ADAMS was born in the rural outskirts of Pittsburgh, PA, where she lived before settling in Charlotte, NC. Adams obtained a BA in Art & Education from Wingate University & a MFA in Painting at the University of SC. Her research on objects and the interior is drawn from the emotional memory of solitude and longing that the memory of place or thing holds for her. She is inspired by the desire to express, through ideas of shared experience, the emotional memory that these locations or 'special objects' hold.
My pantry is a library of food fads and favorites. You’ll find canned tomatoes from my mother (necessary to all of my favorite dishes) and high-fat coconut milk (necessary to all quiet indulgences). Then there is the the fruit cocktail, quince marmalade, pickled herring, kimchi, a jar of black lime & a few dried apricots left over from some food obsession or experiment that either went awry or with which I got bored. I can’t bring myself to get rid of the non-expired food no matter how random because they occasionally inspire genius. This next Call displays the beauty of collecting and sometimes inspires genius. This is a beautiful idea…
Check out this Call for Entries from The Brooklyn Art Library for The Sketchbook Project (SBP 2015). Send your work on tour of museums and galleries across North America for as little as $25! Since the last time I mention SBP, there is now a digitized option! Take a look…
*Editor’s Note: If you have read the personal portion of this post,CALL for ENTRIES: The Sketchbook Project, anywhere other than by email subscription or on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, it has been published without permission and is considered theft.
MEDIA:Open to all media that an be contained within the confines of the 5″ x 7″ x 1″ sketchbook. It can open to any size, but it must fold down and not exceed 5” wide x 7” high x 1” thick. You are welcome to cut, rebind or alter the book in any other way – just please remember to keep it less than 1” thick. Please read the media tips and tricks.
THEMES: For a complete list of themes, click here.
DEADLINE: You must purchase your sketchbook by January 5, 2015, but the postmark deadline isn’t until March 31, 2015.
ENTRY FEE:$25 minimum fee for a standard 5″ x 7″ x 1″ sketchbook that, once completed, registered and returned will go permanently on view at Brooklyn Art Library & travel in their Mobile Library. OR
$60 digitzed fee for a standard 5″ x 7″ x 1″ sketchbook that, once completed, registered and returned will go permanently on view at Brooklyn Art Library & travel in their Mobile Library. In addition, it will be viewable in the Digital library, have a custom URL to share the digital link, can be added to curated Collections and can be added to a Queue.
To freeze or not to freeze– THAT is the question. I tend to cook in large quantities. I do it on purpose to provide additional dinners, but mostly lunches, with the same amount of effort it took to make dinner. The problem is that not all food freezes well. Chili is great reheated after being frozen for a week, but potato soup becomes paste after only a day in the freezer. Casseroles take on a luscious, unctuous quality while mushrooms turn to rubber. This next Call want you to freeze TIME, for better or for worse. Brilliant. Are you up for the challenge?
Check out this Call for Entries from the Darkroom Gallery(Essex Junction, VT) for Chronograph. They always have a low entry fee ($24) & a great juror. But, I have a soft spot for this theme. Take a look…
*Editor’s Note: If you have read the personal portion of this post,CALL for ENTRIES: Chronograph, anywhere other than by email subscription or on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, it has been published without permission and is considered theft.
“Photography is a medium renowned for freezing time. However, there are many facets and dichotomies this theme of chronology can visually explore. Darkroom Gallery is calling for explorative visual depictions of time. Pasts and futures can often collide…and what of time travelers and quantum physics? Lastly, photographs can be truly devoid of time, they can have a sort of classic “timelessness”. “— from darkroomgallery.com
ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+
MEDIA: Photography
THEME:Time-oriented photography; vintage, futuristic or rhythmic imagery.
JUROR:Johan Hallberg-Campbell, born in Scotland & living in Canada, is a Graduate of The Glasgow School of Art. As a freelance photographer, he has worked for numerous publications and institutions worldwide, shooting assignments globally.
