Art Deadlines List - November 2007 Free Email Edition

[Abby Chen]

Paid Ads: December 31, 2007 Artwork now being accepted for exhibition with 12 month's gallery representation with hundreds of thousands of website hits each month. Artists are free to sell and exhibit their work in other venues at the same time. Criteria of acceptance is based on a genuine significance or originality of meaningful experience in content and style, tending to vitality and form in its creation. Still accepting entries through Nov. 24th for the "10th Annual Color: Bold/SubtleJuried Art International", a worldwide showcase of artists who use color in bold or subtle ways to enhance their work. Also, the postmark deadline is Jan. 8th for the upcoming "10th Annual All Media Juried Art International", open to all artists worldwide with original contemporary and traditional artworks in all media, creative processes and forms. And the postmark deadline is Feb. 8th for the upcoming "10th Annual Realism Juried Art International", a worldwide showcase of artists working in all realistic or representational styles and all 2- and 3-dimensional media. Final deadline (24th of the month) entry fee is $30 for up to 5 images, $5 each add'l; $25 by postmark deadline. Add $2 using PayPal. For a prospectus please contact: Upstream People Gallery, 5607 Howard St, Omaha NE 68106-1257 USA; or call: 402-991-4741; or email the gallery at: [e-mail]; or download at: http://www.upstreampeoplegallery.com/schedule/default.asp December 28, 2007 INTERNATIONAL JURIED ART COMPETITION Artists are invited to submit outdoor sculptures to be featured at the Eleventh Annual Peace Arch Park International Sculpture Exhibition from May 1st ~ October 1st, 2008. All materials must be completely weatherproof and suitable for public viewing. Site-specific proposals are acceptable for entry. Over 500,000 people visit the historic international peace park each year. All submissions not accepted in the Peace Arch Park exhibition are considered for the USCPAA's secondary exhibition "Art by the Bay" in downtown Blaine, WA, USA. The entry fee is $10 US funds per entry. An artwork prospectus is available online at: http://peacearchpark.org/callforentries.htm. For a prospectus by regular mail send a SASE to: Christina Alexander, Exhibition Coordinator, United States Canada Peace Anniversary Association, Box 4564, Blaine WA 98231-4564 USA. Questions, call: 360-332-7165. December 31, 2007 A Singular Creation 2nd Annual Online Art Competition This Competition is open to all artists. All media will be accepted, excluding video. All participants' images will be permanently displayed on our online exhibition gallery. All winners will be awarded the prize of lifetime gallery representation, with a custom designed web page to be featured on our gallery. Cash awards and strong promotions. For more information or to register: http://www.asingularcreation.com/art-competition.htm November 30, 2007 JANUARY JURIED EXHIBITION Projekt30 is accepting artwork for our first exhibition of 2008, scheduled to open January 1st. We are an artist-run arts organization dedicated to promoting emerging artists. The exhibition will include thirty artists; invitations will be distributed to over 50,000 galleries, collectors, and artists. All artwork submitted will be presented online prior to the exhibition so visitors of Projekt30 may help select which artists will be included in the exhibition. Visitors have the option of contacting any participating artist with feedback or opportunities. Unlike other juried exhibitions, all participants receive exposure. Opens: January 1, 2008. Fee varies: $35 for 10 images, free for members. Go to: http://www.projekt30.com for more details. November 27, 2007 Macro Photography The World Up Close and Personal. All domestic and international, professional and amateur, photographers working with digital or traditional photography or combinations of both, are invited to participate. Juror: Tony Sweet. Tony's macro photography is a key element in his workshops and three book publications. Gallery Exhibition - February 29 through March 22, 2008 Awards - Portfolio presentation in CameraArts magazine Artists' ShowCase - Juror's Selection award: $300 - Director's Selection award: $200 - Tony Sweet Workshop award $100 - Gallery Visitor's Choice Award: $100 - More. Information and online submissions at: www.c4fap.org November 30, 2007 EMERGING ARTISTS 2008 Sixteenth annual competition for group exhibition and cash awards. The exhibition will be held in March 2008 at the Limner Gallery. Open to all media, $2000 cash awards. For prospectus e-mail: [e-mail], print from the website at: http://www.slowart.com/prospectus/ea2008.htm OR mail SASE to: SlowArt Productions, 123 Warren St, Hudson NY 12534 November 