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OPEN CALL: Marfa

Posted on December 15, 2013 by R.L. Gibson

FONDUE-LY
ours

I’ve been searching for a new St. Valentine’s Day activity for years. Our tried ‘n’ true floor picnics with wine-steamed mussels went South when Jon developed an allergy to shellfish. We’ve been floundering since then. Usually we just revert to lamb chops and asparagus at home because we live in the 2nd most popular place to wed in the country. We don’t want to fight the crowds of newly weds for a dinner of processed cheese fondue, a dozen artificially-dyed, neon-red roses and a heart-shaped cardboard box of chocolates. No thanks. O, how I would LOVE to attend a fantastic opening like the one we can expect of this next Call. Alas, only the DEADLINE of this Call is on St. Valentine’s Day. Take a look…

Check out this Open Call from The Biennial Project (East Boston, MA) for the Biennial Roadshow Marfa 2014 (Marfa, TX). Marfa is the proverbial house that Donald Judd built. Just do your homework. And, if your heart, like mine, has ever longed to be a part of this particularly uber-cool art scene, here’s your chance…

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OPEN CALL:
Marfa

This is better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick…

The Biennial Project is pleased to announce an open call to artists worldwide for Biennial Roadshow Marfa 2014 – an online juried competition and screen digital presentation.

Art will be presented as part of a giant screen digital display at The Biennial Roadshow Marfa 2014 Hoodang (that is a reception for you non-Texans) and Gala being held at world-renowned El Cosmico, the coolest gathering spot for trend-makers in the art-world Mecca of Marfa, Texas.

Now, you may ask…
Why Marfa, Texas?

It all started when the acclaimed minimalist artist Donald Judd left New York City in the 1970s for this dusty dot of a town. With the help of the DIA Foundation, Judd acquired an entire Army base, and before he died in 1994, he filled it with art, including light installations by Dan Flavin and Judd’s own signature boxes. Now it’s a whole creative community.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: All media that can be captured in a still digital image

DEADLINE:
February 14, 2014

ENTRY FEE:
$35 for up to 3, $5 each additional

JURORS: Members of The Biennial Project – plus a special celebrity guest juror to be announced.

AWARDS: All selected work will be displayed on the Biennial Roadshow website gallery and in a blog posting that reaches an audience of 3,000. Work will also will be included in a digital art display to be shown at The Biennial Project’s Biennial Roadshow Marfa 2014 Hoodang and Gala.

The Grand Prize is a solo gallery show on the Biennial Roadshow website, and a solo blog posting of 15 pieces work in a blog posting that reaches an audience of 3,000.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Illumine

Posted on December 14, 2013January 24, 2014 by R.L. Gibson

can you
SEE ME
now?

I recently moved into a 2-story rondette house. In case you are unfamiliar, it a 12 sided house with cathedral ceilings. Due to the construction method, there are no overhead lights–none. Cooking by stove light is an adventure. You CANNOT enter this next Call without dealing with the light issue. Investigate the idea…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Darkroom Gallery (Essex Junction, VT) for Illumine. The entry fee at Darkroom is always low ($24), and they will provide free matting & framing if you work in their standard sizes. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Illumine

Light is that which compels a photograph into being: shifting, glowing, luminous, obscure or brilliant.

The medium of photography brazenly defined: How our tools, environs and subjects respond to light. Sometimes the light plays a more prominent role in a photograph, sometimes as a supporting actor and sometimes as the protagonist itself.

Low light, bright light and every stop in between. Light can be luminous & rich, or a stark spotlight, it can wildly dance, or softly edge darkness and cast shadows. Light can reflect and sparkle or be blinding and disarming. Natural light vs. man-made light sources: sunrises and sunsets, moonlight and neon light!

Photographs are steeped in emotive qualities that go well beyond the work’s subject and content, an almost indecipherable layer is em-parted through the usage of light.

ELIGIBILITY:
Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA:
Photography

DEADLINE:
February 5, 2014

NOTIFICATION:
February 14, 2014

ENTRY FEE: Up to 4 for $24 US for on-line & $29 by email

JUROR: Robert Hirsch is an artist, curator, educator, historian and author of multiple books. His latest book, Transformational Imaging: Handmade Photography Since 1960 will be launched in March 2014 at the National Society for Photographic Education Conference in Baltimore.