Johan’s commissioned and personal work has been published and exhibited internationally. As a freelance Curator, he has curated 45 photographic exhibitions in galleries such as VII gallery, New York and Pikto gallery, Toronto, showcasing the works of local, national and international photographers. Johan is the photo editor at Raw View magazine alongside Donald Weber. His work explores what it means to belong to a community and have traditions rooted in heritage, and alternatively what happens when one’s “place” is altered, removed, distorted and shifted. He continues to develop his book length project ‘Coastal’, a project photographing the Canadian coastline in which he was awarded a Canada Council for the Arts grant to make work in 2014. He will continue producing ‘Coastal’ in 2015.
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!
My first taste of coconut milk, and I was sold. It isn’t always that way. Beets took 20 years to get on my good side. But coconut milk is good in everything. Granted, I prefer the high fat canned version, but I’m even enamored using the carton in the frig for everything from breakfast cereal to hot cocoa–and then there is the homemade ice cream, yum. This next Call is your chance to fall in love with something on the very first try. There is only one first, so don’t miss your opportunity…
Check out this Call for Entries from Paint Pulse Magazine(both online & print)for Issue #1! Here’s a great chance to get in on their debut issue. $15 for entry & all disciplines considered . Take a chance…
*Editor’s Note: If you have read the personal portion of this post, CALL for ENTRIES: Paint Pulse Mag, anywhere other than by email subscription or on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, it has been published without permission and is considered theft.
MEDIA:Any discipline is accepted. The lens of painting is widely interpreted so feel free to submit what you wish. *Editor’s note: I clarified this statement with the editors of Paint Pulse. Specifically: “all media is accepted as long as it can be loosely related to painting”.
DEADLINE:December 31, 2014
NOTIFICATION:Shortly after submission according to their site
ENTRY FEE:$15 for up to 3 images
AWARDS: 20 talented contemporary artists will be featured in Issue 1. Selected artists will receive social media attention, spotlight on the website with contact information and will also receive a complimentary magazine of the issue for which they were selected.
Breakfast is beloved in my house. Everywhere I have ever lived, including some time in the Virgin Islands, breakfast has been the biggest meal of the day because it was always the cheapest. Even tiny islands in the Caribbean can raise chickens instead of importing eggs. So, a cheeseburger might be $18, but breakfast was always under $5. Those days have passed, and breakfast can be a pricey endeavor. It is apparently even more expensive if you get up a little later and call it brunch. Start your morning with this next Call because it is definitely cheaper than brunch. 🙂 Take a look…
Check out this Call for Entries for the 52nd Annual Juried Exhibition from the Masur Museum of Art(Monroe, LA). $10 entry fee, no commission, and the gallery is stunning. This is a great opportunity!
*Editor’s Note: If you have read the personal portion of this post, CALL for ENTRIES: 52nd Masur, anywhere other than by email subscription or onArtAndArtDeadlines.com, it has been published without permission and is considered theft.
DEADLINE: January 1, 2015 (online) and December 27, 2014 for postmarked entries
NOTIFICATION: January 21, 2015
ENTRY FEE: There is a $10 per work with a minimum of 2 and a max of 5 entries
JUROR:Sandra Q. Firmin was Curator of the UB Art Galleries, gallery of the University of Buffalo SUNY, a position she held from 2003 to 2014. Firmin is currently the Director and Chief Curator, Colorado University Art Museum.
Firmin holds an M.A. from Bard College’s Center for Curatorial Studies, and was awarded a Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative Fellowship at Arcadia University Art Gallery. At the UB Art Galleries, Firmin established an annual residency program in which artists are presented with an empty gallery to transform over time while open to the public. These commissioned projects aim to forge meaningful interactions between artists and diverse groups of people while acknowledging a turn toward research-based and ephemeral site-specific approaches in contemporary art. In 2014 Firmin co-chaired (with Julian Cox) the Association of Art Museum Curators’ annual conference in Detroit, and moderated the panel Urban Ecologies and Cultural Exchange.
