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29th ANNUAL THE ARTIST'S MAGAZINE
COMPETITION Enter your artwork in the 29th Annual Art Competition
sponsored by The Artist's Magazine. More than $25,000 in cash prizes
will be awarded, and Top Award Winners will be featured in the
December 2012 issue of The Artist's Magazine! There are 5 categories
for you to compete and win. Plus, there's a Special Student/Beginner
Division for new artists. Details: The Artist's Magazine 29th Competition OR art-competition@fwmedia.com
January 30, 2012
12th INTERNATIONAL MULTI-DISCIPLINARY
RESIDENCY PROGRAM Self-directed artists' residencies will be
offered from May through November 2012. Most sessions are 4-weeks in
duration and are offered to those working in the Visual Arts, Music
Composition, Creative Writing, Moving Image and Landscape/Garden
Design. Four $750 grants will be awarded in 2012 to international
artists to defray travel costs. Housing, studios, and meals
provided. Application fee of $30 - no other costs. Details:
860-873-2468 OR http://www.i-park.org/residency.html OR applications@i-park.org
INTERNATIONAL REALIST PAINTING
COMPETITION In addition to scholarships and hosting the largest
online museum dedicated to traditional painting, we hold one of the
most prestigious competitions for living artists who paint in the
realist tradition. This year we are offering $50,000 in cash awards
including $10,000 for Best in Show. Participants can compete in 6
categories: Figurative, Landscape, Animals, Still life, Sculpture, and
Drawing. This year we are also introducing five new awards designed to
encourage creativity and ambition in the arts: Most Creative, Best
Social Commentary, Best Portrait, Most Ambitious Work, and Best Trompe
L'oeil. Prospectus: http://www.artrenewal.org/articles/Salon/SalonProspectus.php
February 1, 2012
PROJEKT30s MARCH 2012 EXHIBITION
Seeking submissions for our next publicly juried show. "Publicly
juried" means all work is presented online prior to the exhibition,
and site visitors select the final 30. All participants receive
exposure. Invitations will be sent to our extensive mailing list of
galleries, collectors, etc. and visitors have the option of contacting
artists, both during the jury and after the winners are
selected. Since 2003 we have conducted over 120 juried
exhibitions. Entry fee. Details: http://www.projekt30.com/prospectus.html
February 2, 2012
7th CALL FOR SEX THEMED ART Seeking
submissions for its seventh annual sex themed exhibition which will
showcase fine artists who comment upon gender and sex in our
society. We are accepting work ranging from the personal, to the
political, to the near-pornographic. It will be publicly juried:
artwork submitted will be presented prior to the exhibition, and site
visitors select the final 30 winners. All participants receive
exposure. Invitations will be sent to our extensive mailing list of
galleries, collectors, etc and viewers have the option of contacting
artists, both during the jury and after the winners are selected. "The
Sex Issue" will open Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, 2012. Entry fee. To
learn more: http://www.projekt30.com/tsi7_prospectus.html
February 3, 2012
14th NATIONAL JURIED ART EXHIBITION
Over $7500 in cash awards for 2 and 3-dimensional Fine Art and
Photography completed within the past 2 years. Entry fee. For
prospectus (or web) send SASE to: Baker Arts Center, 624 N Pershing,
Liberal KS 67901 OR 620-624-2810 OR http://www.bakerartscenter.org OR bakerartscenter3@sbcglobal.net
February 25, 2012
YOUNG EMERGING ARTIST COMPETITION Two
Artists will be selected and each given a Solo Exhibition and a
one-year membership to the Phoenix Gallery in the 2012
season. Eligibility: Artists working in all media. Jurors: Sue
Stoffel, Collector & Arts Administrator. Renee Vara,
Curator. Prospectus: http://www.phoenix-gallery.com OR info@phoenix-gallery.com
February 29, 2012
CALL FOR NATURE THEMED ART ARTE NATURA
is a thematic exhibition based on art inspired from the natural
world. Open to all interpretations of landscape, fruits, vegetables,
flowers and fauna and to human figuration as part of the natrual
environment. The exhibition will be held at the Limner Gallery, June 2
- 30, 2012. Open to all artists. National magazine publication
awards. Entry fee. For prospectus send SASE to (or On-line entry form
or email): SlowArt Productions, 123 Warren Street, Hudson NY 12534 OR
http://www.slowart.com/prospectus/natura.htm OR slowart@aol.com
March 14, 2012
HEY, HOT SHOT! INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY
COMPETITION Submit five (5) photos (per entry) for your shot at
$10,000, a solo exhibition at Jen Bekman Gallery, representation from
Jen Bekman Gallery for two years, commencing with his/her
selection. Each of five finalist Hot Shots earns: A $500 honorarium +
Participation in the 2012 Hot Shot Exhibition at Jen Bekman
Gallery. Entry fee. Details: http://heyhotshot.com
March 15, 2012
CALL FOR CLIMATE CHANGE SLOGANS This time
