CALL for ENTRIES: Winter Solstice

Posted on August 1, 2019September 1, 2019 by R.L. Gibson

SPRING greens

Sweet potato pie is a family favorite. As we head into fall and the the pumpkin-spice vs no-pumpin-spice debate rages on endlessly, I’m over hear making sweet potato pies from fall all the way into winter. Sweet potatoes are available year ’round, take much less time to cook from scratch than sugar pumpkins and require far less added sugar. I know you think you don’t like them, but try them. Fall in love with them and you can be eating their beautiful orange goodness, from scratch instead of can, for the entire winter.

This next Call is centered around the mood and ambiance of winter and the work that it inspires. Winter tends to be productive for me, but it often produces darker work, literally and metaphorically. Are you affected by the change in the season? This show’s call deadline is in September, so you’ll either need to pull work from last winter or predict the oncoming season. If you’re looking for a museum show for your resume, investigate Marin MOCA, it is one of my favorites.

Check out this Call for Entries from Marin Museum of Contemporary Art (Novato, CA) for Winter Solstice. $35 entry, 40% commission. Delivery is nearly a month after notification, making shipping easier. Take a look…

•

CALL for ENTRIES:
Winter Solstice from
Marin MoCA

•

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

MEDIA: Open to all media

THEMES: Winter Solstice: “The short days and long nights of winter are imbued with moody ambiance and spiritual significance. It is a time for contemplation, but also for celebration. Show us what concepts emerge in your art practice during the winter months.“ MarinMOCA

DEADLINE: September 26, 2019 (PST)

NOTIFICATION: October 9, 2019 (posted on website)

ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to 3; $50 for 4-5 ($30/$45 for members)

JUROR: As owner of Andrea Schwartz Gallery in San Francisco for 25 years, Andrea Schwartz has supported work that is challenging and at the forefront of contemporary practice. Her gallery represents a select group of both emerging and mid-career artists from the Bay Area and throughout the country. The range of work includes paintings, works on paper, photography and sculpture. She is a graduate of the San Francisco Art Institute and is a board member of the San Francisco Art Dealers Association.

AWARDS: 1st Place $500, 2nd Place $300 & 3rd Place $100.

SALES: Marin MOCA will retain 40% commission (30% for members) on sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Color 2019

Posted on July 14, 2019July 13, 2019 by R.L. Gibson

FLAVOR bombs

I’ve never been a fan of frozen green veggies. The flavor often reminds me of those little peas in one-dollar pot pies, not entirely natural. But there is a glaring exception. Edamame. I love those little beans. I like them steamed in their pods, then dipped in a little dumpling sauce (thai chili paste & soy) then sucked from their little green shells. It isn’t pretty, but I am hooked.

Another perienniel favorite that is all about the color is the BWAC color show. This is a great space that has grown to become Brooklyn’s largest artist-run organization with over 250 members. Your dollars have power; spend them wisely. I love this organization & its mission.

So take a minute and check out this Call for Entries from Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (Brooklyn, NY) for Color. This is a great venue…

•

CALL for ENTRIES:
Color
from BWAC

•

“Mere color, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways.” – Oscar Wilde

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media

DEADLINE: July 28, 2019

NOTIFICATION: August 19, 2019

ENTRY FEE: $65 up to 3 & $5 ea.

JUROR: Jocelyn Miller is the Assistant Curator at MoMA PS1. She also serves as Editorial Manager for MoMA PS1’s curatorial department, overseeing museum publications, and served as Editor for the 2015 Greater New York: Readers series. She received her BA in Comparative Literature at Princeton University.

AWARDS: Best of Show Gold $800, Best of Show Silver $500, Five Certificates of Recognition of $100 ea. and People’s Choice $200.

SALES: 30% commission on all sales will go to BWAC.

