CALL for ENTRIES: Loss, Redemption & Grace

Posted on March 19, 2019March 17, 2019 by R.L. Gibson

I’ll take the PIE to go

There are a lot of customs surrounding death & food. Most people are familiar with people trying to feed the living by bringing the ubiquitous casserole to the living, but I’ve recently learned that many cultures feed the dead by leaving food on graves, from leaving a pie on the gravestone at Easter to pouring wine on the burial site. I don’t have a real understanding of the symbolism (if you do, LMK) behind the traditions, but I love the love it takes to want to feed someone pie and wine, even after death. THAT is devotion.

My work has centered around human bones for a while now. Bones indicate a pattern for me, both for the living and the lost. I prowl cemeteries with a sense of joy, not mourning. Gravestones are monuments for the living of the best in those no longer able to create new memories. They are, without doubt, often erected out of obligation, but even in obligation, they document a lifespan as an accomplishment, no matter how brief. If they include additional details, they are rare ugly, even if the truth is ugly. This next Call speaks to me because if offers the opportunity to react to loss from a place of truth, not obligation or memorialization. I am also excited about an open opportunity in Atlanta, a rarity.

Check out this Call for Entries from EBD4 (Atlanta, GA) for Loss, Grace & Redemption. $40 Entry & 50% commission. The jurors are researchable, and this venue offers a rare Atlanta opportunity. Take a look…

CALL for ENTRIES:
Loss, Redemption & Grace
from EBD4

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“a platform to examine edgy, daring and thought-provoking contemporary artwork, which traditionally may not be available in a commercial setting”

ELIGIBILITY: Open to American artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media.

THEME: What is your response to grief? Have you spoken to loss through artistic expression? Have you been inspired to answer injustice with the energy of creation? Share your interpretation & response to loss, redemption & grace.

DEADLINE: March 31, 2019

NOTIFICATION: April 15, 2019

ENTRY FEE: $40 up to 3, $10ea. addl

JUROR: Elyse Defoor, director of EBD4, will serve as curator. Jerry Cullum, Ph.D. & Teresa Bramlette Reeves, Ph.D., will serve as jurors.

AWARD: 3 cash awards totaling $800 –for Best in Show, 1st place & 2nd place.

SALES: EBD4 will retain 50% commission.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: L.A. Billboard

Posted on March 8, 2018March 9, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

snowy APRICOTS

It snowed today, in March, in the South, after a couple of weeks of nearly L.A.-like weather. And, of course, I heard lots of grumbling about how produce prices were going to be sky high because of ruined crops. But, truth be told, most folks growing produce this time of year are growing in high tunnels that protect them from minor snow fall and light frost. And some fruit trees like apricots cold exposure amazingly well. This next Call offers exposure that is off benefit, not to be feared. Editor’s Note: I am well-aware of the hackneyed, trite promise of exposure as a payoff for exhibitions that only end up taking an artist’s time & resources offering nothing of real value in return. I don’t like them either. THIS is not one of THOSE as best I can tell. Unlike most billboard calls, there are NO production or participation costs outside of the entry fee. So, take a look; maybe this one is for you…

Check out this Call for Entries from The Billboard Creative for 2018 Los Angeles Billboard Exhibition. Entry fee is only $27, and the curator is research-able. I liked this one enough to enter…

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CALL for ENTRIES: 2018 L.A. Billboard Exhibit from The Billboard Creative

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media that can be represented by a digital file.

DEADLINE: March 15, 2018

NOTIFICATION: Up to 3 months

ENTRY FEE: $27 for 1, $7 ea. add’l

CURATOR: Andrea Blanch is the founder and editor in chief of Musée Magazine, a leading online art magazine at the vanguard of photography and film culture. Musée is dedicated to exposing audiences to the most dynamic, unexpected, and cutting edge photography from both up-and-coming and established photographers, while working alongside the industry’s most prestigious artists, gallerists, curators, and collectors. Blanch’s work has been featured in individual and group shows, books, private collections, and has been published in The New York Times Magazine, Vogue, and Rolling Stone. She also teaches at the International Center for Photography and is a member of the APA.

AWARDS: Selected work will be displayed on billboards throughout Los Angeles. The show is promoted on the TBC website & social media channels. A map is created with artists’ information, website, location of board that can either be seen on an APP or downloaded from the website (past examples).

