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ARTIST of the DAY: Kristen Brown

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Dissonant Frequencies (chalk pastel) by Kristen Brown!
Dissonant Frequencies (chalk pastel) by Kristen Brown

“I am interested in the idea of recollection & how time & moments can feel distorted if one fails to grab hold of any memory landmark.” —Kristen Brown

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My grandmother lived with Alzheimer’s; her mother lived with Alzheimer’s.  Every lost memory scares the wits out of me. Logically, I know that wasting my lucid years worrying about a feared eventuality of non-lucidity is just the most stupid waste of a lifetime, but some days it gets the better of me.  The work of today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Kristen Brown, brought me to tears.  It is that blurred perception of reality, that soft focus of memories just out of reach that she captures so well.  Thanks for the perspective.

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Investigate the drawings, paintings & photographs of Artist of the Day, Kristen Brown!

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CALL for ENTRIES: AbstrAction

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Learn more about the AbstrAction exhibit at the Marin MOCA!PINEAPPLE ma pizza

I eat lots of pizza, an odd side result of my job as a performing musician.  Common menu offerings include lettuce-topped Mexican, Greek, thick-crust Sicilian, Californian, the New York slice, the ubiquitous pineapple Hawaiian, and of course, deep-dish Chicago style.  There are many others, but these are the standards.  I love how, outside the area for which they are named, they consistently have similar the toppings that aren’t always grounded in anything more than habit.  Did you know California-style always has sun-dried tomatoes? Do you know why? Me either.  Food stereotypes are funny & often well-intentioned, but odd & often very abstract.  This next Call wants the abstract, but don’t send them pizza.  The deadline looms…

Check out this Call for Entries from Marin Museum of Contemporary Art (Novato, CA) for AbstrAction.  This gallery is located in Hamilton Field, a beautiful, historic space, and you know how I love a museum show.  Take a look…

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Learn more about the AbstrAction exhibit at the Marin MOCA!CALL for ENTRIES:
AbstrAction from
Marin MoCA

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ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all U.S. resident artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media

THEMES:  Abstraction “We encourage work that demonstrates techniques in abstraction that move us forward. Innovative use of materials, color, shape, line, texture & subject matter can reveal or energize new movements in art. Show us what Actions & reActions are occurring in your work.” MarinMOCA

DEADLINE:  August 25, 2017 (PST)

NOTIFICATION:  September 9, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $35  for up to 3; $50 for 4-5 ($30/$45 for members)

JUROR:  Catharine Clark, Owner, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco & New York (est. 1991).  Catharine Clark Gallery exhibits the work of contemporary artists working across a wide range of media. The gallery has pioneered the presentation of new media art in San Francisco and is the first commercial gallery in the area with a dedicated media room. Exhibitions are hosted on a six-week schedule and generally feature solo artist presentations in conjunction with media room installations. The gallery’s program has garnered critical attention from numerous publications, including the New York Times, Artforum, Flash Art, Tema Celeste, Art in America, ARTnews, Modern Painters, and Art Review. 

AWARDS:  1st Place $500, 2nd Place $300 & 3rd Place $100. Non-monetary Honorable Mention awards may be given at Juror’s discretion.

SALES:  Marin MOCA will retain 30% commission on sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more from Marin MOCA!

 

ARTIST of the DAY: Sarah Quick

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"Struggle" (detail) by Sarah Quick
“Struggle” (detail) by Sarah Quick

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” . . . my pieces tend to be epic in scope, using all three modes of communication to create my narrative.” — Sarah Quick

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My days are full.  I am less busy, but more active.  I want to do everything, try everything, create everything, experience everything.  I feel like a constantly churning, epic state of movement.  It is good.  It is where I want to be, in the middle of chaos, both good & bad.  It is an experiential life.  It is shiny and new. Again. Today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, painter Sarah Quick, conveys struggle on an epic scale.  We are never alone.

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OPEN CALL: Greenshields Grant

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Learn more about available Artist Grants from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation!the deepest CUT

If you want to learn to cook well, I recommend starting with knives.  Every dish is made more difficult with a dull knife.  I had a brief affair with being a chef that put me in cooking school for a year.  The first thing I had to buy was a full set of very expensive knives.  (My mother had mine monogrammed. No kidding. SO embarrassing.)  Fear not, you can start with just a couple of not-so-expensive knives.  Everyone starts somewhere.  This next Call is looking to help artists just making their start.  Need funding?

