Kimball Geisler ( the Vice President of the Plein Air Painters of America) is teaching a 2 day workshop on June 1st and 2nd in the Lost Sierra near Quincy CA $300 Register
Visual Arts
Call for Art – Via Carta Mural Project on the Beautiful Central Coast
Via Carta Mural Project California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, California The Cal Poly Corporation is pleased to extend an invitation and request for proposals to provide a mural that presents broad themes which recognizes: the value and the contributions that migrant workers and farmworkers make on the Central Coast; the agricultural bounty of the Central Coast; Cal Poly’s student contributions to the field of agriculture (such as the Strawberry Center, Cal Poly Crops, viticulture, and curriculum that exemplifies the learn-by-doing ethos). The mural should encourage student and community interaction. An artist will be selected to create an outdoor 2-dimensional mural for installation on Via Carta, building 24 at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, California. Artists who are members of underrepresented communities are strongly encouraged to apply. The total artist stipend is a budget of $15,000. (On-campus housing will be provided by Cal Poly Corporation for finalists who reside outside of a 50 mile radius from San Luis Obispo, CA) Download a copy of the RFP and application template: https://artcollection.calpoly.edu/rfp Deadline to apply: Monday May 16th 5:00 p.m. PDT Contact: Catherine J. Trujillo 805-756-6395 ctrujill@calpoly.edu Artist Qualifications
- Artists must be 18 years of age or older to be eligible to apply.
- Artists must demonstrate their ability to design and successfully paint an outdoor mural.
- Artists must live within California and be able to travel to the mural location.
3rd Annual Still Life Art Competition
Fusion Art invites submissions for its 21st Quarterly Art Competition – the 3rd Annual Still Life.
For this art competition, 2D and 3D artists, worldwide, are encouraged to submit their best work depicting an arrangement of everyday inanimate objects. The subjects of the art can range from a single object to a complex arrangement of objects. The work can range from realism to surrealism to abstraction and all artists, regardless of location or experience, are encouraged to submit their best representational or abstract art and photography.
A three-month group online exhibition will be featured on the Fusion Art website starting June 15, 2022.
Best in Show and 2nd through 5th Place awards will be given. Best in Show winners will be invited to Fusion Art’s Annual Group Show in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 2023. Best in Show winners will also receive a complimentary one-year Fusion Art Featured Artist Membership as part of their award package, as long as they meet the eligibility listed in the application rules HERE.
Winners and finalists are provided with extensive worldwide publicity and promotion.
Please visit https://www.fusionartps.com/3rd-still-life-art-competition-deadline-to-enter-june-5-2022/ for full competition guidelines and to submit.
The deadline to enter is June 5, 2022.
12th Annual “Animals” Online Art Competition
Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces an art call for the gallery’s 12th Annual “Animals” Online Juried Art Competition for the month of May 2022. The gallery invites all 2D and 3D artists (including photography and digital arts) from around the world to make online submissions for possible inclusion in the Gallery’s June 2022 online group art exhibition.
The gallery encourages entries from artists (including photography & digital arts) regardless of where they reside to apply to this competition by submitting their best abstract or representational art.
The “Animals” theme will be the artist’s interpretation and depiction of animal art. Animal subjects include any living organisms, mammals, birds, insects and any animals that may also live in water.
The deadline to apply to this art competition is May 27, 2022.
Early entry and art student discounts. Winners receive extensive worldwide publicity and promotion.
7th Annual Cityscapes Art Competition
Fusion Art invites submissions for the 7th Annual Cityscapes art competition for an online exhibition during the month of June 2022.
For this competition, both 2D and 3D artists, worldwide, are invited to submit their best art depicting cityscapes. The theme includes any art which depict cities, towns, urban scenes and/or any related metropolitan subjects.
The artwork can range from realism to surrealism to abstraction and all artists, regardless of location or experience, are encouraged to submit their best representational and/or abstract art and photography.
Cash prizes and an invitation to Fusion Art’s Annual Group Show in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 2023 for Best in Show winners. In lieu of the cash prize, Best in Show winners can to choose a complimentary one-year membership to our Fusion Artist’s Members Gallery, as long as they meet the eligibility.
Winners and finalists are provided with extensive worldwide publicity and promotion.
Please visit https://www.fusionartps.com/7th-annual-cityscapes-art-competition-deadline-to-enter-june-1-2022/ for full competition guidelines and to submit.
The deadline to enter is June 1, 2022.
Abstracts Art Competition
Fusion Art, in collaboration with Julianna Poldi Art, invites submissions for a regional Abstract Art Competition open to artists in the Southwestern United States.
For this competition, both 2D and 3D artists, located in California, Nevada and Arizona only, are invited to submit their best nonobjective or nonrepresentational art. All artists, regardless of experience, are encouraged to submit their best work.
10 Artists will be selected for participation in a group exhibition at Golden Pine Gallery in Idyllwild, California. Winning Artists will also receive a choice of either a 30 min Zoom art coaching session with Julianna Poldi or the Abstract Painter’s Guide. Additional coaching and mentorship opportunities with Julianna are available upon request.
A simultaneous online exhibition will be held on the Fusion Art website.
Please visit https://www.fusionartps.com/abstracts-art-competition-deadline-to-enter-april-9-2022/ for full competition guidelines and to submit.
The deadline to enter is extended to April 23, 2022.
