Deadline: March 1, 2012 (POSTMARK)
500 Lights
Lark Crafts
Asheville, NC
Publishing Opportunity
Lark is seeking images to publish in a juried collection of handcrafted lights. The juror will be Christopher Poehlmann, owner of CP Lighting, an internationally regarded company producing handcrafted decorative light fixtures for over 20 years. 500 Lights will be published in Spring 2013. You may submit up to four entries. There is no entry fee. Entries must be postmarked by March 01, 2012.
Submissions may include chandeliers, lamps, sconces, pendants, and installations. Lights must be designed and built by individual designers and/or small shops as unique objects, limited editions, or customized originals. Work may be created from any material including but not limited to: paper, metal, plastic, wood, fiber, neon, ceramic, glass, and found objects. Artists and Designers applying may utilize any method of working available to the small shop from handwork to CNC fabrication. Electric-powered lamps are preferred, though we will also consider battery-operated lamps and possibly candle-lit pieces, but absolutely no candles by themselves. We are looking to publish a body of work that showcases the wide variety of creative talent in the art and design world as it applies to the human need for light: the
continuum between Art and Design, Form and Function, Handcraft and High Tech.
The juror will be Christopher Poehlmann, owner of CP Lighting, an internationally regarded company producing handcrafted decorative light fixtures for over 20 years.
We can accept only high-quality digital images (no slides or transparencies). There is no entry fee. Artists will receive full acknowledgment within the book, one complimentary copy, and discounts on the purchase of additional books. Artists retain copyright of their work. You may enter up to four pieces. As we’re especially interested in the exact process used, the juror may contact you directly with follow-up questions regarding submitted work for more details regarding the techniques utilized.
PHOTOGRAPHY
As this is a gallery book we can’t stress enough the importance of excellent quality images. We often advise artists that it can be worth having professional photography done even if their pieces end up not being juried into the book, because then they have professional images available for various marketing uses—for website, business cards, brochures, submissions in competitions, etc.) We prefer images of pieces that have not been published previously, and please do NOT
submit images of pieces that have been published in any Lark book. Recent work is strongly preferred.
Download Entry Form: www.larkcrafts.com/500-Lights-Call-for-Entries.pdf
Visit website for more information: www.larkcrafts.com
500 Lights
Lark Crafts
67 Broadway
Asheville, NC 28801
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Thursday, September 15, 2011
We're Back from Break
Greetings Readers:
We have finally returned from our much needed break to bring you a slew of new opportunities. The items posted today are just a taste of what's to come. Please expect another posting tomorrow after which our publishing schedule will resume as normal—once a week.
This season we hope to expand our offerings in an effort to give you several new "things to do" whilst visiting the site (or reading the feed). Also expect to see other tweaks in the next few weeks.
We are very glad to be back and extremely excited about the impending improvements.
Best Regards,
Elise N.
We have finally returned from our much needed break to bring you a slew of new opportunities. The items posted today are just a taste of what's to come. Please expect another posting tomorrow after which our publishing schedule will resume as normal—once a week.
This season we hope to expand our offerings in an effort to give you several new "things to do" whilst visiting the site (or reading the feed). Also expect to see other tweaks in the next few weeks.
We are very glad to be back and extremely excited about the impending improvements.
Best Regards,
Elise N.
Greater Reston Arts Center (GRACE): Call for Exhibition Proposals
Deadline: October 16, 2011 midnight PST {Pacific Standard Time} (ONLINE)
Call for Exhibition Proposals
Greater Reston Arts Center (GRACE)
Reston, VA
2013 Season
GRACE (Greater Reston Arts Center) is a non-profit arts center in Northern Virginia dedicated to presenting visual art that illuminates new ideas and promotes dialogue between artists and audience. The exhibition program offers artists from the mid-Atlantic region opportunities to experiment and expand their work in an open, contemporary space. Artists living or working in Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and West Virginia are invited to submit proposals.
GRACE exhibitions are scheduled from September through July and include solo exhibitions, thematic shows, site-specific and inter-active installations, and an annual juried exhibition. The arts center also sponsors opening receptions, artist talks, workshops, readings, music, dance, and other cultural programs as part of its mission to engage the community in contemporary art.
The arts center is now accepting proposals for periods of approximately 4 – 6 weeks from November 2012 through September of 2013. Six solo artists will be grouped into two Focus Exhibitions, each featuring three artists in separate areas of the gallery. Group exhibition proposals are also welcomed.
ELIGIBILITY
Artists living in Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia who have not had a solo exhibition at GRACE within the past three years are eligible. Artists must be 18 years of age or older.
ACCEPTABLE WORKS
Artwork in all media is acceptable and must have been created within the past three years. Artwork must fit through the gallery’s double doors.
ACCESSING THE APPLICATION
All proposals for exhibitions at Greater Reston Arts Center must be submitted online through www.juriedartservices.com
Artists will be notified on December 12, 2011
FEES
• $25 ($10 for GRACE members) Become a GRACE member at GRACE Membership
EVALUATION CRITERIA
The Exhibition Committee, comprised of artists, curators, and other arts professionals, considers proposals based on artistic merit, conceptual integrity, and relationship to the arts center’s mission and its unique architectural space.
TO ENTER
Each proposal requires an online application, a non-refundable application fee, and images and/or new media.
Artists may submit multiple applications with fees and different images.
Group exhibition proposals should submit a curator’s proposal/statement, list all participating artists, and follow the guidelines regarding images. Group proposals are required to pay only one fee.
Each application requires the following:
• Images (see below for specifications)
• Resume
• Proposal for Exhibition/Artist Statement
• Non-refundable application fee
• Link to artist website (optional)
FURTHER INFORMATION
Please contact GRACE directly if you have questions.
