Thursday, February 9, 2012
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Call to Artists - An Art Festival with Altitude
Open Arts Fest
An Art Festival With Altitude
Call to Artists
What: Fine Art and Fine Craft Festival
Where: Boulder, CO
When: Saturday and Sunday
July 21-22, 2012
10 am - 8 pm - Sat.
10 am - 5 pm - Sun.
NOTEWORTHY:
*In its 2nd year this event is a combination of two previous events with over 34 years of successful history
*Limited to 100 juried participating artists
*Estimated attendance: 90,000 (based upon previous festivals)
*Located on the historic Pearl Street Mall (pedestrian only)
*Jury/Booth Fees - $35 / $425 for Pearl Street and $325 for 14th Street locations
*Artist
Amenities including free parking, continental breakfast delivered to
your booth both days, boothsitters, volunteer help loading in and out,
drive up to your space for load-in and load-out, artist-only break room
for VIP artists, indoor bathrooms and cash awards
*Night security and uniformed police officers during the show
*Thursday Night Artist Party
*Opportunity to participate in gallery show located at the Boulder Public Library
*Opportunity to conduct artist demonstrations
*Extensive advertising and marketing campaign (print, radio & TV)
*Strong community support
Open
Arts Fest, presented by Downtown Boulder, Inc. and OpenArts, is a
celebration of Boulder's visual arts unlike any other. Local artists
will be joined by artists from around the country, providing
demonstrations, workshops and showcasing their work. There will be
exciting children's art activities, a silent auction benefiting OpenArts
scholarship programs - and much, much more!
Open
Arts Fest is designed to put Boulder on the map as an arts
destination. The Fest will showcase the finest artists from Boulder,
Colorado and the nation, with an emphasis on fine arts and fine crafts.
Occurring in the height of the tourist season, the Open Arts Fest is
expected to draw at least 90,000 attendees over a 2 day period. Cash
prizes for the best of show, 2D and 3D categories, VIP space for our
artists, ample volunteer support, breakfast, water and snacks will help
you sustain yourself throughout the Fest.
What's special? Street
performances by some of Boulder's finest performing arts organizations
and musical groups as well as artist's demonstrations and an incredible
children's art tent will round out the weekend. Finally, you will have
the opportunity to show one piece of art at the Canyon Gallery of the
Boulder Public Library. The Canyon Gallery will host our preview
party/kick-off event on Thursday, July 19th - giving art collectors the
opportunity to see your work first (and learn where you'll be at the
fest).
Now Accepting Applications:
Deadline:
February 16, 2012
Notification:
March 7, 2012
Booth Fee Due:
April 9, 2012
Must apply at www.zapplication.org
For more Information:
You may also contact:
Stephen DeNorscia
Event Manager
Deadline Feb. 10th! Call to Artists - 2012 Summerfair
2012 Summerfair
at Coney Island, Cincinnati, OH
at Coney Island, Cincinnati, OH
Call to Artists
***DEADLINE EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 10***
WHAT: 2012 Summerfair
WHERE: Beautiful Coney Island Park, Cincinnati, OH
WHEN: June 1, 2 and 3, 2012
Friday, 2p - 8p / Saturday 10a - 8p / Sunday 10a - 5p
NOTEWORTHY:
*45th Annual Fair, consistently ranked in the Top 100 Sunshine Artist magazine rankings
*10 media categories / $11,000 in category awards
*Promotion
of the event to the art-buying public in newspapers, radio, magazines,
press releases, and social media valued at over $50,000
*Jury/booth fees are $30/$375 for a single booth, with double, some corner and limited electricity available
*100% outdoor, held rain or shine
*Artist amenities include booth sitting, exhibitor specific Hospitality area, Artist Award
Dinner
Join us in celebrating our 45th year of bringing fine arts and fine crafts to the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky area. Summerfair
Cincinnati, the producer of the Fair, is a nonprofit, 501 (c) 3 arts
organization, whose mission is to support and promote young artists,
individual artists and small / mid-sized community based arts
organizations in the Greater Cincinnati region through awards,
scholarships and exhibitions; all made possible by our primary fundraiser, the annual Fair at Coney Island.
