M+D+F 2009: Call for furniture design submissions

Think you might have what it takes to create the next American classic in modern furniture? M+D+F 2009 is a juried exhibition of innovative furniture by emerging designers in the Seattle area. Organized by the DWR Seattle Studio and juried by local creative professionals in the design, architecture, art and fashion worlds, M+D+F provides an opportunity for peer, public and professional recognition for up-and-coming designers and firms. Interested in entering? Submission packages are due by April 3 at 6pm. The winning entries will be presented at the Seattle Studio on May 7.

Visit http://news.dwr.com/rd/9z1zn2lgbh2sdjt3kdn4klkdpg1mtam0j4647mh3n38 for more information about entering M+D+F 2009.

DWR Presents: M+D+F
DWR Seattle Studio
1918 First Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: 206.443.9900

Fresh Fair: Call ffor submissions

Fresh Fair is a photography fair designed to showcase both new & established artists to collectors and gallery representatives from around the world. It is juried in advance to ensure that quality work is exhibited and that excellent standards are met. Fresh Fair presents the opportunity to sell your work directly to the public and collectors alike, and offers a one-of-a-kind glimpse of the latest trends in photography

Fresh Fair: April 24th-26th
Deadline to Submit: Delivered no later than March 25th

Sell your work directly to collectors and the public during the Month of Photography Los Angeles! Starting with a VIP kickoff party and finishing with a full weekend of your art for sale, this is a great way to culminate a month-long celebration of photography in Los Angeles. Fresh Fair is juried in advance to ensure excellent standards and will feature the freshest emerging trends in photography.

Click here for Fresh Fair Submission Form.
For More Information, visit www.freshfairs.com

Call for Submissions and Proposals: The Open Video Alliance

The Yale Law School and its partners in the Open Video Alliance are seeking to bring together about 400 participants for a conference in New York. The organizers hope to bring online video up to the standards of accessibility and decentralization that we’ve reached with other forms of web communication (blogs, email, etc…).

The conference is accepting submissions of movies and video art that will “showcase the creative potential of artists in the open video space.” They’re also accepting proposals for panels, workshops and other events. The deadline is March 19, 2009.

You can get more information and make your proposal at the following link: http://openvideoalliance.org/proposals/

What Arik Levy's Voice Looks Like...

There's a great article on Fast Company about the colaboration between Rick Valicenti and Arik Levy, its well worth a peak.




All-star graphic designer Rick Valicenti, the founder of Thirst, gave a mesmerizing preview this week of his upcoming collaboration with furniture designer Arik Levy, for the latter's first solo exhibition...

Here a link to the article.

Design Within Reach Champagne Chair Contest winners

The 50 winning chairs have been announced and are on a nationwide tour, stopping at select Studios along the way. Contest entrants were asked to create an original miniature chair design using only the foil, label, cage and cork from no more than two Champagne bottles. The Chairs were reviewed by an esteemed panel of design experts and judged on craftsmanship, creativity, character and innovative use of materials. Please join us in toasting the talent.

RSVP to kirkland@dwr.com.

The Champagne Chair Tour 2009
Friday, March 6, 4-7pm
DWR Kirkland Studio
126 Central Way, Suite 100
Kirkland, WA 98033
Phone: 425.828.0280
Directions: http://news.dwr.com/rd/9z1zhjsr36uh4a4si76o5p5lk8k0de8pkrifu3cj5c0

WORD PLAY: Artist’s Reception

Poetry, Prose, Myth In the SKYLIGHT GALLERY of the University of Washington Medical Center

1959 NE Pacific St., just west of Husky Stadium

March 16 – April 30, 2009

Artist’s Reception: Tuesday, March 17, 5:30–7:30 pm

Artists:

Sanford Barnes

Kari Berger

Anita Bingaman

Maria Festing

Deborah Conger Hughes

Ian Painter

Debra Stevens

Martha Thomas

Alexis Vergalla

Skylight Gallery is near the UWMC main entrance.

Look for our poster by the Information Desk.

Directions to UWMC & parking http://uwmedicine.washington.edu/Global/Maps/MapUWMC.htm

UW campus map http://www.washington.edu/home/maps/

UWPG website http://depts.washington.edu/uwpgroup

9th Annual Shriekfest Call for Entries

Have a screenplay you’re just itching to get out and have read? Now’s your chance! The 9th annual Shriekfest is currently accepting submissions for its yearly international horror, thriller, science fiction, and fantasy screenplay competition based in Los Angeles, California.

Local Los Angeles resident horror fans and writers also have the additional opportunity to attend the monthly networking parties held at Hollywood Billiards, generally the last Tuesday of every month.

The festival itself is to be held later this year, in October, and will include a multitude of film screenings, parties, and panels for the enjoyment of all. Awards in various categories will be given out and will include hard cash, loot, and shiny trophies. For additional and up-to-date information on the event, monthly parties, and how you might submit your beloved screenplay on leprous zombie werewolves storming the halls of cheerleading conventions, please visit the official Shriekfest website!

Call for submissions: Bicycle parking for the city of Seattle

Artist sought to design on-street bicycle parking Seattle’s Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs in partnership with the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) seeks an artist or artist team to design on-street bicycle parking. Artist-designed bicycle parking is a product of the SDOT Art Plan. Bike racks will fill one or two motor vehicle parking spaces on the street. Each car-sized space will accommodate up to eight bikes.

The selected artist will work with SDOT staff to design, fabricate and install bicycle parking at two to four on-street locations. The new program addresses the expanding need for bicycle parking and is part of the city’s Bicycle Master Plan, which aims to triple the number of people bicycling in Seattle over 10 years.

Eligibility: Professional artists living in Washington state

Budget: $30,000 for design, fabrication and installation

Deadline: 11 p.m., Monday, April 13, 2009

For Guidelines and to download the application, visit: http://www.seattle.gov/arts/publicart/calls_for_art.asp#bike

Ginosko Call for Submissions: Poetry & short fiction

Ginosko ezine is accepting short fiction & poetry, creative non-fiction, interviews, social justice concerns for the 9th issue of the literary journal Ginosko, the summer issue.

Editorial lead time 1-2 months; accept simultaneous submissions and reprints; accept excerpts; length flexible. Copyright reverts to author. Receives postal submissions & email—prefer email submissions as attachments in Microsoft Works Word Processor.

Publishing as semiannual ezine, winter & summer. Selecting material from ezine for printed anthology.

Check downloadable issues on website for style & tone: www.ginoskoliteraryjournal.com

Use latest version of Adobe Reader.

ezine circulation 3400+. Website traffic 750-1000 hits/month.
Also looking for artwork, photography, to post on website and links to exchange.

Ginosko (ghin-océ-koe)
To perceive, understand, realize, come to know; knowledge that has an inception, a progress, an attainment.
The recognition of truth by experience.

Member CLMP. Listed in Best of the Web 2008.

Ginosko Literary Journal
Robert Paul Cesaretti, Editor
PO Box 246
Fairfax, CA 94978
USA

Pecha Kucha Night V. 10, Take Part in Art – Curated by Artist Trust

Pecha Kucha Night V. 10, Take Part in Art – Curated by Artist Trust

Wednesday, February 25^th, 2009 – Ouch My Eye 6:00 PM

Artist Trust and Pecha Kucha Night Seattle have teamed up for the ArtsFund “Take Part in Art Festival!” We've assembled an incredible roster of curators, filmmakers, puppeteers, designers, visual artists and other creative luminaries. Create community, share ideas, get inspired & see great work - we'd love to see you there!

EVENT DETAILS

Wednesday, February 25^th, 2009

6:00 PM Doors Open

7:00 PM Presentations Begin

Ouch My Eye Gallery

1022 1st Ave S., Seattle, WA 98134

tel: 206 381 8457

inquiries: pechakucha.seattle@gmail.com

website: www.pecha-kucha.org/cities/seattle

PRESENTERS INCLUDE:

• Elizabeth Brown - Chief Curator, Henry Art Gallery
• Chiyo Ishikawa - Deputy Director of Art, Seattle Art Museum
• Dmitri Carter - Carter Family Marionettes, Northwest Puppet Center
• John Stevens Berry - Artist , STart on Broadway
• Malory Graham - Executive Director/Artist/Instructor, Reelgrrls
• Josh LaBelle - Executive Director, Seattle Theater Group: The Paramount & The Moore Historic Theaters
• Stafano Catalani – Curator, Bellevue Arts Museum
• Leo Berk, Artist

ABOUT PECHA KUCHA - http://www.pecha-kucha.org/

Pecha Kucha (the Japanese for the sound of conversation) gathers creative individuals to share their work and ideas in an informal environment. Pecha Kucha Night was conceived in 2003 by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham (from Klein Dytham architecture, in Tokyo), as a place for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public. Each presenter is allowed 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds each - giving 6 minutes 40 seconds of fame before the next presenter is up. This keeps presentations concise, the interest level up, and gives more people the chance to showcase their ideas, visions, work/areas of curiosity.

Pecha Kucha Night is non profit and is now running in 171 cities globally.

Pecha Kucha Night is for CONTENT and not profit. As always - thank you for your amazing support.

Roxo's back in town, well sort of...

One of CoCA's favorite photographer/creatives Alexandra Roxo comes back to town in the form of two of her film shorts, both screening at the Shriveled Eyeballs Video Festival in Georgetown.

