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ARTIST of the DAY: Erwin Wurm

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"Bad Thoughts II" (bronze, patina) by Erwin Wurm
“Bad Thoughts II” (bronze, patina) by Erwin Wurm

“If you approach things with a sense of humor, people immediately
assume you’re not to be taken seriously. But I think truths about
society & human existence can be approached in different ways.
You don’t always have to be deadly serious. Sarcasm & humor
can help you see things in a lighter vein.” —Erwin Wurm

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During this month, during this season, we all need to figure out how to arm ourselves with humor in defense of the heaviness of being.  Today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Erwin Wurm, has such a light touch.  The humor, irony even, helps feel pro-active without dismissing the problem. Thanks, Erwin.

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Arm yourself with the work of AAAD Artist of the Day, Erwin Wurm!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Chromatic

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Learn more about the Chromatic Exhibit from Norwalk Parking Authority!asphalt APPETITE

I ate a lot of parking lot food this week.  I have been on the road the entire year so far, and it snowed every single day of my travels.  The roads were mostly clear, but the parking lots were a different story.  So, if the grocery was clearer than the diner, they made my lunch choice takeout salad bars over greasy-spoon burgers.  If the hotel’s lot hadn’t been plowed yet, it was microwaveable oatmeal instead of the local waffle purveyor.  Parking lot food, like parking lot art, can do an artist/body good.  This next Call from a parking authority is a perfect example. Great call…

Check out this Call for Entries from Norwalk’s Parking Authority (Norwalk, CT) for Chromatic Exhibit at Maritime Gallery at the Maritime Garage.  Art, everywhere…

Learn more about the Chromatic Exhibit from Norwalk Parking Authority!CALL for ENTRIES:
Chromatic
fm Norwalk’s
Parking Authority

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“Vigorous tones paired with visions of grandeur describes the impetus behind ‘Chromatic’. The crossing of senses is a mysterious phenomenon in which its experience is as personal as it is outcome. Show us how music appears to you either through your own personal inspiration or through this link provided by jazz musician Jim Clark.” –norwalkpark.org

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA:  Open to wall-hung media less than 48″W & less than 84″H

DEADLINE: January 27, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to 5

JURORS:  Jeanine Esposito & Frederic Chiu of Beechwood Arts

SALES:  Norwalk Parking Authority retains 30% commission.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Associazione Radar

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Learn more from Associazione Radar! christmas in JANUARY

With January come treats from Spain.  Meant to be holiday gifts, goodies inevitably arrive delayed from my friends including my favorite cheeses, quince paste & beautiful little sausages.  Don’t delay your entry to this next Call that could result in your own show.  The deadline is approaching…

Check out this Call for Entries from Associazione Radar for 8 Solo Shows. Yes, 8 galleries throughout Spain will EACH choose an artist to which to offer a solo show. This could be the start of an enduring partnership.  Take a look…

Learn more from from Associazione Radar!CALL for ENTRIES:
8 solo Shows
fm Associazione Radar

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ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists

MEDIA:  Open to all media

DEADLINE:  January 20, 2017

ENTRY FEE: 40€ for 1 (approx. $42USD) , plus 5€ ea. add’l ($5.28 USD)

JURORS & AWARDS:  Each of the 8 galleries in jury, located in the most important Spanish areas for contemporary art, will choose one artist to realize a solo show. The exhibition can be a prelude to a long-lasting collaboration (many of the artists who won the prize in Italian editions, now work permanently with the galleries that rewarded them). The galleries choose freely and autonomously their own winners and are just required to select artists with whom they had never had previous work relationships. Exhibits will open in the 2017-2018 season.

SALES:  All commercial transactions regarding sales are handled directly between the gallery & artist.  Transports costs are meant to be covered by the artist.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Below Zero

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Learn more about the Below Zero exhibit from LibertyTown Arts! beware the ICE

I lamented to a friend about my having to buy frozen dinners to supplement my child’s homemade options due to scheduling conflicts, and that session of whining spun off into a whole other discussion about why we quit calling them “TV dinners”.  My friend optimistically believes it is because people, generally speaking eat in front of the TV less often.  However, I suspect it is because we eat FROZEN meals far more commonly than just in front of the TV.  I am grateful there are some better options out there. So, if you’re standing at a counter, fork in hand, eating a frozen dinner & scrolling art deadlines on your phone, use it as inspiration to consider all thing frozen for this call.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from LibertyTown Arts (Fredericksburg, VA) for a nat’l juried exhibit, Below Zero.  $25 Entry & 40% commission.  Be sure to investigate this opportunity…

