CALL for ENTRIES: It’s Political – 2018

Posted on September 8, 2018September 9, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

what TO EAT, or what NOT TO EAT

Famous words, “No politics, let’s eat.” FOOD IS POLITICAL. In the United States, for example, our Department of Agriculture suggests that half our diet be composed of fruits & vegetable (great); however, more than 60% of agricultural subsidies go to corn & other grains which are primarily consumed by the commercial meat & poultry industries. Do you know how much of those subsidy funds go to growers of fruits & vegetables? Less than 1%. Food is political. This next Call wants to know what YOU have to say about today’s political climate, food politics optional, of course. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Las Laguna Gallery (Laguna Beach, CA) for It’s Political! 2018, an exhibit inspired by politics in today’s world. $35 entry & 35% commission. Don’t miss this opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
It’s Political! 2018
from Las Laguna Gallery

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“Though often divisive & inflammatory, we can’t avoid politics in today’s world. The intrinsic beliefs and opinions that shape us as human beings can almost always be seen in a political light. For our show this month, we seek pieces that express all things political, regardless of party or belief systems.”
–from laslagunagallery.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all media, but must be inspired by anything the artist considers ‘political’, either traditionally or digitally, in some way.

DEADLINE: October 3, 2018

NOTIFICATION: October 10, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to 3

SALES: The gallery will retain 35% commission on all sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Open 2018

Posted on August 24, 2018August 24, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

the PRICKLY truth

Sometimes you just have to be open to trying new foods. So, when handed a nopales taco by a friend, I thought “why not”. Nopal is a common name for the pad of a cacti and sometimes refers to the prickly pear fruit as well. Fleshy & a little tart, the nopales in my taco really worked as a meat substitute. I’m not sure why I don’t eat more cacti. To what are you open? This next call is open to any thematic content. Investigate the opportunity…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net for Open 2018 & the Christopher E. Burke Fine Art Grant. $25 entry & no shipping. The theme is open to more than pencil & charcoal drawing, and one artist now receives a $500 grant. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Open 2018
from Art-competition.net

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

MEDIA: Open to any still medium

THEME: Open “. . . . free from category, subject, and medium stipulation. Your art work can range from photo realism to abstraction; it is invited as your spirit of choice and is much appreciated as representation of a personal voice. There is a welcome ‘mystery’ behind this ‘tabula rasa’ of opportunity which is likely to bring forth stimulating varieties of life’s subjective legacies. ” –art-competition.net

DEADLINE: September 10, 2018

NOTIFICATION: September 20, 2018

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

AWARDS: 20 artists will be selected for an online group exhibit, “OPEN 2018” at Gallery25N; the exhibit and artists will be extensively marketed worldwide to over 26,000 people including art buyers, gallery owners, curators, collectors, etc. One artist will be selected to receive the “Christopher E. Burke Fine Art Grant“ of $500. That artist’s work will become the image of the exhibition and will be used on the invitation, video title screen and on all online marketing.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: 2019 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition

Posted on August 23, 2018August 23, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

I will travel for FOOD, will you?

If you could have any food you want for your next meal, what would it be? My favorite foods list is a moving target, but my dream foods list is dwindling. I find that more and more, I just want an authentic meal… dim sum in Hong Kong, ceviche in Peru, pho in Vietnam. Let’s go. This next Call is my stateside art dream– the National Portrait Gallery. Do you have a portrait to submit? Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from National Portrait Gallery (Washington, DC) for 2019 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition. $50 Entry for a chance to win $25,000 + a commission. Is this show on your bucket list?

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CALL for ENTRIES:
2019 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition
from the National Portrait Gallery

ELIGIBILITY: Open to professional artists, age 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media including but not restricted to painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, printmaking, textiles, video, performance, and digital or time-based media.

THEME: Portraiture. Artists are invited to interpret the concept of portraiture broadly.