I'd like to focus on climate change and am asking your help finding
the right slogans. Slogans should be short, smart, fit well into a
rectangle and look good in traffic. Winner gets a thousand dollars and
has their message displayed alongside freeways up and down the west
coast. Second and third place winners, if they're good enough for the
freeways, will receive 500 and 250 dollars respectively and have their
messages posted as well. Original work is preferred but not mandatory,
and apart from the right to post them publicly, I will make no claim
to winning entries as intellectual property. No entry
fee. Example/submissions: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iWwTp0TMU_g/TywwFyYfQiI/AAAAAAAADG4/38mo3JDSe2E/s400/freeway%2Bblogger.jpg
OR freewayblogger@yahoo.com
March 22, 2012
CALL FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS All photographers
residing in the United States are invited to submit one photograph
taken in the USA after Jan. 1, 2010 for "Camera USA: National
Photography Award 2012." A $5,000 grand prize award will be presented
to one photographer. Entry fee. Details: http://www.naplesart.org/callforartists
March 24, 2012
INTERNATIONAL JURIED PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW
$1750 in prize money with both a physical gallery and online
exhibit. Best of Show is $1000. The show will be exhibited May 1-June
2 at the North Vallery Art League's Carter House Gallery in Redding,
California. ALL forms of photographic expression are welcome. Entry
fee. Prospectus/questions: http://nval.org/Photography_Show.html OR nvalphotoshow@sbcglobal.net
March 31, 2012
19th ANNUAL MAGAZINE COVER/DISPLAY AWARDS
The Annual International Competition for $26,000 in publication awards
in Volume 19 of Direct Art Magazine, Fall/Winter 2012, issue. The
twenty two awards include the covers of magazine, feature articles and
full page displays. The competition is open to all artists working in
any media. Print prospectus and entry information: http://www.slowart.com/prospectus/spring.htm OR slowart@aol.com
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Jan 11, 2012
35th ANNUAL ART ON PAPER 2D/3D original work created on or of paper. Juror: Susan Badder adjunct professor Maryland Institute College of Art and former Senior Curator the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Cash awards $1000. March 23-April 22, 2012. USA and Canadian residence. Entry fee. Contact/details: Maryland Federation of Art's Circle Gallery, 18 State Circle, Annapolis MD OR http://www.mdfedart.org OR info@mdfedart.org
Jan 14, 2012
COLORADO PRIZE FOR POETRY $2,000 honorarium and book publication. Submit book-length collection of poems. Final judge is Elizabeth Willis. $25 entry fee includes subscription to Colorado Review. Complete guidelines: Colorado Prize for Poetry, Center for Literary Publishing, 9105 Campus Delivery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO 80523-9105 OR http://coloradoprize.colostate.edu
Jan 15, 2012
UNCONFERENCE CALL FOR PAPERS/ART The first annual ACTLab Conference Culture, Art, and Techne in the 22nd Century (CAT22) will be held April 12-14, 2012 in Austin, Texas. We invite proposals for papers, roundtable discussions, workshops, dialogues, performances, actions, print-making/poster sessions, storytelling, digital media, maker events, un-conference open format, or things that fit all or none of those categories. The conference will be organized as presentations in the traditional ACTLab "end of semester" style, but any style suitable to the presenter's work is acceptable. We encourage artists, theorists, geeks, tinkerers, practitioners, academics, curious bystanders, ACTLabbies, former ACTLabbies, friends, family, acquaintances, and anyone interested in collisions of art, technology, and culture or the ACTLab educational style. Details/questions: http://stratus.ischool.utexas.edu/ocs/index.php/cat22/2012/schedConf/cfp OR bishop@designafternext.com
Jan 16, 2012
CALL FOR CATS & DOGS THEMED ART In celebration of the month of February's Valentines Day and Spay Day, the art exhibit will be devoted to our feline and canine best friends! Artists are asked to create and submit work inspired by appreciation of cats and/or dogs. All art mediums considered. All sizes considered. Exhibit held in our Main Gallery, Studio 212. Juried by The Shoe Factory Art Co-op. Details: http://www.shoefactoryarts.com/The_Greatest_Gift_of_All_submission_form.pdf
Jan 17, 2012
SUSTAINABILITY REVIEW SEEKS ART/WRITING Seeking submissions for its Winter 2012 issue. TSR facilitates sustainability dialogue through four sections: art, opinion, features, and research. We are an online journal edited and published by graduate students at Arizona State University and hosted by the university's School of Sustainability. Our publication welcomes short pieces that integrate environment, society, and economy to explore a better way forward for humankind. Guidelines: http://www.thesustainabilityreview.org/submit
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