CALL for ENTRIES: 10x10x10

Posted on May 10, 2017May 8, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

small FOODS

Two of the most used utensils in my kitchen are ice cream scoops, and neither gets used for ice cream. We haven’t make full pans of brownies or cornbread or cake in years. We use those scoops to portion everything from quiche to bread in muffin tins. With everyone on the go, we find single-serving sized foods make for fewer excuses for not taking quality food from home. As a gallerist, I’ve found that small works often take the I-don’t-have-room objection off the table too. This next Call wants the best of your small work. This is a great opportunity…

Check out this Call for Entries from Tieton Arts & Humanities (Tieton, WA) for the 10 x 10 x 10 exhibit, a small works show. This is open internationally, and the fully-illustrated, hand-bound, hardcover catalogue is a great perk! Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
10 x 10 x 10 from
Tieton Arts & Humanities

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists (int’l)

MEDIA: Open to all media, but no larger than 10″ on any side.

DEADLINE: June 16, 2017

NOTIFICATION: June 26, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $30 for 2, $10 ea. add’l

JURORS: Lloyd Herman was the founding director of our national craft museum, the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art museum and, after 20 years at the Smithsonian returned to the Northwest. For the past 25 years he has worked as a museum planner (Museum of Glass, Tacoma) & guest curator of exhibitions for museums, traveling exhibition services and the U.S. Information Agency.

Gia Hamilton currently serves as the Joan Mitchell Center Director, an artist residency program of the Joan Mitchell Foundation in New Orleans; which acts as a place based, community centered incubator for visual artists, curators & arts professionals to connect with each other and the larger community. She is an organizer & founder of the Afrofuture Society. She serves on the board of Tulane University’s Newcomb Museum, Alliance for Artist Communities & New Orleans Video Access Center.

AWARDS: Each accepted entry will be featured in a fully illustrated, hand-bound, hardcover catalogue of the exhibit. Each accepted artist will receive one copy of the catalogue.

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CALL for ENTRIES: Spectacular

Posted on May 9, 2017May 8, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

EAT it all

People always ask about my favorite food. Some days it is goat cheese. Well, a lot of days it is goat cheese. But some days it is lamb or strawberries or pesto or pomegranate. I am open to every food. Fickle stomach. This next Call is also completely open to your wish or whim. Send them your best…

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

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CALL for ENTRIES:
spectacular
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: Open Theme. Open to a full spectrum of work and interpretation.

DEADLINE: June 6, 2017

NOTIFICATION: June 12, 2017

GUEST ARTIST: Lisa Clarke

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: Solo Showdown

Posted on May 8, 2017May 8, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

EATING alone

So, I’ve been in potato rehab for about 3 weeks now. I am trying to conquer the problem, but all I can do is dream about chips coated in dark chocolate. I have forbidden my family from bringing chips or chocolate in the house. I can behave when I have witnesses, but when I’m alone… look out. This next Call wants to reward you and you alone. Trust me, this is better than chips & chocolate. The deadline is looming…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Fort Worth Community Arts Center for Solo Show[down]. $25 entry & only 25% commission. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Solo Show[down]
from Forth Worth
Community Arts Center

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists (int’l)

MEDIA: Open to all media

DEADLINE: May 15, 2017 (midnight CMT)

NOTIFICATION: June 1, 2017

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

JUROR: Jennifer Casler Price has held the position of curator for Asian and non-Western art at the Kimbell Art Museum since 1993. She has also juried exhibitions for the Dallas Business Comm. for the Arts, the San Antonio Art Museum League & the Fort Worth Main Street Arts Festival. Price has been a member of the Assoc. of American Museum Curators (AAMC) since its founding in 2001.

AWARDS: Grand Prize Winner receives a solo show in the Main Gallery at Art7 & a honorarium of $2000. Runners Up receive a group exhibition occurring simultaneously as the solo show in the Back section of the Art7 Gallery. And, the People’s Choice award goes to a single artist who receives the most likes on Facebook will receive a cash prize of $250.

