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CALL for ENTRIES: 52nd Masur

Posted on December 4, 2014 by R.L. Gibson

EARLY
to rise?

Breakfast is beloved in my house. Everywhere I have ever lived, including some time in the Virgin Islands, breakfast has been the biggest meal of the day because it was always the cheapest. Even tiny islands in the Caribbean can raise chickens instead of importing eggs. So, a cheeseburger might be $18, but breakfast was always under $5. Those days have passed, and breakfast can be a pricey endeavor. It is apparently even more expensive if you get up a little later and call it brunch. Start your morning with this next Call because it is definitely cheaper than brunch. 🙂 Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries for the 52nd Annual Juried Exhibition from the Masur Museum of Art (Monroe, LA). $10 entry fee, no commission, and the gallery is stunning. This is a great opportunity!

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CALL or ENTRIES:
Masur Museum
52nd Annual Juried

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all US artists 18+

MEDIA: Any media

DEADLINE: January 1, 2015 (online) and December 27, 2014 for postmarked entries

NOTIFICATION: January 21, 2015

ENTRY FEE: There is a $10 per work with a minimum of 2 and a max of 5 entries

JUROR: Sandra Q. Firmin was Curator of the UB Art Galleries, gallery of the University of Buffalo SUNY, a position she held from 2003 to 2014. Firmin is currently the Director and Chief Curator, Colorado University Art Museum.

Firmin holds an M.A. from Bard College’s Center for Curatorial Studies, and was awarded a Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative Fellowship at Arcadia University Art Gallery. At the UB Art Galleries, Firmin established an annual residency program in which artists are presented with an empty gallery to transform over time while open to the public. These commissioned projects aim to forge meaningful interactions between artists and diverse groups of people while acknowledging a turn toward research-based and ephemeral site-specific approaches in contemporary art. In 2014 Firmin co-chaired (with Julian Cox) the Association of Art Museum Curators’ annual conference in Detroit, and moderated the panel Urban Ecologies and Cultural Exchange.

AWARDS: Best in Show is $1,000, and total awards are $3,200.00. The People’s Choice Award is $200.00 and will be voted on by visitors throughout the run of the exhibition. Best Packed: This award will honor the artist who packs their art in the most professional manner. The award is $100. *No packing peanuts, feedbags, loose papers as packing materials, no cigarette butts, etc. These types of things will disqualify you! This prize will be decided by the Masur Museum staff. I ♥ this!

SALES: The Masur Museum of Art does not receive a commission on sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ARTISTS: Pricing your ART!

Posted on December 1, 2014 by R.L. Gibson

RECIPE
for success

I hoard recipes in a little Campbell’s Soup box on my kitchen counter top. I also post them to a private group on FB & pin them to a board in Pinterest too. Honestly, I rarely follow a recipe, but I learn so much from how other people cook. Art should be the same way. I hope you are out there looking at art online & OFF line. Share & try not to be afraid of copy cats. Remember, what makes your work YOURS can’t ever be duplicated.

If it weren’t for sharing, this blog wouldn’t exist. Just in case you forgot how it all got started in the first place, here is a link. I share my experiences, recommendations & cautionary tales about food and art with all of you. But, I also share it in a series of career development workshops at the Arts & Culture Alliance in Knoxville, TN. I have one coming up in February on How to Price your Artwork, and I would love to have your input. The “right” answer is… whatever works for you. But, the real question is… does is REALLY WORK for you? Are you selling art? So, this call asks that you share your recipe for success…with me.

Check out this Call for Artists from AAAD for Pricing your Art, a call for feedback. Yours truly needs your help making sure that I am passing along a recipe for success to novice and emerging artists. Don’t worry, there’s a reward…

CALL for ARTISTS:
Pricing your ART!

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all media

DEADLINE: December 15, 2014

NOTIFICATION of AWARDS: By December 23, 2014

ENTRY FEE: None, of course

AWARDS: I will choose 1 out of every 5 feedback forms (at random) to award a FREE Artist to Love listing & post ($15 value).

