John Schuh: Artist reception June 4th

Using a mixture of recent and vintage comics as source material, some dating back to the 1960s. This piece is based on a drawing of Dr. J from an ad for Spalding basketballs that ran in comic books in the late '70s.

Artist Reception
Thursday, June 4, 2009 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
The Press Gallery 406 Occidental Ave S. Seattle, WA

Ballard P-Patch “Art in the Garden”

It’s almost time again for the 9th Annual Ballard P-Patch Art in the Garden party. Enjoy a wonderful walk through the garden while listening to some awesome musicians and viewing amazing artworks…all for sale…by our local artists.

Have a beer and brat on the patio and dessert at our infamous bake sale. This year we will be adding a silent auction and a “Bacchus Crown” tent, where you can make your own crown from flowers, herbs and ribbons.

Last year was loads of fun and one of the best local events in the city. Come join us this year. Visit our website at www.ballardgardenparty.com. Here you will find the artists and the musician lineup, pictures of last years event and more.



Ballard Art in the Garden party

Ballard P-Patch: NW 85th and 25th NW
Saturday, July 18th
10am to 6pm

Free-Free-Free: Parking and Admission

Schedule of Events:
· Live music 10am through 6pm
· Over 20 local artists displaying and selling their works
· Free coffee & doughnuts &10% off art 10-11am.
· Free hotdogs and lemonade for the kids.
· Free door prizes every hour on the hour.
· Wine & cheese tasting by local artisans.
· Beer & brat garden.
· Bake sale including yummy whole pies and assorted pastries.
· Bacchus Crown Making.
· Silent Auction.

What’s not to like about an all day party in the garden. All monies raised go to support our community garden. So please invite your family and your friends.

Contact Kelly Ryan at ryanins@seanet.com for questions or if you would like to participate in this fabulous event.

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Every now and then we get random email in at CoCA with absolutely no info other than a link. Most are junk but every now and then, I find something interesting.

I wish I knew more but its from Seattle based artists Nico Vassilakis

SAM: 31st Annual Betty Bowen Award Call for Artist Entries

Visual artists working in Washington, Oregon or Idaho are invited to apply for the Seattle Art Museum’s annual Betty Bowen Award. Applications are available beginning June 1 at www.callforentry.org, and the deadline for submissions is Saturday, August 1, 2009.

For 31 years, the Betty Bowen award has provided artists with an opportunity to introduce their work to SAM’s curators of modern and contemporary art and the Betty Bowen Committee members, and to have their work critiqued by their peers. Each year, two artists are selected to serve as rotating members of the committee. This year artists Dan Webb, the 2003 Betty Bowen Award winner, and Isaac Layman, the 2008 Betty Bowen Award recipient, are will be involved in the selection process.

Who is Elegible for the Award?
Visual artists working in Washington, Oregon or Idaho. Sorry, no performing arts.

What is the Betty Bowen Award?
Betty Bowen (1918–1977) was a Washington native and an enthusiastic supporter of Northwest artists. Her friends established the annual Betty Bowen Award as a celebration of her life and to honor and continue her efforts to provide financial support to the artists of the region. Since 1977, the Seattle Art Museum has hosted the yearly grant application process by which the selection committee chooses one visual artist working in Washington, Oregon or Idaho to receive an unrestricted cash award.

The Betty Bowen committee will announce the amount of this year’s award when the finalists are announced in September. Last year’s Betty Bowen award recipient received an unrestricted $15,000 award. In addition, the committee awarded $2,500 to the recipient of the PONCHO Special Recognition award and $2,500 to the Kayla Skinner Special Recognition award winner.

More details available at:
http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/bettybowen/

BookMarked, a book art and altered-book exhibition: Call for submissions

Gallery 96 invites artists working in all media and styles to participate in BookMarked, a book art and altered-book exhibition, hosted by the Stratford Public Library. This juried exhibition kicks off the annual Ontario Public Library Week with an opening reception on Sunday, October 18th from 2:30 to 4:30 pm. BookMarked runs Sunday, October 18th to Saturday, November 7th, 2009 at the Stratford Public Library. There is a submission fee of $30 and you may submit up to three pieces.

