Visual Arts

Jeremy Ranch Roundabout Request for Qualifications

The Summit County Public Art Advisory Board (“SCPAAB”) is pleased to provide an opportunity for artists and artist lead teams to submit qualifications to integrate highly creative three-dimensional artworks to be placed in the two recently constructed roundabouts located at the Jeremy Ranch/Pinebrook exits (exit 141 westbound and eastbound) in Park City, UT. 

 

Artwork Goals

The SCPAAB seeks an artist or artist-led team to create an artwork that:

Celebrates a strong sense of place, recognizing that the location of the roundabout is seated at a gateway to Summit County, UT.
Embodies the values of the local landscape, culture, history, and/or wildlife.
Serves as a welcoming entrance into Summit County, UT.
Engages the Summit County community during artwork project planning and installation.
Engages the viewer beyond the project’s installation.
Preference may be given to artists who utilize sustainable practices in their work.
Public safety and visibility is an important component.
Resists to general wear, vandalism, or theft; offers easy, minimal, and low cost maintenance. 
Meets all transportation safety laws, ordinances, regulations and guidelines, including all applicable height, sightline, color, and material requirements.

 

PROJECT BUDGET: 

Up to $194,000 for both roundabout locations. The total commission is $194,000 and is inclusive of artist’s fees and related expenses for design, supplies, fabrication, insurance, transportation, travel, permits, and installation. Any fees incurred for design/artwork related engineering, electrical, infrastructure modifications and assistance from the contractors shall be the responsibility of the artist. The artist should include a contingency plan of at least 10% of the project’s commission in the budget for their final proposal. Up to three finalists will be paid an additional $2,000 for developing their proposal. Further information about the finalist honorarium is below in the ‘Finalist Selection Process’ section. The winning artist may be asked to produce a full-scale project mockup of 2×2 feet to test material concept in advance of beginning fabrication; this request will be made at the Board’s discretion.

Misty | Juried Art Exhibition

UPWARD Gallery invites worldwide artists to submit artwork for our juried exhibition, Misty.

There is always something about fog that brings a sense of tranquility and mystery to landscapes. The misty shroud enveloping the landscape creates a serene and ethereal atmosphere and makes you hold your breath in anticipation of the unknown.
And how do you use fog to convey a mystical mood in your artwork?

Artists 18 and older are encouraged to submit their works in any medium, style, and genre.

Acceptable mediums include all traditional art media (e.g., oil, watercolor, acrylic, pastel, mixed media, gouache, egg tempera, pen and ink; drawing media such as graphite, charcoal, colored pencils, scratch board, markers, metal point), sculpture, digital painting, arts and crafts (beadwork, pottery, embroidery, floristry, batik, stained glass, two-dimensional collage and fabric art as well, etc.).

Our platform is designed to share art with new audiences and help artists expand their influence and become known. To achieve our goal, we curate themed online exhibitions and publish UPWARD’s Quarterly, a printed art periodical.

All accepted pieces will be displayed on our website, upwardgallery.com. Art industry professionals will review the artworks, and selected pieces will be published in our magazine. We will showcase the artists behind the selected works by featuring them in interviews, profiles, solo exhibitions, and studio visits.
The submission fees are $6 for one entry.

Deadline: January 13, 2024

Visit https://upwardgallery.com/ad/competitions/71/misty for a full information.

Pastel Panache – call for entries

Pastel Panache

call for entries due: Feb 29, 2024

apply today: CallForEntry.org

Theme: Pastel Panache seeks to showcase any form of expression rendered by the medium of pastels, which includes soft pastels, chalk, hard pastels, oil pastels, ink pastels, water-based pastels, conte crayons or sticks, sanguine, and similar dry mediums including charcoal. Mixed media works are welcome where pastel or qualifying media is the primary medium.

Jurors: Pamela Comfort, Ed.D., President of Pastel Society of the West Coast (PSWC) and artist; Bonnie Zahn Griffith, Secretary of PSWC artist, art educator; https://pswc.ws/

Requirements abbreviated:

  • San Francisco Bay Area artists only (artist must live within 100 miles from San Rafael, California).
  • Open to most subject matter including abstraction.
  • Open to visual arts media primarily using pastel and pastel-related mediums such as hard, soft, oil, pastel-pencil, and mixed media primarily using pastels.

Application fee: $40 for up to 3 entries. Discount provided to AWD Artist Members, become a member today!

Exhibit Calendar:

  • February 29: Entries due via CallForEntry.org
  • March 7, 8: Notification by email. Separate emails announce “invited” and “not invited” submissions.
  • March 28–30, 12–6pm: deliver artwork
  • April 5–May 25, 2023: Exhibition dates
  • Wednesday–Saturday, 12–6pm: Public visiting hours.
  • April 12 and May 10, 5–8pm: receptions and 2nd Friday Art Walk
  • May 30-June 1, 12–6pm: Pick up artwork

See full prospectus details and apply today: CallForEntry.org

Call to Artists: Joy as Subject: Mardi Gras

There is no more of a joyful time in New Orleans than Carnival.

Through presentations, guest speakers, and museum visits, artists will explore joy as subject, the history of Carnival, and other artists whose work is designed to bring joy to its viewers. Topics will explore the intersection of craft, contemporary art, social practice, and culture work; collaboration and community building; how to start and maintain a collage community; sharing joy and art with others; and the technology of Art as experience. Working with the Mystic Krewe of Scissors & Glue, residents will collaborate on a collage-themed, informal-walking parade.

