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CALL for ENTRIES: Benjamin’s Banquet

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

feed me
LOUISIANA
(or Iowa)

All people have something in common –hunger. As a product of that hunger, we all have to eat. Some of us are more interested in food than others. Granted, not everyone is as obsessed as I am, but I’m also not the only one contemplating food several meals (sometimes several months) in advance. There are towns where I feel right a home simply because of the food — like New Orleans, Louisiana. This next Call, also food obsessed, feels like home too. Iowa is calling…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Chait Galleries Downtown (Iowa City, IA) for Benjamin’s Banquet. $25 entry, and well, the theme. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Benjamin’s Banquet

“What is your most closely held connection or apparent disconnection to food? What insights do you have to our global food system or perhaps there is a secret love/hate relationship in your own personal consumption? What about food moves you?” — from chaitgalleries.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+ residing in the U.S.

MEDIA: Open to all 2D and 3D media considered –except photography & jewelry.

DEADLINE: January 15, 2016

NOTIFICATION: January 21, 2016

ENTRY FEE: $25 for up to 3, $10 ea. add’l

AWARDS: Best in Show $300 & 2 $100 Honorable Mentions

SALES: The gallery will retain 50% commission on sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Garden Realm

Posted on December 16, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

don’t eat the
POINSETTIAs

Holiday meals at our house are inevitably eaten around a floral centerpiece, or more commonly, a potted plant. But, for love of our dogs, there hasn’t been a poinsettia in our home for a couple of decades. Instead, we keep a Christmas cactus or two year round. The only rule of thumb is to treat them badly. My mother didn’t water hers for a year, left it on the front porch during multiple early cold snaps. She pulled it in & watered it mid-October, and it was gorgeous just in time for Thanksgiving. So, as a rule, don’t eat your floral holiday centerpieces, but a Christmas cactus might protect your pets if they get the munchies. This next Call is looking for your perspective on flowers this winter. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Litha Moon Gallery (Greensboro, GA) for The Garden Realm: Flora in Watercolour. I always appreciate a themed call that makes room for the abstract. Investigate…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Garden Realm

“Whether a walk down a garden path, or discovering fragile gentle beauty on a woodland trail, flowers have been a silent still and inspiring subject throughout time. Flowers express love, celebrate rights of passage, such as marriage, birth and death, providing peace for the weary and comfort for the stressed. They are the passion and tenderness of the lover. Comfort for the grieving.” — lithamoon.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Watercolor of flowers — open to interpretation, realist to abstract

DEADLINE: December 19, 2015

NOTIFICATION: January 16, 2016

ENTRY FEE: $40 for up to 4

AWARDS: 1st Place $300, 2nd Place $150, 3rd Place $100 & 2 Certificates of Recognition/Honorable Mention

SALES: Litha Moon Gallery will retain 35% commission on all works sold.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Water Banners

Posted on December 15, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

no DISWASHER

I am preparing to live my life with only a human washer of dishes. We’ve spent years eliminating excess stuff, downsizing possessions & square footage. Re-training ourselves after years of ingrained longing for “more” has been tough. Beginning Spring 2017, we will have limited access to water & power –only what we can produce or capture. The dishwasher will be the toughest obstacle. Because of the enormous amount of cooking we do, our dishwasher cycles at least once per day, and there is still a sink full of hand-washable items left. Maybe the answer is a really deep farmhouse sink to hide the dishes left after I’ve met my hand-washing-insanity limit. This next Call honors water conservation. Maybe they have a solution…

Check out this Call for Entries from New Mexico State University (Las Cruces, NM) for the Annual Banner Project, that is themed after the water-conservation show being held in conjunction inside the gallery. This is a VERY visible show. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Water Banners

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all media that can be represented on a 2D banner. All work must be inspired by issues concerning water rights, drought, and water conservation.

DEADLINE: January 4, 2016

ENTRY FEE: $25 for 3 to 5 images

JURORS: Marisa Sage, Curator of “Water! What is it Good for?” & Director of the UAG, the UAG Exhibition Review Board & Julia Barello, Academic Department Head of the NMSU Department of Art

AWARDS: 6 artists’ work will be reproduced onto high-quality outdoor banners and hung on the banner systems installed on the outer walls of D.W. Williams Hall. This is an exciting opportunity to have thousands of viewers see your work as they drive off of interstate 10 or 25 down University Avenue past the campus of New Mexico State University. *It is unclear whether artists will get to keep the banners after the exhibit. I have asked. Once I have an answer, I will update the post.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Flowers, Plants & Gardens 2

Posted on December 12, 2015December 12, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

needle
TEA

Did you know that pine needles are edible, sort of? If you love the smell of holiday wreaths and garlands made of fresh pine, you can get that same sense of comfort from tea brewed of pine needles. Be careful NOT to use yew, Norfolk Island Pine or Ponderosa Pine (poisonous) and be sure to forage for your needles to help avoid fertilizers and pesticides. It’s a different way to look at those ever-present evergreens. This next Call wants to see your different take on plants of all sorts too. Deck the halls…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net for Flowers, Plants & Gardens 2. Only $20 to enter & thousands in prizes. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Flowers, Plants & Gardens 2

“There are always flowers
for those who want to see them.”
—Henri Matisse

ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+

MEDIA: Open to any still medium: painting, collage, photography, drawing, digital art, sculpture, fiber art, etc.

THEME: Work should intrigue and fascinate the viewer with their vision and communicate their individual interpretations of plants. The work can reflect on nature’s remarkable abundance and diversity in the wild, a garden, an individual plant and or the beauty or complexity of a single leaf or petal. The art can be expressed from realism to abstraction.

DEADLINE: January 11, 2016

NOTIFICATION: January 21, 2016

ENTRY FEE: $20 for 1, $35 for 3 and $60 for 7

AWARDS: 1st Place $1,000 cash + $5000 marketing value, 2nd Place $250 cash + $1000 marketing value, 3rd place $125, 4th Place $75, 5th Place $50. There will be 10 Honorable Mentions with the artist’s work being displayed in the “Honorable Mentions” section of Art-Competition.net.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

We are happy to have Art-Competition.net as a sponsor of AAAD.

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ARTIST of the DAY: S.L. Baker

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

another LANGUAGE

Process can be such an immersive experience. My own work is focused, often figurative with meaning in the minutia. I get lost in my own process, but I envy the abstracted expression of painters like S.L. Baker, today’s Artist of the Day. The inclusion of the ensō below perfectly captures the heart of this work and why I love it. (continues below)

Red Enso Landscape by SL Baker Acrylic on canvas, 20 x 24 — *Red Enso Landscape by S.L. Baker, acrylic on canvas, 20 x 24*

“The work that appears on my canvases is a confluence of social, spiritual and familial concern. Working mostly in acrylic and using my hands instead of brushes, a moment, an injustice, a joy becomes a color, a texture, a line, another language. I do not know the exact meaning other than I find gratitude within the process and believe that it says something.” — S.L. Baker

Learn more about S.L. Baker!

CALL for ENTRIES: Power It Forward

Posted on December 1, 2015December 1, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

power FOODS

Green chili has made my week. Sometimes I struggle in the winter since most produce is sun-powered. But, I have learned how to make the best of what IS available. Using imported, hot-house tomatoes is never my first choice; however, if you are going to cook them for hours, like I do in green chili, tangy unriped green tomatoes can be just the thing to fool your taste buds for another week until Spring arrives. Here’s a sun-powered Call that will make your week too. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Power It Forward for a T-Shirt Design contest. Your design can help offer wind/solar power to one of the estimated 1.3 billion people without power in this world. No entry fee, plus cash prizes. I love this one…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Power It Forward

“Power It Forward, Inc.’s mission is to bring clean electrical power to people who don’t have it in impoverished and developing countries. Having clean power impacts people’s quality of life, education, health, happiness, and the environment. We are looking for outstanding artwork that can be used for Power It Forward, Inc.” –poweritfwd.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all U.S. artists

MEDIA: Open to work that has been hand-drawn, painted, collaged, or digitally rendered. No photography. The artwork should be clearly visible on a solid color background. Up to three solid colors can be used to construct the artwork as long as they are clearly visible on either the white or black background colors. Work should draw inspiration from 1 of 4 slogans: 1) Power it Forward 2) Power to Give, Power to Live 3) Power for the People or 4) Give Power, Get Power.

DEADLINE: December 31, 2015

NOTIFICATION: by March 2, 2016

ENTRY FEE: None

JURORS: Winners chosen by judges from the company & a collection of artists.

AWARDS: Up to 4 winners will be chosen (one for each slogan) & will receive $500 each.

SALES: Artist will NOT receive a % of sales. Note that your only compensation would be a prize award. Please be aware that Power It Forward retains rights to work. Editor’s Note: This is not an uncommon part of these contests. Be prepared to receive a TOTAL of $500 for your design; otherwise, don’t enter.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Blue

Posted on November 28, 2015November 24, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

holiday
BLUES

I have broken my own blue-food rule. I have ranted & raved for years about food coloring. I have forever sworn off any faux food colored any shade of blue, but I have given in. This year will be my very first time in my life that I will have a “real” Christmas tree (living, as opposed to artificial). So, I decided that all the ornaments and decorations should be “real” too (read handmade or homemade). I couldn’t resist the most beautiful electric-blue gum drops I have ever seen. I am testing them out as a sweet garland. Forgive the hypocrisy, but I promise not to eat them. This next Call is another non-edible use for all things blue. Maybe this one’s for you…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net and G25N for Blue. Only $20 to enter. This Call is open to seven different media including digital & fiber art. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Blue

“The deeper the blue becomes, the more strongly it calls man towards the infinite, awakening in him a desire for the pure and, finally, for the supernatural… The brighter it becomes, the more it loses its sound, until it turns into silent stillness & becomes white.”
— Wassily Kandinsky

ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+

MEDIA: Open to all still media: painting, drawing, collage, photography, digital, etc.

THEME: BLUE. The art created of any subject that is enhanced by the use of the color blue, whether it is a single dot of blue or a completely blue image. The color blue should enhance the narrative of the works subject as Blue can imply many emotions, symbolism or feelings, from blue marble to Blues music. Blue can express the future, good feelings, happiness, prosperity, ocean or sky, and we can feel blue, etc. It can be used to enhance, emphasize or be a focal point in the art.

DEADLINE: January 4, 2016

NOTIFICATION: January 13, 2016

ENTRY FEE: $20 for 1, $10 each add’l

AWARDS: Up to Fifteen artists will be selected for a group exhibit, “BLUE” at G25N’s online gallery opening on January 22, 2016.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

We are happy to have Art-Competition.net as a sponsor of AAAD.

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CALL for ENTRIES: Interdisciplinary

Posted on November 27, 2015November 24, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

beauty
& BITE

Being a great cook, is an interdisciplinary skill. I know a handful of people who claim to be so uncreative that they “can’t draw a stick figure”. Clearly, creativity is not measured by the quality of your stick figures. But I am willing to accept those sorts of self-assessments –unless they come from a great cook. Composing the perfect dish requires great taste, some basic scientific knowledge, both an eye for design and nose for the perfect unexpected ingredient. Without that combination of talent, meals are likely to be unremarkable. This Call is another way to put a combo of talents to the test. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Creative Living Works (Somerville, MA) for Interdisciplinary, at the Washington Street Gallery. $20 Entry & 20% commission. This is another reason to stretch your skills or even collaborate. Investigate this opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Interdiscplinary

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all work that crosses one or more creative disciplines. Unique & experimental art is encouraged. The collaboration of fields may be in the subject matter, the medium or a combination.