SALES: FWCAC retains 25% commission

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Kindred

Posted on May 7, 2017May 7, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

standout SUSTENANCE

My earliest food influences came from my grandmother & her sister Maggie. They had such different styles. My grandmother was all about a meat, two veggies, some form of potato, bread & dessert. Every meal. My great aunt Mag was all about the drama. Her corn-on-the-cob was the best. Her deviled eggs were the best. Her pancakes were the best. But everything else, apart from the star of the meal, was an after thought. I find myself gravitating toward concentrating on one dish and forgetting the rest. All the glory, none of the mundane. What a strategy, eh? This next Call wants to know about your familial connections. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center (Solomons, MD) for Kindred. $25 entry. Are you defined by your connections, your kindred? Use your connections…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Kindred
from Annmarie

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“Who are you? Where do you come from? This exhibit invites artists to celebrate the stories, people, and places that define them. Do you find meaning and a sense of connection in your family tree, or in those people you consider your kindred spirits? How do the tangible and intangible remnants of past lives speak to you today? ” –from annmariegarden.org

ELIGIBILITY: All artists working in U.S.

MEDIA: Open to all media

DEADLINE: June 12, 2017

NOTIFICATION: June 23, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $25 for up to 4

JUROR: Betty J. Belanus, Curator/Education Specialist for the Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage

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!

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CALL for ENTRIES: MFA National

Posted on May 4, 2017May 3, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

pounding PASTRY

I have eaten so much cake lately. Between birthdays, graduations, announcements, promotions & general merriment, I have tasted every flavor & color combination imaginable. We have the Greeks to thank for the delicious tradition that finds its origins in honor of Artemis, the goddess of the moon. Even the candles are said to represent the glow of the moon. Beautiful, but seriously, I need a break from the cake. This next Call offers you an chance to celebrate your MFA enrollment (current or past) by showing your work in this next show. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from First Street Gallery (New York, NY) for the 2017 MFA National Competition. This venue is a professional, artist-run gallery located in New York City’s premier art district, Chelsea. Don’t miss this chance…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
MFA National
from First Street Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to artists who are or have been enrolled in an MFA program within the last three years in the U.S.

MEDIA: Open to painting, drawing, mixed media, printmaking, sculpture, photography, installation & computer-generated art. No video, film, or giclees.

DEADLINE: May 31, 2017

NOTIFICATION: June 20, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to 3, $5 ea. add’l

JUROR: Dorothea Rockburne, renowned artist, Guggenheim Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Letters member and Black Mountain alumnus. Recipient of numerous awards, whose work is in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art , The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Yale University Art Gallery, and The Guggenheim Museum, among many others.

SALES: First Street Gallery takes no commission on work sold.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Color

Posted on May 3, 2017May 2, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

TASTE perfection

These days most produce is waxy, cartoon-saturated perfection. Take baby-shaped carrots. We can’t handle carrots with their roots and imperfect skin, so now we whittle them down to miniature perfection. The other day I picked up a head of iceberg lettuce and promptly put it back down because it was pale-colored. I’ve been influenced too. Colorful food is wonderful & healthy & flavorful, but perfection is unnecessary & wasteful. This next Call is colorful, but not wasteful. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from F-Stop Magazine for Color, (Issue #83). No entry fee, and it is a gorgeous publication opportunity. Take a moment to look at the last few issues. You’ll be inspired. We can’t wait to see your images published here…

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CALL for SUBMISSIONS:
Color, Issue #83
from F-Stop Magazine

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

THEME: Color

MEDIA: Photography

DEADLINE: May 15, 2017

PUBLICATION: June 1 1, 2017

ENTRY FEE: None

AWARDS: Selected artists/photographers will have images published in Issue #83

ABOUT F-Stop: F-Stop Magazine is an online magazine featuring contemporary photography from established & emerging photographers from around the world. Each issue has a theme that the unites the images to create a dynamic dialogue. Founded in 2003 and published online, bi-monthly.

