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ARTIST of the DAY: Anne ten Donkelaar

gone NOT FORGOTTEN

I live amongst the big trees, copious wildlife and dizzying views of the Great Smoky Mountains.  Nature HERE seems rough and rugged and and indomitable. It is easy to forget the delicate wonder and our responsibility to protect it.  Nothing could be clearer in the work of Anne ten Donkelaar, today’s Artist of the Day. (continues below)

Flower Construction #65 by Anne Ten Donkelaar
Flower Construction #65 (left) & detail (right) by Anne Ten Donkelaar

“Weeds become poetry, each unique twig gets attention,
nature seems to float.” 

“A damaged butterfly, a broken twig, a bumblebee, some strangely grown weeds: I find all these unique discoveries in my path and then take them home to my studio. Here, I take my time to explore the objects and try to work out how I can show each one to it’s best advantage. My finds inspire me. While looking at them I can invent my own stories about their existence and their lives.  By protecting these precious pieces under glass, I give the objects a second lifeand hope to inspire people to make up their own stories about them.” Anne ten Donkelaar

Learn more about Anne ten Donkelaar!

CALL for ENTRIES: Power It Forward

Learn more about the Power it Forward project!power FOODS

Green chili has made my week.  Sometimes I struggle in the winter since most produce is sun-powered.  But, I have learned how to make the best of what IS available.  Using imported, hot-house tomatoes is never my first choice; however, if you are going to cook them for hours, like I do in green chili, tangy unriped green tomatoes can be just the thing to fool your taste buds for another week until Spring arrives.  Here’s a sun-powered Call that will make your week too.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Power It Forward for a T-Shirt Design contest.  Your design can help offer wind/solar power to one of the estimated 1.3 billion people without power in this world.  No entry fee, plus cash prizes. I love this one…

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Learn more about the Power it Forward project!CALL for ENTRIES:
Power It Forward

 

“Power It Forward, Inc.’s mission is to bring clean electrical power to people who don’t have it in impoverished and developing countries.  Having clean power impacts people’s quality of life, education, health, happiness, and the environment.  We are looking for outstanding artwork that can be used for Power It Forward, Inc.”  –poweritfwd.com

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all U.S. artists

MEDIA:  Open to work that has been hand-drawn, painted, collaged, or digitally rendered.  No photography.  The artwork should be clearly visible on a solid color background. Up to three solid colors can be used to construct the artwork as long as they are clearly visible on either the white or black background colors.  Work should draw inspiration from 1 of 4 slogans: 1) Power it Forward 2) Power to Give, Power to Live 3) Power for the People or 4) Give Power, Get Power.

Learn more about the Power it Forward project!DEADLINE:  December 31, 2015

NOTIFICATION: by March 2, 2016

ENTRY FEE:  None

JURORS:  Winners chosen by judges from the company & a collection of artists.

AWARDS:  Up to 4 winners will be chosen (one for each slogan) & will receive $500 each.

SALES:  Artist will NOT receive a % of sales.  Note that your only compensation would be a prize award. Please be aware that Power It Forward retains rights to work.  Editor’s Note:  This is not an uncommon part of these contests.  Be prepared to receive a TOTAL of $500 for your design; otherwise, don’t enter.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about the Power it Forward project!

CALL for ENTRIES: Mind, Spirit & Emotion II

Learn more about Mind, Spirit and Emotion II from art-competition.net!ohm
FROMAGE

Cheese is a spiritual experience for me.  I declare my irrational love of goat cheese often.  But, an unexpected run in with some Manchego took me on an emotional roller-coaster this week.  Trust me–sheep’s milk cheese.  This Call wants work that has captured your mind, spirit & emotion.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net for Mind, Spirit & Emotion II. $20 entry & open to 2D media. Cash prizes & great marketing tools too

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Learn more about Mind, Spirit and Emotion II from art-competition.net!CALL for ENTRIES:
Mind, Spirit & Emotion II

 

ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+

MEDIA: All 2D media: painting, drawing, collage, photography, digital, etc.