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Embracing our Differences

Posted on September 16, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

SO YOU
WANNA
BE FAMOUS?

Do you want a sandwich named after you? Me too. I’m thinking mine would be a beautiful grilled cheese with a thick slab of brie and a few raspberries. But, would you settle for just having your artwork on a billboard? Yep, me too. This next Call gives you that very opportunity…

Check out this great Call for Entries for the Annual Embracing our Differences Exhibit in Sarasota, FL. And in addition to possibly getting your artwork on a billboard (making you famous, of course) …don’t forget there is NO ENTRY FEE!

*Editor’s Note: I’ve gotten a crazy number of emails lately specifically asking for public art opportunities and Calls with no entry fees. This one is a combination of both…so I am reposting.

CALL for ENTRIES:
Embracing our Differences

Embracing Our Differences invites artists, photographers, professionals, amateurs, teachers and students to participate in its annual visual art exhibit celebrating diversity.

The Embracing Our Differences exhibit will be displayed throughout the months of April and May 2012 at Island Park along Sarasota’s beautiful bayfront.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists. National and international submissions are encouraged.

DEADLINE:
January 9th, 2012

ENTRY FEE: None.

45 artists will be selected
for the exhibit.

Since 2004, the exhibit has been viewed by more than 850,000 visitors. The exhibit will contain 39 billboard-sized (16 feet wide by 12 1/2 feet high) images of the selected artworks. At the judges’ discretion, an additional 6 “honorable mentions” may be selected.

SELECTION PROCESS: Final selections will be chosen based on artistic excellence in reflection of the theme “Embracing Our Differences.”

The art-work will also be evaluated on how it will read outdoors when enlarged to billboard size – 16′ wide by 12.5′ high.

Artists are encouraged to use
bold saturated colors and strong lines.

Final selections will be made by a 3-judge panel of professional artists, curators and art professionals.

AWARDS: A total of $3,000.00 in awards will be presented.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

CALL for ENTRIES: Embracing our Differences

Posted on July 1, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

MAKE ME
FAMOUS

Have you ever wanted to be on the cover of the Rolling Stone? Have you ever wanted your face on the side of a bus? Maybe you would settle for just a sandwich named after you? Me too. Would you settle for just having your artwork on a billboard? Yep, Me too.

Check out this great Call for Entries for the Annual Embracing our Differences Exhibit in Sarasota, Florida. And in addition to possibly getting your artwork on a billboard …don’t forget there is NO ENTRY FEE!

CALL for ENTRIES: Embracing our Differences

Embracing Our Differences invites artists, photographers, professionals, amateurs, teachers and students to participate in its annual visual art exhibit celebrating diversity. The Embracing Our Differences exhibit will be displayed throughout the months of April and May 2012 at Island Park along Sarasota’s beautiful bayfront.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists. National and international submissions are encouraged.

DEADLINE:
January 9th, 2012

ENTRY FEE:
There is no entry fee.

45 artists will be selected for the exhibit.

Since 2004, the exhibit has been viewed by more than 850,000 visitors. The exhibit will contain 39 billboard-sized (16 feet wide by 12 1/2 feet high) images of the selected artworks. In the judges’ discretion, an additional six “honorable mention” selections may be made.

SELECTION PROCESS: Final selections will be chosen based on artistic excellence in reflection of the theme “Embracing Our Differences.”

The art-work will also be evaluated on how effectively it will read outdoors when enlarged to billboard size – 16′ wide by 12.5′ high.

Artists are encouraged to use
bold saturated colors and strong lines.

Final selections will be made by a 3-judge panel of professional artists, curators and art professionals.

AWARDS: A total of $3,000.00 in awards will be presented.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

CALL for Entries: Shift for Change

Posted on July 27, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

SNICKERS

You know how I love a theme. I hear the snickers…I am proud to love a theme. I once had an art critic wonder aloud (in print anyway) if my love for a theme didn’t occasionally cloud my curatorial vision. Ouch, right?

