CALL for ENTRIES: Lay of the Land

Posted on May 30, 2019May 29, 2019 by R.L. Gibson

dandy DISHES

I woke up sneezing this morning for the very best reason — flowers are blooming. They’ve been blooming for a while, but today, the wildflowers have taken over my side yard. That means it is time to remind folks about eating flowers. Rose petals are among my favorite salad toppings & oil additives, but dandelions are truly the star of edible blooms. The yellow flowers are delicious, the greens are considered a superfood, and I hear you can roast & grind the root as a decaf coffee substitute. As always, never eat a flower if you don’t know its history as well as the history of the land upon which it grows. No one wants a belly full of pesticide.

Continuing with the publication-themed calls this week, pay attention to the next one. This environmental magazine has a 30+ year track record, so doing research on what they want is easy. They do publish a wide variety of styles; however, environmental work is their mainstay. I have linked to their Call, and although they have an online entry system, you will find that they prefer you to simply email them a link to your work, NOT the work itself. This is a great way to have someone consider a portfolio of images instead of hoping you picked the single “right” image for the submission. Free & easy…

Check out this Call for Entries from Orion Magazine (print publication) for the Lay of the Land department. There is no fee to enter, but please do your homework on this publication so that you can craft your submission to suit. “America’s Finest Environmental Magazine”…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Lay of the Land Art
from Orion Magazine

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all 2-D media

THEME:“We are always curious to hear from artists whose work shares our concerns with nature, culture, and place. Artists are strongly encouraged to familiarize themselves with past issues of Orion before approaching us with portfolios….artwork in Orion maintains intuitive connections to the physical world.” –orionmagazine.org

DEADLINE: June 15, 2019

NOTIFICATION: Six months

ENTRY FEE: None

SUBMISSION NOTE: “Correspondence should ideally link to a web gallery, lightbox, or shared folder. We prefer not to receive media submissions attached directly to emails.”

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

ARTIST of the DAY: Richard Shilling

Posted on December 1, 2015December 1, 2015 by R.L. Gibson

art of the land, POWERED by the SUN

I live rurally, by choice, and find the environment I live in almost overwhelmingly inspirational. Today’s Artists of the Day has found a way to put my inspiration to work for him AS art. Enjoy the gorgeous, ephemeral work of Richard Shilling. So many of his works are powered by the sun, just like today’s Power It Forward Call. (continues below)

4 Colour Sunwheel by Richard Shilling — *4 Colour Sunwheel by* *Richard Shilling* *(coloured leaves, dogwood frame & the evening sun)*

“Through his ongoing relationship with nature he explores themes to do with time, ecology and the constant flux of the seasons and expresses these ideas through his unique land art images. Every sculpture is photographed in natural light, using normal camera equipment and without any Photoshop… Each photo accurately depicts how each sculpture appeared, at its most vibrant moment, before the elements reclaim the materials back to nature.” –from richardshilling.co.uk

Learn more about Richard Shilling!

CALL for ENTRIES: Sustainable

Posted on January 13, 2013 by R.L. Gibson

NOW &
forever

Food labeling and packaging is frustrating. First is that not every food item requires ridiculous packaging. My husband still gets the stink-eye from me every time he reaches for a produce bag for a single lemon or lime. Secondly, I’d like to know what’s in my food. Is it genetically modified? Is it sustainably farmed? I suspect I won’t see complete labeling in my lifetime. But, this next Call wants your ideas about sustainability. This could be a great chance to show your work in California…

Check out this Call for Entries from Sustainable Silicon Valley for the WEST Summit and Showcase (Mountain View, CA). There is no entry fee or limit on age, so don’t miss this opportunity…

*Editor’s Note: If you have read the personal portion of this post, CALL for ENTRIES: Sustainable, anywhere other than by email subscription or on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, it has been published without permission and is considered theft.

