2024 Smithsonian Craft2Wear Show

LATE DEADLINE: May 15, 2024 (ONLINE)
DEADLINE: April 30, 2024 (ONLINE)


2024 Smithsonian Craft2Wear Show
National Building Museum
Washington DC
September 27 - 29, 2024

The 2024 Smithsonian Craft2Wear Show is an exhibition and sale of wearable contemporary American craft and design held annually in Washington DC at the National Building Museum. Unlike the juried Smithsonian Craft Show presented each Spring, Craft2Wear artists will be selected by members of the Smithsonian Women’s Committee (SWC), which produces the Craft2Wear show.

ELIGIBILITY
The Smithsonian Craft2Wear Show is committed to presenting thoughtful, original, and skilled wearable American craft and design. The Show is looking for artists who produce one-of-a-kind or limited edition items that have been conceived and perfected by the artist and created in the artist’s studio.  All work submitted to the Smithsonian Craft2Wear Show must be created and made in the United States.

The SWC is seeking a full range of wearables and accessories.

Wearable Art - Artwork that is predominately clothing made from any materials.
Wearable Accessories - Artwork which is predominately scarves, shawls, shoes, handbags, belts, socks, gloves and/or hats made from any materials.
Jewelry - Artwork, which is jewelry, tie tacks, and/or cufflinks made from any materials.

The Smithsonian Craft2Wear Show encourages artists to continue to grow and stretch the limits of their work.  We recognize that new technologies are increasingly helpful in this process, so it is acceptable to submit work in which CAD/CAM and other industrial techniques such as 3-D printing tools are used in the creative process.

The use of repurposed materials, including found objects and sustainable practices, should be included in the Artist’s Statement, if applicable.

Only U.S. residents who make their work in the U.S. are eligible to apply.


Application Fee: $25.00 + Late Fee: $10.00

Visit website for more details: https://smithsoniancraft2wear.org

View Prospectus and Apply Online: https://www.juriedartservices.com/?content=event_info&event_id=2107&utm_source=CFE2107e1D03192004&utm_medium=e&utm_campaign=c2w&utm_id=2107

INQUIRIES
Address all correspondence and inquiries to:

Smithsonian Craft2Wear Show
MRC 527
PO Box 37012
Washington, DC 20013-7012
E-mail: austrpr@si.edu

After the Pedestal, Small Sculptures from the Region

Deadline: April 30, 2015 {ONLINE}


After the Pedestal, Small Sculptures from the Region
The Sculpture Center
Cleveland, Ohio
Summer 2015



AFTER THE PEDESTAL
Through an occasional open call for artists, The Sculpture Center invites sculpture, installation and expanded media artists working in our region (Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, western Pennsylvania, western New York and Ontario, Canada) to submit work for a juried exhibition of smaller sculpture.

The next iteration of After the Pedestal, Small Sculptures from the Region, with sculptures selected by guest juror Johnny Coleman, sound and installation artist currently serving as Professor of Art and African American Studies at Oberlin College.


PARAMETERS

Appropriate artworks should be small sculpture work with dimensions that, when added together, are no larger than 3 x 3 x 3 feet. The sculpture may be for exhibition on the floor, a pedestal, or the wall or for ceiling suspension if it is lightweight. Artists may submit up to 3 artworks, created within the last 3 years and not shown before in Northeast Ohio.

Artwork will be exhibited indoors. Artists are responsible for shipping, insurance during shipment, and difficult installations. The Sculpture Center insures all
artwork while on its premises.

Entry Fee: $35

Download Application: www.sculpturecenter.org/afterthepedestal_call_app.pdf

Online Entry: www.sculpturecenter.org/exhibitions/ATP_2015

Visit website: www.sculpturecenter.org2015_After_The_Pedestal


The Sculpture Center
1834 East 123rd Street
cleveland, Ohio 44106
216.229.6527
sculpturecenter.org

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Handmade at Kew

Deadline: April 30, 2015 {ONLINE} or {RECEIVE}


Handmade at Kew
Handmade in Britain
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
London, England
8 – 11 Oct 2015



Handmade in Britain and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew are pleased to announce the launch of a new contemporary craft show, Handmade at Kew. Taking place in October 2015 this exciting new consumer event is a unique collaboration between Kew Gardens and Handmade in Britain. Handmade at Kew will include the participation of individual makers, galleries, groups and organisations and will offer opportunities for the presentation of larger scale outdoor work and installations.


Application Guidelines
Applications are invited worldwide from individual makers, groups of makers, crafts organisations and craft & design based galleries. Applications are encouraged from designer-makers of contemporary craft working in the following areas: ceramics, jewellery, fashion & textiles, glass, paper, furniture, metalwork, sculpture and interior accessories. The organisers seek to provide a balance of craft disciplines in order to provide the visitors with a broad range of work. If your work does not reflect the above categories, please get in touch with us to discuss what you do.

