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Posted on July 12, 2016July 12, 2016 by R.L. Gibson

Over the past seven years Art&ArtDeadlines.com has evolved. If you haven’t been with us from the beginning, just assume we’ve always been this fabulous. But if you’ve been reading for 5+ years, well, we’re happy to have had a witness to the transformation. The fundamental change from rambling, long posts to shorter posts in standard formatting came somewhere around year two, followed quickly by changes to color and imagery. Last year the branding got more consistent, and the pics grew in size.

Even my taste in food has changed over time.

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This year we have begun to follow through on the art portion of Art&ArtDeadlines.com with the #artistoftheday posts, but we still have a lot of work to do. And the next step is offering additional resources for professional development like grants, purchase awards and residencies –maybe even a guest post or two.

If you want to help, we welcome your suggestions, need your re-posts & shares. What do YOU need? On a more personal note, I would welcome your feedback & support. Seven years is a long time to post opportunities, and the payoffs have been huge on a personal level. The artists and jurors and gallerists that I have have come to know and love and count amongst my friends and peers remains the biggest and most unexpected gift. Thank you. If we don’t know each other, comment or message or email me. Say hello. I’m here for, fingers-crossed, years to come.

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CALL for ENTRIES: Games: Marbles to Minecraft

Posted on July 11, 2016March 1, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

one POTATO, two POTATOES

I caught my child harvesting poisonous potatoes. Digging up a rare, toxic tater is a good thing I’m told. They weren’t meant for us, luckily, and he didn’t dig them from our yard. He found them in the Desert Biome on Minecraft. If you don’t understand that last sentence, fear not, you can stick to checkers or chess for this next Call. Play through…

Check out this Call for Entries from Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center (Solomons, MD) for Games: Marbles to Minecraft. $25 entry. I really don’t see this curatorial theme often. Take a look…

*Editor’s Note: If you have read the personal portion of this post, CALL for ENTRIES: Games: Marbles to Minecraft, anywhere other than by email subscription or on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, it has been published without permission and is considered theft.

CALL for ENTRIES: Games: Marbles to Minecraft from Annmarie

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“From primitive dice games played with small pieces of bone or shell, to early checkers games developed in Ancient Greece, playing games has long been a means of human social interaction. In modern times, game culture has evolved into a multi-faceted, and largely commercial enterprise that includes board games, role playing, card games, and digital games, to name but a few. ” –from annmariegarden.org

ELIGIBILITY: All artists working in U.S.

MEDIA: Open to all media

DEADLINE: August 18, 2016

NOTIFICATION: August 29, 2016

ENTRY FEE: $25 for up to 4

JUROR: The exhibit will be juried by a 1-2 member panel; typically, one member of the panel is drawn from the Smithsonian Institution.

AWARDS: Annmarie will present cash awards to outstanding work from installed works. Awards are contingent upon sponsors; typically there are four awards of approx. $200 each.

SALES: Annmarie will retain a 40% commission of the listed sale price.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

ARTIST of the DAY: Regardt van der Meulen

Posted on July 10, 2016July 10, 2016 by R.L. Gibson

"Untitled" (20 mm mild steel round bar) by Regardt van der Meulen — *“Untitled”* *(20 mm mild steel round bar)* by *Regardt van der Meulen*

“People habitually live with a misled sense of security, the illusion that our environment or civilisation is dependable and static. Often times the dangers and violence of the current world we live in interrupts and the illusion of safety is exposed.”
—Regardt van der Meulen

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A friend recently messaged me to say, “I don’t know how I’m going to make it through today. How do you do it?” I replied, “I just put on foot in front of the other until I get to the end.” In hindsight, even that simple plan is fraught with assumption. ANY way you get through is better than NOT getting through. Don’t worry about the bonus points for style. Today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Regardt van der Meulen sculpts with full awareness of the ephemeral nature of how we exist. Fragile, but stubborn.

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Steel yourself with more work from AAAD Artist of the Day,
sculptor Regardt van der Meulen!

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CALL to ARTISTS: Moving Forward

Posted on April 15, 2016 by R.L. Gibson

HUNGRY? me too

Because we live 20+ minutes to the closest grocery store, it can be very frustrating to start dinner and realize we’re out of onions or potatoes or eggs or whatever. So, we are all about menu planning at our house. This next Call is about planning as well, but it requires your input, your participation. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from AAAD for 2016-17 Planning & Progress. We have a lot going on, and I need your guidance an input to make sure that AAAD heads in a direction that works for all of us. I even formatted it like our normal calls to be certain that I don’t shake up the routine too much, ha. Keep reading…

CALL to ARTISTS:
Moving Forward from AAAD

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists. You may notice that we have eliminated the Featured Artist program in an effort to publish more of the ART in our name, Art & Art Deadlines. If you have an interest in being an Artist of the Day, we want to hear from you! Look in the juror section for an add’l bonus!

MEDIA: Are we including all the media Calls you want? Am I missing something? Am I under-representing your media? Please tell me. I largely post at the request of jurors and gallerists, so sometimes I unintentionally wear blinders.

DEADLINE: April 18, 2016. AAAD has a #smallworks (9×12 or smaller) Call out with an April 18th deadline, SMALL PLATES: A Response to Hunger. $5 Entry & open to prints. Please enter so that we can provide more show opportunities in the future!

NOTIFICATION: Now. Tell me what you need from AAAD. We have incorporated a lot of changes over the years based on readers’ suggestions. And, I am open to more. The site will undergo some dramatic aesthetic changes and alterations to the formatting of posts and subscriptions, and you can help shape that process. The resources will remain the same, and you’re simply stuck with the food references. But, I’m open to hearing you. Email me, leave a comment on the post (link to comments at top) or reply to your subscription email. Any way you wanna…

FEE: None. I am maintaining my commitment to NOT charge artists for use of this site. Ever.

JUROR: R.L. (Rachel) Gibson, continues to be the Editor. Me. Publication has been a bit sporadic lately because of events that left my family stranded in rural Virginia for a while. Dramatic, I know. I try not to publish personal posts often. But you were so kind when I lost my father a few years ago, that I thought I would share. Here’s the whole #saveERNIE story. So many of you ask me if there is anything you can do to help out at AAAD. There is. Instead of paying a $5 Artist of the Day fee or the $15 Artist to Love fee, donate $10 to #saveERNIE, I will enter you for FREE in both the Artist of the Day competition & Artist to Love directory. Plus, you have a chance to win a house concert. Time runs out Monday, August 18th, so hurry.

SALES: Selling art? Yes? YEAH! No? Maybe I can help. I will be travelling the country this summer giving career development seminars at Arts agencies and collectives. If you have a ideas for someone that I should approach with seminars, including “How to Price Your Art”, “Creative Branding” & more, let me know.

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Subscribe to our FREE email (top right sidebar)
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Send me your success stories by email or comment. I need motivation too. 🙂

Thanks for the love.

CALL for ENTRIES: Billboard Diversity

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

EAT
more

I ate broccoli at dinner last night. *yawn* Did you know there are approximately 30,000 edible plants on this planet? Did you also know that a mere 50 crops make up 90% of the calories consumed? How did we get so boring? Diversity is the best part of eating and cooking and consuming (and being for that matter) even if I do forget that when shopping some days. This next Call is another excellent way to celebrate diversity. Take a look…

Check out this great Call for Entries for the annual Embracing our Differences billboard project (Sarasota, FL). No entry fee & $3000 in awards. Don’t miss this opportunity…

*Editor’s Note: If you have read the personal portion of this post, CALL for ENTRIES: Billboard Diversity, anywhere other than by email subscription or on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, it has been published without permission and is considered theft.

CALL for ENTRIES:
Embracing our Differences

Our goal is to create a community where diversity and inclusion are valued while teaching the importance of being an ‘up-stander,’ not a ‘by- stander’.” — from embracingourdifferences.org

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: 2-D work including but not limited to photography, digital, collage, drawing, painting, etc. Remember, if chosen, it will be enlarged to 16′ x 12.5′ or 4.9 m x 3.8m.

THEME: Enriching lives through diversity

DEADLINE: January 4, 2016 (midnight PST)

NOTIFICATION: Winning selections will be announced online by mid-March, 2016

ENTRY FEE: None

AWARDS: A total of $3,000 USD in three separate $1,000 awards for Best-in-Show (adult), Best-in-Show (student) & People’s Choice.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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…

*Editor’s Note: If you have read the personal portion of this post, CALL for ENTRIES:,br> Public Places, anywhere other than by email subscription or on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, it has been published without permission and is considered theft.

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: Cecelia Coker Bell

Posted on August 31, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

one TOMATO
two TOMATO
three TOMATO four

Tomatoes, tomatoes everywhere. It is THAT time of the year. The Farmers Market is awash with overly ripe tomatoes at rock bottom prices. When they are less than $1 a pound, I have such a hard not taking them home. We’ve taken to having snacks of sliced tomatoes, tomato sandwiches and marinated tomatoes. They are the stars of their own solo show at our house. This next Call offers you a solo show too, just not in my house. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Cecelia Coker Bell Gallery at Coker College (Hartsville, SC) for 2016/2017 Exhibition Season. No entry fee, DropBox submission. Looking for a solo show, this is a great gallery…

*Editor’s Note: If you have read the personal portion of this post, CALL for ENTRIES: Cecelia Coker Bell, anywhere other than by email subscription or on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, it has been published without permission and is considered theft.

