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CALL for ENTRIES: 20x20x20 Compact

Posted on January 12, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

just a
LITTLE BITE

Smaller isn’t always the same. Every member of my household is an avid label reader due to food allergies. One of the most important lessons we have learned is that miniature and compact versions of foods are not necessarily the same, nutritionally speaking. I find miniatures of candy bars are often sweeter due to a different ratio of ingredients than the originals. Sometimes, they add thickeners or starches to help them better hold their more compact shape as well. Be careful. This next show is all about the VIRTUES of being compact. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the LSU Student Union Art Gallery (Baton Rouge, LA) for the 2015 20″x20″x20″ National Compact Competition & Exhibit. Well-respected exhibit with cash awards. Don’t miss it…

*Editor’s Note: If you have read the personal portion of this post, CALL for ENTRIES: 20x20x20 Compact, anywhere other than by email subscription or on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, it has been published without permission and is considered theft.

CALL for ENTRIES:
20x20x20 Compact

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists residing in the United States

MEDIA: Open to all media. Two-dimensional works must be 20” x 20” or less. Three-dimensional works may have one side exceeding 20″ but cannot exceed 70 lbs in weight.

DEADLINE: February 6, 2015

NOTIFICATION: February 20, 2014

ENTRY FEE: $40 for up to 3

JUROR: Brooke Anderson currently serves as the Executive Director of Prospect.3 in New Orleans, an international contemporary art biennial., Deputy Director of Curatorial Planning at LSCMA in Los Angeles, CA, Director and Curator at The Contemporary Center and the Henry Darger Study Center at the American Folk Art Museum in New York; Director of the Diggs Gallery & Assistant Professor of Fine Arts, at Winston-Salem State University, North Carolina. Anderson has curated exhibitions and lectured extensively around the world.

AWARDS: 1st Place $2,000, 2nd Place $1,500, 3rd Place $1,000

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Feminist Sex

Posted on January 11, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

WIENERS,
anyone?

How did operating a grill become a feminist issue? I can’t tell you how many female friends I have that defer grilling activities to the men in their lives under the guise of not knowing “how to do it”. Really? Amongst this group of women who are financiers, scientists, diplomats & artists, no one can operate a grill? Please. Maybe they are just faking it, like me, to avoid the additional work occasionally. *Shhh* This next Call has NOTHING to do with the grilling of meat and EVERYTHING to do with feminism. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from On the Ground Floor (Los Angeles) for The Feminist Sex Shoppe. This is open to all media. The best men I know are feminists, and this Call does NOT exclude men. Don’t miss this opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Feminist Sex

“We seek new works that explore concepts of sex-positive feminism including pleasure and desire, repression and repulsion, taboo and fantasy, body image and biology, love, lust, and eroticism. We welcome works that address sexual health and well-being and reflect the influence of family, religion, culture, politics, education, and the economy on women and their sexuality.” –from onthegroundfloor.co/fss

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists. (not gender specific)

MEDIA: Open to all media.

DEADLINE: February 9, 2015

NOTIFICATION: February 20, 2015

ENTRY FEE: $25

CURATOR: Malika Ali is a Los Angeles-based artist & curator working in multiple media including film & video, installation, photography, and the written word. She is an alumna of Howard University and The American Film Institute where she earned a Master of Fine Arts degree.

Malika Ali has exhibited with The Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival, Arena 1 Gallery, Upstairs at the Market Gallery, and On The Ground Floor (OTGF), an artist-run space she co-founded in the View Park district of Los Angeles. Her blog converges contemporary art, writing, design, lifestyle, family, culture, and politics.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

FEATURED ARTIST of the YEAR: Emily Mitchell

Posted on January 7, 2015January 7, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
food & art

It is January again, and we can’t believe it is 2015 already. I am joyfully looking forward to a new year. 2014 was a year of growth for my family, my art, and for AAAD. There were wonderful food highlights including a renewed interest in baking and continuing to fight the appearance of processed, fake foods. I appreciate that some of you are tackling the same issues–like fig newtons. The fig newtons, at left, are a self-proclaimed fail by painter Emily Mitchell. And AAAD covered some fantastic opportunities in 2014 and even more fantastic artists.