Stand Sharers: Makers wanting to share spaces should apply together, submitting one application form for both makers and indicating clearly that they wish share a stand. The number of makers must be reflected in the size of the space booked. If selected, each maker will receive a separate web & catalogue entry.


How to apply
The application form must be completed in full with four images uploaded/sent as instructed and accompanied by the £150 cheque deposit. The application form and the images need to be with Handmade in Britain no later than 6pm on Thursday 30th April 2015. Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted.


Download Application Pack for Individuals: www.handmadeinbritain.co.uk/Application-Pack-for-Handmade-at-Kew.pdf

Download Application Pack for Groups, Galleries & Organisations: www.handmadeinbritain.co.uk/Application-Pack-for-Handmade-at-Kew-Groups.pdf


Apply online now: www.handmadeinbritain.co.uk/apply-now


Visit website: www.handmadeinbritain.co.uk/shows/kew



Contact Information
If you have any questions that are not answered in this application pack then please email kew@handmadeinbritain.co.uk

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Hard Twist 10 – Memory

Deadline: April 30, 2015 {ONLINE} or {EMAIL} or {RECEIVE}


Hard Twist 10 – Memory
Gladstone Hotel
Toronto, ON
August 27 to December 27, 2015



Hard Twist 10 – Memory, the tenth annual edition of the Gladstone Hotel’s signature show of textile-based art, invites artists to explore the many and complex relationships between cloth and memory.

Memory winds its way through textiles, a constant thread that runs through the earliest archeological fragments, the latest experimental synthetics and everything in between. Textiles hold memory, recall memory, record - and occasionally obscure - memory. In some recent incarnations they even have memory.

There are only three criteria:

● be textile or fibre related
● explore or express ideas connected to this year’s theme
● be designed to hang on a wall or be lightly suspended from a ceiling – we are unable to accept free standing work due to the nature of the exhibition space

Hard Twist has become an important annual event within the Canadian textile art community as well as being a signature event for the Gladstone.


Hard Twist 10 Jurors:

Melanie Egan Head of Craft, Harbourfront Centre
Elizabeth Elliott Textile Artist, Toronto
Sarah Quinton Curatorial Director, Textile Museum of Canada
Helena Frei and Chris Mitchell – Hard Twist curators
Britt Welter-Nolan – Managing Director Artistic Projects, Gladstone Hotel (exofficio)


Admin fee: $100 + HST = $113 (to be paid to hotel only on acceptance)
There is no submission fee


Download Prospectus for complete details: www.gladstonehotel.com/HT10-CallforSubmissions.pdf

Online Submission Form


Visit website: www.gladstonehotel.com/hard-twist



Hard Twist
c/o The Gladstone Hotel
Attn: Chris Mitchell/Helena Frei
1214 Queen Street West
Toronto, ON
M6J 1J6

Minnesota Center for Book Arts_MCBA Prize 2015

Deadline: April 30, 2015 {ONLINE}



MCBA Prize 2015
Minnesota Center for Book Arts
Minneapolis MN



The MCBA Prize recognizes and promotes excellence in new work from across the expressive spectrum of book art. Integrity will determine the winning work. Integrity refers to a unity of form, materials and content that reflects an artist’s vision.

Book art in a broadly defined field includes work that embodies narrative, instruction, reference, mapping, guides, documentation, and more. It is work that engages the viewer and propels the experience forward through narrative, sequencing, spatial elements, visual or verbal language, temporal, mechanical, aural, typographic, symbolic or material means.


ENTRY FEE: $40.00 US per entry


ELIGIBILITY AND RESTRICTIONS

All artists who use the book format as their primary means of expression are eligible to apply. Accepted works may range from hand-printed fine press books, to inexpensive pamphlets, to one-of-a-kind sculptural works that reference the role of the book in contemporary society. All techniques, approaches and methods of creative expression will be considered.

Work must have been completed since April 1, 2013.
Students are not eligible, nor is work completed as part of a degree-granting program.
MCBA staff and board members are not eligible.
Collaborative works are eligible with the consent of all involved parties.
Artists may submit multiple entries.


AWARDS

Five (5) finalists will each receive a $500 cash award, plus $750 travel/lodging stipend to attend the Book Art Biennial and MCBA Prize Gala.

One (1) winner will receive an additional $2000 cash award (in addition to the $500 finalist award and $750 travel/lodging stipend to attend the Biennial).


JURY

Aaron Cohick, proprietor of NewLights Press and master printer at The Press at Colorado College
Daniel Kelm, book artist and founder of the Garage Annex School for Book Arts
Jae Rossman, Assistant Director for Special Collections, Yale University Library


Applications accepted online: http://mcbaprize.org

Complete submission guidelines: http://mcbaprize.org/submit


Minnesota Center for Book Arts
1011 Washington Ave. S. #100
Minneapolis MN 55415
Phone: 612-215-2520
Fax: 612-215-2545
mcba@mnbookarts.org

Art2Wear Expo of Wearable Art

Deadline: April 30, 2015 {ONLINE}


Art2Wear
Expo of Wearable Art
ArtWorks Foundation
The Factory
Franklin, TN (Nashville area)
September 11 to 13, 2015



art2wear! An Expo of Wearable Art: jewelry, apparel & accessories, hand-crafted by supremely talented artists.

art2wear is staged by ArtWorks Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to encouraging public interest collecting the work of our region’s (and other) artists.