Here’s a great Art Show Theme…Shift…Change…Movement. Any interpretation you fancy will be fine for this Call for Entries from the BECA Foundation. Check it out:

BECA Foundation presents:
SHIFT, A Call to Artists, Architects + Designers

DEADLINE:
Rcv’d by August 10, 2010

RECEPTION:
September 3, 2010

The BECA Foundation is pleased to present SHIFT, an exhibition of new works of art + design featuring works that express, reveal, embody or address a change or movement on some level – be it social, cultural, physical, metaphysical, political, technological or any other relative shift.

For the purpose of this Call, submitting artists, architects and designers are encouraged to freely interpret the meaning of the word ‘shift’.

Those at least 18 years of age from any country are eligible to submit their works for consideration according to the guidelines below.

The BECA Foundation will host the exhibition at New Studio A.D., a new multi-functional studio, exhibition and event space located in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The space allocated for the exhibition is 650 sqft (60 sq meters) with a ceiling height of 14 feet (4.3 meters) allowing the exhibition to fill a full 9,100 cubic feet (258 meters cubed) of viewing space.

Of the entries submitted, three individual artists, architects, designers, duos, groups or collectives will be selected by BECA Foundation directors + advisors to receive the exhibition opportunity which will run from September 1 – 14, 2010 with an opening reception from 6 – 8pm on September 3^rd, during Downtown Albuquerque’s First Friday ArtsCrawl.

This is a multimedia and multidisciplinary exhibition without limitation therefore all works will be considered, including but not limited to: site-specific installations, painting, sculpture, mixed-media, drawing, printmaking, fiber, textiles, illustration, digital art, interactive design, photography, video/new media, film, performance art, music and sound focused works, 3D animation, graphic design, product design, furniture design, haute couture fashion + accessories, architectural interventions/designs and functional art, etc. In other words, all creative culminations are welcome.

With a growing international BECA network of now 30,000, it is more important than ever for BECA to ensure that in addition to hosting the physical exhibition, the exhibition also be made available online at www.BECAICAD.org for those who are unable to attend in person.

BECA outreach efforts also extend beyond its own growing network via news releases, blogs, videos, flip publications and various forms of social media. This extended outreach for each exhibition results in the exposure of exhibiting artists, architects + designers work to over 750,000 members of the local, regional, national and international art + design communities.

Please download and review the complete Call to Artists, Architects + Designers below:

SHIFT_Call to AAD.pdf
Size : 177 Kb
Type : pdf

Once you have downloaded and reviewed the
Call to Artists, Architects + Designers, you may begin by clicking the
“Submission Fee” link found on their site.

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Billboard Art-No Entry Fee

Posted on July 20, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

Make Me Famous

Have you ever wanted to be on the cover of the Rolling Stone? Have you ever wanted your face on the side of a bus? Maybe just a sandwich named after you? Me too.

Would you settle for just having your artwork on a billboard? Yep, Me too. Here’s a great call for Entries for the Annual Embracing our Differences Exhibit in Sarasota, Florida. And in addition to possibly getting your artwork on a billboard…don’t forget there is NO ENTRY FEE!

Embracing Our Differences invites artists, photographers, professionals, amateurs, teachers and students to participate in its 8^th annual visual art exhibit celebrating diversity.

National and international submissions are encouraged.

45 artists will be selected for the exhibit.

The Embracing Our Differences exhibit will be displayed throughout the months of April and May 2011 at Island Park along Sarasota’s beautiful bayfront.

Since 2004, the exhibit has been viewed by more than 850,000 visitors. The exhibit will contain 39 billboard-sized (16 feet wide by 12 1/2 feet high) images of the selected artworks. In the judges’ discretion, an additional six “honorable mention” selections may be made.

Final selections will be chosen based on artistic excellence in reflection of the theme “Embracing Our Differences.” The art-work will also be evaluated on how effectively it will read outdoors when enlarged to billboard size – 16 feet wide by 12 1/2 feet high.

Artists are encouraged to use bold saturated colors and strong lines.

Final selections will be made by a 3-judge panel of professional artists, curators and art professionals.

A total of $3,000.00 in awards will be presented.

Deadline for submission is January 10, 2011.

There is no submission fee nor limit on the number of entries.

Submission forms and more information concerning past winning submissions are available at http://www.EmbracingOurDifferences.org or by emailing MichaelJShelton@comcast.net.

CALL for ENTRIES: Burning Man 2010

Posted on July 17, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

Let your
Rebellion Show

Is blue Kool-Aid the limit on your rebellion?