*Editor’s Note: The only REQUIRED information below is your Name, Location & Pricing strategy. I will NEVER give away or sell your information to anyone EVER. I will not reveal your pricing strategy to any with your name attached. The information will be aggregated to form a range of working options and prevailing theories for new artists that need the assistance. I will be the ONLY ONE that reads the information you fill out below. Please note, when you submit the form, it will be emailed to me at submitart@artandartdeadlines.com. If you are uncomfortable using the form below, feel free to email the information to me directly.

I want to encourage you to share your best practices below. Do you price on whim? Do you track your studio time? Do you have a formula (cost of materials+ 2x hourly labor–for example). Do you have an average cost per square inch that you apply generally. Do you charge the same amount when you are not paying commission? Please tell us more… (continues below the form)

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After the February workshop, I will publish all the information so that everyone can benefit whether you are in Knoxville or the other side of the planet!

Give us all the details for a chance to be an Artist to Love!

CALL for ENTRIES: Animals

Posted on November 27, 2014 by R.L. Gibson

corn, hay or
ALFALFA

Grass or corn or both? Research on how to feed the animals we choose to raise after the move to the farm continues. Most commercially-available feed consists of a high percentage of corn—GMO corn. Feeding our chickens and goats and sheep GMO corn really negates the reason behind raising our own animals. So grass fed, right? Why not just turn them out into the field since it has green stuff growing on it? Well, it is more complicated than that. You have PLANT and sometimes re-plant that field of “grass” in most cases. Then, what variety do you plant. If we are what we eat, they are what they eat. In the end, the animal depends on the plant. Interesting. This next Call depends on only the animal. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net (online) for Animals. The entry fee is as little as $15, and the prize packages are fantastic. Don’t miss the opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Animals

ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+

MEDIA: Painting, drawing, mixed media, photography or digital medium

THEME: “Animals” Wild, Domestic, On Land, In The Air or Under The Sea.
The image should intrigue and fascinate the viewer with the artist’s vision and interpretation of the animal’s beauty, elegance, strength, speed, delicateness, size, and or its environment.

DEADLINE: December 15, 2014

NOTIFICATION: December 19, 2014

ENTRY FEE: $15 for 1, $30 for 3, $60 for 7

AWARDS: 1st Place $500 cash & other awards valued at $5200. 2nd place – $125 cash & other awards valued at $1625. 3rd Place – $75 Cash. 4th Place – $50 cash.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: 47th Octagon National

Posted on November 26, 2014 by R.L. Gibson

rocks
NOT CORN

What’s behind the naming of state foods? The obvious answer is that it honors a crop vital to a state’s economy and/or identity, right? Wisconsin has milk. Florida has oranges. And so on. But what about the dozen or so U.S. states that does not claim a state food. Iowa has a state rock (the geode) but no state food. If you have any idea why, I’d love to know. In the meantime, here’s a Call from an arts organization that Iowa should be proud to claim. Investigate…

Check out this Call for Entries from Octagon Center for the Arts (Ames, IA) for the 47^th Clay, Fiber, Paper, Glass, Metal, Wood National Exhibition. This all media show has a great juror. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
47th Octagon Nat’l

ELIGIBILITY: All artists 18+ residing in the continental U.S.

MEDIA: Any Media is eligible including paintings, photos, jewelry, sculptures, etc.

DEADLINE: December 5, 2014

NOTIFICATION: December 15, 2014

ENTRY FEE: $30 for up to 3 ($25 for Octagon members)

JUROR: Pauline Verbeek-Cowart, a native of the Netherlands, received her BFA (1982) in Fine Art from the Maryland Institute and her MFA in textile design from the University of Kansas (1995). After teaching at the University of Kansas she joined the faculty of the Kansas City Art Institute, where she has been developing the area of constructed textiles since 1997 and where she chairs the Fiber program. She is a leader in the use of new technologies in hand-weaving and has researched using industrial looms in The Netherlands & the US. Most of her weavings span several feet in both directions & comment on the nature of woven surfaces. Through structure, material, image and/or surface treatments, she demonstrates that weaving is unique in building an image.

