focused and FARE
I cheated on my husband with shrimp tacos. He’s contact allergic to shellfish, and on the rare occasion I eat a meal without him, my radar is firmly set on shrimp. I feel guilty while eating them, like I’ve cheated, and then have to go through a hazmat-style sterilization process afterward. But, shrimp.
I had that shrimp-y luncheon with my a friend, an accomplished realist painter. We spent time talking about our plans for the next weeks and months. She paints prolifically and noted, “I haven’t even been looking at Calls because I can’t do anything until Fall”. Between work for galleries that represent her, a couple of invitational shows and a museum solo show that comes down this week, she can’t lose focus. Realizing that kind of focus has been my goal for months, and I am beginning to see results, but it requires tuning out the things that don’t serve my focused goal.
Are museum shows a part of your current plan? If yes, check out this Call for Entries from Brownsville Museum of Fine Art (Brownsville, TX) for 47th International Art Show. $45 entry & 30% commission, plus $3300 in cash awards. Both jurors’ work is well documented, so do your homework!
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CALL for ENTRIES:
47th Int’l Art Show
from Brownsville Museum of Fine Art
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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+
MEDIA: Open to painting, drawing, water media, mixed media, printmaking, 3D sculpture, photography & digital media.
DEADLINE: February 20, 2019 (midnight CENTRAL time)
NOTIFICATION: February 26, 2019
ENTRY FEE: $45 up to 3, $5 ea. addl
JURORS: Joe Harjo, visual artist, MFA from the University of Texas San Antonio, and Professor of Photography at Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX. Mauricio Saenz, visual artist and filmmaker, MA in Artistic Production from Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain.
AWARD: Best of Show $1000; Clara Ely Award $250 (limited to oil & acrylic), and Octavia Arneson Award $250 (limited to water media), Mayor’s Award: Commemorative Plate, First Place (in each of 8 categories) $150, 2nd Place (in each of 8 categories) $50, 3rd Place (in each of 8 categories) $25 and Honorable Mentions receive ribbons.
SALES: All art must be for sale and the BMFA will require 30% commission for any sale that was a direct result of the exhibition.
For complete details, Read the Full Call!