For complete details, read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: MFA Print Editon

Posted on July 12, 2019July 14, 2019 by R.L. Gibson

COLD complication

The school year returns soon. Many of you know I have a kid in college, so his impending exit will mark a change in my house like so many of you with students. My grocery bill will shrink, and his eating habits will change. At home, my son eats whatever is put in front of him. At school, he can choose to fuel himself on pizza and coffee 6 out of 7 days. I choose to believe not, but a quick glance at the bucks he spends on ‘bucks reveals the ugly truth… his degree will be sugar & caffeine-fueled.

What gets you through a work day? Do you have a routine or a vice? Is there a difference, or is the label just a way to guilt yourself into less-frequent indulgence? After a hard day in the studio recently, I picked up my keys and headed out, making a quick pitstop in my husband’s studio to let him know I was going. “I’m headed to the liquor store. Want anything?” I asked. “Day that good, huh?” *blink blink blink* “How about I work on dinner while you’re gone?” Smart man. This next Call is for those of you whose memory of late night projects & exam cramming are still directly behind you.

It is no secret that this is one of my all time favorite art publications. Check out this Call for Entries from Create! Magazine (print publication) for the 2019 MFA Print Edition. $30 entry for this gorgeous magazine. Don’t miss this chance…

•

CALL for ENTRIES:
MFA Print Edition
of Create! Magazine

•

ELIGIBILITY: Open to MFA graduates from the past 2 years (2017-19) & current candidates from both the US & abroad.

MEDIA: Open to all media, i.e.: painting, sculpture, digital, printmaking, fiber, mixed media, photography, installation & more.

DEADLINE: July 31, 2019

ENTRY FEE: $30 for up to 3

JURORS: Kate Mothes is founder and curator of Young Space, an independent, itinerant, online-offline contemporary art platform emphasizing early career & emerging artists. Kate received a Masters in Art History, Theory & Display from Edinburgh College of Art at the University of Edinburgh, and a Bachelors in Art History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has recently participated as a guest juror for BEERS London’s Contemporary Visions 2019, and was curator-in-residence at AucArt LAB, London, UK, in March 2019, and at PADA Studios in Lisbon, Portugal, in April 2019. When not traveling for exhibitions and projects, she is based in Northeast Wisconsin.

AWARDS: Artists selected by the guest juror will receive a 2-page spread including a brief bio, website, and 2 images in print and digital formats. Published artists will receive a complimentary digital issue and will be listed on Create! Magazine’s website/social media & will be listed with images, details and information on their website/social media for life. All featured artists will automatically be considered for any upcoming curatorial projects & exhibitions organized by the Create! team.

SALES: The MFA Print Edition will be available online, in global retail locations in London, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Chicago, Ft. Lauderdale, Wilmington (DE) & more.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Chroma

Posted on July 1, 2019June 27, 2019 by R.L. Gibson

GREEN me up

I’ve always had a hankering for a rainbow assortment of foods, but my personal aesthetic has skewed black and white over the years. I was the kid that wore black, my work concentrated on black and white images for nearly 20 years. About 2 1/2 years ago, my work shifted, and color began to seep into what I had to say. Once the dam sprung a leak, the flood waters came. I did a complete media shift with more color than I can describe, occasionally venturing into neon territory. Then I spent a month in Scotland. I took all black clothing with a few colorful scarves and accessories just to simplify packing…

But, Scotland. It was awash with the most spectacular light, even when it was overcast. My lasting impression is of vivid blues and greens. My clothing became an issue. I felt like I was wearing a black hole. When my plane touched down in the U.S. again, one of my first stops was to buy a colorful shirt because I just couldn’t take the black anymore. This next Call is all about color, and I have the perfect work to submit. How about you?

Check out this Call for Entries from Fine Line Creative Arts Center (St. Charles, IL) for Chroma in the Kavanaugh Gallery. $35 entry & 30% commission. Another gorgeous venue in the Chicago area…

•

CALL for ENTRIES:
Chroma
from Fine Line Creative Arts Center

•

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media

THEME: Chroma, the purity of color, or its freedom from white or gray.