Up to 50 positions are available for artists to participate.

It is our goal to present apparel, accessories and jewelry, with at least 65% of the elements from which they are constructed, made by the hand of the artist presenting the work. That said, in the realm of jewelry, VERY talented “stringers” MAY be considered (if the judges are unanimously impressed by originality of design, or use of repurposed materials, etc.)

The show will be a juried selection with five judges. Standards of high quality and good design will be strictly maintained. Our goal is promote appreciation for fine-craft and the skills and dedication required to make it. Some consideration will be given to geography, with artists from the Southeast receiving an extra quality point in the jury process, but the show is open to all artists.

All items offered for sale must be created by the hand of the artist to whom the display space is registered (work involving the help of a limited number of apprentices, if revealed in the artist statement accompanying the application, will be allowed); otherwise, NO work created by parties other than the artist whose work has been accepted for the show may be displayed.

Artists will staff their own display throughout the show; handling all sales of their work, and assuming all responsibility for the collection and reporting of any sales taxes due. (Credentials for up to two assistants will also be provided.) Booth Sitters will be available as demand permits.

Two prizes will be awarded: Best of Show and Best Display; the winners will receive their choice of free booth space at next year’s edition of this show, or at an art2wear event in another market in the coming year (prize value: $400).


Application Process

Artists who wish to be considered should submit five (5) photos of representative work (including one booth shot), and complete the entry module.


Fees/Deadlines
Application: $30 due upon submission (accepted through April 30, 2015)
Booth Fees: $400. All Fees must be paid by June 30, 2015.
(Double booth = booth fee x2) Corners can be guaranteed for an additional $75.00. (Double corner = booth fee x3)


The jury process will take place between May 1st & 11th. Notification of application status will be sent out by email by May 15, 2015.


Complete details via Zapp: https://www.zapplication.org/event-info.php?ID=3600


ArtWorks Foundation
60 North Century
Memphis, TN 38111

Modern Quilt Guild at The Texas Quilt Museum

Deadline: April 30, 2015 {ONLINE}


Special Exhibit at Texas Quilt Museum for
The Modern Quilt Guild Members
Texas Quilt Museum
La Grange, TX
January – March 2016



The Modern Quilt Guild invites digital submissions from MQG members of their original quilt art created after 2005 for a juried exhibition planned at the Texas Quilt Museum for January – March 2016, sponsored exclusively by EZ Quilting by Simplicity Creative Group. The jury committee consists of Karey Bresenhan and Nancy O’Bryant Puentes, co-directors of the Museum, assisted by Dr. Sandra Sider, Museum Curator. They plan to select approximately 18 quilts for the exhibition.

Quilts must have three layers stitched together, with a 4-inch-wide sleeve sewn to the top of the quilt’s back that ends 1/2 inch from both side edges.

There are no size limitations for the quilts and no entry fee, but please note that the quilt cannot have been exhibited within 200 miles of La Grange, Texas, during 2015, including at QuiltCon in Austin.

Join The Modern Quilt Guild to enter: www.themodernquiltguild.com/join

Visit website for complete details complete details: mqgcallforquilts.com/

Modern Quilt Guild
Texas Quilt Museum

The Studios of Key West Artist Residency

Deadline: April 30, 2014 {ONLINE}


Artist Residency
The Studios of Key West
Key West, FL
December 2014-August 2015



The Studios of Key West offers an artists’ residency program designed to encourage the creative, intellectual and personal growth of emerging and established artists and writers. The program grants nearly 35 artists each year the time and space to imagine new artistic work, engage in valuable dialogue and explore island connections. Accepted artists are granted access to a bicycle for the duration of their stay and are matched with a community member who serves as a host to assist with the success of their residency.

TSKW’s residency program is community-based and built upon the hope that visiting artists will take inspiration from Key West’s rich artistic past and present, and will engage with — and be inspired by — the remarkable people and culture that surrounds them.


EXPECTATIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES

The TSKW residency program is built upon the expectation that residency artists contribute to the Key West community in some way. In this spirit, artists are required to submit a proposal for a program as part of their application process.

Resident artists are requested to give service to the Key West community in the form of a class, workshop, reading, performance or special project to be agreed upon by the artist and TSKW. These are given in exchange for their residency. The acceptance of a program depends on many factors, and program proposals may not be accepted even if an artist is granted a residency.

If, in addition to one of the aforementioned programs, an artist would like to propose an exhibition, they should indicate so in their application. There are a limited number of exhibition time slots designated for residency artists each year, and exhibitions can not be guaranteed.