Today, we name the
2014 Artist of the Year!

When AAAD began in 2009, (YES, we are starting year SIX!) I was determined to cover art deadlines, and more importantly, artists producing really good ART. And, after I chose a few artists, I quickly realized that the Featured Artist program needed structure, or it would never really get done on any sort of regular basis. That is how the Featured Artist Contest was born.

The Featured Artist Page was getting crowded and each post was lessening the impact of being Featured. I had to start archiving artists yearly. And, the Artist of the Year was born. I now give all of our Featured Artists each year notice that at the end of the year, the Artist of the Year will be determined by the number of comments on their individual Featured Artist blog posts.

Congratulations to
Emily Mitchell,
AAAD’s 2014 Artist of the Year

I followed up with Emily to find out what’s new: “I’m hoping to start a new series with insects. I’d like to do about 20-25 of them in a similar approach to my work but probably with some more mixed media-colored pencils, papers, perhaps. Oh! And I’d like to do a few give a ways this year! I’m also doing a few workshops for some teachers and art associations. “

And new foods? Are there any new tasty morsels inspiring you? “So, since going GF, I really really miss Fig Newtons. I love/loved them, and they were my daily coffee accompaniment each morning. They also made great training food when I did triathlons. But the ones I have found that are on the shelf are not stupendous. So I have begun making my own. It’s laborious, and they are ugly! Like, really ugly. But so far they taste good. And much fresher than the original.” Editor’s note: The food pic above ARE Emily’s figgy fail. I think they look yummy. All hail the ugly food!

I have enjoyed getting to know you, Emily. I am inspired by your sense of yourself. I love you adapt in life and how that carries over to your work. I appreciate that your fans and peers loved you enough to make you the Artist of the Year even though your feature was the last one of the year. Thank you, Emily, for ending 2014 with a bang! If you missed her original Feature, check it out and get to know Emily Mitchell yourself.

Do you want to be the 2015 Artist of the Year?
It all starts with the Featured Artist Contest.

CALL for ENTRIES: Colour Burst

Posted on January 5, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

JUST SAY NO
the brown has gotta go

I’m growing weary of brown foods. We don’t often fry anything in our house, and we don’t eat wheat. But, because we try our very best not to eat processed or artificially-colored food, the color in our diets almost solely depends on fresh vegetables. There isn’t an abundance of beautifully colored veggies in season right now. And, I can only eat so many servings of spinach and so many servings of sweet potatoes. Bring on the beets, please. Spring is coming. Spring is coming. Spring is coming. I know it is. In the meantime, lets all direct our rainbow-coloured desires to this next Call. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from PH21 Gallery (Budapest, Hungary) for Colour Burst. This is a great international opportunity. You can enter 3 images for only $17.90 (€15), & you don’t have to ship your work. The deadline is fast approaching, don’t miss this one…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Colour Burst

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Photography fitting the theme–broadly construed as the significance of colours is independent of generic or stylistic constraints.

DEADLINE: January 11, 2015 midnight (UTC+01) *NOTE: This is between 4 to 8pm in the US depending on where you live.

NOTIFICATION: All entrants will be notified 7-10 days after the deadline.

ENTRY FEE: €15 ($17.90) for 3, €20 ($23.86) for 5, & €25 ($29.83) for 7.

JUROR: Zsolt Bátori is a philosopher of art and photographer, living in Budapest. He has taught philosophy of art & photo theory courses at various universities in the U.S. & Hungary. Zsolt is also the founder & director of PH21 Gallery.

AWARDS: 1 juror’s choice & up to 3 honorable mentions will be selected. The juror’s choice receives 3 free entries for an upcoming exhibition.

