CALL for ENTRIES: mon-o-chrome

Posted on January 20, 2020February 19, 2020 by R.L. Gibson

CULINARY tour

I spent 15 days on vacation –one week in Arizona, one week in New Mexico. Adjusting to the elevation was no joke. I’ve spent most of my life living at or around sea level. My homes for the past 10 years have been at around 2000 feet in elevation near the base of the Great Smoky Mountains. Bisbee, AZ has an elevation of approx 5500 feet and Silver City, NM has an elevation of 5800 feet, both higher than Denver, CO. Plus, Bisbee is known as the city of 1000 steps. We hear you get used to it after 3 weeks, but we only had two. We survived, but it was eye-opening. On an unrelated note, I think we took as many bites of food as we did steps. That’s a lot of forks folks. We’ve decided to start calling our vacations “culinary tours”. It seems more purposeful, less gluttonous, ha.

Now that I’m back, I am hard at work planning my year, including a residency (or three), a solo show, some juried shows, some invitationals. I have some announcements, but we’ll save those for another day. I am also looking to expand my “comfort” galleries to new areas. You know those galleries that you show in time and time again because you like the people, you like the space, you like the curation, you like the sales. You’re comfortable. I have a handful of those, but I am always looking to freshen my resume. This next call is a great way to try on a new gallery or, if you’ve shown at Las Laguna Gallery before, continue to develop that relationship. Take a look.

Check out this Call for Entries from the Las Laguna Gallery (Laguna Beach, CA) for mon-o-chrome, $35 entry & 35% commission, most media accepted. Don’t miss this opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
mon-o-chrome
from Las Laguna Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to most media, including acrylic, airbrush, assemblage, charcoal, color pencil, collage, digital art, drawings, encaustic, etching, fiber art, graphite, illustration, mixed media, new media, oil, painting, pastel, photography, screen print, serigraph, and watercolor.

THEME: mon-o-chrome. The term monochrome describes paintings, drawings, design, or photograph or prints in one color or values of one color. For this call for art Las Laguna Gallery challenges artists to explore not only the range of tones of black and white, but also explore the range of a single color.

DEADLINE: March 8, 2020

NOTIFICATION: March 15, 2020. If accepted, delivery of work is January 30-February 4.

ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to 3

SALES: The gallery will retain 35% commission on all sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Unique Abstractions

Posted on May 5, 2019February 19, 2020 by R.L. Gibson

abstractly DRINKING SPEAKING

The notion of eating healthy is an abstract one. Even putting ethical concerns aside, there are health benefits (and disadvantages) to embracing vegetarianism, veganism and even raw diets. Sugar is the devil, but artificial sweetners are differently malicious. An excessively fatty diet can lead to heart disease but when coupled with an near absence of carbohydrates puts the body in ketosis that effectively treats diabetes in many. Chocolate and red wine and coffee and kale, all abstractions of a healthy diet.

In art, abstraction takes a lot of forms. At it’s broadest, abstraction is work that is non-representational. But, that begs the question, non-representational of what? From that we get non-figurative & non-linear styles that are often included in surrealism, dadaism, cubism, fauvism, suprematism, art informel, neo-plasticism, de stijl & others. This next Call wants to see all of your abstract creations. My heart lies with abstraction, although I find reactions to it frustrating. What’s your experience? Are you insulated enough not to hear the voices of those that would dismiss the non-representational? My mantra is ‘process not product’. Excerise your muscle memory. Lose yourself in process. It works for me. What works for you?

Check out this Call for Entries from the Las Laguna Gallery (Laguna Beach, CA) for Unique Abstractions, a show of abstract work in a wide range of media. $35 entry & 35% commission. Don’t miss this opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Unique Abstractions
from Las Laguna Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

THEME: Abstraction. “True abstract art not only utilizes flexibility and freedom; it also employs bold uses of color, line, pattern, form, process and composition.” — laslagunagallery.com

MEDIA: Open to acrylic, airbrush, assemblage, charcoal, color pencil, collage, digital art, drawings, encaustic, fiber art, araphite, illustration, mixed media, new media, oil, painting, pastel, photography & watercolor.

