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ARTIST of the DAY: Anne ten Donkelaar

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gone NOT FORGOTTEN

I live amongst the big trees, copious wildlife and dizzying views of the Great Smoky Mountains.  Nature HERE seems rough and rugged and and indomitable. It is easy to forget the delicate wonder and our responsibility to protect it.  Nothing could be clearer in the work of Anne ten Donkelaar, today’s Artist of the Day. (continues below)

Flower Construction #65 by Anne Ten Donkelaar
Flower Construction #65 (left) & detail (right) by Anne Ten Donkelaar

“Weeds become poetry, each unique twig gets attention,
nature seems to float.” 

“A damaged butterfly, a broken twig, a bumblebee, some strangely grown weeds: I find all these unique discoveries in my path and then take them home to my studio. Here, I take my time to explore the objects and try to work out how I can show each one to it’s best advantage. My finds inspire me. While looking at them I can invent my own stories about their existence and their lives.  By protecting these precious pieces under glass, I give the objects a second lifeand hope to inspire people to make up their own stories about them.” — Anne ten Donkelaar

Learn more about Anne ten Donkelaar!

ARTIST of the DAY: Frédérique Morrel

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redemption

The season of mass consumption is upon us.  I will not waste my time trying to dissuade you of the want to give gifts to loved ones. I just want to ask you to consider value.  Does the item you are bestowing add to the recipient’s lives?  Does it help them grow?  Does it better equip them to dispel hate or anger?  Does it convey how you value the one who will receive it?  Mixed media artist Frédérique Morrel, today’s Artist of the Day., has addressed the question of value beautifully, and I offer it to you as yet another perspective.   (continues below)

Ma Biche (My Doe) by Frédérique Morrel (foam, fur & tapastries)
Ma Biche (My Doe) by Frédérique Morrel (foam, fur & tapastries)

“…these neglected tapestries, seen and re-seen along these journeys, suddenly appeared to me as the idealized transference of my own visionary.  These tapestries appeared to be the most accurate material to illustrate my work about modern vanities, loss of the paradise and rebirth in a better world.  These tapestries are the most obvious and literally impicturing vocabulary to depict loss of some values, consequently to the injection of hyper consuming in occidental societies.  These tapestries are telling the stories of these key and essential casualties:

  • loss of sale value : these tapestries are expensive (material & time consuming), but worth peanuts.
  • loss of aesthetic value : these tapestries are considered ugly and out of date, but have their own hidden beauty, particularly for those who are them.
  • loss of emotional value : these tapestries are telling love and family happiness stories, but are abandoned and thrown into mud.

“I revitalize them, offering a redemption, beneath animal appearance and covered with this popular language.” –Frédérique Morrel

Learn more about Frédérique Morrel!

CALL for ENTRIES: Fresh February

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Learn more about the February Call from Fresh Paint Magazine!CITRUS
star

Fresh, in-season foods are the heart of our family meals.  And as much as I love celebrating winter and the approaching new year with fudge and brownies and cookies and cocoa, the star of the season is always the clementine for me.  The supply is bountiful until January, but it is just enough to promise me that Spring really will arrive.  This next Call will offer you a little bit of fresh in February too.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Fresh Paint Magazine (print & digital) for the February 2016 Edition.  This is a rare PRINTED art publication.  Don’t forget that this call is open to more than PAINTING…

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Learn more about the February Call from Fresh Paint Magazine!CALL for ENTRIES:
Fresh February

 

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists 18+

MEDIA: Open to all forms of painting, drawing, art photography, sculpture and mixed media are eligible.

DEADLINE:  January 5, 2016

NOTIFICATION:  January 15, 2016

ENTRY FEE: £40 for up to 3 (approx. $60.45 USD), £5 ea. add’l (approx. $7.76 USD).

CURATOR: Alice Herrick is an artist, curator and gallerist and founder and director of Herrick Gallery.  Alice trained as a painter at Kingston University, B.A. ’92 and Chelsea School of Art, M.A. ’93, and is a practicing artist, exhibiting her work in London and beyond.

