Contemporary Art Room Gallery is proud to announce their 4th “Yellow” Online Art Competition for the month of December 2024. This is an international competition and artists from around the world are welcome to submit their work. The theme may include any work with depiction of the color “Yellow” or shades of Yellow (beige, lemon yellow, canary yellow, golden yellow). All visual art mediums are acceptable (painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, digital, prints, fiber art, collage or installation art) except sound and video art. Winning artwork (First place) will be on the poster of the show. Depending on the number and quality of all submissions received, Merit awards and Honorable Mention awards may also be presented. The deadline to apply to this art competition is December 19, 2024.
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2025 Innovation Grants for Artists
The City Council and Arts Commission recognizes and supports artists who push the boundaries of creative expression, anchor our Laguna Beach community, and advance the creative field. The Artistic Innovation Grants for Artists encourages the spirit of experimentation and exploration, exclusively engaging artists in Laguna Beach.
Deadline: January 10, 2025
This grant program offers grants between $5,000 and $30,000 to support the art-making process and premiere of these endeavors. This program has been made possible through the generous support of the lodging establishments and City of Laguna Beach.
Eligibility: pen to Emerging, Mid-Career and Established Artist who reside, work, or exhibit in Laguna Beach. Applicants must be 18 years and older by the application due date. Proof of eligibility will be required. Demonstrate through a professional resume detail of engagement in a creative practice prior to the application due date.
Artists may apply in one career tier only.
The judging panel may alter the applicants tier during the review process if believed based on submitted applications a reclassification is applicable.
Honorariums:
Emerging Artists – $5,000 – $10,000 Emerging artists are those in the beginning stages of making their work public and engaging the larger community in their practice. Individuals in this tier may have had a few public showings of their work but have demonstrated potential and vision with a strong commitment to artistic growth.
Mid-Career Artists – $10,000 – $20,000 Artists in this tier regularly make their work public and engage the larger community in their practice. Artists will have had several years of experience, demonstrated public engagement and have a clear impact of the proposed project on career development.
Established Artists – $20,000 – $30,000 Artists in this tier can identify a significant body of work, produced over a substantial period, that has engaged their communities and that has made a significant social impact. Artists must demonstrate artistic excellence, and their project make wide-reaching cultural and community impact.
The 2025 Innovation Grant for Artists project is one that has in-person experiences of art, art making, or artists at the heart of the initiative and introduces a new or original idea or product to the applicant’s audience. Engagement through feature presentation and outreach included but is not limited to performance, publication, lecture/demonstration, exhibition, masterclass and/or workshop.
Applications will be accepted through January 10, 2025, for project occurring between April 1, 2025, and April 30, 2027. Awards will be reviewed by the Arts Commission on March 10, 2025, and awards announced March 17, 2025 (these dates are subject to change.) Each applicant may submit one application. At the conclusion of the program grant recipients will be required to provide an overview of expenditures and brief description of the project undertaken and present to the Arts Commission at its regularly held meeting.
These grants aim to support artists holistically to build a more equitable Laguna Beach Arts ecosystem. By pushing the boundaries of creativity and expression Artists contribute to the evolution of culture and human understanding.
“Figures” International Open Call to Artists and Writers—Deadline December 31, 2024
The artist’s and writer’s call for the ArtAscent Art & Literature Journal Future issue is now open.
Figures of human or animal form. Figures of life, imagination, history, mythology and allegory. In costume, in none. In lightness, in darkness. In dignity, in shame. Of everyday, of me, of you. Share your FIGURES with words or images, in a realistic, abstract, surreal or unique way.
ArtAscent is a theme-based publication and online exhibition that showcases artists and writers from around the world practising a broad range of skills, including painting, illustration, photography, mixed media, ceramics, sculpture, textile, jewelry, printmaking, digital graphics, fashion, film, video, installation, performance, story writing and poetry writing.
The selected artists and writers, up to 40, will be published in our print and digital magazine and the two-year online exhibition, as well as receive a free digital copy of the magazine. Four will also receive a feature section with a profile written about them. All benefit from professional portfolio presentation to art lovers and engage our readers through our social media, website, and print and digital issues. ArtAscent provides the opportunity for the voices and visions of writers and artists to be shared in a professional and accessible platform.
ArtAscent presents up to 100 high-level designed pages printed on premium-quality paper. This magazine issue is curated editorial content with no outside commercial ads.