DEADLINE: September 3, 2018

NOTIFICATION: Semifinalists will be notified of their standing on or before November 12, 2018. Semifinalist work must be available for shipping to Washington, D.C., by March 4, 2019. On or about May 13, 2019, finalists will be notified of their selection and non-finalists will be contacted to arrange for the return of their works.

ENTRY FEE: $50 per entry

JUROR: The first round of judging will be conducted online by a panel of experts chosen by the National Portrait Gallery. The jury will select approximately 80 semifinalists.

AWARD: The winner of the Portrait Competition will receive a cash award of $25,000 and will be awarded a separate commission to portray a remarkable living American for the National Portrait Gallery’s collection. The winning artist and the Portrait Gallery will collaborate to select the subject for the commissioned portrait. The second-prize winner will receive $7,500, and the third-prize winner will receive $5,000. Up to four additional artists may be commended for their work and those artists will receive $1,000 each. The winner of the People’s Choice Award during the exhibition at the Portrait Gallery will receive $500. All finalists’ works will form a major exhibition on view at the Portrait Gallery from November 2, 2019, through September 6, 2020 and the subsequent national tour from October 2020 through January 2022.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Boys will be Boys

Posted on August 22, 2018August 21, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

COOK for me

Why are there so few female chefs and so many female cooks? It turns out that professional cooking jobs are like so many other jobs –ruled by gender stereotypes. I lived most of my pre-adolescence without a residential female figure, and I was always taught it was my job to learn to cook. I cooked most of my familial meals from age 5, yes 5, to age 15. Imagine my surprise when I got to cooking school and found myself the only woman in my class. This next call explores masculinity. Do you have something to say? Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Whitdel Arts (Detroit, MI) for Boys will be Boys. $15 Entry & 33% commission, plus this theme is open to all media and wide interpretation. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Boys will be Boys
from Whitdel Arts

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“This exhibition will explore different archetypes of masculinity, today’s societal pressures on men, and ramifications of institutionalized expectations. Masculinity has a long and varied history, but with the current climate, the constructs of manhood have come to the forefront of conversation. With this exhibition, we aim to continue the conversation on the limitations and outcomes of the concept of masculinity.” –from whitdelarts.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all media

DEADLINE: September 4, 2018

NOTIFICATION: September 7, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $15 for up to 3 (non-members); free to members.

SALES: Whitdel Arts takes a 33% commission fee of the sales price, regardless of gallery affiliation.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Bring Us Your Dead exhibit (Dia de los Muertos) 2018

Posted on August 21, 2018August 22, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

have some CANDY

My grandmother was addicted to candy. She would stock up near the candy-laden holidays Easter, Halloween and Christmas, and try to get it eaten at a faster rate than it would solidify in a solid block of colored sugar. So, it wasn’t her sweet grandmotherly instinct to push candy on me at every occasion; it was stock rotation, ha. After she died, I could have started a candy store with the volume of candy in her kitchen. This Call is a chance for you to celebrate the life of someone who has passed from the physical world. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Las Laguna Gallery (Laguna Beach, CA) for Bring us Your Dead 2018, an exhibit inspired by those no longer with us. $35 entry & $35 commission. Don’t miss this opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Bring us Your Dead 2018
from Las Laguna Gallery

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“Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico and around the world in other cultures. It is an ancient and enduring ritual when the living commune with the dead – a mystical night when the veil is lifted between their two realms and they may share a day together.” –from laslagunagallery.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all media, but your entries should fit this theme, either traditionally or digitally, in some way.

DEADLINE: September 4, 2018

NOTIFICATION: September 12, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to 3 via Submittable or $35/1 + $2 ea. add’l for up to 15 entries via CaFe.

