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: Mixed Media, Collage & Digital

Posted on December 26, 2019November 6, 2020 by R.L. Gibson

a CITRUS dream

Oranges trigger holiday memories. So many different holidays, both secular and sacred, are celebrated during the month of December. And regardless of the holiday, you’ll always find someone whose memory of that holiday is triggered by the smell of oranges. My mother said that when she was a child, Christmas was the only time her family could afford citrus of any sort. I have incorporated citrus into my entire sense of winter because it is the only time I can find super sweet clementines. It is an odd sort of passing of the baton.

Now that most of the holidays have past, it is time to kick it into high gear. I am attempting another 30 paintings in 30 days. (I don’t hold out a lot of hope of finishing that in grand style.) Meanwhile I have 3 commissions & 3 shows that I desperately want to enter. I am no longer a member of the cult of busy. I don’t celebrate or glorify it. But I have certainly bitten off more than I can chew. How do you rank your art priorities? When you figure that out consider this Call.

Check out this Call for Entries from the Las Laguna Gallery (Laguna Beach, CA) for Mixed Media, Collage and Digital Art, $35 entry & 35% commission. Don’t miss this opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Mixed Media, Collage & Digital Art
from Las Laguna Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to mixed media, collage & digital art

DEADLINE: January 11, 2020

NOTIFICATION: January 17, 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: Table Testaments

Posted on September 3, 2019September 18, 2019 by R.L. Gibson

SOUPER bowls

I plead guilty to taking my eating utensils and dishes for granted. Because of my love for the art of plating food, I’ve always owned solid white functional dishware. My mother is a “collector” of flatware and hasn’t allowed me to pick my own, EVER. It is bestowed upon me on occasion without request or explanation. We all have our burdens, ha.

Now I am married to a commercial production potter (120+ pots a day & NOT pictured here), and suddenly the world of dishware is my oyster. Did you know you need differently sized and shaped bowls for salad, cereal & pasta? As I said, we all have our burdens, ha. I love eating out of the bowls my husband has thrown. Every once in a while he comes home with a “one off” just for me because he thought it looked like it was “meant for me”. *swoon* I’ve been trying to convince him to enter this show because I love this venue. It isn’t restricted to a literal interpretation, so be sure to investigate this opportunity.

Check out this Call for Entries from Arts Benicia (Benicia, CA) for Table Testaments. $45 Entry & 40% commission. Take a closer look at this community-based non-profit…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Table Testaments
from Arts Benicia

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to ceramic, wood, glass, metals, paintings, prints, photographs, mixed media, installation artworks & digital works.

THEME: This exhibition will coincide with seasonal gatherings around tables, offering an exploration of sculptural and functional tableware as contemporary carriers of narrative & story – central elements in human gatherings. Utensils and flatware, table linens and tables & chairs themselves will be considered, as will wall-hung works that relate to the exhibition subject.

DEADLINE: October 2, 2019

NOTIFICATION: October 12, 2019

ENTRY FEE: $45 up to 3 ($35 for members)

JUROR: Juan M. Santiago’s art practice explores the narrative of human experience using traditional & non-traditional methods in clay and other mediums. He has taught at Sonoma State University, Diablo Valley College, Chabot College & California College of the Arts. He is currently a professor at Southern Oregon University. Juan holds an MFA from Alfred University & a BFA from California College of the Arts & Crafts.

AWARD: Best of show $250, Juror’s Choice 2-D $100 & Juror’s Choice 3-D $100.

SALES: Arts Benicia, a non-profit organization, receives 40% commission on 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: Blue 2019

Posted on December 31, 2018January 5, 2019 by R.L. Gibson

CUCUMBER and berries

Between granola and smoothies, I am on a constant hunt for decent fruit. This time of year, it is a challenge. The strawberries are horrific, fibrous little lumps. Bananas are great for smoothies but don’t dry well without sulfites. Cucumbers & pineapples are rocking my smoothies, but FRESH fruit is a struggle. (Yes, I can hear how that sounds.) Blueberries have saved me lately. They are relatively cheap and work in cereal and for pancakes & smoothies. If anyone has recommendations on how to dry them, I’m open to ideas. This next Call wants your blue solutions…

So why do you consider this online gallery, art publication opportunity? Well, here are some questions: Do you need a low risk, low cost way to test new, experimental work? Are you looking to drive traffic to your website and create organic content for social media posts? And, there’s the grant money. Do you want the opportunity to be awarded grant money? ha. Is this opportunity right for you? Only you can know. The deadline looms VERY CLOSE — January 7th.

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net for Blue 2019. $25 entry & no shipping. Do you have work in blue? You know you want the $500 grant. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Blue 2019
from Art-competition.net

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ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+ (int’l)

MEDIA: Open to still media, including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, digital art, printmaking, fiber art, collage, etc.

