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CALL for ENTRIES: Figure Revealed

Posted on June 24, 2014 by R.L. Gibson

BUTTER BEANS
or butter AND beans

My husband is a string bean. He is six feet tall and has spent most of the past 15 years struggling to hang on to 145 lbs all while consuming every meal as though it were it last. Yes, it IS annoying. But, changes in the fat & protein content in our diet over the past year have resulted in his gaining about 10 lbs and a pant size. I’m tickled. He’s still a string bean, but age is revealing a completely different figure. This next Call asks for more figures revealed. In the meantime, it is hollandaise & a spoon for dinner…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net (online) for Figure Revealed. Competitions support free drawing lessons. If you are looking to increase your web exposure, take a look at these prizes…

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CALL
for ENTRIES:
Figure Revealed

ELIGIBILITY:
All artists age 18+

MEDIA: Open to any painting, drawing, photography or digital medium

The narrative of the artist’s work should portray the human figure in its quiet beauty, flexibility, energy of action, strength or frailness. The work can express any aspect of the human form from the beauty of youth or aging process, subtle emotional gestures, the figures external or inner beauty.

“What interests me most
is neither still life
nor landscape:
it is the human figure.”
– Henri Matisse

DEADLINE: July 10, 2014

ENTRY FEE: 1 Entry for $15, up to 3 entries for $30, up to 5 entries for $60

AWARDS:
1st Place: $500 in cash & $5,200 in prizes
2nd Place: $125 in cash & $1,625 in prizes
3rd Place: $75 in cash & $125 prizes
4th Place: $50 in cash

The 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th place winner’s art will be featured in Art-Competition.net “Winners Showcase” with links to their websites.

The 10 Honorable Mentions artwork will also be displayed in the “Honorable Mentions” section of the Art Competition website. All entries will be displayed on our Art-Competition website Submissions Showcase page in the order that the submissions are received.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Not a Full Deck

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

LEMONS
& vinegar

Good food is all about balance, and it seems that a lot of commercial cooks and chefs are not cooking with a “full deck.” The most common mistake? A lack of acid. A little lemon will transform your cheesecake from cloyingly sweet to perfectly delectable. A little red wine vinegar will make your tuna salad memorable. This next Call is looking for your take on working with less than a “full deck.” Great theme…

Check out this Call for Entries from The Shoe Factory Art Co-op (Rochester, NY) for Not a Full Deck. $25 Entry & a great graphic theme! Take a chance…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Not a Full Deck

Artists are asked to create and submit original artwork incorporating images from standard playing cards. Images can include, but are not limited to, card numbers Ace through 10, card symbols such as hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades, and card characters such as Jack, Queen, King, and Joker. Artwork can also depict people playing cards.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all media

DEADLINE: September 14, 2014

ENTRY FEE: $25 for up to 2 images

JURORS: Submissions are juried by the Shoe Factory Art Co-op.

SALES: The Shoe Factory Art Co-op will retain 25% commission.

ABOUT the SHOE FACTORY: We provide opportunities for artists to exhibit and sell their work in Rochester’s Neighborhood of the Arts! Our mission is to promote our creative work within a supportive network of artists and friends. –from www.shoefactoryarts.com

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

OPEN CALL: Peoria Art Guild

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

RARE
please

I like my eggs over easy and my steak & tuna rare, maybe medium rare–depending on where I am. In restaurants, I’m rarely able to order anything rare; however, at home where I have a clearer picture of the origin and handling, everything is rare. The opportunity offered by this next Call is equally rare. Please pay attention to this one…

Check out this Open Call from the Peoria Art Guild (Peoria, IL) for 2015 Exhibitions. And a rare opportunity to get telephone feedback about your entry. Take a look…

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OPEN CALL:
Peoria Art Guild

For an add’l $40, all artists may request a brief telephone consultation that will be scheduled after the jury process is completed. This is particularly helpful to artists who are not invited to participate, but all artists will benefit from candid feedback about their application. *Editor’s note: This is fairly unheard of. I know $40 is a lot, and yes, it WOULD be lovely if it were include. But, if you’ve never had your own solo exhibit, and you are looking for some guidance, this is a great opportunity.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media

DEADLINE: Ongoing

NOTIFICATION: Ongoing

ENTRY FEE: $35 for 5 to 15 image

AWARDS: This could result in your receiving a solo art exhibit or being invited to participate in a curated group show

SALES: The gallery retains a 30% commission.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: This May Have Happened

Posted on June 20, 2014 by R.L. Gibson

SHOPPING
in my sleep

Sometimes it seems as though the days of half-hour grocery trips were only a dream, but I know it really happened, right? These days it take at least 90 minutes to read all the labels, pick the lesser of the evils AND search for the best deals. But, I believe in a future that allows me to grow most of my food. Ah, to sleep, perchance to dream. This next Call wants to know how it happens in your dreams. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Filter Photo Festival for This May Have Happened, an exhibit at the David Weinberg Photography (Chicago, IL). Low entry fee…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
This May Have Happened

The power of photography as document or proof is well-demonstrated. Photographic images are often crafted to exist alone, as singular facts.