For complete details, Read the Guidelines!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Summer Solstice

Posted on May 2, 2017May 2, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

SWEET harvest

While my friends are dreaming of picnics awash with super-size sandwiches and fresh squeezed lemonade, I crave fruit salads. My childhood was fulled of canned fruit cocktail, coconut & marshmallow concoctions; so my adulthood is ripe with freshness. Most of the year I try to take in moderate amounts of sugar, but fresh, summer fruits like apples & pears, starfruit & guava, berries & melons are more than I can resist. I’m hoping you can’t resist this next Call, which is also all about summer. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from LibertyTown Arts (Fredericksburg, VA) for a nat’l juried exhibit, Summer Solstice. $25 Entry & 40% commission. Be sure to investigate this opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Summer Solstice
from LibertyTown Arts

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“On Midsummer, the Northern Europeans light massive bonfires to summon the suns rays to make sure their summers are long and bright. It is a time of celebration and family. This June we would like to summon a bit of sunshine to our gallery to make this summer as joy filled as possible.” –from libertytownarts.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to artists, age 16+

MEDIA: Open to all media

DEADLINE: May 20, 2017 (10pm EST)

NOTIFICATION: May 22, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $25 for 1, $5 ea. add’l up to 10. (Members $15 for 1, $5 ea. add’l).

JUROR: Carole Garmon, Professor of Art, holds an MFA (1996) & a BFA (1993) in sculpture from Virginia Commonwealth University. She has taught at UMW since 1998 and is a recipient of UMW’s Outstanding Young Faculty Member Award. In addition to numerous private collections, her work has been exhibited at the Main Art Gallery & 1708 Gallery in Richmond, the WPA/Corcoran Museum in D.C., as well as Peru & Germany.

AWARDS: First Place $250, Second Place $150 and Third Place $75

SALES: LibertyTown keeps a commission of 40% on all show sales.

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CALL for ENTRIES: Black & White

Posted on May 1, 2017May 2, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

LOVE ME love me not

Beet wars 2017 just ended. At least once per year, I post something random about eating beets on social media. Every time, it ends in my friends arguing the merits, or not, of this ever-controversial veg. I am amazed by how passionately people love or hate beets. The confusing ones are the folks that love merlot & hate beets. I’ll never understand the disparity. They both have that same from the earth pungency, so shouldn’t it be a black & white issue? This next Call is definitely all about the black & white of it all. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from BWAC (Brooklyn, NY) for Black & White. Take advantage of a discount for early entry, a distinguished juror & significant cash awards. This is a great opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Black & White from BWAC

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“Black and white is primal, the underneath, the foundation, of the opuce of color; black and white is where we register motion and, when the cones do not have sufficient light, our rods optimize our survival in the night woods. ‘Black & White’ intends to explore this underground of survival and few words.” –from bwac.org

ELIGIBILITY: Open to U.S. artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media

ENTRY FEE: $45 up to 3, $5 ea. add’l (early bird) or $65 up to 3, $5 ea add’l after May 10

DEADLINE: May 10, 2017 (early bird) or March 31, 2017 (final)

NOTIFICATION: March 31, 2017

JUROR: Alison Hokanson, Assistant Curator of European Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She holds a BA from Brown University and an MA and PhD from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, where she studied Minimalism before writing her dissertation on Belgian Realism and Symbolism. Her recent projects include exhibitions on the whaling scenes of Joseph Mallord, William Turner and on The Met’s collection of Pre ‐ Raphaelite art and design. She publishes and lectures on topics ranging from Impressionist painting to Symbolist drawing, and was previously a juror for the National Arts Club’s Artist Members Exhibition.

AWARDS: Best of Show Gold $1000, Most Innovative Use of Materials $500, People’s Choice $250, Curator’s Choice $250 & ten $100 Certificates of Recognition.

SALES: BWAC will retain a 25% commission on all exhibition sales.

For full details, Read the Full Call!