THEME: Blue “The art created of any subject that is enhanced by the use of the color blue, whether it is a single dot of blue or a completely blue image. The color blue should enhance the narrative of the works subject as blue can imply many emotions, symbolisms or feelings, from the blue marble we call earth to our emotions expressed in Blues music. Blue can express the future, good feelings, happiness, prosperity, ocean or sky, and we can feel blue, etc. It can be used to enhance, emphasize or be a focal point in the art.” –art-competition.net

DEADLINE: January 7, 2019

NOTIFICATION: January 14, 2019

ENTRY FEE: $25 for up to 3, $5 ea. add’l

AWARDS: 20 artists will be selected for an online group exhibit, “BLUE 2019” at Gallery25N; the exhibit and artists will be extensively marketed worldwide to over 26,000 people including art buyers, gallery owners, curators, collectors, etc. One artist will be selected to receive the “Christopher E. Burke Fine Art Grant“ of $500. That artist’s work will become the image of the exhibition and will be used on the invitation, video title screen and on all online marketing.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Portraits 2018

Posted on December 3, 2018December 3, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

chuh-chuh-chuh-CHIA

I’ve often spoken of my emotional eating & closeted love for junk food. I occasionally comfort myself with the notion of artisinal junk food like lovingly, hand-made beautiful doughnuts. But, truth be known, I have an ugly Totino’s habit. I admitted here in writing once about 5 years ago, but as I push spinach salads and chia seed smoothies like a health food pimp, I like to believe that no one holds me accountable for my addiction to frozen pizza. (You can find the complete ingredient list here, OMG, assuming I can convince you I only eat the cheese variety. *lying*) I have faith in my better instincts, but I admittedly have worse ones too.

A lot of people have gut instincts about shows. Some artists are completely turned off by the concept of online shows. Some artists only want to show where they can hand-deliver work. I try to evaluate opportunities based on how they fulfill MY current needs. I don’t need resume fluff right now, so I am submitting to fewer shows and just trying to get the work DONE. I get asked about online galleries all the time, and whether or not they are scams. The easy answer is “sometimes”. You & I both need to submit work to shows that WORK for us. So what are the pros to online shows? I like them as a great way to test new, experimental work. they help me see how I stack up against other work in a more objective atmosphere than the bubble of my already engaged fan and peer base. Online shows can drive traffic to your website and give you organic social media posts. Online exhibits can force you to create themed work that gets you out of rut or unstuck. Depending upon the venue, they can help you reach a different audience. And, there’s the prize money. Is this opportunity right for you? Only you can know. I have faith in your better instincts.

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net for Portraits 2018. $25 entry & no shipping. The theme is open to broader interpretation than you might think, and you know you want the $500 grant. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Portraits 2018
from Art-competition.net

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ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+ (int’l)

MEDIA: Open to still media, including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, digital art, printmaking, fiber art, collage, etc.

THEME: Portraits “The curators are looking for a portrait showing the inner essence of the subject or a flattering representation, not just a literal likeness.” –art-competition.net

DEADLINE: December 10, 2018

NOTIFICATION: December 20, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $25 for up to 3, $5 ea. add’l

AWARDS: 20 artists will be selected for an online group exhibit, “PORTRAITS 2018” at Gallery25N; the exhibit and artists will be extensively marketed worldwide to over 26,000 people including art buyers, gallery owners, curators, collectors, etc. One artist will be selected to receive the “Christopher E. Burke Fine Art Grant“ of $500. That artist’s work will become the image of the exhibition and will be used on the invitation, video title screen and on all online marketing.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Moment in Time 2018

Posted on October 6, 2018October 7, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

the PLATE truth

Where are the beautifully plated foods? I have been home from my residency for 3 days, and I miss my housemates, my studio, the time to focus solely on creation, and honestly, I miss the sauce swirls and flower garnishes on every meal. So bratty, I know. Even the goulash was stunning. Fear not, I’ll publish the Call for that residency another day. In the meantime, here’s a Call for your best still life work. Investigate…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net for Moment in Time 2018 & the Christopher E. Burke Fine Art Grant. $25 entry & no shipping. Remember that “still life” need only be life that is still, no basket of fruit required. And, one artist now receives a $500 grant. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Moment in Time 2018
from Art-competition.net

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ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+ (int’l)

MEDIA: Open to work in any medium including digital and experimental mediums

THEME: STILL LIFE “can be a very personal view of an artist’s daily life. . . . The magic of still life imagery is that they [sic] can show us a new way of looking at the ordinary objects around us. Once they are placed into a specific arrangement and then captured in paint, ink, pastel, photography or any other medium – the objects take on a whole new meaning. They are imbued with a life beyond the ordinary. Their existence becomes recorded in time. The objects chosen for a still life painting often have a special meaning, either on a personal, cultural, societal, religious or philosophical level. The themes surrounding the artwork often provoke introspection and reflection in the viewer. The way that the objects are depicted can evoke a wide variety of emotions“. –art-competition.net

DEADLINE: October 15, 2018

NOTIFICATION: October 20, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $25 for up to 3, $5 ea. add’l

AWARDS: 20 artists will be selected for an online group exhibit, “MOMENT IN TIME 2018” at Gallery25N; the exhibit and artists will be extensively marketed worldwide to over 26,000 people including art buyers, gallery owners, curators, collectors, etc. One artist will be selected to receive the “Christopher E. Burke Fine Art Grant“ of $500. That artist’s work will become the image of the exhibition and will be used on the invitation, video title screen and on all online marketing.

