I have been on a cold food kick lately. I am still successfully using a food subscription service(not a paid or affiliate ad) to help streamline foodstuffs during my studio time, and many of my options are optimally served cold or room temp. I’m digging it. I don’t know how I will feel when the weather is colder, but for now, I’m enjoying the change.
On the art front, I am contemplating more change. I have done figurative work, well, always. I’ve done non-figurative work, but I’m always lured back. I am contemplating a longer detour, but I don’t know. In the meantime, while I’m still producing this work, I have wanted to enter this next competition for years. Maybe this is the year. What do you think?
Check out this Call for Entries from Figureworks(Ottawa, Canada) for the 10th Annual Juried Prize. $35 Entry, no commission & cash awards. Another international exhibit opportunity…
“Figureworks is an annual juried art prize and celebration of the art of the human form held in Canada’s capital, Ottawa.”
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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+
MEDIA: Open to all media
THEME: Works should represent the human form or parts thereof.
DEADLINE: September 30, 2019
NOTIFICATION: October 18, 2019
ENTRY FEE:$35 for 1, $50 for 2. Student fees $20 / $30.
JURy: The Figureworks competition is evaluated by a jury of peer professional artistsrepresenting a broad range of media and forms of art including: Michael Davidge, Andrew Morrow & Joanne Stober.
AWARD: All submissions are reviewed & have the opportunity to win cash prizes — $7000 was awarded in 2018.
SALES: Works may but do not have to be for sale. Neither Figureworks nor Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts charge a commission. Figureworks will reserve works for interested buyers but all sales are to be conducted directly between artist & buyer.
So, I’m selling my electric pressure cooker. I got one as a gift a couple of years ago, hesitantly, and thought I would love it. Not so much. I tried joining an online community. Didn’t help. It became a very heavy glorified rice cooker, and today it goes away. (shoutout to Facebook Marketplace) This is all a part of the new, lighter, more portable, healthier me. I don’t mean physically, although the Instant Pot IS ridiculously heavy; I mean that I am trying to lighten my load and remember to repurpose or pass along things I no longer need.
I’ve had my eye on the venue for this next Call for a while. As much as I appreciate the modern box gallery, I have a special love for spaces repurposed as galleries. In this case, the gallery is located in what used to be an old courthouse. The variance in the spaces allows curators and jurors to cater the work to the environment. I like it. This Call comes from a publicly-funded arts council in a publicly funded space. I also like that. Take a look and let me know if you enter & how your experience is. I’m going to try to get my act together and submit.
Check out this Call for Entries from Northwest Area Arts Councilfor Real People 2019 at the Old Court House Arts Center (Woodstock, IL). $40 entry fee & 30% commission. Do you have figurative work to show?
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CALL for ENTRIES: Real People 2019 from Northwest Area Arts Council
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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+
MEDIA: Open to all media
THEME: Submitted work must depict the human form or face in some manner that is recognizable.
DEADLINE: July 7, 2019 (11:59pm CDT)
NOTIFICATION: July 14, 2019
ENTRY FEE:$40 up to 3, ($30 for members)
JUROR: Chicago-area artist Joyce Polance, who has exhibited internationally and is the recipient of multiple grants and awards including six Chicago CAAP grants, a George Sugarman Foundation grant, two Judith Dawn Memorial grants, and a Cliff Dwellers Artist in Residence award.
AWARD: For First, Second, Third Place, a Gallery Award, and Three Artistic Merit Awards, and others, cash prizes totaling $1,500 will be awarded. In addition, we are very pleased to announce that the online artist management platform Biafarin, has donated 2 Gold one year memberships and 2 Blue one year memberships as awards. For more information on Biafarin and the services that come with these awards, please visit biafarin.com.
SALES:30% commission on all sales will go to NAAC.
I have a well-known soft spot for portraiture. A significant part of my own work has revolved around facial expression, but abstract art calls to me. I buy abstract work. I find that my interpretation and feelings about this work evolves as my time with it increases. I am always delighted to find a marriage of the abstract and the figurative. Today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Jylian Gustlin gives me just that marriage. (continues below)
You know that game you play at the airport when you’re bored where you try to tell the story of a complete strangers life as they walk by you on their way to baggage claim or ticketing? Today’s Artist of the Day , Stacey Page, has found a way to tell the story of random, discard portraits of the people someone loves. (continues below)
(left to right)Bee &Richardby textile artistStacey Page
As an artist, I am inexplicably drawn to boxes and bins of photos at thrift stores and antique shops. I always wonder how they got there, who they were, what they meant to the world. But textile artist Stacey Page already KNOWS. She has discovered their inner demons, secret fantasies, heights & depths –in embroidery floss. I couldn’t be happier to share her work with you.