"Out of the Blue" and "The Heart is What Remains" will be screening in Seattle this upcoming weekend organized by Shriveled Eyeballs Video Festival Willow Fox. "Out of the Blue" just won "Best Experimental" at the NJ Film Fest and is up for "Best Experimental" at the Female Eye Film Fest in Toronto. Both films are also in the A.I.R. Gallery Biennial in NYC opening March 6th.

The Shriveled Eyeballs Video Festival runs from Friday, February 27 - Sunday, March 1 Sunday, March 1 DOORS 6PM Bella Vitale Studio and Gallery 5917 Airport Way S (Georgetown) *above Jules Maes Saloon* Featuring: Benj Cameron Steve Demas Craig Downing Willow Fox Thom Heileson + Wyndel Hunt Tomiko Jones Maxx Lexington aka Johnathan Heath Lambe Clyde Petersen Queen Shmooquan Joe Plotts + Jeppa K Hall Alexandra Roxo Ilvs Strauss John Wells Xaxis Wye + Surprise Performances Donation: $3 and up with cash wine bar to benefit the Cascade People's Center presented by Blue Tape Gallery Friday, February 27 DOORS 8PM Fandrich Piano Studio 1513 14th Ave (Capitol Hill) *14th + Pike/Pine* Saturday, February 28 DOORS 6PM Sukha Yoga Studio 224 1/2B Minor Ave (across the alley from the church parking lot) *Cascade Housing Collective*

TEA PARTY magazine: Call for submissions

TEA PARTY magazine (www.teapartymagazine.com) seeks submissions of fiction, poetry, photography, visual art, comics, interviews, and feature articles for its upcoming issue #18, to be published in June 2009. Our theme for Issue #18 is THE FREE ISSUE. What does FREE mean to you? How does FREE speak to our investment as individuals and as communities, and what meaning does remain FREE in our society at this particular point in history? What isn’t FREE but should be? What do you give away and what’s been given to you? What would you like to be FREE of? What’s considered FREE to the public? How do you spend your FREE time? Send us your FREE verse poems (we encourage you to defend the use of free verse).

Send us your free-form writing (and explain how white space is being used). Send us your free-space art and writing (and detail if art can exist in its own space devoid of other considerations). Send us your art made from found, FREE objects. Send us your unique photos that include the word FREE in them. We welcome other ways you can think of to relate to this theme. Surprise us!

Email works to TeaPartyMagazine@gmail.com by Friday, March 20th, 2009.

Be sure to include “FREE SUBMISSION” in your subject heading.

More information and Submission Guidelines

Sins Invalid: Call for submissions

Sins Invalid is seeking submissions from performers, writers, visual artists and other cultural workers on topics of disability and sexuality for relationship-building and future collaboration.

This call is open to all artists familiar with the experience of disability, especially artists from queer communities and/or communities of color. Submissions can include all types of artistic expression – performance art, video, spoken word, dance, storytelling, song, visual media, and words on page – whose core expresses sexuality, power, healing, embodiment and activism.

Read the entire call and download the submission application at http://www.sinsinvalid.org/aboutus.html

iPhone Art: Call for entries

And the Time Has Come by Brian Weaver

Okay all you Apple nerds, put those iPhones to good use and make some art...

Wired, recently profiled artist David Lasnier for his charming paintings made with the Brushes app on his iPod Touch. Wired is now accepting submissions for iPhone art, and encouraging readers to vote for their favorite. Despite its limited application once again creativty trumps the tool. Read the article and check out some amazing art.

The Vancouver Queer Film Festival: Call for submissions

The Vancouver Queer Film Festival is the largest queer media event in Western Canada and each year host 11 days and nights of outstanding cinema, performances, networking events and parties, all in the backdrop of beautiful mountain and ocean views.

The Vancouver Queer Film Festival privileges outstanding innovation, regularly showcasing work that confronts stereotypes, pushes boundaries, provokes and titillates, and above all, highlights the tremendous diversity of queer artists working in Canada and internationally. We present over 100 films each year, including short- and feature-length documentaries, narrative and experimental works.

Click here for more info and submission application.

Contact:
Amber-Dawn
Director of Programming
amber_dawn@outonscreen.com
604.844.1615

Pinnacle Awards: Call for submissions for furniture design

The American Society of Furniture Designers is now accepting submissions for the 2009 Pinnacle Awards, which honor the best in mass-market furniture design.

Established in 1995, the Pinnacle Design Achievement Award is meant to promote better design among home furnishings are produced in large numbers and are available for sale through retail furniture stores.

Any designer or manufacturer is welcome to enter their designs to the contest. The deadline for submissions is June 1.

The winners will be announced during a gala ceremony on Oct. 19 at the Fall High Point Market.

For more information on entering the contest, visit www.asfd.com or contact Christine Evans at 910-576-1273 or at info@asfd.com.

CALL TO ARTISTS - 7th Annual Exhibition Art Futura 2009

ArtFutura 2009: Infinite Possibility

The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago’s Associate Board announces call to artists for juried exhibit.

Open to ALL 2-D media. Work should have been completed within past two years and address theme “Infinite Possibility”. Juror: Mr. James Rondeau, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, The Art Institute of Chicago. Show: May 22 – June 4, 2009, Chicago Apparel Center, Lobby. Cash awards. Sales terms: 50 percent to artist, 50 percent to benefit RIC’s art therapy program.

Entry fee $25 for up to three pieces. Deadline: March 30, 2009.

For application and further info, www.associateboard.org or contact Bridget Vrba: 312-238-1252, bvrba@ric.org.

Call for Entries: Illustration Competition

Enter the 50th annual Communication Arts Illustration Competition for a chance to gain international exposure. Any illustration first printed between March 12, 2008 and March 6, 2009 is eligible. A distinguished jury of designers, art directors and illustrators will judge the submissions and winning entries will be published in the July 2009 Illustration Annual.

Deadline to enter this prestigious competition is March 6th. For submission directions and details, visit commarts.com.

Call for submissions: Morpho Gallery 4th ANNUAL JURIED PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT

4th ANNUAL JURIED PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT Show dates: April 3– May 3rd, 2009 Entry Deadline: Friday, March 1, 2009
A call for original photography for Morpho Gallery’s 4th annual photo exhibit. Size limitation is 36” maximum in any direction, framing included. Original photography only, any medium including digital and alternative processes.
Entry fee: $25 for three images, $5 for each additional image up to five per person. Jurying will be done from slides or CD, along with the entry form and check. For on-line jpg images, submit with the completed entry form and entry fee paid through Paypal (see details below).

The official entry form can be downloaded at www.morphogallery.com/links.htm (on the links page).
Award: First place award is a month long solo exhibition sponsored by Morpho Gallery, including an opening night event, postcards and advertising.
Juror: Karen I. Hirsch is an award-winning commercial, editorial and fine art photographer based in Chicago. In 2008, she was named Best of Chicago in the photographers category by the U.S. Local Business Administration. Her photos have been published in Communication Arts, Graphis, Architectural Digest, Forbes, the Chicago Tribune and many other magazines, newspapers, books and calendars. In 2007, the Chinese government invited Hirsch to be one of ten American Society of Media Photographers to document the city of Rizhao for the project "Rizhao in the Eyes of Foreign Photographers." In 2003, the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Illinois Arts Council sponsored her one-woman exhibit "My Chicago," featuring more than 200 images of Chicago's people, places and events. Hirsch's prints can be found in private and corporate collections.
About Morpho Gallery Morpho Gallery prides itself in seeking talented artists who are on the cusp of being discovered by the mainstream art community. We invite local artists to exhibit their work in a creative and non-competitive atmosphere where artistic experimentation and development are encouraged. By creating a blank palette inside the gallery, we offer infinite possibilities for an array of colors, textures and media to come together. Morpho Gallery also offers leasing packages at affordable rates to groups and individuals who wish to stage their own shows

For more info contact:
Morpho Gallery 5216 N. Damen Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60625 www.morphogallery.com 773-878-4255

"BROKEN" - Call to Artists

'Broken' Juried Show for April '09

Exhibition Dates: April 1-26, 2009

Broken - Mechanical, physical, emotional, political, environmental and beyond - Broken is an
exploration and statement of what no longer works in your world as expressed through artwork. This gallery event offers insight into the artist's individual statement of how "broken" is defined; from heartbreak to global warming, political ideation to mechanical breakdown - all visions are encouraged and welcomed.

All 2D and 3D media accepted.

February 23, 2009 - Postmark deadline for all entries
February 25, 5:00pm - Walk-in deadline for all entries

Vist www.SixthStreetGallery.com, for more info

Self Absorbed: call for submissions

SPAC Art Gallery at Seattle Pacific University is putting out a call to artists for October 1-31, 2009 entitled Self Absorbed.

The show theme is self-portraiture. Work can be in any medium.

For more information, send a self addressed envelope to Cheri Wilke, Art Department, Seattle Pacific University, 3307 Ave W Seattle WA 98119 or email cheri@spu.edu Deadline for submissions: May 15, 2009.

Daddy's got a brand new pair of shoes...

On behalf of the entire board of directors at CoCA I'd like to give a big shout out to Jessie Orvidas and Peter Noonan two amazingly talented and creative people for their time and efforts in designing CoCA a brand new web site. Check out our new site, cocaseatttle.org