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CALL for ENTRIES: 20x20x20 Compact

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

SMALL, MEDIUM
& LARGE

Think good things come in small packages? How ’bout medium sized? Or do you always think bigger is better. Methinks jewelry is best in small packages; my rear is best when medium sized; and, chocolate is best when bigger…but compact? Hmmm…let me think about that one…art, maybe?

Check out this great Call for Entries from the LSU Student Union Gallery for the 15th Annual 20″x20″x20″ National Compact Competition. Compete for prizes…Check it out!

CALL for ENTRIES:
2010 20″x20″x20″
A National Compact Competition and Exhibit

This is a competitive juried exhibition in the LSU Student Union Art Gallery at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. It is sponsored by the LSU Student Union Art Gallery Advisory Committee.

Expected attendance is 3,000 visitors.

The LSU Student Union Art Gallery Advisory Committee, composed of volunteer LSU students, faculty, staff and community members, is responsible for the selection of art exhibits and programs in the LSU Student Union Art Gallery. They are pleased to sponsor this national two- and three-dimensional compact art competition and exhibit for the 15th year.

ELIGIBILITY: This juried exhibition is open to artists residing in the United States. Submissions need to be less than 20″x20″x20″ excluding matting and framing. Work needs to be completed within the last two years. Works previously exhibited in the LSU Student Union Art Gallery are ineligible.

PRIZES: Artists compete for $6,000 in cash awards.

FEES: Entry fee is $35 (non-refundable), which entitles each artist to submit up to 3 entries. Check or money order should be made payable to the LSU Student Union Art Gallery. Entry fees may also be paid bycredit card. Please enter your credit card information on the entry form.

JUROR: Dr. Sara Cochran, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at Phoenix Art Museum in Phoenix, AZ and former Assistant Curator at the Los Angeles County Museum.

CASH AWARDS:

First Place (1) $1,800
Second Place (1) $1,200
Third Place (1) $900
Merit Awards (5) $400

DEADLINE: Thursday, September 30, 2010

INSTRUCTIONS: For slide submissions: Send two (2) self-addressed, stamped, legal size
envelopes, one with $0.44 for notification and one with $0.44 for return of slides. Include completed entry and notification forms, labeled slides, and your entry fee payment.

For CD submissions: Send one (1) self-addressed, stamped, legal size envelope for your selection notification.

Include completed entry and notification forms, color printouts of entries, clearly labeled CD, and your entry fee payment.

All CDs will be shredded at the end of the exhibit. Payment can be made by credit card, check or money order for $35 made payable to the LSU Student Union Art Gallery.

Failure to submit payment may make you ineligible for the competition.

Mailing Address:

Attn: 2010 20″x20″x20″ Gallery Assistant
LSU Student Union Art Gallery
Box 25123
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70894-5123

Shipping Address:

Attn: 2010 20″x20″x20″ Gallery Assistant
216 LSU Student Union Art Gallery
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803

For complete details, download the prospectus!

CALL for ENTRIES: Int’l Juried Art Show

Posted on September 19, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

BETTER WITH TIME

I don’t like aging. I just don’t. I have heard lots of people say that things get better with age. And, while I will grant you that stinky cheese is always better with age (and I love stinky cheese by the way), I am still not seeing the bright side of getting older. Don’t send the emails…they won’t work.

I love new galleries and new galleries with fresh ideas. But, there is a great deal to be said for folks that have been there and done that–who know how to curate, jury and hang a show from years of experience. After 20 years of shows, The Center for Photographic Art has announced a Call for Entries for their 2011 Juried Exhibit. Check it out!

2011 Center for Photographic Art
Juried Exhibition

The Center for Photographic Art is pleased to announce the latest in nearly 20 years of Juried Exhibitions. This year, for the first time, registration and submissions will be performed entirely over the Internet.

JURORS:

Ted Orland, Photographer

Karen Sinsheimer, Curator of Photography Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California

Huntington Witherill, Photographer

PRIZES: The jurors will select three images to receive cash prizes: $1000 to the first place, $500 to the second place, and $250 to the third place image.

ELIGIBILITY: The exhibition is open to all photographers, both amateur and professional, working in all still photographic media. There is no theme for this exhibit; any subject matter is eligible for entry into the 2011 Juried Exhibit.

DEADLINE: November 19, 2010.

FEES: CPA members may submit up to three images for $20. Non-members may submit up to three images for $40. Any entrant can submit up to an additional nine images, at an additional cost of $10 each. No more than a total of 12 images may be submitted.

