CALL for ENTRIES: American Icon

Posted on July 4, 2017July 4, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

light my FIRE

As people celebrating Independence Day in the U.S. are want to do, my neighbors are grilling all manner of food. In the fifteen feet I walked to my car, I was assaulted by the smell of lighter fluid. What is it about the 4th of July that makes people want to light charcoal on fire and char meats & marshmallows. Is that motivation uniquely American? I made enchiladas; does that make me less American? This next Call is looking for uniquely American work. What will you show them?

Check out this Call for Entries from Sausalito Art Festival (Sausalito, CA) for American Icon. This is an art festival Call that doesn’t require that you have an exhibition booth if selected. Entry is only $10, plus there are cash prizes. Check it out…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
American Icon from
Sausalito Art Festival

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to photography, painting, drawing, sculpture & mixed media.

THEME: “Forgotten America” America was founded on the notion of “new and improved” and its ongoing fascination with everything shiny is no secret. Quite often though, what we once cherished, succumbs to the relentless march of time. People age, machines rust, and thriving cities can become ghost towns. Yet a quiet beauty always remains. This year’s American Icon theme “Forgotten America” is your chance to show the world your interpretation of that beauty. — http://sausalitoartfestival.org

DEADLINE: July 31, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $10 for 1, $18 for 2 or $25 for 3

JUROR: World-recognized, long-established artists & creative professionals will judge all entries.

AWARDS: First Place $1,500, 2nd Place $750, 3rd Place $400, 4th Place $200 & 3 Honorable Mention awards of $50. Winners will be exhibited at the world famous Sausalito Art Festival over Labor Day Weekend

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CALL for ENTRIES: New Directions 2017

Posted on July 3, 2017July 3, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

pass the SALT

Did you know there is a proper direction to pass food around the table? It dates back centuries to men, mostly right handed, who were armed at the dinner table. If you passed food from the right, you ran the chance of bumping in to a weapon or worse yet, causing a spilled drink. So these days it is still considered proper to serve or pass from left to right. After all these years, you’d think there would be a better reason or a new direction, but, no. This next Call is a new direction, more than 3 decades old –an exhibit now in its 33rd year. Don’t miss this opportunity…

Check out this Call for Entries from Barrett Art Center (Poughkeepsie, NY) for New Directions 2017. This venue is spectacular, and the juror is always great. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
New Directions 2017
from Barrett Art Center

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

MEDIA: Open to drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, video, sculpture, installation art, glass, ceramics, fiber & mixed media.

DEADLINE: July 24, 2017 (midnight MT)

NOTIFICATION: August 9, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $50 for up to 3, $5 ea. add’l ($40 for members)

JUROR: Ruth Erickson is Associate Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. She co-curated the major exhibition “Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933-1957” with Helen Molesworth and has organized exhibitions of the work of artists Rokni and Ramin Haerizadeh and Ethan Murrow at the ICA/Boston. She is currently at work on the first U.S. survey of Mark Dion’s work to open in 2017. Erickson received her Ph.D. in art history from the University of Pennsylvania in 2014 and has published and presented her writing widely. She serves as a visiting critic at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts and Massachusetts College of Art and Design.

AWARDS: Juror’s Prize $1,000, 2nd prize $250, 3rd Prize $175 & two honorable merit awards.

SALES: Barrett Art Center will retain a 30% commission for sales (20% for members).

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CALL for ENTRIES: FL3THC3R 2017

Posted on July 2, 2017June 30, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

hot POTATO

Food is political; I repeat it regularly. Whether it is the origin of food, the growing method, the harvesting practice or the politics of the person preparing it. How you spend your money affects both the availability of the variety, the acceptability of the practices & the relative financial success of the corresponding farmers, vendors & restaurants. If you don’t support a food’s associated politics, don’t lend it your financial support –regardless of how good it tastes. Food is political. It is a hot potato, and it matters because WHAT WE EAT MATTERS. This next Call is also political. This is an opportunity to make space for matters to you. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Reece Museum at ETSU (Johnson City, TN) for the 2017 FL3TCH3R Exhibit. Never in history has this show been more relevant. I’m entering; are you?

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CALL for ENTRIES:
FL3TCH3R 2017

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The FL3TCH3R Exhibit is focused on work with strong social and political content. Work entered in the exhibit should reflect current issues that affect contemporary culture and investigate societal and political concerns. Diverse media and approach to the theme are encouraged.

ELIGIBILITY: U.S. artists age 18+

MEDIA: All 2D, 3D, performance & installation & video art are eligible. Due to space & logistical considerations, large-scale & complicated installation is not encouraged.