703.471.9242 ext.113
info@restonarts.org
Download Prospectus: www.restonarts.org/2013_Prospectus.pdf
Go to website to download floor plan: www.restonarts.org/Exhibit-Opps
Greater Reston Arts Center
12001 Market Street Suite #103
Reston, VA 20190
phone: 703.471.9242
fax: 703.471.0952
Call for Exhibition Proposals
Greater Reston Arts Center (GRACE)
Reston, VA
2013 Season
GRACE (Greater Reston Arts Center) is a non-profit arts center in Northern Virginia dedicated to presenting visual art that illuminates new ideas and promotes dialogue between artists and audience. The exhibition program offers artists from the mid-Atlantic region opportunities to experiment and expand their work in an open, contemporary space. Artists living or working in Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and West Virginia are invited to submit proposals.
GRACE exhibitions are scheduled from September through July and include solo exhibitions, thematic shows, site-specific and inter-active installations, and an annual juried exhibition. The arts center also sponsors opening receptions, artist talks, workshops, readings, music, dance, and other cultural programs as part of its mission to engage the community in contemporary art.
The arts center is now accepting proposals for periods of approximately 4 – 6 weeks from November 2012 through September of 2013. Six solo artists will be grouped into two Focus Exhibitions, each featuring three artists in separate areas of the gallery. Group exhibition proposals are also welcomed.
ELIGIBILITY
Artists living in Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia who have not had a solo exhibition at GRACE within the past three years are eligible. Artists must be 18 years of age or older.
ACCEPTABLE WORKS
Artwork in all media is acceptable and must have been created within the past three years. Artwork must fit through the gallery’s double doors.
ACCESSING THE APPLICATION
All proposals for exhibitions at Greater Reston Arts Center must be submitted online through www.juriedartservices.com
Artists will be notified on December 12, 2011
FEES
• $25 ($10 for GRACE members) Become a GRACE member at GRACE Membership
EVALUATION CRITERIA
The Exhibition Committee, comprised of artists, curators, and other arts professionals, considers proposals based on artistic merit, conceptual integrity, and relationship to the arts center’s mission and its unique architectural space.
TO ENTER
Each proposal requires an online application, a non-refundable application fee, and images and/or new media.
Artists may submit multiple applications with fees and different images.
Group exhibition proposals should submit a curator’s proposal/statement, list all participating artists, and follow the guidelines regarding images. Group proposals are required to pay only one fee.
Each application requires the following:
• Images (see below for specifications)
• Resume
• Proposal for Exhibition/Artist Statement
• Non-refundable application fee
• Link to artist website (optional)
FURTHER INFORMATION
Please contact GRACE directly if you have questions.
703.471.9242 ext.113
info@restonarts.org
Download Prospectus: www.restonarts.org/2013_Prospectus.pdf
Go to website to download floor plan: www.restonarts.org/Exhibit-Opps
Greater Reston Arts Center
12001 Market Street Suite #103
Reston, VA 20190
phone: 703.471.9242
fax: 703.471.0952
L’Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival 2012 Cultural Program
Deadline: 21 October 2011 (ONLINE)
L’Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival 2012 Cultural Program
Melbourne, Victoria
Australia
Fashion Festival dates: 8-15 March 2012
Cultural Program dates: 1-31 March 2012
The L’Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival (LMFF) Cultural Program provides a forum for designers, artists and curators to present their fashion-inspired creative work to the public during the month of March each year. Extending beyond the officially programmed events of the Festival week, the Cultural Program embraces broader creative parameters of how fashion can be showcased and experienced, far beyond the runway.
Diverse, inspiring, educational and often surprising, the LMFF Cultural Program engages fashion-loving audiences in an exciting range of activities that cross the breadth of the city and beyond. In 2012, regional activities will be included in the program to ensure that the national community buzzes with cultural happenings that celebrate how fashion reaches every one, every day.
LMFF invites designers, artists, curators, cultural organisations and institutions to submit a proposal to be included in the 2012 LMFF Cultural Program:
CURATORIAL GUIDELINES
•Concepts should integrally relate to fashion and be creative, innovative and relevant for both an industry and general audience.
•Proposed activities must be self produced/managed and self funded. Discretionary support (non-financial) may be given by the Cultural Program Manager, by formal request and on approval.
•Proposed activities must fit within the specified program categories. Exceptions may be granted via special review.
•EOI Applications will be reviewed by the LMFF Creative Director and the LMFF Cultural Program Committee who have full and final discretion over the program.
PROCESS GUIDELINES
•Applicants must fill out all required fields in the Expression of Interest form (or provide explanatory notes if any field is inapplicable or not yet confirmed).
•Expressions of Interest will be compiled and assess in two rounds; applicants will be notified of admission into the program or otherwise after the deadline dates detailed in the downloadable form.
•LMFF encourages participants to seek self-initiated sponsorship and please consult the Cultural Program Manager in this process as it may be necessary to give the LMFF official partners first right of refusal where relevant.
•Participants must seek permission from the Cultural Program Manager to use the LMFF logo on activity related material; a full set of guidelines will be distributed to all approved participants.
NOTE
•There is no fee to submit an Expression of Interest.
•There is a $100 administration and program listing fee to take part in the Cultural Program of the L’Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival. This fee will be invoiced to successful applicants.
•All accepted participants will be required to supply text and images for the LMFF official website and program by the agreed deadline and will receive an ‘Agreement of Participation’ letter outlining terms of acceptance.
•All participants must cover their own insurance policy requirements.
•LMFF will require all participants to provide post-event data regarding attendance, number of designers/artists/participants included in the activity. This data is confidentially, internally analysed for the purpose of compiling Economic Impact information and other LMFF funding related KPIs. Please be aware of this requirement from the EOI submission stage and put data collection processes in place from the outset of your activity once accepted into the Cultural Program.
APPLICATION DEADLINES
Round 1 Application Deadline: Friday 21 October 2011
Note: Applications will be accepted after this date however LMFF encourages all applicants to adhere to the Round 1 deadline in the interests of early approval of inclusion and subsequent publicity benefits.
Round 2 Applications Deadline: Friday 25 November 2011
LMFF will assess submissions in two rounds to provide for the requirement for earlier approvals as may be required by applicants (for the further submission of grants, sponsorship requests etc) as well as the shorter lead time activities. Applicants will be advised of inclusion or otherwise in the program in the weeks following each deadline date.
