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29th ANNUAL THE ARTIST'S MAGAZINE
COMPETITION Enter your artwork in the 29th Annual Art Competition
sponsored by The Artist's Magazine. More than $25,000 in cash prizes
will be awarded, and Top Award Winners will be featured in the
December 2012 issue of The Artist's Magazine! There are 5 categories
for you to compete and win. Plus, there's a Special Student/Beginner
Division for new artists. Details: The Artist's Magazine 29th Competition OR art-competition@fwmedia.com
February 25, 2012
YOUNG EMERGING ARTIST COMPETITION Two
Artists will be selected and each given a Solo Exhibition and a
one-year membership to the Phoenix Gallery in the 2012
season. Eligibility: Artists working in all media. Jurors: Sue
Stoffel, Collector & Arts Administrator. Renee Vara,
Curator. Prospectus: http://www.phoenix-gallery.com OR info@phoenix-gallery.com
February 29, 2012
CALL FOR NATURE THEMED ART ARTE NATURA
is a thematic exhibition based on art inspired from the natural
world. Open to all interpretations of landscape, fruits, vegetables,
flowers and fauna and to human figuration as part of the natrual
environment. The exhibition will be held at the Limner Gallery, June 2
- 30, 2012. Open to all artists. National magazine publication
awards. Entry fee. For prospectus send SASE to (or On-line entry form
or email): SlowArt Productions, 123 Warren Street, Hudson NY 12534 OR
http://www.slowart.com/prospectus/natura.htm OR slowart@aol.com
March 1, 2012
PROJEKT30's APRIL 2012 EXHIBITION Seeking
submissions for our next publicly juried show. All work is presented
online prior to the exhibition, visitors select the 30 winners. The
exhibition will be publicized to our extensive list of galleries,
collectors, etc, contributors receive great exposure. Since 2003
Projekt30 has conducted over 120 juried exhibitions. Entry
fee. Details: http://www.projekt30.com/prospectus.html
March 6, 2012
NATIONAL REAL & IMAGINED GARDENS THEMED
ART National competition & exhibition of Secret Gardens: Imagined
and Real, April 6-36, 2012, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto,
CA. Submission by jpg only. Total awards: $400. Entry fee. Juror: Ric
Ambrose, Executive Director of the Pacific Art League and
nationally-known artist. Prospectus: http://updated.pacificartleague.org/images/exhibition/2012_secret_garden_prospectus_online.pdf
March 12, 2012
MYSTERY BUILD $10K ART CHALLENGE Mystery
Build is an art challenge focused on ingenuity and
resourcefulness. Contestants must create an original work of art using
only the materials provided in a Mystery Build Kit. Contestants upload
photos or videos of their creation and compete for $10,000 in cash
prizes. There is a kid's version too! Entry fee. Mystery Build Kits
are available at: http://www.mysterybuild.com
March 14, 2012
HEY, HOT SHOT! INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY
COMPETITION Submit five (5) photos (per entry) for your shot at
$10,000, a solo exhibition at Jen Bekman Gallery, representation from
Jen Bekman Gallery for two years, commencing with his/her
selection. Each of five finalist Hot Shots earns: A $500 honorarium +
Participation in the 2012 Hot Shot Exhibition at Jen Bekman
Gallery. Entry fee. Details: http://heyhotshot.com
March 15, 2012
CALL FOR CLIMATE CHANGE SLOGANS This time
I'd like to focus on climate change and am asking your help finding
the right slogans. Slogans should be short, smart, fit well into a
rectangle and look good in traffic. Winner gets a thousand dollars and
has their message displayed alongside freeways up and down the west
coast. Second and third place winners, if they're good enough for the
freeways, will receive 500 and 250 dollars respectively and have their
messages posted as well. Original work is preferred but not mandatory,
and apart from the right to post them publicly, I will make no claim
to winning entries as intellectual property. No entry
fee. Example/submissions: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iWwTp0TMU_g/TywwFyYfQiI/AAAAAAAADG4/38mo3JDSe2E/s400/freeway%2Bblogger.jpg
OR freewayblogger@yahoo.com
March 22, 2012
CALL FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS All photographers
residing in the United States are invited to submit one photograph
taken in the USA after Jan. 1, 2010 for "Camera USA: National
Photography Award 2012." A $5,000 grand prize award will be presented
