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: Open 2018

Posted on August 24, 2018August 24, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

the PRICKLY truth

Sometimes you just have to be open to trying new foods. So, when handed a nopales taco by a friend, I thought “why not”. Nopal is a common name for the pad of a cacti and sometimes refers to the prickly pear fruit as well. Fleshy & a little tart, the nopales in my taco really worked as a meat substitute. I’m not sure why I don’t eat more cacti. To what are you open? This next call is open to any thematic content. Investigate the opportunity…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net for Open 2018 & the Christopher E. Burke Fine Art Grant. $25 entry & no shipping. The theme is open to more than pencil & charcoal drawing, and one artist now receives a $500 grant. Take a look…

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

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

MEDIA: Open to any still medium

THEME: Open “. . . . free from category, subject, and medium stipulation. Your art work can range from photo realism to abstraction; it is invited as your spirit of choice and is much appreciated as representation of a personal voice. There is a welcome ‘mystery’ behind this ‘tabula rasa’ of opportunity which is likely to bring forth stimulating varieties of life’s subjective legacies. ” –art-competition.net

DEADLINE: September 10, 2018

NOTIFICATION: September 20, 2018

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

AWARDS: 20 artists will be selected for an online group exhibit, “OPEN 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: 2019 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition

Posted on August 23, 2018August 23, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

I will travel for FOOD, will you?

If you could have any food you want for your next meal, what would it be? My favorite foods list is a moving target, but my dream foods list is dwindling. I find that more and more, I just want an authentic meal… dim sum in Hong Kong, ceviche in Peru, pho in Vietnam. Let’s go. This next Call is my stateside art dream– the National Portrait Gallery. Do you have a portrait to submit? Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from National Portrait Gallery (Washington, DC) for 2019 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition. $50 Entry for a chance to win $25,000 + a commission. Is this show on your bucket list?

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CALL for ENTRIES:
2019 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition
from the National Portrait Gallery

ELIGIBILITY: Open to professional artists, age 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media including but not restricted to painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, printmaking, textiles, video, performance, and digital or time-based media.

THEME: Portraiture. Artists are invited to interpret the concept of portraiture broadly.

DEADLINE: September 3, 2018

NOTIFICATION: Semifinalists will be notified of their standing on or before November 12, 2018. Semifinalist work must be available for shipping to Washington, D.C., by March 4, 2019. On or about May 13, 2019, finalists will be notified of their selection and non-finalists will be contacted to arrange for the return of their works.

ENTRY FEE: $50 per entry

JUROR: The first round of judging will be conducted online by a panel of experts chosen by the National Portrait Gallery. The jury will select approximately 80 semifinalists.

AWARD: The winner of the Portrait Competition will receive a cash award of $25,000 and will be awarded a separate commission to portray a remarkable living American for the National Portrait Gallery’s collection. The winning artist and the Portrait Gallery will collaborate to select the subject for the commissioned portrait. The second-prize winner will receive $7,500, and the third-prize winner will receive $5,000. Up to four additional artists may be commended for their work and those artists will receive $1,000 each. The winner of the People’s Choice Award during the exhibition at the Portrait Gallery will receive $500. All finalists’ works will form a major exhibition on view at the Portrait Gallery from November 2, 2019, through September 6, 2020 and the subsequent national tour from October 2020 through January 2022.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Dreams 2018

Posted on July 3, 2018July 1, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

the DONUTS on the bus

I had a dream last night that I was a member of an elite task force who job was to stop the getaway of bandits driving cars with Boston-creme-doughnut wheels. I deployed tack strip which led to doughnut bits everywhere and creme filling running in the streets. Ummm, yeah, I’m concerned too. This next Call is all about your dreams. I’m betting you have something that fits this theme…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net for Dreams 2018 at Gallery25N (online). $25 entry & no shipping. The media is pretty wide open too. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Dreams 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: Dreams “artwork inspired by the artist’s visions of dreams –those windows into what might be called our subconscious reality. Reflections upon one’s dreams can have a short-term fleeting effect or a longer-term, even haunting, significance that influences one’s future choices and directions. . . . The artist might present a dream as a hazy, filtered reality from specific memories or from an explosion of abstract and surrealistic imagery –all of which may be emotionally captured as their own.”