Check out this Open Call from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation (Quebec, Canada) for Artist Grants.  No entry fee & a ongoing deadline makes this grant the perfect opportunity for students & beginning artists.  Take a look…

Learn more about available Artist Grants from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation!•

OPEN CALL:
Artist Grants
from the
Elizabeth Greenshields
Foundation

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ELIGIBILITY:  Open to artists 18+, students or artists in the developmental stages of their career

MEDIA: Open to representational art, painting, drawing, sculpture & printmaking ONLY.  “The Foundation does not accept applications from commercial artists, graphic designers & illustrators; photographers;  cartoonists; animation artists; video artists, film makers & digital artists; craft makers . . . . abstract or non-objective art.”

DEADLINE:  Ongoing

NOTIFICATION:  Up to 6 months

ENTRY FEE:  None

AWARDS:  Variable dollar amounts

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Flora

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Learn more from Don't Take Pictures about the Flora exhibit!EAT me

How many of you have a potted rosemary bush?  Mine is blooming a gorgeous array of little lavender flowers.  Did you know the flowers are edible?  If you love the taste of rosemary but find the texture & taste a little to strong for delicate foods like fish, try using the flowers instead.  They are softer in both mouth feel & potency and even make a beautiful garnish when flash fried.  This next call is looking for flora, and it doesn’t have to be edible.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Don’t Take Pictures (online & print) for Flora.  This publication offers print, monthly columns & quarterly online exhibits.  This online opportunity has no entry fee.  Don’t miss this one…

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Learn more from Don't Take Pictures about the Flora exhibit!CALL for ENTRIES:
Flora from
Don’t Take Pictures

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“Botanical art has a long history as subject matter for photographers. Using photography to preserve the ephemeral qualities of plant life can allows viewers to wonder at the natural world. Beyond the garden, florals have been used as props, rendered in patterns in décor and apparel, and photographed in various states of decay.” –from donttakepictures.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to photography –go beyond the traditional portrayal of florals

DEADLINE:  August 20, 2017

PUBLICATION: August 23 — November 21, 2017

ENTRY FEE:  None

AWARDS:  Inclusion in the online quarterly exhibition

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Certain Places

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Learn more about the Certain Places exhibit from L.A. Photo Curator!so SWEET

Sugar is sugar, right?  I don’t think so.  Fried sugar takes me to morning doughnuts in the office.  Melting powdered sugar transports me to Saturday afternoon elephant ears at the flea market.  And spun sugar, spun sugar sends me straight to the state fair standing in line on hard-packed earth waiting for my turn on the Alpine racer.  Each smell is distinct, truly, and each conjures a certain place I hold dear to my heart.  Where is your certain place?  This next Call wants to know.  Explore the possibilities…

Check out this Call for Entries from L.A. Photo Curator (online) for the Certain Places exhibit. $20 entry, no shipping, plus art publication for ALL entrants.   This juror has a spectacular landscape portfolio.  Take a look…

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Learn more about the Certain Places exhibit from LA Photo Curator!CALL for ENTRIES:
Certain Places from
L.A. Photo Curator

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“All of us have a connection to certain places. These places can be a part of our everyday life, or places from our past. We use our selective memory when we see the places we are most connected to.  Please share images of the places you feel most connected to—interior and exterior landscapes, real and imagined.” –from Karen Klinedinst via laphotocurator.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Photography

DEADLINE: August 9, 2017 (Midnight PST)

NOTIFICATION: September 29, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $20 for up to 3. 20% of artist fees go to 2 charities –½ to the curator’s choice of charity & ½ goes to the 1st place winner’s chosen charity.  Karen Klinedinst has chosen Sierra Club.

CURATOR:  Karen Klinedinst is a landscape photographer based in Baltimore, MD and a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). Her landscape photography has been exhibited widely, including: Massoni Art Gallery, Soho Photo Gallery, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Griffin Museum of Photography, and the Biggs Museum of American Art. Her work is in the collection of the National Park Service. She was a 2006 National Park Service artist-in-residence at Acadia National Park in Maine; and in 2015, was awarded an Individual Artist Award from the Maryland State Arts Council.

