CALL for ENTRIES: Saturated

Posted on January 6, 2019January 6, 2019 by R.L. Gibson

oh, KALE no!

Somebody help me love kale. I want to love love kale (in some other manner than deep fried kale chips, ha)., but I just don’t. If I’m gonna eat a leafy green, I’m gonna choose spinach every time. Give me arugula or chard. Meanwhile, organic kale was 99¢ a pound this week. It is a gorgeous color though. I’ve been toying with making my own watercolors. Maybe THAT is how I learn to love kale.

For years I worked in black and white, and I loved the big, bold graphic nature of that work. But, color. Color has turned my work around. I fell so in love with color that I changed media after TWENTY years. Like any grade schooler, I get that yellow + blue = green. But, when you find the right gambogue hue & add just a touch of thalo blue, you get to watch them bloom into a gorgeous shade of peacock. This newly found watercolor magic gives power & voice to what I tried to represent literally with typography and b&w symbolism for all those years.

I’ve tried to be more transparent over the past weeks about my own “which” & “why” & “what” questions because I am hoping my answers will help you formulate your own questions and discover your own answers. The Barrett Arts Center is a “yes” for me. Beautiful venue, great jurors, superb curatorial history, excellent resume builder. I have been working on a piece for months that would be the perfect piece to enter. If I can just keep myself on track to finish, I am entering this one. Do you have color you want to strut out like a proud peacock? Then THIS is a great call.

Check out this Call for Entries from Barrett Art Center (Poughkeepsie, NY) for Saturated: An Eye for Color. $45 entry fee & 30% commission. Plus, this juror has a well-documented history. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Saturated: An Eye for Color
from Barrett Art Center

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all U.S. artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to drawing, painting, pastel, printmaking, photography, sculpture, fiber, mixed-media, new media & installation

THEME: Color. “Barrett Art Center seeks artworks in which color is the primary instrument of expression for this national juried exhibition to be held April 6 through May 18, 2019. The French painter Eugene Delacroix said, ‘I can paint you the skin of Venus with mud, provided you let me surround it as I will’. Delacroix was referring to the power of color dynamics. This call for works is looking for submissions in which which color plays a transformative role.”

DEADLINE: January 19, 2019

NOTIFICATION: by February 2, 2019

ENTRY FEE: $45 for up to 3, $5 ea. add’l ($35 for members)

JUROR: Michael Rooks joined the High Museum of Art as Wieland Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art in January 2010. Besides his responsibilities at the High, Rooks was appointed Commissioner and co-curator of the U.S. Pavilion at the 12th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia in 2010 and is a member of ActArt, the President’s committee for contemporary art and social action. Prior to joining the High Museum, Mr. Rooks held curator positions at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, The Contemporary Museum Honolulu, and the Honolulu Academy of Arts. At Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art, Rooks curated several group exhibitions and solo projects in addition to survey exhibitions of work by Roy Lichtenstein (1999) and H. C. Westermann (2001) for which he co-authored Westermann’s catalogue rasionné.

AWARDS: $825 in cash prizes –$500 Juror’s Prize, $200 2nd Prize, $125 Honorable Mention.

SALES: Barrett Art Center will retain a 30% commission for sales (20% for members).

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: New Contemporary

Posted on December 15, 2018December 16, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

real SMOOTH

I have pureed everything today. I made black bean soufflé early in the day to go with the slaw-topped taco my husband made later. I cooked & pureed extra beans to put up in the freezer as a soup base for next week. Lunch was delivery pizza. Our mid-afternoon snack was a mango-peach-guava-banana smoothie. While my husband made apple-pepper slaw for our tacos, I processed a half-bushel of apples for applesauce. I have washed my food processor four times today. (Just a reminder, no dishwasher in my house.) I am trying to keep busy.

I mean, I did finish framing a commission while I am waiting for THREE past-due notifications. I need mindless busy. How do venues take our money and not notify on time? Why not just under-promise? Why not five themselves and extra week then surprise us all with an early notification? Of course, my imagination and insecurities ramp up to a 14 & I begin to assume that I haven’t gotten an email because I have been rejected, or, that I was so bad that I didn’t warrant a response. When left with too much time to dwell on it, I start to become paranoid like an 1990s sitcom and wonder if my phone is working or if email is out-of-order. Ridiculous. So, soufflé, soup, smoothie & applesauce. Noisy. Delicious. Busy.

This next Call is screaming my name. I’ve not been interested in a lot of galleries lately because I am looking to build a very specific profile for my resume. I am trying to patiently wait for the academic & publicly funded shows I really want. But I am digging this space. There are a number of great art hot spots in New Mexico, like Satan Fe. In fact, New Mexico is on my new short list of relocation possibilities. This gallery supports a reassuringly diverse art aesthetic and range of media. I like the unapologetic nature of this Call too. I’m hoping to get my crap together & enter. Let me know how it sounds to YOU.