AWARDS: Winning artists will be published in the next digital and print issue of FreshPaintMagazine (February 2016).

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more from Fresh Paint Magazine!

We are PROUD to have Fresh Paint Magazine as a sponsor of AAAD!

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ARTIST of the DAY: Stacey Page

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naming, THE NAMELESS

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 & Richard by Stacey Page
(left to right) Bee & Richard by textile artist Stacey 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.

Learn more about Stacey Page!

CALL for SUBMISSIONS: Artist Grant

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Learn more about the Working Artist Grant and Purchase Award!cold & cheap
ROOTS

I am grateful for the apples, but I am missing fresh local veggies already.  My local orchard serves as my farmers market most weeks.  With their cold storage program, I can get local apples for most of the year, but the veggies they offer are limited as of November.  Aside from winter squash, the only thing LOCALLY fresh I’ll have until spring are potatoes, onions and maybe a hot house bell pepper or two.  My normal $25 farmers market budget will be too much for a change.  This Call is a great use for the extra $. Take a look…

Check out this Call for Submissions from WorkingArtist.org for the $1000 Artist Grant/Art Purchase Award. $25 entry & send a link.  It doesn’t get any easier. Don’t miss this one…

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Learn more about the Working Artist Grant and Purchase Award!CALL for SUBMISSIONS:
Artist Grant

 

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all media including traditional visual arts, painting, sculpture, mixed media, photography, video, new media & performance (no dance at this time).

DEADLINE:  November 30, 2015

ENTRY FEE: There is an application review fee of $25 for up to 5.

AWARDS: If selected as the winner, the award recipient must exchange one of their original works or smaller series of original works for inclusion into a collection, in return for the award. Work considered by the artist as of equal value, and available for acquisition can be negotiated upon receipt of the award. Shipping costs will be paid by workingartist.org.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about the Working Artist Grant and Purchase Award!

CALL for ENTRIES: $1000 Grant / Purchase Award

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Learn more from WorkingArtist.org!sweet
EATS

My grocery bill is absurd.  I’m not having dinners of foie gras & truffles.  In fact, most of our meals are vegetable laden.  I try to stop by the farmers market at my local apple orchard.  This week, it was $25 for apples, onions, 4 sweet potatoes, 3 bell peppers & 2 eggplant.  As you might imagine, I then proceeded to spend a fortune at the grocery store to supplement my farmers market finds.  I have a family of only three people + my four-legged child.  I buy in-season, cost-conscious items.  I consider myself a master food shopper, and I can barely hang on to a healthy menu.  How are people without access to locally-grown produce options supposed to avoid eating processed food?  The economics of hunger are devastating.  This next Call is an excellent use of YOUR $25.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from WorkingArtist.org for the $1000 Working Artist Grant/Art Purchase Award.  This may very well be the simplest process for the biggest possible return.  $25 Entry.  Don’t miss this one…

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

Learn more from WorkingArtist.org!CALL for ENTRIES:
$1000 Grant / Purchase Award

 

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists

MEDIA:   Open to all media including traditional visual arts, painting, sculpture, mixed media, photography, video, new media & performance (no dance at this time).

DEADLINE:  October 31, 2015

ENTRY FEE:  There is an application review fee of $25 for up to 5.

AWARDS:  If selected as the winner, the award recipient must exchange one of their original works or smaller series of original works for inclusion into a collection, in return for the award.  Work considered by the artist as of equal value, and available for acquisition can be negotiated upon receipt of the award. Shipping costs will be paid by workingartist.org.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more from WorkingArtist.org!