DEADLINE: June 7, 2019

NOTIFICATION: June 12, 2019. If accepted, delivery of work is June 26th to July 2nd.

ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to 3

SALES: The gallery will retain 35% commission on all sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Art Olympia 2019

Posted on November 19, 2018November 14, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

wholly MINE

I’ve spent a lifetime drinking 2% & skim milk without concern to its origin, only the expiration date. As the world has become more conscious of what we put in our bodies, I continued to drink lower fat options from dairies employing more healthful methods of production. But even those varieties are often too sweet and are ineffective in adding flavor and consistency to my cooking. I have finally given into the value of organic, whole milk products. Value-driven shopping isn’t always the cheapest route. This next Call costs more to enter than some others, but it offers HUGE cash award options. Is this the right value for you? Only you can decide.

Check out this Call for Entries from Art Olympia (Japan) for International Open Art Competition. $60 Entry. $120K cash award for first place plus a full range of additional cash awards from $500 to $30,000. Interested?

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Int’l Open Art Competition
from Art Olympia

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to 2D work including oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, mineral pigments, print, charcoal, digital/multimedia art, mixed media, photography, etc. (Calligraphy, video, sculpture, and group/collaboration works are not accepted.)

DEADLINE: March 15, 2019

NOTIFICATION: June 2019

ENTRY FEE: $60 for 1, $100 for 2, $140 for 3. (Student fees: $40 for 1, $70 for 2, $100 for 3.)

JUROR: At the primary screening, a panel of five (5) jurors will evaluate the works as digital images in March 2019. Ten (10) jurors will conduct the final review by evaluating the actual works in Tokyo in June 2019. In order to have a fair competition, all artworks will be judged without disclosing the name of the artists. Art Olympia also adopts a clear point system for their judging. Click HERE for a complete list of jurors. (Remember, research your jurors.)

AWARD: Approximately 160 artworks (80 from Japan and 80 worldwide) will be selected and undergo a final review in Tokyo by a panel of esteemed judges invited from around the world. In addition, 1,000 artists will be honored. The first place winner will receive $120,000. Add’l cash awards range from $500 to $30,000. 1,000 artists will be featured on the Art Olympia website as well as art magazines.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Endless Possibilities

Posted on June 9, 2018June 9, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

just PEACH-y

I sent my husband to the farmers market for turnips & beets. He came home with honey & peaches. I suppose it isn’t like going to the grocery where there are a proscribed list of possible foods you will encounter. Instead, the farmers market offers an almost endless range of possibilities within your growth climate, lending itself to surprises, naturally. This next Call is hoping for those same possibilities. Send them a peach…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Las Laguna Gallery (Laguna Beach, CA) for the Endless Possibilities exhibit. 35% commission & $35 entry. Don’t miss this opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Endless Possbilities
from
Las Laguna Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists (int’l)

MEDIA: Open to most media including assemblage, charcoal, collage, digital art, drawing, encaustic, fiber art, illustration, mixed media, new media, painting, pastel & photography

THEME: Open

DEADLINE: July 6, 2018

NOTIFICATION: July 11, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $35 for 1, $2 ea. add’l on CaFe or $35 for up to 3 on submittable

SALES: The Las Laguna Gallery will retain 35% commission on all sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Drawing from Perception

Posted on September 4, 2017September 5, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

FEED me

Restaurant wait times make me testy, and if I’m “hangry”, you’d better hope the kitchen isn’t in the weeds. I have a handful of standard distraction techniques, but my favorite is the restaurant with paper cover tables to draw on. It never fails that my artistic genius strikes when the only materials on hand are roll paper & crayons. Let’s call them oil pastels, shall we? This next Call wants your best drawing. Show ’em what you’ve got…

Check out this Call for Entries from Wright State University Art Department (Dayton, OH) for Drawing from Perception VIII, a national juried drawing exhibition at the Stein Galleries. This is another great opportunity to add an academic show to your resume…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Drawing from Perception VIII
from Wright State Univ.

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to artists 18+, living in the U.S.