Visit website for more information: www.lmff.com.au/about-lmff/cultural-program
Proposal submissions: www.lmff.com.au/submissions
For general Festival enquiries please email: fashion@lmff.com.au
L’Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival 2012 Cultural Program
Melbourne, Victoria
Australia
Fashion Festival dates: 8-15 March 2012
Cultural Program dates: 1-31 March 2012
The L’Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival (LMFF) Cultural Program provides a forum for designers, artists and curators to present their fashion-inspired creative work to the public during the month of March each year. Extending beyond the officially programmed events of the Festival week, the Cultural Program embraces broader creative parameters of how fashion can be showcased and experienced, far beyond the runway.
Diverse, inspiring, educational and often surprising, the LMFF Cultural Program engages fashion-loving audiences in an exciting range of activities that cross the breadth of the city and beyond. In 2012, regional activities will be included in the program to ensure that the national community buzzes with cultural happenings that celebrate how fashion reaches every one, every day.
LMFF invites designers, artists, curators, cultural organisations and institutions to submit a proposal to be included in the 2012 LMFF Cultural Program:
CURATORIAL GUIDELINES
•Concepts should integrally relate to fashion and be creative, innovative and relevant for both an industry and general audience.
•Proposed activities must be self produced/managed and self funded. Discretionary support (non-financial) may be given by the Cultural Program Manager, by formal request and on approval.
•Proposed activities must fit within the specified program categories. Exceptions may be granted via special review.
•EOI Applications will be reviewed by the LMFF Creative Director and the LMFF Cultural Program Committee who have full and final discretion over the program.
PROCESS GUIDELINES
•Applicants must fill out all required fields in the Expression of Interest form (or provide explanatory notes if any field is inapplicable or not yet confirmed).
•Expressions of Interest will be compiled and assess in two rounds; applicants will be notified of admission into the program or otherwise after the deadline dates detailed in the downloadable form.
•LMFF encourages participants to seek self-initiated sponsorship and please consult the Cultural Program Manager in this process as it may be necessary to give the LMFF official partners first right of refusal where relevant.
•Participants must seek permission from the Cultural Program Manager to use the LMFF logo on activity related material; a full set of guidelines will be distributed to all approved participants.
NOTE
•There is no fee to submit an Expression of Interest.
•There is a $100 administration and program listing fee to take part in the Cultural Program of the L’Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival. This fee will be invoiced to successful applicants.
•All accepted participants will be required to supply text and images for the LMFF official website and program by the agreed deadline and will receive an ‘Agreement of Participation’ letter outlining terms of acceptance.
•All participants must cover their own insurance policy requirements.
•LMFF will require all participants to provide post-event data regarding attendance, number of designers/artists/participants included in the activity. This data is confidentially, internally analysed for the purpose of compiling Economic Impact information and other LMFF funding related KPIs. Please be aware of this requirement from the EOI submission stage and put data collection processes in place from the outset of your activity once accepted into the Cultural Program.
APPLICATION DEADLINES
Round 1 Application Deadline: Friday 21 October 2011
Note: Applications will be accepted after this date however LMFF encourages all applicants to adhere to the Round 1 deadline in the interests of early approval of inclusion and subsequent publicity benefits.
Round 2 Applications Deadline: Friday 25 November 2011
LMFF will assess submissions in two rounds to provide for the requirement for earlier approvals as may be required by applicants (for the further submission of grants, sponsorship requests etc) as well as the shorter lead time activities. Applicants will be advised of inclusion or otherwise in the program in the weeks following each deadline date.
Visit website for more information: www.lmff.com.au/about-lmff/cultural-program
Proposal submissions: www.lmff.com.au/submissions
For general Festival enquiries please email: fashion@lmff.com.au
L’Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival
Level 2
175 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Victoria, 3000 Australia
PO Box 18027, Collins Street East
Victoria, 8003, Australia
Telephone: +61 3 9654 5599
Fax: +61 3 9654 9679
Level 2
175 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Victoria, 3000 Australia
PO Box 18027, Collins Street East
Victoria, 8003, Australia
Telephone: +61 3 9654 5599
Fax: +61 3 9654 9679
Tubac Center of the Arts: Arizona Aqueous XXVI
Deadline: October 27, 2011 (EMAIL) and (POSTMARK)
Arizona Aqueous XXVI
A National, Juried Exhibition
Tubac Center of the Arts
Tubac, AZ
January 12 to March 11, 2012
Water based pigments on paper must constitute the major portion of the work. Entries composed of paper constructions, paper sculpture, paper collage, cut paper, mobiles or two or three dimensional wall pieces, and installations are eligible.
Artists are urged to enter work which is innovative in concept and approach, whether representational or abstract. Work must have been completed within the last 24 months. Work that has been previously displayed in Tubac is not eligible. All work must be the original creation of the artist.
JUROR: CYNTHIA PETERSON
JURY PROCEDURE, FEE
• Jurying will be done on the basis of digital images in a jpg format only.
• Up to four works may be entered for consideration.
• No more than two works per artist will be selected.
Non-refundable fee
• $35 for 1-2 entries ($25 TCA Members)
• $45 for 3-4 entries ($35 TCA Members)
If you do not have email capability, contact Susannah Castro at TCA to make alternate arrangements for entry submission.
AWARDS:
Jean A. Burgess Award - $300
Best of Show - $200
Award of Excellence - $150
Harley Brown Creative Mind Award - $125
URSUS Abstract Award - $100
Award of Merit - $100
Download Entry Form for complete details: tubacarts.org/AZAQ_XXVI_prospectus.pdf
Visit website for more information: www.tubacarts.org
Questions? Call 520-398-2371 or email Susannah@tubacarts.org
Tubac Center of the Arts (tca)
9 Plaza Road, PO Box 1911
Tubac, AZ 85646
Arizona Aqueous XXVI
A National, Juried Exhibition
Tubac Center of the Arts
Tubac, AZ
January 12 to March 11, 2012
Water based pigments on paper must constitute the major portion of the work. Entries composed of paper constructions, paper sculpture, paper collage, cut paper, mobiles or two or three dimensional wall pieces, and installations are eligible.