At the same time, the narrative possibilities of still photography develop from the power of suggestion, the potential of the open-ended scene, the unresolved thrill of the cliff-hanger. The stories that these images suggest may or may not be factual, but their power comes from allowing the audience to bring its own sense of plot and tension to the work. We are looking as much for questions as we are for answers.

Think noir. Think sweeping epic. Think fairy tale. Think cause and effect. Think characters.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all photographic work.

DEADLINE: July 18, 2014

NOTIFICATION: Mid-August

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

JUROR: In 2010, Gordon Stettinius founded Candela Books; to date, they have produced 3 fine art photography monographs. In 2011, Stettinius founded a fine art photography gallery dedicated to featuring the work of nationally respected photographers. Candela Books + Gallery now inhabits a renovated 3,800 square foot building in the downtown arts district of Richmond, Virginia and is one of the leading advocates for fine art photography in the mid-Atlantic region.

As a photographer, Stettinius has been exhibited nationally and internationally over the last twenty years and his work can be found in numerous private and public collections & is represented by Robin Rice Gallery in NY and Page Bond Gallery in VA.

AWARDS: A Juror’s choice award of $500 cash prize & honorable mention will be awarded.

SALES: David Weinberg Photography will receive a 50% commission on sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Everyday Objects

Posted on June 19, 2014 by R.L. Gibson

FLIP IT
over

The offset spatula is my favorite cooking gadget. I get asked all the time, and I suspect my answer is never what they expect. A fancy food processor or expensive hand-forged knife would probably be more standard answer, but I love the offset spatula. Personally, I prefer the 9″ offset spatula by Wilton (meant for cake icing). I use mine to both to apply gel medium to canvas when making artwork and to flip grilled eggplant for my eggplant lasagna –with a thorough wash in between. Sometimes it is the everyday object that means the most. This next Call wants your perspective of the everyday object. Everyone can work with this theme…

Check out this Call for Entries from Unframed (online) for Everyday Objects. $15 entry! And please don’t forget to research your curator. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Unframed

The exhibition confronts the viewer with a fascinating array of everyday, ordinary things, and in the process gets us to take a close look at the objects and our encounters with them in our daily lives. They are overlooked, ignored or simply taken for granted. This exhibit takes a close look at the all too frequently unnoticed objects that many artists are turning to for inspiration.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all media

DEADLINE: July 1, 2014

NOTIFICATION: Ongoing

ENTRY FEE: $15 for up to 5

CURATOR: Jean Reece Wilkey

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: From Our Perspectives

Posted on June 18, 2014 by R.L. Gibson

HOT STUFF
please

My perspective on what makes for the perfect food shifts every few years. Occasionally I get stuck in a phase for a while. I worshiped all things spicy for 5+ years, and now I’ve been stuck on the piquant tang of goat cheese for 10+ years. Taste buds only live about 10 days, so that gives lots of opportunity for a change of taste. This next Call wants a female perspective, but not necessarily on food (although it isn’t excepted). I encourage you to take on some academic shows. How about this one, ladies?

Check out this Call for Entries from Oakland Community College Womencenter (Bloomfield Hills, MI) for From Our Perspectives: A National Women’s Art Exhibition at the Smith Theatre Gallery. $25 Entry & $800 Best of Show. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
From Our Perspectives

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all U.S. female artists

MEDIA: Open to all media (excluding video, audio, and performance)

DEADLINE: July 18, 2014

NOTIFICATION: August 22, 2014

ENTRY FEE: $25 for up to 3

JUROR: Mary Rousseaux has work in many private and corporate collections. It has been featured in publications such as Architectural Digest and Midwest Homes as well as in major motion pictures. Most recently her work was recognized at Art Prize as one of the top 5 for the Jurors’ Award.

Rousseaux is currently the Director of Pontlevoy creative residencies, Director of the Professional Print Workshop at WSU, and Adjunct Faculty at eastern Michigan university and Madonna university. Rousseaux states: “Rather than representing anything specific, I use color to suggest images, emotions, and memories which are, of course, different for each viewer.”

