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CALL for ENTRIES: Dark

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

the
DARKER
the better

I usually like to get food as close to the source or source process as possible. But, I cannot bring myself to love Mexican chocolate. Most of the world uses a conche for varying lengths of time to incorporate cocoa butter within chocolate. The longer the processing, the smoother the chocolate. But Mexican chocolate is still often stone-ground which produces a gritty texture. I am addicted to dark chocolate, but I want it smoooooth. This next Call offers the opportunity for you to be dark and either smooth or gritty. To each their own…

Check out of this Call for Entries from the Arc Studios & Gallery (San Francisco, CA) for Dark. Everyone needs to explore their dark side. Here’s your chance…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Dark

What is dark, what was hidden,
what needs to be revealed?

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all US artists

MEDIA: Sculpture, painting, drawing, photo, printmaking, ceramics, mixed media, assemblage, collage, fiber art & artist books.

DEADLINE: September 4th, 2014

ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to 3

JUROR: Nancy Toomey graduated from NYU & did graduate work at UCLA. She is the owner of Toomey Tourell Gallery. Though based in San Francisco, Toomey Tourell represents artists from around. Through its exhibitions, the gallery encourages the development of artists, and fosters the myriad techniques and concepts that identify the contemporary art market.

AWARDS: Juror’s ribbon & certificate goes to 3 works that most express the “Dark” theme.

SALES: Arc Gallery receives 40% commission.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Oil & Water

Posted on July 10, 2014 by R.L. Gibson

OIL
me up

Olive oil seems quintessentially Italian to me. But, did you know that the top producer of olive oil, by a fairly wide margin, is Spain? I always think of it as Italian or Greek. This next Call is not just about oil, but water too. Take a look at this opportunity…

Check out this Call for Entries from Woman Made Gallery (Chicago) for Oil & Water, a juried painting exhibit. This is a fantastic venue (personal experience) in a town known for having a great art scene. Give it a try…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Oil & Water

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all painting media: oil, acrylic, water color, gouache, encaustic, with the addition of m/m if desired, on canvas, wood, paper or any other 2D or 3D surface.

DEADLINE: August 27, 2014

NOTIFICATION: September 12, 2014

ENTRY FEE: $30 for up to 3

JUROR: With an MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Sarah Krepp has been a noted Chicago artist for more than 25 years. She has shown nationally and internationally, and her work is included in many corporate and private collections. Locally she is represented by Roy Boyd Gallery in Chicago. In 2003 Sarah Krepp became founding and on-going director of DIALOGUE CHICAGO, an interdisciplinary critique/seminar that includes artists from painting to installation, performance, and time arts. She is the curator for Gallery 175, Chicago.

Sarah Krepp is Professor Emeritus of Art and former Chair of the Painting Program in the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has over 20 years of teaching experience at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Southern Illinois University, the Burren College of Art (Ballyvaughn, Ireland), as well as the University of Illinois.

SALES: WMG will retain a 40% commission.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Seascapes

Posted on July 9, 2014 by R.L. Gibson

the
TROUT
trick

Fresh fish is so close I can almost taste it. No really, my husband literally goes around the corner to fish for brook trout that my municipality stocks the local river with from the government-run hatchery to ensure tourists can fish. You can’t make up a story like that. Well, yes, you can, but I didn’t; I swear. No lake trip necessary. But a trip to the sea would make for great inspiration for this next Call. Here’s another opportunity…

Check out this Call for Entries from Contemporary Art Gallery (online) for Seascapes/Water. You can enter for as little $15, & everyone needs a little art publication! Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Seascapes

Water can be anything from rain, a droplet, or a babbling brook.Water can be ice, a glacial, or running from your faucet. Be Creative & have fun with it!

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all 2D & 3D media

DEADLINE: July 31, 2014

NOTIFICATION: August 11, 2014

ENTRY FEE: $15 for 1 to 3 & $20 for up to 5

AWARDS: Prizes include Lifetime Memberships to Contemporary Art Gallery Online, Radio Interviews, Inclusion in the Year End Anthology Publication, Extensive Marketing and much more. Their Radio Shows have had more than 100,000 listens, & the Gallery receives over 125,000 unique visitors a year with over 1.86 Million hits in a year. And finally your entry remains on the Gallery forever.