AWARDS:  The curator chooses 1st place, 2nd place & 3 honorable mentions. The 1st place winner will receive a review by one or more curators including a Q&A about the photographer’s work. In addition, their image will be on the home page for a month. 2nd place & honorable mentions will have their image shown along with their bio, artist statement, C.V. and a link back to their website.

SALES: All sales are conducted between the artist & buyer.  There is no commission.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: CQ No. 49

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Food substitutions have become second nature to me.  I live with & cook for lots of people with food sensitivities, health concerns & philosophical/ethical food issues.  I have to be able to accommodate those folks without advance warning and without blowing my food budget.  Black beans make great gluten-free brownies; bananas work as egg replacement in many desserts & breads.  Lemon zest can be a fantastic salt alternative, & nutritional yeast is a great stand-in for Parmesan.  It isn’t about faking an ingredient; it is about creatively coming up with an alternative texture or taste.  This next Call is all about the creative.  I like this opportunity.  Is this one for you?

Check out this Call for Entries from Creative Quarterly (print) for Journal Issue No. 49.  Print publications are fewer & fewer; this is one of my faves.  Take a look…

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Learn more about submitting work for Issue 49 of Creative Quarterly!CALL for ENTRIES:
Journal Issue No. 49
fm Creative Quarterly

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ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists

MEDIA:  Open to fine arts (advertising, graphic design, photography, illustration & fine art).  Fine art includes any work of art, in any media, even film.

DEADLINE:  July 28, 2017

ENTRY FEE:  Professionals are $30 up to 3, $10 each add’l or $45 up to 6; for students, recent grads (last 3 years) & post-grads $15 up to 3 or $45 up to 9.

JUROR:  Our quarterly shows are judged by an editorial staff of award-winning graphic designers, a former judge for Communication Arts annual & represented in The Graphic Eye: Photographs by Graphic Designers from around the Globe, a judge for the Society of Illustrators, Print Regional Design Annual & regional/national advertising & design competitions.

AWARDS:  Winners will appear in the issue 49 of Creative Quarterly & be exhibited in their online gallery. Winners will also be entered in the CQ year-end 100 Best competition.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about Creative Quarterly!

CALL for ENTRIES: Wausau 2017 National

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Learn more about the 2017 National Juried Exhibit from Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art! sin or con CARNE?

It won’t come as a surprise to many of you, but I have more than a few foodie friends.  They sort of cover the full range of foodie-ism too –from sous chefs to chili cookoff champions & even those that love to eat but can burn water.  A recent scandal broke out amongst my chili chefs about how many of the local & regional cookoffs have become “popularity contests” with prize money going to the team that could conjure enough of their friends to attend & vote.  Seriously?  Are we cheating chili challenges now?  This next Call has an esteemed artist doing the choosing.  Can you make the cut?  Investigate this opportunity.

Check out this Call for Entries from Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art (Wausau, WI) for the 2017 National Juried Art Exhibition. This show boasts a well-known juror & a beautiful new venue.  Take a look…

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Learn more about the 2017 National Juried Exhibit from Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art!CALL for ENTRIES: 
2017 Nat’l Juried Exhibit
from WMOCA

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ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all U.S. artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media except video & computer generated work.

DEADLINE:  August 18, 2017

NOTIFICATION:  August 25, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $50  for up to 3

JUROR:  Alyssa Monks, a master of contemporary realism, is the Juror of this show.  Monks sits on the Board of Trustees for the New York Academy of Art and was just recognized as one of the top 30 most influential female artists of our lifetime.  Her works are exhibited & collected internationally.