My kid loves quiche. He requests it for every special occasion–from birthdays to graduations. The secret is 6 eggs to 2 cups of heavy whipping cream for a deep dish, and don’t talk to me about the fat. Really. He rarely cares what’s in it, but when I’m looking for brownie points, I throw in bacon and/or pepperoni. I do it for the look on his face. How strange it is to see him look lovingly at a brunch food. This next Call is looking for your strange figurations–and not just the faces.Take a look…
Check out this Call for Entries from SlowArt Productions for Strange Figurations. Awards include an exhibit at Limner Gallery (NY) & work in the nationally-distributed magazine, Direct Art. Double duty opportunity…
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SlowArt Productions presents the thematic exhibition: Strange Figurations. The exhibition will be held at the Limner Gallery from September 11 – October 4, 2014.
ELIGIBILITY: All artists 18+
MEDIA: Open to all interpretations of Strange Figurations. Including surreal, visionary & extraordinary figurative art.
DEADLINE:June 30, 2014
NOTIFICATION: No later than July 30, 2014
ENTRY FEE:$35 for up to 4, $5 ea add’l. Artists accepted to exhibit will not be charged additional fees of any kind. Payments may be by check or money order payable to SlowArt Productions, or by credit card using PayPal.
SALES: All works in the show must be for sale. The gallery will take a 30 % commission on all sales. Sale price is determined by the artist.
AWARDS: Winning artists will be featured in a group exhibition at the Limner Gallery, September 11 – October 4, 2014. The exhibition will also be displayed on the Limner Gallery web site. One artist will be awarded a two page display in Direct Art Volume #22, Fall 2015 issue. Two artists will be awarded a single page display.
I’ve always played with my food. As a small kid, I loved making faces, and as a teenager, mashed potatoes and gravy just screamed for a castle and moat. As an adult, my child is only mildly amused by smiley face pancakes and strange hair formed in syrup. This next Call wants to see your strange figures, but I don’t think they’re looking for food art. You be the judge…
Check out this Call for Entries from SlowArt Productions with Strange Figurations. The entry fee is reasonable, and the awards include both an exhibit at the Limner Gallery as well as an opportunity to have your work in the nationally-distributed art magazine, Direct Art. Please don’t miss this double-duty art opportunity!
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SlowArt Productions presents the thematic exhibition: Strange Figurations. The exhibition will be held at the Limner Gallery from September 7 – October 5, 2013.
ELIGIBILITY: All artists 18+
MEDIA: This exhibition is open to all interpretations of the concept, Strange Figurations. Included are all forms of surreal, visionary and extraordinary figurative art. All interpretations of the theme “Strange Figurations” will be reviewed and considered.
DEADLINE:June 30, 2013
NOTIFICATION: No later than July 30, 2013
ENTRY FEE:$35 for up to 4, $5 ea add’l. Artists accepted to exhibit will not be charged additional fees of any kind. Payments may be by check or money order payable to SlowArt Productions, or by credit card using PayPal.
SALES: All works in the show must be for sale. The gallery will take a 30 % commission on all sales. Sale price is determined by the artist.
AWARDS: Winning artists will be featured in a group exhibition at the Limner Gallery, September 7 – October 5, 2013. The exhibition will also be displayed on the Limner Gallery web site. One artist will be awarded a two page display in Direct Art Volume #21, Fall 2014 issue. Two artists will be awarded a single page display.
I am guilty of making the occasional sauce to cover up an over-cooked piece of meat. Yes, I know that any meat that NEEDS sauce shouldn’t be served, but it happens. However, the best things to eat are usually at their prime when featured naked. The pluot is a perfect example. It is a cross between a plum and an apricot. They are the blood orange of the plum world according to my hubby and best served nekkid. This next call also wants to see the naked truth of it all. Investigate…
Check out this Call to Artists for The Naked Truth from the Linus Galleries(California). The media for this show is a cool mixture, and this could be a cool online opportunity for you. Take a look…
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The truth of a naked body
will always reveal itself.
Show them incredible artwork of the
human form to be in this show.
If it’s like the last nude art show, it will probably be an all nude art exhibit.
ELIGIBILITY:
Open to all artists.
MEDIA: Photography to paintings in oil, acrylic, watercolor and ink, graphite drawings and fabric work from quilts to stitch work.
DEADLINE: September 25,2012
ENTRY FEE: $35 for 3 entries, $5 per add’l
AWARDS:
Accepted entries for this online exhibit will be judged again for their collective live exhibition at one of their art galleries. The artists will be asked if they wish to submit their artwork for the collective exhibition, which is not a requirement to being a part of the online exhibition.
SALES: Artwork will be offered for sale at the reception & other days the gallery will be open. 40% commission on all sales.