DEADLINE: August 22, 2017 (late deadline August 31, 2017)

NOTIFICATION: September 16, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $40 for up to 3, $10 ea. add’l (by August 22). OR $45 for up to 3 & $10 ea. add’l (from August 23-31).

JUROR: Painter Anita Kunz has work in the permanent collections at the Library of Congress, the Canadian Archives in Ottawa, the Musée Militaire de France in Paris, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Rome, and a number of her Time Magazine cover paintings are in the permanent collection at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC. She received the Les Usherwood Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997 from the Advertising and Design Club of Canada. She has received an honorary doctorate from the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto and a second from Mass Art College of Art and Design. Kunz was appointed Officer of the Order of Canada, Canada’s highest civilian honor, and recently received the Queen’s Jubilee Medal of Honor. Additionally, she will be inducted in the Museum of American Illustration Hall of Fame in New York in 2017.

AWARDS: Best of Show $300, 2 Awards of Excellence $100 ea., Sammie L. Nicely Appalachian Artist Award $100 & Reece Museum Award $100. Other awards TBA.

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CALL for ENTRIES: Figures & Faces

Posted on June 30, 2017June 28, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

i taste FLORIDA

I have a friend that claims every pack of Chicken McNuggets has one shaped like the state of Florida. I followed the comment thread white people disputed that shape of the figure from bunnies to revolvers to other states and countries. It devolved into what words appearing in soup & crackers and saints on toast. People often see what they want to see. It is like the culinary version of Rorschach ink blot test. Fascinating. This next Call wants to know what figures and faces you see. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Las Laguna Gallery (Laguna Beach, CA) for the Figures & Faces exhibit. Sales commission is only 25%. Don’t miss this opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Figures & Faces from
Las Laguna Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists (int’l)

MEDIA: Open to all* media, including (but not limited to) assemblage, collage, digital art, drawing (graphite, charcoal, colored pencil), encaustic, fiber art, illustration, mixed media, new media, painting (oil, acrylic, watercolor, airbrush), pastel & photography (traditional or digital). No jewelry, video or sculpture.

THEME: Art that explores the human figure or faces. Open to a full spectrum of work and interpretation.

DEADLINE: July 6, 2017

NOTIFICATION: July 12, 2017

GUEST ARTIST: Christine Duarte

ENTRY FEE: $35 for 1, $1 ea. add’l

SALES: The Las Laguna Gallery will retain 25% commission on all sales.

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CALL for ENTRIES: Create September

Posted on June 29, 2017June 27, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

en PAPILLOTE

I’m on week 3 of no dishwasher. It isn’t that bad. I was dreading it before the move, but I knew downsizing was important enough to get over the inconvenience. The only real difference I have noticed is the increased use of parchment paper, ha. I don’t mind washing dishes, but cleaning baking pans is to be avoided when at all possible. This next Call doesn’t require your work be on or in paper, but one artist will get a bonus prize of beautiful papers from the Awagami Factory. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Create! Magazine for the September 2017. Just wait until you get your hands on this gorgeous magazine. Don’t miss this chance…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
September 2017
of Create! Magazine

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all media, i.e.: painting, sculpture, digital, printmaking, fiber, mixed media, photography, installation & more.

DEADLINE: July 25, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $25 for up to 3, $30 for 5

JUROR: Brock Brake is a co-owner & curator of Athen B. Gallery, the curator & director of First Amendment Gallery in San Francisco / Oakland, and is the latest addition to the curatorial board at Pro Arts in Oakland. His passion for photographing graffiti gained him publication in outlets such as Brooklyn Street Art Blog, Graffiti Art Magazine & Juxtapoz. Once in Oakland Brock worked as an intern at Hamburger Eyes and as an art handler at White Walls & Shooting Gallery in San Francisco. As a supporter & facilitator of the Bay Area Art community, Brock continues his “extended” art education by working as an art handler at various galleries and museums both locally and out of state.

AWARDS: Artists selected by the guest juror will receive a 2-page spread including a brief bio, website, and 2 images in print and digital formats. Published artists will receive a complimentary digital issue and will be listed on Create! Magazine’s website/social media. One artist selected by the guest curator for the September issue will also receive $250 worth of Japanese papers from Awagami Factory, Japan.

SALES: The September Issue will be available at McNally Jackson Books in NYC, Charlotte Street News in London & online.