Check out this Call for Entries from Keep Contemporary (Santa Fe, NM) for New Contemporary. This is a great looking venue that also includes “….artists who have a limited voice in an otherwise conservative art market”. I want to show here; how about you?

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CALL for ENTRIES:
New Contemporary
from Keep Contemporary

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“We are looking for art that pushes the boundaries in a variety of genres including but not limited to: High Brow, Low Brow, Pop Surrealism, Hyperrealism, Graffiti Art, and Abstract Art.” –keepcontemporary.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to painting, printmaking, drawing, mixed media, digital, collage, sculpture, & photography.

DEADLINE: January 14, 2019

NOTIFICATION: January 28. 2019

ENTRY FEE: $40 up to 3, $5 ea. addl

JUROR: Jared Antonio-Justo Trujillo is an artist and the gallery director at Keep Contemporary. He has curated exhibitions and public programming for a diverse set of art institutions across the US. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is held in private and institutional collections.

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

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: Mind, Spirit & Emotion 2018

Posted on November 24, 2018November 26, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

I love you a LATKE!

The holiday season is upon us. What are you doing to see yourself through? Whether you are a fanatic for latkes or sufganiyot, ribbon candy or fruitcake, jerk chicken or Tofurky®, chances are good your holidays involve more than glad tidings & good will. It is a hard time of year for everyone, some more than others. Be mindful, be kind, and please, take care of yourself. This next Call wants to you to reveal your mind, spirit or emotion. Do you have work to enter?

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net for Mind, Spirit & Emotion 2018. $20 entry & no shipping. The considered media is wide open too. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Mind, Spirit & Emotion 2018
from Art-competition.net

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ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+

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

THEME: Mind, Spirit & Emotion “The visual narrative of the artist’s 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.”

DEADLINE: December 3, 2018

NOTIFICATION: December 14, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $20 for 1, $10 ea. add’l

AWARDS: $8,125 in cash & marketing prizes. (e.g. 1st place $500, 2nd Place $400, 3rd Place $300, etc) + helpful marketing. There will be 7 Winners and 10 Honorable Mentions.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Art on Paper

Posted on November 12, 2018November 14, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

nuts for NUTS

I make a lot of granola these days. I tripped across this mostly Paleo recipe & altered it to taste. (We don’t eat Paleo, specifically, but I am often drawn to the recipes.) This version is absent the oats found in most granola, so it lacks the chalky, starchy lethargic quality of the stereotypical bagged cereal. My version is mostly nuts & seeds with a bit of dried fruit, coconut oil & a dash of honey. There seems to always be a batch in the oven, and I’m going through roll after roll of parchment paper. It is brain food; try it. This next Call is looking for works on paper. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Site: Brooklyn (Brooklyn, NY) for Art on Paper. $35 entry fee & 50% commission. This could be a good opportunity for some contemporary artists. Is this one right for you?

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Art on Paper
from Site: Brooklyn

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to 2D work on paper (drawing, painting, printing, photography, collage & assemblage).

DEADLINE: November 26 2018

NOTIFICATION: December 7, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $35 up to 3, $10 ea. addl

JUROR: Rebecca Lax is a Senior Specialist in Contemporary, PWC and Prints & Multiples at Artnet auctions in New York City. Her background is extensive in contemporary art having spanned 30 years. Early in her career, she worked at several blue chip galleries: Leo Castelli at 420 West Broadway, Knoedler, Pace Prints and Galerie Lelong, NYC. Aside from the directorial, curatorial, management and sales knowledge gained from those experiences, she also worked as a corporate art consultant in acquisitions for Goldman Sachs, Banco Santander and Pitney Bowes. A very important position in her career was spent in the academic sector acting as Director of Finance for the LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies at Columbia University. She continues to be a contributing member to Arttable and the Association for Women Art Dealers as well as a Benefit Committee member of the International Print Center of NY.

SALES: 50% commission on all sales will go to Site: Brooklyn.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Animal Life 2018

Posted on October 23, 2018October 18, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

bear-ly HUNGRY

I live in black bear country, and hyperphagia is coming to an end soon. Hyperphagia is the time of year when the bears gorge themselves in preparation for their winter “hibernation”, although black bears don’t really hibernate, per see. (I digress.) This means a few months on not being paranoid about leaving sunflower seeds in my car or a stray pizza box in the outdoor trash can. Some people have raccoons, I have bears, ha. This next Call is all about animal life. Whatcha got?

