CALL for ENTRIES: Saturated

Posted on January 6, 2019January 6, 2019 by R.L. Gibson

oh, KALE no!

Somebody help me love kale. I want to love love kale (in some other manner than deep fried kale chips, ha)., but I just don’t. If I’m gonna eat a leafy green, I’m gonna choose spinach every time. Give me arugula or chard. Meanwhile, organic kale was 99¢ a pound this week. It is a gorgeous color though. I’ve been toying with making my own watercolors. Maybe THAT is how I learn to love kale.

For years I worked in black and white, and I loved the big, bold graphic nature of that work. But, color. Color has turned my work around. I fell so in love with color that I changed media after TWENTY years. Like any grade schooler, I get that yellow + blue = green. But, when you find the right gambogue hue & add just a touch of thalo blue, you get to watch them bloom into a gorgeous shade of peacock. This newly found watercolor magic gives power & voice to what I tried to represent literally with typography and b&w symbolism for all those years.

I’ve tried to be more transparent over the past weeks about my own “which” & “why” & “what” questions because I am hoping my answers will help you formulate your own questions and discover your own answers. The Barrett Arts Center is a “yes” for me. Beautiful venue, great jurors, superb curatorial history, excellent resume builder. I have been working on a piece for months that would be the perfect piece to enter. If I can just keep myself on track to finish, I am entering this one. Do you have color you want to strut out like a proud peacock? Then THIS is a great call.

Check out this Call for Entries from Barrett Art Center (Poughkeepsie, NY) for Saturated: An Eye for Color. $45 entry fee & 30% commission. Plus, this juror has a well-documented history. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Saturated: An Eye for Color
from Barrett Art Center

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

MEDIA: Open to drawing, painting, pastel, printmaking, photography, sculpture, fiber, mixed-media, new media & installation

THEME: Color. “Barrett Art Center seeks artworks in which color is the primary instrument of expression for this national juried exhibition to be held April 6 through May 18, 2019. The French painter Eugene Delacroix said, ‘I can paint you the skin of Venus with mud, provided you let me surround it as I will’. Delacroix was referring to the power of color dynamics. This call for works is looking for submissions in which which color plays a transformative role.”

DEADLINE: January 19, 2019

NOTIFICATION: by February 2, 2019

ENTRY FEE: $45 for up to 3, $5 ea. add’l ($35 for members)

JUROR: Michael Rooks joined the High Museum of Art as Wieland Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art in January 2010. Besides his responsibilities at the High, Rooks was appointed Commissioner and co-curator of the U.S. Pavilion at the 12th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia in 2010 and is a member of ActArt, the President’s committee for contemporary art and social action. Prior to joining the High Museum, Mr. Rooks held curator positions at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, The Contemporary Museum Honolulu, and the Honolulu Academy of Arts. At Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art, Rooks curated several group exhibitions and solo projects in addition to survey exhibitions of work by Roy Lichtenstein (1999) and H. C. Westermann (2001) for which he co-authored Westermann’s catalogue rasionné.

AWARDS: $825 in cash prizes –$500 Juror’s Prize, $200 2nd Prize, $125 Honorable Mention.

SALES: Barrett Art Center will retain a 30% commission for sales (20% for members).

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Pushing Paper

Posted on April 24, 2018April 23, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

my CREME-filled heart

My husband and I celebrated our 20th anniversary with Chinese takeout because neither of felt like cooking or grocery shopping. It was our typical night egg drop soup & steamed dumplings, but the thing that made the night a celebration came in a paper bag. A beautiful, fresh chocolate eclair from our local doughnut shop, a guilty pleasure from the middle years of our marriage when that was one of the only splurges we could afford. Since then, I tend to watch my sugar intake and my husband was diagnosed with a wheat allergy. But with a that single damn-the-consequences pastry, I felt the heart flutter that says he’ll stick for another twenty. Some of the best things come in, or on, paper just like in this next Call. Plus the gallery is gorgeous…

Check out this Call for Entries from Barrett Art Center (Poughkeepsie, NY) for Pushing Paper. This venue is spectacular, and venues open to cutting edge work are always appreciated. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Pushing Paper
from Barrett Art Center

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

MEDIA: Open to all media that explores & manipulates the materiality of paper, as well as works on paper, including watercolor, oil, photography, prints, digital work & drawings. Artists are invited to provide a juxtaposition of traditional styles and cutting-edge practices. In addition to 2-D works in all media, sculpture & installation are all encouraged.

DEADLINE: May 16, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $40 for up to 3, $5 ea. add’l ($30 for members)

JUROR: Paul Wong is Artistic Director (retired 2017) of Dieu Donné and a master papermaker/artist who has collaborated with many artists producing groundbreaking work in the creative papermaking medium for over 38 years. Wong has widely exhibited his work in paper, books & installations since 1975 at museums & galleries including Neuberger Museum, Plains Museum, Columbia College Center for Book and Paper Arts, and Dieu Donné. He has conducted papermaking lectures and workshops including: NY Library, Haystack, Penland, Banff, Oxbow, PBI, UArts-Philadelphia, UA-Tuscaloosa, Columbia College-Chicago, Morgan Conservatory-Cleveland

AWARDS: $1,300 in prizes –two $500 prizes & two $150 prizes.

