CALL for ENTRIES: Small Plates

Posted on February 3, 2016April 4, 2016 by R.L. Gibson

yours, MINE
& ours

Food is so personal. A client recently asked if I had any dietary restrictions so that she could be prepared for our branding consultation that will span a lunch time. I’m allergic to parsnips, which is rarely an issue, and wheat which is always an issue. Always. Her response? We grow our own heirloom corn varietals from which we grind our own corn meal for cornbread.” Food is PERSONAL, and this next Call couldn’t be any more personal. Your support will determine the growth of this opportunity. Please make it personal for you too…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art&ArtDeadlines.com for Small Plates: A Response to Hunger, an exhibit of unframed small works at The Balcony Gallery (Knox, TN). This is a tiny show that needs big support…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Small Plates from artandartdeadlines.com

“The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experiences.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

ELIGIBILITY:
Open to all artists

THEME: Hunger—physical, spiritual, political, emotional or creative. Food reference optional.

MEDIA: Open to all 2D unframed media that will fit in a 9”x 12” envelope.

DEADLINE: EXTENDED TO April 18, 2016 (midnight EST)

NOTIFICATION: Ongoing until April 19, 2016

ENTRY FEE: $5 for up to 5 images. Entry fees are waived for members in good standing of The Haggus Society.

CURATOR: R.L. Gibson, a working artist and the Editor of artandartdeadlines.com (AAAD). Trained in classical, French culinary techniques, Gibson created AAAD as a food-themed resource to motivate artists to create their own community, standards & artistic opportunities. In addition her own solo & collaborative art, Gibson has served as a gallerist, juror, teacher & arts administrator for nearly two decades.

SALES: All work will be considered for sale unless marked NFS. A commission of 30% will be taken on all sales. Unsold artwork will be returned and payment for sold artwork will be made within 30 days of the close of the exhibit.

AWARDS: Best of Show, 1^st, 2^nd & 3^rd Place will be awarded. Note, at the curator’s discretion, ONE image from EVERY artist will go into the online exhibit with a link to the artist’s website.

For complete details, Read the Full Prospectus!

ARTIST of the DAY: Sue Hotchkis

Posted on February 3, 2016February 3, 2016 by R.L. Gibson

beautiful EXISTENCE

I’ve been searching for the perfect new home. I have fallen in love with the most imperfect 10 acres. Someone else out bid me because my budget is ridiculous. Two weeks later, their contract dissolved. I have a second day to hold the hope of imperfection in my heart. Fingers crossed. Today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Sue Hotchkis celebrates that same beauty. My totem art for the day. (continues below)

“…my work is texture and surface, strongly influenced by the Japanese aesthetic of Wabi-Sabi. I seek out imperfection, in the insignificant and the overlooked, using a camera to freeze a moment in time, recording marks and surfaces that are in the process of breaking down, ephemeral, in a state of flux. ” —Sue Hotchkis

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ARTIST of the DAY: Miguel Vallinas

Posted on February 2, 2016February 3, 2016 by R.L. Gibson

do i KNOW YOU?

All of us wear a mask. I don’t believe every mask is a deceit or even a conscious choice, but it still a mask, deceptive or not. I have days when a wolf in sheep’s clothing seems an overly-dramatic cliche. Today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Miguel Vallinas creates the mask that truly fits. (continues below)

"Retrato Número 28" and "Retrato Número 10" from the Second Skin series by photographer Miguel Vallinas! — *“Retrato Número 28” & “Retrato Número 10” by photographer Miguel Vallinas*

Perception. “what we believe we are, what others think we are, what we really are,
and what we would like to be.” —Miguel Vallinas

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Discover more work from the (AAAD)
ArtAndArtDeadlines.com Artist of the Day Miguel Vallinas!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Karen O’Neil

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

yours FOREVER

I have spent a lifetime not buying still life work, because it doesn’t usually call to me. I like my work non-representational, controversial, emotionally raw. But I keep finding work that defies my notion of what is and is not still life. Today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Karen O’Neil creates contemporary work with bright hues that only work because of her masterful use of neutrals –grays abound. (continues below)

Yellow Apple with Blue by Painter Karen O'Neil — *Yellow Apple* *with Blue by Painter Karen O’Neil*

It speaks to me. The apple. It does. I want to own it, eat it and know why it is yellow. I do.

