Call to Artists - IMAGES: A Festival of the Arts

WHAT: 37th Annual Fine Art Festival 

WHERE: The Festival takes place on historic Canal Street and picturesque Riverside   Drive, adjacent to Riverside Park, on the beautiful Intracoastal Waterway, located in New Smyrna Beach, FL

WHEN:  January 25, 26 and 27, 2013

            Friday, 2:00 to 6:00

            Saturday, 9:00 to 5:00

            Sunday, 10:00 to 5:00

  

NOTEWORTHY:

*Limited to 225 juried artists in 13 media categories

  

*Jury/Booth fees are $40/$250 for a single booth. Double booths are available. There is a $50 charge for a corner space and $25 charge for electric.  

  

*New Smyrna Beach is very welcoming to its visiting artists! Festival Artist Hospitality is offered to participating artists. Times of operation will be listed in your Artist Packet picked up at Registration. The very popular Artist Dinner is held in the Brannon Center on Saturday evening at 5:30 p.m. and includes music, great food and award announcements. We encourage all artists to attend.

*Our ever popular Patron's Program: Patron's Choice Awards are given to individuals or businesses who commit to spending a minimum of $200 on artwork at the Festival. This commitment demonstrates community support for the artists. The Patrons select work for purchase, then give the artist[s] a prestigious 'Patron's Choice Award' ribbon to be placed in his/her booth. The amount spent by Patrons at the 2012 Festival exceeded $80,000!

 

*Over $22,000 in Cash Awards, including $5,000 Best of Show!   

The 37th annual IMAGES: A Festival of the Arts, presented by Atlantic Center for the Arts, is January 25, 26 & 27, 2013, in New Smyrna Beach, attracting 40,000 patrons and arts enthusiasts. All artist booths are located on the street; a food court, entertainment tent showcasing outstanding musical acts, and children's art programs are featured in the park itself.

Festival-goers hail from as far west as Tampa, as far north as Jacksonville, and as far south as Cocoa Beach, with the majority of attendees from neighboring Winter Park, Orlando, and Daytona Beach. New Smyrna Beach, one of the "100 Best Small Art Towns in America" in the book by John Villani, pulls out all the stops in welcoming IMAGES artists and patrons to town!  

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS:

Deadline: October 5, 2012

Requirements: 3 images of your work and 1 image of your booth

Notification of status: End of November, 2012

Booth Fee due by December 31, 2012

Apply at www.zapplication.org 

For more information, please visit our website at www.imagesartfestival.org.

Email questions to images@imagesartfestival.org or call Nance Casey Koch, Images Coordinator at   386-423-4733.

DEADLINE TOMORROW! Call to Artists - Downtown Naples New Year's Art Fair

The Naples Art Association 

at   

The von Liebig Art Center 

presents:  

 

Downtown Naples New Year's Art Fair

Call to Artists  

What: Downtown Naples New Year's Art Fair

Where: 5th Avenue South in beautiful downtown Naples, Florida

When: January 5-6, 2012
          10am - 5pm both Saturday and Sunday

NOTEWORTHY:
 
*17th Annual Event
 
*Estimated Attendance: 19,000
 
*Present your art to an affluent, art savvy clientele
 
*Held in an upscale dining and shopping district
 
*Extensive Marketing through paid advertising, media sponsorship and editorial publicity.
 
*Drive-up loading and unloading
 
*Quads setup for great visibility
 

*Artist amenities: Free parking and shuttle, overnight security, booth sitting

Start your new year off in sunny Florida. A new year and new opportunities await you at this wonderful, well established art festival. Ranked as one of the 100 Best Fine Art Shows in the U.S. by Sunshine Artist Magazine, this fine arts fair will showcase about 230 professional artists from around the country.

Held in the heart of Downtown Naples, on prestigious 5th Avenue South, this festival attracts art-savvy attendees and features upscale shops and restaurants. Festival guests will enjoy the set-up along the main street, which provides easy access to parking with free shuttle service to and from the festival and other resources. Quad setup for artists along the street means that every artist gets a corner booth with great visibility.

This festival is hosted by the Naples Art Association and receives maximum promotion from media and communication resources.  The mission of the Naples Art Association is to promote and advance education, interest and participation in the contemporary visual arts. Festivals hosted by the Naples Art Association provide the primary funding source for the education and related programs at The von Liebig Art Center.