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS:
Deadline:New Deadline: February 10, 2012
Notification: March 1, 2012
Apply at: www.zapplication.org
For more information, please visit www.summerfair.org
Email questions to info@summerfair.org or call: 513-531-0050
Friday, February 3, 2012
Call to Artists - SunFest
SunFest
Call to Artists
WHAT: SunFest Juried Fine Art & Craft Show 2012
WHEN: May 4-6, 2012
WHERE: West Palm Beach, FL
NOTEWORTHY:
Founded in 1982, SunFest, Florida's largest waterfront music and art festival invites you to apply to be an exhibitor. Held annually in downtown West Palm Beach, Florida the first weekend in May, SunFest attracts more than 275,000 guests. The festival and the patrons that it attracts have a very positive impact on the community.
Deadlines:
Monday, February 27, 2012
Application Deadline
Monday, March 12, 2012
Artists notified by E-mail of Selection and Reserve List
Monday March 26, 2012
Deadline for Acceptance of SunFest Invitation and Payment of $300 Booth Fee. Checks payable to SunFest.
Friday April 6, 2012
Last day to cancel and receive a refund of 80% of the booth fee. After this date, no refunds will be processed
Application Process:
Each exhibiting artist must complete an online application with only one artist per entry. Artists may apply for more than one category, but a separate online application must be filled out for each category. Each application must include a jury fee and its own set of images.
An artist may be accepted in more than one category. Multiple online applications must represent either work in different media categories or distinctly different work within the media category.
Prize Money & Awards:
Overall Best of Show $2,000
Best of Show 2-D $1,500
Best of Show 3-D $1,500
Awards of Distinction (6) $750
Awards of Merit (6) $500
SunFest Purchase Award $1,000
Fees:
Jury Fee: $30
Booth Fee: $300
Visit us at www.sunfest.com
Applications to our show can be found at www.zapplication.org
SunFest of Palm Beach County, Inc. maintains the rights to use submitted images for publicity and affirmation purposes before, during and after the event.
Contact:
Mitch Guirard, Event Coordinator
mguirard@sunfest.com
561.837.8072
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Artists Wanted - Do You Know Creative People?
ARTISTS WANTED
Do you know creative people? Well, we have an exciting opportunity for you.
Artists Wanted is a New York City based arts organization with over $50,000 in grants and awards on hand to give away to talented artists, photographers and designers. Some of that grant money is being made available to people like you who can help us reach out to the creative community.
Do you know creative people? You should get rewarded for it. Click here for details.
Do you know creative people? You should get rewarded for it. Click here for details.
Call to Artists - Reno Spring Home & Garden Show 2012
Specialty Food & Craft Pavilion
Call to Artists
at the
Reno Spring Home & Garden Show 2012
WHAT: Juried, Specialty Food & Craft Pavilion at the Reno Home & Garden Show
WHERE: Reno-Sparks Convention Center, Reno, NV
WHEN: Friday, Saturday and Sunday
March 23-25, 2012
Friday: 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Saturday: 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Sunday: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
NOTEWORTHY:
*Limited to 50 participating artists
*Easy load-in and load-out
*10'x10' booth spaces ($300) 10'x10' corner booths ($395) Jury Fee $30, electrical is additional
* All artisans must have their own free standing booth display.
The Specialty Food & Craft Pavilion is a unique feature of the Spring Home & Garden Show. It is also part of Expo 2012, which includes The Reno Spring Home & Garden Show, the Specialty Food & Craft Pavilion, the Reno Off-Road & Motorsports Expo, the Reno Outdoor Recreation Expo and the Reno Pet Show. Five great shows, all under one roof for only one admission price!