DEADLINE: July 22, 2019

NOTIFICATION: July 27, 2019

ENTRY FEE: $35 up to 3

JUROR: The show will be curated by the Kavanagh Gallery Committee.

AWARDS: $100 Best of Show and 2 non-monetary Awards of Merit

SALES: 30% commission on all sales will go to the Fine Line Creative Arts Center.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: The Bicycle 2019

Posted on June 28, 2019June 27, 2019 by R.L. Gibson

FOOD to go

I have a friend that is a competitive cyclist and one that owns a coffee cart that is powered by custom-built tricycles, meanwhile I can’t ride a bike or a trike, or at least I don’t think so. It has been a long time since I tried. My friend that rides long distances carries a small pack with water and snacks. I picked up the protein bars she recommended, assuming they would be of questionable taste and that the lack of TASTE would prevent me from eating them like candy bars. FAIL. They taste like coconut cookies — delicious. Ahhh. I’m trying to forgive her, ha.

Today’s call is all about the bicycle. I exhibited in this show last year, and the venue is beautiful. My interpretation of bicycle was NOT literal, so I was pleased to receive an acceptance letter. My work did not sell, but the returned work was well-packed and received in an appropriate amount of time. The entry fee is low; there are cash awards, and the commission is standard. I may enter again this year. How about you?

Check out this Call for Entries from Theatre Art Galleries -TAG (High Point, NC) for The Bicycle: Art Meets Form. $20 Entry, 40% commission & cash awards. Take a look…

•

CALL for ENTRIES:
The Bicycle: Art Meets Form
from the Theatre Art Galleries

•

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media. Subject matter must relate in some way to bicycles or cycling.

DEADLINE: July 26, 2019

NOTIFICATION: August 6, 2019

ENTRY FEE: $20 up to 3

JURY INFO: All entries will be judged from digital images. Awards will be selected from the original works of art.

AWARDS: 1st Place $500, 2nd Place $250 & 3rd Place $100

SALES: Theatre Art Galleries will retain a 40% commission on all work sold.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Strange Figurations 2019

Posted on June 22, 2019June 22, 2019 by R.L. Gibson

future FOOD

Netflix & popcorn nights have accompanied my new revelation… the phrase “I had no choice” may be the most commonly uttered line written for television. We always have a choice. The choice may be unthinkable, unspeakable and emotionally-devasting, but it is still a choice. I have made glorious choices and horrific ones. Those choices have allowed me to follow my heart and have fueled my creativity, but they have also created an unsustainable physical reality for me. My body is betraying me; I’m not terminal, just infuriatingly chronic.

I have created bodies of work surounding how our bodies betray us. But really, I made many of the choices. So, thanks to Netflix #jokingnotjoking I am making new choices. I am trying to gently strengthen my body and make healthier food choices. Trying. I love my life, and I’ve come to love the physicality of the figure I inhabit, so it is time to fight to keep it. I’m not having a mid-life crisis or looking for immortality, I just want a chance to have a productive future. I don’t think kale or avocado are miracle cures, but clean food & more movement have to be a start. Like I said, trying.

This next Call wants your figurative work, whatever your take. Are you fighting for a figure? Your own? Another’s? Check out this Call for Entries from Slow Art Productions for Strange Figurations at the Limner Gallery (Hudson, NY). $35 entry, 35% commission, open to all media and all artists. Take a look…

•

CALL for ENTRIES:
Strange Figurations
at the Limner Gallery

•

This exhibition will be held September 5-28, 2019.