Artists will leave the residency with a sense of how to incorporate joy into their artist practice. Kolaj Institute will make a short film and zine about the project that will be shown at Kolaj Fest New Orleans on a panel about Joy as Subject, on which the artists will be invited to take part.

Read the full Call to Artists for details and how to apply.

Colors of Life | Juried Art Exhibition

UPWARD Gallery invites worldwide artists to submit artwork for our juried exhibition, Colors of Life.

Artists 18 and older are encouraged to submit their works in any medium, style, and genre.

Acceptable mediums include all traditional art media (e.g., oil, watercolor, acrylic, pastel, mixed media, gouache, egg tempera, pen and ink; drawing media such as graphite, charcoal, colored pencils, scratch board, markers, metal point), sculpture, digital painting, arts and crafts (beadwork, pottery, embroidery, floristry, batik, stained glass, two-dimensional collage and fabric art as well, etc.).

Our platform is designed to share art with new audiences and help artists expand their influence and become known. To achieve our goal, we curate themed online exhibitions and publish UPWARD’s Quarterly, a printed art periodical.

All accepted pieces will be displayed on our website, upwardgallery.com. Art industry professionals will review the artworks, and selected pieces will be published in our magazine. We will showcase the artists behind the selected works by featuring them in interviews, profiles, solo exhibitions, and studio visits.
The submission fees are $6 for one entry.

Deadline: January 3, 2024

Visit https://upwardgallery.com/ad/competitions/70/colors-life for a full information.

Inner Sanctuaries – Exploring Domestic Spaces (Call for Entries)

Exhibition Calendar:

  • Feb. 1, 2024 – CaFÉ Submission Deadline
  • Feb. 24, 2024 – Notification Date
  • March 9, 2024 – Deadline for Loan Agreement
  • April 11, 2023 by end of day – Shipped artwork must at the address provided
  • April 20, 2024 between 11am – 2pm – Hand-delivered artwork must arrive at Strata Gallery
  • April 23 – May 10, 2024 – Exhibition Dates
  • April 26, 2024 from 5-7pm – Reception Date
  • May 11, 2024, 10am-1pm – Pickup of Hand-delivered artwork at Strata Gallery
  • Week of May 11, 2024 – Artworks shipped back to artists

Inner Sanctuaries – Exploring Domestic Spaces
Journey into the heart of everyday life by submitting your artwork for our upcoming exhibition, “Inner Sanctuaries.” We invite artists to unravel the beauty, stories, and emotions woven into domestic spaces, turning the ordinary into extraordinary. Express your interpretation of home, personal spaces, and the dynamics within. Whether through painting, photography, sculpture, or mixed media, capture the essence of domesticity — be it cozy corners, bustling kitchens, or quiet reflections in living rooms. Selected artworks will be curated into a captivating exhibition, offering viewers a glimpse into the diverse landscapes of private realms. Join us in celebrating the nuances of domestic life, where mundane moments transform into profound expressions. Submit your artwork by February 1st, 2024 and contribute to the narrative of “Inner Sanctuaries.” This exhibition aims to illuminate the significance of our daily surroundings, creating a shared exploration of the familiar and the intimate. Let your creativity illuminate the often-overlooked beauty within the spaces we call home.

Inner Sanctuaries is a juried exhibition that will be held at Strata Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The exhibition will run from April 23 – May 10, 2024.

Prizes: 
$200 – Best of Show (1)
$100 – Honorable Mention (2)

About Strata Gallery:
Strata Gallery is a non-profit, artist-member gallery with a mission that cultivates artistic discussion and educates the public about the work of contemporary established and emerging artists. Through our mentorship program, our established artists give our emerging artists direct guidance, feedback, and information as they learn to navigate their artistic practice. Through collaborations and discussions, Strata Gallery provides a venue that encourages artists to experiment and re-examine what art is and could be. Strata Gallery does not favor any distinct style and promotes a range of diverse and authentic individual expression through a varied material practice, imagery, style, and ethos independent of any commercial concern. Strata Gallery is located at 125 Lincoln Ave, Suite 105, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501. 

About the Juror:
Stephanie J. Woods is a multimedia artist based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she is an Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Art at the University of New Mexico. Working primarily in the fields of photography, fiber, video, and sculpture. She creates mixed-media works, handcrafting the props featured in her photographs. Raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, she cultivates an artistic practice concerned with exploring Black American culture, identity, and the impact of involuntary cultural assimilation.

In 2021 Woods was selected to attend the artist residency Black Rock Senegal, located in Dakar Senegal, and in 2021 Woods was also awarded the 1858 Prize for contemporary southern art awarded by the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, South Carolina. Woods is also the recipient of several other awards, residencies, and fellowships, including the 2022 Harpo Prize, the Fine Arts Work Center fellowship, ACRE Residency, the McColl Center for Art + Innovation, Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists Residency, and Penland School of Craft. Her work is featured in permanent collections at the Virginia Museum of Fine Art, and the Gibbes Museum of Art, among others . Additionally she has been featured in BOMB Magazine, Art Papers, Lenscratch, Burnaway, and the Boston Art Review.

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