Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority Open Call for Pennsylvania’s Fine Artists

Deadline: March 2, 2015 {ONLINE}



Open Call for Pennsylvania’s Fine Artists
Expansion Art Acquisition Project
Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority
Philadelphia, PA




In March 2011, the Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority expanded its building by 62 percent, making it the 14th largest facility in the nation with the largest ballroom in the Northeast. The budget for the Expansion project included funding to enhance and extend the facility’s Fine Arts collection into the new space. More than $1.2 million was approved by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to be spent on a Fine Arts Program that includes the selection, the procurement, and the installation of artwork within the expanded area.

The PCCA has partnered with the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA), a state agency that fosters an appreciation of the arts, to administer the Center’s “Open Call” competition for artwork via online submissions through “Slideroom.”


ARTIST AND ARTWORK ELIGIBILITY

To qualify, artists must have their primary residence in Pennsylvania at the time their work is purchased or commissioned. Applications may be submitted individually or in collaboration with other artists. Only electronic applications submitted through Slideroom will be accepted. Late submissions will not be considered.

Artwork must be of a scale, quality, and durability deemed by the Expansion Art Committee to be appropriate and able to withstand long-term exhibition in the Convention Center. Artwork does not need to be of scenery nor of landscape locations in Pennsylvania. Artwork of any media will be considered, including, but not limited to: paintings, drawings, photography, printmaking, sculpture, furniture, and time-based work including video. Performance based works are not eligible for this project. All artwork will be installed inside the Convention Center.

Jurors and Expansion Art Committee members will not discriminate against any applicant artist on the basis of age, race, sex, sexual orientation, religion, national origin or physical challenges.


HOW TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION

All Pennsylvania artists are encouraged to submit an application for consideration online through Slideroom. To participate in this “Open Call” competition, please submit an application at https://artspa.slideroom.com/ or https://artspa.slideroom.com/#/permalink/program/22921/SSc8wc15RB by Monday, March 2, 2015, 11:59PM EST.


Visit website for complete details: http://paconvention.com


QUESTIONS

Artists with questions on how to submit an application of their work via Slideroom should send an electronic inquiry via email to Tara Waltenbaugh with the PCCA at twaltenbaugh@paconvention.com or Seth Poppy with the PCA at spoppy@pa.gov. The subject line of the email must read: “PCCA Open Call for Artwork.”



The Pennsylvania Convention Center
1101 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107

Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts: Artist Residency

Deadline: March 2, 2015 (ONLINE)


Artist Residency
Visual Artists, 2015, 2nd Session
Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts
Nebraska City, NE
2015 Session 2: July 6 - December 18




Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts offers up to sixty juried residencies per year to working visual artists, writers, composers, and interdisciplinary artists from across the country and around the world. Application deadlines are March 1 and September 1 annually. The Center does not discriminate on the basis of disability, sex, age, race, religion, or national origin.

Residencies are available for 2 to 8 weeks stays. Each resident receives a $100 stipend per week, free housing, and a separate studio. The Center can house up to five artists of various disciplines at any given time.

Visual artists work in one of three studios, two of which are approximately 425 square feet and one that is 258 square feet. Studios are outfitted with work tables, running water, and storage shelves. Limited handtools, a table saw, a scroll saw and painting easels are available. Upon request, artists can access the Harry Duncan Letterpress Studio located onsite. This studio is equipped with a Sp15 Vandercook Proof Press, a 16"x12" boxcar base for adhesive plates, a variety of furniture and fonts, and select inventory of printmaking tools and inks.


Application Fee: $35

Complete Residency details available on website including link to online application: www.khncenterforthearts.org/residency



Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts
801 Third Corso
Nebraska City, NE 68410
402.874.9600 office phone
402.874.9600 fax

Utah Arts Festival

Deadline: March 2, 2012 (ONLINE)

Call for Artist Marketplace/
Visual Artist Applications
Utah Arts Festival
Library Square
Salt Lake City, Utah
June 21 – 24 2012


The 36th annual Utah Arts Festival is scheduled for June 21 – 24 2012 at the Library Square in downtown Salt Lake City. More than 150 visual artists from across the country are juried in to participate in our Artists Marketplace. The Utah Arts Festival is the largest outdoor multi-disciplined event held in Utah. Having garnered numerous awards internationally, nationally and locally, the Festival remains one of the premiere events that kick off the summer in Utah each June. More than 80,000 patrons enjoy four days of award-winning fine arts in the Artist Marketplace, live performances on five stages, street theater, a fine arts exhibition, a film program, children's art and culinary arts.