Artists are urged to enter work which is innovative in concept and approach, whether representational or abstract. Work must have been completed within the last 24 months. Work that has been previously displayed in Tubac is not eligible. All work must be the original creation of the artist.
JUROR: CYNTHIA PETERSON
JURY PROCEDURE, FEE
• Jurying will be done on the basis of digital images in a jpg format only.
• Up to four works may be entered for consideration.
• No more than two works per artist will be selected.
Non-refundable fee
• $35 for 1-2 entries ($25 TCA Members)
• $45 for 3-4 entries ($35 TCA Members)
If you do not have email capability, contact Susannah Castro at TCA to make alternate arrangements for entry submission.
AWARDS:
Jean A. Burgess Award - $300
Best of Show - $200
Award of Excellence - $150
Harley Brown Creative Mind Award - $125
URSUS Abstract Award - $100
Award of Merit - $100
Download Entry Form for complete details: tubacarts.org/AZAQ_XXVI_prospectus.pdf
Visit website for more information: www.tubacarts.org
Questions? Call 520-398-2371 or email Susannah@tubacarts.org
Tubac Center of the Arts (tca)
9 Plaza Road, PO Box 1911
Tubac, AZ 85646
Deadline: October 31, 2011 by 5:00pm (HAND DELIVERY) or (POSTMARK)
Jack Straw Productions
Artist Residency Programs
Seattle, WA
2012 Program
THE JACK STRAW ARTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAMS offer established and emerging artists in diverse disciplines an opportunity to explore the creative use of sound in a professional atmosphere through residencies in our recording studios and participation in our various presentation programs.
ELIGIBILITY
Established and emerging artists working in any discipline or genre may apply to any one of the residency programs offered. Artists living outside of the Puget Sound region may apply, but should be aware that expenses for travel, lodging, etc. are not included in the award.
Current Jack Straw staff, interns, board members, or their immediate family members may not apply. Artists participating in 2011 programs may not apply again for the same program in 2012; however, they may apply for a program in which they did not participate in the previous calendar year.
SELECTION PROCESS
Artist Support Program applications are evaluated and awarded by a multidisciplinary selection panel. The panelists change each year, and are all established artists and arts professionals invited by Jack Straw staff. The names of the panelists will be made public after the selection process has been completed. All applicants will be notified of the results in writing. Please allow at least twelve weeks after deadline dates for the review and notification process to be completed.
SELECTION CRITERIA
The process can be highly competitive depending on the number and range of applications. Panelists will base their selections upon the excellence of the work represented in the support materials provided by the applicant; the artistic merit of the proposed project; the feasibility of the proposed project; and the subjective response of the panelists to the applicant’s proposal/work in comparison to the other submissions received.
Download Program Application & Guidelines: doc OR pdf format
www.jackstraw.org/2012_ASP_Program_App.pdf
www.jackstraw.org/2012_ASP_Program_App.doc
QUESTIONS? Refer to the Frequently Asked Questions on the website: www.jackstraw.org/2012_Programs_FAQs. If your question is not answered, please call (206) 634-0919 or e-mail arts@jackstraw.org
Jack Straw Productions
4261 Roosevelt Way NE
Seattle, WA 98105
Jack Straw Productions
Artist Residency Programs
Seattle, WA
2012 Program
THE JACK STRAW ARTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAMS offer established and emerging artists in diverse disciplines an opportunity to explore the creative use of sound in a professional atmosphere through residencies in our recording studios and participation in our various presentation programs.
ELIGIBILITY
Established and emerging artists working in any discipline or genre may apply to any one of the residency programs offered. Artists living outside of the Puget Sound region may apply, but should be aware that expenses for travel, lodging, etc. are not included in the award.
Current Jack Straw staff, interns, board members, or their immediate family members may not apply. Artists participating in 2011 programs may not apply again for the same program in 2012; however, they may apply for a program in which they did not participate in the previous calendar year.
SELECTION PROCESS
Artist Support Program applications are evaluated and awarded by a multidisciplinary selection panel. The panelists change each year, and are all established artists and arts professionals invited by Jack Straw staff. The names of the panelists will be made public after the selection process has been completed. All applicants will be notified of the results in writing. Please allow at least twelve weeks after deadline dates for the review and notification process to be completed.
SELECTION CRITERIA
The process can be highly competitive depending on the number and range of applications. Panelists will base their selections upon the excellence of the work represented in the support materials provided by the applicant; the artistic merit of the proposed project; the feasibility of the proposed project; and the subjective response of the panelists to the applicant’s proposal/work in comparison to the other submissions received.
Download Program Application & Guidelines: doc OR pdf format
www.jackstraw.org/2012_ASP_Program_App.pdf
www.jackstraw.org/2012_ASP_Program_App.doc
QUESTIONS? Refer to the Frequently Asked Questions on the website: www.jackstraw.org/2012_Programs_FAQs. If your question is not answered, please call (206) 634-0919 or e-mail arts@jackstraw.org
Jack Straw Productions
4261 Roosevelt Way NE
Seattle, WA 98105
Smithsonian Institution: Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2013
Deadline: October 31, 2011 midnight MT {Mountain Time} (ONLINE)
The Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2013
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery
Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture
Washington DC
March 22, 2013 to January 4, 2014
The Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition is currently scheduled as a triennial event. OBPC 2013 is open to all visual arts media.
Who May Enter
The competition is open to all artists, 18 years of age and older (as of January 1, 2011), who are legal residents of the United States or its territories with an address in the United States at the time of the competition. Employees, volunteers or interns, Regents, and members of advisory boards of the Smithsonian Institution and their immediate families (children, siblings, and spouses), competition sponsors, employees or immediate families of the judges, and their respective agents are not eligible. No work previously submitted for this competition is eligible for resubmission, but artists included in previous competitions may enter again, with the exception of the first-prize winner in a previous Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition.
What to Enter
The work entered should be understood as a portrait in the broadest sense. It may be a traditional, representational work or it may be a more experimental portrait, but it must be based on the artist’s direct contact with any living individual (s). Self-portraits will be accepted.