Then turn back now because this Call for Entries into the “Why do you do what you do?” exhibit at Burning Man 2010 is meant to be anything but tame. Creation for creation’s sake is every artist’s not-so-secret dream…

So, here is your opportunity to scream why you do what you do from the mountain top. Don’t miss this great Call for Submissions to show at the Burning Man 2010 festival!

CALL FOR ENTRIES — wdydwyd exhibit
BURNING MAN 2010 | Deadline: July 26

Answer “Why do you do what you do?” by combining text + imagery in a creative way.

wdydwyd? is mounting an exhibition at Burning Man 2010 — an event that brings over 50,000 people to a prehistoric lake bed for one of the world’s largest and most avant-garde art festivals.

Since 2004, over 10,000 people have answered, “wdydwyd?” from groups as diverse as Harvard Business School, Google & Twitter employees, Echoing Green Foundation, Kellogg Foundation Fellows, Burners as well as notable figures such as Steve Case, the founder of AOL, and Gloria Steinem, founder of Ms. Magazine.

Thousands of Collaborating Artists have turned “wdydwyd?” into a social-media meme.

Many people have replicated the project at schools and in communities around the world.

The project has been featured in media such as BBC WORLD Television and a million people have visited www.wdydwyd.com.

Jurors:

Will Chase – High Priest of Propaganda, Burning Man & Freelance Art Curator

Sonia Cummings – Nathan Cummings Foundation

Dicky Davies – de Young Museum & Black Rock Arts Foundation

Rebecca Alban Hoffberger – Founder, American Visionary Art Museum

Beth Scarborough – Art Curator & Assoc Dir of Art Management, Burning Man

Tiffany Shlain – filmmaker & founder Webby Awards

David Silverman – producer of The Simpsons

Mark Van Proyen – Chair, Painting Dept., San Francisco Art Institute & Corresponding Editor for Art In America.

Visit the site for Full Instructions.

CALL for PROPOSALS: Times Square

Posted on June 30, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

LOOKING FOR
AN ART SHOW IN NYC?

When you think about your dream gallery show, how many of you think of New York City? I think of Atlanta, Phoenix, Los Angeles, London…and New York City, of course. Tell me–What is more New York City than Times Square itself? Thanks to the Times Square Alliance, you may just have an opportunity to see your work in Times Square.

Check out this
Call for Submissions
from the Times Square Alliance:

Times Square is one of the world’s most renowned urban destinations. Its dazzling lights and teeming crowds offer an overwhelming sense of possibility. Having helped to make Times Square clean and safe, the Times Square Alliance is now working to nurture the creativity, energy and edge that are the essence of Times Square.

For that reason, they are working with a variety of arts-based curatorial groups to bring public art projects to Times Square. Times Square Arts, their pilot public art program, will incorporate diverse art elements into Times Square’s streetscape, thereby expressing the area’s uniqueness and enriching the pedestrian experience.

The Times Square Alliance seeks letters of interest from arts organizations and artists across disciplines to present contemporary art projects and art events in the public spaces in and around Times Square.

In a one-page letter, applicants should propose a single project or series for anytime between September 2010 and December 2012.

Artists and arts organizations are encouraged to propose projects that address the unique nature and rich history of Times Square. Projects should be able to have an impact in a space defined by dynamic activity and continuous, competing visual stimuli.

Organizations, curators and artists are encouraged to consider how their projects will change or effect the space during the presentation and how the 350,000 people here every day (as well millions of virtual viewers) will interact with the presentation.

Public spaces to consider as locations for art projects and events include the new Broadway plazas and Duffy Square in Times Square and other public and private spaces throughout the Theater District, 42nd Street and 8th Avenue.

Through its Public Art Program, the Times Square Alliance brings temporary high-quality, cutting-edge art and performance to Times Square’s public spaces, so that it is known globally as a place where ordinary people encounter authentic, ever-changing urban art in multiple forms and media.

For complete details on the application process and please visit www.timessquarenyc.org/arts/opencall

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Transit Theme

Posted on June 25, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

When is the last time you
were at a bus station?

For many of you, it has been a long time. But I want to challenge you…to let this theme challenge you. I don’t often double post in one day, but here is a Call for Entries for the Grand Opening ceremonies for Knoxville Station Transit Center.

