Bay Area Art Grind

Call for Entries: Craft Forms 2012, The 18th International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Craft

sjsartidea — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 07:20:22 +0000

Call for Entries: Craft Forms 2012, The 18th International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Craft

Deadline: September 13th, 2012

Craft Forms is an international juried exhibition dedicated to enhancing the public’s awareness of fine contemporary craft while providing a venue for established and emerging artists alike to share their creative endeavors. Craft Forms is open to all professional artists working in clay, fiber, glass, metal, wood or mixed media crafts. Artists are juried on-line and upon acceptance, can exhibit multiples of their work in the Wayne Art Center Gallery Shop (in addition to the accepted works in the exhibition). Entry fee.

Juror: Cindi Strauss is Assistant Director, Programming and Curator for Modern and Contemporary Decorative Arts and Design at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. She holds a BA with honors in Art History from Hamilton College and an MA in the History of Decorative Arts from the Cooper-Hewitt/Parsons School of Design.

Website link: http://www.craftforms.com/

Entry link: http://www.craftformsentry.com./

About Wayne Art Center: The purpose of the Wayne Art Center is to provide both instruction in the studio, and to build appreciation of the visual and performing arts through our many exhibits, lectures and programs. The Center affords artists an interdisciplinary venue to share, learn, exhibit and perform. They are located in Wayne, Pennsylvania.

Arts Council Napa Valley, call for proposals: 3rd annual Art on F1rst Exhibition

sjsartidea — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 07:15:50 +0000

Arts Council Napa Valley, call for proposals: 3rd annual Art on F1rst Exhibition

Deadline: August 24th, 2012 11:59pm (PST)

Coordinated by Arts Council Napa Valley in partnership with Gordon Huether Gallery, ART ON F1RST is a temporary, annual, site-specific art program utilizing Downtown Napa’s vacated storefronts as art sites. This opportunity is open to established professional artists residing in seven San Francisco Bay Area counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, Solano and Sonoma.

Arts Council Napa Valley is currently accepting applications through CaFÉ https://www.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=1045&sortby=fair_name&apply=yes

Non-member artists must pay a $15 application fee through CaFE to apply. Current ACNV Members may apply at no additional charge using a discount code entered at checkout. To become a member, visit: http://www.artscouncilnapavalley.org.

San Francisco Arts Commision, Call for Artists: New Public Art Commissions at San Francisco International Airport

sjsartidea — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 07:15:00 +0000

San Francisco Arts Commision, Call for Artists: New Public Art Commissions at San Francisco International Airport

Application Deadline: Wednesday June 27th, 2012, 11:59 p.m. (PDT)

Overview: San Francisco International Airport’s public art program offers travelers and residents a permanent collection of paintings, sculptures, mosaics and environmental works that reflect the Bay Area’s vibrant and diverse culture. The San Francisco Arts Commission is seeking artists for consideration for a variety of new public art projects located at the airport. We encourage artists using a variety of artistic approaches and media to apply. Project opportunities include the following:

* The non-secure connector wall between Terminal 1 and Terminal 2

* Boarding Area E: Light sculpture

* Boarding Area E: Children’s play area. Possible interactive artwork or otherwise “child friendly” sculpture.

* Terminal 3 Checkpoint: Walls in front of Checkpoint

* Terminal 3 Checkpoint: Suspended sculpture above escalator

Eligibility: Boarding Area E: Light sculpture is open to professional practicing artists residing in the United States. All other opportunities are open to professional practicing artists residing in one of the nine Bay Area Counties.

How to Apply: Applications are available through SlideRoom (https://sfgov.slideroom.com) an online application system for calls for entry. There is no charge to artists for using SlideRoom. If you are a first time user of SlideRoom, please allow adequate time to learn the use of this system. Applications will not be accepted after the deadline.

Click here for more information about the project and how to apply.

PURPOSE: The San Francisco Arts Commission is seeking artists for consideration for a variety of public art projects located at San Francisco International Airport. We encourage artists using a variety of artistic approaches and media to apply.

SCHEDULE: The remodeling and opening of these new projects is a fast track capital project. Artists selected for this project must be available to being work no later than August 1, 2012.

BUDGET: Project budgets will be between $100,000 and $350,000.