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net for Animal Life 2018. $20 entry, no shipping & open to all still media. Thematically open to interpretation. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Animal Life 2018
from Art-competition.net

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ELIGIBILITY: All artists age 18+

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

THEME: Animal Life ““Animal” can be interpreted literally or conceptually for 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. The work can reflect on creatures of the land, sea and air from the simplicity of a domesticated pet to a ferocious wild animal. The works depiction can range from the love one feels for a pet, the amazing diversity of life on the planet and the concern for preserving all creatures from extinction.“

DEADLINE: November 5, 2018

NOTIFICATION: November 16, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $20 for 1, $10 ea. add’l

AWARDS: $8,125 in cash & marketing prizes. (e.g. 1st place $500, 2nd Place $400, 3rd Place $300, etc) + helpful marketing. There will be 7 Winners and 10 Honorable Mentions.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Art of Darkness

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

BITE me

The darker my mood, the darker the chocolate needs to be. The past few days have given me many reasons to eat emotionally, none of them good, but I cannot seem to find a chocolate with a bite dark enough match my roar. I’m going to have to make art instead, clearly. This next Call wants your darkest art. Send them your best…

Check out this Call for Entries from Soulard Gallery (St. Louis, MO) for Art of Darkness. Don’t miss the early bird deadline to save on entry fees. This is a great venue…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Art of Darkness
from Soulard Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media

THEME: Darkness — “work that is creepy, macabre morbid, surreal, unnerving, weird, ghastly, grotesque, hideous, grim, eerie, spook, gothic, sinister or disturbing.” — Soulard Art Gallery

DEADLINE: October 14, 2018 at 5pm

NOTIFICATION: October 15, 2018

ENTRY FEE: No fee to submit (up to 3); however, there is a $30 “operational cost” fee.

AWARD: Awards of Excellence & Merit will be awarded by guest judge, St. Louis artist Cindy Royal.

SALES: No commission taken by the gallery.

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: Emerging Artists 2019

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

lost in TRANSLATION

So, I’m writing this post from an artist residency in New York. I have been here for three days, and I have lost 5 pounds. I am eating glorious food prepared in a traditional French manner breakfast, lunch & dinner, compliments of the restaurant on the property. How is this possible you ask? I eat exactly three meals a day. Normally I am a grazer, eating off and on all day. But, I am currently in a town with a population of approx. 150 people without a vehicle or availability of a local grocer. I have spent three solid days in my studio coming out only to be fed, and the end result is weight loss. I can see the tabloid headline now — “Emerging Diet Trend: eat anything & lose weight”. Ha. Until then, here’s a Call for emerging artists. Bon appétit..

Check out this Call for Entries from Slow Art Productions for Emerging Artists 2019 at the Limner Gallery (Hudson, NY). $35 entry open to all media and all artists. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Emerging Artists 2019
at the Limner Gallery

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This event is devoted to the discovery, introduction and promotion of Emerging Artists. The exhibition will be held February 27 – March 23, 2019, at the Limner Gallery.

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media forms of painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, graphics, digital and installation art, video, etc.

DEADLINE: October 31, 2018

NOTIFICATION: December 30, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to 4, $5 ea. add’l OR $50 for 10

SALES: SlowArt Productions will retain 35% commission on sales. Prices set by the artist.

Tag: drawing

oh, KALE no!

CALL for ENTRIES: Saturated: An Eye for Color from Barrett Art Center

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!

real SMOOTH

CALL for ENTRIES: New Contemporary from Keep Contemporary

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!

I love you a LATKE!

CALL for ENTRIES: Mind, Spirit & Emotion 2018 from Art-competition.net

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

nuts for NUTS

CALL for ENTRIES: Art on Paper from Site: Brooklyn

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

bear-ly HUNGRY

CALL for ENTRIES: Animal Life 2018 from Art-competition.net

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

BITE me

CALL for ENTRIES: Art of Darkness from Soulard Gallery

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!

lost in TRANSLATION

CALL for ENTRIES: Emerging Artists 2019 at the Limner Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES:
Saturated: An Eye for Color
from Barrett Art Center

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

CALL for ENTRIES:
New Contemporary
from Keep Contemporary

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

CALL for ENTRIES:
Mind, Spirit & Emotion 2018
from Art-competition.net

CALL for ENTRIES:
Art on Paper
from Site: Brooklyn

CALL for ENTRIES:
Animal Life 2018
from Art-competition.net

CALL for ENTRIES:
Art of Darkness
from Soulard Gallery

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

CALL for ENTRIES:
Emerging Artists 2019
at the Limner Gallery