Each artist may enter only one portrait, and it must have been completed after January 1, 2010.
Entries will be accepted in all visual arts media, including, but not restricted to: painting, drawing and watercolor, sculpture, weaving, ceramics, photography, prints, video, film, and other digital or time-based media.
Paintings, drawings, pastels and watercolors should be framed (strip frames are acceptable). Paintings should preferably be unglazed. Works on paper should be framed and glazed with UV filter glass or plexiglass. All two-dimensional work shall measure no more than 7 feet by 7 feet by 8 inches (including frame), nor should they weigh more than 150 pounds. The National Portrait Gallery will provide attachment hardware for works selected for exhibition.
Photographs and prints should be framed and glazed with UV filter glass or plexiglass. All two-dimensional works must measure no more than 7 feet by 7 feet by 8 inches (including frame), nor should they weigh more than 150 pounds. The National Portrait Gallery will provide attachment hardware for works selected for exhibition.
Sculptures may be freestanding or wall-mounted and may be composed of any sculptural medium. This includes, but is not limited to, stone, metal, fiber, clay, wood, paper, or resin. Sculptures should not exceed 7 feet (height) by 7 feet by 4 feet in size, nor should they weigh more than 150 pounds. The National Portrait Gallery will provide platforms, pedestals, or attachment hardware for sculpture selected for exhibition.
Video, film, digital and time-based media will be accepted, and special instructions for entering these works will be available in the online entry form. The online entry form MUST be completed.
Entry Method
The first round of jurying will be done online via Café.org/WESTAF so DO NOT send the original artwork. Online entry is required via this Web site and Café.org/WESTAF. Check the website for complete details. www.portraitcompetition.si.edu.
Online entry and image: You will need to fill out an online entry form and upload at least one image to the competition Web site via Café.org/WESTAF. You may submit up to 2 JPEG images of your portrait.
For online entry with uploaded images, the fee is $35, payable by credit card. All fees are nonrefundable.
The National Portrait Gallery reserves the right to limit the number of entries accepted and may close online entry at any time between September 1 and October 31, 2011.
Judging
Judging will be done by a panel of experts selected by the National Portrait Gallery, who will initially select approximately 100 semifinalists. On or before April 15, 2012, the National Portrait Gallery will contact artists who have been selected as semifinalists by e-mail.
Artists whose work was not selected for further consideration will also be notified at this time.
Prizes
The grand prize is $25,000. The winner will also have an opportunity for a commission to create a portrait of a remarkable living American for the National Portrait Gallery’s permanent collection. The artist and the National Portrait Gallery will work together to select the subject of the portrait and the fee for the commission.
The second prize will be $7,500. The third prize will be $5,000. The judges may commend up to four additional works with prizes of $1,000 each. The People’s Choice Award winner will receive $500.
The decision of the judges is final, and no challenges will be permitted.
Winners of cash prizes are responsible for all taxes due on such awards.
Visit website for complete details including rules of entry: www.npg.si.edu/competition/about
After reading the rules and FAQs, if you have questions about the competition or entry process, email: portraitcompetition@si.edu
Smithsonian Institution
Donald W. Reynolds Center for
American Art and Portraiture
National Portrait Gallery
Eighth and F streets N.W.
Washington DC
The Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2013
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery
Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture
Washington DC
March 22, 2013 to January 4, 2014
The Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition is currently scheduled as a triennial event. OBPC 2013 is open to all visual arts media.
Who May Enter
The competition is open to all artists, 18 years of age and older (as of January 1, 2011), who are legal residents of the United States or its territories with an address in the United States at the time of the competition. Employees, volunteers or interns, Regents, and members of advisory boards of the Smithsonian Institution and their immediate families (children, siblings, and spouses), competition sponsors, employees or immediate families of the judges, and their respective agents are not eligible. No work previously submitted for this competition is eligible for resubmission, but artists included in previous competitions may enter again, with the exception of the first-prize winner in a previous Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition.
What to Enter
The work entered should be understood as a portrait in the broadest sense. It may be a traditional, representational work or it may be a more experimental portrait, but it must be based on the artist’s direct contact with any living individual (s). Self-portraits will be accepted.
Each artist may enter only one portrait, and it must have been completed after January 1, 2010.
Entries will be accepted in all visual arts media, including, but not restricted to: painting, drawing and watercolor, sculpture, weaving, ceramics, photography, prints, video, film, and other digital or time-based media.
Paintings, drawings, pastels and watercolors should be framed (strip frames are acceptable). Paintings should preferably be unglazed. Works on paper should be framed and glazed with UV filter glass or plexiglass. All two-dimensional work shall measure no more than 7 feet by 7 feet by 8 inches (including frame), nor should they weigh more than 150 pounds. The National Portrait Gallery will provide attachment hardware for works selected for exhibition.
Photographs and prints should be framed and glazed with UV filter glass or plexiglass. All two-dimensional works must measure no more than 7 feet by 7 feet by 8 inches (including frame), nor should they weigh more than 150 pounds. The National Portrait Gallery will provide attachment hardware for works selected for exhibition.
Sculptures may be freestanding or wall-mounted and may be composed of any sculptural medium. This includes, but is not limited to, stone, metal, fiber, clay, wood, paper, or resin. Sculptures should not exceed 7 feet (height) by 7 feet by 4 feet in size, nor should they weigh more than 150 pounds. The National Portrait Gallery will provide platforms, pedestals, or attachment hardware for sculpture selected for exhibition.
Video, film, digital and time-based media will be accepted, and special instructions for entering these works will be available in the online entry form. The online entry form MUST be completed.
Entry Method
The first round of jurying will be done online via Café.org/WESTAF so DO NOT send the original artwork. Online entry is required via this Web site and Café.org/WESTAF. Check the website for complete details. www.portraitcompetition.si.edu.
Online entry and image: You will need to fill out an online entry form and upload at least one image to the competition Web site via Café.org/WESTAF. You may submit up to 2 JPEG images of your portrait.
For online entry with uploaded images, the fee is $35, payable by credit card. All fees are nonrefundable.