HISTORY: San Francisco International Airport’s public art program offers travelers and residents a permanent collection of paintings, sculptures, mosaics and environmental works that reflect the Bay Area’s vibrant and diverse culture. In all, the collection comprises more than 80 pieces in a diversity of styles and media by artists of local, national, and international acclaim. The works were commissioned in accordance with San Francisco’s percent-for-art ordinance, which provides for an art enrichment allocation equivalent to 2% of the construction cost of a new or renovated civic structure.

http://www.sfartscommission.org/pubartcollection/about-pubart/opportunities/2012/05/29/call-for-artists-new-commissions-at-san-francisco-international-airport/

National Call for Entries, Pacific Art League: Figures & Faces

sjsartidea — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 07:16:21 +0000

National Call for Entries, Pacific Art League: Figures & Faces

Deadline: July 3rd, 2012

Prospectus with full details: 2012_ff_prospectus_online

Exhibition Guidelines:
• Open to all artists residing in the United States
• All work must be ready to hang with proper hanging device
• All work completed within the past 2 years and not previously exhibited at the Pacific Art League
• All work must be for sale; member artist (above basic membership level) receives 70% on sales; non-member and basic member artist receives 60%
• Size of work limited to 60” either length or width
• All work must be labeled on the font and back with artist’s name, title, medium, size and price

Entry fee.

Awards: 1st – $400, 2nd – $200, 3rd – $100, 4 Honorable Mentions

Juror: Hung Liu. Internationally known artist Hung Liu grew up in People’s Republic of China up during the time of the Cultural Revolution and Tieneman Square. After high school she worked with peasants in the fields for four years and then trained in the Chinese Social Realist style in Bejing before emigrating to the U.S. to further her art studies at UC San Diego. A recipient of two NEA fellowships, Lui plumbs the depths of her life experience as well as history, gender, identity and culture of China. Her work is represented in the permanent collections of major museums (De Young, SFMOMA, Whitney, Walker Art Center and the National Museum of American Art to mention a few), and in private collections throughout the United States and Asia. Her work is represented by Nancy Hoffman Gallery in New York and Rena Branstein Gallery in San Francisco. She is a Professor at Mills College.

Website link for the Pacific Art League: http://updated.pacificartleague.org/

Pacific Art League, 668 Ramona Street, Palo Alto, CA

Call for Submissions: Mill Valley Film Festival

sjsartidea — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 07:02:52 +0000

Call for Submissions: Mill Valley Film Festival

Final Deadline: June 15th, 2012

Mill Valley Film Festival: High-profile, prestigious, non-competitive environment celebrating the best independent and world cinema. Seeking entries of three lengths: Short (30 minutes and under), Mid-Length (31-49 minutes), and Feature (50 minutes or longer) in the following categories: Narrative Feature, Narrative Short, Documentary, Children/Family, Animation, Experimental, and Youth Produced (made by filmmakers age 18 and younger; 15 minutes or shorter).

Website link for more detailed information, FAQ, and link to entry: http://www.cafilm.org/mvff/c4e.html

FEE: $0-$60. Mill Valley Film Festival, 1001 Lootens Place, Ste. 220, San Rafael, CA 94901
T: (415) 526-5839, FAX: (415) 383-8606, mvff@cafilm.org, http://www.mvff.com.

Mill Valley Film Festival (October 4-14, 2012, San Rafael, CA)

Call for Entries: 6th Annual Salon Art Prize, 2012, London, UK

sjsartidea — Thu, 31 May 2012 07:19:48 +0000

Call for Entries: 6th Annual Salon Art Prize, 2012, London, United Kingdom

Deadline: August 25th, 2012, 18.00 (GMT)

Application fee: £10 membership fee to Matt Roberts Arts

www.salonartprize.com

Matt Roberts Arts is currently seeking applications for the sixth annual Salon Art Prize exhibition, which will take place from 12th October – 3rd November 2012.

The Salon Art Prize welcomes applications from practitioners working with painting, photography, sculpture & installation, and 2-D practices (collage, drawing, printmaking etc.). They will offer the panel the opportunity to select up to 100 practitioners and an overall prize fund of £10,500.

This year’s Selectors: Gavin Delahunty (Head of Exhibitions and Displays, TATE Liverpool)
Godfrey Wordsdale (Director, BALTIC centre for contemporary art)
Anthony Spira (Director, Milton Keynes gallery)
Susanna Brown (Curator, Photographs, Victoria & Albert Museum)

The competition is open to all artists including university graduates, current students, and untrained professionals. International applications are welcomed and there is no limit on the age of work submitted.