CALL for ENTRIES: Dogwood Arts 2016

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Learn more about the 2016 Dogwood Arts Regional Fine Art Exhibition!
photo credit: everything.royalfa.com

dogwood
CHERRIES

Did you know there is an edible form of the dogwood? Cornus Mas, aka Cornelius Cherry Dogwood, produces small ruby red or yellow fruit that makes great jam.  The fruit is a common Iranian snack when salted, and I’ve even heard rumors that a few home brewers have been make wine from the fruit.  I’m thinking that finding the jam might be the easiest start.  In the meantime, let’s celebrate the non-edible dogwood by making art for this next Call.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Dogwood Arts (Knoxville, TN) for 2016 Dogwood Regional Fine Arts Exhibition— a regional Call for artists inside a 500 mile radius from Knoxville, TN.  Don’t worry, there is a link below to help you figure out if you qualify. This is a fantastic Call…

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Click on The Haunt by Dustin Farnsworth to Learn more about the 2016 Dogwood Arts Regional Art Exhibition!
“The Haunt” by Dustin Farnsworth

CALL for ENTRIES:
Dogwood Arts 2016

 

ELIGIBILITY: Open to artists 18+ residing within a 500 mile radius of Knoxville, TN (as the crow flies–a straight line). Here’s a link to help you find out if you’re inside the radius. *We don’t often publish regional calls. This is a rare exception.   I have a soft spot because it is so close to home.

MEDIA: 2-D painting, drawing, mixed media, printmaking & photography; 3-D sculpture of all media (may submit 2 images) & site-specific installation.  *4-D art (e.g. video, performance & time-based) is ineligible.

DEADLINE: January 22, 2016

NOTIFICATION: February 12, 2016

ENTRY FEE: $35 for up to 3 (through Jan 15) & $45 for up to 3 (Jan 16 – Jan 22)

JUROR: Nandini Makrandi is Chief Curator & Curator of Contemporary Art at the Hunter Museum of American Art. She has been with the Hunter since 2004 and has originated over 30 original exhibitions in that time, including three nationally touring exhibition projects. Previously, Makrandi taught art history at the UT, Chattanooga and served as a curator at the Knoxville Museum of Art.  Makrandi has a M.A. from Texas Tech & a B.A. from Mercer in GA, and participates regularly in the region as a juror, guest curator & speaker.

AWARDS: Cash awards totaling $4,000 will be presented at the exhibit’s Opening Reception –Best in Show, 2nd Place, 3rd Place, 2 Merit awards & an award from Fast Frame. All accepted artists are encouraged to attend the Awards Reception at The Emporium Center.

SALES: Dogwood retains a 40% commission on all sales. Please price your work accordingly.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more from Dogwood Arts!

 

CALL for ENTRIES: The Dark Slide

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Learn more about The Dark Slide Art Show from Dubuque Arts Collective!demon
POTATOES

The dark decent into junk food debauchery starts with the potato chip.  With the chip comes the dip.  With the dip, how far behind can the fries be?  What are fries without sriracha mayo and mounds of warm cheese.  It all starts with the chip.  This next Call is a far more productive way to make a dark slide.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from Dubuque Area Arts Collective (Dubuque, IA) & Mind Flip Productions for the 3rd Annual Dark Slide Skate Art Show! No entry fee & fast notification. This could be interesting…

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Learn more about The Dark Slide Art Show from Dubuque Arts Collective!CALL for ENTRIES:
The Dark Slide

“Regional, national, and international artists will present their artistic creations, rendered on skateboard decks. Functioning as a canvas for street art for decades, the Skate Art Show highlights the art of the skateboard deck and skateboarding culture.” –from daartscollective.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: Open to all media that can be represented on the deck of a skateboard*.  T-shirt & poster designs are also sought.  *If you do not have access to a skateboard deck, one may be provided for you.

PARTICIPATION DEADLINE:   October 18, 2015.  If interested in participating, you must email thedarkslideskateboards@gmail.com by the deadline.

SHOW DATES:  November 28, 2015 – January 31, 2016

ENTRY FEE:  None

SALES: T-shirts, prints and decks will be for sale during the exhibit. Work not sold during exhibit will be for sale online for a year through Dark Slide online stores. Proceeds (after expenses) will be split between artists, art gallery & Dubuque’s new skate park.  Email for details.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more from Dubuque Area Arts Collective!

