HOLY BAGEL, BATMAN!
The holy grail for most of the emerging artists I know is a solo show in New York City. The myth of the NYC show as the tipping point for wealth, success and fame is as idealized as NYC diners, bagels and street hot dog vendors.
Don’t misunderstand, I LOVE diners, bagels and hot dogs. I recognize that none of them will change my life, but I will enjoy one and all if you offer me one.
Check out this next Call for Entries for the 2011 National Juried Competition from the First Street Gallery in New York City. The entry fee is a standard $35, but the grand prize …a solo show. Don’t miss this opportunity!
CALL for ENTRIES:
2011 National Juried Competition
First Street Gallery in New York, NY seeks entries for an exhibit, June 22 – July 16, 2011. Learn more about NYC at one of my favorite blogs, Walking Off the Big Apple.
ELIGIBILITY: Open to U.S. resident artists at least 18 years old. Exception: Artists currently represented by First Street Gallery.
MEDIA: Eligible works include oils, acrylics, watercolors, mixed media, pastels, drawings, prints and sculpture in any medium. No photography, video, film, or installations. No mechanically reproduced artwork (computer, printer, giclees, etc.).
DEADLINE: Received by March 31, 2011
NOTIFICATION: May 15, 2011
ENTRY FEE: The fee is $35 for 1 – 3 works. $5 for each additional work up to 10 works total. Entry fees are non-refundable.
AWARD: A Solo Show
COMMISSION: The gallery will take no commission on any work sold . Work not for sale must be marked “N.F.S.”. No “P.O.R.” sales.
JUROR: Paul Resika is a highly-respected American painter. Using bold colors and recurring motifs inspired by nature and the world around him, his work merges the representational with the abstract.
At 19, he began studying with Hans Hoffman.
Represented by Lori Bookstein Fine Art in NYC, he has exhibited extensively in galleries and museums around the world including galleries in Madrid, Rome, London and Venice and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, The National Museum of American Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the National Academy of Design, where he is an Academician.
Resika’s numerous awards and honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship.