We are looking for one-of-a-kind jewelry designs, hand forged metal sculptures, photography, pottery, glass beads, leather designs, unique clothing, paintings, graphics, blown glass, wood sculptures and other craft items, specialty food products and more.
This is a great opportunity for artisans to meet new customers - folks who own their homes.
The Craft Pavilion is the perfect, relaxed atmosphere for show attendees to visit with artisans and learn about their skill and the process for which they have developed such incredible pieces.
Deadline: March 1, 2012
For more details: visit: www.lockettshows.com
Email inquires to: info@lockettshows.com
Call to Artists - Portraiture - An Exhibition of Portraits and Figures
Burton Silverman to Judge Art League’s Upcoming Portrait Show
This spring the Art League will hold its second juried portrait exhibition. "A Common Theme: Portraiture" will open May 20 and run to June 17, 2012. Taking its title from the popular "A Common Thread" of 2009, this competition will be open to figurative works in all mediums, including photography. We are happy to announce that Burton Silverman, the renowned portrait artist, will be our judge. The deadline for entries is April 2.
Burton Silverman is one of America's foremost portrait painters. Whether working in oil, watercolor or pastel, he has concentrated on, as he puts it, "the landscape of the human face". He has completed countless commissions of notable patrons and has had thirty-one solo shows in major cities across the country. His work has appeared in national and international exhibitions, including the National Portrait Gallery, the National Academy Museum, the Butler Institute of American Art, the Mexico City Museum of Art and the Royal Academy of Art in London, garnering numerous prizes along the way, among them the Ranger Purchase Award at the National Academy, twice-in 1965 and 1983.
His paintings are represented in nearly two dozen public collections, including the Brooklyn Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Denver Art Museum, the Mint Museum, the Delaware Museum, the New Britain Museum of American Art and the Smithsonian's National Museum of American Art and National Portrait Gallery, as well as private collections in both the U.S. and Europe.
The Art League is privileged to have Burton Silverman judge this show.
Call to Artists - Art in the Park
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Call to Artists - Uptown Art Fair
Uptown Art Fair
Call to Artists
WHERE: Uptown, Minneapolis, MN
WHEN: Friday, Saturday and Sunday
August 3-5, 2012
Friday: 12 noon - 8 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Sunday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
NOTEWORTHY:
*Limited to 350 artists in the Uptown Art Fair.
*375,000 attendance in 2011.
*$6,500 in awards.
*Winner of nearly 100 International Festivals and Events Association Pinnacle Awards.
*Application/Booth Fees: $40/$525 (single booth); $1,050 (double booth).
*Complimentary artist brunch and best of show awards presentation Sat. morning.
*Discounted hotel rates; Artist parking; RV and camping information provided.
*24-hour security.
*Boothsitters, helpful volunteers and well-organized staff.
*$300,000 advertising and promotion campaign; including radio, TV, print, and social media.
Uptown Minneapolis is an eclectic mix of commercial, retail, and residential properties in South Minneapolis. The intersection of Lake Street and Hennepin Avenue is the center of a lively, upbeat business district and is one of the busiest intersections in the state of Minnesota, creating the perfect location for a fine art festival. Lake Harriet, Lake of the Isles, and Cedar Lake are only a few blocks away, making Uptown's tree-lined streets both welcoming and walkable.
The primary focus of the Uptown Art Fair is the juried exhibition of gallery quality fine art. Additionally, the event offers family activities including a youth art fair, day and evening performances, a wine garden, and high quality outdoor food vending.
The Uptown Art Fair brings art to the people, draws visitors to Uptown, and provides a showcase and sales outlet for both professional and amateur artists from around the country. As the Uptown Association's primary fundraising event, the Uptown Art Fair is an economic engine for the community, generating revenue that pays for Uptown projects including community clean ups, marketing and education seminars, extra security officers, donations to local causes and neighborhood organizations, and other community building activities.
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS:
Deadline:
March 1, 2012, 12 midnight (CST) via www.zapplication.org
Notification:
April 1, 2012; results emailed with contracts
Booth Fee and Contracts Due:
May 1, 2012
For more details, artist's prospectus, please visit:
Brian Olsen's Art in Action
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Brian Olsen To Launch Art In Action Keynote in 2012
 Keep an eye out for Brian's newest program Art in Action KEYNOTE. The purpose of this show is to teach audiences how to utilize a creative process that can empower participants to overcome obstacles and achieve success, whether it's communicating with clients, developing new products, or simply closing more sales.
The concepts include vision, research and planning, risk taking, overcoming obstacles, and ultimately how to stay focused when executing within a given structure.
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Applications for 2nd Kathmandu International Art Festival
Call for applications for 2nd Kathmandu International Art Festival 2012: Earth|Body|Mind
Deadline
January 31, 2012: National artists
February 29, 2012: International artists
January 31, 2012: National artists
February 29, 2012: International artists
The Siddhartha Arts Foundation is pleased to announce that the 2nd Kathmandu International Art Festival will take place from November 25 to December 21, 2012. Titled ‘Earth|Body|Mind’, the Festival is dedicated to one of the most critical issues of the 21st century – climate change.
Climate change is not an isolated phenomenon. It is happening globally and similarly, action is needed globally, down from the grassroots level up to the policy makers of a nation. As a critical creative form, art provides a platform for the society to think, analyze and reason. Artists, therefore, are in a unique position to highlight problems of climate change, generate awareness and create dialogues in the public through their artworks.
We invite national and international artists and curators to partake in this event, to create and establish a much-needed global social change.
KIAF is now accepting applications from artists and curators through its website www.artmandu.org, under Participate. The deadline to file submissions is January 31, 2012 for national artists and February 29, 2012 for international artists. The International Selection Committee involves six people:
Dina Bangdel, PhD, Associate Professor of Art History, Virginia Commonwealth University; Jagath Weerasinghe, Artist, Art writer, Professor, Postgraduate Institute of Archeology, Colombo Sri Lanka; Joyce Toh, Senior Curator, Singapore Art Museum; Navin Khadka, BBC News Correspondent, Specializes on Climate Change; Rajeev Lochan, Director, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi; Salima Hashimi, Curator, Contemporary Artist, Dean of the School of Visual Arts, Beaconhouse National University, Lahore, Pakistan.
Background
KIAF is the biggest art event held in Kathmandu, Nepal. Organized by Siddhartha Art Gallery, the first non-profit Festival was held from October 30 to November 10, 2009.
111 artists from 25 countries showcased their visual interpretations on the Festival’s theme ‘Separating Myth from Reality – Status of Women’. Attended by over 5000 visitors in 6 venues, the event was described by the Mondriaan Foundation ‘an extraordinary project’ and as ‘dawn of a new era’ by national daily The Himalayan Times.
111 artists from 25 countries showcased their visual interpretations on the Festival’s theme ‘Separating Myth from Reality – Status of Women’. Attended by over 5000 visitors in 6 venues, the event was described by the Mondriaan Foundation ‘an extraordinary project’ and as ‘dawn of a new era’ by national daily The Himalayan Times.
KIAF’s mission is to firmly place Nepal on the global map as a venue for contemporary art, allow for artistic collaboration and exchange among international and local artists and use art as a platform for the society to think, analyze and reason.
Thank you very much for your support. Kindly visit our website www.artmandu.org for details regarding the Festival and circulate this information to your colleagues, friends and networks. For further queries and concerns please write to us at info@artmandu.org
email: info@artmandu.org
office: 977-1-4438979
website: www.artmandu.org
office: 977-1-4438979
website: www.artmandu.org
ANETA BARTOS & NICK WEBER in JACK & JILL
AMH Industries
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| Image: Aneta Bartos, Together, 2011 (Digital C-print from Polaroid) |
ANETA BARTOS & NICK WEBER in JACK & JILL
Curated by ANNE HUNTINGTON
February 2 – 28 2012
Reception: February 2 from 6-9pm
144 Tenth Ave NYC
AMH is pleased to present Aneta Bartos and Nick Weber in JACK & JILL curated by Anne Huntington on display at 144 10th Avenue (nr. 19th st) in Chelsea, NYC.