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

Deadline: October 3, 2012

Notification: October 17, 2012

Booth Fee Due: October 31, 2012

For additional information and to apply, go to  www.juriedartservices.com

Email questions to: marianne.megela@naplesart.org
Or Call (239) 262-6517 x103

Call me Melville

WHAT: Dedication of new interpretive plaque along the self-guided Melville trail in Berkshire County, featuring Pontoosuc Lake a poem by Herman Melville, funded through a grant from Housatonic Heritage.

WHEN: Rescheduled to raindate: Thursday, October 4th, 11:30am

WHERE: Pontoosuc Lake Park, Hancock Road, just off Route 7 in Pittsfield, Mass.

WHO: Pittsfield Mayor Daniel Bianchi, Dan Bolignani, Executive Director, Housatonic Heritage, Will Garrison, Curator at the Berkshire Historical Society at Arrowhead

WHY: The enhancement of the self-guided Melville trail with interpretive plaques at key locations and an online counterpart to the brochure is part of Call Me Melville, the ongoing celebration of Herman Melville in the Berkshires that culminates next week on Columbus Day weekend.  Press release to follow ceremony.

Call Me Melville ends on Columbus Day weekend. The last two weeks feature:

• A staged reading of Orson Welles' play, Moby Dick, Rehearsed, at the Colonial Theatre's Garage on Friday, September 28th;
• An evening of Civil War music and writings,  including poetry by Herman Melville, at the Berkshire Athenaeum on Tuesday, October 2^nd;
• A one man performance of Moby Dick by world renowned Irish actor Conor Levitt at MCLA on Thursday, October 4th and at the Berkshire Museum on Friday, October 5th;
• The play Melville, Haunted performed at Melville's historic Pittsfield homestead, Arrowhead, Thursday through Saturday evening, October 4-7th;
• The dedication of the Herman Melville Memorial Moby Dick Reciting Parkbench by artist and composer Evan Lurie on October 5th during Pittsfield's First Fridays Artswalk; 
• The creation of a crowd-scribed edition of Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts also during the First Fridays Artwalk.
• An interactive children's program at the Berkshire Athenaeum, "Acting Up with Melville's Characters" with the Voices Theatre Company on Saturday, October 6th.

In addition, four Melville related exhibitions continue to be featured in the Berkshires. They are:

• Melville Contemporary, a juried show of work inspired by Melville and his writings at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, through Saturday, October 6th;
• A Sea Feeling in the Mountains, a photography show inspired by Melville and the relationship between seascapes and the Berkshire landscape at Sohn Fine Art and Chesterwood in Stockbridge through October 29th and 14th, respectively;
• And The Confidence Man, a series of paintings by Douglas Paisley inspired by Melville's novel of the same name, and So Far From Home: Whalers and Whaler Art at Arrowhead through October 8th.

10/5: The Macabre Show: Daily, Dyal, LaRotonda, Leahy, Holloway, Miso, Potocki, Worth