SALES: Gallery commission is 25%. Exhibition prints will be kept on file for future sale and promotion for the photographer, unless the photographer prefers some other arrangement. In case of a sale inquiry the photographer will be contacted. (Submitted photographs, however, do not have to be for sale, & exhibit prints won’t be sold; they are for exhibition and promotion purposes only.)

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Lines

Posted on January 4, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

LINING UP
for dinner

As linear foods go, I make a mean grilled eggplant lasagna. I don’t usually fall for the layered foods like 7-layer dips and trifles, but lasagna is the exception. Most people are replacing the meat when they use eggplant in lasagna, I’m really replacing the noodles. While I can find wheat-less pasta of most types, lasagna noodles have eluded me. So, eggplant makes a gorgeous replacement. I make it in a glass plan just to get the composition perfect. Ridiculous. This next Call is a far better use of a line obsession. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Darkroom Gallery (Essex Junction, VT) for Lines. They always have a low entry fee ($24) & a great juror. And the theme leaves lots of room for interpretation. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Lines

Lines are powerful compositional elements that control the way eyes move through an image. The effect that lines have on an image varies. Horizontal lines convey a sense of width, stability, calm, lazy, security, relaxation, constancy and timelessness. Whereas vertical lines convey a sense of strength, height, integrity, solidity, dominance, power, peace & tranquility, substance or permanence. This Call is for images that utilize lines in innovative and dynamic ways. — from darkroomgallery.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Photography (line-themed)

DEADLINE: January 21, 2015

NOTIFICATION: January 28, 2015

ENTRY FEE: Up to 4 for $24 (online)/$29 (email)

JUROR: Dr. Rebecca Senf is the Norton Family Curator of Photography, a joint appointment at the Center for Creative Photography and the Phoenix Art Museum. She curates three exhibitions a year for the Doris and John Norton Gallery for the Center for Creative Photography in Phoenix.

Senf grew up in Tucson and went to undergraduate school at the University of Arizona, studying the History of Photography. She spent ten years in Boston, Massachusetts where she earned a Ph.D. in Art History at Boston University. In Boston she worked on the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston’s major exhibition Ansel Adams from The Lane Collection, for which she also co-authored the exhibition catalogue. In October of 2012 her book Reconstructing the View: The Grand Canyon Photographs of Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe was released by University of California Press. Recent projects include exhibitions on the photographic book and in the next few months she will open two exhibitions focused on platinum photography.

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. Honorable Mentions receive free exhibition catalogs and free entry in a future exhibition.

SALES: Free matting & framing of accepted entries, subject to standard sizes. For commission details, go to the bottom of the Submissions page!

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

*Editor’s Note: It is important to let Darkroom Gallery know you found their Call on artandartdeadlines.com. They are friends & sponsors of AAAD, and I always want them to know they have our support…

CALL for ENTRIES: Benjamin’s Buttons

Posted on December 23, 2014December 23, 2014 by R.L. Gibson

the cornball
TRUTH

Iowa = Corn. I have no doubt Iowans are justifiably proud of their corn. But, I could not BELIEVE they reintroduced my favorite food with a twist –Caprese Salad on a Stick. The Iowa State Fair debuted this genius idea in 2014. How did I miss this one? I ended up using it at my own art opening less than a month later. This next Call is another reasons Iowans should be proud. Investigate this opportunity…

Check out this Call for Entries from The Chait Galleries Downtown (Iowa City, IA) for Benjamin’s Buttons–Faces of Intensity. I love this theme, and the gallery space is truly gorgeous. Take a look…

*Editor’s Note: If you have read the personal portion of this post, CALL for ENTRIES: Benjamin’s Buttons, anywhere other than by email subscription or on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, it has been published without permission and is considered theft.

CALL for ENTRIES:
Benjamin’s Buttons

How do you judge intensity? What experience can you portray through portraiture that captures the spirit and invites viewers to share emotion and understanding? What do you envision when someone’s buttons are pushed to or beyond their limits?

