Call to Artists - Applications for Fountain Art Fair Miami & New York

Applications Now Being Accepted for Fountain Art Fair Miami 2012 and New York 2013 Myk Henry performance, Miami 2011. Photo: Rachel Esterday EXHIBITOR APPLICATIONS (Deadline: October 15, 2012) Exhibitor applications for Fountain Art Fair Miami 2012 and New York 2013 are now being accepted!  Click here to apply online today. With record sales and attendance marking its 7th exhibition in New York, Fountain is thrilled to announce that it will once again add its unabashedly unfiltered grit to the surging art-scape of Miami’s Wynwood district, in conjunction with Art Basel Miami Beach (December 6 – 9, 2012) “It has been an honor to see Fountain grow from our humble Brooklyn roots to an exhibition in a league with other major independent fairs.  What has been most thrilling is seeing how our returning exhibitors have grown with us – they are truly what makes Fountain the engaging, unpredictably enticing show it is.  We are excited to steamroll from our latest success to Miami Art Basel in December, and New York again next year.”  -John Leo, Co-Founder of Fountain Art Fair Fountain also looks forward to bringing its notably alternative, antithetical atmosphere to New York’s Armory Week, March 7 – 10th, 2013. Thanks to overwhelming interest, Fountain is now introducing application deadlines - Miami 2012 Applications Due: October 15, 2012 New York 2013 Applications Due: January 15, 2012 Please apply online as soon as possible to ensure your application is received.  If you are interested in both shows, feel free to inquire about our Miami/New York package.  Should you have any questions, please contact Elizabeth Tully (elizabethtull@gmail.com). Stay tuned to our Facebook and Twitter feeds for further details, press highlights, and upcoming events! About FOUNTAIN ART FAIR: “Possessed of a scrappy, youthful verve lacking in its more prestigious neighbors… Fountain was distinguished by a vintage street/self-taught aesthetic…” —ArtForum “The artists displaying their multimedia wares here are true avant-garde upstarts… Saturating your eyeballs with new imagery while listing on a rusty boat? Priceless.” —NBCNew York “The way an art fair should be.”  —The Economist “Fountain draws the type of unruly installations and unsettling performances that make it an unpredictable must-see… It’s perfect for jaded art lovers wondering where they can stumble across fresh, anti-corporate, stick-it-to-the-man hijnks in a laid back environment reminiscent of Burning Man” —Miami New Times Fountain Art Fair was founded in 2006 as an attempt to leverage support for smaller independent galleries to gain access to larger collectors and critics. Since its inception, Fountain has held six exhibitions in Miami, one in Chicago, and seven in New York. From its roots deep within the independent Williamsburg art scene, Fountain has grown to represent over 20 international avant-garde galleries and projects, showcasing progressive primary-market works.

Four Solos at the Skylight Gallery

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538 West 29th Street New York, NY 10001 646-772-2407 www.skylightgallerynyc.com  info@skylightgallerynyc.com Gallery Hours mon.-fri 10-4 variable Sat. 12-5  (please ring buzzer to enter gallery )  Opening Reception Peter Bardazzi, Peter Bocour, Joe Pimentel, Amanda Dandeneau    Thursday June 28th    6-9pm _____________________ Four Solos exhibition runs from June 25th thru August 4th   ____________________________________________________ In the Skylight Gallery Peter Bardazzi Peter Bardazzi is an integrated media artist whose paintings, drawings and videos have been exhibited in galleries, museums and festivals internationally including the Whitney Museum of American Art, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, the Basel Art Fair, the Brooklyn Museum of Art and the Reina Sofia Art Center, Spain. His work can be found in many public collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, The Neuberger Museum of Art, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, The Library of Congress, The Baltimore Museum of Art, JP Morgan Chase, The Smithsonian Institute of American Art, Wesleyan University and Rockefeller University. Mr. Bardazzi received a BFA in Painting from Pratt Institute and MFA from Yale University in visual art minoring in cinema studies. He has taught painting, drawing, animation, and video art at Yale University, Pratt Institute, Tisch School of the Arts Film & TV, New York University and Interactive Production at The Fashion Institute of Technology. At New York University Mr. Bardazzi co-founded and chaired the Center for Advanced Digital Applications. The first advanced learning center devoted to the digital arts and entertainment, resulting in collaborative projects with Apple, Pixar, Rhino Films and George Lucas's Industrial Light & Magic. His theories and commentaries on entertainment, culture and art have been well received by the media leading to numerous television appearances and media interviews by CBS-TV News, NBC Today, Fox In The Morning, Good Day NY, CNN-TV, CBS radio, The LA Times, The New York Times, New York Magazine, The Washington Post, Business Week and USA Today. He also lectures on art at universities and conferences and has produced several art-zines (small books) during his career. Peter Bardazzi currently lives, makes art and teaches in New York City. ________________________________________________________________________________ In the Hearth Gallery Peter Bocour    Peter Bocour (1947-2011) died of complications from a lengthy battle with leukemia.  Peter grew up in the Greenwich Village art scene of the 1950's and 1960's.  His father, Leonard Bocour, was the founding partner of Bocour Artists Colors.  As a child, he spent a great deal of time in his father's paint factory, particularly enjoying the ribbons of paint emerging from the paint guns and filling oil, watercolor and acrylic tubes sold under the names Bocour, Bellini and Aquatec.  He told stories of his father giving tails of paint from the tube guns to artists such as Mark Rothko and Willem de Kooning in the days before they were successful and receiving paintings by them in thanks.  Peter himself studied art, receiving his undergraduate degree from New York University and his MFA from the University of California at Berkeley.  He also studied painting at the Skowhegen School and at the New York Studio School.  Bocour was an abstract artist who loved to use color and hated to draw, leading to his expressive visual vocabulary.  He showed professionally from 1977 through 2008 at galleries in Chelsea and in New Jersey.    __________________________________________________________________________________ In The Kitchen Gallery Joe Pimentel  Joe Pimentel is one of the many outstanding artists from the Hudson Valley carving a path in the NY Art Scene. A native of the area, Pimentel was born in White Plains, NY and raised in Newburgh, NY. He received his BFA in Illustration from Parsons School of Design 2005 in NYC. His work pushes past the confines of strictly representational painting, into a detailed world of transformed abstractions in an attempt to tap into a visionary art that explores themes such as evolution, higher consciousness, spirituality, and expansion. Pimentel recently returned from a long stint in Indonesia having won a spot in the Young Artist in Residence program through the Indonesian Arts and Culture Scholarship. Joe spent many months in Indonesia taking in the style and form working along side established Indonesian Art Masters of traditional painting and sculpture and creating a new body of work based in his experiences there. Skylight is proud to be the first gallery in the United States to show this new body of work  ____________________________________________ In The Hall Project Space Amanda Dandeneau Amanda Dandeneau grew up in Long Island, New York. She received her BFA in Photography with a Concentration in Art History from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2009 and is currently based in Brooklyn, New York. Amanda's photographs have been shown in New York, Chicago, Rhode Island, and Louisiana. She has also been published in American Photography 25. Dandeneau's work explores relationships. She strives to make her work honest and truthful. She does not manipulate relationships, but rather reveals relationships in an attempt to understand them.