SALES: Barrett Art Center will retain a 30% commission for sales (20% for members).

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: New Directions 2017

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

pass the SALT

Did you know there is a proper direction to pass food around the table? It dates back centuries to men, mostly right handed, who were armed at the dinner table. If you passed food from the right, you ran the chance of bumping in to a weapon or worse yet, causing a spilled drink. So these days it is still considered proper to serve or pass from left to right. After all these years, you’d think there would be a better reason or a new direction, but, no. This next Call is a new direction, more than 3 decades old –an exhibit now in its 33rd year. Don’t miss this opportunity…

Check out this Call for Entries from Barrett Art Center (Poughkeepsie, NY) for New Directions 2017. This venue is spectacular, and the juror is always great. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
New Directions 2017
from Barrett Art Center

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

MEDIA: Open to drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, video, sculpture, installation art, glass, ceramics, fiber & mixed media.

DEADLINE: July 24, 2017 (midnight MT)

NOTIFICATION: August 9, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $50 for up to 3, $5 ea. add’l ($40 for members)

JUROR: Ruth Erickson is Associate Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. She co-curated the major exhibition “Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933-1957” with Helen Molesworth and has organized exhibitions of the work of artists Rokni and Ramin Haerizadeh and Ethan Murrow at the ICA/Boston. She is currently at work on the first U.S. survey of Mark Dion’s work to open in 2017. Erickson received her Ph.D. in art history from the University of Pennsylvania in 2014 and has published and presented her writing widely. She serves as a visiting critic at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts and Massachusetts College of Art and Design.

AWARDS: Juror’s Prize $1,000, 2nd prize $250, 3rd Prize $175 & two honorable merit awards.

SALES: Barrett Art Center will retain a 30% commission for sales (20% for members).

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: National Cup Show 2011

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

CUP of NO

I feel left out of the coffee revolution. I love coffee cake and coffee ice cream, just not the cup o’ joe. I’m not crazy about the smell of coffee in my house in the morning though. Clearly, it isn’t genetic. My mother drinks coffee from sunrise to sunset. And, she’s always in search of the perfect coffee cup. She wants one big enough that constant refills aren’t necessary but not so big that the coffee gets cold before you can drink it. This next Call must be a mecca for the perfect coffee cup, even if it isn’t functional. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Barrett Art Center in Poughkeepsie, NY for the National Cup Show. Enter up to 3 pieces for $30. This is a great space and a cool competition…

CALL for ENTRIES:
National Cup Show 2011

The National Cup Show is an exhibit that highlights the many diverse interpretations of the cup. Both functional and sculptural, this utilitarian object has been part of daily life for centuries. This event helps to promote contemporary ceramic artists and to celebrate the creativity and endless interpretations of the simple form: a cup.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all U.S. ceramic artists, age 18 and over. Work completed within the last 2 years is eligible. No student projects or work completed in class will be accepted.

MEDIA: All works submitted should be 90% clay. Both functional and non-functional pieces are welcome.

DEADLINE: Friday, August 12, 2011 at 6:00 p.m.

NOTIFICATION: Friday, August 26, 2011

ENTRY FEE: $30 for the first 3 images; $6 for each additional image. Please note that if you are paying by credit card, you must add 3% to cover our bank fees. i.e. 30% of $30 = 90 cents ▪ 30% of $6 = 18 cents

JUROR: Adam Welch became the director of Greenwich House Pottery in March of 2011. Born in Fairfax, Virginia, he received his BFA from Northern Arizona University in 2000 and his MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2003.

AWARDS: Recipients of cash awards will be determined by the juror and announced at the opening reception. Artists need not to be present to win.

For complete details, download the Prospectus!

CALL for ENTRIES: Photowork 2011

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

MY HEAD SPINS ROUND

How food looks matters. There is a reason split pea soup turned up as vomit in The Exorcist. I love the taste, but let’s face facts folks… split pea soup looks gross. There is no great surprise that kids find brussel sprouts and wild rice and oatmeal don’t appeal to a large segement of the population. Why eat peas when you can eat Peeps? I get it. But beauty is in the eye of the beholder. This Call for Entries will give you a chance to show beauty (or not) from your perspective.

Check out this Call for Entries for Photowork 2011 from the Barrett Art Center. Open to all photographic styles and techniques, this is a great chance to be a part of a prestigious show and gain a fan or two while you’re at it. Take a look…

CALL for ENTRIES:
Photowork 2011

Photowork 2011 is a premier exhibition of new photographic images. The show is visited by art appreciators from a five-county area including parts of Connecticut and New York City. As a National show, this exhibition brings together photographers from across the country with artists from 30 to 40 states represented each year.

The spirit of the show is a juxtaposition of traditional styles and cutting edge images. The show celebrates the photograph both as FINE ART and as SOCIAL COMMENTARY. Winners in the past have included traditional 35mm photographs, silver gelatin prints, digital prints and even pinhole camera pictures! Cash prizes are also awarded.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to any USA artist for work completed in the last 4 years.