SALES: The gallery will retain 35% commission on all sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Big Money

Posted on August 20, 2018August 21, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

FRUITY dollars

What food can you buy for one U.S. dollar? The answer is “it depends on where you are”. Where I live, one dollar will buy you nearly 2lbs of bananas, canned beans (even organic), dried beans, yogurt & one or pieces of a lot of tree fruits like apples, oranges or pears. Make your own healthy dollar menu. This next Call has another suggestion for how to use a one dollar bill. Challenge accepted.

Check out this Call for Entries from the JF Gallery (West Palm Beach, FL) for the Big Money exhibit, featuring work on actual dollar bills. JF Gallery would like to make this a yearly show, so send them your best. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Big Money
fm the JF Gallery

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“Artists are encouraged to use their creative disciplines to paint, draw or cut on a one dollar bill for an exhibit that will merge your art style with the common thread of a dollar as your canvas or collaborator. We encourage artists from all disciplines—graffiti, street art, abstract expressionist, hyper realism, paper cutting, screen printing, etc.—to be a part of this eclectic and modern exhibit.” –JF Gallery

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all media that can be contained within the confines of an actual U.S. one dollar bill.

DEADLINE: October 11, 2018

NOTIFICATION: October 15, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $38 per entry

SALES: All pieces will be for sale on opening night for $250 each, and a 30% commission will be retained by JF Gallery.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Flowers, Plants & Gardens

Posted on August 19, 2018August 21, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

presto PESTO

My menu has been pesto-riffic this month. Two visits to West Virignia resulted in my returning home with the bounty of someone else’s garden, and her basil crop is booming. Add a few walnuts (my preference over pine nuts), some parm & EVOO, and I have the best pesto on the block, if I do say so myself. 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 2018. $20 entry & no shipping. The media is pretty wide open too. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Flowers, Plants & Gardens 2018
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: September 3, 2018

NOTIFICATION: September 12, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $20 for 1, $10 ea. add’l

AWARDS: $8,125 in cash & marketing prizes. (e.g. 1st place $500, 2nd Place $400, 3rd Place $300, etc) + helpful marketing. There will be 7 Winners and 10 Honorable Mentions.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Embracing our Differences 2019

Posted on August 18, 2018August 23, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

hold the SHRIMP

The people with whom I eat most often have lots of food allergies –milk, shellfish, wheat. So how does a food co-exist with food allergies? The secret is parallel thinking. For example, I need to make chili paste for Thai dishes, but my husband is deathly allergic to shellfish. Who might love Thai food, but naturally wouldn’t eat shrimp? Vegetarians. Vegetarian chili paste is made with shiitake mushrooms as the substitute for shrimp. Problem solved. This next Call is about coexistence, diversity & inclusion on a much larger scale. Take a look…

Check out the Call for Entries for the Annual Embracing our Differences 2019 Exhibit in Sarasota, FL. Your work on a billboard, no entry fee & $3000 in awards. Plus, this is a great way to try on public art for size. Don’t miss this opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Embracing our Differences 2019

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: 2 Dimensional work (photography, digital, collage, drawing, painting, etc.)

DEADLINE: October 15, 2018

NOTIFICATION: If selected for inclusion in the exhibit, you will be notified by email by late December. Due to the volume of submissions, only artists with entries selected for display will be notified individually. All winning entries will be posted on the website by early January.

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.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Drawing 2018

Posted on July 28, 2018July 26, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

the EGGY truth

Sometimes you just need a win. In the kitchen, my win is usually an egg dish. I think of them as the basics — hard boiled, frittata, omelette, quiche. The skills used to make those four egg dishes include many of the fundamentals for cooking well. Drawing is a fundamental that helps support every other media pursuit for me from painting to photography, even fiber arts. This next Call wants to see YOUR drawing. Investigate…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net for Drawing 2018 & the Christopher E. Burke Fine Art Grant. $25 entry & no shipping. The theme is open to more than pencil & charcoal drawing, and one artist now receives a $500 grant. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Drawing 2018
from Art-competition.net