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ArtAndArtDeadlines.com Artist of the Day Karen O’Neil!

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ARTIST of the DAY: Don Bergland

Posted on January 26, 2016January 26, 2016 by R.L. Gibson

utopian DISTOPIA

This site does not debate political issues –except those that surround food. But let’s speak generally. The current political circus in the U.S. and abroad seems unreal to me. I read quotes & sound bites everyday that indicate paint pervasively dark image of humanity. Today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Don Bergland stages glimpses of the surreal world –both utopian & dystopian– only previously imagined. If feel like the perfect fit today. (continues below)

"Fallow Atonement" by AAAD Artist of the Day Don Bergland! — *“Fallow Atonement” by AAAD Artist of the Day Don Bergland*

“I like to challenge accepted cultural dogma and ideology. Each of my works features a theatrical set defined by a stage with actors, props, and a backdrop. The actors in the set consist of everyday objects brought into combinations and interactions that attempt to elicit inquiry. The content of the artwork focuses on themes such as time, aging, nostalgia, the footless pursuit of Utopia, and the conditions of ideology which disable our rational minds. Each image is constructed using conventions of visual realism, but with alterations that offer dreamlike possibilities. Themes and objects appear and re-appear. Each work becomes a framed snapshot of a moment in theatrical space, noticed briefly, and then forgotten once more, a fraction of time when reality is breached and a frozen glimpse into the mental theatre of Eternity is experienced, an opening when the viewer can catch the faint hint of cotton candy breezing in from the sideshow midway, the pastel moment of a lost memory, a slight reminder that the past is never absent, and that the future is always in front of us.” —Don Bergland

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ARTIST of the DAY: Tilleke Schwarz

Posted on January 19, 2016 by R.L. Gibson

visual POETRY

I appreciate a puzzle. And, I truly appreciate an artist that trusts me to figure it out for myself. Today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, textile artist Tilleke Schwarz leaves gaps allowing the viewer to fill in incomplete narratives and stories, never presuming to spoon feed the entirety of the message. A gift. Thank you. (continues below)

*Playground (left) & a detail view (right) by textile artist Tilleke Schwarz*

“Daily life, mass media, traditional samplers and cats are major sources of inspiration. The result is a mixture of content, graphic quality and fooling around. The work can be understood as a kind of visual poetry. Every work contains narrative elements. Not really complete stories, with a beginning, a storyline, and an end. On the contrary, the viewer is invited to decipher connections or to create them. ” — Tilleke Schwarz

Enjoy more work by Tilleke Schwarz!

ARTIST of the DAY: Fenella Elms

Posted on January 5, 2016January 5, 2016 by R.L. Gibson

deep BREATHS

I met the talented James Dickey, the author of the book Deliverance, many years ago. As I drove through the rural south today in search of the perfect patch upon which to grow the rest of my life, I felt the feral nature that must have inspired so much of the desperation with which the book reeks. When my flight instinct kicks in, I need only look up to the trees to see the topmost tiny branches swaying in the biting cold air to find my calm again. The work of today’s Artist of the Day, Fenella Elms, gives me that same sense of order in the disorder. Calm in the chaos.

White Flow by Fenella Elms, individually-made beads on porcelain, attached with slip — *White Flow by Fenella Elms, individually-made, ceramic beads on porcelain, attached with slip*

“Aspects of my past career in mental health continue to influence my work with clay: the subconscious approach, a sense of rhythm, attention to detail and difference. I don’t seek to put my experiences into the clay, but marvel at how they emerge.” — Fenella Elms

Enjoy the calming forms of Fenella Elms!

