Call for Artists: Utopia

Deadline: September 1, 2006

“Utopia”
November 5 – December 29, 2006

Submit slides of up to three wall-hung
works in any media (except ceramics
and jewelry) that speak to the theme of
"Utopia."

In a world climate of pessimism and
fear, dreams of earthly paradise and
possibility are vital. Pieces selected for
this show will reflect on the myriad
imaginings of perfect worlds and the
shapes they might take.

Entry Fee $20 non-refundable entry fee.

Digital submission specifications
Download the prospectus

Jurors:
Mark Greenfield
Artist and Director,
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery

Mark Vallen
Artist and Social Commentator

Alice Wexler
Writer, Scholar, Biographer of Emma Goldman


A Shenere Velt Gallery
The Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring
1525 S. Robertson Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90035
Ph: 310.552.2007
Fax: 310.552.3417
E-mail: gallery@circlesocal.org
www.circlesocal.org

Boston Art Show TransCultural ExchangeShimmer

Submission deadline is June 1, 2006


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The award-winning, non-profit international arts organization TransCultural Exchange is reviewing slides to select innovative artists for future international projects and, specifically, for the exhibition Shimmer at TransCultural Exchange from November 1 to November 30. All media are acceptable, including site-specific and interactive installations. TransCultural Exchange will pay for insurance during the exhibition, exhibition announcements, a modest brochure, opening reception, and web-site documentation of the exhibition. Please send a maximum of 15 representative slides or a CD of 15 works (no minimum required), a resume, optional statement, $15 review fee* and SASE to TransCultural Exchange, 516 East Second Street, #30, Boston, MA 02127.

Submission deadline is June 1, 2006.

*Applicants also can pay the $15 review fee in their own country's currency equivalent through TransCultural Exchange's secure PayPal account. Simply go to PayPal at http://www.paypal.com/. Login or create an account, then click the "send money" tab. Fill in the recipient email: mailto:tce@transculturalexchange.org. Currency should be US dollars (PayPal will calculate from the current exchange rate). Category of Purchase is Quasi-Cash. Email subject should be "Shimmer exhibit" and you can add an email message if you'd like. Upon receipt of your PayPal payment, you will receive an email from TransCultural Exchange confirming your payment, which will be matched up with your mailed slides (or CD), resume, optional statement and SASE.

Eastern State Penitentiary 2007

Proposal Deadline: Friday, June 30, 2006, 5:00 p.m.


Orientation: Artists should begin the application process by attending an art orientation tour. This will give the artists a chance to walk through the space, discuss what makes a successful proposal, ask questions, and observe visitors' viewing the current art installations. Reservations are not accepted. Simply check in at the historic site ticket office at least ten minutes prior to the start of the orientation tour. There is no charge to attend. All applicants must attend an orientation tour unless other arrangements have been made with Brett Bertolino.

Weekdays at 3:00 p.m.
Thursday, May 25
Wednesday, June 28

Weekends at 1:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 11
Saturday, June 24

Proposals Due: Friday, June 30, 2006, 5:00 p.m.

Eastern State Penitentiary
Administrative Offices
2124 Fairmount Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19130

Artists Notified Via Email By: Monday, July 31, 2006

Eligibility:
• Artist must attend an art orientation tour prior to submitting a proposal.
• Collaborative proposals are permitted; however, each artist may only submit one proposal per year.
• Artists who have previously exhibited at the site must wait five years before submitting a proposal for a new installation.
• Currently enrolled undergraduate students are ineligible to apply.

Exhibition Conditions: Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site is a National Historic Landmark, the highest designation for an historic property under Federal Law. It is also a ruin, abandoned in 1971, and stands today as an architectural shell. The building has no running water, no heat, no air conditioning, and limited electrical service. These conditions can be destructive to many types of materials. Most artists working at Eastern State build their work for the space and incorporate the inevitable deterioration into the piece.Because of the building's condition, neither Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, Inc. (the organization that administers the historic site) nor the City of Philadelphia (the owner of the site) can be responsible for damage to art work inside Eastern State Penitentiary. The historic site carries insurance for the safety of the public while in the complex, and of the artists during the installation process, but not for the value of the art installations on display.