Entries may include all art mediums that can be represented in 2D and written explorations of up to 1,800 words. We love diversity. Submissions must be the original work of the applicant(s). Creatives featured in the past can apply again with other works not previously published in ArtAscent. HOW TO APPLY: Apply using the online application form on our website. Application fees help cover costs such as design, writing, administration and artist promotion. NOTIFICATION: Notification is made by email to subscribers of the ArtAscent newsletter.
| Call application:
https://bit.ly/ArtAscentThemedCallCac
Open AIR’s Call for Artists-in-Residence
Open AIR is pleased to announce our Call for Artist applications is now open! Open AIR is best known for its unique place-based Artist-in-Residence program, which connects artists from all disciplines and origins with culturally, historically, and ecologically significant locations through collaborative partnerships in Montana.
We are now accepting applications for Summer 2025, Fall 2025, and Spring 2026. Apply now to be an Artist-in-Residence at one of Open AIR’s 11 residency sites in Montana! Residencies are open to artists working in all mediums and career stages.
Deadline to apply: December 3, 11:59 PM.
Visit our website to learn more: https://www.openairmt.org/info
In addition to continued Artist-in-Residence opportunities at unique sites like the UM Flathead Lake Biological Station, Moon-Randolph Homestead, and a remote location in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, we are excited to announce two new residency opportunities in 2025! We will be partnering with the Rocky Mountain Gardens in Missoula, MT, and Hungry Hill Art Center in Butte, MT.
About the 2025 new Artist-in-Residence Opportunities:
Rocky Mountain Gardens is a project of the Missoula County Department of Ecology and Extension (MCDEE). Missoula County Department of Ecology & Extension strives to cultivate resilience and inspire growth by empowering Missoula County residents through hands-on education and sustainable practices. A space for education and contemplation, the gardens are free and open to the public.
The Rocky Mountain Garden Residency will occur summer: June 9 – July 20, 2025
Butte, MT residency is a collaboration between Hungry Hill Art Center and the Historic Clark Chateau. Artists will have access to a ceramic studio space and the possible access to a printmaking studio. Performing artists will have access to the music room at the Historic Clark Chateau.
The Butte, MT Residency will occur fall: September 29 – Nov 2, 2025
Visit Open AIR’s website to learn about residency opportunities: openairmt.org/info
In addition, the website includes information on the 2025 summer and fall sessions and spring 2026 and a list of Open AIR’s 11 different site partners.
Open Submission for a Group Art Show
Hello Friend! Welcome to the interest form for ‘hope you have a good time’ a 1-day group show on December 13th in Mid-City Los Angeles
This show means a lot to me, and the fact that you are interested in submitting something you care about is so special. This form will help you with submitting your art. The Submission Deadline is November 24th. Accepted entries will be notified by November 30th.
Please Note: After you submit this form you will receive communication on the specific entry requirements for your medium.
Entered art pieces can be brand new or previously shown in other group shows, exhibitions, etc. Here are the Event Description and Submission Guidelines:
Theme: Here is the event description and theme below, please use this as a loose guideline for submitting your work.
hope you have a good time:
The concept of having a good time is unique for every single person. It is a completely subjective experience that relates to one’s own interests, goals, and dreams. Simultaneously, it is not always an easy thing to have a good time, to find what interests or brings fulfillment.
As an exposition, this show hope you have a good time explores a handful of stories and possibilities of what a ‘good time’ can be for individuals.
1. The artist is providing a good time for the observer of the art
2. The artist is experiencing a good time in the act of creating the project
3. The art itself is seemingly experiencing a good time
Art work submitted should convey what brings the artist fulfillment and satisfaction. Whether this is a personal journey or one that you are hoping to cultivate with others. As a group show, the goal is to showcase a series of possible avenues in which individuals have a good time.
Submission Guidelines
Video Artwork (film, animation, etc.)
Max run time is 15 minutes (for blocking and event scheduling)
Performance Art (music, theatre, poetry, etc.)
Max set time is 30 minutes (for blocking and event scheduling)
Photography and Still Arts (photography, painting, sculpture, etc.)
Limit to 3 photographs for print, 10 photographs for slideshow submissions
Don’t See Your Medium Listed?
Contact matzellemedia@gmail.com with any questions and we can discuss if your art can fit within our show space.
Submission Deadlines and Information:
Submissions will be due November 24th
For photography and print art artists will be responsible for providing their accepted pieces ready to hang. There are no requirements for print or framing. Physical artwork will need to be dropped off at the group show location (in Mid City Los Angeles) by December 10th.
Selling Artwork – If you wish to sell your artwork, either original or prints, you can do so at this group show.
If you have any questions, please reach out to matzellemedia@gmail.com or @austinmatzelle on Instagram
RFQ: Fire Station 48 Black Mountain Ranch Public Art Project
The City of San Diego (City) is seeking applications from interested qualified artists to provide public art services for the Fire Station 48 Black Mountain Ranch Public Art Project. An artist or artist team is sought to design, fabricate and transport permanent, site-specific artwork for the new fire station and consult during installation of artwork at the site by the City.
