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Watercolor Workshops with Dale Laitenin

Dale Laitinen Watermedia Zoom Class

Workshops are scheduled for July, September, and November.

Participate in this workshop from the comfort of your own home.

 

Members: $50

General: $60

 

 

Employing watercolor on an Aquabord substrate I will demonstrate techniques I have found useful in creating paintings that meld both abstract shapes with those that describe distant vistas with formations that ignite the the imagination.

 

More information on the workshop is available on our website. 

 

 

 About the Artist

Dale Laitinen paints the natural landscape because of its promise of an infinite portal to the imagination. His paintings marry the underlying design of nature with objective reality to go beyond the surface appearance of things.

Laitinen is a graduate of Modesto Junior College and San Jose State in California with a degree in Fine Art. He is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society and Watercolor West and travels widely teaching workshops and is a national art juror. 

He lives and paints in a Pine and Cedar forest in Pioneer, CA, in a house, not in the trees.

Call for Artists: “Perspectives 2023” the International Exhibition

CICA Museum invites artists worldwide to participate in the International Exhibition, “Perspectives 2023.” We are open to photography, 2D digital art, video art, interactive art, painting, sculpture and installation art dealing with new/various/different views and perspectives on subject matters.

*Category
-Photographs & 2D Digital Art
-Video & Interactive Art
-Painting, Sculpture & Installation Art

*Installation
-Photographs & 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 larger 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 screen through a projector. If the work is required to be screened through a projector exclusively, or more than two projectors/monitors are needed, please indicate the special requirements in the submission email. Additional fees may apply.

-Painting, Sculpture & 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.

*Deadline: June 17, 2022

*Exhibition Dates: February 1 – 19, 2023

***The dates are subject to change.

*How to submit your work: Please visit our website for more information – https://cicamuseum.com/call-for-artists-perspectives-the-international-exhibition/

Reproductive Justice is for Everyone!

JAM Humanities invites visual, literary, and performing arts submissions for our virtual exhibition, Reproductive Justice is for Everyone!, an international exhibition in the JAM Museum that will open in August, 2022. BIPOC and LGBTQI+ artists are especially encouraged to apply.

Reproductive Justice is for Everyone! asks artists to explore the myriad manifestations, experiences, emotions, and meanings of reproductive justice from present day struggles and organizing to the aspirational and everything in between.

The term “Reproductive Justice” was coined by Loretta Ross of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective and it applies a human rights framework to reproductive health advocacy. As defined by SisterSong, reproductive justice is “the human right to maintain personal bodily autonomy, have children, not have children, and parent the children we have in safe and sustainable communities.”

Reproductive justice centers intersectionality and the experiences of people who are often marginalized in society, including people of color, people who are poor, and people who are queer and and trans. It calls attention to many aspects of reproductive health that are often overlooked, such as maternal death rate disparities for Black women in the US, discrimination in pregnancy healthcare for men who are transgender, economic barriers to abortion and prenatal care for people who are poor, stigmas surrounding menstruation, and effects of poverty and institutional violence on children.

We will accept submissions from established and emerging artists around the world who work in all mediums, including but not limited to sculpture, ceramics, fibers, metal, painting, graphic design, drawing, printmaking, collage, writing, poetry, film and video, performance, installation, etc. 

This exhibition will be juried; all artwork will be evaluated based on creativity and artwork quality, and how well the submitted work relates to and engages with issues relating to reproductive justice.

Summer Lovin’

treat gallery is excited to announce “Summer Lovin,” our first (and only) open call of 2022.

Summer. The word alone is a mood.

The hottest season centered the summer solstice, the days are long and filled with carefree fun, sunshine, tradition and culture. Iconic songs like LFO’s “Summer Girls,” Grease’s “Summer Nights” and movies like “The Graduate” and “Wet Hot American Summer” are engrained in American culture. Fireworks, sunblock, hot dogs, baseball, ice cream. Summer. Summers are growing longer due to climate change. In recent years we’ve seen shifts in temperatures, weather patterns and the political climate.

We are in search of 10-15 artists who represent this theme in a creative way – visually or conceptually.

The deadline to apply is Monday, September 19th. Artists will be notified no later than Monday, September 26th (3 days after Summer in the Northern Hemisphere officially comes to an end.) The Exhibition will run October 3rd – November 1st.

Please reach out to us directly at info@treatgallery.org with any questions.

treat gallery has a proven track record of helping others through contemporary art. We partner with like-minded professionals and businesses with a shared goal of making the contemporary art field more honest and tangible. We participate in major art fairs, provide scholarships, portfolio reviews, and have a couple pop-up exhibitions a year. treat gallery is not a non-profit organization, and we do not accept direct donations, but with every project or pop-up show, we donate 15%-100% of proceeds to a various cause or non-profit. We have placed work in major public and private collections and specialize in affordable, contemporary art by emerging artists.

For Summer Lovin’, 25% of sales and application fees will be donated directly to Clean Water Fund, a Washington D.C. based non-profit.

Since 1974, Clean Water Fund has helped people campaign successfully for cleaner and safer water, cleaner air, and protection from toxic pollution in our homes, neighborhoods and workplaces. Organizations and coalitions formed and assisted by Clean Water Fund have worked together to improve environmental conditions, prevent or clean up health-threatening pollution in hundreds of communities and to strengthen policies locally and nationally.

 

Small Works 2022

Our ninth annual national juried exhibition of small works (12 inches or smaller in any direction*) is open to artists working in all media excluding video/sound and installation art. This exhibition is open to all U.S. residents. *Framing may extend to 16 inches.

Juror: Bradley Butler, executive director and curator of Main Street Arts

Submission link: https://mainstreetarts.submittable.com/submit/226669/small-works-2022

Important Dates:
Submission Deadline: Saturday, August 27, 2022
Notification to artists: September 17, 2022
Accepted artwork due: Saturday, October 15, 2022
Exhibition Dates: November 5–December 23, 2022

A total of $2,000 in cash awards, “Best in Show” receives $1,000!  This exhibition will be in the main floor gallery at Main Street Arts and online.

Tools of the Trade: A Practical Series for Humanities Programmers

To advance our goals of supporting the public humanities field and assist with recovery from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, California Humanities is pleased to offer a series of free online learning sessions in 2021-2022 to help build and rebuild the capacity of individuals and organizations to provide relevant, responsive, and engaging programs in our communities. Tools of the Trade will spotlight the innovative and creative work being done by California Humanities’ grantees and partners. We will provide opportunities for everyone working in the public humanities field, wherever they may be, to learn from one another and strengthen our sense of commonality and common purpose.

The next free online event is on June 16, 2022. Click below for details:                                                                                       

Tools of the Trade: A Practical Series for Humanities Programmers                                                                                        

 

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