Full details available at:
http://fiberartcalls.blogspot.com/2009/05/bookmarked.html

CoCA Ballard: Tracy Boyd

Tracy Boyd, © 2009, “Kangas”, o/c 36” x 36”

Tracy Boyd: Seattle Sketches

DATES: May 26 – July 6, 2009

RECEPTION: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 6-9p

Like many emerging artists, Seattle figurative painter, Tracy Boyd, longs to understand key “art scene” people. Who are they, really? What do they do, and what motivates them? She seeks this understanding because she feels these people are in the way of her artistic journey.

In this series, Boyd depicts Northwest art figures in a manner she imagines will expose aspects of the person beneath the persona. Sometimes using unlikely tools, Boyd loosely applies heavy oil paint in a manner that seems to sculpt her subjects. She often adds graphic elements to the canvas that leave the viewer with more questions than answers. She does this to leave –or perhaps create- ambiguity that emulates people’s lives.

Art vs. Design: call for submissions

An international Open Call for Unique Talent Details: http://www.artistswanted.org Images are power. In this dynamic era compelling design can move millions and transcendent art can inspire a generation. From cave paintings of early man to today's industrial designers, art & design has uniquely shaped the world around us, each in its own distinct way. This contest is designed to answer the age old question: What shapes our world more, art or design?

Join thousands of creative people in this visual dialogue.

Mark Mothersbaugh, acclaimed artist and lead singer of art-rock band DEVO leads a panel of judges including Jarrett Gregory (curator at NYC's New Museum) and Donwan Harrell (founder and creative director of Akademiks clothing) in selecting the top artist or designer to be featured at a gala reception at the New Museum in June. The public also plays judge - determing the most powerful medium of the moment - in an online face-off that pits art submissions against design submissions.

Opportunities will be created for everyone who participates and we are awarding over $11,000 in prizes. Grand Prize & Student winner will be awarded with: A gala reception the New Museum in New York City. $2009 cash grant International Publicity, including a feature in Filter Magazine and work shown through Gawker Artists exposing the winners art or design to hundreds of thousands of visitors across 190+ website galleries. $500 in gear from Akademiks Plus the Red Bull Prize: Offering a choice of: A vintage Vespa OR a trip to London to visit the Tate Museum and the Design Museum OR a fully loaded Mac Book Pro.

Every participant gets: An online portfolio and international exposure. A $70 "Thank You" package with gear and discounts to help further your work.

Registration is open now and continues through Midnight May 31st. Details: http://www.artistswanted.org/

Art VS Design was put together by a handful of Brooklyn based artists and designers who have experienced first-hand the difficulties of achieving national attention. We believe both Art & Design hold a powerful place in our society and it is our intention to break-out new talent through a process that is dynamic and open-ended.

Oak Park’s Arts District: Call for Papier Mache Artists

Call for submission - Ridge Art, located at 21 Harrison Street in Oak Park’s Arts District, is looking for artists who work in papier mâché for a group show. The show opens during the Arts District’s fall art walk, Art on Harrison, September 11 & 12, and will run through December 31. Submissions should be made by email to ridgeart@comcast.net no later than July 17.

For more information, call Laurie Beasley at 708-848-4062 or email her at the above address.

Full details available at http://www.oakparkartsdistrict.com/

Oak Park Illinois is a suburb of Chicago

Siglio Press: Call for Submissions, women artists and writers

Siglio Press is looking for innovative image + text works by women artists and writers for a new anthology. Here’s what they have to say:

We are looking for a wide range of image+text work: including—but definitely not limited to—comics and graphic narratives, collage, photo+text works, drawings, text driven by typographical play, altered bookpages/environments, etc. We are most interested in work that plays with new taxonomies, reinvents narrative forms, investigates language, disrupts paradigms, creates unsettling, illuminating juxtapositions, spills over in excess, creates multiples strands of conversation and meaning, and/or is uncontainable in any single medium.

GUIDELINES:

Submit 1 - 12 pages for consideration.

It may be one complete work, a small, coherent collection of single works, or an excerpt from a longer work so long as it needs no introduction or explanation.

The work must reproduce well as line art or b/w half-tones. Preference is given to works originally intended for print, created as 2-D works, or works whose end-product are photographic documents.

Works may have been previously published so long as the author/artist retains the copyright.

Please include full contact information and a short bio in your email.

DEADLINE: JUNE 15

Submit PDF to publisher@sigliopress.com.

You can check out out Siglio Press at http://www.sigliopress.com/.