Contemporary Art Room Gallery announces their 2nd “Seasons” Online Art Competition for the month of March. Artists from around the world are welcome to submit their work. The Seasons theme may include any work with interpretation of the four Seasons (Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter). All visual art mediums are acceptable (painting, photography, drawing, sculpture, digital, prints, fiber art, collage or installation art) except sound and video art. All winning artists will receive a digital award certificate. First, second and third place will be largely displayed with an article about the artist and their work. Winning artwork (First place) will be on the poster of the show. $15 for 2 images of artwork. Deadline: March 18, 2021.
Visual Arts
Veteran Voices: Communicating through the Language of Art
The Museum of Northern California Art is seeking all media artwork for the upcoming juried exhibition, Veteran Voices: Communicating through the Language of Art. Exhibition Dates: April 1 – May 30, 2021. The museum’s exhibition committee will make final selections.
ELIGIBILITY: Original works created by U.S. military veterans residing in Northern California, defined as San Jose and all points north, east, and west to the state border. The artist must be (or become) a monca member. All media (visual art, photography, performance, spoken word, video, music) Exhibited artworks must remain in the exhibition until 5 p.m. on May 30, 2021.
For more information go to https://www.monca.org/call-for-artists-1
11th Annual Figurative Online Art Competition
Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces an art call for the gallery’s 11th Annual “Figurative” Online Juried Art Competition. 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 April 2021 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 “Figurative” theme is the artist’s interpretation and depiction of the human form and human features. “Figurative” subjects are considered to be figures, forms and faces. The gallery will accept art on this subject that is either representational or abstract, but please, do not submit any erotic art.
The deadline to apply to this art competition is April 1, 2021. The exhibition will open on the website on April 5th.
Early entry and art student discounts. Winners receive extensive worldwide publicity and promotion. For further information and to apply online: https://www.lightspacetime.art/11th-annual-figurative-online-art-competition/.
Call for Work: 2021 Survey Exhibition of Contemporary Art by Post-9/11 U.S. Military Veteran Artists
Description:
Opening in September 2021 at the National Veterans Art Museum, Chicago, IL, the 2021 Survey Exhibition will showcase artwork created by practicing Post-9/11 veteran artists with diverse prior military service experiences.
The theme for the exhibition is art and service, and how these two worlds conflate within the Post-9/11 veteran artist’s practice and work.
Submitting artists are challenged to translate the theme into visual representations. Artwork that exemplifies the diversity and multitude of perspectives within the veteran artist community and/or challenges the notion of the military as an art-less space, or one exclusive to art for therapy, will be given preference.
Purpose and Goals:
The exhibition has three related goals:
- To provide increased access to the artwork of contemporary Post-9/11 veteran artists through its public display; and
- To build public education and community throughout its presentation; and
- To contribute to the discourse and art history on contemporary Post-9/11 veteran art.
Programming:
The museum will advertise and promote the exhibit, host a formal opening reception, and implement educational and community-building programs throughout the exhibition run.
Eligibility:
- This call is open to U.S. Military veteran artists nationwide, both emerging and established.
- Free to submit.
- Each artist may submit up to five pieces.
- All mediums accepted.
- Work must not have been exhibited at the NVAM within the last three years.
- Accepted work must be wired and ready to hang or install.
Selection Process and Schedule:
Deadline to Submit: March 20, 2021
Preliminary Review by NVAM: March 22, 2021
Notification of Artists to Exhibit: March 29, 2021
Installation: August 2021
Art Reception/Dedication: September 2021
Application Materials:
1. A short cover letter with a brief description of your work and how it fits the exhibition theme.
2. A copy of your DD-214.
3. An artist statement of up to 500 words.
4. A copy of your current resume or CV.
5. Digital images of up to five individual works of art proposed for exhibition. Recommended image size is between 500-800kb, 200 dpi. If proposing new work (yet to be completed) please provide samples of past work that best represents the proposed new work.
6. Image identification list for each digital image provided. The list should include: Title, Date, one to two sentence description, Medium, Dimensions (*framed), and approximate weights for each work of art. *We require that all flatworks be framed. If financial assistance is necessary to provide frames, please note that in your cover letter.
7. A link to your website or online portfolio.
8. If you require these application materials to be returned, please include a self-addressed stamped envelope with enough postage to accommodate the return of the items.
9. All mailed application materials shall be sent to Megan Owoc, Collection and Exhibitions Manager, National Veterans Art Museum, 4041 N. Milwaukee, Flr. 2, Chicago, IL 60641. Emailed application materials can be sent to mowoc@nvam.org.