CALL for ENTRIES:
WEST Summit and Showcase

SSV is hosting an art exhibition to visualize the idea or implementation of sustainability and to inspire positive change during this pivotal time in our history. SSV is looking for artists to submit digital images of their artworks that respond to these concepts. In addition to being exhibited in relation to the WEST Summit and Showcase, SSV is will use the accepted artworks to create a pool of images that may be used for current and future marketing campaigns in both print and online formats. Some examples for use of images are the WEST Summit/Showcase printed program, the SSV annual report and an ongoing sustainability awareness campaign.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists, regardless of location or age

MEDIA: Open to all media that can be represented in a digital photograph

DEADLINE: February 5, 2003 (5pm Pacific Standard Time)

NOTIFICATION: March 4, 2013

ENTRY FEE: None

AWARDS: Accepted images will be exhibited in relation to the 2012 WEST Summit and Showcase and entered into the SSV Image Marketing Pool and may be used for other SSV marketing initiatives.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: humor; analog humor

Posted on August 5, 2012 by R.L. Gibson

HAHAHAHA…

Humor is always appreciated. I stand accused of being naively optimistic. If that is true, it is because I live with a smile on my face. My husband and son think I’m funny–biggest compliment EVER. I appreciate humor in food as well. Bill & Clair Wurtzel’s Funny Food is such a great approach to healthy breakfast. I unabashedly recommend it. This next Call is all about tickling your funny bone. I unabashedly recommend it too…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Department of Art & Design of East Tennessee State University at the Tipton Gallery (Johnson City, TN) for humor; analog humor. There is no entry fee, and this is one of those opportunities to renew your love of art merely for the sake of creating it…

*Editor’s Note: If you have read the personal portion of this post, CALL for ENTRIES: humor; analog humor, anywhere other than by email subscription or on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, it has been published without permission and is considered theft.

CALL for ENTRIES:
humor; analog humor

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

THEME: Humor and art have been infrequent partners at best. With both a philosophical interest in the nature of humor and its relationship to aesthetics, this exhibition invites artworks that may utilize a conceptual approach and are actually funny, occupying this middle ground between art and humor in ways that might be thought-provoking, absurd, or even just silly.

MEDIA: all work must be funny. if you make the curator laugh, chuckle, wryly smile, or have a genuine humorous reaction, then it’s included. If not, it’s not. Don’t worry: the curator has a very wide ranging sense of humor. except when it comes to Woody Allen movies which, for some reason, he just doesn’t get.

All work must be in analog form, nothing digital will be accepted; suggested analog forms include, but are not limited to: index cards, single sheets of paper, cassette tapes, small sculpture, airmail envelopes, 35mm slides, canned goods, Morse code and anything else that you might think of. But it must be analog. No zeros and ones.

All of the work must be small. Maximum size–one cubic foot (not one cubit foot). Minimum size–head of a pin.

All work must be signed. This also means that all work can be catalogued, so dates, dimensions, material, etc. must be either included separately with the entry or readily discernible. An online catalog of every object submitted will be published.

All work must be environmentally disposable. You can retrieve your work at the end of the show, or pay to have it shipped back, but it is expected that the vast majority of work will be trashed on the last day. They will provide the trash bags.

DEADLINE: My guess is sometime early to mid September since the work must arrive by the end of September.

ENTRY FEE: None

CURATOR: Dr. Scott Contreras-Koterbay, associate professor, (Ph.D., St. Andrew’s University) specializes in Philosophy of Art and Contemporary Art. He also teaches Modern Art, Art History, Theory and Criticism, Research Methods for Art Historians, Special Topics: African-American Art and Russian Art.

HOW TO ENTER: Email scottkoterbay@gmail.com

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

*Editor’s Note: This Call isn’t on the University’s site. If you click on a picture above, it will take you to the University’s Calendar to verify its existence.

CALL for ENTRIES: ECO Art Awards

Posted on July 18, 2012 by R.L. Gibson

Green, Green,
green!

I have made my own uneasy peace with green living. I would like to say it was an over whelming commitment to perserving the planet that started it all, but it was really food. Isn’t it always with me? I started to notice how out-of-my-control my food sources were becoming. Pre-made sauces and pre-washed salad mixes were making me feel like I had forgotten what food really tastes like. I began my quest to find a way to know what I was eating. Now, I live a labor-instensive, farmers market going, whole food preparing, canning and preserving sort of life. Is it easy? No. Is it tasty? Absolutely. This Call wants your earth inspired art. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries for the 2013 ECO Art Awards. There are six categories in which anyone can enter to win cash, prizes, national and international recognition–from songwriting to video and everything in between. The entry fee is too bad; the prizes are good … and, you might get a warm green glow around your gills!

*Editor’s Note: If you have read the personal portion of this post, CALL for ENTRIES: ECO Art Awards, anywhere other than by email subscription or on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, it has been published without permission and is considered theft.

CALL for ENTRIES: ECO Art Awards

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

THEME: Ecology: The interrelationship of all organisms to their environment.