In addition to a proposed program, all artists are asked to participate in at least one event during their residency:

1) The ‘On the Deck Series’: A two-hour, free, monthly potluck gathering that gives both you and members of our community the chance to informally meet and greet. This takes place on the deck at 607 Ashe Street, from 6 – 8 pm one evening per month — the date varies each month.

What is expected of you: You will be asked to give a very informal, 5 minute presentation about you as an artist, your work, and what you hope to accomplish during your residency.

2. It is possible artists will be asked to be present at an open house during the latter half of their residency, and be on hand to answer questions about the work they have been doing while on the island.


APPLICATION FEE: $40


DOWNLOADS:

Guidelines for online application

Supplementary Materials


Visit website for complete details: http://tskw.org/apply-for-a-residency/



The Studios of Key West
600 White St.
Key West, FL 33040
(305) 296-0458

ECOISMI 2014

Deadline: April 30, 2014 (ONLINE) or (RECEIVE)


ECOISMI 2014
Isola Borromeo - NATURAL PARK
Cassano d'Adda, Milan, Italy
15rd June and 28rd September 2014




ECOISMI 2014 is a contemporary art event that aims to be a meeting point between contemporary culture and the deep roots of the territory. The review involves the construction of No. 12 (twelve) site-specific works in complete harmony with the area of the Park. The projects will be able to create a natural and osmotic relationship between art and the environment, culture of local identity and will have an aesthetic and cognitive value, in relation to the processes and transformations that affect the environment and the present condition, to trigger a reflection on the dynamics of ecological and sustainability.

The leitmotiv of ECOISMI 2014 is a combination of three words: "Habitat, Re-generation, Memory"

ARTICLE 1 – Theme and conditions
Leitmotif of Ecoismi 2014 consists of three words: "Habitat, Re-generation, Memory". Each participant, in the elaboration of the project, will be guided by any sense freely based on them, in compliance with the objectives outlined.

The theme of this edition identifies the topics of great breadth, extending in a multiplicity of possible forms: reflections on the individual and collective memory, to the social and sustainable environment, the sharing of space, up to the aspects relevant than ever in the relations between man and nature. Around this very wide topic, the young artists are invited to express themselves through their freedom of expression, sensitivity and planning.

TERMS:
- The jury will select twelve (n° 12) projects from the ones received in form of texts, sketches and pictures.
- The works will have to represent a real enrichment for the “Isola Borromeo” Natural Park in Cassano d'Adda and will have to harmonize with the environment without damage in any way the local vegetation or modify morphologically the local sites;
- The materials used to create the art's work will have to be mostly natural;
- The mounting time is thought as “work in progress” and can lasts 4 days maximum;
- Besides the technical feasibility, the reward criterion, during evaluation, will be the ability of create a dialogue with the character of the Natural Park site.

ARTICLE 2 – Requirements for submission
Participation in ECOISMI 2014 is open to artists of all nationalities under 35 years old (born after January 1, 1979).
Each participant can submit only one project. Candidates are invited to make a survey in the area where the artworks will be realized. All those artists who are unable to reach Cassano d'Adda are invited to view the virtual map and related photographs on the website: www.ecoismi.org


The open call can be downloaded from the website: www.ecoismi.org and on the website of the Municipality of Cassano d'Adda in the notices section: www.comune.cassanodadda.mi.it


For more information, please contact: info@ecoismi.org | Tel +390363/366217 - +39333/6477416

Spartanburg Art Museum Call for Exhibition Proposals

Deadline: April 30, 2014 (EMAIL) or (RECEIVE)



Call for Exhibition Proposals
The Spartanburg Art Museum
Spartanburg, SC
2015-2016 Season



The Spartanburg Art Museum is seeking proposals for solo and group exhibitions for 2015-2016. We are interested in all types of work that address contemporary issues and concerns, use traditional materials in unusual ways, and elevate our visitors’ experience to new levels of participation and engagement.

Applications may be submitted electronically or by mail. To submit an electronic application, please send completed form and materials to crigby@spartanarts.org.

Who Can Apply
• Any individual, collective, or group of artists.
• This call is open to regional, national, and international artists.

Fees and Expenses
• Artists must pay an application fee of $25 dollars to be submitted along with their application

Application Process (trunated)
• Artist completes and returns a gallery application (page 4), CD or digital images of artwork, artist statement, Cirruculum Vitae, and application fee to the Spartanburg Art Museum.
• The Spartanburg Art Museum approves or rejects applications and notifies artist by email.
• If selected, the artist and the Spartanburg Art Museum will determine exhibition dates and reception date.
• Artist signs a contract with the Spartanburg Art Museum at least one month prior to the beginning of the exhibiton.

The Spartanburg Art Museum is a regional museum located in upstate Spartanburg, South Carolina, which promotes the visual arts by:

• Exhibiting regional, national and international artists.
• Supporting the creative capacities of our area youth through our educational outreach programming.
• Offering children and adult studio classes in a variety of artistic disciplines.


Download Application: http://www.spartanburgartmuseum.org/exhibit_proposal_final.pdf


Visit website for more information: www.spartanburgartmuseum.org/Exhibition-Proposals


Please contact Casey Rigby, Exhibition Coordinator, regarding any questions or for further information.

email: crigby@spartanarts.org
phone: (864) 582-7616, ext. 254


Spartanburg Art Museum
Attn: Casey Rigby, Exhibit Coordinator
200 East Saint John Street
Spartanburg, SC 29306
(864) 582-7616, ext. 254

Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia: Open Call

Deadline: April 30, 2013 (by 5pm) (RECEIVE) or (HAND DELIVERY) or (EMAIL) or (DROPBOX)


Open Call
Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA)
Atlanta, GA
June 22 – August 24, 2013



The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA) is organizing a major exhibition of work by the artists of Georgia.

To assemble an exhibition of work being produced today, MOCA GA is reaching out for submissions from all artists residing in the State. To curate this exhibition, MOCA GA has asked three artists who have received MOCA GA’s Working Artist Project award to serve as the jurors. The intent of this exhibition is not to do a survey or to find a common theme, but to assemble in one exhibition some of the best work currently being produced in Georgia.

By having this open call, we expect to mount an exciting and thoughtful exhibition of work which embraces artists from around our State and at the same time fulfills MOCA GA’s mission of producing programs that promote the visual arts and create a forum for active interchange between artists and the community.


Exhibition will be juried by MOCA GA’s Working Artist Project (WAP) Fellows: Xie Caomin, Larry Walker, and Martha Whittington


Eligibility: Open call to all artists 18 years and older living in Georgia.


Submission Guidelines

We need the following with your submission:

• Printed and completed Submission Form

• Current resume and/or CV

• Images of work currently available for exhibition

• A checklist corresponding to the submitted images


Guidelines: (truncated)

• Images of five artworks submitted in jpeg format

• New media (video, animation, and motion graphics, etc.) submitted as QuickTime or MPEG files. Direct links to works online are also acceptable.

• If submitted on disc, please clearly mark your CD and/or DVD with your name and contact information


Submit materials* no later than 5:00 pm, Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Digital submissions can be sent via email or Dropbox to sbarefoot@mocaga.org

Physical submissions can be mailed to or dropped off at MOCA GA



Download Submission Form: PDF or Doc

Visit website: www.mocaga.org


The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia
75 Bennett Street, Suite A2
Atlanta, GA 30309
404.367.8700 tel
404.367.1477 fax
info@mocaga.org

Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Competition and Exhibition

Deadline: April 30, 2013 (RECEIVE)


Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Competition and Exhibition
Kings Place Gallery
London, England
21 June – 22 September 2013


The 2013 Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Competition is intended to reflect and celebrate the traditions which inform the Borchard Collection by encouraging the development of these ideas into British art of the twenty-first century.

Entrants must submit a self-portrait, but this concept is open to an interpretation that goes beyond passport-photo conventionality. Shown alone or within a group, contextualised, abstracted, trailing narrative or defined by the surface of the image, like all self-portraits, these new additions to the genre will explore the idea of visual identity, revealing and designing it at the same time.

An exhibition of works selected from the competition entries will be held at Kings Place Gallery, Kings Place, London, from 21 June – 16 August 2013, when details of the winning entry will be announced. Selected works will tour to the University Gallery, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne from 30 August – 11 October 2013.


Entry fee: £15

ELIGIBILITY

● Artists of amateur and professional status, living and working in the UK, are eligible to participate in the competition by submitting a digital image of their self-portrait.
● The work can be in any recognised medium including drawing, painting, watercolour, print and mixed media. Photographs, sculpture and film are not eligible.
● All works selected for exhibition must be framed and must not measure more than 100 x 100cm, including the size of the frame.
● All works must be for sale and include the Gallery’s 40% commission in the sale price.
● Artists who are VAT registered will have VAT added to their sale price.
● Entry Forms must be accompanied by a digital image of the work, which should be on CD, in JPEG format at 300dpi resolution.
● CDs should contain only the image file, which must be individually accessible. Hard copies are not acceptable. Each CD must be clearly marked with the artist’s name and address.

First Prize £10,000

SELECTION
● All entries will be considered by a Selection Panel (made up of artists, critics and curators) and applicants will be notified by post or email whether their work has been selected for exhibition or not. The decision of the Selection Panel is final and no correspondence will be entered into on the matter. The prize will be available for award at the discretion of the Selection Panel.


Download Entry Form: www.kingsplace.co.uk/APPLICATION_FORM.pdf


Visit website: www.kingsplace.co.uk/kings-place-gallery


The Ruth Borchard Competition
Kings Place Gallery
Kings Place
90 York Way
London N1 9AG

Telephone: 020 7520 1485
Fax: 020 7520 1487
Email: kpg@kingsplace.co.uk
Twitter: @KP_Gallery

Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center Residency Program

Multiple Deadlines: (RECEIVE)

Spring Residencies: January 15
Summer Residencies: April 30
Fall Residencies: July 15
Winter Residencies: October 15

Public Arts Residency Program
Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center
Solomons, Maryland
2013 Season



Annmarie’s residency program provides a serene place on the Western Shore of the Chesapeake Bay for visual, musical, and literary artists to create works that address ecological issues and/or inspire community involvement. Artists have access to a private studio space in addition to a variety of classroom studios and garage spaces, a waterfront, and fifty acres of forest and field. Residencies are meant to focus on merging the arts and the environment and should include the involvement of our local community to some capacity.

• Spring/Fall Residencies: residents are required to work with field trip groups and/or school outreach programs as scheduled.
• Summer residency: summer residents are required to design a public art project that engages the visitors to Annmarie Garden in the art-making process. Summer residents are required to work alongside the public for at least 12 hours/week.

Eligibility
Professional and emerging visual artists, musicians, and literary artists may apply. Selection is made by an internal panel and/or by a peer review panel. Annmarie Garden accommodates only one artist at a time.

Studios and special equipment
Resident artists have access to studio space within the living quarters (one bedroom), and are also welcome to use other gallery and classroom space as available. Annmarie has a modest ceramics studio with a kiln, slab roller, and potter’s wheels that are also available for use, as well as a painting studio with easels. With numerous indoor and outdoor exhibition and installation options, artists are encouraged think creatively about how and where to display their work. Artists should bring their own equipment.

Average length of residency:
• 1 to 3 months
• For summer residencies, 3 months preferred
• Selection process—internal review and/or peer review panel

Artist responsible for:
• $25 application fee
• Cost of travel and transport of personal possessions
• Materials and specialized equipment
• Pillows, linens, personal supplies (a modest allowance for groceries is supplied by Annmarie)


Download Residency Packet: www.annmariegarden.org/residencyinfoAMG.pdf


Visit website: www.annmariegarden.org


Questions? Email gardenprograms@chesapeake.net or call 410.326.4640 for more information


Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center
P.O. Box 99
13480 Dowell Road
Dowell, MD 20629
t. 410-326-4640
f. 410-326-4887
Email: info@annmariegarden.org

Art on the Edge

Deadline: April 30, 2012 (ONLINE)

Art on the Edge
Presented by Friends of Contemporary Art
Hosted by the New Mexico Museum of Art
Santa Fe, New Mexico
January 17 to April 14, 2013



Art on the Edge is the third FOCA biennial juried exhibition to be held at the New Mexico Museum of Art. This show will feature five to seven artists, each represented with a developed body of work. Artists will be chosen by juror Toby Kamps, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Menil Collection, through an online jurying process.

Eligibility: Art on the Edge is open to both FOCA members and nonmembers in New Mexico and bordering states (Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Utah, and Arizona). A maximum of 500 applicants will be allowed. Submissions via Slideroom.com will be automatically closed once the 500th entry is received.

Open to all media. Works cannot exceed ten feet in height due to ceiling height in the gallery.
All submissions must be made online at foca.slideroom.com. You may submit up to 12 images. Submissions by slide, CD, or other means will not be accepted.

Entry Fee Nonmembers: $50, 12 image limit
FOCA members: Free, 12 image limit

Purchase Prize:  A work or works, with a total value of up to $4,000, will be purchased from the exhibition for the New Mexico Museum of Art’s permanent collection.

Download Call for Entry Brochure: www.nmartmuseum.org/artontheedge
Submission Guidelines available on website: http://www.nmartmuseum.org/artontheedge/submit

QUESTIONS?
For questions regarding jurying process: artontheedge.foca @ gmail.com
For technical questions regarding submissions: support @ slideroom.com
For questions regarding the exhibition: laura.addison @ state.nm.us

ABOUT FOCA:
Friends of Contemporary Art (FOCA) works actively as an advocate for contemporary art by supporting exhibitions at the New Mexico Museum of Art and partnering with the museum to build its contemporary art collection through active fundraising, public education, and special events.

Fiber & Textile Arts Award

Deadline: April 30, 2012 (RECEIVE) or (EMAIL)

2012 Fiber & Textile Arts Award
Northwest Area Arts Council
Crystal Lake, IL
2012-2013 Academic Year


The Fiber & Textile Arts Award is a one-year scholarship for the 2012-2013 academic year. Sponsored by Toni Neil, the 2012 amount to be awarded is $2,000 each to two students. The award is for tuition and fees and will be paid directly to the school in the student’s name.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT: Students eligible to apply must be currently enrolled and seeking a fiber arts, textile, or fiber-related undergraduate or graduate degree. All eligible students will be enrolled in school on at least a half-time basis.

