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FEATURED: $2 Art Contest

Posted on by R.L. Gibson

First...I am not a big fan of online exhibits.What is the $2 Art Contest?

First…Please know that I am not a big fan of online exhibits.  I enter one occasionally, but usually they just seem like scams to get my entry fee.  Now, how is it that I am supposed to not be a “starving artist” when I am throwing $35 after $50 toward meaningless shows with no history, no academic recognition, and no shot of selling my work? 

Show me tangible benefits please.

Second...I made the decision to remove Google Ads from this site.Second…ArtAndArtDeadlines.com has always been intended to be a FREE resource, and that isn’t changing.  But, I made the decision to remove Google Ads from this site by our one-year anniversary (September 2010) and replace them with well-placed, aesthetically pleasing, non-flash ads for artists and art resources that my readers will find helpful and valuable to them. 

Yes…I’m coming to the point…

Third…I receive a good number of submissions to be a FEATURED ARTIST on ArtAndArtDeadlines.comThird…I receive a good number of submissions to be a FEATURED ARTIST on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, and I usually write a feature post every couple of months.  Take a look at our Recently Featured Artists Catherine Roach, Celine Eimann, Shane Watt, and Kris Wlodarski.  These posts do really well for MONTHS after they are posted because people want to see good art.

Best of Show...Each month I will feature an artist from submissions received the previous month.Finally…
Best of Show…
All of the meandering above was leading to this point… 

Each month I will feature an artist of the month from submissions received the previous month. 

There will be a fee of $2 to enter–payable by PayPal to submitart@artandartdeadlines.com . 

You can’t buy your way onto ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, but here are the tangible benefits to you for your $2 if you are chosen for a feature post.

Benefits of Entering the $2 Art Contest:

  • The distinct honor of being a FEATURED ARTIST of the MONTH on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com .   🙂
  • A permanent inbound link from the post to multiple pages on your website (if you have one) from this site which has a Google Page Rank of 4 (as of 07/01/2010) which helps your website’s visibility on the web.
  • Additional permanent inbound links from a new Featured Artist page to your website (if you have one) from this site which has a Google Page Rank of 4 (as of 07/01/2010) which helps your website’s visibility on the web.
  • A 300×300 pixel ad (created by me) for occasional use in other blog posts throughout the month in which you are featured (and beyond–at my discretion)

I hope you agree…It could be the best $2 you ever spend.

Why $2?  I’m not trying to get rich off the artwork of my readers by producing ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, but it would be nice to pay the hosting fees and software occasionally.  $2 is a ridiculously low fee FOR ANYTHING.  You see a benefit, and ArtAndArtDeadlines.com gets to promote great art and great artists.  Simple.

The $2 Art Contest Guidelines are easy:

Follow the Rules to win the Crown!FEE:  Send $2 to submitart@artandartdeadlines.com via PayPal.com and record the transaction # when you’re finished.  Don’t worry…it is part of the confirmation email they send you.

SUBMISSION:  Email me the PayPal transaction #, a handful of pics, a bio and whatever you think I need to form an accurate opinion of your work.  If all of the information I need is on your website, just send me the link to the site.  There are no restrictions…You can win EVERY month, so just keep entering.

DEADLINE:  The deadline is the last day of each month.  The artist chosen will be notified by the 7th of each month, and the FEATURED ARTIST of the MONTH blog will be posted by the 15th of each month.

DISCLAIMERS:  ArtAndArtDeadlines.com reserves the right to publish work of artists whose work we love–entry fee or not; however, a winner will be chosen each month from paid entries.  Additional posts are at my discretion. P.S.  Don’t expect to get a ribbon in the mail.

The permanent $2 Art Contest Page is accessible through the top and side navigation areas so that you can find it again and again.

Email me if you have any questions.

FEATURED ARTIST: Kris Wlodarski

Posted on by R.L. Gibson

Click here to see more of Wlodarski's work.

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The mission of AAAD is to inspire artists through resources, opportunities, and the work of your contemporaries.  Should you be our next Artist of the Day?  Be sure to let us know.  AAAD is proud to feature the work of painter Kris Wlodarski.

 Krzysztof Wlodarski, aka Kali, born in 1977 in Poland. Graduated at University of Zielona Gora, Poland in philosophy. Wlodarski, influenced by the art of Gottried Helnwein, Saturno Butto, Joel Peter Witkin and modern Bodyart movements, is now showing a series “The Sleep of Reason.”  Wlodarski is also musician , film-maker, and tattoo artist, living and working in London.

Wlodarski says, “These works are reflecting a head-on collision between the primary sphere of instinct (sex & violence) and the secondary sphere of culture (taboo). This leads to a sort of synthesis, its necessary result being a transgressive form of art.

Sleep of Reason by Kris Wlodarski“I call it ‘The sleep of reason,’ a reference to Goya , because this is the manifestation of all that is pre-rational, anti-enlightenment, anti-creative. It is about the moments of insanity when the language and logic are suspended in favour of primal drives that are otherwise subject to suppression by cultural structures.”

Plagued by anxiety and bitterness from a devastating illness, Francisco Goya (1746 – 1828) created “The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters,” one of 80 etchings in his “Los Caprichos” series–scathing critiques of human errors and vices of contemporary religious and political figures.  “The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters” portrays Goya, often believed to be the Father of Modern Art, hounded by creatures that threaten the ignorant mind. Goya believed that imagination, combined with reason, would keep these monsters at bay.

Click here to see more of Kris Wlodarski's work!I am drawn to the passion with which Wlodarski’s interprets his vision of contemporary culture–shaped by sex and violence, destruction and morbidity.  The connection to Goya, and sometimes startling lack of connection, is a comment on Wlodarski’s view on where we are as a culture today.  His striking use of color gives us a momentary glimpse into the moments of insanity between the rational thoughts.  The moments without control or norms.

It is easy to feel transported to another place or time by these works, and maybe that’s the sugar that makes it easier to take the medicine–the knowledge that we are all there, on the cusp, all the time.  It is…the buttery taste of scotch with the charred character of bourbon.

Learn more about painter Kris Wlodarski!

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