CALL for SUBMISSIONS: Bucktown Arts Fest

Posted on April 22, 2018April 22, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

say CHEESE

I can’t imagine how many times I have written the words “I love goat cheese”. It is easy for me to for to write these posts and reveal my food soul and forget that people READ these posts. But when I give career development seminars, I have readers that show up (thank you) and have conversations with me about food that remind me that people know way too much about what I eat, ha. Recently at a seminar about branding yourself as an artist, I had someone bring me goat’s milk soap since they couldn’t keep goat’s milk cheese cold. ♥ This next Call doesn’t have a lot of requirements, but one of them is that your design must include a goat. No, I’m not kidding.

Check out this Call for Submissions from Bucktown Arts Fest (Chicago, IL) for Annual Poster Contest. This is a great resume builder for the winner. Take a look…

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CALL for SUBMISSIONS:
Annual Poster Contest
from Bucktown Arts Fest

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to 2D media, including but not limited to graphic design, digital illustration, pen & ink, drawing, painting, etc. All posters must be 18″x24″, include a goat (not kidding) & include specific text that can be found in the full call. Visit the gallery of past winners for reference.

DEADLINE: May 11, 2018

NOTIFICATION: May 31, 2018

ENTRY FEE: No entry fee

AWARD: $200 cash prize OR complimentary admission and booth at the fest (your pick). Plus, your artwork will be used to promote the Fest, including the Bucktown Arts Fest website, festival merchandise (posters, t-shirts, hangtags, postcards, program), collateral, press releases and signage.

ABOUT: The Bucktown Arts Fest is a non-profit, all-volunteer run, neighborhood celebration of the arts. All proceeds from the fest go to fund, develop and support arts education programming at Holstein Park and in the Bucktown/Wicker Park neighborhoods.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Spoken Word

Posted on December 10, 2017December 11, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

figgy PUDDING?

How often do you read a recipe and think it sounds delicious only to be disappointed be either the process or the outcome? How often do you order something that sounds just okay but turns out to be fantastic? I find the proof is always in the present, in the right now, in the out loud of it all –the pudding, if you will. This next Call wants to hear what you have to say OUT LOUD. What do you have to say?

Check out this Call for Entries from the Todd Art Gallery at MTSU (Mufreesboro, TN) for Spoken Word Performance & Video. There is no entry fee. Take a look at this opportunity….

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Spoken Word from
MTSU Todd Art Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to proposals from students, emerging & mid-career artists

MEDIA: Open to all performances that relate indirectly or directly to text, communication, education, socio-economic inequities, literacy, or spoken word.

DEADLINE: February 11, 2018

PERFORMANCE: February 24, 2018

ENTRY FEE: None

AWARDS: The performances will be scheduled between 11-2 pm on the 24th, around the Todd Building on MTSU’s campus, with videos playing on monitors concurrently.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Abstract 2017

Posted on September 3, 2017September 3, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

CHOCO-alot

Did you eat eclipse doughnuts? Krispy Kreme® temporarily replaced their world-famous doughnut glaze with a chocolate variety. People waited in line for hours. I only know one person who actually bought a dozen because no one else I know is that patient. Every restaurant in town tried to make a connection to the eclipse, no matter how abstract. This next Call is all about the abstract. Prizes include a $500 artist grant…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net for Abstract 2017. $25 entry & no shipping. The media is pretty wide open too. Do you have abstract work to show? Take a look at this opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Abstract 2017
from Art-competition.net

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ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+ (int’l)

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

THEME: Abstract Art “The submitted artwork can be of any subject that is communicated in the power of abstraction. The composition elements of the work must rely on form, color, action, lines, marks, and texture to create a purely abstract work that engages the viewer and draws them into the intention of the artist’s work.” –art-competition.net

