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December 2008

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March 1, 2009: Artwork now being accepted for exhibition with 12 month's gallery representation with hundreds of thousands of website hits each month.shows@upstreampeoplegallery.com; OR download next upcoming show at: http://www.upstreampeoplegallery.com/schedule/default.asp Artists are free to sell and exhibit their work in other venues at the same time. International Online Juried Art Exhibitions: "10th Annual Judeo-Christian Art", DEADLINE: Mar 8, 2008; "10th Annual Contemporary Art", DEADLINE: Apr 8, 2008; "10th Annual Collage, Digital & Mixed Media", DEADLINE: May 8, 2008; "10th Annual Landscape", DEADLINE: Jun 8, 2008; "8th Annual Summer All Media", DEADLINE: Jul 8, 2008; "10th Annual Photographic Processes", DEADLINE: Aug 8, 2008; "10th Annual Abstraction", DEADLINE: Sep 8, 2008; "10th Annual Painting, Drawing, Photography & Print", DEADLINE: Oct 8, 2008; "6th Annual Color: Bold/Subtle", DEADLINE: Nov 8, 2008; "11th Annual All Media", DEADLINE: Dec 8, 2008; "11th Annual Realism", DEADLINE: Jan 8, 2009. For a prospectus please contact: Upstream People Gallery, 5607 Howard St, Omaha NE 68106-1257 USA; OR call: 402-991-4741; OR email the gallery at:
December 31, 2008: TRANSART INSTITUTE MFA LOW-RESIDENCY PROGRAM. Animation, Architecture, Curatorial Work, Cyber Art, Film/Video, Game Design, Graphic Design, Installation Art, Interactive Art, Interdisciplinary Art, Painting, Performance Art, Photography, and Sound/Music. Students create their own course of study and work independently on art and research projects off-site with the support of faculty and self-chosen artist mentors. Lectures, critiques, performances, exhibitions, seminars and workshops take place in three intensive summer residencies on-site in Berlin and New York. The low-residency format permits students to continue with their professional life while participating in the program. Up to one year's credits accepted from other postgraduate schools. Some scholarships available. For more details see: www.transartinstitute.org
January 1, 2009: Projekt30 is taking submissions for our new February 2009 publicly juried exhibition. We are an artist-run arts organization dedicated to promoting emerging artists. The exhibition will include thirty artists; invitations will be sent to over 30,000 galleries, collectors, and fellow artists. Visitors have the option of contacting any participating artist with feedback or opportunities. As of Nov. 2008 over 200,000 messages have been sent to participating artists. All artwork submitted will be presented online prior to the exhibition so visitors may help select which artists will be included in the exhibition. Unlike other juried exhibitions, all participants receive exposure. Opens: Feb 1, 2009. Public Jury: Jan 15, 2008 - Jan 29, 2008 Deadline: Jan 1, 2008. Fee: $40 for up to 10 images, though the fee is waived for Projekt30 members and artists who use Projekt30's web-hosting service. Go to: http://www.projekt30.com for more details.
December 1, 2008: JANUARY 2009 EXHIBITION Projekt30 is taking submissions for our new January 2009 publicly juried exhibition. We are an artist-run arts organization dedicated to promoting emerging artists. The exhibition will include thirty artists; invitations will be sent to over 30,000 galleries, collectors, and fellow artists. Visitors have the option of contacting any participating artist with feedback or opportunities. As of Nov. 2008 over 200,000 messages have been sent to participating artists. All artwork submitted will be presented online prior to the exhibition so visitors may help select which artists will be included in the exhibition. Unlike other juried exhibitions, all participants receive exposure. Opens: Jan 1, 2009. Public Jury: Dec 15, 2008 - Dec 29, 2008. Fee: $40 for up to 10 images, though the fee is waived for Projekt30 members and artists who use Projekt30's web-hosting service.Go to: http://www.projekt30.com
December 1, 2008: FUNDED SCULPTURE RESIDENCYhttp://www.sculpturespace.org OR info@sculpturespace.org Emerging, midcareer & established artists are invited to apply for a workstay residency in Upstate New York between September 2009 and August 2010. No fee to apply. Twenty artists will be selected for two-month funded residencies: a $2,000 stipend helps with residency expenses. NYS artists also receive a $100 transportation stipend and free housing. No more than 4-5 artists work at any one time, for optimal workspace. The Artist Review Committee, with one rotating Guest Panelist, meets in January 2009, and notifies artists in March of the panel's decision. Primary criteria are quality, originality and potential for growth. For application guidelines, requirements and materials: Sculpture Space, 12 Gates St, Utica NY 13502 OR 315-724-8381 OR
December 1, 2008: MASTER OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES in ART THERAPY at the SCHOOL of VISUAL ARTSwww.sva.edu/arttherapy OR arttherapy@sva.edu The School of Visual Arts' artistic and academic tradition as the largest independent undergraduate art college in the country makes it an exceptional site for graduate education in art therapy. In addition, the diversity of New York City's population and excellence of its art institutions, health care facilities and community organizations offers students vast opportunities for artistic development and clinical application. MPS Art Therapy at SVA is a full-time, 2-year, 60 credit program with a 16-hour per week on-site internship component. Second year students choose from two unique specialization tracks. For More Information Contact: Deborah Farber, MPS Art Therapy Dept, School of Visual Arts, 209 East 23rd St, New York NY 10010 OR 212-592-2610 OR
December 1, 2008: INTERNATIONAL JURIED SHOW Open to all artists, all media. Juror: Adelina Vlas, Assistant Curator for Modern and Contemporary Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Previously, she worked at the National Gallery of Canada. Slide and CD entries due December 1, 2008 for February 13, 2009 exhibition. Send SASE to: Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, 68 Elm Street, Summit NJ 07901 OR email: mari@artcenternj.org OR download prospectus at: www.artcenternj.org
December 15, 2008: NATIONAL NUDE IN CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION Artists are invited to submit work in any medium and encouraged to consider many aspects of the theme using the figure in a contemporary representation, from abstract to realism, from personal to political. Open to all artists living in the USA. Works in all fine art media completed within the last 5 years are eligible. Art should be original, no mass produced prints or reproductions. Hand pulled prints, original digital prints and photographs will be accepted. Artist must be at least 18 years of age. Cash awards will be given. $500 first prize. Others to be determined. Entry fee. Contact: Carla Rokes, A.D. Gallery Director, UNC Pembroke, Art Department, Box 1510, One University Dr, Pembroke NC 28372 OR http://www.uncp.edu/home/gaywr OR theA.D.Gallery@gmail.com
December 31, 2008: THE SKETCHBOOK PROJECT We send you the sketchbook, you make the art. Then Art House is taking all the sketchbooks on a 6 city tour to galleries and museums across the U.S. The goal of the exhibition is to encourage anyone to create artwork and build a collective of sketchbooks made by artists from all over the world. You don't have to be a professional artist to participate in the exhibition. This project is about being creative and inspiring yourself and others. We want to bring artists together and give everyone a chance to show in museums and galleries around the country! Sign up for your sketchbook at: http://www.thesketchbookproject.com
December 31, 2008: Embracing Our Differences invites artists, photographers, professionals, amateurs, teachers and students to participate in its 6th annual visual art exhibit celebrating diversity. National and international submissions are encouraged. 45 artists will be selected for the exhibit. The Embracing Our Differences exhibit will be displayed throughout the month of April 2009 at Island Park along Sarasota's beautiful bayfront. The exhibit will also be displayed throughout the month of May 2009 in Venice, Florida. Since 2004, the exhibit has been viewed by more than 550,000 visitors. The exhibit will contain 39 billboard-sized (16 feet wide by 12 1/2 feet high) images of the selected artworks. An additional six "honorable mention" selections will be made. Final selections will be chosen based on artistic excellence in reflection of the theme "Embracing Our Differences". The mission of Embracing Our Differences is to use art as a catalyst for creating awareness and promoting the value of diversity, the benefits of inclusion and the significance of the active rejection of hatred and prejudice. The art-work will also be evaluated on how effectively it will read outdoors when enlarged to billboard size - 16 feet wide by 12 1/2 feet high. Artists are encouraged to use bold saturated colors and strong lines. Final selections will be made by a 3-judge panel of professional artists, curators and art professionals. A total of $3,000 in awards will be presented. Deadline for submission is January 12, 2009. No entry fee. Submission forms and more information concerning past winning submissions are available at: www.EmbracingOurDifferences.org or by emailing: MichaelJShelton@comcast.net OR telephone: 941-928-0567.