Call to Artists - Cottonwood Art Festival

Cottonwood Art Festival

There's An Art to Having Fun!

 Call to Artists 

 
What: Fine Arts Festival

Where: Richardson, Texas

When:  Saturday and Sunday

            Oct 6-7, 2012

            10 am - 6 pm

  

NOTEWORTHY: 

*Bi-annual event in May and October

*Ranked among the nation's top art festivals every year

*240 participating artists

*Jury/Booth Fees - $30/$425

*Free Parking

*Night security and uniformed police officers during the show

*Friday Night Artist Party

*Boothsitters

*Boy Scouts on site to help unload and load

*Thursday night load in for local artists

*Strong community support

Click HERE to watch our video: What Artists Say About Cottonwood!   

Cottonwood Art Festival takes place in Richardson, Texas, an affluent suburb just seconds from Dallas.  This event is held in a beautiful, shady park setting. It's professionally run by very attentive staff/volunteers who pay attention to artists' needs and treat the artists with southern hospitality. Strong community support, loyal patrons, educated collectors and acquisitive art lovers make for large crowds and one of the finest art festivals in the country. 

Now Accepting Applications:

Deadline:

June 22, 2012

Notification:

July 2, 2012

Payment Deadline:

July 20, 2012

Must apply at www.zapplication.org

For more Information:

www.cottonwoodartfestival.com  

You may also contact:

Serri Ayers

Festival Director

972-744-4582

serri.ayers@cor.gov

Call to Artists - ArtFest Fort Myers 2013

ArtFest Fort Myers 2013

Southwest Florida's Premier Art Festival   

Call to Artists  

WHAT: 13th Annual Juried Fine Art Festival

WHEN:  February 2 - 3, 2013

              Saturday & Sunday

              9 a.m. - 5 p.m. 

WHERE:  Downtown Fort Myers Riverfront, Fort Myers, FL

NOTEWORTHY:

• 200 participating artists. 
• Jury/Booth Fee: $35/$385 - Double booths available $770 - Numerous corner booths also offered at no extra cost.
• Award winning marketing program valued at $150,000 creating 5 million impressions targeting art buying patrons.
• Active social media year-round to engage art patrons. 
• $5,000 in award money plus "invited status" for following year.
• Commemorative poster and t-shirt image selected from a festival artist.
• Opportunity to advertise in festival publications.
• Option to participate in Friday Night Opening Party (60 artists).
• Artist amenities including drive up access for Friday set up, booth sitters, complimentary breakfast, indoor restrooms, behind booth storage, designated artist parking & discounted hotel rates.
• Professional jury panel of five changes each year, creating a show with approximately 90% new artists annually.
• For additional details, visit www.ArtFestFortMyers.com 

Each February, over 65,000 art lovers and collectors attend ArtFest Fort Myers to enjoy and purchase the work of 200 fabulous artists from across the country. Our downtown riverfront park and yacht basin are the perfect backdrop as artists booths line the wide boulevard, without the interference of food, sponsors or loud music. New and cutting edge art combines with more traditional work to create an amazing outdoor selling gallery, with no dead end artist spaces allowed!  A true community event, our team of professional staff, with exceptional attention to detail, and 300 dedicated volunteers focus on a successful weekend for you. Apply now and make ArtFest Fort Myers a part of your Florida winter season!

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS:  

Application deadline: 

September 13, 2012 on www.zapplication.org 

Jury:

October 5, 2012 

Notification:of Acceptance: 

October 19, 2012

Booth Fees Due:

November 1, 2012

Email inquiries to: 

Jeanne.Seehaver@ArtFestFortMyers.com

Or call 239-768-3602