 CALL
FOR ENTRIES
These
call
for
entry
notices
are gathered from a variety of sources. The
Delaware Division of the Arts cannot ensure their accuracy. Please
check with the listing organization before applying.
Aesthetica
Creative
Works
Competition
2010
- Now Open For Entries
The popular annual Aesthetica Creative Works Competition is now open
for entries! The competition is internationally recognised for
identifying new artists and writers and bringing them to global
attention. Previous finalists have achieved success and recognition
with accolades including: writing commissions from Channel 4, selection
to represent Australia in the Florence Biennale, exhibitions at DACS
(London), John Martin Gallery (London), Flores Fine Art Gallery (New
York), inclusion in the International Drawing Competition exhibition
(Poland) and the National Geographic International Photographic
exhibition.
- The Competition has three categories, Artwork, Poetry
and Fiction.
- Winners and finalists are published in the Aesthetica
Creative Works Annual.
- Winners of each category receive £500 prize money.
- Entry to the Creative Works Competition is £10.
- The entry fee allows the submission of 2 images, 2
poems or 2 short stories.
- Poems must be no more than 40 lines each.
The deadline for submissions is the 31st
August 2010.
More guidelines on how to submit can be
found online at: http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/submission_guide.htm
Deadline: August 31st, 2010
Dave
Bown
Projects
-
1st Semiannual Competition
Juror:
Eva Frosch, Co-owner, frosch&portmann, New York
Prizes: $5,000 USD (1st Prize: $2,500; 2nd Prize: $1,500; 3rd Prize:
$1,000)
Dave
Bown will be buying works of art, on an ongoing basis, from select
artists as submissions are received.
Eligibility:
All
visual
artists
who are 18 years of age or older. All styles and
media are eligible.
Entry
Fee: $30 USD. There are no additional fees.
We look
forward to viewing your work.
Contact:
Dave Bown at (917) 365-5265 or info@davebownprojects.com
Prospectus:
davebownprojects.com/submissions.html
Deadline:
Novermber
30th,
2010
Embracing Our Differences
Embracing Our Differences invites
artists, photographers, professionals, amateurs, teachers and students
to participate in its 8th annual visual art exhibit celebrating
diversity. National and international submissions are encouraged. 45
artists will be selected for the exhibit. The Embracing Our Differences
exhibit will be displayed throughout the months of April and May 2011
at Island Park along Sarasota's beautiful bayfront. Since 2004, the
exhibit has been viewed by more than 850,000 visitors. The exhibit will
contain 39 billboard-sized (16 feet wide by 12 1/2 feet high) images of
the selected artworks. In the judges' discretion, an additional six
"honorable mention" selections may be made.
Final selections will be chosen based on artistic excellence in
reflection of the theme "Embracing Our Differences." The art-work will
also be evaluated on how effectively it will read outdoors when
enlarged to billboard size – 16 feet wide by 12 1/2 feet high. Artists
are encouraged to use bold saturated colors and strong lines. Final
selections will be made by a 3-judge panel of professional artists,
curators and art professionals. A total of $3,000.00 in awards will be
presented.
Deadline for submission is January 10, 2011. There is no submission fee
nor limit on the number of entries.
Submission forms and more information concerning past winning
submissions are available at http://www.EmbracingOurDifferences.org
or by emailing MichaelJShelton@comcast.net.
Deadline: January 10th, 2011
GOS 12x12 Show Competition
The
Theme:
How
has the Gulf Oil Spill affected you? Has it upset you? How do you
feel about the animals that have been affected by this disaster?
How would you reflect your emotions of the Spill in a piece of art with
emphasis on the animals that have been caught in the the middle..
The
Plan
Artists
from
around
the country are invited to DONATE their work on 12in x
12in, 1/4 in. thick wood panels. All art will be presented to our
curator. The curator will pick the best pieces that will be assembled
into one large work of art. A panel of distinguished judges will
pick, from those pieces, the three top winners to receive cash prizes.
Click here for more information.
DELAWARE'S
HOLLY
BRANCH
SPONSORS
"FOOD, FARM & FOLIAGE FINE ART EXHIBIT"
*
October 1 -31, 2010 held at Delaware Agricultural Museum, 866 N Dupont
Hwy, Dover DE
*
Open to all artists 18 years and older.
* All
entries must relate to the past or present Delmarva Peninsula and
express food, farm or foliage through modern agriculture, agricultural
heritage and/or rural culture of the Peninsula
* All
entries will be juried by a professional artist.