December 31, 2008: CALL FOR WEARABLE ART The 2009 Wearable Art Awards invites artists and designers to submit application packages for original garments to be included in the event's performances and exhibition. $5,000 CDN in prize money will be awarded. Deadline for entry is March 6, 2009. Presented by the Port Moody Arts Centre Society, the Wearable Art Awards encourage artists of all mediums to submit evocative, imaginative and thought provoking creations for the human body. Entry fee. Contact: Andrew Danneffel, Port Moody Arts Centre Society, 2425 St Johns St, Port Moody BC V3H 2B2, Canada OR http://www.wearableartawards.com/call_for_entry.php OR info@wearableartawards.com
December 31, 2008: Art Agent/Dealer and Coach Need an agent to get your work out? Need expert advice? Then look to someone who has actually sold work, exhibited in The Whitney Biennial, and is a dealer and agent who also helps artists with their careers through coaching. Contact: http://www.yourartmentor.com
January 5, 2009: ARTIST WOODLAND RETREAT RESIDENCYhttp://www.i-park.org OR ipark@ureach.com Artists' residencies, self-directed/project oriented, will be offered from May through November 2009, with possible off-season sessions in April and December. Most sessions are four weeks in duration. Residencies will be offered to visual (including digital) artists, music composers, environmental artists, landscape and garden designers, creative writers and architects. Work samples will be evaluated through a competitive, juried process. There is a $25 application processing fee required and artists are responsible for their own transportation to and from the area. They also provide for their own food and work materials. I-Park is a 450-acre natural woodland retreat in rural East Haddam, Connecticut. International applicants welcome. To defray the cost of travel, three $1,000 grants will be offered in 2009 to international artists. Music deadline is January 17, 2009. Also, I-Park is hosting a special environmental art program in late summer/early autumn 2009. Details of this program will be announced separately in October (application deadline: February 16, 2009). Contact: I-Park 860-873-2468 OR
January 15, 2009: NATIONAL JURIED ART COMPETITION 20"x20"x20": A National Compact Competition & Exhibit. $5000 in Cash Awards. LSU Union Art Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. Open to all artists in U.S. All media. $30 entry fee for 3 entries. Juror: Rene Paul Barilleaux, Chief Curator of Contemporary Art, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas. Contact for prospectus: LSU Union Art Gallery, Box 25123, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge LA 70894 OR http://www.lsu.edu/union OR unionartgallery@lsu.edu
January 31, 2009: Call for Entries - 2009 Kellicutt International Juried Photo Show: Through A Lens - Contrasting Elements - by the Coastal Arts League - Half Moon Bay, CA. Over $3,500 in Cash Prizes. Jurors: Michael Collopy, Charles Cramer & Janet Jones. Exhibition: April 2009. For Entry Form & Complete Rules visit our Web-Site at: http://www.coastalartsleague.com/photoshow OR email: kirsten@coastalartsleague.com
January 31, 2009: CALL FOR NEW ABSTRACT ART This call is for a thematic exhibition dedicated to the abstract artist. The title of the exhibition is Neoteric Abstract. The exhibition will be held at the Limner Gallery, April 4 - 26, 2009 and is open for entry to all abstract artists. There will be $2600 in publication awards. For a prospectus send an SASE to: SlowArt Productions, 123 Warren St, Hudson NY 12534 OR http://www.slowart.com/prospectus/abstract.htm OR slowart@aol.com