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CALL for ENTRIES: Opulent Mobility 2017

Posted on June 28, 2017June 27, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

FLORAL notes

I don’t stock saffron in my pantry. As much as I love the opulence & indulgence of a saffron-scented paella, the truth is that I get more mileage from luscious fats like unfiltered olive oil or nutty sesame oil. I can only punctuate my menus with such an elaborate spice on occasion, but I use oils in every dish. Opulence is user-defined & experiential, and this next Call wants your vision of the opulent. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from curator A. Laura Brody for Opulent Mobility 2017. $20 Entry, no commission & a unique curatorial theme. We love the work of curator A. Laura Brody so much that we featured her many years ago. Stretch your creative muscles with this Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Opulent Mobility 2017 from
curator A. Laura Brody

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“I challenge you to imagine a world where mobility, disability, and access can be opulent. I challenge you to approach the work with thoughtfulness, humor, creativity, and care. Because if we do not imagine a better world, we can’t make one happen.” — A. Laura Brody

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all 2 & 3-D work, film, videos of performance art & music.

THEME: Radical re-imagining of the mobility of disability

DEADLINE: July 31, 2017

NOTIFICATION: August 31, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $20 for 1, $5 ea. add’l

CURATORS: A. Laura Brody is a professional costume maker and designer who developed Opulent Mobility as a series of artworks, then built it into a juried group exhibit. Anthony Tusler is a photographer & disability arts activist. His photographs of the 1977 disability occupation of the San Francisco Federal Building are on his site: aboutdisability.com. Zeina Baltagi is a printmaker, teacher and co-founder of the Valley Print Studio.

SALES: No commission taken on sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: WTP Painting

Posted on June 27, 2017September 15, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

BREATHE deeply

I often claim to be a plein air diner. Food just tastes better when eaten outside. I’ll take a picnic or patio dinner over a upscale restaurant any day. My mother swears fruit tastes even better eaten right in the field, dirt & all. This next Call doesn’t require that you paint, or eat, plein air; however, the winner’s retreat offers both of those opportunities. If you’ve been hesitant to submit to publication calls, investigate this one…

Check out this Open Call for Entries from The Woven Tale Press (print publication) for Art Competition: Painting. Regular readers know that I believe art publication is worth the effort and can be a reward of its own. But THIS publication also comes with artist’s retreat in the Hamptons. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Art Competition: Painting
from Woven Tale Press

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists.

MEDIA: Open to painting including: acrylic, oil, or watercolor –can include mixed-media.

DEADLINE: October 31, 2017 (was July 31st. Post updated 9/15/17.)

ENTRY FEE: $25 for up to 3

JUROR: Artist Richard Malinsky, whose work has garnered awards from adjudicated museum exhibitions, art associations and prominent galleries both in the U.S. and abroad, including the Special Distinction Award at MIAB-Portugal International Biennale 2016. He is represented in the permanent collections of multiple corporate and museum collections including The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA; The New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT; the RCA Corporate Art Collection, New York, NY; and in numerous private collections throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe.

AWARDS: 1st Prize: Creative Retreat in the Hamptons, NY including accommodations for 2 within walking distance to train, ocean beach & town; full amenities & flexible booking. Also included are publication in special winners edition of The Woven Tale Press (including cover art), complimentary copy of print edition, WTP Spotlight & WTP (728 x 90 px) leaderboard homepage announcement. 2nd Prize: $300, publication in special winners edition of The Woven Tale Press, complimentary copy of the print edition, WTP Spotlight & WTP (250 x 350px) homepage announcement. 3rd prize: $100m publication in special winners edition of The Woven Tale Press, complimentary copy of the print edition & WTP Spotlight.

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CALL for ENTRIES: Faber Birren National

Posted on June 26, 2017June 26, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

everyday FOOD everyday

I am a little obsessed with citrus pasta salad this summer, but I’m known for cravings not unlike a pregnant woman. Maybe it is the contrasting sweet & sour flavor of the citrus vinaigrette or the bite of green onions or all that color packed in one bowl. It is a bowl of summer, and I am hooked. This next Call is also hooked on color. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Stamford Art Association (Stamford, CT) for the 37th Annual Faber Birren National Color Award Show. This show is devoted to color, regardless of media. Investigate this opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Faber Birren Nat’l
from Stamford Art Assoc.

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

MEDIA: Open to painting, mixed media, sculpture, photography, drawing & printmaking. Note: No electronic media, performance art & installations.

THEME: “This competition is the only artistic event devoted exclusively to the use of color.” –from stamfordartassociation.org

DEADLINE: July 23, 2017

NOTIFICATION: August 14, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $35 for one, $20 ea. add’l. Note: There is an additional $55 handling fee per artist, if accepted.

JUROR: Devon Zimmerman, Ph.D. candidate, former Director’s Assistant at Pace, Modern and Contemporary Art Department, Research Assistant at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and MoMA

AWARDS: Faber Birren Color Award $1,000, Stamford Art Assoc. Award of Excellence $600, The Vivian & Stanley Reed Founders Award $400, Joyce & Bob Jones Award (2) $150 & the Wofsey Award $300.