30, 2007 POETRY & SHORT STORY CONTEST Open to everyone whether experienced or not. Anyone who loves to arrange words into beautiful art or write a story worth telling. Guidelines: (1) Write a poem, thirty lines or fewer on any subject, form or style. And/or (2) Write short story five pages maximum, single or double line spacing, on any subject or theme, fiction or non-fiction. Multiple entries are accepted. Writing Contest First Prize is $500; Second: $250; Third: $100. Poetry Contest First Prize: $250; Second: $125; Third: $50. Entry fee. Contact: Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest, Box 3141, Chicago IL 60654 OR http://www.dreamquestone.com November 30, 2007 THE ABRUZZI MOUNTAIN WORKSHOP 2008 in Puerto Rico Join our innovative on-going workshops in stunning mountain studios outside of Rome, Italy and in our new Winter Annex at Casa Grande in Utuado, Puerto Rico. A restored coffee plantation, where exotic gardens give way to the island's Caribbean, we will continue our exploration of island color and light with two mixed-media/collage workshops in January/February. The workshop will be conducted by Patricia Antonucci and Barbara Schaefer. We are two New York based artists who have traveled extensively, joining our creative forces to extend to you a week of exciting and energizing approaches. We can be reached by Tel: [phone] or email: [e-mail] OR [e-mail] and visit the website: www.artworkshopitaly.com November 30, 2007 CALL FOR SUMMER RESIDENCY PROPOSALS Creative professionals, visual artists, filmmakers, writers, dancers, musicians, theater performers, are encouraged to apply. Artists gather for eight weeks from mid-June to mid August in McHenry County, located 60 miles from downtown Chicago. Monday - Thursday, from 10-3:30 are devoted to intensive collaborations between each individual artist and a small group of six to eight local teen participants, culminating in a final exhibition. Artists-in-Residence invent the remaining structure, working together or individually on projects. Your project must be achievable in eight weeks, within a $1,000 budget (excluding final exhibition expenses) and must engage others in its articulation and production. Contact: Blue Sky Project, http://www.blueskyart.org December 1, 2007 Artists are invited to apply for a funded residency with housing to take place between Sep 08 and Aug 09. Twenty new artists are selected each year; each receives a $2000 stipend to help with residency expenses. A maximum of four artists stay at any one time, for optimal workspace. Artists have daily, 24-hour studio access and are expected to stay for the full 2-month work stay. Artists are responsible for materials, specialized tools, and their meals. No entry fee. Contact: Sculpture Space, 12 Gates St, Utica NY 13502 OR 315-724-8381 OR 315-797-6639(FAX) OR www.sculpturespace.org OR E-mail: [e-mail] December 1, 2007 Call for Entries: 22nd International Juried Show. Open to all artists, all media. Plus all NEW Best In Show Prize. Juror: Carter Foster, Curator and Curator of Drawings for the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Previously, he was Curator and Co-Chair of the department of Print and Drawings at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and a Curator in the drawing department at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Slide and CD entries due December 1, 2007 for February 8, 2008 exhibition. Send SASE for prospectus to: Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, 68 Elm St, Summit NJ 07901 OR email: [e-mail] OR download prospectus at: www.artcenternj.org (see "Exhibitions, Juried Show") December 1, 2007 YOSEMITE RENAISSANCE XXlll is an annual Juried Competition. $4000 in Awards will be presented at the Opening Reception. It is open to all artists with no restriction on number of entries. Subject matter is limited to landscape, environment, wildlife and people of Yosemite or the environment of the Sierra. Both representational and nonrepresentational submissions are accepted. Entries may be in any fine art medium including painting, photography/digital, drawing, pastels, printmaking, textiles and three-dimensional works. Entry by digital file or 35mm slide only. $20.00 for first entry, $15 for each additional entry. Application form and additional details at: www.yosemiterenaissance.org December 4, 2007 Open call for photography... show name: EMBERS AND ASHES, January 9 - February 1, 2008, presented at the Victor Valley Museum and Art Gallery, 11873 Apple Valley Rd, Victorville CA. Curated by Joan Sowinski, Burning House Art Studio. Open to California photographers, open subject but must be sutable for family viewing. Two photographs per entry at $10.00 per entry, museum members $5.00. Hand delivery of framed photographs ready to