AWARDS: Winifred V. Brown Best of Show: $1,000, 1st Place: $500, 2nd Place: $250, 3rd Place: $100, & (3) Honorable Mentions: $50 ea.

SALES: The Octagon retains a 40% commission on any artwork that is sold, so price accordingly on entry form. Artwork not for sale must be marked NFS and have a value for insurance purposes.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Indie Grits

Posted on November 25, 2014 by R.L. Gibson

simple
STAPLE

I have grits for breakfast 3+ days per week. I have a favorite brand of organic, non-GMO grits that never cease to inspire. On a busy morning, it is scrambled eggs over the top of cheese grits. The next morning, the refrigerated left over grits are cut into cakes that are sauteed and used as the base for Eggs Benedict. This morning it was Charleston-style milk grits with a poached egg & chorizo. There is no end to the independent spirit of this simple staple. This next Call is an inspiration of grits proportions as well. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Proposals from the Nickelodeon Theatre for the Future Perfect themed Indie Grits Film Festival. Entries/Proposals ARE NOT limited to film. No entry fee either. Don’t pass this one by…

CALL for ENTRIES: Indie Grits

THEME: Future Perfect. What is Future Perfect? It is the new southern city, urban design for tomorrow in a technological environment, cars that drive themselves, plastic biology, thought-controlled machines, seeds that produce sterile offspring, invisible cities, roads that drain the sun, utopian daydreams, eminent domain, an electric imagination, drones, highly efficient minimalism, living architecture. Future Perfect is what we will make it.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists with a connection to the Southeast United States. It is up to each applicant to make an argument for a valid connection.

MEDIA: ALL disciplines of art are acceptable: painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, sound, video, installation, mixed-media, etc. Artwork can be pre-existing, but it must have a connection to the 2015 theme of Future Perfect. In the application each artist must describe how their proposed work ties into Future Perfect.

DEADLINE: December 5, 2014

NOTIFICATION: January 16, 2015

ENTRY FEE: None

AWARDS: The Indie Grits Film Festival is a program of the Nickelodeon Theatre, a non profit with a tight budget; please mke an effort to hold down costs. They will select 15-25 artists/collaborations. Projects will receive $50 – $1000 with most being on the low end of that spectrum.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: 18th Woman Made

Posted on November 24, 2014 by R.L. Gibson

BACON
borders

The creativity of food preparation has fundamentally changed on a mainstream level in the past 20 years. A larger segment of the population cooks with abandon now. The great divide between foods destined to be either savory or sweet seems to have slowly disappeared. Chocolate is as likely to show up in an entree as bacon is to show up in a dessert. This next Call encourages you to explore and challenge boundaries presented by both materials & concepts. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Woman Made Gallery (Chicago, IL) for their 18th Int’l Open. This is a special gallery with a fantastic history of well-curated shows, and I have a soft spot for this year’s juror. Do your homework, ladies…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
18th Int’l Open

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all female artists

MEDIA: All themes, styles, and media will be considered– explore & challenge conceptual & material boundaries!

DEADLINE: November 28, 2014

NOTIFICATION: December 17, 2014

ENTRY FEE: $30 for up to 3 images

JUROR: Gill Gatfield has MFA & Bachelor of Laws from Auckland University. In 2011, she won a major national public art competition for a site-specific sculpture in Auckland NZ. In 2012, she was nominated as a member of Global Women, a multi-sector organization of women leaders with global perspectives. A monograph on her practice, ‘Abstract Figure: Gill Gatfield,’ was released at the 2013 International Sculpture Centre Symposium. Gatfield’s work blends abstraction with conceptualism, and contemporary with classical. Trans-disciplinary in approach, she uses diverse media to create interconnected series of texts, frames, and monochromes. Her work is held in collections in NZ, Australia, USA, Canada, UK, Germany and Switzerland. *Many of you are slacking off on doing your homework on jurors. Don’t skip this step!