How do you judge intensity? What experience can you portray through portraiture that captures the spirit and invites viewers to share emotion and understanding? What do you envision when someone’s buttons are pushed to or beyond their limits? — from the prospectus

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+ residing in the U.S.

MEDIA: Open to all 2D and 3D media accepted except photography. 2D artwork must not exceed 16 inches on any side, including frame. 3D artwork should not exceed 12 inches on any side.

DEADLINE:
January 23, 2015

NOTIFICATION:
January 28, 2015

ENTRY FEE: $30 for up to 3, $10 ea. add’l

AWARDS: Best in Show $400
& Honorable Mention $250

SALES: Work that is sold during the show will generate a 50% commission to the artist, which will be paid by the 20th of the month following the date the sale occurred.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

ARTIST to LOVE: Laura Mabbutt

Posted on December 22, 2014 by R.L. Gibson

We found another great artist to celebrate!

This time it is a feltmaker! Say “Hello” to our newest Artist to Love…

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Laura Mabbutt
Designer/Maker of Felt Objects

Necklaces made from Merino wool & copper piping by Laura Mabbutt

Necklaces
Merino wool & copper piping

MABBUTT has been making felt for 10 years specializing in sculptural wet felt techniques & creating fashion & home accessories & sculptural forms from undyed wools & natural fibers. Her aim is to raise awareness of the material & its natural properties, creating unique, contemporary & desirable objects. Mabbutt's work has been exhibited in many venues including the Mall Galleries, London & The National Centre for Craft & Design. Laura also takes satisfaction in teaching the craft of feltmaking to others & is available for demos & workshops.

FAVORITE FOOD: Veggie Roast Dinner

Are you an Artist to Love? Be sure to let us know!

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ARTIST to LOVE: Dan McCormack

Posted on December 16, 2014 by R.L. Gibson

We found another
great artist to celebrate!

This time it is a photographer! Say “Hello” to our newest Artist to Love…

• • • • • • • • •

Dan McCormack
Photography

Vera
Pinhole Photography

McCORMACK used a round oatmeal box pinhole camera to create a series of visceral images. Through successive pulling of curves in Photoshop, B&W values are replaced with color. The “Nude at Home” series, began about five years ago.

McCormack photographs the model nude in her home, apartment or studio. With the model in her space, all the objects in the image are a part of the life of the model. Then the pose, the furniture and the long, two minute exposures reveal an intimate portrait of the subject.

FAVORITE FOOD: Blueberries

Are you an Artist to Love? Be sure to let us know!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Flowers, Plants & Gardens

Posted on December 15, 2014 by R.L. Gibson

sweet or
SOUR?

I dream of lemons & olives–and corn, of course. While dreaming of my future garden, I am excited at the prospect of growing non-GMO corn. But, I also have fantasies of the produce I love most like lemons and olives, neither of which is native to my climate. Is it just enormous hubris on my part to believe that if I try to grow them in a walipini that they will automatically surpass the quality of the native-grown varieties that I buy after their long trip to my local grocery store? What is it about humans that makes us want to manipulate plants? This next Call wants to see how you successfully manipulate plants in your art. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net (online) for Flowers, Plants & Gardens. The entry fee is as little as $15, and the prize packages are fantastic. Don’t miss the opportunity…

*Editor’s Note: If you have read the personal portion of this post, CALL for ENTRIES: Flowers, Plants & Gardens, anywhere other than by email subscription or on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, it has been published without permission and is considered theft.

CALL for ENTRIES:
Flowers, Plants & Gardens

ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+

MEDIA: All 2D Media – painting, drawing, mixed media, photography or digital medium

THEME: Flowers, Plants & Gardens – Individual interpretations of plants. The work can reflect on nature’s remarkable abundance and diversity in the wild, in a garden, or an individual plant and or the beauty or complexity of a single leaf or petal.