Hirsch has been the Associate Editor of Photovision and Digital Camera (UK) as well as a contributing writer for Afterimage, CEPA Journal, Contact Sheet, and numerous regional publications including Buffalo Spree and FY. For over the past decade Hirsch has lead Light Research, a consulting firm providing professional services to the photographic arts field. He is the former Executive Director and Chief Curator of CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY, and has curated numerous solo and group exhibitions.

AWARDS: All selected entries are included in a full color exhibit catalog & gallery exhibition. Juror’s Choice: 30×48″ image banner. People’s Choice – a free future entry.

SALES: Darkroom offers free matting & framing of accepted entries for the duration of the exhibit, subject to standard sizes. For commission details, go to the bottom of the Submissions page!

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Neoteric Abstract

Posted on December 13, 2013December 13, 2013 by R.L. Gibson

PO-TAY-TOH
pa-tah-to

What do you want for dinner? I hate saying AND hearing this phrase because it is immediately followed by the shuffling of feet and avoidance of eye contact in the attempt to draw out the silence until my husband breaks the silence and makes the decision. It isn’t that I don’t want to think about it; clearly I think about food ALOT. However, I find it difficult to translate the abstract notion of what I want for dinner into the concrete dish that would be. Getting from idea that I want comfort food to identifying that as potato soup with freshly grated Romano is, well, complicated. I wonder if abstract painters have this same dilemma. If YOUR work is abstract, check out this next Call…

Check out this Call for Entries from SlowArt Productions for Neoteric Abstract II. The entry fee is reasonable, and the awards include both an exhibit at the Limner Gallery as well as an opportunity to have your work in the nationally-distributed art magazine, Direct Art. Please don’t miss this double-duty art opportunity!

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Neoteric Abstract II

SlowArt Productions presents the second Neoteric Abstract exhibition. The exhibit will be at Limner Gallery, April 10 – May 3, 2014.

ELIGIBILITY:
All artists 18+

MEDIA: Abstract art in any media. SlowArt will consider the full range of abstraction, from the geometric to the lyrical, from the precise to the raw.

DEADLINE: January 31, 2014

NOTIFICATION: February 22, 2014

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

SALES: All works in the show must be for sale. The gallery will take a 30 % commission on all sales. Sale price is determined by the artist.

AWARDS: Winning artists will be featured in a group exhibition at the Limner Gallery, April 10 – May 3, 2014. The exhibition will also be displayed on the Limner Gallery web site. One artist will be awarded a two page display in Direct Art Volume #21, Fall 2014 issue. Two artists will be awarded a single page display. Direct Art is published annually and distributed internationally in online and in print formats.

Click for more information on
Direct Art magazine.

For the full guidelines, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Mystery Build 2014

Posted on December 12, 2013December 12, 2013 by R.L. Gibson

sweet
AVOCADO?

My culinary specialty is making meals out of whatever I happen to find in the cabinets and making it seem purposeful. Sure, I can make chocolate mousse out of an avocado, cocoa and honey. Yes, I can make brownies out of black beans and chocolate chips. Not everything comes with the perfect ingredients. And, while most folks won’t think the kit from this Call is perfect to create a masterpiece, you’ll have all the ingredients; just make it work. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries for Mystery Build 2014. This year’s theme is “Build a Dream”. We are so proud that our Featured Artist Amy Kollar Anderson won the People’s Choice Award for the 2013 Mystery Build. Which one of you is going to win an award for 2014? Investigate this one…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Mystery Build 2014

Mystery Build is an art challenge developed by two artists to inspire creativity. The concept is simple. Buy a kit. Make something out of the contents of the kit. And, upload either a picture or video of your creation.

ELIGIBILITY: Contest is only open to legal residents of the U.S. and D.C. Contestants must be 18 years of age and older to receive cash prizes. Contestants under the age of 18 must have an adult who is 18 or older complete the Submission Form.

THEME: “Build a Dream” — You may interpret the contest’s theme any way you wish.

MEDIA: You must buy a Mystery Build Kit. You may choose to use anything in the Kit and the Mystery Build box itself, but you are not required to use all of the materials. Entrants MAY ADD paint, varnish, lacquer, food coloring, oil, water, dye, ink, and similar liquids to decorate or enhance the entry, or to manipulate the materials. Liquids may not be used for structural elements, but may only be used as a surface enhancement or as a tool. Substances which are not liquid at room temperature, such as wax, are excluded. Liquid adhesives not included in the Kit are also not permitted. Judges will have final ruling on use of liquids.