SALES: Artists must be willing to sell their work (print or original piece).

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Abstraction

Posted on July 8, 2014 by R.L. Gibson

ROMAINE
parm & garlic

I’ll take the Abstracted Caesar–hold the deconstruction. I love it when culinary lingo takes a weird side trek. Apparently the minute difference is that deconstructed food is technically a dish with ALL of its components separated. Meanwhile, abstracted food features only the main components separated out. Hilarious. In the meantime, this next Call wants your Abstract work, not deconstructive work. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Santa Cruz Art League (CA) for Degrees of Abstraction. We love this arts organization, and the juror has a well-documented personal style that runs contrary to the exhibition’s theme. Interesting…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Abstraction

Moving beyond verisimilitude abstraction frees the artist from the object. This opens the door for a vast variety of visual interpretations which indeed makes abstract art the most challenging. The artist’s facility with the materials & focus on surface makes abstraction particularly interesting today. But w/o personal content, symbolism or “event”, it risks becoming conceptually mundane & void of meaning.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to US artists

MEDIA: Printmaking, drawing, painting, bookmaking, collage, photography & 3D

DEADLINE: August 31, 2014

ENTRY FEE: $45 Non-member up to 3 / $35 SCAL Members ($20 fee/box for shipped work)

JUROR: Tobin Keller is an artist and educator who works and teaches in Northern California. His artwork is very much influenced by the community & natural beauty which surrounds him. Tobin received his Bachelor of Media Arts from Emily Carr University in Vancouver, British Columbia and holds a MFA in Illustration from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. He currently instructs courses at Mendocino College in Ukiah & works as a freelance illustrator & muralist.

AWARDS: The Juror will grant $1,000 in Awards

SALES: 45% commission to Santa Cruz Art League or 30% commission (for SCAL Members).

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: A Show of Heads

Posted on July 7, 2014 by R.L. Gibson

WATERMELON
weirdness

As I become more food wise, I also become more food wary. Even proven combinations like chocolate & peanut butter or mozzarella & balsamic become tiresome. And as I get bored, I start branching out and trying foods together just out of curiosity. Watermelon with olive oil & basil is delightful, by the way. That combination is as good as the combination award for this next call. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from SlowArt Productions for A Show of Heads at the Limner Gallery (NY). The awards for this show include BOTH a gallery show & art publication. Great combo…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
A Show of Heads

This exhibition will include all interpretations and portrayals of the human head, from the traditional to the abstract and conceptual. All visions of the head, including partial and multiple heads, will be reviewed and considered.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to any media

DEADLINE: August 31, 2014

NOTIFICATION: September 15, 2014

ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to 4, $5 ea add’l

AWARDS: Winning artists will be featured in a group exhibition at the Limner Gallery, October 23 – November 22, 2014. The exhibition will also be displayed on the Limner Gallery web site. One artist will be awarded a two-page display in Direct Art Volume #22, Fall 2015 issue. Two artists will be awarded a single page display. Direct Art is SlowArt’s proprietary magazine, distributed internationally in print and over the internet.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Feast your Eyes

Posted on July 6, 2014 by R.L. Gibson

FEED ME
please

Why NOT food? Yes, it is that time of year again. I’ve received more hate mail from artists that think this blog would be far more effective if I would just quit talking about food. The last time this happened, I actually added “a food-themed art blog” to the header. To be honest, the half-dozen hate mail emails I get a year don’t really bother me. But, I am always amazed at how much anger people can muster for the most insignificant issues. This next call is equally obsessed with food. I am in good company…

Check out this Call for Entries from Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center (Solomons, MD) for Feast your Eyes. Fantastic space, great curatorial vision & always prestigious company. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Feast your Eyes

Food can be more than sustenance; food can be a passion, an entertaining and delicious escape, a comfort, or an obsession. Food is vital to our lives and is certainly at the heart of every celebration. Food is the subject of endless books, news reports, scientific studies, social media posts, and conversations. We are deeply interested in its sustainability, production, processing, distribution, scarcity, quantity, quality, composition, and price. This show invites artists to explore these and other food-related issues, from the profound to the ridiculous. –from prospectus

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists working in the US

MEDIA:
Open to all media

DEADLINE:
August 15, 2014

NOTIFICATION:
August 29, 2014

ENTRY FEE:
$25 for up to 4

JUROR: The exhibit will be juried by a 1-2 member panel; typically, one member of the panel is drawn from the Smithsonian Institution.

