Call for Public Art Proposals
The North Carolina Arts Council seeks to commission an artist or artist team to create site-specific, outdoor artwork which offers seating for greenway trail users and interprets, commemorates, and celebrates the history, heritage, culture, and landscape of Happy Valley, a picturesque rural region of the Yadkin River Valley spanning Caldwell and Wilkes Counties in Northwestern North Carolina. BUDGET: $60,000.
Opportunity Type: Public Art Call. Request for Proposals. Exhibition is Held: Brick and Mortar Gallery. Medium: Not Applicable.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010.
For more info visit www.ncarts.org. Call for Art: ReCreate
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On behalf of the Tubman-Mahan Art Gallery of the Center for Green Urbanism, Authentic Contemporary Art is inviting artists to submit artwork for ReCREATE. This will be the inaugural exhibition of the Gallery and will showcase artwork that is made up of recycled or recyclable materials. It will coincide with the Center's official Grand Opening, scheduled for Friday, October 15, 2010. Open to U.S. artists 18 years and older.
In keeping with the "green" mission of the Center and Gallery, ReCREATE focuses on art created from items that are normally thrown away but can be recycled. Recyclable or recycled objects must be incorporated into the artwork. Recycled items may include any materials that are man-made or organic, including but not limited to wood, metal, glass, sand, paper, pottery, fiber, and plastic. This includes two and three dimensional work such as paintings, works on paper, sculpture, glass work, collage, mixed media, assemblage, metal, stone, etc. Paintings or artwork created with eco-friendly pa…
Organization: Center for Green Urbanism. Opportunity Type: Contests / Juried Shows. Call for Submissions. Gallery Exhibition Opportunities. Exhibition is Held: Brick and Mortar Gallery. Medium: Acrylic. Ceramics. Crafts. Drawing. Fiber. Glass. Metalsmithing. Oil. Pastel. Sculpture. Watercolor. Other Media.
Friday, September 10, 2010.
Tubman-Mahan Art Gallery
3938 Benning Road
NE, Washington, DC.
24th Annual National Juried Arts Exhibition
The Cultural Arts Council of Douglasville/Douglas County will present the 24th Annual National Juried Arts Exhibition, selected by esteemed and innovative curator and director Kevin Grogan, Executive Director of the Morris Museum of Art in Augusta, Georgia. The exhibition will open on Thursday, November 4th, and will be on view through December 3rd. Artists, 18 years old or older, are encouraged and eligible to submit original paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, photography, fiber, ceramics, glass and mixed media art works for the juror's review as slides, photographs or digital images on CD. Purchase prizes and awards totaling $2,100 will be awarded to exhibitors. Two artists from the exhibition will also be selected for solo exhibitions during the next three years at the Cultural Arts Center in Douglasville.
Home Page: http://www.artsdouglas.org/. Opportunity Type: Contests / Juried Shows. Exhibition is Held: Brick and Mortar Gallery. Medium: Acrylic. Ceramics. Crafts. Digital. Drawing. Fiber. Glass. Metalsmithing. Mixed Media. Oil. Pastel. Photography. Printmaking. Sculpture. Watercolor. Other Media.
Saturday, September 11, 2010.
8652 Campbellton St
Douglasville, Georgia 30133.
For more info visit www.artsdouglas.org. Allied Call for Entries
Allied Artists of America 97th Annual National Exhibition: November 12-30, 2010, at the National Arts Club Galleries, NYC. Open to all artists; Oil, Watermedia, Pastel, Graphics, Sculpture. $24,000 in awards in cash and medals. Slide or jpeg entries accepted.
Home Page: http://alliedartistsofamerica.org/. Opportunity Type: Contests / Juried Shows. Exhibition is Held: Brick and Mortar Gallery. Medium: Digital. Oil. Pastel. Watercolor. Other Media.
Monday, September 13, 2010.
National Arts Club Galleries
15 Gramercy Park South
New York, NY 10003.
For more info visit alliedartistsofamerica.org. Target Gallery Exhibition Opportunity: 5 x 5 Exposed
The gallery will be participating in the FotoWeek DC 2010 Festival by hosting our biennial small works show, this year with an emphasis on photo based mediums. All artwork must not exceed 5 inches in any direction, inclusive of frame.
