REASON TO CELEBRATE!

I have made hundreds of grilled cheese sandwiches.  I have entered hundreds of art shows.  I have made hundreds of canapes and attended hundreds of opening night receptions.  I believe that the 100 mark is to be celebrated.  This blog will soon celebrate its 300th post.  This next Call for Entries should put you in the mood to celebrate. 

Check out this Call for Entries from the Connecticut Acadamy of Fine Arts and the  Mystic Arts Center for their 100th Exhibition.  There are lots of awards so don’t miss this opportunity!

CALL for ENTRIES:
100th Exhibition

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists.  One or two works may be submitted.  Work must not have been previously shown at the CAFA or the Mystic Arts Center.  If you are not in the United States:  They do not currently have capability for converting currency or receiving international shipments.  But, if you have a contact within the US, you can work through them.

MEDIA:  All fine arts media: painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, graphics.

DEADLINE:  March 25, 2011 is the mail in deadline.  May 22 and 23, 2011 is the hand-delivery deadline.  Artists may enter up to two works.  Entries will be received Sunday, May 22 and Monday, May 23, 11AM–5PM at the Mystic Arts Center Inc., 9 Water St. Mystic, CT 06355.

NOTIFICATION:  Posted at www.ctacademy.org for mail-in entries by April 22, 2011, and carry-in entries by May 25, 2011.  Editor’s Note:  Many galleries are going to posting results instead of emailing entrants.  I don’t like it either, but make sure you keep records so that you know to check their site.

ENTRY FEE: $25/1st & $15/2nd entry (Academy members, 2nd entry free, dues paid). Make check payable to: CAFA. Fees are non-refundable.

AWARDS:  Best of Show $1000, Second Place $700, Third Place $400, Fourth Place $200, Painting $100, Sculpture $100, Drawing $100, Photography $100 and Graphics $100.  Additional awards include the Art Spirit Foundation, Dianne B. Bernhard Award for a Pastel $500, the Allied Artists of America Painting Award $100, the Simonds Photographic Award for a B & W photograph $100 certificate, the PhotoSynthesis Award for a traditional or alternate process photograph $100 Certificate and the Jerry’s Artarama award.

JURORS:  Joy M. Pepe is Professor Emerita of Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, where she developed the Art History curriculum, implemented an Art History Minor, and was chair of the Liberal Arts Department.  She serves often as a juror, throughout Connecticut, for competitions, and exhibitions, and she gives popular lecture series on many art history topics. 

Last year Pepe held the position of Professional in Residence in Art History at the University of New Haven, and this year she is teaching various Art History courses at the University of Hartford, Southern Connecticut State University, and Albertus Magnus College.  She holds a Masters from Wesleyn University with a concentration in Art History, and she has done doctoral studies (ABD) at Rutgers University in New Jersey.

Anne von Stuelpnagel is Director of Exhibitions at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut; Since 1995 she has been responsible for the design of the 12-14 exhibitions per year of the Museum; Having worked at the Bruce Museum since 1980, her responsibilities included art, history, anthropology, and science.  She received her BFA from Blocherer School of Fine Art and Applied Sciences, in Munich, Germany with a Major in painting and a Minor in Interior Design.  Anne initiated and has carried out, for many years, the Outdoor Art Show of the Bruce Museum.  After settling in the United States, in 1977, she studied printmaking and has since worked primarily as a printmaker.

For complete details, See the Official Guidelines!