Hi! I’m R.L. Gibson, your resident blogger & Editor. As a working artist and former arts administrator, I just may be on every gallery and art organization’s mailing list. And, for years I sent out deadlines for art shows (local, regional, national & int’l) to my friends & colleagues that needed a hand up or a little motivating distraction.
The list of recipients grew over the years to more than I could manage. Every time someone lost a deadline, I would have to pour through old “sent” messages looking for just the right one. “The List” become so popular that I began to receive requests to be put on the list from people I don’t know in countries I can’t locate. In addition, I had been searching for a platform to share some of the work, good AND bad, that I trip across everyday.
I finally surrendered “The List” to blog form in 2009. Here I could tag, categorize & archive the ART and ART DEADLINES by date, media, region and bring it to you FREE.
As of April 1, 2020, AAAD is shutting its proverbial “doors”. My own practice has grown no longer leaving the time or resources to devote to this endeavor. You can do it. I know you can. I will still be here to help if you need me. Social media outlets for AAAD will close on June 1. The site will remain up in limited form for some time and will eventually auto-forward to my own website, RLGibson.com. In the meantime, I put up a contact page so that you can reach me.