Funding: A maximum of $2,500 is available from the historic site's exhibition budget for any given artist. Some artists may be invited to exhibit, but funded at a lower level.

Complete Details available at the website: http://www.easternstate.org/exhibits/guidelines2007.html

Contact:
Brett Bertolino
Assistant Program Director for Operations & Special Events
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site Offices
2124 Fairmount Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19130
Office: (215) 236-5111 ex. 12
Fax: (215) 236-5289
E-mail: bb@EasternState.org

Cambridge Artists CooperativeArt To Wear 200

Deadline: Jun 1, 2006

The Cambridge Artists Cooperative is seeking fiber artists to participate in Art To Wear 200, the cooperative's 16th annual fiber art show. This exhibition will feature nationally recognized fiber artists such as Robin Bergman and Carter Smith, as well as emerging talents. Acceptance to the show is by invitation and jury. The final collection will range from classic fine wearables to contemporary fiber arts.

Download the application: http://www.cambridgeartistscoop.com/ArtToWear2006JuryApp.pdf

There is no entry fee. Show dates are September 29 through October 30, 2006.

The Cambridge Artists Cooperative
59A Church Street
Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA 02138
Telephone: 617-868-4434
Fax: 617-868-5966
Web: www.cambridgeartistscoop.com

2006 American Landscapes

Deadline: June 27, 2006

6th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional and Contemporary Landscape Works.

All 2d and 3d media accepted, entry by slide submission received by deadline only.
Up to two slides - $25, $5 each additional slide (nonrefundable) with a 6 slide max.

Juror - Edwin Ahlstrom

Exhibition held at:

MFA Circle Gallery
18 State Circle
Annapolis, Maryland
9/8/06 through 10/15/06

Reception 9/21/06 6-8 pm

For e-copy of prospectus (required for entry) or more information contact the Maryland Federation of Art at mdfedart@aol.com (Dept. CAA in the subject line please)
or send SASE to MFA, Dept. CAA, PO Box 1866, Annapolis, MD 21404

Kumihimo Japanese Silk Braiding

Deadline: August 31, 2006

Email: Dr. S. Tada secretary@kumihimoconf.org

The first international conference on Kumihimo will be held at the Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan in 2007. Conference organizers are calling for expressions of interest from artists to give a presentation of artist works or research papers.

Keynote lectures, seminars, workshops, commercial booths, exhibitions, banquet and excursion.

Download the first circular.

Pennsylvania CraftInaugural Juried Exhibition

DEADLINE EXTENSION: June 30th, 2006

Pennsylvania Craft at The State Museum
Inaugural Juried Exhibition
November 2006-March 2007



Entries are now being accepted for the first annual juried exhibition that will showcase Pennsylvania's finest craftsmen.

Radius, HACC Gallery & Museum Shop Presents Pennsylvania Craft, an exhibition which challenges the State’s finest craftsmen to submit their work to be juried for this statewide initiative. Centrally located at The State Museum, Pennsylvania Craft will highlight the excellence of craftsman whose work is contemporary and traditional, functional and decorative. The Pennsylvania Historical Museum Commission, HACC, and the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen cosponsor this exhibition, which is scheduled to become an annual winter showcase. Radius, HACC Gallery & Museum Shop will offer exhibitors the opportunity to sell their work in a further effort to promote craft in PA.

For a pdf file of the Pennsylvania Craft application click here.