As I frequently shout from the mountain top, I love portraiture. I love faces, specifically. But when I began my Psychomachia project with Arizona artist Jerry Portelli, he challenged me to limit my use of faces and to concentrate on other figurative depictions. The process started on a sour note but has ended up pretty sweet…a lemon drop, if you will.
Maybe “Figuratively Speaking,” the National Call for Entries from the Emerging Young Artist (EYA) Organization and the Village Gallery in Montgomery, AL, will be your lemon drop, too. The entry fee is a reasonable $35, and the Best of Show winner will get a solo show at the Village Gallery. You know you want the show…so go for it.
“Figuratively Speaking” is not limited to the traditional/contemporary aspects of the human forms, conditions, interactions, and abstractions of the human body. “Figuratively Speaking” includes figuration in contemporary design in terms of shapes, lines, and colors.
Artwork by Caio Fernandez
All artists over 18 years of age, residing in the United States are eligible. Work must have been completed within the last three years.
NO GICLEE COPIES OF ANY KIND. Works must be ready to hang.
They cannot accept free standing sculpture, installation, or video arts. Absolutely no substitutions of accepted works will be allowed. All accepted works must remain in the gallery for the duration of the exhibit.
AWARDS
Best of Show: $200 and A Solo show at Village Gallery (2 weeks duration). If selected artist is unable to participate in a solo show, he or she will be given $350 cash.
Merit awards (3): $50 and a Group show at Village Gallery (2 weeks duration). Is selected artists are unable to participate in a group show, they will be given $80 cash
Honorable Mentions (3)
JURORS
RICHARD MILLS is a native of Knoxville, Tennessee, and received his B.F.A. and M.F.A. from the University of Tennessee. Currently, he is Professor Emeritus of Art at Auburn University at Montgomery.
Blue Capri by Richard Mills
Richard Mills has had over 30 solo exhibitions including The Auburn University Gallery, Auburn, AL, The Ty Stokes Gallery, Atlanta, GA, and has exhibited in over 30 group and invitational shows including The Pirate, Denver, CO, State of Art- International Watercolor Biennial- East/West , Parkland College, Champaign, IL, and American Watercolor, The Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Republic of China.
Mills has had work accepted in over 90 national and regional juried exhibitions and has won over 30 awards including Watercolor U.S.A., Springfield, MO, The Red Clay Survey, Huntsville Museum of Art (AL), Taos National Exhibition of American Art, Taos, NM, The San Diego Watercolor Society, CA, The New England Watercolor Society, Boston, MA, and the National Watercolor Society, Brea, CA.
Artwork by Chintia Kirana
CHINTIA KIRANA was born in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1987. Chintia received her B.A. in painting from Auburn University of Montgomery in 2009. She was chosen to be the student Marshall, and Outstanding student from Liberal Arts Department. She currently represented by CAS Gallery in Montgomery, Alabama.
In 2009, she founded EYA (Emerging Young Artists) with the help of her co-founder Iman Serajj- Blanche. Currently, she is the gallery director/curator at Village Gallery in Montgomery, Alabama. Her works has been exhibited nationally and internationally. “To me art is a story, a memory, a passion, a love of creating something beautiful, and a mean to expresses my feelings.”
BARRETT BAILEY earned his MFA 2004 from the New York Academy of Art. Since then he has come back to his hometown of Montgomery, Alabama to use its residents as his subjects in his work.
Three's a Crowd by Barret A. Bailey
He is a contemporary figurative artist trained in traditional academic methods. His portraits tell a story that can only be felt. Barrett teaches at surrounding schools and Museums throughout the year.
DANA BICE graduated from Auburn University at Montgomery in 1994, summa cum laude, with a B.A. in Fine Arts (Painting). In 1996, she earned her M.F.A. in Art History from Ohio University. She has also studied art history at The University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill.
For seven years, she has taught art history at A.U.M., and is currently its School of Liberal Arts’ Academic Advisor. Her juror experience includes art exhibitions sponsored by the Montgomery Art Guild, the Selma Art Guild, Montgomery’s Society of Arts and Crafts, and UNC-CH’s International Studies Center. She lives in Montgomery and creates paintings and assemblage art when she is not chasing after her five dogs.
SUZANNE JENSEN was born in Ft. Wayne, Indiana and raised in Indianapolis. Early on, her artistic talents were encouraged by her parents and teachers, who recognized her ability as a painter. As an undergraduate at Indiana State University, she began her first serious explorations in the visual arts working mostly in painting and drawing.
Steel by Caio Fernandes
Then she discovered the ceramics studio. It was here that her skills and talents were most focused and challenged. In 1983, she graduated Indiana State with a Bachelor of Fine Arts with ceramics as her focus area. She went on the study ceramics at Tulane University, receiving her Master of Fine Arts in 1985.