Wandering Wonder by Amy Kollar Anderson — “Wandering Wonder” by Amy Kollar Anderson — 2013 People’s Choice Winner

Entrants may use any tools available to them to alter the materials in the Mystery Build Kit, barring tools that add or leave behind an additional physical material, such as a stapler which leaves a metal staple, or a soldering operation which adds solder. You may make tools out of any materials you want. Tools may include molds, which also do not have to be made of materials from the Kit.

DEADLINE: Submissions are due by 10/20/14 at 12:59 p.m. ET.

ENTRY FEE: FOR a LIMITED TIME $49.95 for the kit (includes shipping, kit and contest entry fee) as of the writing of this post. Normally, the cost is $59.95.

JUDGING PROCESS: An independent, qualified panel of judges will judge all eligible entries received based on these criteria: Creativity and Use of Materials, Creative Use of the Theme, Execution/Craftsmanship, and Presentation.

AWARDS: There are $21,000 in cash Prizes. Check here for complete prize details.

For complete details, Read the Rules!

CALL for ENTRIES: 23rd OPA Nat’l

Posted on December 9, 2013December 9, 2013 by R.L. Gibson

FOOD
photogenic
FOOD

Can we talk about food porn? I think no one will be shocked to hear that I post pictures of my food to social media. Yes, I am one of those people. But what I want to know is why most people highly filter their pics. You don’t OWE it to the restaurant to make their food look better than it is. So, are you taking pictures of your food to document a beautiful meal or fun experience? OR, are you just trying to “one up” your friends? Maybe food pics should just be representational of what your really see before you–kind of like this next call…

Check out this Call for Entries for the 23rd Annual National Exhibition from Oil Painters of America to be exhibited at the the Bennington Center for the Arts. The cost is high because you have to be a member, but the show is prestigious and the prizes are huge. Make me proud…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
23rd OPA Nat’l

ELIGIBILITY: Artists who reside in the United States, Canada and Mexico and are 2012 OPA members or have submitted an application for membership or renewal for 2012 may apply for this exhibition.

MEDIA: Representational oil paintings of original concept and design only.

DEADLINE:
February 7, 2014 (online)

NOTIFICATION: March 12, 2014

ENTRY FEE: $30 for 1 submission, $45 for 2 submissions(not including your membership fee of $60).

More membership information can be found on the OPA website, http://www.oilpaintersofamerica.com, under the Member Services tab.

JURORS: The awarding juror will be Master Signature member Charles Movalli.

AWARDS: Approximately 30 awards will be given, in excess of $75,000, including a $25,000 Best In Show.

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

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Color

Posted on December 8, 2013December 31, 2013 by R.L. Gibson

TASTING
with your eyes

My kitchen is neutral; my art is black and white; but, my food is colorful. I’ll pick beets over green beans for color. I’ll take green beans over cauliflower for color. The more saturated the color, the tastier the meal–in my experience. This next Call wants your tastiest morsels of color. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net (online) for The Emotion And Energy of Color. This competition helps to support the free drawing and painting lessons website, DrawingAndPaintingLessons.com. If you are looking to increase your web exposure, this one might be for you…

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CALL
for ENTRIES:
Color

ELIGIBILITY:
All artists age 18+

MEDIA:
Paintings in any medium,
representational to abstract.

The visual narrative of the work should present the artist’s interpretation of the subject expressed in the emotion and energy of color.

Check out this winner from the previous Paintings of Pets competition! — Check out winners from the previous competitions!

How do you as a visual artist interpret the world, your surroundings, your dreams and or emotions. The “self” is all we have to express our world, the human condition, and ourselves.

DEADLINE:
January 24, 2014

NOTIFICATION:
February 4, 2013

ENTRY FEE: 1 Entry: $15, up to 3 Entries: $30, up to 5 Entries: $60

AWARDS:

First Place: $250 in Cash, marketing to over 3,200 art buyers in their email campaign (A value of $1700), an Artist Website Pro website for two years with Tech support (A value of $175).

Second Place: $75 in Cash, an Artist Website Pro website for two years with Tech support (A value of $175).

Third Place, an Artist Website Pro website for one year with Tech support (A value of $125).