CATEGORIES: Songwriting, Literature, Photography, Fine Art, Repurposed Materials, Short Video

DEADLINE: August 15, 2012

NOTIFICATION: Early 2013

ENTRY FEE: $30 USD per entry

JURORS: Visit the Juror page for a complete list. There are too many to list…

AWARDS: There will be a $2,000 cash prize to the Grand Prize Winner, $1,000 cash prize to the first place juried winner of each category, $500 cash prize to all second place winners, and $250 cash prize to all third place winners.

For complete details, Read the Rules!

CALL for ENTRIES: Green

Posted on July 3, 2012 by R.L. Gibson

It ain’t easy
BEING GREEN

I am obsessed with green vegetables. On any given day, you can open my refrigerator and find snap beans, half runners, spinach, brussel sprouts, asparagus, romaine lettuce, celery, cabbage and broccoli. Those are just the staples. This next call wants to know what green means to you, eaten or otherwise. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from The Shoe Factory Art Co-op (Rochester, NY) for Green: What Does It Mean?. This uniquely-themed show could be a great opportunity to put another show on your resume! This could be your chance…

*Editor’s Note: If you have read the personal portion of this post, CALL for ENTRIES: Green, anywhere other than by email subscription or on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, it has been published without permission and is considered theft.

CALL for ENTRIES:
Green: What Does It Mean?

The Shoe Factory Art Co-op seeks artists to create and submit artwork that expresses the meaning of “green”. Open interpretation.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all media related to green.

DEADLINE: August 25, 2012

ENTRY FEE: Pay $18 submission fee, $25 for non-members, by PayPal or Credit Card on the Call for Artists page.

JURORS: Green will be juried by The Shoe Factory Art Co-op.

SALES: 25% commission on the price of any artwork sold (35% for non-members).

For complete details, download the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: How Art Saved the World

Posted on June 4, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

MUSHROOM
POWERS, activate!

Why are there no food superheroes? The Truffle Twins, Captain Fiber, or the Victor the Veggie, maybe? I am certainly not alone in the belief that this world could stand to be rescue from food-additives and substitutes. Okay, I’ll step of the produce crate now. This next call gives you another chance to prove that art can change the world. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Pop Revolution Gallery (Mason, OH) for How Art Saved the World. Enter any media for as little as $25 by August 27, 2011 for your chance to let your environmental art shine!

CALL for ENTRIES:
How Art Saved the World

The theme for this exhibit at Pop Revolution Gallery is environmental art.

What is environmental art?

The online resource greenmuseum.org characterizes environmental art as ever-evolving art that, in a broad sense, helps better our relationship with the natural world.

Pop Revolution Gallery is looking for work that goes beyond the traditional landscape as a celebration of nature. For inspiration and/or guidance Pop Revolution recommends you visit:

ELIGIBILITY: The exhibition is open to artists 18 years or older. All work must be original work. Students must not present work for consideration if assisted in any way in arrangement or execution. Artists accepted for the exhibition will be asked for an artist bio for display purposes.

MEDIA: Open to all media.

DEADLINE: August 27, 2011

NOTIFICATION: August 31, 2011

ENTRY FEE: An entry fee of $25 for the first entry, $12 for each additional entry. Up to 4 pieces can be entered in to the show. If sending digital files through email, files will be reviewed when payment is received, either through snail-mail or PayPal. *Editor’s Note: With the average show costing $35 for 3 images, the fee for this show is a little high. I would like for you to consider, however, this is a retail-oriented space which offers a higher likelihood that reasonably-priced work will sell.

JURORS: Roscoe L. Wilson and Pattie Byron, visit the website for more information.

AWARDS: Best of Show: $500, 2nd Place: $250, and People’s Choice Award: $100.

SALES: Artists are encouraged to offer their work for sale. Any work not priced will be marked “Not for Sale” or “NFS”. Pop Revolution Gallery will retain a 40% commission of the sale price.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

CALL for ENTRIES: 2011 I-Park Environmental

Posted on February 7, 2011February 7, 2011 by R.L. Gibson

I’M A TRASHY GIRL

Did you know you can go green in the kitchen? Aside from the obvious measures of choosing foods with less packaging, limiting waste and reusing containers, you can also compost. I’m not talking about those huge composters that conjure images of big stink trash cans. I’m talking about countertop composters. This next call invites you to explore environmentally-friendly art options.