Bartos and Weber fluidly breathe haunting life into two-dimensional photographs and paintings, respectively, with such essence that the works bring forth a universal force. There is a duality of existence that is simultaneously light and dark; modern and nostalgic; erotic and romantic that invites the viewer into specific, yet open-ended worlds. Powerfully reflecting on the human psyche, childhood lessons learned, and acceptance granted or denied. The images arouse dangerous emotion with a fantastical dreamlike tone. We encounter humanity at its core, portals into ecstasy, challenging the viewer to experience various states of grace, to break through life’s defined states of sexuality in beautiful, disturbing and organic mediums. Bartos and Weber continue the figurative tradition, following the paths of Mapplethorpe and Bacon.
JACK & JILL references the boys and girls in us, as Bartos and Weber play the roles of artistic brother and sister. Instinctive parallels marry the works and blur the culturally formed lines ingrained in our visible and invisible worlds. The show delves into roles imbued in life’s mores and taboos through gender, gender bending, innocence and existence, linking to life’s complicated watered crown. JACK & JILL is the first time the artists are exhibiting together.
BARTOS: I’m very intrigued by human bodies as a spiritual, magical and mysterious energy, that appear to us as thinking beings, yet we know nothing of what they might be in themselves. I try to capture the dark and blurred space between the conscious and the subconscious, where I create the visual equivalent of memory recalled 'reality' one feels when jolted awake in deep r.e.m. sleep. However, my process is not a snapshot in the time, it is an eerie reflection of the body's spirits in the moment. It's my journey into the psyche of the body, where my passions, fears and taboos find it's home.
WEBER: The physical impact of my figures is what I attempt to convey, harnessing the energy of paint to conjure an actual person, not just a painting of a person. I subject my work to random destructive forces, molding the figure through a journey of memory versus form, layered by the processes of sanding and scraping, til what survives is the essential. Time’s passage is depicted literally and figuratively. The past lives in the present. I am haunted by female beauty, and the human ambivalence towards love and destruction.
Aneta Bartos, born in Poland, based in New York City, attended The School of Visual Arts. Most recently, Bartos was commissioned to create an art installation at ACME, New York, curated by Neville Wakefield. 2010, Bartos’ internationally acclaimed collaboration 4 Sale exhibited in New York City, Moscow and Poznan. 2009, Bartos debuted a solo show at Artsource, NY. 2007, Photo District News awarded Bartos as the top choice for Emerging Photographers. Bartos’ work has been featured in W Magazine, Interview Magazine, Conde Nast Portfolios, ARTINFO, British GQ, Panorama Newsweek, Zoo Magazine, GUP, Blow Photo and New York Magazine.
Nick Weber received his BA in Studio Art from Stanford, studying with Nathan Oliveira. Recent exhibits include solo and group shows at John McWhinnie in New York City and East Hampton as well as exhibits at the Fireplace Project in East Hampton and Scope Hamptons Art Fair. Featured press includes ARTINFO, New York Post, NBC Nightly News, Time Out Magazine, The Village Voice and CBS Sunday Morning. Work is collected by Richard Prince, Lisa de Kooning, Phil Aarons and Glenn Horowitz. Portrait commissions include Betsy Johnson and Abercrombie and Fitch. Weber is based in Amagansett, NY.
AMH Industries is the creative agency for contemporary culture – a full service art advisory and curatorial company. AMH produces and curates exhibitions, non-profit and for-profit events, corporate and personal collections, panel discussions, dinners and more. Founded in 2010 by Anne Huntington.