RULES: No more than two images by a single photographer will be accepted into the exhibition. No more than four images by a single photographer will be accepted into the web gallery.

Artists with work accepted for exhibition or for the web gallery grant the CPA non-exclusive rights to use their images to advertise the exhibition and related programs, for display on the CPA website, and for publication in an exhibition catalog, should there be one.

For complete details, visit
www.photography.org!

GREEN ART: Yosemite Renaissance

Posted on September 14, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

CHARTREUSE ANYONE?

Is your family green or eco-friendly? My family has made progress toward going the eco-friendly green revolution in baby steps over the past few years with a little help from our friends over at Toni’s Treehouse. However, I’ll admit that it never occurred to me that my art could offer a greater opportunity to contribute to environmental awareness. Just don’t ask me to drink the juice, ugh.

Check out the Call for Entries for the 26th Annual Yosemite Renaissance Exhibit. You can enter one piece for as little as $15 and help create an ongoing desire for the environmental protection of Yosemite National Park in new generations with your unique interpretation of the park. It’s good to be green…

CALL for ENTRIES: Yosemite Renaissance XXVI

Yosemite Renaissance is an annual competition/exhibition which is intended to encourage diverse artistic interpretations of Yosemite.

Its goals are to bring together the works of serious contemporary artists that do not simply duplicate traditional representations; to establish a continuum with past generations of Yosemite artists; and to help re-establish visual art as a major interpretive medium of the landscape and a stimulus to the protection of the environment.

Historically, the arts have played a very important role in the establishment of our State and National Parks. It is the hope of Yosemite Renaissance that they can be just as important in future efforts to preserve and protect that heritage.

ELIGIBILITY: The Yosemite Renaissance XXVI competition is open to all living artists. Subject matter is limited to recent works on the landscape, environment, wildlife and people of Yosemite or the environment of the Sierra. Both representational and non-representational submissions are accepted.

MEDIA: Original artwork may be in any medium. Size is limited to works that can be shipped in containers not exceeding maximum U.P.S. dimensions of 130 inches, length and girth combined. Triptychs or other multi-image pieces (exhibited under one title) should not exceed 48 x 48.”

LIMITS: Each artist is limited to eight entries. No more than two entries from any artist will be included in the exhibit.

DEADLINE: November 13, 2010

SELECTION & AWARD PROCEDURES: Artists must submit one digital file for each artwork entered. Up to three digital files may be submitted for each three-dimensional piece. Please do not submit slides.

1. Preliminary and final selection for inclusion in the exhibit will be made by the jurors from the digital files. Between 35 and 50 pieces will be selected for the exhibition.

2. Artists whose works are selected from the digital files will ship their original works for the exhibition at the Yosemite Museum Gallery. (If the originals differ significantly in appearance from the digital files which were submitted they may be disqualified.)

3. From the original works the independent jurors will select award-winners to be announced on the night of the opening reception, Friday, February 25, 2011.

AWARDS: At least $4,000 in cash awards will be distributed at the discretion of the judges. Purchase awards may be given as well.

A special award of $300 will be given to the best piece inspired by Hetch Hetchy (pictured below) that the jurors select to be included in the exhibit.

JURORS: The Board of Directors of Yosemite Renaissance (consisting of artists, curators and administrators) will make the initial selection of works for the exhibition. Cash award-winners will be selected by independent judges to be announced.

ENTRY FEE: There is a non-refundable entry/handling fee of $15.00 for each entry. Payment must accompany your entry submissions. Your check or money order should be made payable (only in U.S. dollars) to Yosemite Renaissance, Inc. One check may cover several entries from one artist (up to the eight entries allowed per artist).

ENTRY PROCEDURES: Entry is by digital files only. No slides. Digital files should be submitted in the form of CDs or DVDs (include all of your entries on a single CD or DVD).

Digital files should be in .jpeg (.jpg) format and no larger than 3 mb per file (we do not recommend that you send files smaller than 250 kb).

For three-dimensional works artists may submit up to 3 digital files per entry to show significant views.

Filenames should start with the artist’s lastname and include a brief title (Example: Kennedy_Half_Dome_Winter. jpg)

Following these instructions will prevent confusion in the end.