AWARDS:Best in Show is $1,000, and total awards are $3,200.00. The People’s Choice Award is $200.00 and will be voted on by visitors throughout the run of the exhibition. Best Packed: This award will honor the artist who packs their art in the most professional manner. The award is $100. *No packing peanuts, feedbags, loose papers as packing materials, no cigarette butts, etc. These types of things will disqualify you! This prize will be decided by the Masur Museum staff. I ♥ this!
SALES: The Masur Museum of Artdoes not receive a commission on sales.
The December mayhem has set in, and we’re only 3 days into the month. And my own art has taken a back seat to other commitments and tasks once again. It seems I can’t every find the time to plot and illustrate and plan and follow through on those plans. I vow this year will be different. I’m putting up a real tree (rare in my household), and this month’s artist has inspired me to string popcorn in addition to my well-planned and plotted decorative theme. And this year, art will happen IN ADDITION TO and inspite of all the holiday mayhem. AND without all the traditional plotting and planning. I am excited to see where it goes…
This month’s artist has spent years learning the art of letting go and production through play. Her work reflects a deep connection to the beauty of nature without hidden agendas–just connection and PLAY.
ArtAndArtDeadlines.com is proud to claim Emily Mitchell as this month’s Featured Artist. This work spotlights home and family and parenting and human connection–life, really. And, I really needed it. Please let it sink it and consider it a holiday gift.
For the past 20 years, Emily Mitchell has been working as an art educator, and holds a M.A. Ed. in Art Education. The joy of teaching artists has allowed her to thrive on inspiration from others including teaching High School Art, including AP Studio Art, at Champlain Valley Union High School in Hinesburgh, Vermont. Mitchell had the opportunity to work with John Crowe from Massachusetts College of Art, and with Peter London, Professor Emeritus of Art Education, UMass Dartmouth. “I am eternally grateful to them both for allowing me to simply play in my work.”
When not making art or managing family, Mitchell can often be found swimming with the BASS Masters Swim team, riding her bike with the kids, battling weeds in the garden, GF baking, obsessing about acappella music, reading, or exploring a small corner of Vermont.
How has the teaching art to others informed your own approach? Has years of teaching informed your sense of play? “Without question, I love making art with people, and I find that interacting with them, through is invaluable to my own art. My mind works in a very spiral manner – my train of thought will go from a process, to thinking and making connections through art history – helping others grow. Right now I teach adults and do the occasional workshop. But before this, I spent 16 years teaching K-5 in Massachusetts, and then 9-12 here in Vermont. Back in 2000, after reading “The Dot” by Peter Reynolds to my 4th graders, I saved their responses to the story, and often, when I am stuck, or frustrated, I will look at it. Its truly magic, free, full of joy, and THAT feeds me! Plus, kids are hilarious – and I learn so much from what they bring (mainly joy and abandon)to art making!”
Talk to me about your paint process. For example, which comes first, the title and concept or the work? “The process I currently use is an amalgamation of three amazing art course I have taken in my life – plus about 40 years of making art. The first was called “Vigorous Play for Artists/Teachers” and it was taught at UMASS by John Crowe. I took the course in the summer of 1998, and it changed my life–Crowe did not talk for the entire week! He pushed us through readings, critiques, and playful challenges, which for me, resulted in a wonderful body of artists books, and a show of my work and the work of my elementary students. The second was called “Drawing Closer to Nature” with Peter London – that one was hosted by Kirpalu.”
“The third class I took just last year in January of 2013. Flora Bowley’s e-course, Bloom True, reinvigorated all that I “knew” in terms of process, approach, but had neglected, forgotten and moved away from after 8 years of teaching more “formal” technical drawing. Most importantly, Flora’s class helped me let go of needing to know what my work was going to look like.
