A SHOW OF HEADS is a thematic group exhibition of work that includes and is based on the portrayal, interpretation and/or transformation of the human head. The exhibition will be held at the Limner Gallery, October 12 – November 4, 2023 and is open for entry to all artists working in any media. Entry deadline July 31. On-line entry form at http://www.slowart.com/prospectus/head.htm
Visual Arts
Fantasy (Group Show) : Call for Submissions
IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline to Apply: April 27, 2023 at 11:59pm
Art Drop Off/Installation: May 19, 2023 at 9:30am
Exhibition Closes/Art Pick Up: September 15, 2023 at 9:00am
The City’s Arts and Events reserves the right to change the project timeline.
*Artists will be notified of juried results roughly two weeks after the deadline. Any inquiries regarding results within two weeks will not be responded too.*
Themed Art Exhibition: Fantasy
The City of Santa Clarita (City) is seeking artwork for an upcoming exhibit located at the First Floor Gallery of City Hall. This art exhibition is seeking artwork depicting the theme of fantasy. Artwork may be submitted in any medium as long as it can be mounted to a wall, including paintings, drawings, printmaking, photography, and textiles. Sculptural pieces will be accepted for consideration.
For artwork to safely hang, artwork must be wired. Artwork exceeding 25 pounds will not be accepted. Per ADA compliance, artwork cannot protrude more than four inches from the wall.
This call is open to artists regardless of race, color, religion, natural origin, gender, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or physical or mental disabilities. Artist teams are eligible to apply, including teams of artists from multiple disciplines. Artwork will be accepted from the Los Angeles County and surrounding areas willing to drop off artwork. Mailed artwork will NOT be accepted. Artwork must be physically dropped off on the agreed-upon date.
In our City policy, it is stated in the contract that artwork must be on display during the duration of the exhibit, and cannot be removed earlier. This is standard procedures and expectations within the arts industry for exhibits. We proudly offer multiple exhibits around the City for local and nonresidents to showcase their artwork free of charge, in return we ask that our City’s policies are respected. Early removal of artwork before the exhibit has ended will affect an artist’s ability to participate in future opportunities with the City of Santa Clarita’s art exhibits programs.
Pop Culture (Group Show): Call for Submissions
IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline to Apply: August 10th, 2023 at 11:59pm
Art Drop Off/Installation: September 15th, 2023 at 9:30am
Exhibition Closes/Art Pick Up: January 12th, 2024 at 9:00am
The City’s Arts and Events reserves the right to change the project timeline.
*Artists will be notified of juried results roughly two weeks after the deadline. Any inquiries regarding results within two weeks will not be responded too.*
Themed Art Exhibition: Pop Culture
The City of Santa Clarita (City) is seeking artwork for an upcoming exhibit located at the First Floor Gallery of City Hall. This art exhibition is seeking artwork depicting the theme of Pop Culture. Artwork may be submitted in any medium as long as it can be mounted to a wall, including paintings, drawings, printmaking, photography, and textiles. Sculptural pieces will be accepted for consideration.
For artwork to safely hang, artwork must be wired. Artwork exceeding 25 pounds will not be accepted. Per ADA compliance, artwork cannot protrude more than four inches from the wall.
This call is open to artists regardless of race, color, religion, natural origin, gender, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or physical or mental disabilities. Artist teams are eligible to apply, including teams of artists from multiple disciplines. Artwork will be accepted from the Los Angeles County and surrounding areas willing to drop off artwork. Mailed artwork will NOT be accepted. Artwork must be physically dropped off on the agreed-upon date.
In our City policy, it is stated in the contract that artwork must be on display during the duration of the exhibit, and cannot be removed earlier. This is standard procedures and expectations within the arts industry for exhibits. We proudly offer multiple exhibits around the City for local and nonresidents to showcase their artwork free of charge, in return we ask that our City’s policies are respected. Early removal of artwork before the exhibit has ended will affect an artist’s ability to participate in future opportunities with the City of Santa Clarita’s art exhibits programs.