DEADLINE: July 16, 2018

NOTIFICATION: July 27, 2018

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

AWARDS: 20 artists will be selected for an online group exhibit, “Dreams 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: Really Affordable 2018

Posted on June 21, 2018June 22, 2018 by R.L. Gibson

mellow MELON

I am melon obsessed lately. Watermelon & canteloupe are around $.50/lb. or less, and I can’t seem to get enough. I’m having them for on the side of oatmeal at breakfast, with cottage cheese & salads at lunch, and they’ve even become dessert stand-ins. I’m excited about high value nutrition and low-cost; it doesn’t always work out quite that way. This next Call is a selling show with a price cap, making it an affordable way for fans to become collectors. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from BWAC (Brooklyn, NY) for the Really Affordable Art Show. There is a price cap on submissions to this show, but there is only 30% commission. A distinguished juror & a $1000 purchase award make this is a great opportunity to find new collectors…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
The Really Affordable Art Show
from BWAC

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“This is a selling show with art priced for anyone and everyone. Thousands of NY art lovers and collectors will see your work up close
and personal. It is time to expand your collector base in NYC. The people most likely to buy your work in the future are your current
collectors. After all, they have expressed their love of your work with their wallet – the sincerest compliment. To make it easy for
new collectors, all work submitted must be for sale at $499 or less.” –from bwac.org

ELIGIBILITY: Open to U.S. artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all 2D & 3D work including video (when self-presenting)

ENTRY FEE: $65 for up to 5, $5 ea. add’l.

DEADLINE: July 12, 2018

NOTIFICATION: August 2, 2018

JUROR: Brinda Kumar, is an Assistant Curator in the department of Modern & Contemporary Art at The Met. She worked on Nasreen Mohamedi (2016), one of the inaugural exhibitions at The Met Breuer, was part of the team working on the exhibition Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible (2016), and is a co‐curator of the exhibition Like Life: Sculpture, Color, and the Body (2018). She completed her BFA at the College of Art, New Delhi; MA at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; and received her PhD from Cornell University.

AWARDS: Gold $1000 Purchase Award, Silver $250 & eight $100 Certificates of Recognition.

SALES: All work submitted must be for sale at $499 or less. One bonus work chosen by the artist will be accepted from artists with work juried into the show. These smaller works will be priced at $399 or less. BWAC will retain a 30% commission on all exhibition sales.

For full details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Exploration Of Light

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

cha-cha-cha-CHIA

Now that it is warmer outside, I find myself turning to lighter food for breakfast. My “go to” is often yogurt and fruit, but the downside is that I will often be hungry again long before lunchtime arrives. My solution is to add a few chia seeds. They pack a punch of energy while letting me have a “light” breakfast. Next? This Call is all about exploring the lighter side. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Vanessa Lacy Gallery (Kansas City, MO) for Exploration Of Light. If you are trying to expand your gallery experience, this is a great opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Exploration of Light
from Vanessa Lacy Gallery

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media that fit the “Exploration of Light” theme

DEADLINE: May 13, 2018

NOTIFICATION: May 15, 2018

ENTRY FEE: $15 up to 3

AWARD: Selected artists will be included in the Exploration of Light show at the Vanessa Lacy Gallery in Kansas City, MO. This show will have an opening reception from 5pm-9pm on Friday, June 8, 2018 and a closing reception July 7, 2018 from 10am-2pm.