Send entry form(s) (a separate form for each entry), digital files and entry fees to:

USPS: (preferred method)
Yosemite Renaissance XXVI
P.O. Box 767
Yosemite National Park, CA 95389

-or-

FedEx or UPS:
Yosemite Renaissance XXVI
c/o Ansel Adams Gallery
Village Mall
Yosemite, CA 95389

NOTIFICATION: Artists will be notified by email of the judging results by late December The results of the judging will also be posted on this website when they are available. Artists who are selected for the exibition will receive additional information via regular mail at a later date.

EXHIBITION SPECIFICATIONS: Framed 2-dimensional artwork accepted for exhibition which is glazed must be glazed with Plexiglass, with proper hardware ready for hanging. Other two-dimensional artwork must also include proper hardware for hanging. 3-dimensional works accepted for exhibition should be ready for presentation.

All artwork, including hand-delivered pieces, must be packed in sturdy cardboard (or other lightweight material) reusable containers. Containers should not exceed the UPS maximum of 130″ (length and girth combined). (Selected artists will receive more detailed shipping guidelines.) Due to weight wooden shipping containers are not acceptable.

Artists will ship their works to Yosemite at their own expense. Return shipping and shipping insurance costs will be covered by Yosemite Renaissance.

Questions? Read the Prospectus!

INTERNATIONAL Art Competition: JAPAN

Posted on September 7, 2010May 6, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

SUSHI SUSHI SUSHI

I often post international artist residency opportunities and get lots of email in return that basically says, “I wish.” And, believe me, I understand the frustration of needing the inspiration and time and space of a residency, but not being able to afford the luxury of a month in Spain or Chile. Well, what if I told you that you could get the full foreign tour AFTER you do the work? Stop and smell the sushi, folks.

Check out this International Art Competition and Exhibition from Sakuraba Gallery in Japan. The artists that are selected to exhibit will be brought to Japan from their home country to attend the opening reception. Airfare, cost of hotel stay for up to ten days, and a small group tour of Sendai are included. ENTER TODAY!

CALL for ENTRIES: International Art Competition–Japan

Next year, Sakuraba Gallery will host an art competition to recognize the best artists from outside of Japan. The artists that are selected to exhibit will be brought to Japan from their home country to attend the opening reception.

Airfare, cost of hotel stay for up to ten days, and a small group tour of Sendai are included. Meals and spending money are not provided.

The opening reception will be held on February 5th, 2011 at 19:00. The exhibition will be open from that day until April 2nd 2011.

DEADLINE: Must be received by January 1, 2011. 12:01pm JST.

GUIDELINES: Artists must submit a completed entry form and pay a non-refundable entry fee of $30 US dollars (via Paypal or Google Checkout) to submit 3 works of art.

ELIGIBILITY: The competition is open to artists 18 years of age or older world-wide; however, artists must not currently reside in Japan or have resided in the past for longer than two years. Artists cannot be Japanese citizens or hold duel citizenship with Japan and another country. Publishers, galleries, agents, and collectors may not submit artwork on behalf of artists.

All works submitted must be original in design and concept. Artwork must not be copied, in part or wholly, from any published or copyrighted work. Artwork based upon a copy-written work for the sake of parody or critic is acceptable on a case by case basis.

MEDIA: Drawings, paintings, printmaking, photography, digital art, sculpture, installations, ceramics, fiber art, wearable art, jewelry, and mixed media. Media not accepted: Video/film and live performance pieces.

Acceptance/Notification: Artists will be notified by January 5, 2011 as to whether or not they have been selected for the exhibition. Winners have 24 hours to accept or decline the invitation to come to Sendai. Gallery staff will begin working with the artist immediately to make travel arrangements. For those who decline, an alternative cash prize of $1000 will be awarded. Award winners will be announced to the public with the opening reception on February 5, 2011.

For complete details, visit the Sakuraba Gallery website!

ART PUBLICATION: Artist Portfolio Magazine

Posted on September 7, 2010September 8, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

THE WHOLE
ENCHILADA

Missed my art publication rants? You know you did. Well, I have a new one for you. All media coverage of your art, even the bad stuff, is good stuff. I have a big show of my own coming up in April 2011 in Phoenix, and at least one of the pieces is VERY controversial. I contemplated, if only for a moment, lighting a fire under some very conservative folks known for their highly sensitive moral sensibilities…just for the bad press…but I didn’t…I haven’t…yet. Hehehe.

The point is…Artist Portfolio Magazine is about to produce its inaugural issue, and they are looking for cover art. I know, I know–stop rolling your eyes. Just let me just get the whole thing out there. Artist Portfolio Magazine is a DIGITAL magazine and is the love-child of MyArtContest.com. There–that’s the whole enchilada. I’m just saying…all press is good press. Life is too short to be jaded. You’ll KICK yourself later if you missed out on a chance for the first bite of the whole enchilada.

CALL for ENTRIES: Artist Portfolio Magazine Cover Contest

The first issue of Artist Portfolio Magazine is just about full, and now they need a great piece of art for the cover.

ENTRY FEE: $30 – up to two images per entry (non-refundable) via secure payment with Credit Card through PayPal.

ELIGIBILITY: All artists of all ages. Art work must be original and created by the artist submitting the art. Art must have been created with in the past 3 years.

DEADLINE: December 1, 2010.

MEDIA: All mediums and styles of visual artists – painting, drawings, photography, digital, sculpture, etc … Sorry, but no music or video productions.

FORMAT: Submissions must be in the following format types: (jpg,jpeg,gif) and be less than 2MB. If a background is viewable, they reserve the right to crop the image so only art is visable.

TERMS: You may enter as many times as you like. All art is placed on website for duration of contest, but it may take a few days to get the art posted online. They add and review all art manually.

AWARDS:

1st Place – $250 and Art featured on cover page, plus full page feature of art in Artist Portfolio Magazine

2nd Place – $100 and Full page feature of art on Page 1, plus full page feature of art in Artist Portfolio Magazine

3rd Place – $50 and Full page feature of art on Page 2, plus full page feature of art in Artist Portfolio Magazine

20 Honorable Mentions – 1/4 page feature in Artist Portfolio Magazine

For complete details, visit MyArtContest.com!

CALL for ENTRIES: Coupling from Gallery 110

Posted on September 4, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

SOMETIMES YOU FEEL
LIKE A NUT

Some things just go together. And, athough I always think of myself as a strong, individual personality. I’ve come to realize that I clearly value being part of a duo. My husband Jon and I are rarely apart. My friend Toni and I are “two nuts in a pod,” and even my artwork has become collaborative. Which duo in your life adds the pea-nuty center?

Check out the Call for Entries for Couplings from Gallery 110 in Seattle. This International Juried Art Show is looking for work that explores personal relationships. Here’s a great opportunity to add a gallery from another major art center to your resume. Take the chance…

CALL for ENTRIES: Couplings

In February 2011 Gallery 110 will host an international juried show titled Couplings. As a tie-in to Valentine’s Day, the gallery is calling for artwork that explores personal relationships.

In our world of many dualities and increasing isolation the idea of “couplings” has many modern interpretations of love and affection. Gallery 110 invites artists to submit works that celebrate these pairings and the power of the bonds they create.

JUROR: Rock Hushka is Director of Curatorial Administration and Curator of Contemporary and Northwest Art at Tacoma Art Museum. He also serves as an Affiliate Assistant Professor at the University of Washington. Before joining the Tacoma Art Museum, Hushka held positions on the curatorial staff at the Seattle Art Museum and worked in the collections of the Henry Art Gallery at University of Washington.

At Tacoma Art Museum (pictured right), Hushka has curated more than 45 projects including Sparkle Then Fade, The Forty Part Motet by Janet Cardiff, A Reworking of Spem in Alium 1573, by Thomas Tallis, and the nationally touring Lewis and Clark Territory: Contemporary Artists Revisit Place, Race, and Memory. He has completed eleven major exhibition and catalogue projects including The Romantic Vision of Michael Brophy, Where Sky Meets Earth: The Luminous Landscapes of Victoria Adams, and two Northwest Biennials.

Under his leadership of the artistic program, Tacoma Art Museum has received major grants from the National Endowment for the Arts for a collection handbook of the Northwest collection and from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts for the forthcoming exhibition Art, AIDS, America.

AWARDS: First and second prize winners will take home $300 and $200 respectively.

ELIGIBILTY: Couplings is an international juried show open to artists over 18 years of age. Art work may be in any two or three dimensional media and must be original works of art by the artist submitting the entry.

CONDITIONS AND RULES: Entries accepted for exhibition must have a professional appearance. Two-dimensional artwork must include a wire and must be ready to hang. Works on paper must be framed and protected under glass or Plexiglas. The finished size cannot be more than 48” in either dimension and image size cannot be less than 8” in either dimension. Artwork cannot weigh more than 30 pounds. Artists may not substitute another work for the accepted work. Entries must be for sale and priced with the intent to sell. A gallery commission of 50% will be deducted from sales. Artists grant permission to Gallery 110 to reproduce accepted artwork for promotional uses in both printed and electronic forms.