Events at La Luz de Jesus September 27 - Billy's Thursday Night Fish Fry and Community Social  September 30  Neon Park & Chick Strand Retrospective Closing Party Through September 30 Negativland Our Favorite Things October 5 - 28 The Macabre Show Craig LaRotonda, Myron Conan Dyal, Scott Holloway, Mavis Leahy, Miso, Jasmine Worth, Steven Daily, Gail Potocki October 11 Shark Toof Book Signing October 18 Ink Pen Mutations Press Aliens in L.A./ Bizarro Au Go-Go  - Signing and performance event October 25 Billy's Thursday Night Fish Fry and Community Social Nov 2 - Dec 2 Bob Dob Nathan Ota November 3 6-9 PM Rock N Roll Billboards of the Sunset Strip Book Signing & Slide Show November 10 7-9 PM Classic Dining - Discovering America's Finest Mid-Century Restaurants book signing with Peter Moruzzi & Sven A. Kirsten November 29 Billy's Thursday Night Fish Fry and Community Social Subscribe to the La Luz de Jesus blog Artofficial For additional information, images, interview opportunities, etc: Lee Joseph Publicity for the Visual Arts (o) 818-848-2698 (c) 818-415-5543 leejemail@gmail.com leejosephpublicity.com Ocober 2012: The Macabre Group Show at La Luz de Jesus   La Luz de Jesus Gallery 4633 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles CA 90027 323-666-7667 www.laluzdejesus.com  info@laluzdejesus.com The Macabre Show featuring new works from:  Steven Daily, Myron Conan Dyal, Craig LaRotonda, Scott Holloway, Mavis Leahy, Miso, Gail Potocki and Jasmine Worth October 5-28, 2012 Opening reception: Friday, Oct. 5, 8 - 11pm Macabre is a special autumn exhibition -- a curated aggregate of like-minded individuals. Come discover the archetypes and alchemy that makes each of them awaken: from Gothic iconography & morbid symbolism to arcane occultism and allegorical romanticism.   As seasons change, Macabre offers a contemplative refuge.  Full previews and individual show statements forthcoming.     Steven Daily "Watcher" - Acrylic on wood - 48" x 24" plus frame Myron Conan Dyal   "Cycle of Life" (Triptych)   Acrylic on paper mache           Scott Holloway  "Janus"   Colored pencil and leaf   on paper  5.5" x 5.5" in 11" x 11" frame       Craig LaRotonda "Phantasma"  Acrylic and gold leaf on wood  8" x 10" in 18.5" x 20.5" frame          Mavis Leahy "George"  Mixed media ornament  4.5" x 5" x 1"      Miso "The Infant"  Oil on panel  5" x 6"   Jasmine Worth  "Dark Mother"  Oil on Board  2.5" by 3.5"  Gail Potocki - "Unkept and Whispered"  Oil on linen in custom frames  10' x 24" (left) 24" x 24" (center) 10" x 24" (right)

Call for Artists - Architects and Designers: "Five Senses" Design Hotel!

Call for Artists, Architects and Designers: “Five Senses” Design Hotel!

Deadline: October 10, 2012

 

Luca Curci Architects asks to artists, architects and designers from all over the world, to join a new project:styling the interior design of an exclusive five-room hotel, based on the five senses’ theme.

 

The Design Hotel stands at the first floor of an high-class building of the end of the 19th century, in the centre of Bari, nearby the historical Petruzzelli Theatre. It consists of five rooms (each room will be dedicated to one sense) plus the hall and breakfast room.

 

The interior of this new Design Hotel, projected by Luca Curci Architects, will be based on the main concept of the 5 senses: each room will be dedicated to only one of the five senses and its style will reflect them through the use of different furniture, materials, shapes and colours. The Hotel’s guests will live a different and total experience and their senses will be stimulated and delighted in every room.

 

How to participate
Participation is open to: artists, architects and designers, associate groups and studios, from all over the world, without age limit.

 

To take part in the project, send us an abstract in which you describe how you would interpret every sense related to each room (five lines for each sense). Please send your CV, contacts and all the documents by email to lucacurci@lucacurci.com

 

You can propose colours, materials and furniture but you can’t change anything about ceilings, floors and architectural distribution.

 

To structure your concept, you can download the PDF of hotel’s location and technical boards with plans and photos of each room here

 

To download the complete guidelines click here

 

Selection
A jury will select the best five projects (one for each sense/room). Winners will receive every kind of editable files and supports to create their 2D and 3D room’s project.

 

Jury

President
Luca Curci | Architect, artist and director of Luca Curci Architects and It’s LIQUID communication platform
Members

IDONOTHING | Designer, editor and project coordinator of It’s LIQUID Group
Marica Denora | Writer and project coordinator of International ArtExpo
Zsófia Dobay | Architect at Luca Curci Architects
Cristiano Cervino | Associate of Luca Curci Architects

 

Prizes- winners’ interior design projects will be realised in the Hotel’s room;
- winners’ signature will be printed on their room’s wall forever;
- winners will be inserted with their projects on Luca Curci Architects’ official website, Five Senses Hotel’s brochures and website, opening’s invitations and press releases, publications, hotels’ search engines and every other kind of advertising related to the Hotel;
- winners will be advertised on It’s LIQUID Group by press office services and newsletter service to over than 80,000 subscribers.

 

Please send your abstracts and all required documents by email to lucacurci@lucacurci.com

 

About
Luca Curci Architects has experience with residential projects, offices, urban planning and designing public spaces as well as smaller structures, interior design and reconstructions. Luca Curci architects is open to collaborative relationships with various design and engineering firms. More: www.lucacurci.com/architecture 

 

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Scope Art Show Partners with Dumbo Arts Festival 2012

SCOPE ART SHOW PARTNERS WITH DUMBO ARTS FESTIVAL 2012
	The 16th Annual DUMBO Arts Festival presents art for all ages in the historic waterfront neighborhood jammed full of creative talent. From sundown Friday September 28 to sundown Sunday September 30th, the neighborhood between the bridges will host local and international artists presenting work in the parks, streets, bridges, waterfront, studios, shops and galleries. Come discover new work and see old friends and experience a full neighborhood art invasion like no other. And for the first time, SCOPE Art Show is pleased to announce the Dumbo Arts Festival SCOPE Prize, where one artist will be selected to present their work in the sculpture pavilion at SCOPE Miami, running concurrent with Art Basel Miami, December 2012.
	A SAMPLING OF THE WEEKEND'S EVENTS
	Heather Hart’s Bartertown, where art, ideas and special surprises are exchanged in a trade-only zone. Special performance of a Brooklyn-born dance form, FLEX is Kings, accompanied by the beats, bleeps and strings of Tranimal.		Tell your confessions and rants to Brent Birnbaum’s Bureau of Apology, or Iviva Olenick’s Embroidered Confessions. See old and new technology put to use by the residents of NYU Interactive Technology Program at their Center for the Recently Possible exhibition.
	THE NEIGHBORHOOD LIGHTS UP THE NIGHT
	Codex Dynamic, a 33,000 sqft projection mapped series and single channel video work that brings the Anchorage and Archway of the Manhattan bridge to life.		Superhero, the AT&T Signature Artwork allows visitors’ superhero powers in an interactive video projection.
	ALSO FEATURING
	Digital Summit 2.0, a behind the scenes presentation of the technology and inspiration behind many of the projects around the festival.		For the younger art lovers, The Children’s Museum of the Arts Family Programming brings workshops, animation, free-form art, bicycle decorating, and much more to the Tobacco Warehouse in Brooklyn Bridge Park.
	For full schedule and up to date information, check: www.dumboartsfestival.com    @dumboartsfest    http://www.facebook.com/dumboartsfestival Download the DAF12 APP for iOS and Android Dumbo Arts Festival is presented by AT&T, Two Trees Management and the Dumbo Improvement District with support by Toyota, East River Ferry and many more. All photographs courtesy Dumbo Arts Festival, LLC.

Markowicz Fine Art Presents Anne Valverde

Monumental Paintings by Walter Redondo

MONUMENTAL PAINTINGS BY WALTER REDONDO 8.5 feet x 6.5 feet Oil on Canvas 2012 Represented by Alexander Salazar Fine Art 619-531-8996        ALSO AVAILABLE CONTACT ALEXANDER SALAZAR AT 619-531-8996 AS@ALEXANDERSALAZARFINEART.COM    Nite Walks 46 x 44 $6,200    Visiting on the Way 50 x 52 $6,400   Traveling Companions  62 x 58  $8,150   Along the River 48x56 $6,500   A Night Out 56x52 2009 $6,950

Inspiring Global Picture Book - A Day in the World

A Day in the World ISBN: 978-1-60887-146-9 Hardcover | $50.00 | 512 Pages November 2012