hang on January 4 & 5, 2008, 10-4:00pm at the museum art gallery until gallery is full. Reception Jan 12, 2008, 12-3:00. Info call: Joan Sowinski, 760-900-1245 or for prospectus send to: Burning House Art Studio, 16701 Main St #244, Hesperia CA 92345 December 15, 2007 CALL FOR "2 - 3 - d - 9" ART Juried exhibition for physical gallery & online shows. Seeking 2-D artworks (paintings, drawings, photographs, digital images) and documentations of 3-D artworks (sculptures, installation, media/real time projects) for 3-months online exhibition. Selected artists also qualify for annual physical show in 2008. Entry fee. Contact: Energy Gallery, 5863 Leslie St Suite# 908, Toronto Ontario M2H 1J8, Canada OR http://www.energygallery.com OR [e-mail] December 24, 2007 WEB-BASE ART CONTEST $3,000 dollars worth of cash prizes will be awarded. Paintings, prints, drawings and photographs only. Submit jpegs via email only. We do not except slides or cds. $1000 first place winner. Two 2ND PLACE $500 winners! Five more $150 winners will receive gallery representation without an inital set up fee. So if chosen you will be able to sell your art on our site! All winners will receive Bolden Gallery representation without a $150 set up fee and have their work displayed on our homepage. Open to all artists worldwide with original paintings, drawings, photography and prints in all creative processes and forms. Entry fee is $10 for 2 images payable with a credit card through our site. Include your name as well as the names of each piece in your email. Include your name in the subject line of your email. Works will not be considered without entry fees. Additional images are the same price. Details: http://boldengallery.com/Gallery_Contest.html OR questions email: [e-mail] December 21, 2007 Artists from worldwide are invited to submit artworks: Categories: PORTRAIT & FIGURE - STILL LIFE - LANDSCAPE /Mediums: PAINTING - DRAWING - SCULPTURE/ Styles: ACADEMIC - CONTEMPORARY - ABSTRACT to ArtDesignCo gallery. The works will be awarded with one year free participation in the ArtDesignCo.com gallery and collective catalogue free distribute to other galleries, museums, interior designers, architects, hotels and art collectors worldwide. Fees: $25 U.S. dollar must accompany up to five (no less than three) slides or CD and for jpegs/tiffs will accept credit cards. For artists outside the U.S. send an International POSTAL Money Order or a Cashier's Check in U.S. dollars drawn on a U.S. Bank. An artwork prospectus is available online at: http://artdesignco.com/events.asp December 31, 2007 ARTISTS ENCLAVE AT I-PARK - INTERNATIONAL RESIDENCIES. Self-directed/project-oriented residencies offered from May through November 2008. Most sessions are 4 weeks. Residencies offered to visual (including digital) artists, music composers, environmental artists, landscape and garden designers, creative writers and architects. Work samples evaluated through a competitive, juried process. There is a $20 application processing fee required and artists are responsible for their own transportation to the area. They also provide for their own food and work materials. The facility is otherwise offered at no cost to accepted artists. International applicants welcome (two grants will be available). For additional project information, go to our website: www.i-park.org. Application materials for 2008, including an in-depth FAQ, will be available for direct download from the website in early September. E-mail: [e-mail]. Phone: [phone]. December 31, 2007 Fellowship Program 2008 The Phoenix Gallery, celebrating its 49th year, will sponsor a 2008 Fellowship Program. The Fellowship Benefits: Sponsored membership in Phoenix Gallery in 2008 for one year, a solo exhibition in the gallery, participation in member group shows, access to the gallery space and resources during membership. Please go to: http://phoenix-gallery.com/opportunities.html#section4 and see "Fellowship Prospectus" for further information. Phoenix Gallery, 210 Eleventh Av @25th St #902, New York NY 10001 OR 212-226-8711. January 20, 2008 Call for Entries - 2008 International Juried Photo Competition: Through A Lens - Patterns of People or Patterns in Nature - by the Coastal Arts League - Half Moon Bay, CA. Over $2,200 in Cash Prizes. Juror: Michael Collopy. Exhibition: April 2008. For Entry Form and Complete Rules Visit our Web-Site at: http://www.coastalartsleague.com/photoshow, call: 650-430-3677 or email: [e-mail] and leave a message with your contact details. February 1, 2008 GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIPS available in an intense MFA interdisciplinary visual arts program. Facilities include fully equipped darkrooms for: black and white, color, non-silver and mural printing. Also available is a