Organization: Target Gallery at the Torpedo Factory. Home Page: http://www.torpedofactory.org/index.html. Contact Name: Mary Cook or Allison Nance. Email: targetgallery@torpedofactory.org. Phone: 703-838-4565. Opportunity Type: Contests / Juried Shows. Exhibition is Held: Brick and Mortar Gallery. Fees: $35 Entry fee. Medium: Photography. Juror: Our juror is Kathleen Ewing, owner of Kathleen Ewing Gallery, which specializes in photography. She represents over 40 contemporary photographers and maintains an inventory of 19th and 20th century vintage photographs. She was the Executive Director of The Association of International Photography Art Dealers, from 1991 to 2007 and is also the Executive Director of the Art Dealers Association of Greater Washington.
Monday, September 13, 2010.
Alexandria, VA.
For more info visit www.torpedofactory.org. Global Lifestyles: Big Cities, Small Towns, Tiny Villages - Call to Artists
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Still Point Art Gallery invites submissions for its upcoming online exhibition: Global Lifestyles: Large Cities, Small Towns, Tiny Villages. Some people love the big city, others love small towns, and still others enjoy a stay in a tiny village. Around the globe, the city, the town, the village. Each has its own skyline, view, personality, flavor, aroma, and feeling. Perhaps your art is inspired by where you live or maybe it is the product of your travels. In any case, artists are invited to share expressions of the global lifestyle, be it in the big city, a small town, or a tiny village.
Open to artists 18 years of age or older from around the world who submit artwork in any medium except video and wearable art. Submissions must be the creation of the artist. Reproductions of original artwork are not accepted. Final selections for the exhibition will be made by the Gallery Director, Christine Brooks Cote. A small number of Artists of Distinction will be chosen who will be invited to show their art as Gall…
Organization: Still Point Art Gallery. Home Page: http://www.stillpointartgallery.com. Contact Name: Christine Cote. Email: info@stillpointartgallery.com. Phone: 207-837-5760. Opportunity Type: Contests / Juried Shows. Call for Submissions. Gallery Exhibition Opportunities. Exhibition is Held: Online. Fees: $25 for 3 images. $5 for additional images up to $50 for 8 images. Medium: Acrylic. Ceramics. Digital. Drawing. Fiber. Glass. Metalsmithing. Mixed Media. Oil. Pastel. Photography. Printmaking. Sculpture. Watercolor. Juror: Christine Cote, Gallery Director.
Monday, September 13, 2010.
Natural World - Call for Entries
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This exhibition is open to all photographers world wide, both amateur and professional. The Center for Fine Art Photography invites photographers working in all mediums, styles and schools of thought to participate in this exhibition. The natural world can be seen from the subatomic to the cosmic. It can be raw, powerful, serene, destructive, fertile and delicate. This exhibition will illustrate all aspects of nature.
With selection for this exhibition, featured artist’s work will be seen by an international audience of collectors, curators, art consultants and other advocates of fine art photography. Each participant will be included in the Center's Main Gallery exhibition and Online Gallery exhibition. There will be $1,300 in cash and prizes awarded.
Prospectus: http://c4fap.org/cfe/2010NaturalWorld/index.asp.
Organization: The Center for Fine Art Photography, Inc. Home Page: http://www.c4fap.org/. Email: exhibitions@c4fap.org. Phone: 970.224.1010. Opportunity Type: Contests / Juried Shows. Gallery Exhibition Opportunities. Exhibition is Held: Online. Brick and Mortar Gallery. Medium: Digital. Photography. Juror: Susan Spiritus is the director of Susan Spiritus Gallery in Newport Beach, California. Susan Spiritus has been a leader in the field of fine art photography for over thirty years, opening the doors to her Southern California gallery in 1976 so that she could share her passion for photography with others.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010.
400 North College Avenue
Fort Collins, CO 80524.