CALL for ENTRIES:
Cecelia Coker Bell

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all media

DEADLINE: October 24, 2015

NOTIFICATION: End of December, 2015

ENTRY FEE: None

JUROR: The selection committee will choose five artists for one-person shows in the 2016/2017 season.

AWARDS: Selected artists will receive $300 toward shipping, $200 for artists who give a gallery talk/presentation during their show & a small run of color posters (at gallery cost)

SALES: Works exhibited in the gallery are for sale; however, they do not focus on sales, and sales are not common. *Please remember this is an academic gallery, not a retail gallery.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

(Click link above, then click “Apply for Show” to download the PDF)

CALL for ENTRIES: Heroes & Villians

Posted on March 3, 2015March 3, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

i hate myself
FOR LOVING YOU

Something borrowed, something new; something green, something like glue. If I am married to food, the heroes & villians in our relationship are well-defined. Despite my best efforts, potatoes continue to fight against me in the form of chips, fries & luscious, comforting soup. They aren’t inherently evil, but they do have a tendency to lean toward the dark side of gluttony for me. The heroes, conversely, tend to be green & roasted–fresh Brussels sprouts, snap beans & crowns of broccoli. As I continue to fight the good fight, here’s a great Call that will allow you to fight your own battles. LOVE this venue…

Check out this Call for Entries from Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center (Solomons, MD) for Heroes & Villians. $25 entry, epic jurors & great art, time & time again. Take a look…

*Editor’s Note: If you have read the personal portion of this post, CALL for ENTRIES: Heroes & Villians, anywhere other than by email subscription or on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, it has been published without permission and is considered theft.

CALL for ENTRIES:
Heroes & Villians

“This exhibit invites artists to submit works that celebrate the heroes and villains that populate history, literature, popular culture, folklore, mythology, psychology, and other realms of human experience and expression. As an artist, where do you find inspiration? In the protagonist or the antagonist, or in the many shades of gray in between? Do historical figures fascinate you, or do you turn to fictional characters for your subject matter? Whether you look to history books or comic books, or your own fantastical imagination, this exhibit welcomes artists that explore the complexities and nuances of heroes and villains.”

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists working in the US

MEDIA: Open to all media

DEADLINE: April 1, 2015

NOTIFICATION: April 17, 2015

ENTRY FEE: $25 for up to 4

JUROR: The exhibit will be juried by a 1-2 member panel; typically, one member of the panel is drawn from the Smithsonian Institution.

AWARDS: Annmarie will present cash awards to outstanding work. Jurors will review installed works (not application images) for award selection. Award amounts are contingent upon sponsorship; typically there are at least three awards each about $250. All award winning artists will receive an invitation for a solo or group show.

SALES: Annmarie will retain a 40% commission of the listed sale price.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: The Sketchbook Project

Posted on December 9, 2014 by R.L. Gibson

HERRING
pickled, not red

My pantry is a library of food fads and favorites. You’ll find canned tomatoes from my mother (necessary to all of my favorite dishes) and high-fat coconut milk (necessary to all quiet indulgences). Then there is the the fruit cocktail, quince marmalade, pickled herring, kimchi, a jar of black lime & a few dried apricots left over from some food obsession or experiment that either went awry or with which I got bored. I can’t bring myself to get rid of the non-expired food no matter how random because they occasionally inspire genius. This next Call displays the beauty of collecting and sometimes inspires genius. This is a beautiful idea…

Check out this Call for Entries from The Brooklyn Art Library for The Sketchbook Project (SBP 2015). Send your work on tour of museums and galleries across North America for as little as $25! Since the last time I mention SBP, there is now a digitized option! Take a look…

*Editor’s Note: If you have read the personal portion of this post, CALL for ENTRIES: The Sketchbook Project, anywhere other than by email subscription or on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, it has been published without permission and is considered theft.

CALL for ENTRIES:
The Sketchbook Project

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all media that an be contained within the confines of the 5″ x 7″ x 1″ sketchbook. It can open to any size, but it must fold down and not exceed 5” wide x 7” high x 1” thick. You are welcome to cut, rebind or alter the book in any other way – just please remember to keep it less than 1” thick. Please read the media tips and tricks.

THEMES: For a complete list of themes, click here.

DEADLINE: You must purchase your sketchbook by January 5, 2015, but the postmark deadline isn’t until March 31, 2015.