DEADLINE: September 12, 2017

NOTIFICATION: September 27, 2017

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

AWARDS: 20 artists will be selected for an online group exhibit, “Shades of Green” at Gallery25N; the exhibit and artists will be extensively marketed worldwide to over 24,000 people including art buyers, gallery owners, curators, collectors, etc. One of the exhibiting artists will receive the “Curator’s Art Prize”, a $500 grant, and their work will become the image of the exhibition and will be used on the invitation, video title screen and on all online marketing.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: 2017 Blanche Ames

Posted on June 21, 2017June 22, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

the HERBS are always greener

Only one of my herb window pots survived the move –cilantro. More accurately, the pots made it; the plants didn’t survive the neglect and abuse. Except cilantro which thrived. So, this month it is cilantro-infused everything. It is going to take a while to get all my herbs re-started because I’m no botanist like the woman for whom this next Call is names. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from The Friends of Borderland for The Blanche Ames National Juried Art Exhibition at the Ames Mansion Museum at Borderland State Park (North Easton, MA). No commission, but there is also no online entry. If you’re interested, send your snail mail entry early…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
2017 Blanche Ames Nat’l
from Friends of Borderland

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

MEDIA: 2 & 3 dimensional work

DEADLINE: July 8, 2017 (Note: This is NOT a postmark deadline. The mailed entries must be received by the deadline.)

NOTIFICATION: July 18, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $40 for up to 3, $5 ea. add’l

JUROR: Theresa Ganz, artist & assistant professor in visual arts at Brown University, Providence, RI. Ganz will select works based on their own merit and must agree the artist demonstrates skill within the chosen medium. Selections to be made from 8 x 10 prints so it is imperative that quality images be submitted.

AWARDS: 1st Place $1,250, 2nd Place $500, 3rd Place $250 & Oakes Ames Botanical Art Award $200. A full color catalog containing images of all selected works will be published. All accepted artists will receive 1 free copy.

SALES: The Friends of Borderland retains no commission on sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Windows

Posted on February 1, 2017February 2, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

clink CLINK

Except for a few specialty pieces, I’ve always owned white dishes. I love color, but food has always been the creative expression for me –even when my husband spent two years as a commercial potter. In recent years, we’ve begun slumping glass part time in a kiln shed built onto our back deck. I am intrigued by the patterns and textures and colors as they meld together. It make me want to make a different sheet of glass for every window in my house. This next Call is a salute to that very visual framework. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Don’t Take Pictures for Windows. This is a smart theme as well as a no-cost chance for a little art publication. Don’t miss this opportunity…

CALL for ENTRIES:
Windows
from Don’t Take Pictures

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“Letting in the light, windows provide a portal to look out onto the world or to peer into a space. These panes of glass sometimes allow the viewer clarity, seeing through to the other side, and other times create visual barriers. . . [DTP] seeks photographs that use windows as a compositional device, or as subject matter.” –from donttakepictures.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to photography –traditional or digital

DEADLINE: February 18, 2017

PUBLICATION: February 22 — May 24, 2017

ENTRY FEE: None

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Match Girl

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

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.

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!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Transience

Posted on September 14, 2016September 14, 2016 by R.L. Gibson

TO-MAY-TO to-mah-to

Here today, gone tomorrow –ah, transient tomatoes. Just last week I was lamenting how many ways I could quickly preserve the abundance of tomatoes I brought home from the farmers market. Now? I have a handful of tiny Romas left before I have to suffer the grocer’s sad selection of hard, hot house harlots that pass as tomatoes. This next Call wants your take on transience, physical, mental or ethereal. Take a look…

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

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

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“. . . photography itself is transient, so I think the transient aspects of photographs remain relevant and interesting. This call for entries seeks images that relate in some way to physical or psychic movement, the nature of being and non-being, aspects of our various experiences, the retelling and visualization of dreams, expressions of spirituality, or any other interpretation of the word transience- both material and ethereal.” –from Adam Finkelston via laphotocurator.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Photography

DEADLINE: September 23, 2016 (Midnight PST)

NOTIFICATION: (and opening date) October 5, 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. Finkelston has chosen the charity Change The Truth.