Check out the Call for Entries for the 2011 I-Park Environmental Art Program which is part Artist Residency and part Art Installation. This is a great opportunity to be green AND get your art out there. Take a look…

CALL for ENTRIES: 2011 I-Park Environmental Art Program

I-Park is pleased to announce that it will be hosting its third international, multi-disciplinary Environmental Art Biennale on September 10, 2011. This will be preceded by a 3-week residency that begins on August 23, 2011. This residency is exclusively for the artists who will be creating pieces for this event.

I-Park’s interest in environmental goes back to its early years as an artists-in-residence program. Visual artists in particular were drawn to the rich, varied natural landscape existing at I-Park and were permitted to create modest pieces on the land. This evolved into a practice of active staff support and encouragement for more ambitious installations. In 2007, a separate residency session was created, devoted solely to the field of environmental art; a successful exhibition was held later that year.

ELIGIBILITY: Artists working in the following fields: Environmental sculpture/installation, Landscape/garden design, Music composition, sound sculpture/design, Performance art, Written/spoken word/interpretation, Photography, video, moving image, Inter-disciplinary

MEDIA: I-Park now views environmental art as a multi-disciplinary field and also encourages inter-disciplinary collaborations. The artistic engagement of the site for this program can involve site-responsive aesthetic interventions, the creation of new outdoor spaces and environments, conceptual investigations and projects that re-imagine our relationship to nature.

DEADLINE: The application deadline for the program is February 28, 2011.

AWARDS: $2,000 per participant to cover artist’s fee and material costs. Limited transportation cost reimbursement is provided. Lodging & meals provided during the residency.

For more information, visit the I-Park website!

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Transit Theme

Posted on June 25, 2010 by R.L. Gibson

When is the last time you
were at a bus station?

For many of you, it has been a long time. But I want to challenge you…to let this theme challenge you. I don’t often double post in one day, but here is a Call for Entries for the Grand Opening ceremonies for Knoxville Station Transit Center.

This call IS national, not local. No Entry fee, but you will have to ship your work both ways. Take a look. The theme is complicated, but I don’t think it necessarily requires a working knowledge of Knoxville, TN. Check it out:

Call for Entries:
Knoxville Station Transit Center Grand Opening Ceremonies Exhibition.

Presented by Knoxville Area Transit (KAT).

Postmark deadline:
Friday, July 2, 2010.

Guidelines: Submit only work completed within the five years that has not been previously displayed in Knoxville.

Entries must be original 2-D works. Media categories include, but are not limited to: painting (oil, watercolor, acrylic, pastel, digital, and mixed media); graphic arts (pencil, charcoal, pen and ink, conte, colored pencil, and printmaking; photography (color, black and white, digital); and fiber arts.

Entry Fee: No entry fee.

Theme: Artists are asked to consider the statement below when considering pieces for submission. This broad theme encompasses communities, city life and technologies, nature and environment, and of course, movement and transportation:

“Knoxville Station will be the central hub and gateway that connects all of Knoxville to the heart of downtown and beyond. The building’s creative design, artistry, technology and energy efficiency reflect Knoxville’s attitude of a forward-thinking, livable community. The environmental features reflect Knoxville’s respect for the beauty of the city and the region, and the desire to maintain that beauty for all of our residents. With the opening of this facility, Knoxville residents’ transportation options have just been broadened.”

For more information, contact: bbrill@katbus.com or (865) 215-7828.

Download Prospectus Here.

Tag: Environmental Art

dandy DISHES

CALL for ENTRIES: Lay of the Land Art from Orion Magazine

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

art of the land, POWERED by the SUN

NOW & forever

CALL for ENTRIES: WEST Summit and Showcase

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

HAHAHAHA…

CALL for ENTRIES: humor; analog humor

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Green, Green, green!

CALL for ENTRIES: ECO Art Awards

For complete details, Read the Rules!

It ain’t easy BEING GREEN

CALL for ENTRIES: Green: What Does It Mean?

For complete details, download the Full Call!

MUSHROOM POWERS, activate!

CALL for ENTRIES: How Art Saved the World

What is environmental art?

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!

I’M A TRASHY GIRL

CALL for ENTRIES: 2011 I-Park Environmental Art Program

For more information, visit the I-Park website!

CALL for ENTRIES:
Lay of the Land Art
from Orion Magazine

NOW &
forever

CALL for ENTRIES:
WEST Summit and Showcase

CALL for ENTRIES:
humor; analog humor

Green, Green,
green!

It ain’t easy
BEING GREEN

CALL for ENTRIES:
Green: What Does It Mean?

MUSHROOM
POWERS, activate!

CALL for ENTRIES:
How Art Saved the World