“Now, I literally feel my way through my work…”
“…working in layers, responding to colors, patterns, textures, feelings, a word in a song… the title could come from any of those things, or simply a feeling weeks later (or if I’m hanging a show and I’m like, “Crap! I need a title fast!”). I find that the final pieces really reflect a mood or idea in my own life, and the visual result is part of the process of understanding.”
You seem to have VISUAL connection to nature? Is there a deeper underlying meaning or connection for you? I spent 5 summers working at summer camp in Connecticut. I found that this place helped me find myself more than college or traveling ever did. It was a place of deep personal growth and connections–and it happens to be on its own private lake, surrounded by trees. The light & sounds there are unlike any other. I still hear them in dreams. Now, I am lucky enough to live in Vermont (where it gets damn cold!), but there is beauty everywhere here–in the food, in the woods.
While I love the culture of cities,
I need space, air and green to fully breathe and live!
Detail of Horizon 2 by Featured Artist Painter Emily Mitchell!
What are you trying to say with your work? How does it connect to your need to explore human connection? “Because I do not plan anything at all, I really feel like each piece is a response or story about the paint, my heart, and everyone’s desire to feel connected to others. While the characters in the work may be realistic (birds, trees) or abstract (bubbles or circles) the connection and harmony within the space is there and somewhat intentional. Ironically, I need to plan less in my daily life–but that’s hard to do with two busy kids!”
What style or school of art do you think work fits into? “My work is probably Realistic Expressionist, maybe? Color is certainly predominant in the art, but so is space and depth.”
What is your favorite food addiction? “Ok, this is going to sound really boring, but I actually LOVE salad with roasted veggies, my own greens, chicken and either goat or feta cheese. I essentially chop up whatever I have in my veggie drawer season with “slacker herbs” (aka Mrs. Dash) and a bit of oil. My husband also makes a mean maple balsamic dressing – I DO live in Vermont so any excuse to use Maple…We also have a pretty large localvore movement here in Vermont with about 10 CSAs(community-supported or shared agriculture) I can think of right around me! I have a garden, where I grow purple carrots, beans, lettuce, etc. and when possible, I do try to purchase as much meat and produce locally.” You are a woman after my heart. Veggies rock my world sometimes, and we certainly have goat cheese in common. But honestly, I’m going to pick chocolate every time.
What if your favorite snack food obsession? “Popcorn. I could easily eat about 12 cups of it. We make it old school with Oil in our “Whirly Pop”, and I use an herb salt on it, and when I’m feeling really VT hippy, I also toss a bit of nutritional yeast on it.” Okay, I edit responses to questions–usually only for length. So, most readers have NO IDEA how often I hear about nutritional yeast. Clearly, I am going to have to give in and try it.
On a more personal note , most of my readers know I don’t’ eat gluten due to the ugly presence of Celiac disease in my household–2 of the 3 of us. So, if you don’t mind my asking, how long have you been GF?*Editor’s Note: Published with full permission of the artist. “I have Thyroid Disease, and it was suggested I try being GF to help my thyroid function. It was also suggested to ditch dairy to be truly on the anti-inflammatory free diet…but man I LIVE IN VERMONT–there is NO WAY I am bailing on cheese! We have so much amazing cheese! So I limit cheese and diary but skip the wheat. Ironically, my asthma went away after eliminating wheat.” My son’s lactose intolerance completely disappeared, and he is happy to trade gluten for cheese any day.
What’s coming up next for you? “I have this idea for 20-30 small wood panel paintings to be displayed together – I may do this as part of an upcoming art-a-day event. I have also been pushing myself to do two portrait drawings per month to keep the ‘classical’ drawing skills fresh!”
Thank you, Emily,for reminding us that
play is productive.
