CALL for ENTRIES: Abstract 3

Posted on November 6, 2016November 7, 2016 by R.L. Gibson

FOOD cubed

I recently attended an “abstract” dinner party. I wasn’t quite sure what I was getting into, and that made me MORE eager to attend, ha. Upon arrival, I found that every dish was comprised of food cut in an identical manner. I couldn’t tell cubes of potato from turnip or cubes of yellow carrot from summer squash. From appetizer to entree to dessert, it was an evening of simple foods prepared with time-consuming precision. I was forced to savor the preparation and intent since nothing was representational of its original form. Abstract food. Fascinating. This next Call is all about the abstract as well. Investigate…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net for Abstract 3. $25 entry & no shipping. The media is pretty wide open too. Take a look…

CALL for ENTRIES:
Absract 3
from Art-competition.net

ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+

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

THEME: Abstract “…artwork must be based on pure or ambiguous abstraction, where the subject or message of the art is pushed to visual limits so that there is little or no representation of the real world (as in non-representational) …The composition elements and aesthetic principles of the work must rely on form, color, action, lines, marks, texture, etc. to create a purely abstract work of art to engage the viewer and draw them into the intention of the artwork.”

DEADLINE: November 14, 2016

NOTIFICATION: November 28, 2016

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

AWARDS: 20 artists will be selected for an online group exhibit, “Abstract 3” 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: Materialized

Posted on November 2, 2016November 2, 2016 by R.L. Gibson

wedding SWEETS

Practical 3D food printing exists. years ago I made some clever segue using Star Trek’s food replicator as a the unthinkable –food printing. And now, there is the Bocusini, which uses all-natural food cartridges to print solid-ingredient food sculpture. The first use that pops to mind is EDIBLE, miniature, exact reproductions of human body scans for wedding cake toppers. Not the first thing that popped into your mind? Is it just me? What a perfectly unreasonable, delightfully impractical application. This next Call wants your artistic applications, practicality not required. These calls are rare; don’t miss it…

Check out this Call for Entries from The University Art Gallery at Central Michigan University for Materialized: Juried 3D Printed Art. Don’t miss an opportunity to exhibit in this unique venue (an A-frame, former chapel built in 1959). Check it out…

*Editor’s Note: You may download the .pdf HERE or on the CMU site; however, all entries must be done through CaFE, so most of the links in this post go to that listing.

CALL for ENTRIES:
Materialized fm
The University Art
Gallery at CMU

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Artists must use 3D printing in the production of their work of art. The work must be original and created in the past two years. Works must be able to fit through a door way that is 75 x 64 inches.

DEADLINE: November 28, 2016

NOTIFICATION: December 7, 2016

ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to 3

JUROR: Joshua Harker is a well-known American artist & considered a visionary and innovator in 3D printed art and sculptures.

AWARDS: At least $1,500 will be awarded. Juror will select awards from the actual works at the University Art Gallery prior to the opening reception.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Order & Chaos

Posted on November 1, 2016October 31, 2016 by R.L. Gibson

PAPER or plastic?

Do you prefer boxes or bags in your pantry? I like the structure of boxed pasta, beans & cereal, but I love the price of most things bagged. I prefer not to store things in plastic, but I’m not convinced the process used to create cardboard is any better. I own a lot of glass which inevitably involves breakage and the energy consumption involved in cleaning and/or sterilization. It can be difficult to distinguish the order from the chaos, but this Call offers us a second change. Give it a shot…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Fred Parker Giles Gallery at EKU (Richmond, KY) for Order & Chaos exhibit. $30 Entry & a great academic gallery opportunity. Take a look…

CALL for ENTRIES:
Order & Chaos
from the Giles Galley at EKU

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media except video

THEME: The subject of the art must relate in someway to the theme of Order & Chaos.

DEADLINE: November 21, 2016

ENTRY FEE: $30 for up to 3

JUROR: Robert L. Croker received his BA from Georgia State in 1964, and his MFA from University of Arizona in 1966. He held teaching positions with LaGrange College and the University of Georgia before moving to New York City to work at the Guggenheim Museum. In 2014 Croker returned to his southern roots to curate Between Rock and an Art Place, an exhibition celebrating the art of the mid 1970s to early 1980s that inspired the famous Athens music scene. Currently, Mr. Croker resides in Philadelphia, where works as an independent artist.

SALES: As an academic gallery, Giles does not take a commission on the sale of any art. The director will put the interested parties in contact with each other.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Open Theme Publication

Posted on October 31, 2016October 31, 2016 by R.L. Gibson

NUTS for you

Acorns are edible for people, not just bears; did you know? Why didn’t anyone tell me before now? I didn’t know until I tripped across this article from two years ago. I have a yard FULL of eastern white oaks, and I really thought they existed only to endanger my life via twisted ankle or concussion, but I am always open & excited to try a new food source. (I’ll let you know how it goes.) Meanwhile, this next Call is Open too. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from F-Stop Magazine for Open Theme, (Issue #80). No entry fee, and it is a gorgeous publication opportunity. Take a moment to look at the last few issues. You’ll be inspired. We can’t wait to see your images published here…

CALL for SUBMISSIONS:

Open Theme
from F-Stop Magazine

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

THEME: For issue #80 F-Stop Magazine is open to your best work, no thematic restrictions.

MEDIA: Photography

DEADLINE: November 15, 2016

PUBLICATION: December 1, 2016

ENTRY FEE: None

AWARDS: Selected artists/photographers will have images published in Issue #80

ABOUT F-Stop: F-Stop Magazine is an online magazine featuring contemporary photography from established & emerging photographers from around the world. Each issue has a theme that the unites the images to create a dynamic dialogue. Founded in 2003 and published online, bi-monthly.

For complete details, Read the Guidelines!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Stories, Parables & Tall Tales

Posted on October 30, 2016October 30, 2016 by R.L. Gibson

DINNER anyone?

I’ve been eating with strangers lately. That is, I’ve had the privilege of eating family-style –from farm-to-table dinners with 20 at a table, or a restaurant with 8 at a table. It reminds me of stories my grandmother used to tell of Sunday dinners in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, when her family, that included 10 children, would just lay a sheet over the home-grown & prepared food on the dining room table after everyone ate, just in case friends or neighbors dropped by. They didn’t have much except a wealth of food to share. I love the planned inclusion of unplanned guests and the stories that must have inevitably followed. This next Call offers you an opportunity to tell your own story. Don’t miss the opportunity…

Check out this Call for Entries from Studio Channel Islands (Camarillo, CA) for Stories, Parables & Tall Tales. Great theme for this California show. Take a look…

CALL for ENTRIES:
Stories, Parables & Tall Tales
fm Studio Channel Islands

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all media except video, film, performance art, installation and works requiring an external electrical source.

DEADLINE: November 14, 2016

NOTIFICATION: November 21, 2016

ENTRY FEE: $45 for up to 3, $35 for members (with code)

JUROR: Often dreamlike and enigmatic, Christine Brennan’s work features a host of symbolic and allegorical reference. Brennan’s images draw from the unconscious, leading the viewer into richly-lit narratives that evoke personal stories and associations. As a painter and printmaker, Brennan works in oil on paper or board and hand-colored linoleum block prints. Never setting out to illustrate a specific theme or story, the artist creates each image as she goes, changing and shaping it along the way.

AWARDS: 1st Place $500, 2nd Place $200 & 3rd Place $100

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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RESIDENCY: HMC Budapest

Posted on October 29, 2016December 12, 2016 by R.L. Gibson

with a CHERRY on top

Long-time readers have felt my pain at the lack of ethnic culinary options in my little hometown. But we HAVE recently added superb Thai & Indian food to list. There is ONE really inconveniently located German restaurant –which is like not having one. But, I still await Ethiopian food (never going to happen) & Hungarian food (craving hideg meggyleves, a chilled cherry, sour soup). Soup is not the only reason to consider this next residency Call. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Application from the Hungarian Multicultural Center (Dallas/Budapest) for Int’l Artist Residencies. Two great themes & only $35 to apply. Investigate…

RESIDENCY
from HMC
in Budapest

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists, designers, theorists, writers and curators

MEDIA: Open to all media, ie. work on paper, painting, drawing, photo, video, performance, etc.

THEMES: “My Life with a Dog” or “Environmental Project”

DEADLINE: January 20, 2017 (as of 11/28/16)

NOTIFICATION: January 23, 2017

APPLICATION FEE: $35 to apply. Note: There is a package price to attend the residency of the summer residencies: $1350/artist. The winter residency cost $1,150. Artists are expected to pay all travel expenses, personal costs, visa (if necessary), insurance & artist materials.

AWARDS: The residency is located in Budapest. The residence offers shared room/bath/kitchen as living quarters, and working area, exhibition, ArtistTalk, field trip, gallery tour are included in the cost.

HOW to APPLY: The details are downloadable here. Please email bszechy@yahoo.com for an application. *Note: I have been unable to locate this form on the site, so be sure to bookmark this page if interested.

For complete details, email bszechy@yahoo.com!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Still Life

Posted on October 28, 2016October 29, 2016 by R.L. Gibson

goin’ BANANAS

The landscape of my kitchen counter is changing. My day is incomplete without fresh fruit. While the happy dance of the clementines begins soon, it is otherwise just the banana bunny hop for most of the winter. I find that most in-season winter produce is either not finger food (cranberries, pomegranates) and/or expensive (guava, kumquat, kiwi). So clementines & bananas still life it will be. This next Call invites you to create your own still life. Orange you glad? (sorry)

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net for Still Life. $20 entry plus no shipping. Take a look…

CALL for ENTRIES:
Still Life
from Art-competition.net

ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+

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

THEME: Still Life “…works can be traditional or contemporary in nature, with the content exhibiting everyday objects which are natural or which are manufactured. The subjects of the art can range from a single object to a complex arrangement of objects expressed from representational to abstract. The still life art genre may appear simplistic; however, it frequently reveals a subtle insight into various cultures that are uniquely different from our own.”

DEADLINE: November 7, 2016

NOTIFICATION: November 17, 2016

ENTRY FEE: $20 for 1, $10 ea. add’l

AWARDS: Twenty artists will be selected for a group exhibit entitled “Still Life” at G25N’s online gallery. The exhibit and all selected artists will be extensively marketed.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Valdosta Nat’l

Posted on October 25, 2016October 25, 2016 by R.L. Gibson

hopefully NUTTY

I spent 10 years of my childhood as a resident of the state of Georgia in the United States. Many of my neighbors ran cottage food businesses. In the State of Georgia, you can apply for a commercial license to produce a limited variety of foods in your home kitchen for sale to the public — like breads, candy, jams, jellies, nuts & more. This “maker culture” shaped my entrepreneurial spirit as a child. Kudos Georgia. This next Call also hails from Georgia and should inspire the maker in you. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery at Valdosta Sate University (Valdosta, GA) for the Valdosta National 2017 exhibit. Academic shows are great resume builders…

CALL for ENTRIES:
Valdosta Nat’l
fm Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+ living in the U.S.

MEDIA: Open to all media

DEADLINE: November 6, 2016

NOTIFICATION: November 9, 2016

ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to 3

JUROR: Bryce Speed is an Asst. Professor of Art in Painting at the University of AL, with a BFA in Painting & Drawing from the University of MS & an MFA in Painting from the University of AL. He has taught at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Bryce’s work has been included in numerous exhibitions over the past decade. In 2015 he exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition in Edinburgh, Scotland and at the Visual Art Exchange’s Contemporary South Exhibition in Raleigh, NC during 2016. Since 2015, he is a member of the TEN Gallery Collective in New Orleans, LA. Bryce’s work is represented commercially by Modern Arts Midwest in Omaha, NE.

AWARDS: $1500 in awards will be given

SALES: No commission is taken on sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: small works BIG TALENT

Posted on October 24, 2016October 24, 2016 by R.L. Gibson

beware the DELI MEATS

My first encounter with a peppercorn was in olive loaf. My father deluded himself into the notion that a seven year old was the target audience for this studded meat product. I survived. I love olives, and fresh peppercorns make my stock & dressings sing. (I still shun the loaf of olive, though.) Both olives & peppercorns are perfect example huge impact in tiny packages — the inspiration for the next Call. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Las Laguna Gallery (Laguna Beach, CA) for small works BIG TALENT, an exhibit of small works with big impact. Don’t miss this opportunity…

CALL for ENTRIES:
small works BIG TALENT
from Las Laguna Gallery

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“Great things are done by a series of
small things brought together.”
–Vincent Van Gogh

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to 2D media 16″ or smaller –from photography to fabric, mixed media, all paintings and drawings including, oil, acrylic, ink, graphite, pastels, etc.

DEADLINE: November 6, 2016

NOTIFICATION: November 10, 2016

ENTRY FEE: $25 for 1, $3 ea. add’l

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

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CALL for ENTRIES: Hometown

Posted on October 23, 2016October 23, 2016 by R.L. Gibson

easy being GREEN

I’m still eating local greens even though it is almost November. Pressure-cooked mustard & collard greens served with a dash of vinegary hot sauce is a rite of passage in the South. You aren’t really an adult if you don’t love cooked greens, but I’ve never had a taste for anything except creamed spinach, making me feel like the hometown heel. But, I am newly-enamored of raw greens. Everyone yearns for Spring lettuce, but my Fall salads of peppery mustard greens highlight my recent menus–still available locally, and they last forever. What reminds you of your hometown? This Call wants to see your hometown images. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from L.A. Photo Curator for the Hometown exhibit. $20 entry, no shipping, great prizes plus art publication for ALL entrants. Great opportunity…

CALL for ENTRIES:
Hometown
from L.A. Photo Curator

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“”I am looking for a moment; a real, authentic slice of life. It can be taken anywhere in your hometown or city where you reside. It could be a gathering, an event, a festival or simply at the local market or laundry mat. There are moments happening all around us, we just have to be open to seeing them.” –from Barb Peacock via laphotocurator.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Photography

DEADLINE: October 30, 2016 (Midnight PST)

NOTIFICATION: (and opening date) November 10, 2016

ENTRY FEE: $20 for up to 3. 15% of artist fees go to 2 charities per competition. 7.5% to the curator’s choice of charity and 7.5% to the first place winner’s chosen charity. Peacock has chosen the charity Good Shepard Food Bank of Maine.

CURATOR: Barb Peacock is a child/lifestyle & assignment photographer living in Portland, ME. She studied fine arts at Boston University School of Fine Arts and photography & filmmaking at The School for the Museum of Fine Arts / Tufts University. Peacock started as a street photographer & gradually became a lifestyle photographer. Her commercial clients include Arm & Hammer, French’s, Disney, Stride Rite, Brookstone, Robeez, Lever 2000, Care.com, Scrubs Bugs, Merck Pharmaceutical , Inventive Health, Force of Nature & more. Editorial clients include People, Newsweek, Real Simple, Family Circle, Oprah, Family Fun, Parenting, Child, Prevention, Shape & more. Peacock’s images have been licensed by Toyota, Coca-Cola, Walmart, Kodak, Wells Fargo, Tylenol, & Volkswagen.

SALES: All sales are conducted between the artist & buyer. L.A. Photo Curator does not handle any part of sales. There is no commission.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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FOOD cubed

CALL for ENTRIES: Absract 3 from Art-competition.net

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

wedding SWEETS

CALL for ENTRIES: Materialized fm The University Art Gallery at CMU

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

PAPER or plastic?

CALL for ENTRIES: Order & Chaos from the Giles Galley at EKU

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

NUTS for you

CALL for SUBMISSIONS:

Open Theme from F-Stop Magazine

For complete details, Read the Guidelines!

DINNER anyone?

CALL for ENTRIES: Stories, Parables & Tall Tales fm Studio Channel Islands

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

with a CHERRY on top

RESIDENCY from HMC in Budapest

For complete details, email bszechy@yahoo.com!

goin’ BANANAS

CALL for ENTRIES: Still Life from Art-competition.net

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

hopefully NUTTY

CALL for ENTRIES: Valdosta Nat’l fm Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

beware the DELI MEATS

CALL for ENTRIES: small works BIG TALENT from Las Laguna Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

easy being GREEN

CALL for ENTRIES: Hometown from L.A. Photo Curator

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES:
Absract 3
from Art-competition.net

CALL for ENTRIES:
Materialized fm
The University Art
Gallery at CMU

CALL for ENTRIES:
Order & Chaos
from the Giles Galley at EKU

Open Theme
from F-Stop Magazine

CALL for ENTRIES:
Stories, Parables & Tall Tales
fm Studio Channel Islands

RESIDENCY
from HMC
in Budapest

CALL for ENTRIES:
Still Life
from Art-competition.net

CALL for ENTRIES:
Valdosta Nat’l
fm Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
small works BIG TALENT
from Las Laguna Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
Hometown
from L.A. Photo Curator