She has been teaching in ceramics and sculpture at Auburn University Montgomery since 1987. Her works have been included in numerous national and regional exhibitions, and she has received many awards for her efforts. Ms. Jensen also has work on display in several galleries, most located in the South.
ENTRY PROCEDURE
Digital Files: must be JPEG’s submitted on a CD which can be read by a PC or a MAC. JPEG images should not exceed 1600 pixels in any direction and file size cannot exceed 1 MB.
Please label CD with your name and label each JPEG image as follows: LAST Name, FIRST Name, TITLE and NUMBER that corresponds with that image on the Entry Form. Failure to follow these instructions may result in the nullification of your entry.
Send CD submission to: EYA (Emerging Young Artists)
Attn: Figuratively Speaking
P. O. Box 231103
Montgomery, Alabama 36123-1103
Send accepted works to: Village Gallery
107 S. Court Street
Montgomery, Alabama
SlowArt Productions presents the group thematic exhibition, Strange Figurations. The exhibition will be held at the Limner Gallery from September 1 – 25, 2010. This exhibition is open to all interpretations of the concept, Strange Figurations. Included are all forms of unique and unusual figurative art from the realist to the surreal and visionary. All artist interpretations of the theme “Strange Figurations” will be reviewed and considered.
IMAGE PRESENTATION: Artwork submitted may be represented by prints up to 8.5″ x 11″, by digital images on CD, by 35mm slides, or by email entry. * Prints: Prints of work may be up to 8.5″ x 11″ and may be digital (ink jet, laser etc.) or photographic prints. Artist name, title, size, media and price should be on the front or back of the print. If you want your prints returned, be sure to follow the return of materials guidelines below. * Digital files: Digital image files may be submitted on CD, DVD or Zip discs. Images should be readable on PC platform and should be in TIF or JPG format. No files larger than 15MB please. Reference prints must be included. Reference prints may be any size individual prints up to 8.5″ x 11″ (label as for prints above) or may be a single sheet with multiple prints representing the images on the disc. If submitting a single sheet , next to each image write the artist, title, media and dimensions. If you submit digital files without reference prints, your disc may not be properly viewed. * Online email entry: To enter via email: 1 )Type your contact and image list information requested on the entry form into your email message. 2)Attach your images to the email. 3) Email to LimnerEntry@aol.com. 4)Pay the entry fee using their Pay Pal payment page. [Digital files emailed should be in JPG format, 72dpi and no larger than 12″ in any dimension.] * Slides: Slides should be 35mm. On each slide write the image list number and artists name, title of work, media and dimensions. Indicate top of work. Do not send glass slides, glass slides are almost always crushed in the mail.
RETURN OF MATERIALS: A self-addressed-stamped-envelope (SASE) must be included with sufficient postage for the return of submission materials. Artists outside the US who cannot obtain US stamps may add return postage cost to the entry fee at a rate of $1.00US per ounce of mail. Materials submitted without SASE and return postage will be discarded. To make sure you have adequate postage, view the SASE postage rate page: http://www.slowart.com/prospectus/rate.htm
NOTIFICATION: Artists will be notified of acceptance or non-acceptance no later than July 31, 2010. Results will be posted on or before this date at: http://www.slowart.com/results. Notification will be made via email and/or by mail with the return of materials in the SASE provided by the artist. Artists who do not include the SASE because they do not want their slide or print materials returned must provide a self addressed stamped #10 (letter size) envelope if they wish to be notified by mail. All artists who provide a working email address will be notified via email, if no email or return envelope is provided, artists will only be notified if accepted to exhibit. Type or print your email address clearly, if a mistake is made reading it you will not be notified. Read the notification page for details of the notification policy.
FEES:There is a $35.00 entry fee for 1-4 images. If you wish to include more than 4, please include $5.00 for each additional. Details of artwork count as an additional image. Artists accepted to exhibit will not be charged additional fees of any kind. Please make check or money order payable to SlowArt Productions. Artists who wish to pay by credit card may do so via PayPal, [use this link to make Pay Pal payments] If using PayPal and entering by mail, print the PayPal transaction page and include it with your entry.
AWARDS: One artist from Strange Figurations will be awarded a two page display in Direct Art Volume #18, Fall 2011 issue. Two artists will be awarded a single page display. Direct Art is distributed to bookstores across the USA including Borders and Barnes and Noble. For more information on Direct Art view: http://www.slowart.com/about.htm
TERMS: All works in the show must be for sale. The gallery will take a 30 percent commission on all sales. Sale price is determined by artist.
ELIGIBILITY: STRANGE FIGURATIONS is open to all artists, national and international, working in any media. All forms of art are eligible. Entrants must be 18 years of age or older to apply. 96″ maximum for wall hung work, 72″ for free standing sculpture.
DEADLINE: The Final postmarked deadline is June 30, 2010. Entries must be postmarked by this date.
CALL for ENTRIES:
