Global Meltdown – This call is for a thematic exhibition of artwork related to the the Global Climate Crisis. The exhibition will be held at the Limner Gallery, September 9 – October 2, 2021 and is open to all all interpretations of the Climate Crisis, be it global, local, personal, medical, environmental, financial, psychological, scientific and/or spiritual. Entry is open to all artists working in any media. $500 cash award. The entry deadline is April 30, 2021. The entry form is online at: http://www.slowart.com/prospectus/melt.htm
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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/
Taking Pictures: 2021
A juried group photo show with an open theme at Black Box Gallery.
For more info: https://blackboxgallery.com
Call for Art-OF THE EARTH
Art Fluent offers opportunities to artists worldwide through juried exhibitions throughout the year. As steadfast supporters of the arts, our aim is to connect art lovers directly with artists and vice versa. A portion of the proceeds from the entry fees are donated to organizations committed to the arts and supporting artists. Art Fluent invites artists worldwide to submit artwork to our online exhibit, OF THE EARTH.
THEME
OF THE EARTH- Our plant formed over 4.5 billion years ago. Oceans and land were born, and the atmosphere began to take shape. Humanity stepped in, and our presence became widely evident. Our hand lies heavily on the planet as few places on earth remain untouched. The art of the landscape varies from natural, contemporary, traditional, urban, industrial, or just a wide-open minimal space-we seek artwork that captures the earth’s spirit and character. Show us what OF THE EARTH means through your perspective.
CALENDAR
JPEGs due by Friday, April 2, 2021
Notification of acceptance and online gallery opening Friday, April 30, 2021.
AWARDS
All accepted pieces will be displayed in our online gallery at www.art-fluent.com
First Place: $500
Second Place: $200
Third Place $100
ENTRY FEE
$20 for first entry/$5 for each additional entry. You may enter up to 20 total. Payment is non-refundable and does not guarantee acceptance. For 3D work, there is no need to pay for additional entries for detail shots. Once your first entry is made, you may send additional views by email to hello@art-fluent.com.
ELIGIBILITY
This call is open to artists worldwide, both amateur and professional. Artwork that has been exhibited in previous shows with Art Fluent will not be chosen again.
RULES
Work that is copied or done under the guidance of an instructor is not eligible. Open to ALL fine art mediums (oil, acrylic, watermedia, pastel, drawing, printmaking, mixed media, photography, sculpture, fiber, wood, digital art) except video.
SELECTION PROCESS
Director’s choice. Please note, there is no personal feedback given by jurors.
ENTRY PROCEDURE
Entry is done through CaFÉ, a web-based service that allows artists to upload images and organize their artwork for submissions to galleries. To apply for a call, you must leave our website and go to the CaFÉ website at www.callforentry.org, where you can create a FREE artist account. You will add your details and upload your images to CaFÉ, and then you can submit work to OF THE EARTH. If you have any questions about the process please contact us at hello@art-fluent.com we are happy to walk you through the process.
MEDIA PREPARATION
All images must be in JPEG format using CaFÉ guidelines. The image size must be 1,200 pixels or greater on the longest side. The maximum file size is 5 MB. Please only submit properly cropped images of your work that are in focus.
NOTIFICATION
Notification will be done by email, everyone who submits will be notified of the juror’s selections. If, for any reason, you do not hear from us by the notification date, please check the filters in your email account. Notification emails are sent to the email on file with CaFÉ.
SALES
All sales inquiries will be directed to the artist’s website. For any artwork that is sold, the artists receive 100% of the sale.
GIVING BACK
A portion of the proceeds from the entry fees is donated to organizations committed to the arts and supporting artists.
REGULATIONS
By entering our calls for art through CaFÉ, you agree to be added to Art Fluent’s email list for forthcoming artist opportunities. By submitting images, you agree that the images are your own work, you own all rights to the images, and take full responsibility for the content of all images, including the likeness of recognizable individuals. The actual artwork will remain the property of the artist. Our mission is to promote artists and their work. Should your work be accepted, you grant Art Fluent the right to reproduce your image on our website, social media, and where appropriate, to help promote our online exhibitions. Art Fluent will always credit you and your copyright wherever feasible. We will not use your image for any other purpose without the artist’s permission.
Call to Artists: Artist Lab: Art Meets History in New Mexico
CALL TO ARTISTS
Artist Lab: Art Meets History in New Mexico
A four-week, virtual/online lab in March & April 2021 with 516 ARTS, Kolaj Institute, and the Albuquerque Museum Photography Archives
Deadline to apply: 28 February 2021
Apply HERE.
Visual artists with an established practice are invited to apply for Artist Lab: Art Meets History in New Mexico, a four-week program designed to foster the integration of history into contemporary art practices. The Lab is presented as a collaboration between 516 ARTS, Kolaj Institute, and Albuquerque Museum’s photo archives.
The Lab looks at how our divergent histories of race, conflict, and colonialism inform how we imagine our futures. Participating artists are asked to work from their own people’s history, to confront that history, and to imagine a future that offers justice, fairness, and support for all people. A goal of the lab is a proposal for a body of artwork to be considered for a group exhibition at 516 ARTS in 2022.
Race, conflict, and colonialism are themes that run through the history of America and while these topics inform national mythologies they often go unexplored and unimagined in our civic discourse. People often operate with a different history than that of their neighbors. How we understand our divergent histories of race, conflict, and colonialism inform how we imagine our futures. For artists to speak to society, we must raise up all the histories of our community.
Using the photography archives of the Albuquerque Museum and other historical resources in the community, the focus of this project is the multiple histories of different peoples who have made what we now call New Mexico and the surrounding land their home.
The Artist Lab equips artists with tools and strategies for picking up the unfinished work of history and speaking to contemporary civic discourse around social, economic, and environmental issues. Through interactive online sessions, collections research, and visits with historians, archivists, and curators, artists explore their process and practice; present a slideshow of their work; receive supportive, critical, curatorial feedback about their ideas; and discuss strategies for making art that speaks to the contemporary moment.
Over the course of four weeks, artists will participate in online meetings, engage in one-on-one sessions with faculty, and complete independent assignments. Sessions are one hour to an hour-and-a-half long and include slideshows, artist presentations, and discussions. Guest artists share their practices and lead discussions. Specialists introduce participants to collections and archives and speak to the histories of New Mexico’s multiple peoples.
Artists complete the Lab with a project proposal for a group exhibition at 516 ARTS in 2022. The exhibition will give audiences an opportunity to consider how our contemporary discourse is a product of multiple histories in a constant state of negotiation with one another. Our understanding of history shapes how we live in the present. The exhibition is curated by L. Kasimu Harris, Alicia Inez Guzmán, and Ric Kasini Kadour. 516 ARTS has dedicated a fund to commission artworks for the exhibition, in part, to artists who successfully complete the Lab.
WHO IS THIS FOR?
The Artist Lab is intended for self-motivated artists, at any stage in their career, who want to develop a practice of working with historic sites or history associations to create and present art that embeds itself in non-traditional spaces and speaks to a general community about contemporary issues. The Lab is open to artists anywhere in the world. Artists from Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and Asian communities are encouraged to apply.
COST
The cost of the Lab is $750 per artist; however, no artist will be turned away for lack of funds and the organizers will work with artists to build a financial aid package.
516 ARTS is providing a limited number of scholarships to artists from New Mexico, artists from Mexico whose work focuses on the US/Mexico border, and artists who are Native American, Alaskan Native, or First Nations.
HOW TO APPLY
Submit your application HERE.
APPLICATION PROCESS
The submission process asks applicants for:
• Contact information
• Artist Bio (50-250 words)
• Statement of Artist Practice (50-300 words)
• 5-7 images of artwork
• Statement of expectations
• Asks questions about your work and needs
CALENDAR
Deadline to apply: February 28, 2021
Notification to artists: March 13, 2021
Artist Lab dates: March 29-April 26, 2021
QUESTIONS
If you have questions, send an email HERE.
