Deadline: October 28, 2011 (RECEIVE) or (Hand Delivery)
The Art of Fiber
Workhouse Arts Center
Lorton, Virginia
November 23‐ December 31, 2011
This will be a national juried exhibition and be open to those who work with fiber in its many forms. This call is for all fiber mediums including wearable art, sculpture, 2D pieces, and accessories.
The jurors:
Candace Edgerley is a studio fiber artist and adjunct faculty member at the Corcoran College of Art + Design in Washington, DC.
Trudi C. Van Dyke is an independent curator and fine arts consultant who curates fine arts exhibitions nationally and internationally.
Entry Fee: $25.00
Download Prospectus: workhousearts.org/Fiber_Arts_Prospectus_FINAL.pdf
Visit website: workhousearts.org
About the Workhouse: The Workhouse Arts Center, a program of the Lorton Arts Foundation, provides essential visual and performing arts studio and exhibition space as well as engaging arts education programs for people of all ages and artistic abilities.
Set on 55 acres of land in the historic D.C. Workhouse and Reformatory, the Workhouse provides a home for more than 100 of the regions finest professional and emerging artists as well as cooperative studios, performance and theatre venues, dedicated gallery space, and event facilities.
Workhouse Arts Center
9601 Ox Road, Lorton, Virginia 22079
703‐584‐2900|workhousearts.org
exhibits@lortonarts.org
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Monday, September 26, 2011
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
The Decorated Book
Two Deadlines:
October 24, 2011 (POSTMARK)
October 28, 2011 (HAND DELIVERY)
The Decorated Book
The Athenaeum of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
December 2, 2011 to March 9, 2012
Concept: The Athenaeum of Philadelphia is a library and museum founded in 1814. Its legacy collections, surviving from the 19th and early 20th centuries, include rich holdings in designed bindings. The Decorated Book invites artists, through the medium of the book, to explore and respond to book covers from the legacy collections of the Athenaeum. Selected items from the designed binding collections, including work by Margaret Armstrong, Olive Grover and the studio artists of Decorative Designers, are emphasized in this call. See scans of their work at www.philaathenaeum.org/competition or visit the Athenaeum from 9 to 5 Monday through Friday, at 219 South 6th Street, Philadelphia, PA. The proposed books may be editioned or one-of-a-kind, artist books, book objects, altered books or zines but must in some way respond to the specified items from the designed binding collection posted on the Athenaeum website and on view at the museum.
Juror: Dr. J. Susan Isaacs, Curator of Special Projects of the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE, and Professor of Art History/Curator for the Center for the Arts and Holtzman Galleries, Towson University, MD.
Eligibility: This is a nationwide, juried exhibition for book artists.
Guidelines for entries:
There is no fee to submit a proposal for this competition.
Artists should mail or hand deliver one CD with the following information and images:
Complete contact information for the artist, including email, phone number and mailing address. Website if applicable.
3 to 5 (300 or better DPI) digital images (jpg) of the finished book
Insurance value of the book
Information regarding size and materials as well as edition number if an editioned book. Due to case size, works should not exceed 30 inches in any dimension.
Brief artist statement of 200 words or less describing how this work responds to the particular book from the Athenaeum collection.
6-10 digital images (jpg) that reflect the artist’s other work
Resume focused on book arts or other related experience
CDs should be labeled with the artist’s name and in a protective case
Online entries will not be accepted.
Download prospectus: www.philaathenaeum.org/Decorated_Book_Call_for_Entries.pdf
Visit website: www.philaathenaeum.org
Contact for questions: Sandra L. Tatman at the Athenaeum: sltatman@philaathenaeum.org or call 215-925-2688.
The Athenaeum of Philadelphia
The Decorated Book
219 South 6th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
October 24, 2011 (POSTMARK)
October 28, 2011 (HAND DELIVERY)
The Decorated Book
The Athenaeum of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
December 2, 2011 to March 9, 2012
Concept: The Athenaeum of Philadelphia is a library and museum founded in 1814. Its legacy collections, surviving from the 19th and early 20th centuries, include rich holdings in designed bindings. The Decorated Book invites artists, through the medium of the book, to explore and respond to book covers from the legacy collections of the Athenaeum. Selected items from the designed binding collections, including work by Margaret Armstrong, Olive Grover and the studio artists of Decorative Designers, are emphasized in this call. See scans of their work at www.philaathenaeum.org/competition or visit the Athenaeum from 9 to 5 Monday through Friday, at 219 South 6th Street, Philadelphia, PA. The proposed books may be editioned or one-of-a-kind, artist books, book objects, altered books or zines but must in some way respond to the specified items from the designed binding collection posted on the Athenaeum website and on view at the museum.