CURATOR: Adam Finkelston is an artist, art educator, and magazine publisher based in Roeland Park, KS. Finkelston is also the owner, publisher, and co- editor of an internationally- recognized quarterly art magazine called, The Hand Magazine: A Magazine For Reproduction-based Arts, through which he has also curated exhibitions of international artists. As an educator, Mr. Finkelston has received numerous awards and grants, including the 2016 ArtsKC Education Award, recognizing his multi- disciplinary student project, Creative Co/Lab.

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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CALL for ENTRIES: Garden Realm

Posted on December 16, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

don’t eat the
POINSETTIAs

Holiday meals at our house are inevitably eaten around a floral centerpiece, or more commonly, a potted plant. But, for love of our dogs, there hasn’t been a poinsettia in our home for a couple of decades. Instead, we keep a Christmas cactus or two year round. The only rule of thumb is to treat them badly. My mother didn’t water hers for a year, left it on the front porch during multiple early cold snaps. She pulled it in & watered it mid-October, and it was gorgeous just in time for Thanksgiving. So, as a rule, don’t eat your floral holiday centerpieces, but a Christmas cactus might protect your pets if they get the munchies. This next Call is looking for your perspective on flowers this winter. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Litha Moon Gallery (Greensboro, GA) for The Garden Realm: Flora in Watercolour. I always appreciate a themed call that makes room for the abstract. Investigate…

*Editor’s Note: If you have read the personal portion of this post, CALL for ENTRIES: Garden Realm, anywhere other than by email subscription or on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, it has been published without permission and is considered theft.

CALL for ENTRIES:
Garden Realm

“Whether a walk down a garden path, or discovering fragile gentle beauty on a woodland trail, flowers have been a silent still and inspiring subject throughout time. Flowers express love, celebrate rights of passage, such as marriage, birth and death, providing peace for the weary and comfort for the stressed. They are the passion and tenderness of the lover. Comfort for the grieving.” — lithamoon.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Watercolor of flowers — open to interpretation, realist to abstract

DEADLINE: December 19, 2015

NOTIFICATION: January 16, 2016

ENTRY FEE: $40 for up to 4

AWARDS: 1st Place $300, 2nd Place $150, 3rd Place $100 & 2 Certificates of Recognition/Honorable Mention

SALES: Litha Moon Gallery will retain 35% commission on all works sold.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Todd Opportunities

Posted on April 17, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

lots of
STEAM

My son is learning to cook. More accurately, my husband & I are forcing our son to cook dinner once per week. He has shown no really interest in producing meals–only eating them. So, we are not giving him an option. My concern is that if he doesn’t learn how, he’ll be forced to eat commercially-processed crap his entire life. He doesn’t like cooking. Doing anything solo the first time is scary, but my kiddo has turned it into a pressure-cooked affair. Let’s hope it gets easier. This next Call is YOUR chance to do art solo. Don’t stress, just submit a proposal…

Check out this great Call for Entries from Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) for Exhibition Opportunities at the Todd Art Gallery (Murfreesboro, TN). A great place for YOUR solo show…

*Editor’s Note: If you have read the personal portion of this post, CALL for ENTRIES: Todd Opportunities, anywhere other than by email subscription or on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, it has been published without permission and is considered theft.

CALL for ENTRIES:
Exhibition Opportunities

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all media especially graphic design and studio art including ceramics, painting, printmaking, & book arts

DEADLINE: April 30, 2015

ENTRY FEE: No fee to submit your proposal

JUROR: The department’s Gallery Committee meets twice a year to review exhibition proposals and will contact artists when additional information is needed.

AWARDS: An invitation to exhibit as a solo artist or a part of a group.

