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ARTIST of the DAY: Maurice Mbikayi

Posted on December 4, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

I love technology; I do.

Technology is what allows AAAD to offer free resources to artists. But I have days when I look around the restaurant or library (or my own livingroom) and I wonder at the blue glow of electronic devices on nearly every face in the room. Is this where & what we want to be? Have we weighed the positives & negatives of the constant immersion? Today’s Artist of the Day , Maurice Mbikayi, has given us his perspective in a series of works that are definitely worth investigating. (continues below)

*Narcisurfing Netizenship by Maurice Mbikayi (computer keys, cables, fibreglass & wood)*

“I a dragged into a virtual world of codes daily. There, an irresistible fascination and a whispering concern transform me into something alien.” –Maurice Mbikayi

Learn more about Maurice Mbikayi!

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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ARTIST of the DAY: Jan Huling

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

a happy HEART

It is time for holiday mayhem again. I want to encourage you to just say “no”. I’m not suggesting you expect your five year old to give up gifts in lieu of a shiny red apple. But I do want you to give up the undue pressure to make anyone’s holiday perfect, including your own. I do want to encourage you to use your resources in support of the the people you love and what they can offer or create in this world. Make it have heart or just say “no”. Today’s Artist of the Day Jan Huling offers the most literal example of that concept I can imagine. Enjoy. (continues below)

Corazon by Jan Huling — *“Corazon” by Jan Huling*

“My 3-dimensional collages combine found objects with surface design, sometimes touching on narrative themes. I’m also drawn to religious and political icons, inspired by a continuing fascination with indigenous or popular culture and world religions. By juxtaposing these icons with an eclectic assortment of objects, the viewer is challenged to consider common images within an altered context. The [construction] process is slow and meticulous, zen-like, with the choice of forms motivating color schemes and iconography.” — Jan Huling

Learn more about Jan Huling!

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: Motohiko Odani

Posted on November 20, 2015November 20, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

lighter than AIR

Some days are heavier than others. In contrast, we’d like to share the work of Motohiko Odani, our current Artist of the Day, with you– fiberglass reinforced plastic & urethane paint. (continues below)

“Odani’s works on the themes of physical sensations and psychological states, such as pain and fear, awaken latent thoughts and emotions in their viewers.” — Mori Art Museum, Tokyo

Learn more about Motohiko Odani!

CALL for ENTRIES: 2016 Nat’l Juried

Posted on October 26, 2015October 26, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

MUSTARD
fiends

Every last member of my family is a mustard fiend. There are rarely ever appearances of plain yellow mustard in my house. Dijon is the mustard of choice for the majority of the family. And while I have a soft spot for homemade, hot Chinese mustard, I rarely indulge (too lazy to make it). Brown mustard gets an occasional at bat around here on a whim, but Dijon is our comfort zone, our fall back, our home base if you will. This next gallery is a little like home base for me. Please don’t miss this opportunity…

Check out this Call for Entries from The Arts & Culture Alliance for the Nat’l Juried Exhibition of 2016. This is a great arts organization. I have shown work here. I have juried a show here. I teach here. I would love to see your contribution at this opening. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Nat’l Juried Exhibition 2016

ELIGIBILITY: Artists 18+ living in the US

MEDIA: 2-D (painting, drawing, mixed media, printmaking, photography) & 3-D (sculpture of all media).

DEADLINE: December 6, 2015

NOTIFICATION: January 4, 2016

ENTRY FEE: $40 for up to 3, $7 ea. add’l. Members discounted.

JUROR: Samantha Andrews is an art educator and east Tennessee native who believes in the power of art to change lives. Working closely with the ever-expanding artist community in Nashville, TN, Andrews creates opportunities & resources for people to see their world in new ways through art. She is currently Assistant Director of Experiential Learning at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts and is a two-time Emmy® Award winner for the television series ArtQuest: Art is All Around You.