Video Games (Group Show) : Call for Submissions
IMPORTANT DATES
Apply HERE
Deadline to Apply: June 22nd, 2023 at 11:59pm
Art Drop Off/Installation: July 26, 2023 at 9:30am
Exhibition Closes/Art Pick Up: November 17, 2023 at 9:00am
The City’s Arts and Events reserves the right to change the project timeline.
*Artists will be notified of juried results roughly two weeks after the deadline. Any inquiries regarding results within two weeks will not be responded too.
Themed Art Exhibition: Video Games
The City of Santa Clarita (City) is seeking artwork for an upcoming exhibit located at the Newhall Community Center. This art exhibition is seeking artwork depicting the theme of Video Games. Artwork may be submitted in any medium as long as it can be mounted to a wall, including paintings, drawings, printmaking, photography, and textiles. Sculptural pieces will be accepted for consideration.
For artwork to safely hang, artwork must be wired. Artwork exceeding 25 pounds will not be accepted. Per ADA compliance, artwork cannot protrude more than four inches from the wall.
This call is open to artists regardless of race, color, religion, natural origin, gender, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or physical or mental disabilities. Artist teams are eligible to apply, including teams of artists from multiple disciplines. Artwork will be accepted from the Los Angeles County and surrounding areas willing to drop off artwork. Mailed artwork will NOT be accepted. Artwork must be physically dropped off on the agreed-upon date.
In our City policy, it is stated in the contract that artwork must be on display during the duration of the exhibit, and cannot be removed earlier. This is standard procedures and expectations within the arts industry for exhibits. We proudly offer multiple exhibits around the City for local and nonresidents to showcase their artwork free of charge, in return we ask that our City’s policies are respected. Early removal of artwork before the exhibit has ended will affect an artist’s ability to participate in future opportunities with the City of Santa Clarita’s art exhibits programs.
Call for Artists: the International Exhibition “Figures 2023”
CICA Museum invites artists worldwide to participate in the International Exhibition, “Figures 2023.” We are open to digital and physical figure drawings and paintings, figure photography and video art, video documentations of performances, figure sculptures and installation/interactive art.
*Deadline: April 21, 2023
*Category
-Photographs & 2D Digital Art
-Video & Interactive Art
-Painting & Installation Art
*Installation
-Photography & 2D Digital Art
Selected works will be printed in 10×15 or 10×10 inches, framed, and installed by our curators & assistants. If requested by the artist, works can be printed and framed in different sizes. Additional fees may apply.
-Video & Interactive Art
We will provide projectors and DVD/DIVX players for the show. Multiple single-channel works will be screened via a projector. If the work is required to be screened via a projector exclusively, or more than two projectors/monitors are needed, please indicate the special requirements in the submission email. Additional fees may apply.
-Physical Works (Painting, Drawing, Print, Sculpture, and Installation Art)
The artist is responsible for the shipment and delivery of his/her physical work to and from CICA Museum, as well as all related expenses. The two-dimensional work should be no larger than 39 inch (1 m) on the longest side, and the installation piece should be no larger than 39x39x79 inches (1 x 1 x 2 m, w x l x h). The work that needs to be mounted on the wall should not exceed 10 kg. Please indicate in the submission email if you are interested in exhibiting works exceeding the size/weight limit.
*Exhibition Dates: August 23 – September 10, 2023
***The dates are subject to change.
If the work is selected, the artist will be required to pay the show processing & maintenance fee: $70 (USD) per work.
*How to submit your work: Please visit our website for more information – https://cicamuseum.com/call-for-artists-the-international-exhibition-figures-2023/
Call to Artists: Queer Men Artist Lab: New Orleans
The goal of the Queer Men Artist Lab: New Orleans is to equip artists with tools and strategies for picking up the unfinished work of history and speak to contemporary civic discourse around social, economic, and environmental issues. Through interactive sessions in the Lab and panel discussions as part of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire 50th Anniversary Commemoration, artists will explore their process and practice; present a slideshow of their work; receive supportive, critical, curatorial feedback about their ideas; and discuss contemporary issues.