•

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media forms

THEME: “This exhibition is open to all interpretations of the concept, Strange Figurations. Included are all forms of surreal, visionary and extraordinary figurative art. All interpretations of the theme “Strange Figurations” will be reviewed and considered.” — Limner Gallery

DEADLINE: June 30, 2019

NOTIFICATION: July 30, 2019

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

SALES: SlowArt Productions will retain 35% commission on sales. Prices set by the artist.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Meltdown

Posted on April 12, 2019April 13, 2019 by R.L. Gibson

lost in TRANSLATION

It is no secret that I’m a little, well, let’s call it cheese “focused”. But we all have our priorities. After being seperated by an ocean for 4 weeks, my husband and I stopped by a local dairy farm less than 24 hours after reunited… to buy cheese. Priorities. Cheese glorious cheese. A few days later, I made summer squash au gratin also known as “squash makes all the melted cheese a legitimate choice”, au gratin for short. Melted cheese means I’m home, ha. Think of it as my oven’s welcome mat. It is the best kind of meltdown.

I have been known to indulge in an epic meltdown of a personal nature on occasion. The last U.S. presidential election put me in an ugly place for weeks. Every insuing attack on civil rights, environmental regulations, access to health insurance & the ability to govern the workings of my own body have warranted their own meltdowns. My work has changed. My life has changed. I worry about becoming numb to the suffering of others, to the loss of agency, to the restrictions on the ability to speak freely. Where is this planet’s population headed? While I was in Scotland recently, I was regularly engaged by locals about American politics. People want to understand what is going on in the United States. I couldn’t explain. I can’t explain. So, I just keep working. Right now, THAT is what I can do.

This next Call in interested wants to see how your work reflects a sense of meltdown, whatever your interpretation. What do you have to say? Could this be the place for you to say it? Check out this Call for Entries from Slow Art Productions for Meltdown at the Limner Gallery (Hudson, NY). $35 entry, 35% commission, open to all media and all artists. Take a look…

•

CALL for ENTRIES:
Meltdown
at the Limner Gallery

•

This exhibition will be held June 14 – July 13, 2019.

•

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media forms

THEME: “We are living in an age of global crisis – of catastrophic MELTDOWN, a crisis the proportions of which, sadly, needs no description. Historically artists have foreseen, described and been inspired by crisis. The subject of this exhibition is every aspect of the MELTDOWN crisis, be it global, personal, environmental, financial, psychological, scientific and/or spiritual.” — Limner Gallery

DEADLINE: April 30, 2019

NOTIFICATION: May 31, 2019

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

SALES: SlowArt Productions will retain 35% commission on sales. Prices set by the artist.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Content Matters

Posted on April 8, 2019April 9, 2019 by R.L. Gibson

SPRING greens

It is time for my seasonal obsession with ginger. I love ginger all of the time; however, about 4 to 6 weeks at the beginning of Spring, I am obsessed. I find ways to work it into every salad, entree & dessert. My family just smiles & nods, knowing that the ship will right itself soon. I think it happens because the weather has just warmed up enought to inspire thoughts of light and fresh fare, but our local harvest hasn’t quite made it to summertime bounty yet. High-quality ginger is available year ’round, and content matters.

This next Call has a deadline just around the corner (sorry for that), and it meets my resume criteria for this year (museums, publicly-funded galleries, collections or libraries). But the theme of “Content Matters” is what really pushed me to want to enter — achingly relevant. I am finishing a piece now that I think would be perfect, but, you know… jurors. We’ll see. If you are interested in a museum show and have work to offer, take a look at the details.

Check out this Call for Entries from Marin Museum of Contemporary Art (Novato, CA) for Content Matters. $35 entry, 40% commission. Delivery is nearly a month after notification, making shipping easier. Take a look…

•

CALL for ENTRIES:
Content Matters from
Marin MoCA

•

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

MEDIA: Open to all media

THEMES: Content Matters ” ‘Content’ is the meaning conveyed by a piece of artwork – a message portrayed through images, symbols, marks, or stylistic treatment. Content communicates the artist’s point of view, their thoughts, beliefs and experiences, and it creates a response on the part of the viewer. “ MarinMOCA

DEADLINE: April 18, 2019 (PST)

NOTIFICATION: May 1, 2019 (posted on website)

ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to 3; $50 for 4-5 ($30/$45 for members)

JUROR: This exhibit will be juried by well-known San Francisco gallerist Jack Fischer, who has been exhibiting artists for over 15 years. According to Mr. Fischer, “The work I exhibit is from the heart and the gut.” Jack Fischer Gallery shows work from a diverse group of artists working in many genres including contemporary, visionary, self-taught, and intuitive.