Juror: Dr. J. Susan Isaacs, Curator of Special Projects of the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE, and Professor of Art History/Curator for the Center for the Arts and Holtzman Galleries, Towson University, MD.
Eligibility: This is a nationwide, juried exhibition for book artists.
Guidelines for entries:
There is no fee to submit a proposal for this competition.
Artists should mail or hand deliver one CD with the following information and images:
Complete contact information for the artist, including email, phone number and mailing address. Website if applicable.
3 to 5 (300 or better DPI) digital images (jpg) of the finished book
Insurance value of the book
Information regarding size and materials as well as edition number if an editioned book. Due to case size, works should not exceed 30 inches in any dimension.
Brief artist statement of 200 words or less describing how this work responds to the particular book from the Athenaeum collection.
6-10 digital images (jpg) that reflect the artist’s other work
Resume focused on book arts or other related experience
CDs should be labeled with the artist’s name and in a protective case
Online entries will not be accepted.
Download prospectus: www.philaathenaeum.org/Decorated_Book_Call_for_Entries.pdf
Visit website: www.philaathenaeum.org
Contact for questions: Sandra L. Tatman at the Athenaeum: sltatman@philaathenaeum.org or call 215-925-2688.
The Athenaeum of Philadelphia
The Decorated Book
219 South 6th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Monday, May 23, 2011
OH +5 2012
Deadline: October 28, 2011 (RECEIVE) or (ONLINE)
OH +5 2012
The Dairy Barn Arts Center
Athens, Ohio
January 13 to March 10, 2012
OH+5 2012 is the eighth in a series of biennial competitions held at The Dairy Barn Arts Center (DBAC) in Athens, Ohio. OH+5 2012 is a regional, all media, juried exhibition of contemporary artwork. This exhibition serves to promote artists residing in Ohio and the five states that border Ohio, including: West Virginia, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. OH + 5 2012 will feature NEW work that provides the viewer with an appreciation of the variety of media, techniques and innovative trends in contemporary art.
RULES AND REQUIREMENTS (truncated)
Work may be created in any media. Innovative, contemporary work is encouraged. Work must be the result of independent effort. Work cannot be the product of, or created for an instructional setting. Such work is considered to be student work and is ineligible. The work must be an original design, not a copy or a variation on the original design of another artist working in any medium. All entries must be NEW work – completed after January 2010.
Work with any publication or exhibition history prior to January 2010 is ineligible. The recent modification of an older or previously dated work does not make the work eligible unless the artist can document significant differences between the original and the revised versions of the piece.
AWARDS
Best of Show and Peoples Choice selections will receive monetary awards.
Each juror will select one work for a non-monetary award.
Download Rules and Entry Form: www.dairybarn.org/OH_+_5_2012_combined.pdf
Visit website for online entry information and links: www.dairybarn.org
Direct all questions to:
Deanna Schwartz, Exhibitions Coordinator
740-592-4981 or deanna@dairybarn.org
The Dairy Barn Arts Center
8000 Dairy Lane
Athens, Ohio 45701
OH +5 2012
The Dairy Barn Arts Center
Athens, Ohio
January 13 to March 10, 2012
OH+5 2012 is the eighth in a series of biennial competitions held at The Dairy Barn Arts Center (DBAC) in Athens, Ohio. OH+5 2012 is a regional, all media, juried exhibition of contemporary artwork. This exhibition serves to promote artists residing in Ohio and the five states that border Ohio, including: West Virginia, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. OH + 5 2012 will feature NEW work that provides the viewer with an appreciation of the variety of media, techniques and innovative trends in contemporary art.
RULES AND REQUIREMENTS (truncated)
Work may be created in any media. Innovative, contemporary work is encouraged. Work must be the result of independent effort. Work cannot be the product of, or created for an instructional setting. Such work is considered to be student work and is ineligible. The work must be an original design, not a copy or a variation on the original design of another artist working in any medium. All entries must be NEW work – completed after January 2010.
Work with any publication or exhibition history prior to January 2010 is ineligible. The recent modification of an older or previously dated work does not make the work eligible unless the artist can document significant differences between the original and the revised versions of the piece.
AWARDS
Best of Show and Peoples Choice selections will receive monetary awards.
Each juror will select one work for a non-monetary award.
Download Rules and Entry Form: www.dairybarn.org/OH_+_5_2012_combined.pdf
Visit website for online entry information and links: www.dairybarn.org
Direct all questions to:
Deanna Schwartz, Exhibitions Coordinator
740-592-4981 or deanna@dairybarn.org
The Dairy Barn Arts Center
8000 Dairy Lane
Athens, Ohio 45701
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