THEME: “Mind, Spirit & Emotion II” – The artists/photographers visual narrative of their work should reveal their mind, spirit and emotion in the artwork.  The work should express the subject through the artist’s emotions, whether it is bold energy, subtle expression, mystery deepened or revealed, inner beauty, or a unique vision.  The art can be expressed from realism to abstraction.

DEADLINE: October 26, 2015

NOTIFICATION: November 4, 2015

ENTRY FEE: $20 for 1, $35 for 3, or $60 for 7

AWARDS: $7,500 in cash & marketing prizes. All cash prizes have doubled (e.g. 1st place $1000, 2nd Place $250, 3rd Place $125, etc) + helpful marketing.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Scapes II

Learn more about Scapes II from art-competition.net!PUMPKIN
jack

Everywhere I go there are pumpkins.  Big orange jack-o-lantern-style pumpkins are everywhere –shipped in from farms across the state.  Funny enough, while my neighbors (along with most of the country) are obsessed with pumpkin-flavored everything, there are almost NO pumpkins meant for cooking (sugar pumpkins) to be found in grocery stores.  Trust me, you don’t want to make a pie out of a carving pumpkin.  Ick.  This next Call wants to know about your landscape, seascape, etc.  Your “scape” doesn’t have to be orange, BTW…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net for Scapes II. Only $20 to enter & open to all 2-dimensional media including digital art.  The cash prizes are doubled this time

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Scapes II

 

Artists see the land untouched or touched by man, so strong is the vision that they must express it back to the world as art.”
Edward Burke

ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+

MEDIA:  All 2D media: painting, drawing, collage, photography, digital, etc.

THEME: “Scapes II – Land, City, Sea and Mindscapes” – work that provides an original interpretation of different types of landscapes, cityscapes seascapes & mindscapes from representational to abstract.  The visual narrative of the work should transport the viewer to experience the beauty, uniqueness, or fantasy of these special places.

DEADLINE: October 19, 2015

NOTIFICATION: October 28, 2015

ENTRY FEE: $20 for 1, $35 for 3, or $60 for 7

AWARDS: $7,500 in cash & marketing prizes. All cash prizes have doubled (e.g. 1st place $1000, 2nd Place $250, 3rd Place $125, etc) + helpful marketing.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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We are thrilled to have Art-Competition.net as a sponsor of AAAD!

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CALL for ENTRIES: The Dark Slide

Learn more about The Dark Slide Art Show from Dubuque Arts Collective!demon
POTATOES

The dark decent into junk food debauchery starts with the potato chip.  With the chip comes the dip.  With the dip, how far behind can the fries be?  What are fries without sriracha mayo and mounds of warm cheese.  It all starts with the chip.  This next Call is a far more productive way to make a dark slide.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Dubuque Area Arts Collective (Dubuque, IA) & Mind Flip Productions for the 3rd Annual Dark Slide Skate Art Show! No entry fee & fast notification. This could be interesting…

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Learn more about The Dark Slide Art Show from Dubuque Arts Collective!CALL for ENTRIES:
The Dark Slide

“Regional, national, and international artists will present their artistic creations, rendered on skateboard decks. Functioning as a canvas for street art for decades, the Skate Art Show highlights the art of the skateboard deck and skateboarding culture.” –from daartscollective.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all media that can be represented on the deck of a skateboard*.  T-shirt & poster designs are also sought.  *If you do not have access to a skateboard deck, one may be provided for you.

PARTICIPATION DEADLINE:   October 18, 2015.  If interested in participating, you must email thedarkslideskateboards@gmail.com by the deadline.

SHOW DATES:  November 28, 2015 – January 31, 2016

ENTRY FEE:  None

SALES: T-shirts, prints and decks will be for sale during the exhibit. Work not sold during exhibit will be for sale online for a year through Dark Slide online stores. Proceeds (after expenses) will be split between artists, art gallery & Dubuque’s new skate park.  Email for details.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more from Dubuque Area Arts Collective!