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: Rhythm & Rush

Posted on June 2, 2018June 1, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

DINNER for one entire night

I’m a restaurant camper, and I apologize. I want the pace of dinner to drag on all night and this isn’t always the same pace at which the restaurant can afford to turn over table. Luckily, I am also a big tipper and luckily that sometimes buys lots of forgiveness from the serving staff. This next Call is all about rhythm –fast or slow. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Ground Floor Gallery (Nashville, TN) for the Rhythm & Rush. The Guardian included Ground Floor Gallery in the top 10 galleries to visit in Nashville! $30 entry for this Call. Great venue…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Rhythm & Rush
from Ground Floor Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media

THEME: “Rhythm and Rush seeks to find work that provokes movement, atmosphere, and speed in both conceptual and formal ways . . . Slow, fast, static, haptic, and rhythmic can be presented in many ways – we are seeking works that touch on these ideas in very specific, sensitive and strong ways.” –groundflrgallery.com

DEADLINE: July 15, 2018

NOTIFICATION: August 1, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $30 for up to 3, $50 for 4-6 & $70 for 7-9 images

JUROR: Catherine Haggarty is an artist, curator & writer based in Brooklyn, NY. Haggarty earned her MFA from Mason Gross, Rutgers University in 2011 and is currently the co-director of Ortega y Gasset Projects in Brooklyn, New York. Haggarty’s paintings & curatorial work has been reviewed & featured in Hyperallergic, Two Coats of Paint, Brooklyn Magazine, The New York Times, Maake Magazine, Art Maze Magazine, The Black and White Project (UK), Sound and Vision Podcast and Young Space. Teaching experience includes but is not limited to Rutgers University, Abrons Art Center, Princeton Day School, Philadelphia Mural Arts and One River School of Art and Design.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Uplifting

Posted on April 26, 2018April 27, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

new SPINACH leaf

My diet has been less than ideal for the past month. I’ve been stress eating all the cheese and fried food I can get my hands on lately, and surprise, I’m feelin’ kinda crappy. I started this week on a positive note though. I’m turning over a new leaf this week, well lots of new leaves — spinach leaves, among other foods that support health and uplift my mood. Hopefully the tide will turn on the “yucks”. This next Call is looking for work to put in an uplifting position, in a literal sense. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Cultural Center of Cape Cod (South Yarmouth, MA) for Uplifting Art 2018, a public art installation (wrap) on elevator doors. No commission & no shipping. Here’s a way to get public art on your resume…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Uplifting Art 2018 from the
Cultural Center
of Cape Cod

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all* media that can be represented as a digital image / photograph. The elevator doors measure 36” wide x 80” high, which translates into a 1:2.2 ratio. (Portrait orientation.) Images that are more than half as wide as they are high may be cropped to fit the available space.

THEME: Three images will be selected, one for each elevator door in the Cultural Center’s Education Wing. The images, provided as high resolution digital files, will be reproduced on material to be affixed to the elevator doors for one year.

DEADLINE: May 4, 2018

NOTIFICATION: May 18, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $20 for 1, $5 for ea. add’l.

AWARDS: Each artist will receive a $250 stipend and acknowledgement with contact information at the site of the installation.

JUROR: Director’s choice. Please note, there is no personal feedback given by jurors.

SALES: All sales inquiries will be directed to the artist.

Tag: Digital Art

CULINARY tour

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

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

a CITRUS dream

CALL for ENTRIES: Mixed Media, Collage & Digital Art from Las Laguna Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

SOUPER bowls

CALL for ENTRIES: Table Testaments from Arts Benicia

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!

CUCUMBER and berries

CALL for ENTRIES: Blue 2019 from Art-competition.net

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

chuh-chuh-chuh-CHIA

CALL for ENTRIES: Portraits 2018 from Art-competition.net

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

the PLATE truth

CALL for ENTRIES: Moment in Time 2018 from Art-competition.net

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!

DINNER for one entire night

CALL for ENTRIES: Rhythm & Rush from Ground Floor Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

new SPINACH leaf

CALL for ENTRIES: Uplifting Art 2018 from the Cultural Center of Cape Cod

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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

CALL for ENTRIES:
Mixed Media, Collage & Digital Art
from Las Laguna Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
Table Testaments
from Arts Benicia

CALL for ENTRIES:
Unique Abstractions
from Las Laguna Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
Blue 2019
from Art-competition.net

CALL for ENTRIES:
Portraits 2018
from Art-competition.net

CALL for ENTRIES:
Moment in Time 2018
from Art-competition.net

CALL for ENTRIES:
Endless Possbilities
from
Las Laguna Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
Rhythm & Rush
from Ground Floor Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
Uplifting Art 2018 from the
Cultural Center
of Cape Cod