AWARDS: Best of Show: $800, President’s Award: $250, Purchase Award: up to $250.00.

SALES: The Womencenter will deduct a 30% commission for the sale of any artwork

For complete detail, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Super Sheroes

Posted on June 17, 2014 by R.L. Gibson

MASHED
& fried
& sauteed
oh my!

My current kitchen kryptonite is the potato. I love them. I love them. I love them. They do not love me. They spike my blood sugar–which is fun, I’ll admit. But the eventual crash off the sugar results in my desire to stuff my face and take a 3-day long nap. I never realized how many I ate until I started trying to reduce my sugar intake. Wish me luck. This next Call will let you expose your own kryptonite, or not. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries for the Super Sheroes from The Haggus Society (Los Angeles, CA). The entry fee is ONLY $12.50 for up to EIGHT images. Don’t miss this opportunity from one of our sponsors…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Super Sheroes

The Haggus Society challenges you to create a comic book cover of yourself or another woman or women you deem worthy of Super Shero or Super Villainess status. Shero can be real, or imagined. Shero must to have a super power. Sheroes generally have a foe or Super Villainess equally as dynamic as the shero herself. Feel free to submit two covers portraying your Shero and Villainess. Shero should be believable and realistic as possible. Shero may or may not have an “Achille’s heel.” Superman had kryptonite. — from thehaggussociety.org

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to 2D work. Submission must be standard comic book cover size of 11 x 17. Submissions are not limited to cartoon style drawing or painting or inking. However, your cover should be easily identifiable as a comic book cover. Please see this post for assistance.

DEADLINE: August 1, 2014

NOTIFICATION: August 4, 2014

ENTRY FEE: $12.50 for 8 images. Haggus Society members in good standing are ALWAYS waived submission fees.

SALES: Suggested donation of 20% back to the Haggus Society for all sales, in lieu of commission.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Figuratively

Posted on June 12, 2014July 6, 2014 by R.L. Gibson

EGGS
not worms
for me

I am early for almost nothing. As I have gotten older, I am far better at being on time, but I still JUST make it most of the time. As you might imagine, this doesn’t make for great breakfast. Luckily, my spouse is the king of egg breakfast. We go through DOZENS of eggs each week. So the early bird…gets to cook in my house. This next Call offers benefits for being early. So, don’t procrastinate…

Check out this Call for Entries from BWAC for Art in Clay II: Figuratively Speaking. Save a few dollars by applying by the early deadline. Great juror too…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Art in Clay II:
Figuratively Speaking

While ceramics have been used for both practical and aesthetic reasons for thousands of years, the medium has experienced an amazing renaissance among artists in the past decade. Today ceramics are integrated into contemporary art. Art In Clay II: Figuratively Speaking is about figurative sculpture in clay representing a range of work from representational to abstract, traditional to experimental.

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

MEDIA: Open to clay work. The artwork cannot be functional –production work and commercially manufactured pieces are not acceptable. Mixed media is acceptable as long as clay is the dominant component of the piece (at least 75%).

ENTRY FEE: $55 for up to 5 until June 16, 2014 (then $65 from 6/16 to 6/30).

DEADLINE: July 10, 2014 (extended)

NOTIFICATION: August 4, 2014

JUROR: Lilly Wei is a NY-based art critic, writer & independent curator whose focus is contemporary art. Wei has an MA in art history from Columbia University, NY. Wei contributes to many publications in the US & internationally and has written for Art in America since 1984. She is a contributing editor at ARTnews & has written numerous articles, reviews, interviews, essays and monographs on contemporary and modern artists.

AWARDS: Gold $500, Silver $250, Bronze $100 & five Certificates of Merit

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

For full details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Solo @ G25N

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

PLUM
crazy

Nectarines, peaches & plums are back in season, and I am so excited. The peaches and nectarines aren’t quite ripe, but I like fruit a little under-ripe. Weird, I know. But the plums are divine and perfect and beautiful all by them selves. I don’t have plums AND anything. Just plums. Art exhibits, like plums, are fantastic all on their own. This next Call gives you the opportunity to show all on your own. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net (online) for a Solo Exhibition at G25N, the online gallery of Gallery 25N. Competitions support free drawing lessons. If you are looking to increase your web exposure, this this might be perfect…

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CALL
for ENTRIES:
Solo Exhibition at G25N

ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+

MEDIA: Open to any painting, drawing, photography or digital medium

DEADLINE: July 21, 2014

NOTIFICATION: July 30, 2014

ENTRY FEE: $25 for up to 5

AWARDS: Gallery25N (G25N) will provide an online One-Person exhibit for the selected artist. The exhibit will run for a minimum of one month.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