*Editor’s note: Online entry is easy and free. You need a current CV, artist statement, description of the proposed exhibition as well as 10 images. The entry system will even allow you to ‘save as draft’ in mid-process. You have NOTHING to lose except the time it takes to apply.

For details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: 2015 Nat’l Juried

Posted on November 2, 2014November 2, 2014 by R.L. Gibson

ooey, gooey
GOODNESS

My ultimate comfort food is cheese or nearly any kind. Weird, eh? But, I’m sure some of you claim oatmeal or hamburgers, pizza or kale chips as YOUR comfort food. Sometimes the comfort of another is just enough to get you to try and love a new food. This next Call belongs to a gallery that I find to be a comfort. Try it for yourself; you just may love it…

Check out this Call for Entries from The Arts & Culture Alliance for the Nat’l Juried Exhibition of 2015. This is a great show run by a great arts organization. I’ve shown here personally several times and even serve as a juror on occasion. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Nat’l Juried Exhibition 2015

The Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville announces a call for entries for its National Juried Exhibition of 2015. The Arts & Culture Alliance’s National Juried Exhibition was developed to provide a forum for artists to compete on a national scale and display their work. Approximately 40-50 fine art works encompassing all styles and genres from both emerging and established artists will be selected by the juror, Stefanie Gerber Darr, for exhibition in the main gallery.

ELIGIBILITY: Artists 18+ living in the US

MEDIA: 2-D (painting, drawing, mixed media, printmaking, photography) & 3-D (sculpture of all media).

DEADLINE: December 7, 2014

NOTIFICATION: Mailed December 22, 2014

ENTRY FEE: $40 for up to 3, $7 ea. add’l. Discounts available for members.

JUROR: Stefanie Gerber Darr combines her training as a museum educator, curator, collections manager and artist to develop meaningful experiences for people with art. Whether organizing public programs, curating exhibitions or teaching workshops, she dives into the project to create moments that stimulate the visual and offer reflection on social and cultural topics.

Darr currently manages the galleries and permanent collection at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts and is focusing on raising the awareness of the school’s past, present and future.

AWARDS: $500 Best in Show, two $250 Juror’s Citations, and a cash award for Best Work by an Alliance member

SALES: 25% commission (20% for check/cash)

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say CHEESE

CALL for SUBMISSIONS: Annual Poster Contest from Bucktown Arts Fest

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

figgy PUDDING?

CALL for ENTRIES: Spoken Word from MTSU Todd Art Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CHOCO-alot

CALL for ENTRIES: Abstract 2017 from Art-competition.net

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

the HERBS are always greener

CALL for ENTRIES: 2017 Blanche Ames Nat’l from Friends of Borderland

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

clink CLINK

CALL for ENTRIES: Windows from Don’t Take Pictures

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

no COOKING tonight

CALL for ENTRIES: Match Girl fm Lycoming College

To submit work for this Call, Email the Curator!

TO-MAY-TO to-mah-to

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

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

don’t eat the POINSETTIAs

CALL for ENTRIES: Garden Realm

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

lots of STEAM

CALL for ENTRIES: Exhibition Opportunities

For details, Read the Full Call!

ooey, gooey GOODNESS

CALL for ENTRIES: Nat’l Juried Exhibition 2015

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for SUBMISSIONS:
Annual Poster Contest
from Bucktown Arts Fest

CALL for ENTRIES:
Spoken Word from
MTSU Todd Art Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
Abstract 2017
from Art-competition.net

CALL for ENTRIES:
2017 Blanche Ames Nat’l
from Friends of Borderland

CALL for ENTRIES:
Windows
from Don’t Take Pictures

CALL for ENTRIES:
Match Girl
fm Lycoming College

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

don’t eat the
POINSETTIAs

CALL for ENTRIES:
Garden Realm

lots of
STEAM

CALL for ENTRIES:
Exhibition Opportunities

ooey, gooey
GOODNESS

CALL for ENTRIES:
Nat’l Juried Exhibition 2015