Call for Entries: International Juried Photography Exhibition 2010
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12 12 GALLERY announces an open call to all artists working with any photographic process to submit entries for its International Juried Photography Exhibition 2010. The exhibition juror, Dr. Patrick Amsellem, Associate Curator of Photography at the Brooklyn Museum, will award up to $1000 in cash prizes. Open to photographers around the world age 18+, working in any photographic process, may submit up to 3 images. Additional images may be submitted at additional cost for up to a total of 5 works. Work previously exhibited at 12 12 Gallery is not eligible. All work must be for sale. 12 12 Gallery will receive a 35% commission on the sale of any work.
Home Page: http://www.1212galleryrva.com :: Prospectus: http://www.1212galleryrichmond.com/ijpe2010prospectus.pdf.
Organization: 12 12 Gallery. Contact Name: Martin McFadden. Email: ijpe2010@gmail.com. Phone: 804-233-9957. Opportunity Type: Contests / Juried Shows. Call for Submissions. Exhibition is Held: Brick and Mortar Gallery. Fees: $25 (US)/3 Entries; $5 (US) each add'l up to 5 total. Medium: Digital. Photography. Juror: Dr. Patrick Amsellem is the Associate Curator of Photography at the Brooklyn Museum. He was formerly a curator at the Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art in Malmö Sweden, where he organized the first Swedish exhibition of the work of Andreas Gursky. He has written extensively about art for newspapers and magazines, and is the author of several exhibition catalogues. Amsellem has taught at New York University and received his M.A. and Ph. D. in Art History and Architectural History at New York University’s…
Wednesday, September 15, 2010.
12 12 Gallery
12 E. 12th Street
Richmond, VA 23224, USA.
Mural Design Competition
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Verizon Wireless is calling on artists to submit designs for a mural competition to celebrate Hispanic Pride as part of 2010 Hispanic Heritage Month. Each Winner Receives: Design transformed into a mural; $500 art store gift voucher; feature in national arts magazine, Samsung's new Fascinate Smartphone. The deadline for submissions is September 15, 2010. After the finalists are announced, the public will vote for their favorite designs and the most votes win!
For more information and to submit your design, please visit the competition website: http://www.miherenciahispana.com.
Opportunity Type: Contests / Juried Shows. Exhibition is Held: Online. Medium: Not Applicable.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010.
Biotechnology and Art
We're holding our Second Digital Art Contest and this one is built around the theme of where biotechnology and society meet. Your chance to explore the issues surrounding modern biotech and how we have met the ethical, legal, and environmental challenges. No entry fee and there are no geographic restrictions. You won't get rich but there are modest cash prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place and all entries will be considered for use in our print publications, on our website and on our Facebook news application.
Email: art@genomealberta.ca. Opportunity Type: Contests / Juried Shows. Exhibition is Held: Online. Medium: Digital.
Thursday, September 16, 2010.
For more info visit www.genomealberta.ca. 2010 Photographer's Fellowship Fund
One $2,500 fellowship will be awarded to a regional artist working in photography by guest juror, Laurel Ptak. There is no fee to enter, and if selected, your award may be used in any way you choose to help advance your creative career. Fellowship recipients are only required to contribute a piece to CPW’s Permanent Print Collection, which is held on extended loan at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz.
The 2010 Photographers Fellowship Fund Award will be presented at CPW’s Annual Benefit Gala held in Woodstock on Sunday October 10.
You must reside in one of the following New York State counties: Albany, Clinton, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Montgomery, Orange, Otsego, Putnam, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Sullivan, Ulster, Warren, and Washington. Proof of residency is required.
Organization: Center for Photography at Woodstock. Email: info@cpw.org. Opportunity Type: Contests / Juried Shows. Jobs / Fellowships / Residencies. Exhibition is Held: Online. Brick and Mortar Gallery. Medium: Photography. Juror: Laurel Ptak is an independent curator based in New York City with particular interest in network culture and image-based practices.
She has previously worked for arts institutions including the Aperture Foundation, Guggenheim Museum, PS1 Contemporary Art Center/MoMA, and Art:21. She frequently teaches, lectures, and writes about photography, the internet, and image culture as well as curates projects internationally. Ptak is best known as founder and curator of the popular photography website http://www…
Monday, September 20, 2010.
Woodstock, NY.