digital lab with new iMacs and Epson 4800 and 9800 printers. Students are provided with individual studios as well as a graduate darkroom. Stipends for nine month contract periods are approx $10,000 plus tuition waiver and can include teaching experience. For information and application write: Professor Catherine Angel, Coordinator of Photography, Art Department, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas NV 89154-5002 OR Web site: http://art.unlv.edu/StudioArt/MFA/MFAprogram.html December 1, 2008 MASTER OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES in ART THERAPY at the SCHOOL of VISUAL ARTS The School of Visual Arts' artistic and academic tradition as the largest independent undergraduate art college in the country makes it an exceptional site for graduate education in art therapy. In addition, the diversity of New York City's population and excellence of its art institutions, health care facilities and community organizations offers students vast opportunities for artistic development and clinical application. MPS Art Therapy at SVA is a full-time, 2-year, 60 credit program with a 16-hour per week on-site internship component. Second year students choose from two unique specialization tracks. For More Information Contact: Deborah Farber, MPS Art Therapy Dept, School of Visual Arts, 209 East 23rd St, New York NY 10010 OR 212-592-2610 OR www.sva.edu/arttherapy OR [e-mail] ARTIST-OF-THE-DAY GALLERY SEEKS SUBMISSIONS Guidelines for submissions can be found at: http://artcontestslist.com/aotd/submission.guidelines EROTIC ART GALLERY SEEKS SUBMISSIONS Guidelines for submissions can be found at: http://artdeadlineslist.com/eag/submission.guidelines End of paid advertisements. Advertising rate information is here: http://artdeadlineslist.com/adrates To SUBSCRIBE to the PAID/PREMIUM Edition of the ART DEADLINES LIST: http://artdeadlineslist.com/subscribe ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The following items are randomly selected from the several hundred announcements that PAID/PREMIUM subscribers receive each month. Nov 30, 2007 INTERNATIONAL FREESTYLE ART EVENT Seeking professional and amateur artists to showcase work at festival, Dec 2, 2006. Approx. 51,000 visitors and 6,000 exhibitors. Outdoor and indoor space available. For application and more info, please contact: 3F 3-20-18 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku Tokyo 150-0001, Japan OR 81-03-3479-1433 OR 81-03-3479-1498(FAX) OR http://www.designfesta.com/index.html OR [e-mail] Dec 01, 2007 CALL FOR OUTDOOR SCULPTURE Seeking existing sculpture available for temporary exhibit. The exhibit period will extend for one to two years. All artistic styles are encouraged. Selected sculptures will be placed in the award winning Orange Memorial Park Sculpture Garden and other designated locations in South San Francisco. Contact: South San Francisco Cultural Arts Commission OR http://www.ssf.net/depts/rcs/cultural_arts.asp OR [e-mail] Dec 01, 2007 HIGH SCHOOL ART SCHOLARSHIP Open to all graduating high school seniors internationally who will be 18 yrs of age by May 31, 2008 and entering college for the first time. There is no restriction on subject matter. Accepted medias are painting, photography, mixed media and sculpture. Top five finalists will be awarded scholarships: $5,000 Best in Show, $3,000 Excellence in Art, $2,000 Spirit of Freedom Award, $1,000 Recognition (2 awards). In addition to scholarship, each of the five finalists will receive airfare and hotel for themselves and two family members to travel to Las Vegas, NV for the award reception on May 31, 2008. Entry fee. Contact: Anilee Fine Art Gallery, 7825 S Rainbow Blvd Suite 17320, Las Vegas NV 89178 OR 702-787-0185 OR http://www.theanileegallery.com/grandopeningprosp.html OR [e-mail] Dec 01, 2007 HUMOROUS FICTION & NONFICTION WRITING CONTEST Writers of comedic stories, articles, essays, poems, songs, plays, hate letters and other forms beyond description (but not comprehension) are invited to submit. Three winners: 1st: $500. 2nd: $250. 3rd: $100. Entry fee. Details: The Mona Schreiber Prize, 15442 Vista Haven Place, Sherman Oaks CA 91403 OR http://www.brashcyber.com/mona.htm OR [e-mail] Dec 01, 2007 NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST Alligator Juniper seeks quality black and white photography for its 2008 issue. $500 prize for one winner; other winners selected for publication are paid in copies . The magazine features contemporary fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and photography, and was awarded the AWP Director's Prize for Undergraduate Literary Magazines in 2001 and 2004. Entry fee. Guidelines for Submissions: Alligator Juniper Photo Contest, Prescott College, 220 Grove Av, Prescott AZ 86301 OR