AWARDS: 1st Prize: Solo Show in 2016 at WMG; 2nd Prize: $500 ; 3rd Prize: $250

SALES: WMG will retain a 40% commission

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

CALL for ENTRIES: Seeing the Land

Posted on November 13, 2014 by R.L. Gibson

tired
BUT HUNGRY

Living off the land is labor-intensive & complicated. As my husband I began planning for gardening our own little plot of land, my head swims with seed varieties, planting schedules, crop rotation, organic pest control, bee pollination & seed preservation. The advantages of having an agricultural degree is all too clear now. And then there is the livestock–goats and sheep and chickens. Farm country looks a little less serene to me now when they whiz past my window on car trips. But when I fall asleep, I still dream of fresh beets, cabbage & carrots. Wrong–I know. This next Call wants to know how YOU see the land. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net (online) for Seeing the Land — a landscape photography show. The entry fee is as little as $15, and the prize packages are fantastic. Don’t miss the opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Seeing the Land

ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+

MEDIA: Landscape Photography

THEME: The work can interpret the various conditions of the land of our earth, its beauty, mans impact on it, a mythological view, spiritual feeling or the disruption to it by nature. The work can express any aspect of the land from beauty to science to fiction as a representational or non-representational image.

DEADLINE: November 17, 2014

NOTIFICATION: November 24, 2014

ENTRY FEE: $15 for 1, $30 for 3, $60 for 7

AWARDS: 1st Place $500 cash & other awards valued at $5200. 2nd place – $125 cash & other awards valued at $1625. 3rd Place – $75 Cash. 4th Place – $50 cash.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: The UN Show

Posted on November 4, 2014 by R.L. Gibson

unplanned
MENU

Frequently, the most memorable kitchen creations are happy accidents. As much as I love a list, theme and a plan, sometimes I find myself in a situation that forces me to create a masterpiece from what I have on hand or try something new on the spur of the moment. My favorite chicken-cheddar-broccoli soup came about as a necessary use of what I could find in the frig. Now it is a winter menu staple in our house. This next Call is a show that is both un-juried & un-curated, but I KNOW this organization. It will definitely be a show not to be missed, and you can be a part of it. Please investigate this one…

Check out this Call for Entries from The Haggus Society (Los Angeles) for The UN Show. Enter for only $12.50 or FREE if you’re a member. This is a great resume builder…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
The UN Show

ELIGIBILITY: Female artists age 40+

MEDIA: Open to 2D work. There is no official theme to this exhibit. However, works need to be gallery ready, no exceptions. This location is a family friendly venue; if your work contains explicit nudity, violence or other content not acceptable in a family oriented environment, it will be rejected.

DEADLINE: Delivered by December 27, 2014. Please remember to ship in plenty of time due to delays expected during the holidays.

NOTIFICATION: Ongoing. This is an unjuried show. You still need to email a submission of the work you intend to send.

ENTRY FEE: $12.50 for up to works. No fee for Haggus Society members.

SALES: Suggested donation of 20% back to the Haggus Society for all sales, in lieu of commission.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Militarism

Posted on November 3, 2014 by R.L. Gibson

vacuum-sealed
NUTRITION

MREs now have a strong secondary market–doomsday preppers. I don’t think that most people relish the idea of eating pre-packaged, processed military rations. They have improved great (or so I’ve been told); pizza is even on the horizon. However, I would think that preserving seeds, building hydroponic systems and farming fish would be better long-term solutions than MREs. But then again, I’m not a doomsday prepper–so, what do I know? This next Call wants your view on militarism, but I don’t think they are interested in the food options. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the American Friends Service Committee for All of Us or None: Responses and Resistance to Militarism. Add a nationally-traveling exhibit to your resume. This Call is tailor-made for graphic & digital artists, but doesn’t exclude other media…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Militarism

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Any media that results in an 8.5 x 11 digital image (300-600 dpi)

THEME: Submissions should explore: Militarism’s negative effects on your community, your country, or the globe; Ideas for active resistance to militarism; and/or Alternative approaches, new projects, or manifestos that seek to achieve lasting peace and justice.