For more info visit www.cpw.org. 12th Annual Abstraction Juried Online International Art Exhibition
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The Upstream People Gallery presents an exhibition with 12 month's gallery representation, October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2011, with approximately 900,000 hits each month. Open to all artists worldwide with two- and three-dimensional semi-abstract, non-objective to pure abstract works in all media.
Cash Awards of Excellence and Special Recognitions will be given at the juror's discretion; the amounts and number of which is determined by the entries and their quality. Specially recognized artists will be reviewed in the juror's statement published worldwide and sent in a press release to the artist's local newspaper(s).
Artists get a dicounted entry fee if submitted by our early deadline of September 8. The final deadline is September 24. Prospectus: http://www.upstreampeoplegallery.com/schedule/prospectus.asp?XD=10/1/2010.
Home Page: http://www.upstreampeoplegallery.com. Opportunity Type: Contests / Juried Shows. Exhibition is Held: Online. Medium: Digital. Photography.
Friday, September 24, 2010.
All 2D Artists Apply For "Liquid" Art Competition
Light Space & Time – Online Art Gallery presents a Juried Competition, in which 2D artists from around the world are called upon to make online submissions for the theme "Liquid" for inclusion into the October 2010 online group exhibition. Light Space & Time encourages entries from all 2D artists regardless of where they reside and regardless of their experience or education in the art field.
A group exhibition of the top five finalists will be held online at the Light Space & Time Art Gallery during the month of October. Awards will be for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. In addition, 2 artists will recognized with Honorable Mention awards. All winners will be selected, announced and featured on the Light Space & Time website on October 1, 2010 and remain online in the gallery through October 30, 2010. Thereafter, the artworks will remain online in the Light Space & Time Archives with links to the artist's websites.
Artists Apply At: http://www.lightspacetime.com.
Organization: Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery. Home Page: http://www.lightspacetime.com. Contact Name: John R. Math. Email: submissions@lightspacetime.com. Phone: 888-490-3530. Opportunity Type: Call for Submissions. Exhibition is Held: Online. Fees: $9.00 for 3 Entries - $2.00 for Each Add'l. Medium: Not Applicable. Juror: John R. Math.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010.
SKoda Prize for Indian Contemporary Art
The prize carries an award of Rs 10,00,000 [Rupees one million]. It seeks to recognize and reward the finest Indian contemporary artist. As an artist, you are free to nominate yourself for The SKODA Prize. To qualify for the prize this year, artists will need to have had a solo show between 1st May 2009 and 30th April 2010 in India. All Indian citizens under the age of 45, as of 1st May 2010 are eligible for consideration. Any medium is acceptable, including but not limited to painting, sculpture, video, photography, installation and performance. Artists can be nominated by their galleries or apply themselves. Any application on behalf of an artist will need to be accompanied by a note of consent signed by the artist. No entry fee.
Email: webmaster@theskodaprize.com. Opportunity Type: Contests / Juried Shows. Gallery Exhibition Opportunities. Other Opportunities. Exhibition is Held: Online. Medium: Acrylic. Ceramics. Crafts. Digital. Drawing. Fiber. Glass. Metalsmithing. Mixed Media. Oil. Pastel. Photography. Printmaking. Sculpture. Video. Watercolor. Other Media.
Thursday, September 30, 2010.
For more info visit www.theskodaprize.com. Fair Trade Artisans Art Competition
Trash to Treasure is the theme and $500 is up for grabs! Artists will incorporate long strips of the discarded label paper Gifts With Humanity used last year in an artistic expression (sculptor, canvas, pottery, film, dance, stage, sound, written, flash mob, etc.). The art will be displayed via Facebook for popular vote. The winning artist will receive a $400 shopping spree and the second place artist will receive a $100 shopping spree at GiftsWithHumanity.com. We hope this goes a long way to finance their Christmas. Both artists will also enjoy the title of 2010 Fair Trade Art Ambassador. Each artist will be supplied with approximately 500 yards of label paper. It is just over 4 inches wide and pieces range from a few feet to hundreds of feet long. There is no cost to participate in this competition.
Opportunity Type: Contests / Juried Shows. Grants / Scholarships / Awards. Other Opportunities. Exhibition is Held: Online. Medium: Acrylic. Ceramics. Crafts. Digital. Drawing. Fiber. Glass. Literary. Metalsmithing. Mixed Media. Oil. Pastel. Photography. Printmaking. Sculpture. Watercolor. Other Media.