MEDIA: Open to drawing

DEADLINE: September 15, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $30 for up to 3

JUROR: Catherine Kehoe received her BFA in painting from Massachusetts College of Art & Design and her MFA in painting from the School of Visual Arts from Boston University. Kehoe has received the Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship in Painting; Ballinglen Foundation Fellowship; Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed Foundation Grant; Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant; Berkshire Taconic Artist’s Resource Trust Grant; Massachusetts Cultural Council Finalist Grant; Blanche E. Colman Award; St. Botolph Club Foundation Grant; and the Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts Award. Kehoe teaches painting & drawing at Massachusetts College of Art and Design and is the co-founder of Black Pond Studio in southeastern Massachusetts.

AWARDS: Several cash awards of distinction will be given.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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ARTIST of the DAY: Susan Grace

Posted on May 29, 2017June 7, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

"Here Kitty Kitty" (oil & charcoal on paper) by Susan Grace — *“Here Kitty Kitty” (oil & charcoal on paper) by Susan Grace*

“I find that I am an obsessive observer of signs but am increasingly skeptical that I perceive them in the ways intended by those who produced them.” — Susan Grace

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I am moving my home and downsizing again. This is the last step on the way to making my family more mobile. I have temporarily returned to goal-specific formal secondary education, and have just met the end of residential parenting. My world is shifting. I look around me for comfort in the familiar, in signs and symbols that the sun will appear once again in the morning. And, while the sun has yet to disappoint me, it is hard not to feel isolated when you interpret all the signs differently than those around you. I feel as a stranger in a strange land, like the title of that famous sci-fi novel. When I read the statement of today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Susan Grace, I new I’d found a kindred spirit. Read the statement, browse the work. Maybe we aren’t strangers after all.

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Share the narrative, investigate AAAD Artist of the Day, painter Susan Grace!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Spectacular

Posted on May 9, 2017May 8, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

EAT it all

People always ask about my favorite food. Some days it is goat cheese. Well, a lot of days it is goat cheese. But some days it is lamb or strawberries or pesto or pomegranate. I am open to every food. Fickle stomach. This next Call is also completely open to your wish or whim. Send them your best…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Las Laguna Gallery (Laguna Beach, CA) for the spectacular exhibit. Sales commission is only 25%. Don’t miss this opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
spectacular
from Las Laguna Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists (int’l)

MEDIA: Open to all* media, including (but not limited to) assemblage, collage, digital art, drawing (graphite, charcoal, colored pencil), encaustic, fiber art, illustration, mixed media, new media, painting (oil, acrylic, watercolor, airbrush), pastel & photography (traditional or digital). No jewelry, video or sculpture.

THEME: Open Theme. Open to a full spectrum of work and interpretation.

DEADLINE: June 6, 2017

NOTIFICATION: June 12, 2017

GUEST ARTIST: Lisa Clarke

ENTRY FEE: $35 for 1, $1 ea. add’l

SALES: The Las Laguna Gallery will retain 25% commission on all sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: monochrome

Posted on April 5, 2017April 4, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

sautee or FRY?

There is a fine line between golden goodness & fried brown sameness. I have an aunt who won’t eat “lacy” eggs or “dirty” biscuits, her phraseology for anything browned, but she only eats meats well done. (Go figure.) Personally, I love a butter browned anything, but I shy away from the monotony of bread-crumb brown. This next Call wants your monotone work –food references not required. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Las Laguna Gallery (Laguna Beach, CA) for the monochrome exhibit. Sales commission is only 25%. Don’t miss this opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
monochrome
from Las Laguna Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all* media, except jewelry and sculpture.