ARTIST of the DAY: Ellen Jewett

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

STRANGE and gentle

As the years go by, I have come to view the details with different eyes. With people, I have a far greater capacity for empathy even without intimate knowledge of every detail. But with art, I find myself captivated by the minutia. I enjoy dissecting the elements. The sculpture of today’s Artist of the Day, Ellen Jewett, keeps me busy for hours. A cursory glance may reveal spectacular figurative work, but the individual elements offer tiny narratives to be combined into a more complicated world view. Mesmerizing. (continues below)

“At first glance my work explores the more modern prosaic concept of nature: a source of serene nostalgia balanced with the more visceral experience of ‘wildness’ as remarkably alien and indifferent. Upon closer inspection of each ‘creature’ the viewer may discover a frieze on which themes as familiar as domestication and as abrasive as domination fall into sharp relief.” — Ellen Jewett

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CALL for ENTRIES: Flowers, Plants & Gardens 2

Posted on December 12, 2015December 12, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

needle
TEA

Did you know that pine needles are edible, sort of? If you love the smell of holiday wreaths and garlands made of fresh pine, you can get that same sense of comfort from tea brewed of pine needles. Be careful NOT to use yew, Norfolk Island Pine or Ponderosa Pine (poisonous) and be sure to forage for your needles to help avoid fertilizers and pesticides. It’s a different way to look at those ever-present evergreens. This next Call wants to see your different take on plants of all sorts too. Deck the halls…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net for Flowers, Plants & Gardens 2. Only $20 to enter & thousands in prizes. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Flowers, Plants & Gardens 2

“There are always flowers
for those who want to see them.”
—Henri Matisse

ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+

MEDIA: Open to any still medium: painting, collage, photography, drawing, digital art, sculpture, fiber art, etc.

THEME: Work should intrigue and fascinate the viewer with their vision and communicate their individual interpretations of plants. The work can reflect on nature’s remarkable abundance and diversity in the wild, a garden, an individual plant and or the beauty or complexity of a single leaf or petal. The art can be expressed from realism to abstraction.

DEADLINE: January 11, 2016

NOTIFICATION: January 21, 2016

ENTRY FEE: $20 for 1, $35 for 3 and $60 for 7

AWARDS: 1st Place $1,000 cash + $5000 marketing value, 2nd Place $250 cash + $1000 marketing value, 3rd place $125, 4th Place $75, 5th Place $50. There will be 10 Honorable Mentions with the artist’s work being displayed in the “Honorable Mentions” section of Art-Competition.net.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

We are happy to have Art-Competition.net as a sponsor of AAAD.

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CALL for ENTRIES: childhood

Posted on December 11, 2015December 10, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

salt &
CELERY

Even as a kid, my tastes were a little off center. My father used to chop carrots for me so that I could dip them in celery salt, conveniently contained in the spice container cap. I don’t recall using celery salt on anything else either. So strange. Celery sticks got garlic salt, BTW. Neither get either now, ha. This next Call wants your perspective on childhood. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the A. Smith Gallery (TX) for childhood. Everyone starts out there, so the theme couldn’t be more relevant. Be inspired…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
childhood

“child – hood : infancy, nursery, youth, jejunity, bloom, teens, juvenile, beginning, adolescence ” –from asmithgallery.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Photography

DEADLINE: January 7, 2016

NOTIFICATION: January 18, 2016

ENTRY FEE: $30 up to 5, $6 ea add’l

JUROR: Since 1998 Tom Chambers has shown photomontage images from 8 photographic series both nationally & internationally in 20 solo exhibitions & over 70 group exhibitions & art fairs. Chambers has received fellowships from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts & the Virginia Commission for the Arts. Tom’s photography is held in the collections of the National Museum (Colombia); California Sate Polytechnic University; Santa Barbara Museum of Art; Santa Fe Museum of Art; Sir Richard Branson, personal collection; and the Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. Chambers’ work has been published in multiple publications & books.

AWARDS: Jurors Award $325, Directors Award $250 & an exhibition catalogue, (5) Honorable Mentions receive an exhibition catalogue, and a Visitors Award $100.

SALES: A Smith Gallery will retain 40% commission.

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