CALL for ENTRIES: The Human Form

Learn more about The Human Form exhibit from art-competition.net!don’t FEED
the rats

Rats, when tested, will develop cancer.  Have you heard that satirical proverb?  I believe it is/was meant to be a comment on the number of carcinogens identified by animal testing.  Well, I have another one for you.  Food, when processed, will become unhealthy.  Okay, maybe that one isn’t so satirical.  Check out this list of 7 Foods People Think are Healthy, but Aren’t.  But, I suspect most of you are far too food savvy to have thought they were healthy, so check out the list of seven media that are eligible for this next Call.  It’s worth a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net and G25N for The Human Form. Only $20 to enter.  This Call is open to seven different media including digital & fiber art.  Take a look

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Learn more about The Human Form exhibit from art-competition.net!CALL for ENTRIES:
the Human Form

 

“There are no easy or perfect mediums for creating art, just creative artists making it seem so.”  — Edward A. Burke


ELIGIBILITY:  All artists age 18+

MEDIA:  Open to painting, drawing, collage, photography, sculpture, digital art & fiber art

THEME:  The human form.  The curator will be selecting art-work in seven different medium categories conveying the grace, beauty, movement, power, mechanics or any other aspects of the human form. The curators and judges will select work based on the originality, uniqueness of the vision conveyed, quality of execution and how clearly the artist’s individual technique/style is presented in each work. The work can be expressed from realism to abstraction.  

DEADLINE:  September 28, 2015

NOTIFICATION:  October 9, 2015

ENTRY FEE:  $20 for 1, $10 each add’l

AWARDS:  Inclusion in the Exhibit that opens at G25N’s online gallery on October 16, 2015, an exhibit of 21 contemporary artists’ work, expressing the human form in the 7 mediums.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Abstract II

Learn more about Abstract II from art-competition.net!DOUBLE
garden duty

We all eat massive amounts of corn.  Since my husband’s Celiac diagnosis, we are a gluten-free household, and it took a lot of work.  But, now it is second nature and, really, no big deal.  But corn?  If I had to try to cut corn out of our diets, we would starve; it is in EVERYTHING.  In 2012, the USDA claimed 88% of U.S. corn is GMO.  I’m not okay with that, so we are planning an attempt to grow our own soon.  Meanwhile, did you know that corn does excellent double duty as a trellis for growing peas?  Plus, the peas supply much-need nitrogen to the soil for the corn.  Don’t you just love nature?  It is in the nature of this next Call to offer DOUBLE the prizes. Make us proud…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net (online) for Abstract II. The cash prizes are DOUBLED for this one! Take a look

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Learn more abou Abstract II from art-competition.net!CALL
for ENTRIES:

Abstract II

 

ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+

MEDIA: Open to all 2D media: painting, drawing, collage, photography, digital, etc.

The artist’s work can be the “abstracting of representational objects” as in expressionistic, surrealistic or cubistic work. “Pure abstraction” is also accepted where there is little to no visual references of the external world.

“Abstraction allows man to see with his mind what he cannot see physically with his eyes…. Abstract art enables the artist to perceive beyond the tangible, to extract the infinite out of the finite. It is the emancipation of the mind. It is an exploration into unknown areas.” — Arshile Gorky

Learn more about Abstract II from art-competition.net!DEADLINE: August 17, 2015

NOTIFICATION:  August 25, 2015

ENTRY FEE: 1 Entry for $20, up to 3 entries for $35, up to 5 entries for $60

AWARDS:
1
st Place: $1000 in cash & $5,200 in prizes
2nd Place: $250 in cash & $1,625 in prizes
3rd Place: $125 in cash & $125 prizes
4th Place: $75 in cash
5th Place: $50 in cash

The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th place winner’s art will be featured in Art-Competition.net “Winners Showcase” with links to their websites.

The 10 Honorable Mentions artwork will also be displayed in the “Honorable Mentions” section of the Art Competition website. All entries will be displayed on our Art-Competition website Submissions Showcase page in the order that the submissions are received.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more abou Abstract II from art-competition.net!

