CALL for ENTRIES: A Sense of Place 2017

Posted on June 11, 2017June 11, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

a little KITCHEN

So, the move is complete. My husband & I have downsized our home by half as the next step in our being completely mobile. I am currently referring to my home as “box city” for reasons that I imagine are obvious. Part of the move included purging my life of all the “stuff” weighing me down, including kitchen gadgets and single-use appliances. The lack of stuff has necessarily affected my cooking as well, encouraging simplicity, whole foods & clean eating. It is a new place, a new space & an opportunity for a fresh perspective. This next Call, although un-themed, reinforces the idea of a unique sense of place. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art (Augusta, GA) for A Sense of Place. This is a gorgeous venue, and I always appreciate an academic show. Don’t miss this one…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
A Sense of Place
from the Gertrude Herbert
Institute of Art

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all US artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to painting, drawing, mixed media, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture & photography. Film & video not ineligible.

DEADLINE: June 30, 2017

NOTIFICATION: August 1, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $37 for up to 3, $10 ea. add’l

JUROR: Studio artist, writer, curator & educator Garth Johnson is curator of ceramics at the ASU Art Museum in Tempe, AZ. Before moving to Tempe, Garth was the Curator of Artistic Programs at The Clay Studio in Philadelphia & spent 7 years as a Professor at College of the Redwoods in Eureka, CA. He is a self-described craft activist who explores crafts influence & relevance in the 21st century.

AWARDS: $750 Best of Show Award and two $500 Juror’s Awards. At the juror’s discretion, additional non-cash Honorable Mention awards may also be presented.

SALES: GHIA will retain 35% commission on sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Shades of Green

Posted on May 16, 2017May 12, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

BROCCOLETTI di rapa

I have a secret love for rapini. You may know it as broccoli raab or broccoletti. People assume it is just fancy broccoli and often cook it that way, hence the reason I hide my love of it (until now). Rapini is more closely related to a turnip than broccoli with the same tendency toward bitterness or stringy-ness if under cooked or overcooked. Don’t ever buy, cook or serve rapini that isn’t a gorgeous shade of green. (You won’t enjoy the yellow, trust me.) Don’t under cook it or spare the garlic & olive oil. This next Call wants your perspective on all the shades of green, not just the broccoli shades. An open theme…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net for Shades of Green. $25 entry & no shipping. The media is pretty wide open too. This color theme is open to broad interpretation. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Shades of Green
from Art-competition.net

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ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+ (int’l)

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

THEME: Shades of Green “Colors communicate . . . sensations of a renewed life, glorious energy, or environmental concerns to darker forces such as envy, ambition, greed, or jealousy. For this particular art call our inspiration rests within . . . various shades of the color green.” –art-competition.net

DEADLINE: June 5, 2017

NOTIFICATION: June 12, 2017

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

JURORS / CURATORS: Sherry Mayo, Artist, Curator & Educator; William Ralph, Artist, Educator & Mathematics Researcher; and, Edward A. Burke, Artist, Gallerist, Curator & Teacher.

AWARDS: 20 artists will be selected for an online group exhibit, “Shades of Green” at Gallery25N; the exhibit and artists will be extensively marketed worldwide to over 24,000 people including art buyers, gallery owners, curators, collectors, etc.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: 2017 Strange Figurations

Posted on May 15, 2017July 2, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

odd PERFECTION

I once had a kitchen with a dishwasher that opened into the living room. No kidding. I love an odd house, an odd room. I am the one that buys the mutant vegetables at the farmer’s market. I like to think of the mutations as the vegetables exercising their free will over their little spot in the world. Yeah, yeah, science. I know. This next Call also entertains an interest in the odd, the strange, the surreal. Investigate this show…

Check out this Call for Entries from SlowArt Productions for Strange Figurations at the Limner Gallery (Hudson, NY). $35 entry & 30% commission. This is open to all artists, all media & all interpretations. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
2017 Strange Figurations
from SlowArt Productions
at the Limner Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists (18+ int’l)

MEDIA: Open to all media, included are all forms of surreal, visionary and extraordinary figurative art.