SALES:  Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art will retain 25% commission on sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: By the Skin of Your Teeth

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Learn more about the By the Skin of Your Teeth exhibit from Scarlet Seven Gallery!i want all the FOOD

Today has been the hottest day of the year in my area.  Normally I would have hidden indoors for fear of having a heat-triggered, cough-variant asthma attack.  But, I ventured forth and no asthma attack. I have dropped a few pounds recently in an effort to reduce the chances of overheating this summer.  The change is my cheese-nuts-olives, free-for-all lifestyle has been dramatic but worth it.  My next goal is to get off asthma meds completely, while NOT starving to death, ha.  That’s my medical drama. What’s yours? This next Call wants your medical or anatomical imagery with a wide range of interpretation.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Scarlet Seven Gallery (Troy, NY) for By the Skin of Your Teeth.  This is a great space, and I am happy to have work in their upcoming Eroticism show.  Entry is only $20.  Don’t miss this opportunity…

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Learn more about the By the Skin of Your Teeth exhibit from Scarlet Seven Gallery!CALL for ENTRIES:
By the Skin of Your Teeth
from Scarlet Seven Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists, 18+

MEDIA:  Open to painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, photography, hand made jewelry, textiles & encaustic. 

THEME:  Anatomy is inspirational for many artists.  In this call for art, the gallery is asking for anatomical images or ideas that serve these purposes as an integral part of your work.

DEADLINE:  August 15, 2017

NOTIFICATION:  August 21, 2017

ENTRY FEE:  $20 for up to 5

CURATORS:  Jon Christopher Gernon has cultivated more than 25 years experience with the local arts scene, including 22 years as the former gallery director at Clement Art in Troy, NY. He has curated, installed & designed 100+ exhibitions of local, regional, national & European artists work.  A widely exhibited & collected artist himself, his work has been featured in more than fifty group & solo exhibitions in the U.S., Canada & Europe.

Jillian Platt has a BFA in painting from Boston University & a M.S. in medical illustration from Augusta University. Jillian has worked as a freelance artist creating illustrations & animations for editorial, pharmaceutical, surgical & legal communities for 20 years. Her work has been featured on PBS, as part of global advertising campaigns & has helped to win the highest product liability case in NYS. She recently curated 3 pop-up art shows in Troy, NY.

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

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for PROPOSALS: Future Framers FEAST

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Learn more about the 2017 Future Framers FEAST from VisArts!red, yellow or green FRUIT

I’m up to my eyeballs in tomatoes.  I’m not a morning person, so I don’t always get to the farmers market early.  So, I often have a smaller number of locally-grown options, but this time of year there are always tomatoes — sliced tomatoes, tomato pie, tomato sauce, tomato soup & even sun-dried tomatoes.  This next Call boasts a locally-grown & produced meal as the bonus to possible project funding.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Proposals from VisArts (Rockville, MD) for Funding Emerging Art with Sustainable Tactics (F.E.A.S.T.), a public meal designed to use community-driven financial support to democratically fund projects that use art & creative thinking to impact the community. Have a project that needs funding?

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Learn more about the Future Framers FEAST from VisArts!CALL for PROPOSALS:
Future Framers F.E.A.S.T.
from VisArts

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ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists, thinkers and organizations.  You & your collaborators do not have to live in Rockville to submit a proposal.

MEDIA:  Open to performances, community events, visual, sonic, tactile, olfactory discoveries, documents, parades, paths, maps, participatory actions, poetic data analysis, interviews, stories, games… No project or medium is incongruous with F.E.A.S.T.

THEME:  Future Framers: Envisioning 2040 – Imagine & implement creative actions, events & experiences. Explore alternative economies, architectures, or modes of transportation that might be present in 2040 & beyond. Transform the ordinary into the extra-ordinary. Think long term! Put creative thinking into practice. Give a glimpse of what the future will be or could be. Help envision a sustainable world in the future!  Projects that blend the human and non-human environment with projects that will help frame, visualize & shape the future.

DEADLINE:  August 1, 2017

NOTIFICATION: September 1, 2017.  If you are chosen as a finalist, you must be present in Rockville, MD on September 24th to present your project.

ENTRY FEE:  None

JUDGING:  F.E.A.S.T. is a public meal designed to use community-driven financial support to democratically fund projects that use art & creative thinking to impact the community.  The meal will take place on September 24th. Patrons will give a donation for which they receive a locally-produced & prepared meal & a ballot. Diners listen to & review project proposals & converse with the thinkers behind each idea.

AWARDS:  F.E.A.S.T. attendees cast a vote for their favorite proposal, and by the end of the event, the artist who garners the most votes is awarded a grant comprised of the event ticket money. 

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more from VisArts at Rockville!