ENTRY FEE: $25 minimum fee for a standard 5″ x 7″ x 1″ sketchbook that, once completed, registered and returned will go permanently on view at Brooklyn Art Library & travel in their Mobile Library. OR

$60 digitzed fee for a standard 5″ x 7″ x 1″ sketchbook that, once completed, registered and returned will go permanently on view at Brooklyn Art Library & travel in their Mobile Library. In addition, it will be viewable in the Digital library, have a custom URL to share the digital link, can be added to curated Collections and can be added to a Queue.

For complete details, Visit The Sketchbook Project online!

CALL for ENTRIES: Embracing our Differences

Posted on October 15, 2014 by R.L. Gibson

sweet or
SOUR?

There’s a battle brewing in my house. We live within 15 miles of two apple orchards. We only have room for a 5lb. bag of apples each week. This time of year, Crispins (green/golden apples) get my vote, while my husband seems single-mindedly obsessed with Braeburns (red apples). I don’t care what color they are, but red apples tend to be sweeter. We’ve finally taken to trading off weeks. On my weeks, I get to eat my slightly sour raw green apples; on his weeks, we make apple tarts, pies & crisps out of the red variety. I’m trying to embrace our differences–like the them of this next Call. Take a look…

Check out this great Call for Entries for the Annual Embracing our Differences Exhibit in Sarasota, FL. Your work on a billboard, no entry fee & $3000 in awards. Don’t miss this opportunity…

*Editor’s Note: If you have read the personal portion of this post, CALL for ENTRIES: Embracing our Differences, anywhere other than by email subscription or on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, it has been published without permission and is considered theft.

Learn more about Embracing our Differences! — *Ambiface by Jovana Kolić*

CALL for ENTRIES:
Embracing our Differences

Final selections will be chosen based on artistic excellence and originality in reflection of our theme “enriching lives through diversity.” This may include, by way of suggestion only, any one or more of the following: appearance, racial differences, physical or mental impairment, language, religious or cultural differences, environmental stewardship, social economic status, sexual orientation or identity, positive attitude, inclusiveness, self-acceptance, taunting and bullying, confrontation, human rights and equality, understanding and kindness, empowerment or any other topic which you believe furthers the theme of “enriching lives through diversity.” — from embracingourdifferences.org

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: 2 Dimensional work including but not limited to photography, digital, collage, drawing, painting, etc.

DEADLINE: January 6th, 2015

NOTIFICATION: Winning selections will be announced online at their website by mid-March, 2015

ENTRY FEE: None

AWARDS: A total of $3,000 USD will be presented in the form of three separate awards – $1,000 each for “Best-in-Show Adult;” “Best-in-Show Student;” and the “People’s Choice.”

JURY PROCESS: Both “Best-in-Show” awards will be granted by a three-judge panel of art professionals. The “People’s Choice” award will be determined by visitors to the exhibits.

Category: Public Art

Even my taste in food has changed over time.

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one POTATO, two POTATOES

CALL for ENTRIES: Games: Marbles to Minecraft from Annmarie

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

“People habitually live with a misled sense of security, the illusion that our environment or civilisation is dependable and static. Often times the dangers and violence of the current world we live in interrupts and the illusion of safety is exposed.” —Regardt van der Meulen

Steel yourself with more work from AAAD Artist of the Day, sculptor Regardt van der Meulen!

HUNGRY? me too

CALL to ARTISTS: Moving Forward from AAAD

Thanks for the love.

EAT more

CALL for ENTRIES: Embracing our Differences

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

almost FRUITLESS

CALL for ENTRIES: Public Places

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

one TOMATO two TOMATO three TOMATO four

CALL for ENTRIES: Cecelia Coker Bell

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

i hate myself FOR LOVING YOU

CALL for ENTRIES: Heroes & Villians

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

HERRING pickled, not red

CALL for ENTRIES: The Sketchbook Project

For complete details, Visit The Sketchbook Project online!

sweet or SOUR?

CALL for ENTRIES: Embracing our Differences

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

“People habitually live with a misled sense of security, the illusion that our environment or civilisation is dependable and static. Often times the dangers and violence of the current world we live in interrupts and the illusion of safety is exposed.”
—Regardt van der Meulen

Steel yourself with more work from AAAD Artist of the Day,
sculptor Regardt van der Meulen!

CALL to ARTISTS:
Moving Forward from AAAD

EAT
more

CALL for ENTRIES:
Embracing our Differences

almost
FRUITLESS

CALL for ENTRIES:
Public Places

one TOMATO
two TOMATO
three TOMATO four

CALL for ENTRIES:
Cecelia Coker Bell

i hate myself
FOR LOVING YOU

CALL for ENTRIES:
Heroes & Villians

HERRING
pickled, not red

CALL for ENTRIES:
The Sketchbook Project

sweet or
SOUR?

CALL for ENTRIES:
Embracing our Differences