Friday, October 1, 2010.
For more info visit www.giftswithhumanity.net. Spirograph Art Contest
Sound Feelings Publishing is inviting submissions of beautiful designs to be included in a brand new multi-color instruction booklet for the popular Spirograph toy from the 1960s. The contest is free to enter and the deadline is October 5, 2010. Details can be found here: http://www.soundfeelings.com/products/spirograph_pen_refills/art_contest.htm
$2000 worth of prizes will be issued to the winning designs. One grand prize of $450, two 2nd place winners at $125, four 3rd place winners at $75, ten 4th place winners at $40 and thirty 5th place winners at $20.
The original Spirograph incorporated pens that had four colors, black, blue, red and green. The new designs must be drawn with the $5.99 Spirograph Multicolor Pen. These pens contain the original four colors, black, blue, red and green — but they ALSO include fun and creative rainbow colors: yellow, light blue, pink, purple, brown, and orange — ten colors in one pen!
The Spirograph Multicolor Pen contains 10 ballpoint cartridges within one large…
Organization: Sound Feelings Publishing. Contact Name: Howard Richman. Email: spirographcontest@soundfeelings.com. Phone: 818-757-0600. Opportunity Type: Contests / Juried Shows. Call for Submissions. Exhibition is Held: Online. Fees: Free. Medium: Drawing. Juror: Howard Richman.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010.
For more info visit www.soundfeelings.com. Rejected Art Award
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$1500 Prize Money Online Competiton. Free Entry. All entries must have been rejected at some point in the past - Either proposals or competition entries (Other than this competition). Entrants must be over the age of 18.
Prospectus: http://www.rejectedartaward.weebly.com.
Contact Name: Matt Akehurst. Email: rejectedaward@gmail.com. Phone: 6433272540. Opportunity Type: Contests / Juried Shows. Exhibition is Held: Online. Fees: Free Entry. Medium: Not Applicable. Juror: Guest Judge.
Friday, October 8, 2010.
Spherical - Call for Entries
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A Smith Gallery invites submissions for Spherical. Circles and spheres are an integral part of our lives. From the wheels on our cars to the cup you pour your morning coffee into, circles appear everywhere. This exhibition is open to all photographers working in all mediums and styles. Up to 45 images will be selected for exhibition and inclusion in a gallery catalogue. Cash awards will be given.
Prospectus: https://asmithgallery.com/Spherical_Call_for_Entry.html.
Organization: A Smith Gallery. Home Page: www.asmithgallery.com. Contact Name: Amanda Smith. Email: amanda@asmithgallery.com. Opportunity Type: Contests / Juried Shows. Exhibition is Held: Brick and Mortar Gallery. Fees: $25 for the first 5 images $5 for each additional image up to 10. Medium: Photography. Juror: Carla Ellard, Assistant Curator, Wittliff Collections at Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.
Sunday, October 17, 2010.
A Smith Gallery
105 N Nugent Ave.
Johnson City, Texas.
Florida West Arts National Juried Exhibition
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A jury panel will select artworks for the Florida West Arts Juried Exhibition representing the traditional, the contemporary and the new directions in art. Works completed in the last three years, by artists 18 years of age and older are eligible. Two and three dimensional original artworks in all media, as well as photographic and digital works (editions up to 40) are accepted for entry.
A Best in Show artist's works will be featured in a "One Person Show" at the gallery. The works of two or more artists receiving Awards of Distinction and two or more artists receiving Awards of Artistic Achievement will be featured in a small group show at the gallery.
Visit the http://www.floridawestarts.com website for a prospectus or download the pdf version here.
Organization: Florida West Arts. Home Page: http://floridawestarts.com/. Email: info@floridawestarts.com. Opportunity Type: Contests / Juried Shows. Gallery Exhibition Opportunities. Exhibition is Held: Online. Brick and Mortar Gallery. Fees: The fee for artists who are not members is $39 for up to four entries, or $49 for up to six entries. Medium: Acrylic. Ceramics. Crafts. Digital. Drawing. Fiber. Glass. Metalsmithing. Mixed Media. Oil. Pastel. Photography. Printmaking. Sculpture. Watercolor. Other Media.