Learn more about the Below Zero exhibit from LibertyTown Arts!CALL for ENTRIES:
Below Zero
from LibertyTown Arts

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“Hell has frozen over. The trees have lost their leaves, the sun is shining fewer and fewer hours everyday…and yet there is still immense beauty in the world. A drop frozen at the tip of a tree branch, crystals forming in a mud puddle…now more than ever, we artists need to find the glimmers of hope and push them to the forefront. And we may have some cold demons to exorcize. Show us what you think about this winter in all its cold, bleak wonder and possibility.” –from libertytownarts.com

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to artists, age 16+

MEDIA:  Open to all media

DEADLINE:  January 13, 2017 (10pm EST)

NOTIFICATION:  January 16, 2017

ENTRY FEE:  $25 for 1, $5 ea. add’l up to 10. (Members $15 for 1, $5 ea. add’l). 

AWARDS:  First Place $250, Second Place $150 and Third Place $75

SALES: LibertyTown keeps a commission of 40% on all show sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Women in Art

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Learn about the Women in Art exhibit from Las Laguna Gallery!
BEANS of green

The women in my family have a grudge against the snap of a fresh green vegetable.  My mother has canned green beans for her sisters for the last half-dozen years.  Her process for canning requires a certain amount of cooking plus heat-sealing the jars which compromises the texture.  But, that isn’t where the grudge match ends; my aunts cook canned green beans for hours in addition.  What did green beans ever do to the women in my family?  While I contemplate those answers, here’s a Call that wants to see more work by women.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Las Laguna Gallery (Laguna Beach, CA) for Women in Art, an exhibit of creativity by women. Don’t miss this opportunity…

CALL for ENTRIES:
Women in Art
from Las Laguna Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all women artists

MEDIA: Open to many media, including acrylic, airbrush, assemblage, charcoal, color pencil, collage, digital art, drawings, encaustic, fiber art, graphite, illustration, mixed media, new media, oil, painting, pastel, photography & watercolor.

THEME:  None “This exhibition is dedicated to the spirit and creativity of all women artists, past and present.” — from laslagunagallery.com

DEADLINE:  February 1, 2017

NOTIFICATION:  February 11, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $35 for 1, $2 ea. add’l

SALES: The gallery will retain 25% commission on all sales

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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ARTIST of the DAY: Cecile Perra

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"Coiffe" (glass painting/photogram) by Cecile Perra
Detail of “Coiffe” (glass painting/photogram) by Cecile Perra

“Assise dans l’instant, armée de vieux papiers, précieux
tissus porteurs d’histoires, portraits intimes que je
transforme, mêlant familles et inconnus, j’assemble,
je couds, je peins, je gratte…” — Cecile Perra

“Seated in the moment, armed with old papers, precious fabrics carrying stories, intimate portraits that I transform, mixing families and unknown, I assemble, I sew, I paint, I scratch…”  –Cecile Perra  (Please forgive the translation.)

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For many, December consists of meeting after meeting with collages of people.  Images and memories laid over philosophy and politics and ultimately framed as a family member.  Pieces and parts, both good & bad.  Part fiction, part reality; the difference is hard to distinguish.  The work of Cecile Perra, today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, mirrors that patchwork progenitor that each of ponders across the table.

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Ponder patchwork familial characters with today’s AAAD Artist of the Day Cecile Perra!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Faces of Humanity

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Learn more about the Faces of Humanity show from G25N and art-competiton.net!CREAM of the crop

Dairy isn’t everyone’s friend.  My child has struggled with it for years.  He loves it far more than it loves him.  To this day, nothing is better than seeing his FACE when he stretches warm cheese off a pizza or eats that first spoonful of ice cream.  People suffer for fashion and art.  Why not for the love of dairy?  This next Call wants to see all the faces of humanity, not just the dairy daze.  You know how I love portraiture…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net for Faces of Humanity. $25 entry & no shipping.  The media is pretty wide open too. Take a look…

Learn more about the Faces of Humanity show from G25N and art-competiton.net!CALL for ENTRIES:
Faces of Humanity
from Art-competition.net

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ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+

MEDIA:   Open to still media, including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, digital, prints, fiber art, collage, etc.

THEME: Faces of Humanity  “For this group exhibition the curators will be selecting artwork that communicates the diversity of humanity by capturing the emotion, beauty, love, hope, and wisdom as seen in the faces of people from different cultures.”