ENTRY FEE: The fee is $35 for 3 entries. Add $10 for each additional piece. Payment must be in US dollars. Entry fees are non-refundable.

DEADLINE: Entry deadline is November 1, 2010.

NOTIFICATIONS: A list of accepted artists will be posted on their gallery website in early December 2010. Selected artists will be notified by email and telephone. Shipping and delivery instructions will be provided with acceptance notification. Delivery and return charges are the artist’s responsibility.

To download this prospectus click here.

QUESTIONS? Email juriedshow@gallery110.com or call Sarah Dillon,
Gallery Director at 206-624-9336, noon-5pm, Wednesday through Friday.

CALL for Entries: Emerging Artists for NY Gallery

Posted on September 3, 2010September 3, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

DISCOVERERS
ANONYMOUS

Have you ever discovered a little something unknown to most of your friends and family and felt compelled to tell EVERYONE? Me too. Of course my discoveries are usually food related. However, there are a significant number of galleries and curators that devote a portion of their exhibit space and time solely to Emerging Artists.

Check out this great Call for Entries brought to you by SlowArt Productions. Emerging Artists’ work will be showcased at the Limner Gallery in Hudson, NY. The entry fee is reasonable and prizes include both cash and publication awards! Don’t delay…

CALL for ENTRIES:
EMERGING ARTISTS 2011

This is the 19th annual competition for gallery exhibition and awards. This exhibition is devoted to the discovery, introduction and promotion of emerging artists. The exhibition will be held in April 2011 at the Limner Gallery and is open to all artists working in any media. There will be a $1000 cash award and $2400 in publication awards. Deadline for submissions is November 30.

ELIGIBILITY AND RESTRICTIONS: The competition is open to all artists, national and international, working in all media. All forms of painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, graphics, digital and installation art, video, etc. are eligible. Entrants must be 18 years of age or older to apply. Wall mounted works must not be taller than 96″ no wider than 120″. Sculptural work must fit through a standard height, 36″wide entry door.

EXHIBITION AND AWARDS: Winning artists will be featured in a group exhibition at the Limner Gallery, April 1 – 30, 2011. The exhibition will also be displayed on the Limner Gallery web site. There will be a $1000 cash prize awarded to one artist. One artist will be awarded a two page display in Direct Art Volume #18, Fall 2011 issue. Two artists will be awarded a single page display. Direct Art is distributed to bookstores across the USA including Borders and Barnes and Noble. For more information on Direct Art view: http://www.slowart.com/about.htm

EXHIBITION TERMS:

ENTRY FEES: There is a $35.00 entry fee for one to four artworks entered, presentation is by digital files, prints or 35mm slides. There is a $5.00 fee for each additional artwork above four. Details of 2D artwork count as an additional artwork. Sculptors may provide one additional view per artwork without cost. Artists accepted to exhibit will not be charged additional fees of any kind. Payments may be by check or money order payable to SlowArt Productions, or by credit card using PayPal.

NOTIFICATION: Artists will be notified of acceptance or non-acceptance no later than December 31, 2010. Results will be posted on or before this date at: http://www.slowart.com/results. Notification will be made via email and/or by mail with the return of materials in the SASE provided by the artist. Read the notification page for details of the notification policy.

PRIVACY POLICY: Artist contact information (address, telephone) is only held for the purpose of contacting selected artists and is not preserved in any database. Entry forms are destroyed and data and image files deleted on the completion of the jury process. All artist emails are added to their future events announcement email list. If you do not wish to be on the email list click the unsubscribe button when you receive the first announcement and your email will be automatically deleted.

DEADLINE: The final postmarked deadline is November 30, 2010. Entries must be postmarked or submitted via email by this date.

All works in the show must be for sale. The gallery will take a 30 % commission on all sales. Sale price is determined by the artist.

Online Entry: On line entries are via email or web post with direct html link . Email files must be in JPG format. JPG files when closed should be approx. 500K (1/2 MB) or less in size, when open approx. 8MB or less. Images may also be posted to a dedicated web page and a link provided to the page. Web page images should not be download restricted. Videos artists may also post on a personal web page or on YouTube.

For complete details, go to the Prospectus online!