SALES: 50% commission on all sales will go to the Vanessa Lacy Gallery.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Spectrum Gestalt 5

Posted on September 20, 2017September 20, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

the full SPECTRUM

I dream of rainbow colored foods. No doubt you’ve read more than one of my artificial food coloring rants. And, for the record, I don’t understand why one would color food for the sake of coloring them. But the good news is, we are finding our way back to natural pigments made from tumeric, beet root & blueberries. One day, I’ll get to eat rainbow cupcakes with full abandon & no fear. This next Call wants the entire rainbow, but you’re only responsible for ONE of the colors. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Bleicher/Gorman Project Space Bergamot Station aka bG Gallery (Santa Monica, CA) for Spectrum Gestalt 5. Enter for as little as $15. This show is part curated show, part installation. Fascinating…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Spectrum Gestalt 5
from bG Gallery

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“Part curatorial, part installation Spectrum-Gestalt brings together artists’ works from a wide variety of genres and mediums, grouping them into an expansive spectrum of color. Spectrum is one of our most popular exhibits each year having a similar concept but a different installation structure.” –bG Gallery

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all media. Work should be predominantly a single color.

DEADLINE: September 30, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $15 for one (4″x4″ or smaller / all hung), $20 for one (any size) or $40 for up to 3 any size.

SALES: bG Gallery will retain 50% commission on sales.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES: Drawing from Perception

Posted on September 4, 2017September 5, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

FEED me

Restaurant wait times make me testy, and if I’m “hangry”, you’d better hope the kitchen isn’t in the weeds. I have a handful of standard distraction techniques, but my favorite is the restaurant with paper cover tables to draw on. It never fails that my artistic genius strikes when the only materials on hand are roll paper & crayons. Let’s call them oil pastels, shall we? This next Call wants your best drawing. Show ’em what you’ve got…

Check out this Call for Entries from Wright State University Art Department (Dayton, OH) for Drawing from Perception VIII, a national juried drawing exhibition at the Stein Galleries. This is another great opportunity to add an academic show to your resume…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Drawing from Perception VIII
from Wright State Univ.

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to artists 18+, living in the U.S.

MEDIA: Open to drawing

DEADLINE: September 15, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $30 for up to 3

JUROR: Catherine Kehoe received her BFA in painting from Massachusetts College of Art & Design and her MFA in painting from the School of Visual Arts from Boston University. Kehoe has received the Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship in Painting; Ballinglen Foundation Fellowship; Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed Foundation Grant; Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant; Berkshire Taconic Artist’s Resource Trust Grant; Massachusetts Cultural Council Finalist Grant; Blanche E. Colman Award; St. Botolph Club Foundation Grant; and the Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts Award. Kehoe teaches painting & drawing at Massachusetts College of Art and Design and is the co-founder of Black Pond Studio in southeastern Massachusetts.

AWARDS: Several cash awards of distinction will be given.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Abstract 2017

Posted on September 3, 2017September 3, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

CHOCO-alot

Did you eat eclipse doughnuts? Krispy Kreme® temporarily replaced their world-famous doughnut glaze with a chocolate variety. People waited in line for hours. I only know one person who actually bought a dozen because no one else I know is that patient. Every restaurant in town tried to make a connection to the eclipse, no matter how abstract. This next Call is all about the abstract. Prizes include a $500 artist grant…

Check out this Call for Entries from Art-Competition.net for Abstract 2017. $25 entry & no shipping. The media is pretty wide open too. Do you have abstract work to show? Take a look at this opportunity…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Abstract 2017
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: Abstract Art “The submitted artwork can be of any subject that is communicated in the power of abstraction. The composition elements of the work must rely on form, color, action, lines, marks, and texture to create a purely abstract work that engages the viewer and draws them into the intention of the artist’s work.” –art-competition.net

DEADLINE: September 12, 2017

NOTIFICATION: September 27, 2017

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

AWARDS: 20 artists will be selected for an online group exhibit, “Shades of Green” at Gallery25N; the exhibit and artists will be extensively marketed worldwide to over 24,000 people including art buyers, gallery owners, curators, collectors, etc. One of the exhibiting artists will receive the “Curator’s Art Prize”, a $500 grant, and their 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!