Inspiring Global Picture Book, A Day in the World, Is the First Time Capsule of Its Kind SAN RAFAEL, CA, November 2012 - On May 15th, 2012, people from around the globe picked up their cameras to record their lives, and A Day in the World is the result. This inspiring project, the first time capsule of its kind, is an extraordinary worldwide account of an ordinary day, celebrating diversity, connections, and the human spirit with vibrant imagery. Professionals and amateur shutterbugs alike are featured in this beautiful edition, the most comprehensive photographic documentation of daily life ever made. Based on the philosophy that everyone's life matters, contributors come from areas as varied as the earth itself: farmers, fishermen, office workers, and award-winning photojournalists. Tribal areas and urban sprawl, intimate portraits and riotous events, A Day in the World captures a global scope with the candor only a photograph can capture. Participants utilized whatever photographic means was at their disposal to document their lives, from crisp high-tech point-and-shoots to cell phones and old-fashioned cameras, creating a touchingly varied perspective. This book presents the first global photography project that incorporates top talent with the general public. The brainchild of the movement Aday.org, this unique project celebrates the power of photography to encourage cultural understanding. An interactive site was the hub for the project, and then, an international jury selected the best one thousand images. Ultimately, A Day in the World is not only an around-the-globe ticket for the armchair traveler, it is an invaluable record of the people on our planet, sure to spark reflections on humankind for generations to come. Expressions of Humankind: A Day in the World launched from Aday.org, a branch of the foundation Expressions of Humankind. The foundation supports scientific research and education focused on the photographic image and the written word. The aim is to inspire creative reflections on humanity, by experiencing global perspectives. The foundation's council includes Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Sir Richard Branson, singer/songwriter Robyn and a host of other luminaries and advocates for the project.

Art Couture welcomes you to - “CONTEMPORARY ART ATTITUDES”

Art Couture welcomes you to - “CONTEMPORARY ART ATTITUDES”

Starts on Oct 8, 2012 and Ends on Nov 8, 2012

Gallery viewing timings- 10AM till 11PM – Daily

Women's Studio Workshop's Gala Dinner and Auction

5th Annual Gala Honoring   Gillian Jagger & Patricia Gould-Peck Women's Studio Workshop is proud to annually recognize the accomplishments of women artists and art supporters like Gillian and Patricia, who are role models for future generations of women with fearless perseverance, creativity, and dedication to the creation of engaging and meaningful work. Sunday, November 4th, 2012 Mohonk Mountain House 5:00 VIP Reception                                            Tickets: $125 5:30 Silent Auction                                             VIP Tickets: $250 6:00 Dinner and Live Auction                                                              Please RSVP by October 15 WSW has grown steadily and vigorously for over 38 years, developing from a grass roots organization to a facility that draws cultural visitors from every state and continent. Artists in all stages of their careers, from 5th graders to established professionals, benefit from WSW programs.  For More Information: Contact: Kristen Fleming                                    Or Visit The Gala Website:               info@wsworkshop.org                           http://www.wsworkshop.org/gala/               (845) 658 9133

Fictitious Truths - Exercises in Realism

Eric Doeringer    Carol Hepper    Sarah McDougald Kohn    Liz Nielsen    Ryan Roa    Henry Sanchez    Arlene Shechet

In 1943, employed as a dive-bomber for the German military, Joseph Beuys was shot down by Russian flak in a snowstorm over the Crimea region—and one of the art world’s greatest fictions was born. Indeed, throughout history, the cloak and dagger of illusion has reigned in the world of art. In the momentary slippage between image/text, the slightest shift of a frame, or the interaction of subject with object, a world of possibilities presents itself.

In probing the limits of visibility we have found that most things are in fact, unseen. As we feel for it in shadows and hidden corners, reality tauntingly leers back at us. How we choose to answer that challenge is both an exercise in personal fortitude and creative flexibility. Such action’s residual objects, the fleeting anchors of a distant reality, are those of another world – one where the organic fuses with the mechanical, nature and technology coalesce and fact irreparably merges with fiction. The works in Fictitious Truths live within that intermediary space, in its flexibility, subjectivity and potential for alternatives.  Culling from a variety of mediums—sculpture and photography, video and installation—the conceptual nature of the work presented examines such topics as the exploration of personal identity, the analysis of consumer culture (and by extension the art market), and the re-creation of political histories. It is not only the blurring of space and time that interests these artists but also the notion of shifting focus—from what we perceive to be around us to what is actually present—for if we are destined to fumble ceaselessly in the dark, a flashlight is always a good idea.

-Kara L. Rooney

Featured artists include: Eric Doeringer, Carol Hepper, Sarah McDougald Kohn, Liz Nielsen, Ryan Roa, Henry Sanchez and Arlene Shechet.


ROOSTER GALLERY, 190 ORCHARD STREET, NYC
OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 6 - 8PM
EXHIBITION DATES:  OCTOBER 25 - DECEMBER 2, 2012


For additional info please visit www.roostergallery.com