ARTIST of the DAY: Ray Gonzales

Posted on April 26, 2017April 27, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

"Cactus Heart" (clay mixed media) by Ray Gonzales — *“Cactus Heart” (clay mixed media) by Ray Gonzales*

“I’ve always been assured
of my path as an artist.”
—Ray Gonzales

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I envy those who have chosen a path and stayed true. My heart is fickle. I’ve chosen a new path recently, and my heart is so invested. Is this the path that I was meant to find all along? The work of today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Ray Gonzales, speaks to me of the strength of his passion and confidence in his journey. I love this work.

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Find your passion in the work of AAAD Artist of the Day, sculptor Ray Gonzales!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Senses working Overtime

Posted on April 24, 2017April 25, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

all my SENSES

I used to be very visually tuned in to my food. And, while I still love a beautifully composed plate, I find that the soft give of a melon or the earthy smell of mushroom gills are really what drive my appetite. I demand more from food these days; I want all the sensations. This next Call also wants you to use all of your sense. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from L.A. Photo Curator for the Senses working Overtime exhibit. $20 entry, no shipping, plus art publication for ALL entrants. Take the sensory challenge presented to help you stretch your creative muscles. Explore…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Senses working Overtime from
L.A. Photo Curator

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“One of the first things I talk to my students about is the challenge of experiencing a scene or subject with four or five of our senses and then translating those feelings into a two-dimensional frame and image. I might be standing on a beach, watching a beautiful sunset, feeling the sand beneath my feet, listening to the waves crash and the gulls chirp and smelling the salty ocean breezes, but how do I distill all the sensory information, other than visual, into a photograph?” –from Peter Bennett via laphotocurator.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Photography

DEADLINE: May 6, 2017 (Midnight PST)

NOTIFICATION: (and opening date) May 26, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $20 for up to 3. 20% of artist fees go to 2 charities per competition –half goes to the curator’s choice of charity & half goes to the first place winner’s chosen charity. Peter Bennett has chosen the charity Friends of the L.A. River.

CURATOR: Peter Bennett has been a successful travel & environmental photographer for over 25 years and has his work appear in numerous publications and books worldwide. In 2015, he formed Citizen of the Planet, LLC, devoted exclusively to the distribution of his work and stories on sustainability and environmental subjects. Since 2009, Bennett has been teaching at the Los Angeles Center of Photography. Bennett has been photographing & documenting the Los Angeles River since 2008. His work on the river has been exhibited in numerous recent shows and will be the subject of an upcoming book.

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

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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small FOODS

CALL for ENTRIES: 10 x 10 x 10 from Tieton Arts & Humanities

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

EAT it all

CALL for ENTRIES: spectacular from Las Laguna Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

EATING alone

CALL for ENTRIES: Solo Show[down] from Forth Worth Community Arts Center

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

standout SUSTENANCE

CALL for ENTRIES: Kindred from Annmarie

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

pounding PASTRY

CALL for ENTRIES: MFA National from First Street Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

TASTE perfection

CALL for SUBMISSIONS: Color, Issue #83 from F-Stop Magazine

For complete details, Read the Guidelines!

SWEET harvest

CALL for ENTRIES: Summer Solstice from LibertyTown Arts

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

LOVE ME love me not

CALL for ENTRIES: Black & White from BWAC

For full details, Read the Full Call!

“I’ve always been assured of my path as an artist.” —Ray Gonzales

Find your passion in the work of AAAD Artist of the Day, sculptor Ray Gonzales!

all my SENSES

CALL for ENTRIES: Senses working Overtime from L.A. Photo Curator

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES:
10 x 10 x 10 from
Tieton Arts & Humanities

CALL for ENTRIES:
spectacular
from Las Laguna Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
Solo Show[down]
from Forth Worth
Community Arts Center

CALL for ENTRIES:
Kindred
from Annmarie

CALL for ENTRIES:
MFA National
from First Street Gallery

CALL for SUBMISSIONS:
Color, Issue #83
from F-Stop Magazine

CALL for ENTRIES:
Summer Solstice
from LibertyTown Arts

CALL for ENTRIES:
Black & White from BWAC

“I’ve always been assured
of my path as an artist.”
—Ray Gonzales

CALL for ENTRIES:
Senses working Overtime from
L.A. Photo Curator