AWARDS: Annmarie will present cash awards to outstanding work. Jurors will review installed works (not application images) for award selection. Award amounts are contingent upon sponsorship; typically there are at least 3 awards ranging from $250 – $750 ea. All award winning artists will receive an invitation for a solo or group show.

SALES: Annmarie will retain a 40% commission of the listed sale price.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Electric Walls

Posted on July 5, 2014 by R.L. Gibson

SAUCY
mothers

Knife skills are important if you are interested in becoming a commercial cook or chef. However, I think the ground floor of cooking well, of understanding HOW to cook well, lies in sauce skills. Once you understand how to make the 5 French mother sauces, you’ll understand the art of balance and the science of how food works.

Check out this Call for Entries from On the Ground Floor (Los Angeles, CA) for Electric Walls. This is a moving image call…not just video. Stretch your skills & try your hand at a new media type. Get out of the rut…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Electric Walls

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Moving images: Single or multi-channel video works, projections, digital installations, multimedia integrated performances, and new works that push the boundaries of the moving image.

DEADLINE: August 15, 2014

ENTRY FEE: None

CURATORS: On The Ground Floor was established in the spring of 2014 by artist/curator Malika Ali and co-founder Brian Ali Harding as a residential gathering space for the exhibition and celebration of new works of art.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Science & Art

Posted on July 2, 2014 by R.L. Gibson

JAM
not jelly

Chia seeds are fascinating. I have started using them to make raw, small-batch refrigerator jam from overripe fruit. Yum. The seeds are hydrophilic, absorbing up to 12 times their weight in liquid when soaked. While soaking, the seeds develop a mucilaginous gel-like coating that gives my jam a fantastic texture. I feel a little like a mad scientist every time I use them, ha. Here’s a science (& art) call for the Chicago area. Investigate…

Check out this Call for Entries from Arterie Fine Arts (Naperville, IL) for Science & Art. This is a great theme, and there is no entry fee. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Science & Art

Science and Art are two aspects of human cultural activity and experience. We find aesthetic inspiration from structures found in nature, and works of art can provide novel insights to scientists. Only our age of extreme division of labor brought about a separation between science and art.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to the any medium, including painting, sculpture, ceramic, jewelry, fabric, video, installation, and more…

DEADLINE: August 5, 2014

NOTIFICATION: August 7, 2014

ENTRY FEE: None. *However, there is a hanging fee if you are accepted–minimum of $25.

JUROR: Rob Millard-Mendez is an artist who works in many different media at different scales. His work has been shown in 375 exhibitions in 49 states as well as internationally. His work has been in numerous publications, including 500 Chairs, Lark Books Studio Series: Chairs, Sculpture Magazine, and American Craft, among several others. He is an Associate Professor of Art at the University of Southern Indiana in Evansville, IN.

AWARDS: First Prize $50 & certificate; 2nd Prize $25 gift certificate usable in the gallery & certificate; Special Mention $10 gift certificate usable in the gallery & certificate; and, Gallery Pick $25 gift certificate for display fee in future show.

SALES: You will pay 30% commission on your sales to the gallery.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Motion

Posted on July 1, 2014 by R.L. Gibson

beat my
EGG YOLKS

Ability to whisk PROPERLY is an earmark of a great cook. To many people, it seems insignificant, but once you’ve made hollandaise or mayonnaise without use of a blender or food processor, you’ll never look at a whisk the same way again. And sometimes, the whisk is just the RIGHT choice. Learning the balance and technique of the constant motion just takes time. This next Call is all about motion, but you don’t have a lot of time left…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Journey Art Gallery (Canton, OH) for Motion. This is a great theme in a beautiful new space. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Motion

Our world seems forever in motion. Life seems to move more quickly every day. Technology helps us get more things done faster. Many of our jobs are demanding more of us every day.