SALES: The gallery will take 25% commission on any work sold.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: WAO Photography Award

Posted on June 25, 2017June 26, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

FOOD rewards

Today I had a view of 7 U.S. States (Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama) during lunch at Cafe 7, high atop Lookout Mountain. I navigated the short climb through Rock City up to Lover’s Leap and took the obligatory selfie with my husband before being seated at the last available table for late lunch. After a weekend of hard work on the road, I felt a sense of culinary karmic justice when my fried green tomato sandwich arrived at my table topped with Benton’s bacon, avocado puree & chipotle mayonnaise. It was a photo finish to a spectacular day. This next Call could be YOUR photo finish. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from WorkingArtist.org for the Photography Award. This may very well be the simplest entry process + great return. $25 Entry. Don’t miss this one…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Photo Award from
workingartist.org

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Photography

DEADLINE: July 17, 2016

ENTRY FEE: There is an application review fee of $25 for up to 5.

AWARDS: If selected as the winner, the award recipient must exchange one original work or smaller series of original works for inclusion into a collection, in return for the $1000 award. Work considered by the artist as of equal value, and available for acquisition can be negotiated upon receipt of the award. Shipping costs will be paid by workingartist.org.

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CALL for ENTRIES: Dreams 3

Posted on June 23, 2017June 23, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

EATING in my sleep

I have been having the oddest dreams. I think it is related to the new version of melatonin supplements I am taking before bed. As you might know, my dreams are often about food. The most commonly reoccurring dream involves my being chased by Swiss chard –specifically red shard wearing yellow sneakers. Yes, I know it is weird. No, I don’t have an explanation. This next Call is all about dreams and you don’t have to explain them either. Interpretation is wide open…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net & G25N (online) for Dreams 3. $25 entry & no shipping. All still media considered and the marketing awards are fantastic. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Dreams 3
from Art-competition.net

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

MEDIA: Open to still media, including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, digital art, printmaking, fiber art, collage, etc.

THEME: Dreams “Dreams are windows into what might be called a ‘substitute’ reality that we all experience. Reflections upon our dreams can have a fleeting effect or a significance that may haunt us for a lifetime. The visual artist can offer safe refuge to the viewer, a connection to these dreams at our invitation as we appreciate the creative avenues we discover through their art. The artist has this opportunity to present a dream as a hazy filtered reality from representational memories to an explosion of abstract & surrealistic imagery—all of which may be emotionally treasured as his or her own.” –art-competition.net

DEADLINE: July 10, 2017

NOTIFICATION: July 31, 2017

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

AWARDS: 20 artists will be selected for an online group exhibit, “Dreams 3” at Gallery25N; the exhibit and artists will be extensively marketed worldwide to over 24,000 people including art buyers, gallery owners, curators, collectors, etc.

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Category: Tips

light my FIRE

CALL for ENTRIES: American Icon from Sausalito Art Festival

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

pass the SALT

CALL for ENTRIES: New Directions 2017 from Barrett Art Center

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

hot POTATO

CALL for ENTRIES: FL3TCH3R 2017

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

i taste FLORIDA

CALL for ENTRIES: Figures & Faces from Las Laguna Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

en PAPILLOTE

CALL for ENTRIES: September 2017 of Create! Magazine

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

FLORAL notes

CALL for ENTRIES: Opulent Mobility 2017 from curator A. Laura Brody

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

BREATHE deeply

CALL for ENTRIES: Art Competition: Painting from Woven Tale Press

For complete details, Read the Open Call!

everyday FOOD everyday

CALL for ENTRIES: Faber Birren Nat’l from Stamford Art Assoc.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

FOOD rewards

CALL for ENTRIES: Photo Award from workingartist.org

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

EATING in my sleep

CALL for ENTRIES: Dreams 3 from Art-competition.net

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES:
American Icon from
Sausalito Art Festival

CALL for ENTRIES:
New Directions 2017
from Barrett Art Center

CALL for ENTRIES:
FL3TCH3R 2017

CALL for ENTRIES:
Figures & Faces from
Las Laguna Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
September 2017
of Create! Magazine

CALL for ENTRIES:
Opulent Mobility 2017 from
curator A. Laura Brody

CALL for ENTRIES:
Art Competition: Painting
from Woven Tale Press

CALL for ENTRIES:
Faber Birren Nat’l
from Stamford Art Assoc.

CALL for ENTRIES:
Photo Award from
workingartist.org

CALL for ENTRIES:
Dreams 3
from Art-competition.net