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CALL for ENTRIES: Overlooked

Posted on August 29, 2017August 30, 2017 by R.L. Gibson

dim SUM

Have you ever looked at a menu so many times that you quit seeing the obvious offerings? I get stuck in a rut with menus, ordering the same thing over & over again. Last week I was standing in my favorite Chinese take-out staring at the back-lit menu when steamed dumplings appeared to me as though they had never been there before. How have I overlooked them for months & months? This next Call is all about the moments surrounding the pose, the overlooked genius. What are they missing?

Check out this Call for Entries from L.A. Photo Curator (online) for the Overlooked & In-Between exhibit. $20 entry, no shipping, plus art publication for ALL entrants. What do you see that others are overlooking? Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
Overlooked & In-Between
from L.A. Photo Curator

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“I’m a huge believer that we often overlook the potential that is right in front of us. This might be because we’re trained by society to focus on what it thinks is important and separate out everything else. We’re constantly required to go through this kind of exercise in our daily lives and become so used to it that we might be inclined to carry it over to our photography as well. A good example is the posed photograph . . . What about the moments building up to and after the shot. Don’t these tell an interesting story as well?” –from Jeff Alu via laphotocurator.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Photography

DEADLINE: Sept. 10, 2017 (Midnight PST)

NOTIFICATION: October 29, 2017

ENTRY FEE: $20 for up to 3. 20% of artist fees go to 2 charities –½ to the curator’s choice of charity & ½ goes to the 1st place winner’s choice. Jeff Alu has chosen The Los Angeles Music & Art School.

CURATOR: Jeff Alu is a former exhibitions director at the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art (OCCCA) in Santa Ana, CA. During his time there he curated 5 photographic exhibitions, including two dedicated exclusively to cell phone photography, as well as numerous other exhibitions.

AWARDS: The curator chooses 1st place, 2nd place & 3 honorable mentions. The 1st place winner will receive a review by one or more curators including a Q&A about the photographer’s work. In addition, their image will be on the home page for a month. 2nd place & honorable mentions will have their image shown along with their bio, artist statement, C.V. and a link back to their website.

SALES: All sales are conducted between the artist & buyer. There is no commission.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

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BITE me

CALL for ENTRIES: Art of Darkness from Soulard Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

the PRICKLY truth

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

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

I will travel for FOOD, will you?

CALL for ENTRIES: 2019 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition from the National Portrait Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

the DONUTS on the bus

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

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

mellow MELON

CALL for ENTRIES: The Really Affordable Art Show from BWAC

For full details, Read the Full Call!

cha-cha-cha-CHIA

CALL for ENTRIES: Exploration of Light from Vanessa Lacy Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

the full SPECTRUM

CALL for ENTRIES: Spectrum Gestalt 5 from bG Gallery

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

FEED me

CALL for ENTRIES: Drawing from Perception VIII from Wright State Univ.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CHOCO-alot

CALL for ENTRIES: Abstract 2017 from Art-competition.net

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

dim SUM

CALL for ENTRIES: Overlooked & In-Between from L.A. Photo Curator

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

CALL for ENTRIES:
Art of Darkness
from Soulard Gallery

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

CALL for ENTRIES:
2019 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition
from the National Portrait Gallery

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

CALL for ENTRIES:
The Really Affordable Art Show
from BWAC

CALL for ENTRIES:
Exploration of Light
from Vanessa Lacy Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
Spectrum Gestalt 5
from bG Gallery

CALL for ENTRIES:
Drawing from Perception VIII
from Wright State Univ.

CALL for ENTRIES:
Abstract 2017
from Art-competition.net

CALL for ENTRIES:
Overlooked & In-Between
from L.A. Photo Curator