AWARDS: 1st Place $500, 2nd Place $300 & 3rd Place $100.

SALES: Marin MOCA will retain 40% commission (30% for members) on sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: On the Easel Magazine

Posted on March 18, 2019March 17, 2019 by R.L. Gibson

don’t paint with FISH SAUCE

Every week I manage to make a handful of Insta-worthy, perfectly staged lunches & dinners, completely by accident. More often, I conjure tasty dishes that are weirdly, mostly shades of brown due to carmelization, excessive de-glazing and a love for soy, fish, Worchestershire & all other sauces, brown & salty. As you might imagine, the brown food pics, outside of coffee & walnuts, aren’t really winners on social media, ha. My work is not brown or salty, but similar & not…

A few times per week I manage to pull off a perfectly Insta-worthy image of my work in progress –always at an off-kilter angle with short focus to blur unresolved issues and just the right light to allow a contrast-y filter to make me look like a rock star. It is deceptive and born out of equal measure of insecurity and social media pressure to look like I always have everything effortlessly under control. I have guilt, but not. I don’t like feeding into the notion that studio life needs to be glamourous, but I also don’t like exposing my vulnerability underbelly to nameless, faceless critics. Then enters this Call. As you might imagine, I read A LOT of Calls, and I like options for art publication. But THIS call is different. This call wants to see the mess. Finally, there is an option to show studio life, work-in-progress specifically. I think that this is the kind of aspirational we can feel good about –always real, likely messy & unresolved. Seeing yourself represented as an artist is important. This Call is the brainchild of one of our previously Featured Artists, Robyn Thompson. It is a project of her course work while working toward her Master of Arts in Social Practice, making this a great opportunity to lift up ourselves AND one of our very own.

Check out this Call for Entries from On the Easel Magazine (digital/print) for Works In Progress. No entry fee for this aspirational call for work in progress. There are no cash awards, but this Call is all pros, no cons for me. Take a look, and please contact me personally if you have concerns…

•

CALL for ENTRIES:
Work in Progress
from On the Easel Mag

•

“On The Easel (OTE), a new hybrid digital/paper magazine is seeking submissions of works in progress. We want to see the mess. We want to show the struggles.”

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all media. Despite the name, this Call is not restricted to painting. They “want to show work during its awkward teen years in the hopes that it will inspire folks to push through to bring it to fruition.”

DEADLINE: Rolling. April 15, 2019 or until all spots have been filled.

NOTIFICATION: 1 week post submission.

ENTRY FEE: None

EDITOR: Robyn Thompson, visual artist who is working toward her M.A. in Social Practice program at the University of the Highlands and the Islands. This project is a part of Thompson’s course work. Your participation would be appreciated.

AWARD: Each page will include a full page image of your work in progress or a detail from it. We welcome submissions of either. Your name, links to your work and a paragraph about your process will also be included. The publication will be available for free online and you will be able to order print copies at cost if you wish.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for SUBMISSIONS: 2019 Annmarie AiR

Posted on March 17, 2019March 16, 2019 by R.L. Gibson

for the love of DAIRY

I did NOT eat haggis in Scotland while in residency. No one offered it to me. It wasn’t on any menu that I saw. No one suggested that I should make or order it –except every person I know in the United States, ha. I did, however, give in to hot tea, drink liter after liter of unhomoginized, “gently pasteurized” local milk and ate a shameful number of all-butter Scottish shortbread biscuits. I ate boatloads of Dutch gouda and an embarrassing amount of brie from the local cheese shop. And the spinach quiche and sun-dried tomato bread from the local bakery was sinful. You do Scotland your way, I did it mine. The biggest news is how I approached my work differently…

I went to another continent, worked 80+ hours a week and came home with three small pieces of completed work. I spent 8 solid hours of work on an area the size of a silver dollar. I could NEVER do that at my home studio uninterrupted. I spent thirty hours over 3 days working & re-working a 2″ x 4″ section of stitching. I could NEVER do that at my home studio without massive frustration. Residency is the hardest thing to do. It is undistracted, unobstructed time to experiment and succeed and fail without excuse (that’s the hard part). Residency time is priceless. THIS residency is a working residency that requires working with the public on a project. If it lights you up, if you can envision the project and can’t wait to get started, please don’t miss this chance. Don’t let doubt or all the things you think you need to be get in the way. Just submit the project. Don’t worry about what happens if they say “yes” or if they say “no”. Take the chance because it could change the course of how you work and of how you approach your work forever.

Check out this Call for Submissions from Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center (Solomons, MD) for 2019 Summer Residency. There is no entry fee, plus there is a stipend, project funding, housing and more. This is one of those rare opportunities. Please investigate to see if it is the right fit for you…

CALL for ENTRIES:
2019 Summer Residency
from Annmarie

•

“The summer residency program provides a serene place on the Western Shore of the Chesapeake Bay for visual, musical, and literary artists to design and produce a community arts project. Most artists run their project through Annmarie’s creative reuse center, called the artLAB, where artists are encouraged to incorporate recycled or repurposed materials into their project. Residencies are meant to focus on community arts projects; those that merge arts and the environment are particularly desirable. ” –from annmariegarden.org

ELIGIBILITY: All artists 18+ living & working in U.S. Professional & emerging visual artists, musicians, and literary artists may apply.

MEDIA: Open to all media

DEADLINE: April 15, 2019

ENTRY FEE: None

JUROR: Selection is made by an internal panel.

AWARDS: A modest stipend or honorarium — typically $225 per week for the summer residency; a modest project budget, typically $500-2000, depending on the project; housing (optional), the artLAB, studios, bicycle, kayak, a beautiful sculpture garden, galleries, program administration & more!

Tag: All Media

SPRING greens

CALL for ENTRIES: Winter Solstice from Marin MoCA

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

FLAVOR bombs

CALL for ENTRIES: Color from BWAC

For complete details, read the Full Call!

COLD complication

CALL for ENTRIES: MFA Print Edition of Create! Magazine

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

GREEN me up

CALL for ENTRIES: Chroma from Fine Line Creative Arts Center

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

FOOD to go

CALL for ENTRIES: The Bicycle: Art Meets Form from the Theatre Art Galleries

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

future FOOD

CALL for ENTRIES: Strange Figurations at the Limner Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

lost in TRANSLATION

CALL for ENTRIES: Meltdown at the Limner Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

SPRING greens

CALL for ENTRIES: Content Matters from Marin MoCA

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

don’t paint with FISH SAUCE

CALL for ENTRIES: Work in Progress from On the Easel Mag

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

for the love of DAIRY

CALL for ENTRIES: 2019 Summer Residency from Annmarie

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES:
Winter Solstice from
Marin MoCA

CALL for ENTRIES:
Color
from BWAC

CALL for ENTRIES:
MFA Print Edition
of Create! Magazine

CALL for ENTRIES:
Chroma
from Fine Line Creative Arts Center

CALL for ENTRIES:
The Bicycle: Art Meets Form
from the Theatre Art Galleries

CALL for ENTRIES:
Strange Figurations
at the Limner Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
Meltdown
at the Limner Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
Content Matters from
Marin MoCA

CALL for ENTRIES:
Work in Progress
from On the Easel Mag

CALL for ENTRIES:
2019 Summer Residency
from Annmarie