Monday, October 18, 2010.
25987 S. Tamiami Trail, Ste 97
Bonita Springs, FL 34134.
12th Painting, Drawing, Photography & Print Juried Online International Art Exhibition
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The Upstream People Gallery presents an exhibition with 12 month's gallery representation, November 1, 2010 through October 31, 2011, with approximately 900,000 hits each month. Open to all artists worldwide with original paintings, drawings, photography and prints in all creative processes and forms.
Cash Awards of Excellence and Special Recognitions will be given at the juror's discretion; the amounts and number of which is determined by the entries and their quality. Specially recognized artists will be reviewed in the juror's statement published worldwide and sent in a press release to the artist's local newspaper(s).
Artists get a dicounted entry fee if submitted by our early deadline of October 8. The final deadline is October 24. Prospectus: http://www.upstreampeoplegallery.com/schedule/prospectus.asp?XD=11/1/2010.
Home Page: http://www.upstreampeoplegallery.com. Opportunity Type: Contests / Juried Shows. Exhibition is Held: Online. Medium: Acrylic. Drawing. Mixed Media. Oil. Pastel. Photography. Printmaking. Watercolor. Other Media.
Sunday, October 24, 2010.
Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park - Call to Artists
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Juried at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston by an invited panel of artists, collectors and industry professionals. Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park is the nation’s premier spring outdoor fine art event. The Festival, held in Houston’s prestigious Memorial Park. Ranked in AmericanStyle Magazine's "TOP 10 Festivals" for the past two years. "Best Gallery in Houston" in March of 2009 by readers of Click2Houston.com. "Best Festival in Houston" in the 2008 Houston Press "Best of Houston" magazine. Consistently ranked in Sunshine Artists Top 50.
Conveniently located five miles from Downtown, two miles from the famous Galleria area and neighboring the elegant residential communities of River Oaks and Memorial, Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park is an artist’s dream. Winners receive: Best of Show: Ribbon and $1500 – jury exempt status for two years. Second Place: Ribbon and $750 – jury exempt status for two years. Third Place: Ribbon and $500 – jury exempt status for two years. Best Booth: Jury exempt status for…
Organization: Art Colony Association. Home Page: http://www.bayoucityartfestival.com. Contact Name: Kelly Kindred. Email: info@bayoucityartfestival.com. Phone: 713-521-0133. Opportunity Type: Contests / Juried Shows. Call for Submissions. Fairs / Festivals. Exhibition is Held: Brick and Mortar Gallery. Fees: $30 application fee; booth fee $425 to $1200. Medium: Acrylic. Ceramics. Digital. Drawing. Fiber. Glass. Metalsmithing. Mixed Media. Oil. Pastel. Photography. Printmaking. Sculpture. Watercolor.
Friday, October 29, 2010.
Memorial Park, Houston, Texas.
His Witness Ministries Three Points Art Project
In our effort to encourage the Christian community in using art as an expression of faith, His Witness Ministries (HWM) is pleased to announce the HWM Three Points Art Project. Our goal is to invite God into this effort and allow Him to direct the outcome by intersecting the gifts and talents of the winning artist in each of the following points (or categories): art, writing and music. Cash prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in each category.
Organization: His Witness Ministries. Home Page: http://www.hiswitness.org. Contact Name: Kristen Clark. Email: Kristens@hiswitness.org. Phone: 281-795-8890. Opportunity Type: Contests / Juried Shows. Exhibition is Held: Online. Fees: $15.00 per submission, up to 4 submissions. Medium: Acrylic. Ceramics. Crafts. Digital. Drawing. Mixed Media. Oil. Pastel. Photography. Sculpture. Watercolor. Juror: <a href="http://www.melanieleslie.com
">Melanie Wade Leslie is Associate Professor in Art at Houston Baptist University where she teaches Art Appreciation and Art History. Additionally, Melanie serves the university as coordinator of the Art Forum Mentoring Program and mentors in the Art Guild and Alumni Art Guild. She is a recipient of Brick in Heritage Walkway and a five-time recipient of Who's Who Among America's Teachers.