CALL for ENTRIES: Lucky 13 Small Works Competition

Posted on September 2, 2010September 2, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

QUIT SPILLING STUFF, ALREADY!

Are you superstitious? I never have been, but I must admit that Friday the 13th always gives me pause. And I never can remember the superstition about spilled salt. And why isn’t spilled milk a superstition. Confused yet? Me too.

Check out the sheer volume of 13’s involved in the Call for Entries for the National Small Works Exhibition & Competition from the Mesquite Fine Arts Center in Nevada. Hope you’re not superstitious. 🙂

CALL for ENTRIES:
National Small Works Exhibition & Competition

Eligibility: Open to all artists residing in the United States, 18 years or older. Wall hung art only. No utilitarian crafts or jewelry. Maximum size, including frame is 13 inches by 13 inches by 5 inches deep. All artwork must be for sale.

DEADLINE: POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN OCTOBER 4, 2010

Entry Procedure: Entries will be juried into the competition from slides or photos, one slide/photo per artwork piece. Label your slide or photo on the backside with name of artist, title of work, medium, size (including frame). Artist must include a non-refundable entry fee of $13 per piece to be juried, and a maximum of 4 works per artist.

Make check/money order payable to VVAA (Virgin Valley Artists Association). Include a self-addressed stamped envelope with correct postage for return of slides or photos with juror decision. Slides/photos of accepted work will be kept until the exhibition ends, then returned when artwork is returned. Send your application with your entry fee(s) and slides/photos to:

MESQUITE FINE ARTS GALLERY
“LUCKY 13”
15 W. Mesquite Blvd.
Mesquite, NV 89027

Notification: Mailed by October 11, 2010

Reception & Awards will be held on Nov 13, 2010 from 6 pm to 8 pm in the Gallery.

PRIZES:
Best of Show = $1313
First Place = $313
Second Place = $213
Third Place = $113

Accepted Work: The artist is responsible for all shipping costs to and from the Art Gallery. Work will be received from October 15 through October 23, 2010. Work may also be hand-delivered on the same days, during business hours for the Gallery, Tues. to Sat. 10am to 4pm. All work must be suitably framed and presented with a wire hanger, no saw tooth hangers accepted.

All artwork on paper and photographs must be glazed with plexi glass. No substitutes of work will be allowed. Any work deviating significantly from the original slides or photos may be rejected. Artwork must be labeled on back of each piece with name, title, medium and price.

Every care will be taken for art and materials, however, the gallery and staff will not be liable for any damage or loss of artwork, frame, glazing, slides, or photos during the shipment, jury, exhibition or return of the artwork. Artists will be responsible for their own insurance.

Submission of an entry to the competition constitutes acceptance of all conditions. Hand-delivered work must be picked up at the gallery on January 6 through January 10, 2010, during business hours of the gallery.

Sales: All work must be for sale. The gallery will retain a 30% commission on all sales. The price on the entry form will be considered the retail price. A 1099 MISC will be issued if an artist receives paid commission exceeding $600.

Judges: This year’s judges are from the tri-state area of Nevada, Utah and Arizona.

For more information, visit the prospectus online!

CALL for PROPOSALS: The Soap Factory

Posted on August 31, 2010November 4, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

MONEY FOR DESSERT

Most professional artists rely on art sales for income. Most emerging artists hope for art sales for extra income for supplies. Many prestigious art shows come with publicity and great printed materials, but lots of artists never get to go to out-of-town openings due to financial constraints. So, how do you afford to produce work, submit work, get to attend the openings and still afford to eat dessert?

Maybe this Call for Submissions from The Soap Factory could be the answer to your art entry problems. The Soap factory is looking for work for group exhibits, AND they offer installation support, travel, accommodations, and a stipend to those selected to exhibit.

CALL for SUBMISSIONS: The Soap Factory

The Soap Factory exhibits work in its galleries throughout the year. Exhibitions curated from submissions are typically comprised of 8-10 artists. The Soap Factory is a 120-year old ex-industrial warehouse on the banks of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis.

They have no climate control, air conditioning or permanent heating system just some simple coil heaters; please bear this in mind when submitting your work. Projects by individual artists that propose to use the entire 12,000 sq feet of gallery space are always encouraged.

They are particularly interested in proposals conceived specifically for The Soap Factory galleries. (So do your homework!) Their programming is unique in that they select only a small proportion of the artists they exhibit from their pool of submissions. They commonly receive 400 artist submissions per season.

