIBILITY:  All artists age 18+

MEDIA:  Photography

DEADLINE:  February 7, 2016

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

JUROR: Andrew Overtoom is an award-winning filmmaker & photographer living in L.A. He publishes THE UNDEAD NEG, is launching a quarterly photography journal & owns the 1650 Gallery.

AWARDS: Best In Show, 2nd & 3rd Place will be awarded & posted after the opening. Awarded photos will be featured on the show page & Best In Show winners will have a small portfolio featured in the 1650 Spotlight gallery.

SALES: Selected artists may choose to offer their work for sale. The gallery retains 50% commission.  The 1650 Gallery offers free matting and framing for accepted photographs that fit their pre-cut mat sizes for the duration of the exhibition. Photo sizes are 8″x10″, 11″x14″ 16″x20″, or 20″x24″.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about the Reflections exhibit from the 1650 Gallery!

ARTIST of the DAY: Alex Janvier

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from who i BECAME

We are a sum of our parts. You do not have to justify inspirational conflict or contradiction to me, EVER. Today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Alex Janvier finds influence in the history of oppression of the Dënesųłiné and Saulteaux (aboriginal Canada) as well as the work of Wassily Kandinsky (Russian) and Paul Klee (Swiss).  Tsa Tsa Ke K’e, below, will become a mosaic at Rogers Place Arena in Edmonton, Alberta Canada, and will measure 45 feet in diameter.  Here’s what Janvier has to say of his inspiration: 

Tsa Tsa Ke K'e (Iron Foot Place) by Alex Janvier
Tsa Tsa Ke K’e (Iron Foot Place) by Alex Janvier

“From everywhere, from the land, sky, stars, moon, sun, the universe. From earth, land, water, woodland, prairie, mountains, and people, some animals. From memory of ancient stories, from music, to include the voice of God and his created nature. From the sound of the birds chirping From native drum songs, pow-wow from the heart, rather than the intellect. From my parents. From my tribe, Dënesųłiné of Cold Lake, and of parts of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, British Columbia, and the Northwest Territories. From my Creator, The Chief of all Creators of the finest art. From the angels who have consistently have watched my life, and the development of art, that I do. From my own inspiration acceptance of who I have become. From love, to be who I am, and who I became.” — Alex Janvier

Enjoy 60+ years of work by Alex Janvier!

CALL for ENTRIES: 25th OPA Nat’l

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Learn more about the 25th Annual National from Oil Painters of America - OPA!mmmm
BUTTER

Why doesn’t food taste like it did when you were a kid?  It isn’t just sentimental remembrance.  It is because food isn’t made the same way or with the same ingredients, even at HOME.  I want to encourage you to experiment with the simplest of foods.  Try a simple saute of ANY organic vegetable in grass-fed butter, or if you don’t do dairy, try unrefined coconut oil.  It isn’t a new way of cook.  In fact, it is the most traditional way.  All vegetables used to be organic.  All butter used to be from grass-fed cows.  I’m suggesting that we’ve forgotten how good traditionally raised and prepared food is.  Try it again.  This call is also for the traditional.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries for the 25th Annual National Exhibition from Oil Painters of America to be exhibited at the Southwest Gallery (Dallas, TX).  $100,000 in awards including $30K Best of Show. Make us proud…

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Learn more about the 25th Annual National from Oil Painters of America - OPA!CALL for ENTRIES:
25th OPA Nat’l

 

ELIGIBILITY: Open to artists residing in the U.S., Canada & Mexico

MEDIA: Representational oil painting

DEADLINE: January 29, 2016

NOTIFICATION: February 25, 2016

ENTRY FEE: $30 for 1 or $45 for 2 (plus membership fee of $70). More membership information can be found on the OPA website, under the Member Services tab.

JURORS: Howard Friedland, Signature Member and OPA Board Member, will serve as chairman of a Jurying Committee, consisting of five Master Signature or Signature members of OPA.

AWARDS: The total awards will be approximately $100,000, including a $30,000 Best In Show.

SALES: Commission of 40% is required by the gallery for all paintings sold.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about the 25th Annual National from Oil Painters of America - OPA!