CALL for ENTRIES: Red

Learn more about the RED exhibit from art-competition.net!*blush*

Red is undeniably my favorite color.  I find myself drawn to red tones in food, from salmon to cherry Jell-o, Bloody Mary’s to pomegranates.  Go figure.  But recently I tripped across golden raspberries.  How had I missed them all these years?  They are slightly sweeter & milder than the traditional red variety, and I am willing to admit that I like them better in some instances.  I feel like such a traitor.  The next Call is the perfect red celebration.  I like this group exhibit…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net & G25N (online) for RED, an online group exhibit. $20 entry & significant marketing efforts.  Take a look

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Learn more about the RED exhibit from art-competition.net!CALL
for ENTRIES:

RED

 

ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+

MEDIA: Open to all 2D media: painting, drawing, collage, photography, digital, etc.

THEME: “RED” The judges will be looking for artwork where the artist’s interpretation of any subject is enhanced by the use of the color red, whether it is a single dot of red or completely red image.

The color red can imply many emotions and feelings, for example: power, heat, love, sexuality, anger, joy, war, etc.  It can be used to enhance, emphasize or be a focal point in the artwork.  The artwork can be expressed from representational, expressionistic, surrealistic and or abstraction.

DEADLINE:  July 13, 2015

NOTIFICATION:  July 20, 2015

Learn more about the RED exhibit from art-competition.net!ENTRY FEE:  $20 for 1, $10 each add’l

AWARDS:  Gallery25N.com & Art-Competition.net will co-market the ten artists and their artwork in the exhibition worldwide in the following ways:  An electronic invitation (12,000+ recipients), press release, event listings & calendars, social media marketing via Art-Competition.net, Artist Website Pro & Gallery 25N’s social media-marketing network via LinkedIn, Pinterest, Tweeter, GooglePlus, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, etc., Art Market newsletter (over 16,000+ subscribers), exhibit will remain in the “Past Exhibits” section of Gallery 25N’s website with a back-link to the artist’s websites for a minimum of two years & a video published on G25N’s website & YouTube Channel.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about the RED exhibit from art-competition.net!

ARTIST to LOVE: Martha Carroll

We have a new Artist to Love!

Join us in saying “Welcome” to Martha Carroll, our newest Artist to Love

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Martha Carroll
Mixed Media
Beijing Wall, Mixed Media by Martha Carroll
Beijing Wall
Mixed Media
After earning both a BFA & a MS degree at UT Knoxville, CARROLL began her art career as an illustrator. Art direction led her into years of talent & production work. In her second career, Robbins has taught drawing, painting and photography for all levels in public schools.

Carroll's mixed media works demonstrates both her perspective of humanity and the stories associated with objects, people, or landscapes. Currently, she enjoys incorporating her original photography into her mixed media work.

FAVORITE FOOD: Potato Chips

Are you an Artist to Love? Be sure to let us know!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Pets We Love

Learn more about the PETS exhibit from art-competition.net!CHEESE
dog

As I get older, my tastes skew toward whole foods with a higher fat content–nuts, cheese, olives. Yum.  My dog is newly enamored with cheddar cheese and almonds too.  She recognizes the crackle of the almond bag from the other side of the house, ha.  We try to maintain enough self-restraint to limit her people food to minimum, but it is hard to say “no” to that sweet face.  This next Call wants your work depicting your pet family.  AND, it helps pets find families…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net for Pets We Love. $20 entry & this exhibit is proud to support the ASPCA® Take a look…

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Learn more about the PETS WE LOVE exhibit from art-competition.net!CALL for ENTRIES:
Pets We Love

 

ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+

MEDIA: 2-D media: painting, drawing, photography, digital, collage, fiber, etc.

THEME: Pets We Love  “Pets become family, and are caring companions that we love and honor. Their relationship to us is as working, service and emotional loving partners from the exotic to the domestic animals. It is no wonder that they have graced historic and contemporary works of art. Whether we have or do not  have a pet we all still need to respect and protect them.” –from art-competition.net

DEADLINE: June 22, 2015

NOTIFICATION: June 29, 2015

ENTRY FEE: $20 for 1, $10 ea. add’l

AWARDS: Gallery25N.com & Art-Competition.net will co-market the ten artists and their artwork in the exhibition worldwide.  Click here for details.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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We are thrilled to have Art-Competition.net as a sponsor of AAAD!

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