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

MEDIA: Open to drawings in any medium including digital and experimental mediums

THEME: Drawing “Drawings present original art and the myriad languages of humankind — universal communication conduits. A drawing can be formal and refined, ,expressive and energetic, limitless and timeless; it can capture our thoughts with doodling, marks, lines, or shaded areas expressing our external world and our individual perceptions. It is a record of humanity and our valuable connections to each other. ” –art-competition.net

DEADLINE: August 27, 2018

NOTIFICATION: September 5, 2018

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

AWARDS: 20 artists will be selected for an online group exhibit, “DRAWING 2018” at Gallery25N; the exhibit and artists will be extensively marketed worldwide to over 26,000 people including art buyers, gallery owners, curators, collectors, etc. One artist will be selected to receive the “Christopher E. Burke Fine Art Grant“ of $500. That artist’s work will become the image of the exhibition and will be used on the invitation, video title screen and on all online marketing.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: A Show of Heads 2018

Posted on July 27, 2018July 26, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

brain FOOD

There are lots of foods I eat that give others pause. There are lots of foods that I have tried once but will never consume again. Then there are foods that make no sense to me, at all. When I was in college, my favorite 24 hour diner was legendary. It had been open since the 1930s, and because it was located just steps from the state capitol, the stories that built its reputation were also legendary. The menu was populated with standard fare like over-easy eggs and BLTs, but among the meat options included were souse, head cheese & calf brains. Really? Did any of those things come in such high demand that they warranted permanent menu status? *shudder* I’ll keep my brain associations within my own head, thank-you-very-much. Speaking of heads, take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Limner Gallery (Hudson, NY) for A Show of Heads. $35 Entry & 35% commission on sales. Is this the right show for you?

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CALL for ENTRIES:
A Show of Heads
from Limner Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media. All forms of painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, graphics, digital and installation art, video, etc. are eligible.

THEME: This exhibition will include all interpretations and portrayals of the human head, from the traditional to the abstract and conceptual. All visions of the head, including partial & multiple heads, will be reviewed & considered.

DEADLINE: August 31, 2018

NOTIFICATION: September 30, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $35 up to 4, $5 ea. addl

AWARD: Winning artists will be featured in a group exhibition at the Limner Gallery, October 18 – November 10, 2018. The exhibition will also be displayed on the Limner Gallery web site and social media pages.

SALES: 35% commission on all sales will be retained by the gallery.

Category: How to Get an Art Show

what TO EAT, or what NOT TO EAT

CALL for ENTRIES: It’s Political! 2018 from Las Laguna Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

the PRICKLY truth

CALL for ENTRIES: Open 2018 from Art-competition.net

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

I will travel for FOOD, will you?

CALL for ENTRIES: 2019 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition from the National Portrait Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

COOK for me

CALL for ENTRIES: Boys will be Boys from Whitdel Arts

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

have some CANDY

CALL for ENTRIES: Bring us Your Dead 2018 from Las Laguna Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

FRUITY dollars

CALL for ENTRIES: Big Money fm the JF Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

presto PESTO

CALL for ENTRIES: Flowers, Plants & Gardens 2018 from Art-competition.net

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

hold the SHRIMP

CALL for ENTRIES: Embracing our Differences 2019

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

the EGGY truth

CALL for ENTRIES: Drawing 2018 from Art-competition.net

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

brain FOOD

CALL for ENTRIES: A Show of Heads from Limner Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES:
It’s Political! 2018
from Las Laguna Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
Open 2018
from Art-competition.net

CALL for ENTRIES:
2019 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition
from the National Portrait Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
Boys will be Boys
from Whitdel Arts

CALL for ENTRIES:
Bring us Your Dead 2018
from Las Laguna Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
Big Money
fm the JF Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
Flowers, Plants & Gardens 2018
from Art-competition.net

CALL for ENTRIES:
Embracing our Differences 2019

CALL for ENTRIES:
Drawing 2018
from Art-competition.net

CALL for ENTRIES:
A Show of Heads
from Limner Gallery