TO APPLY: All eligible applicants must send an application—to be completed by both the student and the financial aid officer at the school (required to show proof of enrollment and financial status), an essay, at least one and no more than three letters of recommendation, and 3-5 digital images of their work. Applicants who have received the award in past years are required to send a copy of their grades for all periods since the award, including the award period.

ESSAY: The essay must be on a separate sheet, be no more than 500 words. Suggested topics: Why are you seeking this degree? What do you hope to achieve? Describe your goals and dreams.

DIGITAL IMAGES: Please send 3-5 digital images representing at least 3 works. These works must be done by the applicant.

SUBMISSIONS: You are required to email all digital images. Signed and completed applications, signed and completed letters of recommendation, and essays may either be scanned and emailed TOGETHER to John@naac4art.org with the subject FTAA APPLICATION, OR the original signed and completed application and signed letters of recommendation and essays
can be mailed TOGETHER to:

Fiber & Textile Arts Award (FTAA)
Northwest Area Arts Council
PO Box 597
Crystal Lake, IL 60039-0597

CRITERIA FOR SELECTION: Recipient will be selected based on artistic merit; however, financial need will be taken into account.

Preference may be given to individuals pursuing a degree later in life.

REQUIREMENT: Each recipient of the 2012 FTAA Award is required to make one of their artworks available for display at the 2012 Midwest Fiber & Folk Art Fair, to be held June 22-24, 2012.

If you have any questions, email John@naac4art.org

Download application: www.fiberandfolk.com/2012.FTAA.Application.WEB.pdf

Visit website for more details: www.fiberandfolk.com/scholar

Fountainhead Arts Fellowship

Deadline: April 30, 2012 (RECEIVE)


FOUNTAINHEAD ARTS FELLOWSHIP
Virginia Commonwealth University
Department of Painting + Printmaking
Richmond, VA
August 2012 through May 2013



The Fountainhead Arts Fellowship is a joint project of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts, the Department of Painting + Printmaking, the Department of Sculpture + Extended Media, the Department of Craft/Material Studies, and Fountainhead Development Services. The residency is sited in a newly renovated complex built to eco-friendly, EarthCraft standards.

Residency period: August 2012 through May 2013.

Eligibility:
ONLY Spring 2012 graduating MFA painters or printmakers are invited to apply for the fellowship year beginning August 2012.
If you graduated prior to 2012, you are NOT eligible to apply. VCU students and graduates are NOT eligible to apply.

Fellows receive:
24-hour access to a private approximately 400 square foot studio
Furnished apartment
$15,000 stipend
Part-time teaching experience at VCU
Exhibition in Richmond

Fellowship recipient responsibilities:
Teach 2 classes per semester in the Department of Painting/Printmaking for 2 semesters
Public lecture on your work
Exhibition

Please note: ONLY DIGITAL APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED

Full details available at: http://arts.vcu.edu/paintingprintmaking/fellowship/

Questions about the painting/printmaking fellowship: email hjmorrison@vcu.edu


Fountainhead Arts Fellowship
Department of Painting + Printmaking
Virginia Commonwealth University
1000 West Broad Street
PO Box 842016
Richmond, Virginia 23284-2016

The Soap Factory

Deadline: April 30, 2012 (POSTMARK)

Call for Submissions
The Soap Factory
Minneapolis, MN
2013 Season


The Soap Factory exhibits work in its galleries throughout the year. Exhibitions curated from submissions are typically comprised of 8-10 artists. The Soap Factory is a 120-year old ex-industrial warehouse on the banks of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis. We have no climate control, air conditioning or permanent heating system; please bear this in mind when submitting your work. Projects by individual artists that propose to use the entire 12,000 sq feet of gallery space are always encouraged.

We are particularly interested in proposals conceived specifically for The Soap Factory galleries. Our programming is unique in that we select only a small proportion of the artists we exhibit from our pool of submissions. We commonly receive 400 artist submissions per season.

Submission Guidelines for 2013 season: (truncated)

* Postmark deadline is April 30, 2012.
* We do NOT accept e-mailed submissions.
* Submissions are reviewed for exhibition in the 2013 season.
* Artists selected for the 2013 season will be notified in summer of 2012.
* We may keep your submission on file for up to 8 months.


The Soap Factory provides full installation support for all selected projects, including travel and accommodation, as well as a stipend to artists. We provide publicity, exhibition invitations, mailings, opening reception and artist talks. We do not provide insurance coverage for work exhibited at The Soap Factory. All work is shown at the artist's own risk.

Visit website for complete submission guidelines: www.soapfactory.org


Program Manager
The Soap Factory
514 2nd St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414

Annmarie Garden Residency Program

Multiple Deadlines: (RECEIVE) & (ONGOING)

Winter Residencies: October 15
Spring Residencies: January 15
Summer Residencies: April 30
Fall Residencies: July 15

Public Arts Residency Program
Annmarie Garden
Solomons, Maryland


Annmarie’s residency program provides a serene place on the Western Shore of the Chesapeake Bay for visual, musical, and literary artists to create works that address ecological issues and/or inspire community involvement. Artists have access to a private studio space in addition to a variety of classroom studios and garage spaces, a waterfront, and fifty acres of forest and field. Residencies are meant to focus on merging the arts and the environment and should include the involvement of the local community to some capacity.