Sunday, October 31, 2010.
For more info visit www.hiswitness.org. Call For Artists - MFA Annual Competition
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The Open Studios Press sponsors 6 competitions per year. Winners receive full color spreads in our nationally distributed periodical New American Paintings. We have divided the country into 5 regions (Northeast, South, Midwest, West and Pacific Coast), each of which is the focus of an annual competition, and have recently added a sixth competition for students enrolled in a US passed MFA program.
Our competitions are open to all artists working within the United States. All styles and media are welcome, as long as the work is singular and two-dimensional. This competition is open to all artists who are currently Masters of Fine Art candidates.
Prospectus: http://www.newamericanpaintings.com/competitions.html.
Organization: The Open Studio Press. Opportunity Type: Contests / Juried Shows. Exhibition is Held: Online. Medium: Acrylic. Digital. Drawing. Mixed Media. Oil. Pastel. Photography. Watercolor. Other Media. Juror: Randy Hopkins, Associate Curator, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA.
Sunday, October 31, 2010.
Open Studios Press
450 Harrison Ave #47
Boston, MA 02118.
The Sketchbook Project Tour 2011 - Call to Artists
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It's like a concert tour, but with sketchbooks. Sign up and pick your theme and we'll send you a blank sketchbook. After you fill it up and send it back to us, we'll take it on a national tour to 6+ cities along with thousands of other sketchbooks. The books will travel to museums and galleries in Brooklyn, Atlanta, Austin, San Francisco, Chicago, and Portland, MN. After the tour, your book becomes a part of the permanent collection at the Brooklyn Art Library in Brooklyn, NY.
This year we've added a ton of new features including notifications via text message or email when someone looks through your book, bio cards in every book, live webcasts of some of the tour stops, and more!
The Sketchbook Project and Art House have been featured in Time out NY, CNN, PBS, Good Magazine, Juxtapoz and more! For more information on the project and to sign up, please go to: http://www.arthousecoop.com/projects/sketchbookproject.
Opportunity Type: Contests / Juried Shows. Call for Submissions. Gallery Exhibition Opportunities. Other Opportunities. Exhibition is Held: Online. Brick and Mortar Gallery. Medium: Not Applicable.
Sunday, October 31, 2010.
National Juried Exhibition
This exhibition seeks to display a wide range of work that incorporates a system or systems as a main element of visual communication. Cash Awards.
Organization: Allen Priebe Gallery/ University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. Contact Name: Anna Hill. Email: hilla@uwosh.edu. Phone: 920-424-2235. Opportunity Type: Contests / Juried Shows. Call for Submissions. Gallery Exhibition Opportunities. Exhibition is Held: Brick and Mortar Gallery. Fees: $30 for 1-3 works, $5 for each additional. Medium: Acrylic. Ceramics. Crafts. Digital. Drawing. Fiber. Glass. Metalsmithing. Mixed Media. Oil. Pastel. Photography. Printmaking. Sculpture. Video. Watercolor. Juror: Dana Sperry.
Monday, November 1, 2010.
The Allen Priebe Gallery
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh.
For more info visit www.uwosh.edu. Americas 2011: Paperwork - Call for Entries
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Call for Entries: Americas 2011: Paperworks. Works on or of paper. Deadline November 1, 2010. Cash and purchase awards, solo exhibit for best of show. Juror: Victoria Goro-Rapoport, Kearney, NE. Prospectus at http://www.minotstateu.edu/nac or write: Americas 2011: Paperworks, Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, 500 University Ave W, Minot, ND 58707.
Prospectus: http://www.minotstateu.edu/nac/pdf/pw_2011_prospectus.pdf.
Organization: Northwest Art Center. Home Page: http://www.minotstateu.edu/nac. Contact Name: Avis Veikley. Email: nac@minotstateu.edu. Phone: 701-858-3264. Opportunity Type: Contests / Juried Shows. Call for Submissions. Gallery Exhibition Opportunities. Exhibition is Held: Brick and Mortar Gallery. Fees: 2 Entries/ $25; Additional Entries: $5 each (5 Entry Maximum). Medium: Acrylic. Drawing. Fiber. Oil. Pastel. Photography. Printmaking. Watercolor. Juror: Victoria Goro-Rapoport, printmaker.