All winners‘ art will be featured on Art-Competition.net with links to their individual websites.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Experimental

Posted on December 5, 2013December 5, 2013 by R.L. Gibson

SUGAR
honey
AGAVE
oh my

I am not a naturally-talented baker. I can create savory dishes all day, but the precision required for baking is a trying experience for me. I have been experimenting with a peanut butter cookie recipe for days. It only has 4 ingredients, and I have still made it no less than 12 times to get it exactly right. My family is tolerant of baking experiments, but not every audience is as forgiving. This next Call is specifically looking for your experiments, but don’t send peanut butter cookies. Bribery is frowned upon…

Check out this Call for Entries for Experimental Documentary Films for the 2014 Currents New Media Festival from Parallel Studios. You can enter for as little as $15 per film. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES: Experimental

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists (including minors)

MEDIA: Experimental Documentary film: short pieces 1-20 minutes & feature pieces 45-90 minutes

DEADLINE: January 6, 2014

NOTIFICATION: February 10, 2014

ENTRY FEE: $20 for 1 entry, $15 each for 2, and FREE for those under 18 years old.

VENUES: The Festival will be held in several venues throughout Santa Fe – El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, Center for Contemporary Art, Digital Dome Facility at the Institute of American Indian Arts, Zane Bennett Contemporary Art, David Richard Gallery, the Railyard Plaza, Santa Fe Art Institute, Axle Contemporary, Warehouse 21 and the Tower Gallery on Pojoaque Pueblo.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Realform

Posted on December 3, 2013 by R.L. Gibson

THE COOKIE
stands alone

I have been meaning to make cookies all week. I have this great recipe for peanut butter chocolate chip cookies made with chickpeas instead of traditional wheat flour. They are fantastic; however, every time I start to make them, I don’t quite have enough large chocolate chips. Everyone in my house grabs a small handful on their way through the kitchen. I suppose somethings are best all on their own. This next Call might give YOU the chance to be on your own. Investigate…

Check out this Call for Entries for The Realform Project from Curator David Gibson to be exhibited at the Court Tree Collective (Brooklyn, NY) from June 5 to July 3, 2014. The finalists will each received a solo exhibit in a NYC Gallery in the future. Take a look…

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Check out this previous Realform Project!

CALL for ENTRIES:
The Realform Project

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all media

DEADLINE: December 15, 2013

NOTIFICATION: Ongoing

ENTRY FEE: None

CURATOR: James Kalm said, “David Gibson, one of the hardest working curators in New York, spent five years organizing over 40 shows at what must have appeared as a uniquely self-effacing venue called Realform Project Space, a display window at 218 Bedford Avenue. Despite the presentation area being about the size of a large aquarium, 5 by 7 by 2 1/2 feet, many of the featured artists have gone on to established careers, and several are represented by reputable galleries.” “Dispatches: Birth of a Notion,” in Dec 2011/Jan 2012 issue of The Brooklyn Rail, New York

AWARDS: The finalists will each be featured in a solo exhibition at a gallery in New York City.

PROCESS: Please submit either a link to a website or a dozen or so low res images, an artist’s statement, and a CV to realform.project@gmail.com.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Digital

Posted on November 30, 2013 by R.L. Gibson

TIME
and temp

When I moved recently, I pared down some unnecessary kitchen gadgets–all digital. Among the things I ditched were a digital meat thermometer and a digital kitchen timer. I just prefer the non-digital ones. I never quite trust the digital ones. I’m always concerned about whether the batteries are on the fritz. This next Call, although digital, isn’t one to ditch…

Check out this Call for Entries from Unframed for Digital. Unframed is an online gallery dedicated to the celebration of art and creativity–for artists, by artists. It is brand new! In fact, this is their first juried show. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Digital

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all digital art, including but not limited to: digital painting, computer illustration, digitally manipulated photography, computer generated art, digital manipulations of traditional art, digital collages, fractal art, computer printed sculpture, algorithmic art, app art, etc.

DEADLINE: December 15, 2013

NOTIFICATION: Ongoing

ENTRY FEE: $20 for up to 3 images

JURORS: Entries will be juried by a selected panel from unframed’s staff.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

FEATURED ARTIST: David Phillips Hodge

Posted on August 1, 2013August 1, 2013 by R.L. Gibson

a beer
& SUSHI
summer

Yes, it is the first day of August, and I am judging the JUNE entries to the $5 Art Contest. I will spare you the excuses. As the hot, rainy days of Summer start winding down, we all need a little peace without boredom. Beautiful sushi with a wasabi surprise. Here it is…

This month’s artist works is a painter–now. I appreciate the contemplative nature of landscape without having to endure another wagon wheel in a wheat field or lone seagull in the sand. This work is like the intersection of reality and perception. The message is subtle, but appreciated.

On behalf of ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, I am proud to announce the Featured Artist chosen from the June entries to the $5 Art Contest is David Phillip Hodge. I find this work to be…a visual respite but also thought-provoking.