http://www.prescott.edu/highlights/alligator_juniper/submit.html OR [e-mail] Dec 02, 2007 QUILT CONTEST Quiltmakers to create an innovative quilt based on a specific traditional pattern. Entry fee. Cash awards are given to first through fifth places in the amounts of $3,000, $1,500, $750, $500 and $300, respectively. All other finalists are awarded $100 each. All 18 quilts will be on exhibit at MAQS in Spring 2008. Following the exhibit at MAQS, the quilts will travel through December 31, 2008. Museums interested in exhibit loan information can request a prospectus by calling the MAQS Curator at Contact: Jessica Byassee, Museum of the American Quilter's Society, Box 1540, Paducah KY 42002-1540 OR 270-442-8856x30 OR http://www.quiltmuseum.org OR [e-mail] Dec 31, 2007 CALL FOR ART BY RECOVERING MENTAL ILLNESS PATIENTS Seeking submissions of artwork by people in recovery from mental illness for an online gallery. Artists must be current residents of Massachusetts. No deadline. No entry fee. Contact: Massachusetts Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association OR http://art.masspra.org/Site/Submissions_files/submissions.pdf OR [e-mail] Dec 31, 2007 FINE ART FAIR Largo Central Park Artists' Market - March 15 & 16, 2008. Juried (total $6,400 in award money) 2-day Fine Arts Fair in Largo, Florida (Tampa Bay area). Entry/booth fee. Sponsors include City of Largo, Florida and Partners 'N Progress for the Arts. Contact for prospectus and application: Partners 'N Progress for the Arts, Box 1030, Largo FL 33779 OR http://www.artbuzz.org OR [e-mail] Jan 01, 2008 CALL FOR FILM FOOTAGE Seeking footage from filmmakers around the world for feature-length documentary, tentatively called Cultures of Resistance, for non-profit multifaceted initiative that seeks creative ways to bring people from all walks of life together to promote sustainability, diversity, and peace with justice. Film will be collaborative cinematic collage about the myriad ways in which people are opposing war, oppression, and corporate-led globalization in their everyday lives. Film credit and small honorarium for any footage used. Any proceeds from film will be used to fund other arms of initiative. For more info, please contact: Cultures of Resistance OR http://www.makefilmsnotwar.org OR [e-mail] Jan 15, 2008 CALL FOR "DELICATE SITUATIONS" ART Delicate Situations is a year-long group exhibition from 15th January 2007 until 15th January 2008 bringing together work that will be placed in any space anywhere. The one common factor is that the works must be left in a place (for as long as they last). You are invited to participate in Delicate Situations. You may submit more than one work in the form of documentation (for example photograph, text, link to movie or sound file) over the period of the year if the work evolves with exposure to the environment in which it is placed. Work can be submitted at any time during the year. Contact: Joe Schneider OR http://www.delicatesituations.blogspot.com OR [e-mail] Feb 28, 2008 SHORT STORY CONTEST Open to all ages and all Canadian and US residents. The top ten selections will be published in an anthology that will be launched at our 87th Annual CAA Conference in Edmonton on July 3-6, 2008. The top three winners will receive $500, $200 and $100 plus a free conference registration with no cash value. Entry fee. Contact: Evan Kenney, Canadian Authors Association OR http://www.canauthors.org/cwcontest.html OR [e-mail] Mar 15, 2008 CALL FOR FIBER WITH OIL/ENERGY THEME Seeking Participants. The goal of the International Fiber Collaborative is to provide an opportunity for people who enjoy working with crafts, whether professional artists, hobbyists or students to come together from all over the world to express their concerns about their countries extreme dependency on oil for energy. Those who participate will crochet, knit, stitch, patch, or collage a 3' x 3' square fiber panel that will express each participants concern towards this topic. By taking the step to create a panel with any design, and sending it in, in the larger picture, is expressing your concern. Once all 800 panels are received, they will be sewn together to completely cover an abandoned gas station and gas pumps in central New York. Contact: Jennifer Marsh OR http://internationalfibercollaborative.com OR [e-mail] Sep 01, 2008 CALL FOR POETRY RELATED PAPERS Students and translators of poetry. Begins October 1, 2007. Non-profit Corda Foundation is offering awards for scholarly study of the poetry of David Rosenmann-Taub. The prizes include these categories: Undergraduate Students; Graduate Students; Faculty and Scholars; Poetry Translations; and Doctoral Dissertation. Contact: 127 W 79th St Suite 7J, New York NY 10024 OR 646-415-8147 OR http://www.cordafoundation.org OR [e-mail]