For more about Radius: www.pacrafts.com/radius

CATEGORIES:
Glass-works of glass that have been crafted by glass blowing, molding, casting or kiln-forming
Ceramic-original clay work
Metal-any work crafted from metal
Wood-Original works in wood that are hand-tooled, machine-worked, turned or carved
Fiber-Wearable or non-wearable work crafted from fiber including fabric and paper
Mixed Media-Two and three-dimensional works that incorporate more than one type of physical material in their production.
**Please note that jewelry could fit into any one of these
catagories

PROCEDURES:
Limit of three items per category
$20 per category, non-refundable
No limit to categories entered
Checks made payable to HACC-Radius
$25.00 charge for returned checks
Enclose seperate entry form for each category
Insurance coverage begins upon physical acceptance of work at The State Museum
Slides or CD w/ PDF file accepted


SALES AND PROMOTION:
Radius, HACC Gallery & Museum Shop will offer the opportunity for accepted artists to sell additional pieces in the museum shop under consignment

A Sense of Place

Entries must be postmarked by June 16, 2006

The Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art is currently accepting entries for its 26th annual juried fine art competition
A Sense of Place 2006. Open to all U.S. artists ages 18 and older working in the following media: drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, ceramics, sculpture, and mixed media. $25 entry fee covers submission of slides or CD of up to five works. Cash awards available. Juror: Sherry Leedy, Director, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO. . Exhibition runs September 15--October 20, 2006.

For a free prospectus contact:

Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art
506 Telfair St.
Augusta, GA 30901
Phone: 706.722.5495
E-mail: ghia@ghia.org
Web site: www.ghia.org

Real Art Ways

Submissions must be postmarked by Monday, June 5, 2006

Six young artists will be selected and featured in Real Art Ways emerging artists exhibition series. The series aims to give young and emerging artists from the New England/ New York region the opportunity for a solo exhibition and printed catalogue in Real Art Ways gallery space.

One of Real Art Ways' primary goals is to provide opportunities and exposure for emerging artists at critical moments in their careers. For the last three years Real Art Ways has issued an open call for emerging artists in the New York and New England area to submit work for consideration by a jury to be shown in one of the country's seminal alternative art spaces. Eligible artists include those living and working in New England or New York who are thirty years of age or younger at the time of the application postmark deadline, or artists who are no more than 3 years removed from a full-time educational program, or artists with less than 5 years of exhibition experience. Artists who do not fit any of those categories, but feel they can make a compelling case to be considered as emerging, may also apply; the jury will determine their competitiveness based on review criteria.

Artists working in all media are encouraged to apply. Applicants should be aware of Real Art Ways mission and commitment to innovative, non-traditional contemporary work. Submission guidelines and instructions can be found at www.realartways.org/open.

While artists are permitted to propose an exhibition of existing work, the jury will place special emphasis on proposals that call for the creation of new work. The jury will select work based on: the quality of the artist's work, the innovation evidenced by the submitted work and proposal, the potential impact of the exhibition on the artist's career and the economic and physical feasibility of the proposed exhibition.

Artists selected will receive an exhibition of approximately six weeks duration, an exhibition publication, and will be given an opportunity to participate in an artist's talk in conjunction with the exhibit schedule. Projects will be published on Real Art Ways web site.

Jurors:

Catherine D'Ignazio, Co-Director, iKatun
and Member of The Institute for Infinitely Small Things, Waltham, MA;
Christine Y. Kim, Associate Curator, Studio Museum, NYC;
Rachel Berwick, Artist, Connecticut

Real Art Ways
56 Arbor St
Hartford, CT 06106

Regional Community Arts Program (RCAP) Artist Registry

Deadline: On-going

The Center For Emerging Visual Artists is currently accepting applications to join our Regional Community Arts Program (RCAP) Artist Registry. Artists in the registry will be eligible to participate in The Center"s Community Exhibition Program, which includes exhibitions in public spaces such as hospitals, schools, parks, and more.

Requirements:
Must be interested in exhibiting in public spaces;
Must live within 90 miles of Philadelphia;
Cannot have a contractual relationship with a commercial gallery;
Works submitted must be available and ready to hang/install.

Please send up to 20 slides or digital images, a slide list (name, title, dimensions, medium, and price), and a resume. Genevieve Coutroubis
The Center For Emerging Visual Artists
Community Exhibitions
237 South 18th Street, 3A
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: 215.546.7775 x11
E-mail: genevieve@cfeva.org