MEDIA: Photography

DEADLINE: April 1, 2011

NOTIFICATION: You will be notified by E-mail and/or phone call of your acceptance or rejection on or about April 8th.

ENTRY FEE: Entry fee is non-refundable. Entry fee is $30.00 for the first 4 images, $6.00 for each additional image.

JUROR: Prior to the Guggenheim, Lauren Hinkson was senior cataloguer for the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books at the Museum of Modern Art, NY, and a fellow at the Museum of Art at RISD. She received her degree in Art History and Architecture from Brown University.

AWARDS: Recipients of cash awards will be determined by the juror and announced at the opening reception. Artists need not be present to win.

ABOUT THE BARRETT ART CENTER: The Barrett Art Center building is the heart of the association and is still used for administrative purposes. It also provides a meeting place for art enthusiasts and artists alike to view, exhibit, discuss, create, and learn about art.

The Center hosts a changing exhibition program devoted to fine contemporary and traditional works of art. Prestigious national juried shows in contemporary art (New Directions) and photography (Photo Works) have each been held annually at the Art Center for more than 20 years, attracting hundreds of submissions from across the country.

Other events held annually at the Center include shows featuring works by members and by our faculty and students, as well as topical shows (such as the recent Latin American show). The Center also provides space for classes.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

CALL for Entries: New Directions

Posted on August 1, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

CHICKEN OR FISH?

Sometimes you think it is going to be a pan-seared-trout day and before you know it, you’re gathered around the coffee table with the other members of your family (who were also too lazy to cook) munching on take out fried chicken. Sometimes a change in direction is a really good thing.

Check out this Call for Entries from the Barrett Art Center for their 26th Annual Juried Contemporary Art Exbition entitled “New Directions ’10”.

CALL for ENTRIES: New Directions ’10

Opening Reception : Saturday, October 23rd, 2010 4:00 – 6:00 pm

Barrett Art Center Galleries

55 Noxon Street Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

DIGITAL: CD with your images (not DVD). No Asterisks or Quotes, please. Simple titling, Artist LAST name FIRST, then title, size, medium, .jpg files ONLY.

Approx. 1MB jpeg file is sufficient. (A good pixel width of 1800 sufficient for detail). CDs must open on PCs & Macs. Please test before sending. Unreadable CDs will not be judged. Judging will be done from CD images only, no prints of any type accepted. Work previously exhibited at the BAC is not eligible. Submitted work must have been completed within the last 4 years.

ENTRY FEE: Entry fee is non-refundable. $30 for the first 4 slides or images, $5 for each additional image. Complete the entry form, and send it to the BAC along with your slides or disk and entry fee so that it arrives at the BAC no later than Friday, September 17, 2010.

NOTIFICATION: Please remember to include a self-addressed, stamped envelope for notification of acceptance or rejection and the return of your CD. Every precaution will be taken to assure the safe return of your materials, but the BAC cannot be responsible for any loss or damage. Care should be taken that images are accurate representations of your work. Accepted works that do not reasonably meet the quality indicated on the CD can be refused. Accepted work will require proper framing or presentation, no substitutions of accepted work will be permitted. Images of accepted works may be retained by the BAC for publicity and documentation purposes. If selected, instructions for submission of artwork will be forwarded to the entrant. Notification of acceptance by Monday, October 4th . Accepted work will be due October 11th –16th.

AWARDS: Recipients of cash awards will be determined by the juror and announced at the opening reception. Artists need not be present.

JUROR: Nat Trotman, Associate Curator, Guggenheim Museum of Art, New York , NY. Nat Trotman is an Associate Curator at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, where has worked since 2001.

He holds a Master of Philosophy from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where he focused on performance, photography, and time-based art, and is a graduate of the Whitney Museum’s Independent Study Program.

Among the exhibitions he has co-organized for the Guggenheim are Haunted: Contemporary Photography/Video/Performance (2010), Catherine Opie: American Photographer (2008), Felix Gonzalez-Torres: America (2007), and The Shapes of Space (2007).

Learn More about the Barrett Art Center online!

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oh, KALE no!

CALL for ENTRIES: Saturated: An Eye for Color from Barrett Art Center

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

my CREME-filled heart

CALL for ENTRIES: Pushing Paper from Barrett Art Center

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

pass the SALT

CALL for ENTRIES: New Directions 2017 from Barrett Art Center

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CUP of NO

CALL for ENTRIES: National Cup Show 2011

For complete details, download the Prospectus!

MY HEAD SPINS ROUND

CALL for ENTRIES: Photowork 2011

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

CHICKEN OR FISH?

CALL for ENTRIES: New Directions ’10

CALL for ENTRIES:
Saturated: An Eye for Color
from Barrett Art Center

CALL for ENTRIES:
Pushing Paper
from Barrett Art Center

CALL for ENTRIES:
New Directions 2017
from Barrett Art Center

CALL for ENTRIES:
National Cup Show 2011

CALL for ENTRIES:
Photowork 2011