Spring/Fall Residencies: residents are required to work with field trip groups and/or school outreach programs as scheduled.

Summer residency: summer residents are required to design a public art project that engages the visitors to Annmarie Garden in the art-making process. Summer residents are required to work alongside the public for at least 12 hours/week.

Eligibility
Professional and emerging visual artists, musicians, and literary artists may apply. Selection is made by an internal panel and/or by a peer review panel. Annmarie Garden accommodates only one artist at a time.

Average length of residency
• 1 to 3 months
• For summer residencies, 3 months preferred

Studios and special equipment
Resident artists have access to studio space within the living quarters (one bedroom), and are also welcome to use other gallery and classroom space as available. Annmarie has a modest ceramics studio with a kiln, slab roller, and potter’s wheels that are also available for use, as well as a painting studio with easels. With numerous indoor and outdoor exhibition and installation options, artists are encouraged think creatively about how and where to display their work. Artists should bring their own equipment.

Application fee: $25

Visit website for more information: www.annmariegarden.org

Download Residency Application: www.annmariegarden.org/residencyinfoAMG.pdf

Questions? Email gardenprograms@chesapeake.net or call 410.326.4640 for more information.


Annmarie Garden Sculpture Park and Arts Center
PO Box 99
Dowell, MD 20629

Shell Arts – Geelong Region Artists Program

Deadline: 30 April 2010 by 5:00pm (RECEIVE)

Shell Arts – Geelong Region Artists Program
Geelong Gallery
Geelong VIC


The Shell Arts - Geelong region artists program provides the opportunity for artists and community groups from the Geelong region to exhibit in the Max Bell Gallery at the Geelong Gallery.

The Gallery accepts exhibition proposals for this program throughout the year, with an annual closing date of 30 April.

Exhibition proposals are reviewed by members of the exhibition committee and are selected on artistic merit and with consideration of the Gallery's overall exhibition program. A demonstrated record of achievement by the artist is another factor considered in assessing proposals.

Proposals are accepted from individuals and groups.

The Shell Arts - Geelong region artists program operates as a hire venue with exhibitions generally 5-6 weeks in length (subject to programming by the Gallery).

The standard hire fee for each exhibition is $1,000 (plus GST).

The Gallery considers the ‘Geelong region' to include Geelong, the Bellarine Peninsula, the Surf Coast, the Great Ocean Road, the Otways and Hinterland. Artists who currently live and/or work in, or originate from, the Geelong region are eligible to participate in the program.

Download:
Application guidelines

Proposal cover sheet

Exhibition guidelines

Floor plan

Visit website for information: www.geelonggallery.org.au

Inquiries:
Further information:
T: 03 5229 3645
E: geelart@geelonggallery.org.au


Shell Arts – Geelong Region Artists Program
Geelong Gallery
Little Malop Street
Geelong VIC 3220

Craft Cubed

Deadline: 30 April 2011 by 5pm (ONLINE)

CRAFT CUBED
Craft Victoria
Melbourne, Victoria
Australia
4 August to 3 September 2011


Craft Cubed is an exciting national event presented by Craft Victoria. This annual festival promotes experimental, skilled and ideas-based craft and design. It provides a broad platform for participation and exchange across the entire craft and design community.

The theme for Craft Cubed 2011 is HYBRID. Collaboration, new technologies, crossdisciplinary practice and emerging forms of craft and design will be explored through exhibitions, public programs and satellite events.

SATELLITE PROGRAM
Craft Victoria invites applications for national satellite events including exhibitions, installations, open studios, workshops, and other projects that take place during the festival period: 4 August to 3 September 2011. These events are managed and funded by applicants.

FEES
If your satellite event application is accepted, the following participation fees apply:
Craft Victoria Members: FREE
Non-Members: $25 inc. GST

HOW TO APPLY (truncated)
1. Visit: http://craftvic.org.au/whats-on/craft-cubed/craft-cubed-satellite-event-registration
2. Complete the online form by 5pm Saturday 30 April 2011 with the details of your proposed satellite event.
3. All applicants will be notified of outcome on Monday 16 May 2011.

QUESTIONS?
Craft Victoria will publish regular updates about Craft Cubed on the website and in the Craft Almanac e-newsletter.

If you still have questions, email craftcubed@craftvic.org.au or phone Festival Project Coordinator Lucy Piggin at Craft Victoria (03) 9650 7775.

Visit website: www.craftvic.org.au

Download complete guidelines: craftvic.org.au/CraftCubed_SatelliteEventGuidelines [pdf]


Craft Victoria
31 Flinders Lane
Melbourne VIC 3000
ph 03 9650 7775