This call IS national, not local. No Entry fee, but you will have to ship your work both ways. Take a look. The theme is complicated, but I don’t think it necessarily requires a working knowledge of Knoxville, TN. Check it out:

Call for Entries:
Knoxville Station Transit Center Grand Opening Ceremonies Exhibition.

Presented by Knoxville Area Transit (KAT).

Postmark deadline:
Friday, July 2, 2010.

Guidelines: Submit only work completed within the five years that has not been previously displayed in Knoxville.

Entries must be original 2-D works. Media categories include, but are not limited to: painting (oil, watercolor, acrylic, pastel, digital, and mixed media); graphic arts (pencil, charcoal, pen and ink, conte, colored pencil, and printmaking; photography (color, black and white, digital); and fiber arts.

Entry Fee: No entry fee.

Theme: Artists are asked to consider the statement below when considering pieces for submission. This broad theme encompasses communities, city life and technologies, nature and environment, and of course, movement and transportation:

“Knoxville Station will be the central hub and gateway that connects all of Knoxville to the heart of downtown and beyond. The building’s creative design, artistry, technology and energy efficiency reflect Knoxville’s attitude of a forward-thinking, livable community. The environmental features reflect Knoxville’s respect for the beauty of the city and the region, and the desire to maintain that beauty for all of our residents. With the opening of this facility, Knoxville residents’ transportation options have just been broadened.”

For more information, contact: bbrill@katbus.com or (865) 215-7828.

Download Prospectus Here.

ART DEADLINE: Sculpture November 2009

Posted on October 6, 2009October 6, 2009 by R.L. Gibson

The Salisbury Sculpture show has announced a Call for Entries for the 2010 – 2011 show in Salisbury, NC. A successful initial run has built Salisbury’s reputation as a venue for First Class sculpture. The 2009 Sculpture Show drew coverage from UNC-TV and Our State Magazine as well as multiple local and regional media outlets.

Salisbury is a unique city with historic main street charm where public art is a mainstay in the city’s profile. The Salisbury Sculpture Show provides an appealing venue for artists and engages residents and visitors, generates citizen input & cultivates art patrons.

Selected pieces will be carefully sited to best enhance the sculptures’ visibility and accessibility. Exhibiting artists will receive a stipend. In addition, three sculptures from the 2009 or 2010 selections will be purchased for the City of Salisbury’s new Fiber to the Home Customer Service Center. A 25% commission on work sold during the show will help build funds for future public art projects.

For entry form, artist stipends, awards, proposed sites, maps, and additional information: www.salisburysculpture.com

Questions? Contact Lynn Raker at info@salisburysculpture.com or 704.638.5235.

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Tag: Art Exhibit

I’ll take the PIE to go

CALL for ENTRIES: Loss, Redemption & Grace from EBD4

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

snowy APRICOTS

CALL for ENTRIES: 2018 L.A. Billboard Exhibit from The Billboard Creative

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

SO YOU WANNA BE FAMOUS?

CALL for ENTRIES: Embracing our Differences

45 artists will be selected for the exhibit.

Artists are encouraged to use bold saturated colors and strong lines.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

MAKE ME FAMOUS

CALL for ENTRIES: Embracing our Differences

45 artists will be selected for the exhibit.

Artists are encouraged to use bold saturated colors and strong lines.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

SNICKERS

BECA Foundation presents: SHIFT, A Call to Artists, Architects + Designers

Make Me Famous

Let your Rebellion Show

CALL FOR ENTRIES — wdydwyd exhibit BURNING MAN 2010 | Deadline: July 26

CALL for ENTRIES:
Loss, Redemption & Grace
from EBD4

SO YOU
WANNA
BE FAMOUS?

CALL for ENTRIES:
Embracing our Differences

45 artists will be selected
for the exhibit.

Artists are encouraged to use
bold saturated colors and strong lines.

MAKE ME
FAMOUS

Artists are encouraged to use
bold saturated colors and strong lines.

BECA Foundation presents:
SHIFT, A Call to Artists, Architects + Designers

Let your
Rebellion Show

CALL FOR ENTRIES — wdydwyd exhibit
BURNING MAN 2010 | Deadline: July 26