The National Portrait Gallery reserves the right to limit the number of entries accepted and may close online entry at any time between September 1 and October 31, 2011.
Judging
Judging will be done by a panel of experts selected by the National Portrait Gallery, who will initially select approximately 100 semifinalists. On or before April 15, 2012, the National Portrait Gallery will contact artists who have been selected as semifinalists by e-mail.
Artists whose work was not selected for further consideration will also be notified at this time.
Prizes
The grand prize is $25,000. The winner will also have an opportunity for a commission to create a portrait of a remarkable living American for the National Portrait Gallery’s permanent collection. The artist and the National Portrait Gallery will work together to select the subject of the portrait and the fee for the commission.
The second prize will be $7,500. The third prize will be $5,000. The judges may commend up to four additional works with prizes of $1,000 each. The People’s Choice Award winner will receive $500.
The decision of the judges is final, and no challenges will be permitted.
Winners of cash prizes are responsible for all taxes due on such awards.
Visit website for complete details including rules of entry: www.npg.si.edu/competition/about
After reading the rules and FAQs, if you have questions about the competition or entry process, email: portraitcompetition@si.edu
Smithsonian Institution
Donald W. Reynolds Center for
American Art and Portraiture
National Portrait Gallery
Eighth and F streets N.W.
Washington DC
Abington Art Center Annual Juried Show
Two Deadlines: (Hand Delivery)
December 2, 2011
December 3, 2011
Annual Juried Show
Abington Art Center
Jenkintown PA
December 10, 2011 to January 29, 2012
Abington Art Center celebrates talent with an Annual Juried Show in December and January. Over 50 works of art by local and regional artists are featured. A number of awards provide recognition to the artists for Best in Show, Ceramics, Jewelry, Works on Paper and more. Each year the show is juried by a different art professional--this year's juror is Lee Stoetzel. For the last 14 years Stoetzel has worked as Co-Curator and Director of the West Collection, a corporate collection housed at SEI Investments Oaks, PA.
Rules of Entry
1.$10.00 entry fee. Free for AAC members. AAC membership is available for $50 a year; membership also allows free entry into annual Curatorial Review.
For info call (215)887-4882.
2. Each artist may submit two (2) entries of any medium created in the last three years, not previously exhibited at AAC.
3. All work must be clearly labeled. Hanging works must be properly framed and wired. No clip frames. Size must be limited to 60 inches in any direction and 75lbs overall. All works, particularly 3-D works must be stable and able to be handled.
4. Fill out the entry form and labels (on back) completely.
Delivery
Friday, December 2 • 10am to 5pm
Saturday, December 3 • 10am to 3pm
Notification & Removal
Only selected artists will be notified by phone.
All entrants should plan to pick up their work on Tuesday, December 6 • 10am to 9pm
Conditions
30% commission on sales.
AAC reserves the right to exclude any work which presents difficulty in size or installation, or does not adhere to rules of entry.
Download Prospectus: abingtonartcenter.org/AJ-Prospectus11.pdf
Visit website: www.abingtonartcenter.org
Abington Art Center
515 Meetinghouse Road
Jenkintown PA 19046
215.887.4882
December 2, 2011
December 3, 2011
Annual Juried Show
Abington Art Center
Jenkintown PA
December 10, 2011 to January 29, 2012
Abington Art Center celebrates talent with an Annual Juried Show in December and January. Over 50 works of art by local and regional artists are featured. A number of awards provide recognition to the artists for Best in Show, Ceramics, Jewelry, Works on Paper and more. Each year the show is juried by a different art professional--this year's juror is Lee Stoetzel. For the last 14 years Stoetzel has worked as Co-Curator and Director of the West Collection, a corporate collection housed at SEI Investments Oaks, PA.
Rules of Entry
1.$10.00 entry fee. Free for AAC members. AAC membership is available for $50 a year; membership also allows free entry into annual Curatorial Review.
For info call (215)887-4882.
2. Each artist may submit two (2) entries of any medium created in the last three years, not previously exhibited at AAC.
3. All work must be clearly labeled. Hanging works must be properly framed and wired. No clip frames. Size must be limited to 60 inches in any direction and 75lbs overall. All works, particularly 3-D works must be stable and able to be handled.
4. Fill out the entry form and labels (on back) completely.
Delivery
Friday, December 2 • 10am to 5pm
Saturday, December 3 • 10am to 3pm
Notification & Removal
Only selected artists will be notified by phone.
All entrants should plan to pick up their work on Tuesday, December 6 • 10am to 9pm
Conditions
30% commission on sales.
AAC reserves the right to exclude any work which presents difficulty in size or installation, or does not adhere to rules of entry.
Download Prospectus: abingtonartcenter.org/AJ-Prospectus11.pdf
Visit website: www.abingtonartcenter.org
Abington Art Center
515 Meetinghouse Road
Jenkintown PA 19046
215.887.4882
2012 Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival
Two Deadlines: (ONLINE)
Nov 1, 2011
Nov 15, 2011 (Late Application--Additional Fee applies)
2012 Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival
Greater Reston Arts Center (GRACE)
Reston Town Center
Reston, Virginia
May 19 and 20, 2012
The Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival showcases the best contemporary fine art and craft from around the country. Artists are selected on the basis of quality, originality, and craftsmanship by a panel of jurors who are experts in their fields. Award winners from the previous year and six percent of participating artists are invited by the festival organizers. In 2011, thirty percent of exhibitors were first-time artists. The festival is produced by Greater Reston Arts Center (GRACE), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, in support of its exhibition, education, and outreach programs. No sales commissions are charged and festival admission is free but voluntary donations are encouraged. 100% of the funds collected go directly to support GRACE’s mission.
APPLICATION DEADLINES AND FEES:
All applications to the Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival must be submitted online through www.juriedartservices.com
Early Deadline: November 1, 2011, Midnight EDT
Late Deadline: November 15, 2011, Midnight EST
The non-refundable fee for applications of $50 is payable online or via the mail by check. Early or late deadline dates apply.
TO ENTER: Each application requires an online application, a non-refundable application fee, and artwork images for consideration by the jury.