I hoard recipes in a little Campbell’s Soup box on my kitchen counter top. I also post them to a private group on FB & pin them to a board in Pinterest too. Honestly, I rarely follow a recipe, but I learn so much from how other people cook. Art should be the same way. I hope you are out there looking at art online & OFF line. Share & try not to be afraid of copy cats. Remember, what makes your work YOURS can’t ever be duplicated.
If it weren’t for sharing, this blog wouldn’t exist. Just in case you forgot how it all got started in the first place, here is a link. I share my experiences, recommendations & cautionary tales about food and art with all of you. But, I also share it in a series of career development workshops at the Arts & Culture Alliance in Knoxville, TN. I have one coming up in February on How to Price your Artwork, and I would love to have your input. The “right” answer is… whatever works for you. But, the real question is… does is REALLY WORK for you? Are you selling art? So, this call asks that you share your recipe for success…with me.
Check out this Call for Artists from AAAD for Pricing your Art, a call for feedback. Yours truly needs your help making sure that I am passing along a recipe for success to novice and emerging artists. Don’t worry, there’s a reward…
CALL for ARTISTS: Pricing your ART!
ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists
MEDIA: Open to all media
DEADLINE:December 15, 2014
NOTIFICATION of AWARDS: By December 23, 2014
ENTRY FEE:None, of course
AWARDS: I will choose 1 out of every 5 feedback forms (at random) to award a FREEArtist to Love listing & post ($15 value).
*Editor’s Note: The only REQUIRED information below is your Name, Location & Pricing strategy. I will NEVER give away or sell your information to anyone EVER. I will not reveal your pricing strategy to any with your name attached. The information will be aggregated to form a range of working options and prevailing theories for new artists that need the assistance. I will be the ONLY ONE that reads the information you fill out below. Please note, when you submit the form, it will be emailed to me at submitart@artandartdeadlines.com. If you are uncomfortable using the form below, feel free to email the information to me directly.
I want to encourage you to share your best practices below. Do you price on whim? Do you track your studio time? Do you have a formula (cost of materials+ 2x hourly labor–for example). Do you have an average cost per square inch that you apply generally. Do you charge the same amount when you are not paying commission? Please tell us more… (continues below the form)
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After the February workshop, I will publish all the information so that everyone can benefit whether you are in Knoxville or the other side of the planet!
Give us all the details for a chance to be anArtist to Love!
What’s behind the naming of state foods? The obvious answer is that it honors a crop vital to a state’s economy and/or identity, right? Wisconsin has milk. Florida has oranges. And so on. But what about the dozen or so U.S. states that does not claim a state food. Iowa has a state rock (the geode) but no state food. If you have any idea why, I’d love to know. In the meantime, here’s a Call from an arts organization that Iowa should be proud to claim. Investigate…
*Editor’s Note: If you have read the personal portion of this post,CALL for ENTRIES: 47th Octagon National, anywhere other than by email subscription or on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, it has been published without permission and is considered theft.
ELIGIBILITY: All artists 18+ residing in the continental U.S.
MEDIA:Any Media is eligible including paintings, photos, jewelry, sculptures, etc.
DEADLINE:December 5, 2014
NOTIFICATION:December 15, 2014
ENTRY FEE:$30 for up to 3($25 for Octagon members)
JUROR:Pauline Verbeek-Cowart, a native of the Netherlands, received her BFA (1982)in Fine Art from the Maryland Institute and her MFA in textile design from the University of Kansas (1995). After teaching at the University of Kansas she joined the faculty of the Kansas City Art Institute, where she has been developing the area of constructed textiles since 1997 and where she chairs the Fiber program. She is a leader in the use of new technologies in hand-weaving and has researched using industrial looms in The Netherlands & the US. Most of her weavings span several feet in both directions & comment on the nature of woven surfaces. Through structure, material, image and/or surface treatments, she demonstrates that weaving is unique in building an image.
AWARDS:Winifred V. Brown Best of Show: $1,000, 1st Place: $500, 2nd Place: $250, 3rd Place: $100, & (3) Honorable Mentions: $50 ea.