THEME: Monochrome “Art that explores values of one color.” — from laslagunagallery.com

DEADLINE: April 16, 2017

NOTIFICATION: April 21, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $35 for 1, $2 ea. add’l

SALES: The gallery will retain 25% commission on all sales

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Art Olympia 2017

Posted on February 12, 2017February 12, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

taking WHISKS

Recipes are sort of like guide books for me. I have no interest in doing exactly what they say, but they are a great jumping-off point. There are exceptions, thousands of them. See “baking”. Baking is a science. Baklava, croissant, sourdough, layer cakes–making them is either complicated or at the very least time-consuming, but the pay off is HUGE. This next Call is like that. There are a LOT of details, so read the prospectus in full, but the pay of is huge. First prize is $120,000, and it isn’t limited to representational work. Take a look at this one…

Check out this Call for Entries for Art Olympia 2017, a premier int’l art competition. The cash awards for this competition are super sized. Read the rules carefully…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Art Olympia 2017

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to 2-D work: oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, mineral pigments, print, charcoal, digital/multimedia art, mixed media, photography etc. (NO calligraphy, video, sculpture or collaborative work)

DEADLINE: March 31, 2017

NOTIFICATION: August 31, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $60 for 1, $100/2, $140/3 (student discount: $40 for 1, $70/2, $100/3)

JUROR: At the first round, a panel of five (5) jurors will evaluate the works as digital images. Ten (10) jurors will conduct the final round by evaluating the actual works in Tokyo. Click HERE for a complete list of jurors.

AWARDS: 1st prize $120,000, 2nd prize $30,000 & 3rd prize winner $20,000 + trophies, 4th prize $3,000, 5th $2,000 & 6th prize $1,000. (Students: 1st prize $20,000, 2nd prize $10,000 & 3rd prize winner $5,000 + Art Olympia original trophies, 4th prize $3,000, 5th $2,000 & 6th prize $1,000.)

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Women in Art

Posted on December 27, 2016December 27, 2016 by R.L. Gibson

BEANS of green

The women in my family have a grudge against the snap of a fresh green vegetable. My mother has canned green beans for her sisters for the last half-dozen years. Her process for canning requires a certain amount of cooking plus heat-sealing the jars which compromises the texture. But, that isn’t where the grudge match ends; my aunts cook canned green beans for hours in addition. What did green beans ever do to the women in my family? While I contemplate those answers, here’s a Call that wants to see more work by women. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Las Laguna Gallery (Laguna Beach, CA) for Women in Art, an exhibit of creativity by women. Don’t miss this opportunity…

CALL for ENTRIES:
Women in Art
from Las Laguna Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all women artists

MEDIA: Open to many media, including acrylic, airbrush, assemblage, charcoal, color pencil, collage, digital art, drawings, encaustic, fiber art, graphite, illustration, mixed media, new media, oil, painting, pastel, photography & watercolor.

THEME: None “This exhibition is dedicated to the spirit and creativity of all women artists, past and present.” — from laslagunagallery.com

DEADLINE: February 1, 2017

NOTIFICATION: February 11, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $35 for 1, $2 ea. add’l

SALES: The gallery will retain 25% commission on all sales

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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Tag: Charcoal

CULINARY tour

CALL for ENTRIES: mon-o-chrome from Las Laguna Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

abstractly DRINKING SPEAKING

CALL for ENTRIES: Unique Abstractions from Las Laguna Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

wholly MINE

CALL for ENTRIES: Int’l Open Art Competition from Art Olympia

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

just PEACH-y

CALL for ENTRIES: Endless Possbilities from Las Laguna Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

FEED me

CALL for ENTRIES: Drawing from Perception VIII from Wright State Univ.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

“I find that I am an obsessive observer of signs but am increasingly skeptical that I perceive them in the ways intended by those who produced them.” — Susan Grace

Share the narrative, investigate AAAD Artist of the Day, painter Susan Grace!

EAT it all

CALL for ENTRIES: spectacular from Las Laguna Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

sautee or FRY?

CALL for ENTRIES: monochrome from Las Laguna Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

taking WHISKS

CALL for ENTRIES: Art Olympia 2017

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

BEANS of green

CALL for ENTRIES: Women in Art from Las Laguna Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES:
mon-o-chrome
from Las Laguna Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
Unique Abstractions
from Las Laguna Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
Int’l Open Art Competition
from Art Olympia

CALL for ENTRIES:
Endless Possbilities
from
Las Laguna Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
Drawing from Perception VIII
from Wright State Univ.

CALL for ENTRIES:
spectacular
from Las Laguna Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
monochrome
from Las Laguna Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
Art Olympia 2017

CALL for ENTRIES:
Women in Art
from Las Laguna Gallery