REMINDER: Mystery Build 2014

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

perfect
PEANUT BUTTER

My culinary super power is making meals out of whatever I happen to find in the cabinets and making it seem purposeful. Sure, I can make a beautiful breakfast muffin from peanut butter and flax seeds. And yes, I can make cookies out of peanut butter, honey and a single egg. Okay, maybe I can just make anything out of peanut butter–the perfect ingredient. But, not everything comes with the perfect ingredients. While most folks won’t think the kit from this Call is perfect to create a masterpiece, you’ll have all the ingredients; just make it work. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries for Mystery Build 2014. This year’s theme is “Build a Dream”. We are so proud that our Featured Artist Amy Kollar Anderson won the People’s Choice Award for the 2013 Mystery Build. Which one of you is going to win an award for 2014? Investigate this one…

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REMINDER:
Mystery Build 2014

Mystery Build is an art challenge developed by two artists to inspire creativity. The concept is simple. Buy a kit. Make something out of the contents of the kit. And, upload either a picture or video of your creation.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to legal residents of the U.S. and D.C.

THEME: “Build a Dream” — You may interpret the contest’s theme any way you wish.

MEDIA: You must buy a Mystery Build Kit. You may choose to use anything in the Kit and the Mystery Build box itself, but you are not required to use all of the materials. Entrants MAY ADD paint, varnish, lacquer, food coloring, oil, water, dye, ink, and similar liquids to decorate or enhance the entry, or to manipulate the materials. Liquids may not be used for structural elements, but may only be used as a surface enhancement or as a tool. Substances which are not liquid at room temperature, such as wax, are excluded. Liquid adhesives not included in the Kit are also not permitted. Judges will have final ruling on use of liquids.

Wandering Wonder by Amy Kollar Anderson — “Wandering Wonder” by Amy Kollar Anderson — 2013 People’s Choice Winner

Entrants may use any tools available to them to alter the materials in the Mystery Build Kit, barring tools that add or leave behind an additional physical material, such as a stapler which leaves a metal staple, or a soldering operation which adds solder. You may make tools out of any materials you want. Tools may include molds, which also do not have to be made of materials from the Kit.

DEADLINE: October 20, 2014

ENTRY FEE: CRAZY SALE PRICE $29.99 for the kit (includes shipping, kit and contest entry fee) as of the writing of this post. Normally, the cost is $49.95.

JUDGING PROCESS: An independent, qualified panel of judges will judge all eligible entries received based on these criteria: Creativity and Use of Materials, Creative Use of the Theme, Execution/Craftsmanship, and Presentation.

AWARDS: There are $21,000 in cash Prizes. Check here for complete prize details.

Category: Tips

BUTTER BEANS or butter AND beans

CALL for ENTRIES: Figure Revealed

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

LEMONS & vinegar

CALL for ENTRIES: Not a Full Deck

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

RARE please

OPEN CALL: Peoria Art Guild

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

SHOPPING in my sleep

CALL for ENTRIES: This May Have Happened

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

FLIP IT over

CALL for ENTRIES: Unframed

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

HOT STUFF please

CALL for ENTRIES: From Our Perspectives

For complete detail, Read the Full Call!

MASHED & fried & sauteed oh my!

CALL for ENTRIES: Super Sheroes

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

EGGS not worms for me

CALL for ENTRIES: Art in Clay II: Figuratively Speaking

For full details, Read the Full Call!

PLUM crazy

CALL for ENTRIES: Solo Exhibition at G25N

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

perfect PEANUT BUTTER

REMINDER: Mystery Build 2014

For complete details, Read the Rules!

BUTTER BEANS
or butter AND beans

CALL
for ENTRIES:
Figure Revealed

LEMONS
& vinegar

CALL for ENTRIES:
Not a Full Deck

RARE
please

OPEN CALL:
Peoria Art Guild

SHOPPING
in my sleep

CALL for ENTRIES:
This May Have Happened

FLIP IT
over

CALL for ENTRIES:
Unframed

HOT STUFF
please

CALL for ENTRIES:
From Our Perspectives

MASHED
& fried
& sauteed
oh my!

CALL for ENTRIES:
Super Sheroes

EGGS
not worms
for me

CALL for ENTRIES:
Art in Clay II:
Figuratively Speaking

PLUM
crazy

CALL
for ENTRIES:
Solo Exhibition at G25N

perfect
PEANUT BUTTER

REMINDER:
Mystery Build 2014