DEADLINE: January 12, 2014

NOTIFICATION: January 16, 2014

ENTRY FEE: $15 for 1, $30 for 3, $60 for 7

AWARDS: 1st Place $500 cash & other awards valued at $5200. 2nd place – $125 cash & other awards valued at $1625. 3rd Place – $75 Cash. 4th Place – $50 cash.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Black & White

Posted on December 11, 2014December 11, 2014 by R.L. Gibson

what is
BLACK & WHITE
and read?

Please stop eating fake foods. Every time I make a statement like that, I lose subscribers. But I care about your health like I care about my own. It is black & white, but I pick my battles. I won’t try to talk you into organic produce (although it is recommended), but I can beg you to stop eating fake food. No cheese food. No imitation vanilla. No caramel coloring or stuff you can’t pronounce. This next Call is a Black & White issue as well. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from F-Stop Magazine for their Portfolio Issue #69. No Entry Fee. And an opportunity to join the Hotshoe community FREE. Be sure to tell them you found F-Stop through artandartdeadlines.com. One of our Featured Artists made it into their current Portfolio issue. We know you will continue to make us proud…

*Editor’s Note: If you have read the personal portion of this post, CALL for SUBMISSIONS: Black & White, anywhere other than by email subscription or on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, it has been published without permission and is considered theft.

CALL for SUBMISSIONS:
Black & White

Please be sure to follow the
guidelines closely!

ELIGIBILITY:
Open to all artists

MEDIA:
Photography

DEADLINE:
January 15, 2015

PUBLICATION:
February 1, 2015

ENTRY FEE: None

AWARDS: This issue is sponsored by Hotshoe the photography club for black and white photography. The selected featured artist will receive a 1 year PRO membership at Hotshoe.org.

ABOUT F-Stop: F-STOP MAGAZINE is an online photography magazine featuring contemporary photography from established and emerging photographers from around the world. Each issue has a theme or an idea that the unites the photographs to create a dynamic dialogue among the artists. Founded in 2003 and published online, bi-monthly.

Category: Tips

just a LITTLE BITE

CALL for ENTRIES: 20x20x20 Compact

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

WIENERS, anyone?

CALL for ENTRIES: Feminist Sex

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! food & art

Today, we name the 2014 Artist of the Year!

Congratulations to Emily Mitchell, AAAD’s 2014 Artist of the Year

Do you want to be the 2015 Artist of the Year? It all starts with the Featured Artist Contest.

JUST SAY NO the brown has gotta go

CALL for ENTRIES: Colour Burst

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

LINING UP for dinner

CALL for ENTRIES: Lines

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

the cornball TRUTH

CALL for ENTRIES: Benjamin’s Buttons

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

This time it is a feltmaker! Say “Hello” to our newest Artist to Love…

• • • • • • • • •

Are you an Artist to Love? Be sure to let us know!

• • • • • • • • •

This time it is a photographer! Say “Hello” to our newest Artist to Love…

• • • • • • • • •

Are you an Artist to Love? Be sure to let us know!

• • • • • • • • •

sweet or SOUR?

CALL for ENTRIES: Flowers, Plants & Gardens

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

what is BLACK & WHITE and read?

CALL for SUBMISSIONS: Black & White

For complete details, Read the Guidelines!

just a
LITTLE BITE

CALL for ENTRIES:
20x20x20 Compact

WIENERS,
anyone?

CALL for ENTRIES:
Feminist Sex

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
food & art

Today, we name the
2014 Artist of the Year!

Congratulations to
Emily Mitchell,
AAAD’s 2014 Artist of the Year

Do you want to be the 2015 Artist of the Year?
It all starts with the Featured Artist Contest.

JUST SAY NO
the brown has gotta go

CALL for ENTRIES:
Colour Burst

LINING UP
for dinner

CALL for ENTRIES:
Lines

the cornball
TRUTH

CALL for ENTRIES:
Benjamin’s Buttons

sweet or
SOUR?

CALL for ENTRIES:
Flowers, Plants & Gardens

what is
BLACK & WHITE
and read?

CALL for SUBMISSIONS:
Black & White