DEADLINE: January 16, 2017

NOTIFICATION: January 27, 2017

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

AWARDS:  20 artists will be selected for an online group exhibit, “Faces of Humanity” at Gallery25N; the exhibit and artists will be extensively marketed worldwide to over 20,000 people including art buyers, gallery owners, curators, collectors, etc.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Match Girl

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Email matchgirlartshow@gmail.com for more information!no COOKING tonight

I have been without power several times lately.  Between wildfires & 50-80mph winds, I have had to rethink a lot of meals.   While it is an occasional inconvenience for me, it is the reality of dinner for a lot of people every day of the year.  So this year, enjoy your holiday meal with gratitude & remember to find a way to help where you can, when you can, EVERY day of the year, not just on holidays.  This Call is inspired by the David Lang’s Pultizer Prize winning “The Little Match Girl Passion”, based on the Hans Christen Anderson story.  Be inspired…

Check out this Call for Entries from Lycoming College (Williamsport, PA) together with Fiona & Christopher Jackson for The Match Girl Art Show.  There is no link to this show online.  You can find the email address is at the end of the post.

Email matchgirlartshow@gmail.com for more information!CALL for ENTRIES:
Match Girl
fm Lycoming College

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ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists

MEDIA:  Open to all media

THEME:  Work inspired by the music of David Lang’s ‘The Little Match Girl Passion,’ or by the subject of homelessness.  Artists are encouraged to listen to the piece of music (Spotify/YouTube) and to create art in reaction to the music and/or the Hans Christian Anderson story that the piece is based on. 

DEADLINE:  January 1, 2017

NOTIFICATION:  Ongoing

ENTRY FEE:  None

CURATOR: Lycoming College representatives along with Christopher and Fiona Jackson

AWARD: Group show. The event is a 3-venue, 3 night collaboration performance between Lycoming College & a professional vocal ensemble, which will show art based on the music of the performance created by high school and college students & professional/community artists who submit pieces.

SALES:  Work will be available for sale to patrons who come to the performances. These performances are given to raise money for two local homeless shelters, and to raise awareness about homelessness in these areas. Artists are free to donate their sales to these shelters, but you are not obligated to donate.  If work is for sale, please include price & contact information.

SUBMISSIONS:  Email matchgirlartshow@gmail.com.  Note:  I recommend that you send images (1500pixels on longest side), short bio & CV, & links to your website & social media accounts.

To submit work for this Call, Email the Curator!

Email matchgirlartshow@gmail.com for more information!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Passporte Salon

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Learn more about the Built Environment Salon Exhibit from The Passporte Art Gallery! bare ESSENTIALS

My efforts to downsize my kitchen continue.  I’ve always been partial to white dishes, so color doesn’t help.  I shy away from single use gadgets or trendy patterns.  So, I’m left with glass containers, stainless bowls & the occasional wooden spoon. You would think that simplicity would lend a primitive look, but in fact, it makes me keenly aware of the man-made nature of each item, be it molded, cast or hand-formed.  This next Call wants to see YOUR built environment.  This is a wide ranging theme.  Enjoy…

Check out this Call for Entries from The Passporte for Salon, Built Environment.  No entry fee, but only one entry per artist.  Take a look…

Learn more about the Built Environment Salon Exhibit from The Passporte Art Gallery!CALL for ENTRIES:
Salon
from The Passporte 

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ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA:  Photography

THEME:  Elements of the built environment – structures built by humans, including but not limited to historic and modern buildings and industrial sites – can establish a sense of place in a community, and represent the tone of a culture.

DEADLINE:  January 15, 2017 (midnight MCT)

NOTIFICATION:  January 30, 2017

ENTRY FEE:  None

AWARDS:  Photos from eligible submissions will be selected for a group exhibition in February 2017, displayed on ThePassporte.com & highlighted through social media.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more from The Passporte Art Gallery!

ARTIST of the DAY: Carrie Mae Smith

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"DuPont Circle Quilt" by Carrie Mae Smith
“DuPont Circle Quilt” by Carrie Mae Smith

“I am interested in re-materializing the sort of objects that history leaves out, utilitarian objects
too common to be recorded or preserved. Historic objects and structures that signify or embody
the evidence of marginalized people who once occupied them.  In this way I engage with concerns
of class, gender and domesticity, through analyzing both forms and their position in society.”
—Carrie Mae Smith

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So, I opted out of holiday celebrations this year.  I am not feeling particularly Grinch-y; however, it has been a sobering year, and I didn’t feel compelled to fake it.  As a result, I am wading through the unnecessary “cheer ups” & the non-stop recipes for snowflake-shaped confections. I think that it is that very sense of introspection about domesticity and gender that drew me to Carrie Mae Smith, today’s AAAD Artist of the Day.

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Discover the value of the discarded & dismissed through
the work of AAAD Artist of the Day Carrie Mae Smith!

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