MULTIPLE ENTRIES: Artists must submit separate applications, fees, and images for each medium in which they wish to be considered. Artists may submit only one application per medium.
ACCEPTABLE MEDIA: Ceramics, Decorative Fibers, Drawing & Pastels, Furniture, Glass, Jewelry, Leather, Metal, Mixed Media 2D, Mixed Media 3D, Oil & Acrylic Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Watercolor, Wearable Art, Wood
IMAGES: Applicants must electronically submit four artwork images and one booth image (mandatory) that are fully representative of the work they will exhibit at the 2012 Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival.
ELIGIBILITY: The Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival is open to all artists 18 years of age and older. All work must be original, well conceived, and expertly executed by hand or with appropriate tools by the exhibiting artist. Artwork produced with commercial kits (e.g. molds, patterns, plans, prefabricated forms) or by other commercial methods is not eligible. Collaborative work must be submitted as a joint application. Studios producing works in volume are not eligible. T-shirts, commercial clothing, candles, soap, and reproductions (other than those listed in the Rules) are not eligible. All work must have been created within the last two years.
AWARDS: Greater Reston Arts Center recognizes outstanding work through Awards of Excellence in Contemporary Art. A panel of judges knowledgeable in fine art and craft visits each artist on the first day of the festival and selects award winners. Awardees receive cash prizes and are automatically juried into the following year’s festival.
Note: 2011 award winners must complete a 2012 application but the application fee will be waived.
NOTIFICATIONS: Jury results will be sent to applicants by individual email on January 17, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
Greater Reston Arts Center
12001 Market Street, Suite 103
Reston, VA 20190
Tel: 703.471.9242
Fax: 703.471.0952
Website: www.restonarts.org
Email: festival@restonarts.org
Nov 1, 2011
Nov 15, 2011 (Late Application--Additional Fee applies)
2012 Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival
Greater Reston Arts Center (GRACE)
Reston Town Center
Reston, Virginia
May 19 and 20, 2012
The Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival showcases the best contemporary fine art and craft from around the country. Artists are selected on the basis of quality, originality, and craftsmanship by a panel of jurors who are experts in their fields. Award winners from the previous year and six percent of participating artists are invited by the festival organizers. In 2011, thirty percent of exhibitors were first-time artists. The festival is produced by Greater Reston Arts Center (GRACE), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, in support of its exhibition, education, and outreach programs. No sales commissions are charged and festival admission is free but voluntary donations are encouraged. 100% of the funds collected go directly to support GRACE’s mission.
APPLICATION DEADLINES AND FEES:
All applications to the Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival must be submitted online through www.juriedartservices.com
Early Deadline: November 1, 2011, Midnight EDT
Late Deadline: November 15, 2011, Midnight EST
The non-refundable fee for applications of $50 is payable online or via the mail by check. Early or late deadline dates apply.
TO ENTER: Each application requires an online application, a non-refundable application fee, and artwork images for consideration by the jury.
MULTIPLE ENTRIES: Artists must submit separate applications, fees, and images for each medium in which they wish to be considered. Artists may submit only one application per medium.
ACCEPTABLE MEDIA: Ceramics, Decorative Fibers, Drawing & Pastels, Furniture, Glass, Jewelry, Leather, Metal, Mixed Media 2D, Mixed Media 3D, Oil & Acrylic Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Watercolor, Wearable Art, Wood
IMAGES: Applicants must electronically submit four artwork images and one booth image (mandatory) that are fully representative of the work they will exhibit at the 2012 Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival.
ELIGIBILITY: The Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival is open to all artists 18 years of age and older. All work must be original, well conceived, and expertly executed by hand or with appropriate tools by the exhibiting artist. Artwork produced with commercial kits (e.g. molds, patterns, plans, prefabricated forms) or by other commercial methods is not eligible. Collaborative work must be submitted as a joint application. Studios producing works in volume are not eligible. T-shirts, commercial clothing, candles, soap, and reproductions (other than those listed in the Rules) are not eligible. All work must have been created within the last two years.
AWARDS: Greater Reston Arts Center recognizes outstanding work through Awards of Excellence in Contemporary Art. A panel of judges knowledgeable in fine art and craft visits each artist on the first day of the festival and selects award winners. Awardees receive cash prizes and are automatically juried into the following year’s festival.
Note: 2011 award winners must complete a 2012 application but the application fee will be waived.
NOTIFICATIONS: Jury results will be sent to applicants by individual email on January 17, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
Greater Reston Arts Center
12001 Market Street, Suite 103
Reston, VA 20190
Tel: 703.471.9242
Fax: 703.471.0952
Website: www.restonarts.org
Email: festival@restonarts.org
Helen M. Salzberg Artist in Residence Program
Deadline: November 7, 2011 by 4:00 PM (RECEIVE)
Helen M. Salzberg Artist in Residence Program
Spring Semester 2012
Jaffe Center for Book Arts
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, Florida
January 7, 2012 through May 4, 2012
Florida Atlantic University proudly announces the Helen M. Salzberg Artist in Residence Program in coordination with the Jaffe Center for Book Arts for Spring Semester 2012. JCBA is located at Florida Atlantic University's Wimberly Library. The center revolves around a core collection of artists' books and its educational mission focuses on all aspects of the book arts, including hand papermaking and paper decoration, letterpress printing and alternative print techniques, and bookbinding in its traditional form as well as contemporary book structures.
Income from this endowed fund, established in 2011 by poet and artist Helen M. Salzberg, will enable artists working in the Book Arts to come to the Jaffe Center on a semester basis to work and teach at the center. While here, the artist will produce a creative project using JCBA studios and also teach a workshop for FAU students and the general public and mentor FAU students as his or her schedule allows. We are excited about the opportunity for our students to work alongside highly talented and creative book artists.
Two residencies will be awarded each academic year: one in the fall semester and one in the spring semester. The Artist in Residence (AIR) selected each semester will get his or her own office at JCBA and full use of the JCBA studios (papermaking, letterpress and book studios). The artist's residency will last for 12 weeks, though shorter or longer residencies may be accommodated as needed. In the application process, if an artist has a particularly ambitious creative project in mind, the artist may apply for a residency that would encompass two semesters. Should the two-semester residency be awarded in this case, the artist would be expected to teach one workshop in each semester.