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Dec 01, 2008: FUNDED SCULPTURE RESIDENCYhttp://www.sculpturespace.org OR info@sculpturespace.org Emerging, midcareer & established artists are invited to apply for a workstay residency in Upstate New York between September 2009 and August 2010. No fee to apply. Twenty artists will be selected for two-month funded residencies: a $2,000 stipend helps with residency expenses. NYS artists also receive a $100 transportation stipend and free housing. No more than 4-5 artists work at any one time, for optimal workspace. The Artist Review Committee, with one rotating Guest Panelist, meets in January 2009, and notifies artists in March of the panel's decision. Primary criteria are quality, originality and potential for growth. For application guidelines, requirements and materials: Sculpture Space, 12 Gates St, Utica NY 13502 OR 315-724-8381 OR
Dec 02, 2008: NARAL PRO-CHOICE AMERICA T-SHIRT DESIGN CONTEST Calling all artists!!! Win $1000 for your t-shirt design! This contest is open to all! Enter our t-shirt design contest! NARAL recently launched a new and innovative campaign, free.will.power, with the goal of alerting young people to the challenges facing a pro-choice America. What do the words free.will.power mean to you? What does it mean to have a choice? Entry fee. Contact: NARAL OR http://www.myfreewillpower.com/create
Dec 03, 2008: CALL FOR MAIL ARThttp://artlinkfw.com OR info@artlinkfw.com Artlink would like to fill our hallway gallery with postcard mail art from around the world. The postcards will be on display during the Fort Wayne Photographers exhibit, December 12, 2008 - January 14, 2009. There will be no jury, no fees and no return of artwork. All participating artists' names will be listed on the Artlink website. All postcards will be sold with all proceeds benefiting Artlink's exhibitions. Contact: Artlink, 437 East Berry St Suite 202, Fort Wayne IN 46802 OR 260-424-7195 OR
Dec 05, 2008: JURIED FINE ART EXHIBITIONhttp://www.elkriver.org OR info@elkriver.org Fourteenth Annual Art in Harmony National Juried Fine Art Exhibition. Elk River, Minnesota. $9,700 in awards! Open to all artists world-wide. Show will be on exhibit Feb. 9-Mar. 27, 2009. Open to all media including digital, photography, sculpture, ceramics, painting, drawing, etc. Entry shall be by slides, photographs, or CDs. Entry fee. Contact: Elk River Area Arts Alliance OR 763-441-4725 OR
Dec 08, 2008: CALL FOR GLASS PERFUME BOTTLEShttp://www.kittrellriffkind.com OR artglass@kittrellriffkind.com A glass art gallery invites entries for their "16th Annual Scent Bottle Invitational". Unique, one-of-a-kind, and limited edition contemporary glass perfume bottles wanted. The exhibit will run February 6th through March 8th. Insurance. No entry fee. Send a SASE for more details to: Kittrell/Riffkind Art Glass, 5100 Beltline Road Suite 820, Dallas TX 75254 OR 888-865-2228 OR
Dec 10, 2008: COLLEGE ART GALLERY CALL FOR ENTRIEShttp://www.aacc.edu/cadegallery OR cpmona@aacc.edu This all-media exhibit seeks artworks that explore new views of consumer and corporate culture. Entry fee. For a prospectus send an SASE to: Cade Art Gallery, AACC, 101 College Pky, Arnold MD 21012 OR 410-777-7028 OR
Dec 12, 2008: CALL FOR NON-DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY Photo2009 Black & White Classic Juried Photography Show. Juror: Howard Yezerski, Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA. Open to all photographers in the U.S. and Canada. Cash prizes awarded. Features traditional film and print black and white photography. No digital may be used in any part of the creation of the work. Show dates: January 18 - March 15, 2009. Artist reception/awards ceremony: January 31, 12 - 2 PM. Entry fee. Contact: Brush Art Gallery and Studios, 256 Market St, Lowell MA 01852 OR http://www.thebrush.org OR photo2009@thebrush.org