Inquiries: info@amhindustries.com
Curated by ANNE HUNTINGTON
February 2 – 28 2012
Reception: February 2 from 6-9pm
144 Tenth Ave NYC
AMH is pleased to present Aneta Bartos and Nick Weber in JACK & JILL curated by Anne Huntington on display at 144 10th Avenue (nr. 19th st) in Chelsea, NYC.
Bartos and Weber fluidly breathe haunting life into two-dimensional photographs and paintings, respectively, with such essence that the works bring forth a universal force. There is a duality of existence that is simultaneously light and dark; modern and nostalgic; erotic and romantic that invites the viewer into specific, yet open-ended worlds. Powerfully reflecting on the human psyche, childhood lessons learned, and acceptance granted or denied. The images arouse dangerous emotion with a fantastical dreamlike tone. We encounter humanity at its core, portals into ecstasy, challenging the viewer to experience various states of grace, to break through life’s defined states of sexuality in beautiful, disturbing and organic mediums. Bartos and Weber continue the figurative tradition, following the paths of Mapplethorpe and Bacon.
JACK & JILL references the boys and girls in us, as Bartos and Weber play the roles of artistic brother and sister. Instinctive parallels marry the works and blur the culturally formed lines ingrained in our visible and invisible worlds. The show delves into roles imbued in life’s mores and taboos through gender, gender bending, innocence and existence, linking to life’s complicated watered crown. JACK & JILL is the first time the artists are exhibiting together.
BARTOS: I’m very intrigued by human bodies as a spiritual, magical and mysterious energy, that appear to us as thinking beings, yet we know nothing of what they might be in themselves. I try to capture the dark and blurred space between the conscious and the subconscious, where I create the visual equivalent of memory recalled 'reality' one feels when jolted awake in deep r.e.m. sleep. However, my process is not a snapshot in the time, it is an eerie reflection of the body's spirits in the moment. It's my journey into the psyche of the body, where my passions, fears and taboos find it's home.
WEBER: The physical impact of my figures is what I attempt to convey, harnessing the energy of paint to conjure an actual person, not just a painting of a person. I subject my work to random destructive forces, molding the figure through a journey of memory versus form, layered by the processes of sanding and scraping, til what survives is the essential. Time’s passage is depicted literally and figuratively. The past lives in the present. I am haunted by female beauty, and the human ambivalence towards love and destruction.
Aneta Bartos, born in Poland, based in New York City, attended The School of Visual Arts. Most recently, Bartos was commissioned to create an art installation at ACME, New York, curated by Neville Wakefield. 2010, Bartos’ internationally acclaimed collaboration 4 Sale exhibited in New York City, Moscow and Poznan. 2009, Bartos debuted a solo show at Artsource, NY. 2007, Photo District News awarded Bartos as the top choice for Emerging Photographers. Bartos’ work has been featured in W Magazine, Interview Magazine, Conde Nast Portfolios, ARTINFO, British GQ, Panorama Newsweek, Zoo Magazine, GUP, Blow Photo and New York Magazine.
Nick Weber received his BA in Studio Art from Stanford, studying with Nathan Oliveira. Recent exhibits include solo and group shows at John McWhinnie in New York City and East Hampton as well as exhibits at the Fireplace Project in East Hampton and Scope Hamptons Art Fair. Featured press includes ARTINFO, New York Post, NBC Nightly News, Time Out Magazine, The Village Voice and CBS Sunday Morning. Work is collected by Richard Prince, Lisa de Kooning, Phil Aarons and Glenn Horowitz. Portrait commissions include Betsy Johnson and Abercrombie and Fitch. Weber is based in Amagansett, NY.
AMH Industries is the creative agency for contemporary culture – a full service art advisory and curatorial company. AMH produces and curates exhibitions, non-profit and for-profit events, corporate and personal collections, panel discussions, dinners and more. Founded in 2010 by Anne Huntington.
Inquiries: info@amhindustries.com
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