Is the Lab only open to Queer Men? How are we defining Queer Men? The lab is open to any artist regardless of how they identify who wants to make contemporary artwork that speaks to the experience of Queer Men. We think of “Queer Men” as an amorphous state of being, one that is self-determined and inclusive of a broad range of human experiences. In this sense, we do not seek to define Queer Men rather we seek to question, What does it mean to be a queer man today?
Queer Men Artist Lab: New Orleans will take as its premise that 21st century queer men’s identity is the culmination of decades of construction and ask: What does it mean to be a queer man in the 21st century? Are apps leading us to think of each other as products to consume? How do we understand and celebrate the diversity of our bodies, those that are natural or manufactured by gym culture and ideas of hypermasculinity? What does it mean to “come out” in a world that promises acceptance? What is the place for men who identify as straight but love, desire, and yearn for male affection and sex? What does it mean to be a queer boy today? How do we evolve, grow, develop, mature in a world where we are misunderstood and fetishized, but lacking role models? How do we grow old when so many of us thought we wouldn’t live past 40? How do we remember who came before us? How do we pass knowledge to future generations of queer men? How do we support young queer men carving new spaces for themselves? How do we support our lesbian, trans, and non-binary siblings? What does feminism mean to us? Covid-19 was not our first pandemic. How do we unpack the trauma of seeing how much the world can respond when they care about who is affected? How do we stand in solidarity with those who live in societies that criminalize homosexuality? Bar is church and our bars are dying. What is the future of queer men’s space? How do we decolonize queer identity and create space that welcomes and celebrates queer men of color? What is our place in a late-stage capitalism that treats us as labor and assets? How do we build and sustain community? How do we understand our place in the world? How do we make ourselves understood? How can artists help us make sense of all of this? This is not an exhaustive list.
During the lab, artists will collaborate on a large-scale collage as a way to explore artist practice, process, and meaning making.
The Lab will center on the 50th Anniversary of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire. “In 1973, the deadliest fire in New Orleans’ history occurred in a small gay bar at 604 Iberville Street in the French Quarter. The Up Stairs Lounge was a refuge of love and acceptance in the New Orleans community until, in a matter of 19 minutes, it became a symbol of tragedy and rejection. Thirty-two people perished in the fire, and the New Orleans LGBT+ community was changed forever. At the time, local police did not consider the tragedy a top priority. One officer told a reporter, “This was, after all, a queer bar.” No elected official responded publicly to the fire. Archbishop Philip Hannan denied the victims Catholic funerals. Radio commentators joked that the victims’ remains should be buried in fruit jars. The arson at the Up Stairs Lounge remains officially unsolved despite being the deadliest crime against LGBT+ people in US history until the 2016 Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando. In 2023, a 50th anniversary commemoration will document and share this overlooked event with the community and honor the victims and their families.”
Artists will meet in the days before the commemoration to explore the state of contemporary art, its role in society, and how it functions in the current art world ecosystem. We will discuss how art makes its way to galleries, art centers, and museums. We will consider the history of queer art.
Artists will then participate in the Up Stairs Lounge Fire 50th Anniversary Commemoration. Events will include presentations and panel discussions, a memorial service, and a second line funeral procession culminating in a candlelight service. An opening reception and informational presentation will be held at The Historic New Orleans Collection. The panel discussions and presentations will examine the event and response, a review of the many creative endeavors that have been produced to tell this gruesome story, and present-day implications of the fire. During the Commemoration, we will meet once a day for discussion and reflection. After the Commemoration, we will discuss project ideas and proposal writing.
Artists will complete the Lab with a project proposal for an exhibition or a book and a sample work that will be considered for an event that will take place in 2025 in New Orleans. Kolaj Institute and the LGBT+ Archives Project of Louisiana will consider proposals for additional support.
Queer Men Artist Lab: New Orleans is intended for self-motivated artists, regardless of the stage in their career, who want to develop a practice of working with history to create and present art that embeds itself in non-traditional spaces and speaks to a general community about contemporary issues.
Read the full Call to Artists HERE.