The AIR will receive a stipend of $5,000 for the semester. The artist is responsible for transportation, housing, parking, meals and materials for his or her creative project. JCBA will provide materials for workshops.
The residency for the Spring Semester 2012 is expected to take place within the period of January 7, 2012 through May 4, 2012.
CREATIVE PROJECT GUIDELINES
The AIR is expected to complete a Creative Project while in residency at JCBA. We are open to all Creative Project ideas, but the project should include some aspect of the book arts. A limited edition book is a logical Creative Project, but we will gladly consider other projects that somehow incorporate paper or print or creative approaches to the book arts. We have a very broad definition of the Book at JCBA, and we welcome each artist's unique approach and perspective. If you think there's a connection, there probably is.
WORKSHOPS
The AIR will teach a workshop, and depending on the nature of the workshop, it may be one that meets for one or two intensive days or it may be one that meets over the course of the semester. The workshop would most likely be one that covers some aspect of the book arts in handmade paper, paper decoration, print or binding, but again, we are open to other concepts, too.
STUDIO EQUIPMENT
JCBA studios will be open and available for the AIR's use and for the workshop taught by the AIR. (The list of available equipment in each studio is availaible on the website.)
APPLICATION
Artists who wish to compete for consideration for this prestigious opportunity must submit their application and support materials for review by a JCBA panel comprised of book artists and book arts enthusiasts. Your application packet must be submitted via post or delivered in person to JCBA and should include the following:
1. Completed application, or suitable cover letter that supplies the same information requested on the pdf.
2. Brief narrative of the creative project you envision.
3. Brief narrative of the workshop you would like to teach.
4. Current resume.
5. Any support materials you care to include: we welcome images of your work, sketches for the creative project, video... be creative and have fun.
All applications will be weighed equally by our panel.
Download prospectus: www.library.fau.edu/AIR_Application.pdf
Visit website for additional details: www.library.fau.edu/depts/spc/JaffeCenter/AIR
The Arthur & Mata Jaffe Center for Book Arts
Wimberly Library, Room 350/ 3rd floor east
Florida Atlantic University
777 Glades Road
Boca Raton, Florida 33431
Telephone: 561.297.0226.
Helen M. Salzberg Artist in Residence Program
Spring Semester 2012
Jaffe Center for Book Arts
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, Florida
January 7, 2012 through May 4, 2012
Florida Atlantic University proudly announces the Helen M. Salzberg Artist in Residence Program in coordination with the Jaffe Center for Book Arts for Spring Semester 2012. JCBA is located at Florida Atlantic University's Wimberly Library. The center revolves around a core collection of artists' books and its educational mission focuses on all aspects of the book arts, including hand papermaking and paper decoration, letterpress printing and alternative print techniques, and bookbinding in its traditional form as well as contemporary book structures.
Income from this endowed fund, established in 2011 by poet and artist Helen M. Salzberg, will enable artists working in the Book Arts to come to the Jaffe Center on a semester basis to work and teach at the center. While here, the artist will produce a creative project using JCBA studios and also teach a workshop for FAU students and the general public and mentor FAU students as his or her schedule allows. We are excited about the opportunity for our students to work alongside highly talented and creative book artists.
Two residencies will be awarded each academic year: one in the fall semester and one in the spring semester. The Artist in Residence (AIR) selected each semester will get his or her own office at JCBA and full use of the JCBA studios (papermaking, letterpress and book studios). The artist's residency will last for 12 weeks, though shorter or longer residencies may be accommodated as needed. In the application process, if an artist has a particularly ambitious creative project in mind, the artist may apply for a residency that would encompass two semesters. Should the two-semester residency be awarded in this case, the artist would be expected to teach one workshop in each semester.
The AIR will receive a stipend of $5,000 for the semester. The artist is responsible for transportation, housing, parking, meals and materials for his or her creative project. JCBA will provide materials for workshops.
The residency for the Spring Semester 2012 is expected to take place within the period of January 7, 2012 through May 4, 2012.
CREATIVE PROJECT GUIDELINES
The AIR is expected to complete a Creative Project while in residency at JCBA. We are open to all Creative Project ideas, but the project should include some aspect of the book arts. A limited edition book is a logical Creative Project, but we will gladly consider other projects that somehow incorporate paper or print or creative approaches to the book arts. We have a very broad definition of the Book at JCBA, and we welcome each artist's unique approach and perspective. If you think there's a connection, there probably is.
WORKSHOPS
The AIR will teach a workshop, and depending on the nature of the workshop, it may be one that meets for one or two intensive days or it may be one that meets over the course of the semester. The workshop would most likely be one that covers some aspect of the book arts in handmade paper, paper decoration, print or binding, but again, we are open to other concepts, too.
STUDIO EQUIPMENT
JCBA studios will be open and available for the AIR's use and for the workshop taught by the AIR. (The list of available equipment in each studio is availaible on the website.)
APPLICATION
Artists who wish to compete for consideration for this prestigious opportunity must submit their application and support materials for review by a JCBA panel comprised of book artists and book arts enthusiasts. Your application packet must be submitted via post or delivered in person to JCBA and should include the following:
1. Completed application, or suitable cover letter that supplies the same information requested on the pdf.
2. Brief narrative of the creative project you envision.
3. Brief narrative of the workshop you would like to teach.
4. Current resume.
5. Any support materials you care to include: we welcome images of your work, sketches for the creative project, video... be creative and have fun.
All applications will be weighed equally by our panel.
Download prospectus: www.library.fau.edu/AIR_Application.pdf
Visit website for additional details: www.library.fau.edu/depts/spc/JaffeCenter/AIR
The Arthur & Mata Jaffe Center for Book Arts
Wimberly Library, Room 350/ 3rd floor east
Florida Atlantic University
777 Glades Road
Boca Raton, Florida 33431
Telephone: 561.297.0226.
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