DEADLINE: December 15, 2014

ENTRY FEE: None

AWARDS: AFSC will print & professionally display the chosen work in the traveling exhibit. The exhibit website will identify each poster by artist, title, short description & website. Artists will receive a $50 honorarium & a print copy of the catalog.

SALES: By participating in this project, artists are donating their work to AFSC to use in the traveling exhibit, in digital replicas of the work available for download for free. Work will be fully credited to the artists, with contact information included.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: 2015 Nat’l Juried

Posted on November 2, 2014November 2, 2014 by R.L. Gibson

ooey, gooey
GOODNESS

My ultimate comfort food is cheese or nearly any kind. Weird, eh? But, I’m sure some of you claim oatmeal or hamburgers, pizza or kale chips as YOUR comfort food. Sometimes the comfort of another is just enough to get you to try and love a new food. This next Call belongs to a gallery that I find to be a comfort. Try it for yourself; you just may love it…

Check out this Call for Entries from The Arts & Culture Alliance for the Nat’l Juried Exhibition of 2015. This is a great show run by a great arts organization. I’ve shown here personally several times and even serve as a juror on occasion. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Nat’l Juried Exhibition 2015

The Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville announces a call for entries for its National Juried Exhibition of 2015. The Arts & Culture Alliance’s National Juried Exhibition was developed to provide a forum for artists to compete on a national scale and display their work. Approximately 40-50 fine art works encompassing all styles and genres from both emerging and established artists will be selected by the juror, Stefanie Gerber Darr, for exhibition in the main gallery.

ELIGIBILITY: Artists 18+ living in the US

MEDIA: 2-D (painting, drawing, mixed media, printmaking, photography) & 3-D (sculpture of all media).

DEADLINE: December 7, 2014

NOTIFICATION: Mailed December 22, 2014

ENTRY FEE: $40 for up to 3, $7 ea. add’l. Discounts available for members.

JUROR: Stefanie Gerber Darr combines her training as a museum educator, curator, collections manager and artist to develop meaningful experiences for people with art. Whether organizing public programs, curating exhibitions or teaching workshops, she dives into the project to create moments that stimulate the visual and offer reflection on social and cultural topics.

Darr currently manages the galleries and permanent collection at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts and is focusing on raising the awareness of the school’s past, present and future.

AWARDS: $500 Best in Show, two $250 Juror’s Citations, and a cash award for Best Work by an Alliance member

SALES: 25% commission (20% for check/cash)

Tag: Call to Artists

EARLY to rise?

CALL or ENTRIES: Masur Museum 52nd Annual Juried

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

RECIPE for success

CALL for ARTISTS: Pricing your ART!

Give us all the details for a chance to be an Artist to Love!

corn, hay or ALFALFA

CALL for ENTRIES: Animals

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

rocks NOT CORN

CALL for ENTRIES: 47th Octagon Nat’l

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

simple STAPLE

CALL for ENTRIES: Indie Grits

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

BACON borders

CALL for ENTRIES: 18th Int’l Open

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

tired BUT HUNGRY

CALL for ENTRIES: Seeing the Land

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

unplanned MENU

CALL for ENTRIES: The UN Show

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

vacuum-sealed NUTRITION

CALL for ENTRIES: Militarism

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

ooey, gooey GOODNESS

CALL for ENTRIES: Nat’l Juried Exhibition 2015

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

EARLY
to rise?

CALL or ENTRIES:
Masur Museum
52nd Annual Juried

RECIPE
for success

CALL for ARTISTS:
Pricing your ART!

corn, hay or
ALFALFA

CALL for ENTRIES:
Animals

rocks
NOT CORN

CALL for ENTRIES:
47th Octagon Nat’l

simple
STAPLE

BACON
borders

CALL for ENTRIES:
18th Int’l Open

tired
BUT HUNGRY

CALL for ENTRIES:
Seeing the Land

unplanned
MENU

CALL for ENTRIES:
The UN Show

vacuum-sealed
NUTRITION

CALL for ENTRIES:
Militarism

ooey, gooey
GOODNESS

CALL for ENTRIES:
Nat’l Juried Exhibition 2015