FEATURED
ARTIST:
David
Phillip
Hodge

A Missouri native, Hodge began his art career at age 18 at Missouri State University. After graduating with a BFA, he immediately headed to New York to pursue his other passion, filmmaking, at NYU. For 30 years, he then ran his own film and television production company, producing and directing everything from political campaign spots, to music videos, to documentaries and commercials.

Hodge won numerous awards, including 2 Emmys, 3 Cine Golden Eagles, and a Monitor Award. While in NYC, he also directed Off Broadway theatre. He is thrilled to have now returned to painting. His current focus is exploring the emotion evoked through line, shape and color. The work lies at the intersection between color field painting and representational art—examining the ways in which they co-exist within the same canvas.

Are you self taught or formally instructed?

“Well I graduated with a BFA in sculpture & ceramics. One of my teachers once told me that after graduation you spend the next few years trying to unlearn what you learned in school.”

I’ve had
quite a while
to unlearn
what I learned
in art school.

Your work is very quiet. Is the process as peaceful as the work comes across?

“I believe the process of picture making IS somewhat peaceful, at least for me. There is a fair amount of taping, spraying, brushwork, sanding and stencil cutting though. Also, there is always music playing.”

The connecting aesthetic in your work seems to be landscape. How landscape and color field work together for you?

“Landscape? I keep coming back to the landscape. It gives me a certain amount of freedom to explore color because the landscape is so recognizable to the viewer.”

Tell me about the painting process for you. Do you paint from photographs, plein aire or from memory? Is your work strictly paint or is their silk screening involved as well?

“Sometimes I work from photographs that I’ve taken or that my wife has taken. And other times I work from memory. I don’t currently use silk screen but, that not a bad idea. Maybe in the future.“

What style or school of art do you think your work fits into and why?

“I believe my work fits most closely as color field painting. I coined the word Colorscape to describe my current work.”

You know we have to talk about food. What is your favorite?

“My favorite food changes from time to time or day to day for that matter, but at the present time I would say sushi is my favorite food. Last week I was in the Midwest so it was steak.” I suspect you are easily bored and just haven’t found your true favorite. Let me know if that ever changes, David.

What about snack foods?

“My favorite snack food is definitely beer.” Best answer ever. No, really.

So, what’s coming up
next for you?

“I wish I knew.”

Honesty, not bravado. Refreshing.

David, thank you for making me take a second look at landscape. I’ll try to be less dismissive in the future. Lesson learned…maybe.

Category: Results

FONDUE-LY ours

OPEN CALL: Marfa

Now, you may ask… Why Marfa, Texas?

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

can you SEE ME now?

CALL for ENTRIES: Illumine

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

PO-TAY-TOH pa-tah-to

CALL for ENTRIES: Neoteric Abstract II

For the full guidelines, Read the Full Call!

sweet AVOCADO?

CALL for ENTRIES: Mystery Build 2014

For complete details, Read the Rules!

FOOD photogenic FOOD

CALL for ENTRIES: 23rd OPA Nat’l

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

TASTING with your eyes

CALL for ENTRIES: Color

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

SUGAR honey AGAVE oh my

CALL for ENTRIES: Experimental

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

THE COOKIE stands alone

CALL for ENTRIES: The Realform Project

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

TIME and temp

CALL for ENTRIES: Digital

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

a beer & SUSHI summer

FEATURED ARTIST: David Phillip Hodge

I’ve had quite a while to unlearn what I learned in art school.

So, what’s coming up next for you?

“I wish I knew.”

Learn more about David Phillips Hodge online!

FONDUE-LY
ours

OPEN CALL:
Marfa

Now, you may ask…
Why Marfa, Texas?

can you
SEE ME
now?

CALL for ENTRIES:
Illumine

PO-TAY-TOH
pa-tah-to

CALL for ENTRIES:
Neoteric Abstract II

sweet
AVOCADO?

CALL for ENTRIES:
Mystery Build 2014

FOOD
photogenic
FOOD

CALL for ENTRIES:
23rd OPA Nat’l

TASTING
with your eyes

CALL
for ENTRIES:
Color

SUGAR
honey
AGAVE
oh my

THE COOKIE
stands alone

CALL for ENTRIES:
The Realform Project

TIME
and temp

CALL for ENTRIES:
Digital

a beer
& SUSHI
summer

FEATURED
ARTIST:
David
Phillip
Hodge

I’ve had
quite a while
to unlearn
what I learned
in art school.

So, what’s coming up
next for you?