ArtsThrive Art Exhibition and Benefit
The ArtsThrive: Art Exhibition and Benefit is the only juried exhibition at the Albuquerque Museum and the largest fundraiser of the year for the Foundation. The call for entry can be accessed on CaFÉ and this year is accepting applications in the following categories:
DRAWING, FIBER, GLASS, JEWELRY, ABSTRACT PAINTING, REPRESENTATIVE PAINTING, PRINTS (NO OFF-SET OR GICLEE), PHOTOGRAPHY, POTTERY/CERAMICS, AND SCULPTURE & 3D OBJECTS.
The accepted artwork will be on display in one of the Albuquerque Museum’s galleries from October 9 through December 5, 2021. All artwork will be for sale to the public for the duration of this 8-week long show, with 60% of art sales going back to the artist.
Apply January 18, 2021 through March 21, 2021 on CaFÉ:
www.albuquerquemuseumfoundation.org/artsthrive/
Call to Artists: Social Justice Collage Workshop
Social Justice Collage Workshop
A four-week, virtual/online workshop in March & April 2021 with Kolaj Institute
Deadline to apply: 13 March 2021
Collage artists with a passion for equal rights and equitable opportunities for all are invited to apply for Kolaj Institute’s Social Justice Collage Workshop, a four-week program designed to provide a foundation for the intersection of collage and social justice with the end result of creating a collage for an exhibition in May.
Early social justice advocates focused on issues such as the distribution of capital, property, and wealth because of the extreme disparity between the rich and the poor at the time. Since then, the term social justice has adapted to include the environment, race, gender, and other causes and manifestations of inequality with a focus on human rights and improving the lives of disadvantaged and marginalized groups.
The workshop is designed to explore the purpose, meaning, context, history and problems of social justice through collage making, discussion, examination of other artists’ work, and hearing from dynamic speakers who make and curate social justice collage. Participants will engage with each other via Slack and meet once a week on Zoom for four weeks. The workshop faculty is Elaine Tassy, Gerald Leavell, Rachel Monique Walker, and G.E. Vogt.
Elaine Tassy sees social justice collage-making “as a way to participate in the cry for justice for victims in some small way, and to process my feelings around their victimization at the same time.” During the workshop, she will speak about her experience making social justice collage and present, Say Their Names, an interactive art experience that documents and reimagines the police killings of Black people. She will invite participants to contribute to this project by creating context for one of the figures.
Gerald Leavell writes, “Social justice, to me, begins with self-reflection. Honest, brave, and compassionate self-reflection.” Gerald Leavell will speak about artists who are currently using collage to make an impact and lead a collage making session.
For Rachel Monique Walker, social justice is “a form of living justice, where action is taken to counter oppressions and restore rightful respect to people who are dehumanized by our systems.” Walker’s vision board exercise will give participants a chance to reflect on their previous engagement with the idea of social justice, consider where they are headed with social justice in the future, and make a collage in response to these insights.
G.E. Vogt will lead a presentation of their own voyage of learning about the history of political collage. They write, “Art is one of the most powerful forms of expressing, or bringing attention to the different forms of social inequality, thereby acting as a catalyst to motivate the necessary work for social justice.”
Artists in the workshop will work alongside each other to conceptualize, contextualize, and create social justice-themed collages. At the end of the workshop, everyone will be invited to have one of their collages included in the May 2021 exhibition at the Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice along with Elaine Tassy’s piece, Say Their Names.
WHO IS THIS FOR?
The workshop is intended for self-motivated artists, at any stage in their career, who want to develop a practice of making artwork in response to social injustice. The workshop focuses on creating collage that addresses modern issues and current political concerns. The workshop is open to artists anywhere in the world.
WORKSHOP LOGISTICS
Dates: March 18th to April 14th
Participants will engage via an online platform through group discussions. A two-hour virtual meeting will be held on each Saturday from 2-4PM EST.
COST
The cost of the Social Justice Collage Workshop is $350; however, no artist will be turned away for lack of funds and the organizers will work with artists to build a financial aid package. The Social Justice Collage Workshop is limited to 12 artists.
HOW TO APPLY
Submit your application HERE.
APPLICATION PROCESS
The submission process will ask you for: Contact information; Artist Bio (50-250 words); Artist Statement of Practice (50-300 words); 5-7 images of artwork; a statement of expectations; and ask you some questions about your work and financial needs. Applications are reviewed by the faculty. Space is extremely limited; however, the applications of qualified artists are kept on file and those artists will be invited to future workshops, if they wish.
CALENDAR
Deadline to apply: March 13, 2021
Notification to artists: March 15, 2021
Workshop dates: March 18-April 14, 2021
QUESTIONS
If you have questions, send an email HERE.
Deadline: 13 March 2021
Final Notification no later than 15 March 2021