AWARDS: $500 Best in Show, (2) $250 Juror’s Citations & an award for best 2ork by a member

SALES: 25% commission (20% for check/cash)

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: $1000 Grant / Purchase Award

Posted on October 20, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

sweet
EATS

My grocery bill is absurd. I’m not having dinners of foie gras & truffles. In fact, most of our meals are vegetable laden. I try to stop by the farmers market at my local apple orchard. This week, it was $25 for apples, onions, 4 sweet potatoes, 3 bell peppers & 2 eggplant. As you might imagine, I then proceeded to spend a fortune at the grocery store to supplement my farmers market finds. I have a family of only three people + my four-legged child. I buy in-season, cost-conscious items. I consider myself a master food shopper, and I can barely hang on to a healthy menu. How are people without access to locally-grown produce options supposed to avoid eating processed food? The economics of hunger are devastating. This next Call is an excellent use of YOUR $25. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from WorkingArtist.org for the $1000 Working Artist Grant/Art Purchase Award. This may very well be the simplest process for the biggest possible return. $25 Entry. Don’t miss this one…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
$1000 Grant / Purchase Award

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all media including traditional visual arts, painting, sculpture, mixed media, photography, video, new media & performance (no dance at this time).

DEADLINE: October 31, 2015

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 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!

CALL for ENTRIES: Jealous

Posted on September 24, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

jumping through the
HOOPS

I have plastic envy. Hoop houses are sprouting up all over town as pre-planning for chances of upcoming frost. Last year our first snow came in October. Locally lots of folks protect their late Summer plantings from possible early frost while also giving them space to start seedlings in colder weather. Once the ground is frozen, installation becomes a much more complicated project. My house hangs on the side of a mountain. The only flat space I have for a hoop house is my gravel driveway, ha. Jealous of plastic –never thought I’d have that problem. This next Call will hopefully make you the object of the jealous. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Fresh Paint Magazine & the Jealous Curator for December Int’l edition. This mag is delicious, & rumor has it that, once again, one of our readers is being featured! We are so proud to have them as sponsors. Open to more than PAINTING…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Jealous

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to painting, drawing, photography & sculpture w/reference to painting

DEADLINE: November 1, 2015

NOTIFICATION: November 15, 2015

ENTRY FEE: £30 for up to 3 ($45.77 USD), £5 ea. add’l (~$7.76 USD). For an add’l £10 ($15.26 USD), the Studio visit option is available.

JUROR: Danielle Krysa has a BFA in Fine Arts, & a post-grad in graphic design. She is the writer/curator behind the contemporary art site, The Jealous Curator. Danielle has curated shows in D.C., Vancouver, Chattanooga, L.A. & San Francisco. In 2014 she published two books, titled “Creative Block” & “Collage”. Krysa has also spoken at Creative Mornings, Alt Summit & PIXAR.

AWARDS: Winning artists will be published in the next issue of Fresh Paint Magazine (December 2015). One publication provides a winning artist with two pages of A4 size (two page spread) with 3 images & bio/statement, distributed internationally in print & online.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

We are PROUD to have Fresh Paint Magazine as a sponsor of AAAD!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Public Places

Posted on September 20, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

almost
FRUITLESS

Today, I ate a peach in a public park under a dogwood tree in the dappled sunlight of a gorgeous 78° Sunday afternoon. Oh Summer, I am going to miss you. With the first day of Fall just days away, I am mourning the upcoming loss of fragrant, lush fresh tomatoes & peaches while still looking forward to a beautiful nip in the air. This next Call will put your art in public, possibly in a park and definitely connected to a dogwood of sorts. Investigate…

Check out this Call for Entries from Dogwood Arts (Knoxville, TN) for Art in Public Places Knoxville (AIPPK), a juried exhibition of large-scale sculptures created by exceptional local, regional & national artists. Great prizes + a stipend. Don’t miss this opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Public Places

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

MEDIA: Sculpture suitable for outdoor installation: a) must be capable of withstanding adverse weather conditions (high winds, below zero temperatures, snow storms); b) must withstand high traffic environment; c) should take into consideration the safety of the audience & d) artwork must be durable & require limited to no maintenance. Art must be installation-ready.