* Up
to 3 entries may be submitted in any combination of 2D Fine Art
(Oil/Acrylic, Watercolor, Mixed Media/Collage, Drawing Media, Pastel
and Photography); 3D Fine Artisan (Wood, Ceramics, Metal, Paper,
Basketry, Glass, and Textiles).
*
Accepted entries will be judged by art professionals in the categories
above for which ribbons will be presented.
*
People Choice Awards will be presented after guests choice their
favorite entries.
*
Early Entry Fee (by Sept 10): $25; After Sept 10: $30
*
Entries may be mailed to Maria Bessette, Pres Holly Branch NLAPW, 1165
Crescent Dr, Dover DE 19904. A check for return postage must be
included.
RECEPTION & ARTIST
GIFT SHOW & SALE - OCTOBER 9, 10 am - 3 pm.
* We
invite all exhibit artists to sell their hand created original gift
size wares in any category in this gift show and sale format
*
Early Entry Fee (by Sept 10): $25; After Sept 10: $30,
Includes 1 six foot table and covering. You may reserve more than
a single table. No commissions will be taken.
*
Artist is responsible for their own set up, artist sales and take down
of display.
*
Applications and detailed guidelines for Food, Farm & Foliage
Exhibit & Gift Show & Sale can be found on Holly Branch web
site: hollybranchapw.org/events.aspx. All guidelines must
be followed.
For questions contact
302-241-5919, or email nlapw.hollybranch@gmail.com
Net proceeds of this
event will benefit the scholarship fund of the Holly Branch.
Laugh!
-
Call
for
Entries
Friends,
fellow artists, photographers and lovers
of good art:
Political Cartoonist Rob Tornoe, his wife humorist Kristen Tornoe and
award winning reporter and editor Andrea Miller are set to launch
Laugh!, the First State's first humor and arts magazine with the July
issue. It will have cartoons, humor columns, art show reviews, fun
interviews and punchy features that pull readers through the monthly
magazine cover to cover.
But before then, Laugh! magazine's website will go live April 26. The
homepage will have a prominent spot that randomly flips through images
featuring the work of Delaware artists, photographers and national
cartoonists.
Help us populate this spot with your best work.
Please send 1-3 HORIZONTAL pieces to rob@LaughDE.com.
along with:
Artist Name
Title
Year created
Media
Collection its in (if any)
Where its been (or will be) shown (if any)
Your daytime telephone number (not for publication)
A brief (200 word max) bio for publication if you've got it (if not,
its okay)
For the web, we just need low resolution images, but if you submit them
as High-Res, we'll keep them on file and you might be featured in an
upcoming spotlight in our print publication.
Small Wonders - Natural
& Rural Gems
Delaware's Holly Branch,
American Pen Women are calling for women artists to enter ''Small
Wonders - Natural & Rural Gems'', A Fine Art & Literary
Exhibition, to be held at the Delaware Agricultural Museum May 22 to
June 30, 2010. Reception - May 22, noon to 3 pm. All entries must
express the natural environment, agricultural heritage and/or
contemporary agriculture of the Delmarva Peninsula (past &
present). This juried and judged exhibit is open to all women artists
18 and over will feature art in 3 categories: original fine art,
original fine artisan and literary art. Entries will be juried by
visual arts & literary art professionals.
Additional entry criteria
is available at: http://hollybranchapw.org/default.aspx
The Grand - Call
for Entries
The Grand galleries are a
great opportunity for area artists to gain more exposure as well as
offer enrichment and enjoyment to patrons, performing artist, artistic
partners and staff.
The Grand is actively
searching for artists to exhibit their work during the coming year at
one of our galleries in our beautiful, historic Opera House. Along with
the opportunity to show for the month, artists will also take part in
the City of Wilmington’s Art on the Town, also known as the first
Friday Art Loop.
For more information please visit www.thegrandwilmington.org/Grand_Galleries
or
contact
Melissa
Hart
at mhart@grandopera.org.
The Arlington Arts Center Call for
Entries
The Arlington Arts Center
(AAC) is a contemporary gallery which features the work of artists in
the mid-Atlantic region. Each year we host two shows, one in the spring
and one in the fall, for artists who wish to have solo exhibitions of
their work.
Right now, the 2010 shows
are being planned and all artists interested in submitting work for
consideration and entry should visit the AAC's website for more
details: http://www.arlingtonartscenter.org/exhibitions/apply.
Misfits Needed!
The Gallery at 800 N. Tatnall is looking
for Artists for the December Art Loop. The theme is Misfits and is open
to any media.
Please contact Christina Fabris at clafabris@mac.com for additional
information.
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