Monday, November 1, 2010.
Northwest Art Center
Minot State University
500 University Ave W
Minot, ND 58707.
Dave Bown Projects - 1st Semiannual Competition
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Prizes: $5,000 USD (1st Prize: $2,500; 2nd Prize: $1,500; 3rd Prize: $1,000). 25 artists will be selected by the juror and archived on our website. Each artist will have their own page that will feature an image, caption information, and a link to the artist's website. We will produce a Press Release and obtain Reviews. Currently our private network (offline database) includes over 13,000 contacts spanning over 80 countries. Furthermore, we will send via email an announcement to a group of over 54,000 subscribers. Dave Bown will be buying works of art, on an ongoing basis, from select artists as submissions are received.
Prospectus: http://davebownprojects.com/submissions.html.
Organization: Dave Bown Projects. Home Page: http://davebownprojects.com/. Contact Name: Dave Bown. Email: info@davebownprojects.com. Phone: (917) 365-5265. Opportunity Type: Contests / Juried Shows. Call for Submissions. Grants / Scholarships / Awards. Other Opportunities. Exhibition is Held: Online. Fees: $30 USD. There are no additional fees. Medium: Acrylic. Ceramics. Digital. Drawing. Fiber. Glass. Metalsmithing. Mixed Media. Oil. Pastel. Photography. Printmaking. Sculpture. Video. Watercolor. Other Media. Juror: Eva Frosch, Co-owner, frosch&portmann, New York. Eva Frosch studied Art History at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Eva moved to New York in 2004 where she was a fellow at the Museum of Modern Art, worked for the artist Peter Halley, and, most recently, was the Gallery Director at Jack the Pelican Presents in Brooklyn.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010.
Emerging Artists 2011 - Call for Entries
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This is the nineteenth annual competition for gallery exhibition and awards. This exhibition is devoted to the discovery, introduction and promotion of emerging artists. The exhibition will be held in April 2011 at the Limner Gallery and is open to all artists working in any media. There will be a $1000 cash award and $2400 in publication awards. On-line entry form or print a postal mail entry form on our website, by email at slowart@aol.com, or via postal mail: send SASE to SlowArt Productions, 123 Warren Street, Hudson, NY 12534.
Prospectus: http://www.slowart.com/prospectus/ea2011.htm.
Home Page: http://www.slowart.com. Email: slowart@aol.com. Opportunity Type: Contests / Juried Shows. Exhibition is Held: Online. Brick and Mortar Gallery. Medium: Acrylic. Ceramics. Crafts. Digital. Drawing. Fiber. Glass. Metalsmithing. Mixed Media. Oil. Pastel. Photography. Printmaking. Sculpture. Watercolor. Other Media.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010.
SlowArt Productions
123 Warren Street
Hudson, NY 12534.
The Richeson 75: Small Works 2011 International Art Competition
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Richeson School of Art & Gallery, a division of Jack Richeson & Co. Inc. is proud to announce the Richeson 75 Small Works 2011 Competition. Seventy-five two-dimensional works of art and several alternates will be selected to represent the finest examples of painting and drawing being produced by today’s visual artists. The following prizes will be awarded:
Best In Show - $2,000 cash award. First Place in each category will receive a $1000 certificate for art materials from Jack Richeson & Co. Inc. Second Place Award in each category will receive a $500 certificate for art materials from Jack Richeson & Co. Inc. A special Merit award for Best Miniature Painting will receive a $1000 certificate for art materials from Jack Richeson & Co. Inc. Finalists and a number of alternates will be selected and invited to participate in the exhibit at the Richeson Gallery in Kimberly, Wisconsin from Feb. 7 thru March 25, 2011.
This competition is open to all artists over age 18. All work entered must be original…
Opportunity Type: Contests / Juried Shows. Exhibition is Held: Online. Brick and Mortar Gallery. Medium: Acrylic. Drawing. Mixed Media. Oil. Pastel. Watercolor. Other Media.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010.
Richeson School of Art & Gallery
Kimberly, WI 54136-0160.