CALL for ENTRIES: 9×12

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Learn more about the 9 x12 Works on Paper Exhibit from Fort Worth Community Art Center!PEPPERS
only smaller

My whole house smells like peppers & basil at the moment.  A recent Saturday trip to the farmers market ended with a huge surplus of these staples, but to prevent loss, I am dehydrated both.  Then I will grind, chop or crumble most of these into a smaller form for storage and use this winter.  This next Call could be an outlet for new work, but it could be an excellent way to compact and move out studies or older work.  I encourage you to contemplate cutting down your work.  Yes, I DID say, “cutting down your work”…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Fort Worth Community Arts Center (Fort Worth, TX) for 9×12 Works on Paper. This could be a great way to do a  little studio cleaning & resume building at the same time.  Take a look…

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Learn more about the 9 x12 Works on Paper Exhibit from Fort Worth Community Art Center!CALL for ENTRIES:
9×12 Works on Paper

 

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists

MEDIA:  Works on paper that will fit in a 9×12 envelope.  Artworks may be any size, but they MUST fit in a 9” x 12” envelope to be mailed, although they may be folded, 3D or multi-part. More than one work may be mailed in each envelope. Acceptable media includes photography, drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, mixed media, cast or folded paperworks, artist books or digital prints.  *A few brave souls out there might consider cutting larger work down to create more abstract work.

Learn more about the 9x12 Works on Paper Exhibit from the Fort Worth Community ARTS Center!DEADLINE:  November 16, 2015

NOTIFICATION:  All hung show

ENTRY FEE:  $5 per piece, limit 6

SALES:  All artwork will be for sale for $100 US and FWCAC retains a 25% commission. Unsold works sent with an appropriate size self-addressed STAMPED envelope (SASE) will be returned.

*Editor’s Note: If you are careful (& have fantastic work, of course), you might be able to make a few dollars with this exhibit.  Six entries ($30 USD), sent USPS Priority Mail ($6 USD) = $36.  If 6 pieces sell for $100USD ea., & the venue retains 25% commission = $450 USD.  Net before material costs = $450 – $36 = $414USD.

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about the 9x12 Works on Paper Exhibit from the Fort Worth Community ARTS Center!

CALL for ENTRIES: Day of the Dead

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Learn more about the Day of the Dead exhibit at Las Laguna Gallery!SUGAR skulls &
bones of BREAD

My family enjoys participating in cultural celebrations from around the world.  None of us grew up with any sort of specific cultural traditions aside from spaghetti night or BBQ on Father’s Day.  So each year we adopt Chinese New Year, Oktoberfest & even the Day of the Dead as our very own.  Chinese New Year gives us an extra 6 weeks or so to make plans for the upcoming year (Yes, we really are late to everything –even making resolutions, ha).  Dia de Los Muertos offers us a time to tell stories about those we’ve lost.  I’ve lost a lot of people lately, and it is a great comfort to take time to celebrate them.  This next Call is interested in that same celebration.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Las Laguna Gallery (Laguna Beach, CA) for Day of the Dead–work that reflect the theme of Dia de Los Muertos. $25 entry & open to lots of media…

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Learn more about the Day of the Dead exhibit at Las Laguna Gallery!CALL for ENTRIES:
Day of the Dead

 

“Dia de los Muertos is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico and around the world in other cultures. It is an ancient & enduring ritual when the living commune with the dead.” –laslagunagallery.com

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists

MEDIA: All media considered: photography to fiber, mixed media, all paintings & drawings including, oil, acrylic, ink, graphite, pastels, etc. (no jewelry, video, or sculpture)

THEME: Las Laugna Gallery is looking for works inspired by the Day of the Dead.

DEADLINE:   September 6, 2015

NOTIFICATION: September 10, 2015

ENTRY FEE: $25 for 1, $5 ea. add’l up to 15

For complete details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about the Day of the Dead exhibit from the Las Laguna Gallery!