THEME: All interpretations of “Strange Figurations” will be reviewed & considered.

DEADLINE: July 8, 2017 (extended from June 20, 2017)

NOTIFICATION: July 30, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to 4, $5 ea. add’l

AWARDS: Winning artists will be featured in a group exhibition at the Limner Gallery, September 6 – 30, 2017. The exhibition will also be displayed on the Limner Gallery web site and through social media.

SALES: The gallery will take a 30% commission on all sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Spectacular

Posted on May 9, 2017May 8, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

EAT it all

People always ask about my favorite food. Some days it is goat cheese. Well, a lot of days it is goat cheese. But some days it is lamb or strawberries or pesto or pomegranate. I am open to every food. Fickle stomach. This next Call is also completely open to your wish or whim. Send them your best…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Las Laguna Gallery (Laguna Beach, CA) for the spectacular exhibit. Sales commission is only 25%. Don’t miss this opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
spectacular
from Las Laguna Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists (int’l)

MEDIA: Open to all* media, including (but not limited to) assemblage, collage, digital art, drawing (graphite, charcoal, colored pencil), encaustic, fiber art, illustration, mixed media, new media, painting (oil, acrylic, watercolor, airbrush), pastel & photography (traditional or digital). No jewelry, video or sculpture.

THEME: Open Theme. Open to a full spectrum of work and interpretation.

DEADLINE: June 6, 2017

NOTIFICATION: June 12, 2017

GUEST ARTIST: Lisa Clarke

ENTRY FEE: $35 for 1, $1 ea. add’l

SALES: The Las Laguna Gallery will retain 25% commission on all sales.

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CALL for ENTRIES: Black & White

Posted on May 1, 2017May 2, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

LOVE ME love me not

Beet wars 2017 just ended. At least once per year, I post something random about eating beets on social media. Every time, it ends in my friends arguing the merits, or not, of this ever-controversial veg. I am amazed by how passionately people love or hate beets. The confusing ones are the folks that love merlot & hate beets. I’ll never understand the disparity. They both have that same from the earth pungency, so shouldn’t it be a black & white issue? This next Call is definitely all about the black & white of it all. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from BWAC (Brooklyn, NY) for Black & White. Take advantage of a discount for early entry, a distinguished juror & significant cash awards. This is a great opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Black & White from BWAC

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“Black and white is primal, the underneath, the foundation, of the opuce of color; black and white is where we register motion and, when the cones do not have sufficient light, our rods optimize our survival in the night woods. ‘Black & White’ intends to explore this underground of survival and few words.” –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 May 10

DEADLINE: May 10, 2017 (early bird) or March 31, 2017 (final)

NOTIFICATION: March 31, 2017

JUROR: Alison Hokanson, Assistant Curator of European Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She holds a BA from Brown University and an MA and PhD from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, where she studied Minimalism before writing her dissertation on Belgian Realism and Symbolism. Her recent projects include exhibitions on the whaling scenes of Joseph Mallord, William Turner and on The Met’s collection of Pre ‐ Raphaelite art and design. She publishes and lectures on topics ranging from Impressionist painting to Symbolist drawing, and was previously a juror for the National Arts Club’s Artist Members Exhibition.

AWARDS: Best of Show Gold $1000, Most Innovative Use of Materials $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!

CALL for ENTRIES: Axis 12th National

Posted on April 25, 2017April 25, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

penny FOODS

Have you noticed that the only a handful of foods are regularly sold in dozens. Eggs & pastries are most common, but there are a few others, like oysters and hot wings. As I understand it, it started because 12 pence = a shilling, and a shilling was a convenient unit of measure for 12 eggs, a pence per. This next Call costs more than a shilling to enter, but it is the 12th in the series. Open to any media…

Check out this Call for Entries from Axis Gallery (Sacramento, CA) for the 12th National Juried Exhibition. This juror is well-known and, therefore, easy to research. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
12th Nat’l Juried
from Axis Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to artists residing in the U.S.

MEDIA: Open to any media including painting, prints, drawings, photography & digital images. (Sorry, no video)

DEADLINE: June 1, 2017

NOTIFICATION: June 26, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to 3, $10 ea. add’l

JUROR: Founder of the highly controversial Coagula Art Journal, Mat Gleason is an internationally recognized art critic and curator of contemporary art. Gleason’s sharp analytical tongue and ability to articulate aesthetics served him well in analyzing and critiquing competitive body painting in the Ru Paul-hosted “Skin Wars: Fresh Paint”, the television series where he sat as one of the regular judges in its lone season on network television.

He has lost count of the number of exhibitions he has curated and while blogging, writing about art and continuing to publish a milder print version of his magazine, operates Coagula Curatorial, his gallery of contemporary art on Chung King Road in L.A.’s Chinatown. A southern California native who hates all of the Bay Area’s sports teams, especially the A’s, he lives with his wife (artist Leigh Salgado) and dog (Aybar) near the city of Vernon, just south of Downtown L.A.

AWARDS: Cash awards and a printed exhibition catalogue.

SALES: Sales are encouraged. The gallery will retain 40% commission on any work sold.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: July Int’l Print

Posted on April 20, 2017April 19, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

playing with your FOOD

I butter baking pans with my hands. I work pie crust and pizza dough with my hands. Yes, I even like the feel of food. Luckily for my family, I am also a compulsive hand washer. Feel your food; I encourage it. This next Call is for a magazine that has a luscious hand feel too. Even if you don’t enter, order a copy. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Create! Magazine for the July International Print Issue. I’ll bet that you will love this gorgeous magazine as much as I do. Don’t miss this chance…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
July Int’l Print Issue
of Create! Magazine

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all media, i.e.: painting, sculpture, digital, printmaking, fiber, mixed media, photography, installation & more.

DEADLINE: May 25, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $25 for up to 3, $30 for 5, $35 for 7 & $40 for 10. Note: a portion of all submission fees will be donated to National Endowment for the Arts/Americans for the Arts.

JUROR: Dasha Matsuura is the Assistant Director at Spoke SF. Since 2009 she has curated contemporary art exhibitions at galleries and nonprofit venues as an independent curator. Matsuura has spent many years working with artists and galleries, as well as corporate and private art consulting clients. In addition, she has worked closely with nonprofit arts organizations and sits on the Board of Directors for Oakland Art Murmur helping to support the Oakland arts community.

AWARDS: Artists selected by the guest juror will receive a 2-page spread including a brief bio, website, and 2 images in print and digital formats. Published artists will receive a complimentary digital issue and will be listed on Create! Magazine’s website/social media.

SALES: The July Issue will be available at McNally Jackson Books in NYC, Charlotte Street News in London & online.

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CALL for ENTRIES: Flowers, Plants & Gardens

Posted on April 19, 2017April 19, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

aztec TEA

We move to our “clean slate” apartment in about 6 weeks. It has a good-size front porch but almost no yard. The only green in site is a decayed and crumbling stepped flower bed next to the driveway. I don’t think I can really grow a lot of food, but I have a friend that says she can get me a cut of epazote, a Mexican herb that’s hard to find in these parts. Maybe if I surround it with marigolds and citronella, I might be able to save it from the bugs & their furrier 4-legged neighbors. This next Call wants to know about your flowers, plants & gardens. This is a perennial favorite, ha…

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

CALL for ENTRIES:
Flowers, Plants & Gardens
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: Flowers, Plants & Gardens “symbolize continual rebirth, fresh beginnings, fragile persistence, and alluring symmetry. Whether it is a single flower, a garden in full aromatic bloom or a ‘shy’ plant on a window sill, there is no mistaking the awesome complexity of the planet’s precious myriad types of vegetation. This abundance of flowers and greenery inspires and challenges the creative mind to redefine and/or simply glorify their splendor.”

DEADLINE: May 8, 2017

NOTIFICATION: May 22, 2017

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

AWARDS: 20 artists will be selected for an online group exhibit, “Flowers, Plants & Gardens” at Gallery25N; the exhibit and artists will be extensively marketed worldwide to over 24,000 people including art buyers, gallery owners, curators, collectors, etc.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Bowery 26th Annual

Posted on April 13, 2017April 13, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

les ÉPINARDS

I am what I am, and this week, I am a spinach lover. To be honest, I am a spinach lover every week, but this week I have had spinach quiche & spinach salad without a wilted leaf to be seen. Because of the popularity of aquaponics and the number of artisan growers in my area, every day is spinach season for me (happy dance), but this next Call just has a few more days left. Don’t miss this deadline…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Bowery Gallery (New York, NY) for the 26th Annual Juried Competition. $35 entry & No commission. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
26th Annual Juried
from Bowery Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to include painting, drawing, printmaking & mixed media. Sculpture, photography and digital art not eligible.

DEADLINE: April 20, 2017

NOTIFICATION: June 1, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to 3, $6 ea. add’l

JUROR: Kyle Staver received her MFA in painting from Yale School of Art, and has exhibited throughout the United States. She has been a recipient of the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (2015) and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Purchase Prize (2015). Her work has been exhibited at Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, and the American Academy of Arts & Letters. She currently exhibits at Kent Fine Art in New York, and lives in Brooklyn.

SALES: All work will be for sale unless artist states otherwise. All proceeds go to the artist.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: monochrome

Posted on April 5, 2017April 4, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

sautee or FRY?

There is a fine line between golden goodness & fried brown sameness. I have an aunt who won’t eat “lacy” eggs or “dirty” biscuits, her phraseology for anything browned, but she only eats meats well done. (Go figure.) Personally, I love a butter browned anything, but I shy away from the monotony of bread-crumb brown. This next Call wants your monotone work –food references not required. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Las Laguna Gallery (Laguna Beach, CA) for the monochrome exhibit. Sales commission is only 25%. Don’t miss this opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
monochrome
from Las Laguna Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all* media, except jewelry and sculpture.

THEME: Monochrome “Art that explores values of one color.” — from laslagunagallery.com

DEADLINE: April 16, 2017

NOTIFICATION: April 21, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $35 for 1, $2 ea. add’l

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

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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Category: Printmaking

a little KITCHEN

CALL for ENTRIES: A Sense of Place from the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

BROCCOLETTI di rapa

CALL for ENTRIES: Shades of Green from Art-competition.net

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

odd PERFECTION

CALL for ENTRIES: 2017 Strange Figurations from SlowArt Productions at the Limner Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

EAT it all

CALL for ENTRIES: spectacular from Las Laguna Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

LOVE ME love me not

CALL for ENTRIES: Black & White from BWAC

For full details, Read the Full Call!

penny FOODS

CALL for ENTRIES: 12th Nat’l Juried from Axis Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

playing with your FOOD

CALL for ENTRIES: July Int’l Print Issue of Create! Magazine

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

aztec TEA

CALL for ENTRIES: Flowers, Plants & Gardens from Art-competition.net

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

les ÉPINARDS

CALL for ENTRIES: 26th Annual Juried from Bowery Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

sautee or FRY?

CALL for ENTRIES: monochrome from Las Laguna Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES:
A Sense of Place
from the Gertrude Herbert
Institute of Art

CALL for ENTRIES:
Shades of Green
from Art-competition.net

CALL for ENTRIES:
2017 Strange Figurations
from SlowArt Productions
at the Limner Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
spectacular
from Las Laguna Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
Black & White from BWAC

CALL for ENTRIES:
12th Nat’l Juried
from Axis Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
July Int’l Print Issue
of Create! Magazine

CALL for ENTRIES:
Flowers, Plants & Gardens
from Art-competition.net

CALL for ENTRIES:
26th Annual Juried
from Bowery Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
monochrome
from Las Laguna Gallery