DEADLINE: Early: January 22, 2016. Late: January 29, 2016

NOTIFICATION: February 10, 2016

ENTRY FEE: Thru January 22, 2016, $35 for up to 3. Late entry, January 23-29, $45 for up to 3.

AWARDS: $3,000: Best of Show, $2,000: 2nd Place, $1,000: 3rd Place, $1,000: People’s Choice Award & $500: Two (2) Honorable Mention awards. In addition, all finalists whose works are installed will receive a stipend of $1,500 per sculpture—$750 upon delivery to the site and $750 upon removal*. The sculptures that are sold during the exhibition will be delivered by Dogwood Arts to the buyer at the close of the exhibition and there will not be a $750 removal stipend awarded to artists on those sold sculptures.

SALES: Artists may sell their work during the exhibition period. However, the work must remain on site for the duration of the exhibition. Every effort is made to promote sales. All sales are handled by Dogwood Arts who retains a 30% commission.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: The Human Form

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

don’t FEED
the rats

Rats, when tested, will develop cancer. Have you heard that satirical proverb? I believe it is/was meant to be a comment on the number of carcinogens identified by animal testing. Well, I have another one for you. Food, when processed, will become unhealthy. Okay, maybe that one isn’t so satirical. Check out this list of 7 Foods People Think are Healthy, but Aren’t. But, I suspect most of you are far too food savvy to have thought they were healthy, so check out the list of seven media that are eligible for this next Call. It’s worth a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net and G25N for The Human Form. 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:
the Human Form

“There are no easy or perfect mediums for creating art, just creative artists making it seem so.” — Edward A. Burke

ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+

MEDIA: Open to painting, drawing, collage, photography, sculpture, digital art & fiber art

THEME: The human form. The curator will be selecting art-work in seven different medium categories conveying the grace, beauty, movement, power, mechanics or any other aspects of the human form. The curators and judges will select work based on the originality, uniqueness of the vision conveyed, quality of execution and how clearly the artist’s individual technique/style is presented in each work. The work can be expressed from realism to abstraction.

DEADLINE: September 28, 2015

NOTIFICATION: October 9, 2015

ENTRY FEE: $20 for 1, $10 each add’l

AWARDS: Inclusion in the Exhibit that opens at G25N’s online gallery on October 16, 2015, an exhibit of 21 contemporary artists’ work, expressing the human form in the 7 mediums.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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

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Category: Sculpture

I love technology; I do.

“I a dragged into a virtual world of codes daily. There, an irresistible fascination and a whispering concern transform me into something alien.” –Maurice Mbikayi

holiday BLUES

CALL for ENTRIES: Blue

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

a happy HEART

beauty & BITE

CALL for ENTRIES: Interdiscplinary

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

lighter than AIR

MUSTARD fiends

CALL for ENTRIES: Nat’l Juried Exhibition 2016

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

sweet EATS

CALL for ENTRIES: $1000 Grant / Purchase Award

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

jumping through the HOOPS

CALL for ENTRIES: Jealous

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

almost FRUITLESS

CALL for ENTRIES: Public Places

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

don’t FEED the rats

CALL for ENTRIES: the Human Form

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

holiday
BLUES

CALL for ENTRIES:
Blue

beauty
& BITE

CALL for ENTRIES:
Interdiscplinary

MUSTARD
fiends

CALL for ENTRIES:
Nat’l Juried Exhibition 2016

sweet
EATS

CALL for ENTRIES:
$1000 Grant / Purchase Award

jumping through the
HOOPS

CALL for ENTRIES:
Jealous

almost
FRUITLESS

CALL for ENTRIES:
Public Places

don’t FEED
the rats

CALL for ENTRIES:
the Human Form