Prize Fund: £500 2-D category winner
£500 Sculpture category winner
£500 Photography category winner
£1000, £500 of artists’ surfaces support and a solo exhibition for the Painting Category winner
(supported by John Jones)

£8000 to be awarded to one overall winner, selected from the four category winners.

To apply please send three images of work (these can be three separate works or multiple images of the same work if preferred) and supporting information to applications@salonartprize.com

Note: All Salon Art Prize applicants must be registered as an Associate Member of Matt Roberts Arts. Membership costs £10 (GBP) and lasts for up to 12 months. Membership contributions support the administration of the prize and our ongoing professional development services for artists.

For more information and link to entry via their website: http://www.salonartprize.com/

Call for Submissions, Corcoran College, Washington DC: Art & Technology Exhibition

sjsartidea — Thu, 31 May 2012 07:15:55 +0000

Call for Submissions, Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington DC: Art & Technology Exhibition

Deadline: June 8th, 2012

Description: Gallery 31 of the Corcoran College of Art + Design is pleased to announce the call for submissions for its new show dedicated to art and technology to be displayed from 2012-08-06 through 2012-09-02. The exhibition is aiming to explore the phenomenon of innovative technologies in relation to contemporary art (or: the relation of contemporary art to new technologies). Although the emphasis will be on exploring the art practices when a machine makes a vast amount of work, artists working in a way that opposes technology may also apply (we are interested in yarn bombing etc) This call seeks works addressing the recent tendency of personal fabrication of things, labs and the emergence of do-it-yourself communities.

The show is curated by the Corcoran College of Art + Design’s Department of College Exhibitions

Submission Guidelines:
- Please log on to www.corcoran.edu/content/call-entries
- Select “Call For Entry: Art and Technology Exhibition” from the Exhibition Title drop-down menu
- All fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required for submission
- Maximum of 3 submissions
- You may submit up to three images as JPEGS (resolution72 dpi), not to exceed one megabyte. Diptych, triptych, and works in a series will be accepted and may be considered one submission.
- Please be specific with the medium; for example, do not write “mixed media” or “painting”. Identify exactly what materials you used to create your piece, for example “monoprint, graphite, ink on paper” or “acrylic on canvas”.
- Label images as follows: Lastname_firstname_title_size_medium.jpg
i.e. Doe_Jane_untitled_30x42_Oil on Canvas_jpg

GALLERY 31 is the Corcoran’s dedicated exhibition space for the Corcoran College of Art + Design. The space hosts exhibitions by the Corcoran’s students, alumni, faculty, and visiting artists. The name was selected by the students, referring to the area’s previous designation as “Room 31” in original Corcoran plans. Located at the New York Avenue entrance of the Corcoran, Gallery 31 is open during Gallery hours and is free to the public.

Questions: For more information, please email them at collegexhibitions@corcoran.org

Corcoran College of Art + Design is the only college of art and design in the museum- and college-rich environment of Washington, D.C. It is one of the only art schools in the country fully integrated with a world-class museum. The Corcoran’s vibrant and active community includes more than 600 degree students pursuing a wide range of associate’s, bachelor’s, and master’s degrees in the visual arts. http://www.corcoran.edu/

Call for Applicants: Sculpture Space Artist Residency Program, with stipend, New York

sjsartidea — Wed, 30 May 2012 07:15:46 +0000

Call for Applicants: Sculpture Space Artist Residency Program, with stipend, New York

Annual Deadline: December 1st

Twenty artists are selected every year. Each receives a $2000 stipend toward residency expenses. The selection is made by the Sculpture Space Review Committee and a rotating guest panelist.

Artists are notified in March of the panel’s decision. Primary criteria are quality, originality, and potential for growth. Applications must be received by December 1st of each year. Free housing and $100 transportation stipend are available for New York State artists.

Artists are requested to credit/acknowledge Sculpture Space when the work that they make here is subsequently exhibited or published, and to provide excellent images of their work for our Web site, archives and publications.

Website link: http://www.sculpturespace.org/residency-program/

The Residency: Residencies are scheduled between September and August, excluding December, with no more than four artists in residency at one time. Artists are expected to stay for a full two months. Residents have access to the studio 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They are responsible for their own materials, specialized tools, fees for work done outside the premises, and for an assistant, should they require one. Residents typically spend approximately $1000 per month on materials and expenses. A basic command of the English language is necessary. Bicycles are provided, and a shared car is available for local travel.