SALES: The Octagon retains a 40% commission on any artwork that is sold, so price accordingly on entry form. Artwork not for sale must be marked NFS and have a value for insurance purposes.
I have grits for breakfast 3+ days per week. I have a favorite brand of organic, non-GMO grits that never cease to inspire. On a busy morning, it is scrambled eggs over the top of cheese grits. The next morning, the refrigerated left over grits are cut into cakes that are sauteed and used as the base for Eggs Benedict. This morning it was Charleston-style milk grits with a poached egg & chorizo. There is no end to the independent spirit of this simple staple. This next Call is an inspiration of grits proportions as well. Take a look…
Check out this Call for Proposals from the Nickelodeon Theatre for the Future Perfect themed Indie Grits Film Festival. Entries/Proposals ARE NOT limited to film. No entry fee either. Don’t pass this one by…
THEME:Future Perfect. What is Future Perfect? It is the new southern city, urban design for tomorrow in a technological environment, cars that drive themselves, plastic biology, thought-controlled machines, seeds that produce sterile offspring, invisible cities, roads that drain the sun, utopian daydreams, eminent domain, an electric imagination, drones, highly efficient minimalism, living architecture. Future Perfect is what we will make it.
ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists with a connection to the Southeast United States. It is up to each applicant to make an argument for a valid connection.
MEDIA: ALL disciplines of art are acceptable: painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, sound, video, installation, mixed-media, etc. Artwork can be pre-existing, but it must have a connection to the 2015 theme of Future Perfect. In the application each artist must describe how their proposed work ties into Future Perfect.
DEADLINE:December 5, 2014
NOTIFICATION: January 16, 2015
ENTRY FEE:None
AWARDS: The Indie Grits Film Festival is a program of the Nickelodeon Theatre, a non profit with a tight budget; please mke an effort to hold down costs. They will select 15-25 artists/collaborations. Projects will receive $50 – $1000 with most being on the low end of that spectrum.
The creativity of food preparation has fundamentally changed on a mainstream level in the past 20 years. A larger segment of the population cooks with abandon now. The great divide between foods destined to be either savory or sweet seems to have slowly disappeared. Chocolate is as likely to show up in an entree as bacon is to show up in a dessert. This next Call encourages you to explore and challenge boundaries presented by both materials & concepts. Take a look…
Check out this Call for Entries from the Woman Made Gallery(Chicago, IL) for their 18th Int’l Open. This is a special gallery with a fantastic history of well-curated shows, and I have a soft spot for this year’s juror. Do your homework, ladies…
*Editor’s Note: If you have read the personal portion of this post,CALL for ENTRIES: 18th Woman Made, anywhere other than by email subscription or onArtAndArtDeadlines.com, it has been published without permission and is considered theft.
MEDIA:All themes, styles, and media will be considered– explore & challenge conceptual & material boundaries!
DEADLINE:November 28, 2014
NOTIFICATION:December 17, 2014
ENTRY FEE:$30 for up to 3 images
JUROR:Gill Gatfield has MFA & Bachelor of Laws from Auckland University. In 2011, she won a major national public art competition for a site-specific sculpture in Auckland NZ. In 2012, she was nominated as a member of Global Women, a multi-sector organization of women leaders with global perspectives. A monograph on her practice, ‘Abstract Figure: Gill Gatfield,’ was released at the 2013 International Sculpture Centre Symposium. Gatfield’s work blends abstraction with conceptualism, and contemporary with classical. Trans-disciplinary in approach, she uses diverse media to create interconnected series of texts, frames, and monochromes. Her work is held in collections in NZ, Australia, USA, Canada, UK, Germany and Switzerland. *Many of you are slacking off on doing your homework on jurors. Don’t skip this step!
AWARDS:1st Prize: Solo Show in 2016 at WMG; 2nd Prize: $500 ; 3rd Prize: $250
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