There is a $35 fee to apply to the show and artists who are juried in will pay a $500 booth fee ($600 for corner booths) for the 4-day festival.

Visit website: www.uaf.org

Apply online: www.zapplication.org


Utah Arts Festival
230 South 500 West #120
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
801-322-2428

Square Foot Fiber Art Pin Up Show

Deadline: March 2, 2012 (RECEIVE)

Square Foot Fiber Art Pin Up Show
A non-juried Exhibition
Southeast Fiber Arts Alliance
SEFAA Center
March 2012


Create a 12 inch fabric square in any textile technique and any material and submit it for our display wall. No theme and no restrictions other than a finished size of 12" x 12." Let your imagination soar and let's show how wonderfully diverse, unique and creative the fiber arts are!

Show attendees will vote for their three favorite squares and the top 12 vote-getters will be photographed for inclusion in SEFAA's 2013 calendar. Also, a silent auction will run the duration of the show, so artists are encouraged to offer their submission(s) for sale. The portion of the sale proceeds donated to SEFAA (20% minimum to 100% maximum) is up to each individual artist.

Entries may be submitted by mail or in person but must arrive on or before March 2, 2012. Mailed entries will not be returned unless accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope.

Download Entry Form: http://www.fiberartsalliance.org/Pin-Up_Show_Entry_Form__2011-11-30_.pdf


Visit website: www.fiberartsalliance.org


Southeast Fiber Arts Alliance

Physical Address:
1705 Commerce Drive NW
Atlanta, GA 30318

Mailing Address:
Southeast Fiber Arts Alliance
125 Parkerwood Way
Alpharetta, GA 30022

Phone: 888-511-4254

The Modern Quilt Guild Showcase

Deadline: March 2, 2012 (ONLINE)

The Modern Quilt Guild Showcase
International Quilt Festival
Houston, Texas
October 26 – November 4, 2012*
*Additional exhibition dates listed below


International Quilt Festival will feature quilts in a special exhibit, The Modern Quilt Guild Showcase.

Modern quilting is a new twist on the traditional art of quilting that is rapidly gaining interest from the next wave of quilters.

Modern quilts and quilters:

• Make primarily functional quilts but place a large emphasis on the design and art of quilt making
• Use asymmetry in quilt design
• Rely less on repetition and on the interaction of quilt block motifs
• May contain reinterpreted traditional blocks
• Embrace simplicity and minimalism
• Utilize alternative block structures or lack of visible block structure
• Incorporate increased use of negative space
• Are inspired by modern art and architecture
• Frequently use improvisational piecing
• Contain bold colors, on trend color combinations and graphic prints
• Often use gray and white as neutrals
• Reflect an increased use of solid fabrics
• Focus on finishing quilts on home sewing machines

This exhibit will premiere at International Quilt Market and Festival, October 26–November 4, 2012. We would also like to retain quilts for possible exhibition at International Quilt Festival/Cincinnati in April 2013, and our summer International Quilt Festival/Long Beach in July 2013.


We would like to invite members from any of the Modern Quilt Guilds around the world to be considered for inclusion in the new exhibit.

You may submit a total of five (5) quilts for our consideration. We require that quilts be at least 36” on each side. There is no maximum size limit.

Completed submissions with visuals must be received online by Friday, March 2, 2012. You will be notified no later than Friday, March 30, 2012.

Entries selected from digital images are subject to additional evaluation when the actual quilt arrives in Houston.

How to register
Registration will open on January 6 , 2012. The last day to register is March 2, 2012.

Visit website for complete details: http://www.callforentriesmodernquilts.com/


Quilts, Inc.
7660 Woodway, Suite 550
Houston, Texas 77063 U.S.A.
Telephone (1) 713.781.6864
Fax (1) 713.781.8182