Sculpture Space’s Studio Manager will provide an introductory orientation session, will act as a liaison with suppliers, and can provide technical assistance as needed. Sculpture Space facilities and grounds can accommodate a great variety of projects, both in terms of materials and scale. The City of Utica is supportive of community-based site-specific work. The public is invited to quarterly work-in-progress receptions; other visits occur by appointment.

The Studio: The studio is located in downtown Utica, New York, in proximity to light industry and various fabrication shops. The facility consists of 5,000 square feet of open studio, and two 400 square foot private studios for special projects. The space is outfitted with concrete floors, a two ton system of traveling hoists, and extra wide overhead doors. The studio has wireless access, and the Artists Office has DSL and a G4 computer; artists may borrow available digital equipment. The 3 acres of land that surround the building can supplement indoor studio space in the summer. An outdoor work pad is equipped with a 50′ monorail hoist.Sculpture Space is a founding member of the New York State Artists Workspace Consortium, and the Alliance of Artists’ Communities.

12 Gates Street | Utica, NY 13502 | TEL: 315.724.8381 | FAX: 315.797.6639 | info@sculpturespace.org

About Sculpture Space: Sculpture Space is unique in North America for its service to sculptors who come to Utica, NY to make new work. The program has helped advance the careers of over 400 national and international artists since 1976. Artists-in-residence have access to specialized resources available in the Mohawk Valley to make sculpture on a scale which they otherwise might not afford, in a supportive environment conducive to experimentation. Work that is made and first seen in Utica is often exhibited in galleries, museums and sculpture parks worldwide.

Housing: Artists live in a newly renovated Sculpture Space-owned apartment located one block from the studio with shared fully-equipped kitchen, bathrooms and laundry. Non-New York State artists are assessed a nominal rent. Artists are responsible for their own meals. No pets are allowed in the studio or the artists’ apartment.

International/National Call for Entries: PHOTOcentric 2012, Garrison Art Center, NY

sjsartidea — Wed, 30 May 2012 07:15:24 +0000

International/National Call for Entries: PHOTOcentric 2012, Garrison Art Center, New York

Deadline: June 14th, 2012

A Juried Photography Exhibition sponsored by Garrison Art Center, Garrison NY.

Open to all photographic mediums.

Exhibition September 8 – 30, Artists’ reception September 15. $45 for 5 images plus $5 for each additional image.
Entry deadline June 14; discount for early entry.
Awards $3,000 plus publication in Exhibition Book and more.

Jurors: Robert Mann, owner of Robert Mann Gallery, NYC and Elizabeth Opalenik, internationally renowned photographer.

Prospectus at http://www.garrisonartcenter.org/pcposter.htm

Online entries ONLY.

Garrison Art Center is located on the banks of the beautiful Hudson River, just 50 miles north of New York City.

Mpls Photo Center, International/National call for entries: The Human Condition

sjsartidea — Tue, 29 May 2012 07:20:24 +0000

Mpls Photo Center, International/National call for entries: The Human Condition

Deadline: August 25th, 2012

The “The Human Condition” encompasses the experiences of being human in a social, cultural, and personal context. It can be described as the irreducible part of humanity that is inherent and not connected to gender, race and class. It’s a search for purpose, sense of curiosity, the inevitability of isolation and fear of death. Entry fee.

Exhibit Juror: Annie Griffiths-Belt is one of the first women photographers to work for National Geographic, Griffiths has photographed in more than 100 countries during her illustrious career.

Prize Awards: First Place – $400, Second Place – $300, Third Place – $200 and Three Honorable Mentions. Prizes and Awards include a free full-color Exhibition Book.

Accepted Images: All images selected by juror will be exhibited throughout the Mpls Photo Center Galleries and published in a full-color Exhibit Book for purchase.

MPC Donation: Mpls Photo Center will donate $.90 of every $1.00 from this Call for Entry to the non-profit, Photography at the Center, whose mission is to teach photography to underserved and disadvantaged, youth, adults and seniors, “Bringing Photo Equality to All”,

For link to entry, exhibition/submission details, and more information: http://www.mplsphotocenter.com/exhibits/exhibit-competitions.php

The Mpls Photo Center is where photo professionals and enthusiasts alike come together to work and learn, to discover and experience, to create, exhibit and become members of this unique community dedicated to photography and all its media and processes. They are located in Minneapolis, Minnesota.