to one photographer. Entry fee. Details: http://www.naplesart.org/callforartists
March 24, 2012
INTERNATIONAL JURIED PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW
$1750 in prize money with both a physical gallery and online
exhibit. Best of Show is $1000. The show will be exhibited May 1-June
2 at the North Vallery Art League's Carter House Gallery in Redding,
California. ALL forms of photographic expression are welcome. Entry
fee. Prospectus/questions: http://nval.org/Photography_Show.html OR nvalphotoshow@sbcglobal.net
March 31, 2012
19th ANNUAL MAGAZINE COVER/DISPLAY AWARDS
The Annual International Competition for $26,000 in publication awards
in Volume 19 of Direct Art Magazine, Fall/Winter 2012, issue. The
twenty two awards include the covers of magazine, feature articles and
full page displays. The competition is open to all artists working in
any media. Print prospectus and entry information: http://www.slowart.com/prospectus/spring.htm OR slowart@aol.com
April 13, 2012
23rd ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL JURIED
COMPETITION Open to US and international artists, all 2D and 3D
media. Entries juried by Chrissie Iles, Curator, The Whitney Museum of
American Art, NYC. Cash prizes, Power-Point presentation, Group
exhibition June 26 - July 14, 2012. Entry fee. Contact/details:
Viridian Artists Inc, 548 West 28th St #632, New York NY 10001 OR http://www.viridianartists.com/submission
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Jan 11, 2012
35th ANNUAL ART ON PAPER 2D/3D original work created on or of paper. Juror: Susan Badder adjunct professor Maryland Institute College of Art and former Senior Curator the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Cash awards $1000. March 23-April 22, 2012. USA and Canadian residence. Entry fee. Contact/details: Maryland Federation of Art's Circle Gallery, 18 State Circle, Annapolis MD OR http://www.mdfedart.org OR info@mdfedart.org
Jan 14, 2012
COLORADO PRIZE FOR POETRY $2,000 honorarium and book publication. Submit book-length collection of poems. Final judge is Elizabeth Willis. $25 entry fee includes subscription to Colorado Review. Complete guidelines: Colorado Prize for Poetry, Center for Literary Publishing, 9105 Campus Delivery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO 80523-9105 OR http://coloradoprize.colostate.edu
Jan 15, 2012
UNCONFERENCE CALL FOR PAPERS/ART The first annual ACTLab Conference Culture, Art, and Techne in the 22nd Century (CAT22) will be held April 12-14, 2012 in Austin, Texas. We invite proposals for papers, roundtable discussions, workshops, dialogues, performances, actions, print-making/poster sessions, storytelling, digital media, maker events, un-conference open format, or things that fit all or none of those categories. The conference will be organized as presentations in the traditional ACTLab "end of semester" style, but any style suitable to the presenter's work is acceptable. We encourage artists, theorists, geeks, tinkerers, practitioners, academics, curious bystanders, ACTLabbies, former ACTLabbies, friends, family, acquaintances, and anyone interested in collisions of art, technology, and culture or the ACTLab educational style. Details/questions: http://stratus.ischool.utexas.edu/ocs/index.php/cat22/2012/schedConf/cfp OR bishop@designafternext.com
Jan 16, 2012
CALL FOR CATS & DOGS THEMED ART In celebration of the month of February's Valentines Day and Spay Day, the art exhibit will be devoted to our feline and canine best friends! Artists are asked to create and submit work inspired by appreciation of cats and/or dogs. All art mediums considered. All sizes considered. Exhibit held in our Main Gallery, Studio 212. Juried by The Shoe Factory Art Co-op. Details: http://www.shoefactoryarts.com/The_Greatest_Gift_of_All_submission_form.pdf
Jan 17, 2012
SUSTAINABILITY REVIEW SEEKS ART/WRITING Seeking submissions for its Winter 2012 issue. TSR facilitates sustainability dialogue through four sections: art, opinion, features, and research. We are an online journal edited and published by graduate students at Arizona State University and hosted by the university's School of Sustainability. Our publication welcomes short pieces that integrate environment, society, and economy to explore a better way forward for humankind. Guidelines: http://www.thesustainabilityreview.org/submit
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