Motion can be hustle-bustle of a city street or the gentle rocking of a baby’s cradle. Motion can be about your morning jog or rockets in space. Your motion might be planning a career move or your next work of art. –from Journey Art Gallery

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all U.S. artists

MEDIA: Open to all media

DEADLINE: July 18, 2014

NOTIFICATION: August 1, 2014

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

AWARDS: 1st place prize- $100 and 3 Honorable Mentions. Show Favorite Award chosen by gallery audience on opening night $50. All awards receive certificate signed by jurors.

SALES: Sales will be encouraged, and a 40% commission will be retained by the gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Wheels

Posted on June 30, 2014 by R.L. Gibson

HOT WINGS
not hot wheels

I am proud that we cook most of our meals at home; however, I feel compelled to be honest. I live in a delivery wasteland. I live in a town where the only thing you can get delivered is pizza. If my local smoked brisket purveyor had wheels, we’d all be in trouble. Here’s a call all about wheels. Get a move on…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Darkroom Gallery (Essex Junction, VT) for Wheels. Low entry ($24) plus a great juror. If you gotta be blue, do it this way…

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CALL for ENTRIES: Wheels

Next to the discovery of fire, the invention of the wheel has been the most significant achievement in the development of human culture and civilization.

The horse drawn chariot revolutionized warfare, while the stone wheel of the gristmill made it possible to process enough grain to feed increasing numbers of city dwellers, and the oxcart provided transportation for people and produce. In the modern era, life would be unimaginable without wheels. America is truly a “car culture”. The rest of the world is not far behind.

How do you envision wheels in your own life? Maybe you’re a car nut, a lover of anything that looks sleek and goes fast, from a Grand Prix car to a NASCAR racer, to a land speed record vehicle. Or perhaps you’re more aware of other types of wheels, such as those on bicycles, baby carriages, or trains. And then there are Ferris wheels and pinwheels, skateboards and rollerblades. Conveyer belts and steamboats. The possibilities are nearly limitless. — from darkroomgallery.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Photography

DEADLINE: August 6, 2014

NOTIFICATION: August 14, 2014

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

JUROR: Darren Heath is a multi-award winning photographer based in London, specializing in Formula One and the automotive industry, endeavoring to cover events and commissions in a creative and artistic manner using natural light and color to their maximum effect.

In 2005 The Royal Photographic Society awarded Darren their prestigious Honorary Fellowship as recognition of his excellence and evidence of distinguished ability in his chosen field. In addition to his motor sport work he also shoots both commissioned work and more personal photography taken away from the race tracks of the world.

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.

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

Category: Tips

the DARKER the better

CALL for ENTRIES: Dark

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

OIL me up

CALL for ENTRIES: Oil & Water

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

the TROUT trick

CALL for ENTRIES: Seascapes

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

ROMAINE parm & garlic

CALL for ENTRIES: Abstraction

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

WATERMELON weirdness

CALL for ENTRIES: A Show of Heads

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

FEED ME please

CALL for ENTRIES: Feast your Eyes

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

SAUCY mothers

CALL for ENTRIES: Electric Walls

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

JAM not jelly

CALL for ENTRIES: Science & Art

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

beat my EGG YOLKS

CALL for ENTRIES: Motion

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

HOT WINGS not hot wheels

CALL for ENTRIES: Wheels

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

the
DARKER
the better

CALL for ENTRIES:
Dark

OIL
me up

CALL for ENTRIES:
Oil & Water

the
TROUT
trick

CALL for ENTRIES:
Seascapes

ROMAINE
parm & garlic

CALL for ENTRIES:
Abstraction

WATERMELON
weirdness

CALL for ENTRIES:
A Show of Heads

FEED ME
please

CALL for ENTRIES:
Feast your Eyes

SAUCY
mothers

CALL for ENTRIES:
Electric Walls

JAM
not jelly

CALL for ENTRIES:
Science & Art

beat my
EGG YOLKS

CALL for ENTRIES:
Motion

HOT WINGS
not hot wheels