DEADLINE: November 30, 2010. They do NOT accept e-mailed submissions so this is a POSTMARK deadline.

REVIEW DATES: Submissions are reviewed for exhibition between May 1st and October 31st.

NOTIFICATION: March 2011

They may keep your submission on file for up to 8 months. Do not call or email to check on your submission. The Soap Factory does not return work. Please only send materials that you do not need to be returned.

COVER PAGE indicating the following information: Name, Email, Phone, Address, Medium of submission

IMAGES: Up to ten color images of your work on disc. Digital images must be Mac compatible (jPeg, tif, pdf) not less than 1500×2100 pixels. Each submitted image MUST ALSO BE PRINTED IN HARD COPY. Submissions that do not include hard copy images WILL NOT BE REVIEWED.

RESUME, artist statement and project description/ proposal.

Please submit any video on DVD. DVD must be in Zone 1 format (readable in USA).

Work samples WILL NOT BE RETURNED

The Soap Factory is committed to diversity in audience, staff and programming. To assist them in achieving our diversity goals, please indicate your ethnicity or cultural background. Please note that compliance or non-compliance with this request will NOT affect the status of your submission.

The Soap Factory provides full installation support for all selected projects, including travel and accommodation, as well as a stipend to artists. They provide publicity, exhibition invitations, mailings, opening reception and artist talks. However, they do not provide insurance coverage for work exhibited at The Soap Factory. All work is shown at the artist’s own risk.

Mail submissions to:

Program Manager
The Soap Factory
514 2nd St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414

Questions? Visit The Soap Factory Submissions Page!

CALL for ENTRIES: GaGa Arts

Posted on August 29, 2010September 10, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

SIMPLE
RECIPE

Many of you have become very focused on the complicated twists and turns of art entries. My experience is that artists have been trained to believe that galleries and museums speak in a special language or have their own inner sanctum that you have to join to be able to show you work. I want to encourage you not to be quite so suspicious of opportunities. It isn’t always a complicated recipe…sometimes it is simple as a home-grown tomato.

I want you to consider this Call for Entries from Gaga Arts Center for la conexión. There is no formal call on their website, there aren’t really any strict guidelines. This is a simple chance for you to submit your work for consideration. Let’s all just relax and say “thank you.” Give it a try…

CALL for ENTRIES: la conexión

“La Conexion” an exhibition of Latin American artists and Latin American themed artwork in any medium. It will be in an 8,000 square foot gallery at the art center from Oct 15-Nov 21st 2010.

DEADLINE: Submission deadline is September 15th, 2010. As of September 10th, this exhibit is complete and no longer accepting submissions.

MEDIA: Any media will be considered including, but not limited to: paintings, drawings, photographs, sculpture, performance art, dance, music, film, video, animation and food.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Email images and bios to jsgalleryinfo@gmail.com. Yes, that’s all you really have to do. However, I encourage you to be responsible and limit your image sizes and numbers so that their email is not bogged down with downloads.

ENTRY FEE: There seems to be no entry fee. It just keeps getting better, eh?

ABOUT THE GALLERY: GAGA Arts Center is a not-for-profit arts organization located in the Garnerville Arts and Industrial Center, an historic textile mill built in the 1830’s, in New York’s Lower Hudson Valley. Just 45 minutes up the Hudson River from NYC, and closer still to many Westchester County, Rockland County, and New Jersey localities, GAGA is now the home to a thriving arts community for visual artists, performance artists, and artisans.

The GAGA Art Center has over 15,000 square feet of gallery space. This includes their Main Gallery, the raw Dye Works Gallery space, and the two white rooms of Gallery B for smaller scale exhibitions as well as video, film, or performance presentations.

Exhibitions of new work, by established and emerging artists are presented throughout the year. Students and developing artists are invited to submit their work for their annual student and juried membership exhibitions.

Questions, email GAGA Arts Center!

EDITOR’S NOTE: I receive a significant number of Calls in my email inbox. Many of them are very detailed, and I applaud Curators, Jurors, and Gallery Directors for trying to cover every question and every detail.

However, I am truly touched when I receive a request that says, “I would love to consider your artists’ artwork.” No promises or guarantees, Curator At Large, Jonathan Shorr offers you a simple opportunity. Don’t let me down folks. Don’t use the Latin American theme as an excuse. They are looking for connections to Latin America, not necessarily a chart of your family tree.