DEADLINE: December 15, 2015

ENTRY FEE: $20 for up to 4

JUROR: Heather Balchunas, originally from Westfield, MA has a BFA in illustration from Massachusetts College of Art in 1997. Being active in the art community is an important part of her growth as an artist. During her tenure at the Puppet Showplace Theatre, Balchunas found further creative stimulation through her position as an arts administrator. Whether it is puppet construction, theater, set design, or painting, one creative process influences another.

Dan Dez has been developing games since 2002. After receiving his BFA in Computer Animation at Ringling School of Art and Design, he started his game development career which has spanned around the country and across PS2, GameCube, XBOX, Xbox360, PS3, iOS, Android and PC. He is now and independent game developer who has always had an appreciation for Fine Arts. After graduating from RISD, Sean Hilts worked as freelance Graphic Designer, founded The Brothers Hilts, an illustration/design team, and is currently a Senior User Experience Consultant.

AWARDS: Cash awards will be given for Best in Show, determined by a panel of jurors & a People’s Choice award, chosen via online voting.

SALES: Washington Street gallery takes 20% commission on any works sold, however, work may be submitted as “Not for Sale”.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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: Women in Art

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

girly
CHOW

Food for women apparently exists. Well, it isn’t food exclusively for women, but I discovered there are a few foods that are even better for you if you’re female– including one of my favorites, flaxseed. Not using flaxseed? I love ground flaxseed as a substitute for bread crumbs on top of casseroles. I mix flaxseed with a little Parmesan and a mist of olive oil and return the casserole to the oven until it just starts to brown. Flaxseed adds a nutty flavor that I prefer over cracker crumbs, hands down. This Call is also meant for women. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Las Laguna Gallery (Laguna Beach, CA) for Women in Art, a celebration of the creativity of women. Open to lots of media…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Women in Art

“The show is dedicated to the spirit and creativity of all women artists, past and present. Las Laguna Gallery in Laguna Beach, California is looking for some unbelievable women artists.” –from laslagunagallery.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all female artists

MEDIA: Open to works in Assemblage, Charcoal, Color Pencil, Collage, Digital Art, Drawings, Encaustic, Graphite, Illustration, Mixed Media, New Media, Painting, Pastel, Photo, Photography & Watercolor. * Sorry new jewelry or sculpture for this exhibition.

DEADLINE: December 15, 2015

NOTIFICATION: December 16, 2015

ENTRY FEE: $35 for 3, $5 ea. add’l

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

Category: Painting

feed me LOUISIANA (or Iowa)

CALL for ENTRIES: Benjamin’s Banquet

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

don’t eat the POINSETTIAs

CALL for ENTRIES: Garden Realm

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

no DISWASHER

CALL for ENTRIES: Water Banners

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

needle TEA

CALL for ENTRIES: Flowers, Plants & Gardens 2

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

another LANGUAGE

power FOODS

CALL for ENTRIES: Power It Forward

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

holiday BLUES

CALL for ENTRIES: Blue

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

beauty & BITE

CALL for ENTRIES: Interdiscplinary

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

life LESSONS

girly CHOW

CALL for ENTRIES: Women in Art

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

feed me
LOUISIANA
(or Iowa)

CALL for ENTRIES:
Benjamin’s Banquet

don’t eat the
POINSETTIAs

CALL for ENTRIES:
Garden Realm

CALL for ENTRIES:
Water Banners

needle
TEA

CALL for ENTRIES:
Flowers, Plants & Gardens 2

CALL for ENTRIES:
Power It Forward

holiday
BLUES

CALL for ENTRIES:
Blue

beauty
& BITE

CALL for ENTRIES:
Interdiscplinary

girly
CHOW

CALL for ENTRIES:
Women in Art