FLIGHT: Call for submissions (photography)

DEADLINE: June 21st

The Vermont Photography Workplace seek photographs exploring the theme of FLIGHT. From birds to ballerinas, from airplanes to dust motes, subjects that capture the experience of lessening gravity’s pull will constitute this juried exhibition.

Forty photographs will be selected for exhibition on the walls of PhotoPlace Gallery and on the gallery website by juror David Bram. An additional thirty-five images will be chosen for PhotoPlace's "On-Line Gallery Annex." All selected work will be included in a full-color exhibition catalogue available for purchase from Blurb Books. To help artists defray costs, PhotoPlace Gallery offers to mat and frame work selected for exhibition free of charge, providing artists print their images to our pre-cut mat and frame sizes.

Juror: David Bram is a photographer, curator, and editor of Fraction Magazine

Full details available at: http://www.vtphotoworkplace.com/id83.html

2010 Portland Bridge Festival: Call for subkissions

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: June 16^th, 2010.


PDX Bridge Festival is a collaborative non-profit with a mission to raise awareness and foster appreciation of the Willamette River Bridges through artistic, cultural, educational and historic programming. Our goal is to celebrate the bridges with a civic festival of artistic excellence, producing an awe-inspiring public arts celebration with the longevity and magnetism to function as the premier showcase for Portland arts.

We are looking for artists of all types—painters, sculptors, photographers, collagists, installation artists, filmmakers, performers, and musicians—to take part in this community-sourced, citywide celebration of the bridges. Using “Bridge” as a thematic or metaphorical element of your work is encouraged, though it is not required. The “Bridge” theme may include—but is not limited to—bridging communities, bridging styles, bridging time periods, concepts, politics, perspective, mediums, etc. In other words, we are open to all quality works of art and performance, and leave it to you to explain the bridge link in your artistic statement.

Full details available at:
http://pdxbridgefestival.org/get-involved/submit-call-for-art/

Whistler Film Festival call for submissions

The Whistler Film Festival is looking for submissions for the 10th annual edition. This year the festival will run from December 1st to 5th 2010.

Canadian and international filmmakers are welcome to submit in all lengths and genres, and there are six juried awards and one audience award that the final selections may be eligible for.
The short film deadline ($25 entry fee) is July 19. The feature film deadline ($40) is August 3.

Full details are available at: whistlerfilmfestival.com/2009-Festival-Info/submissions.html.

Call for Submissions – 4th Cairo Video Festival

4th Cairo Video Festival Video Art & Experimental films

Deadline for submissions: 15th of June 2010

Medrar for Contemporary Art is sending out an open Call for Submissions to the Forth Video Festival hosted in Goethe institute Cairo-Downtown.

Initiated by the Cairo-based artist initiative Medrar for Contemporary Art in 2005, this festival continues its focus on providing a platform for sharing and discussing newly produced high concept / low budget experimental videos. Based on a call for works by emerging artists, the festival program takes the format of a concise series of video screening on accompanied by talks/discussions with active video-makers and curators to tackle some of key themes and issues presented in the works.

More information and application from: medrar.org/4thvf.html

6th Annual National Self-Portrait Exhibition – Call For Submissions

The National Self-Portrait Exhibition has become one of our most viewed and anticipated exhibitions to date. Now in its 6th year, the self-portrait exhibition will be a two-part exhibit. The guest juror will select 40 works for the gallery exhibition and 100 works will be selected for a permanent online exhibition to open simultaneously with the gallery exhibit. Both the gallery and online exhibitions will be equally promoted. Artists’ works may be selected for the gallery, online or both exhibitions.

IMPORTANT DATES
Exhibition Dates: July 16 to August 13, 2010
Deadline for Submission: June 27, 2010
Notice of Acceptance/Decline: You will receive an email notice of acceptance or decline no later than July 2nd. A list of accepted artists will be posted in the website on July 3rd (mark your calendars).
Delivery: All accepted work must be received by July 12, 2010

Eligibility:

All artists living in the U.S. ages 18 or over. All media will be considered. Original work only. No works previously exhibited at 33 Collective Gallery will be accepted. Work may be representational, abstract, conceptual or non-representational.

Hector Duarte (2009 Artist)

Full details available at:
http://chicagoartmagazine.com/2010/04/6th-annual-national-self-portrait-exhibition-call-for-submissions/

The BECA Foundation: Call for submissions (art & design) for solo exhibition

The BECA Foundation is pleased to present the following Solo Exhibition opportunity to one artist or designer to exhibit new works of art or design at BECA ICAD (International Center for Art + Design) located at 527 St. Joseph Street, New Orleans, LA 70130.

Artists, designers that are at least 18 years of age from all countries are encouraged to submit their works for consideration according to the guidelines below. One artist or designer will be selected by BECA Foundation directors + advisors to receive the Solo Exhibition opportunity from June 5 – 26, 2010. Submitted works are not required to conform to any particular medium, style, theme or concept. Accepted works and mediums include but are not limited to: site-specific installations, painting, sculpture, mixed-media, drawing, printmaking, fiber, textiles, illustration, digital art, photography, video/new media, film, performance art, music and sound focused works, 3D animation, graphic design, product design, furniture design, haute couture fashion + accessories, architectural interventions/designs and functional art, etc.

Deadline is May 3, 2010

Full details available at: http://www.becaicad.org/artist-designer-solo-exhibition-opportunity.php 

Art on Track is the largest mobile art exhibition: seeking artist submissions

Deadline: June 1, 2010

Art on Track is the largest mobile art exhibition in the world, transforming an eight-car CTA (Chicago Transit Authority)  train into an alternative space for galleries and artists all over Chicago. The train will circle the downtown Chicago Loop from 5pm to 10pm on Saturday August 7th. The show will represent both local and international contemporary artists. The eclectic nature of the show’s participants reflects the rich diversity of Chicago itself. With this melting pot of ideas and viewpoints, Art on Track promises work that will speak to every individual. It’s fun environment with the backdrop of the Chicago skyline makes this event an experience to remember. 

Art on Track is seeking artist submissions for this year's event, which will occur on Saturday August 7th, 2010.

For more information visit ArtOnTrack.com .

Open Call to Artists for ‘Queer’ Exhibition in Philadelphia

AxD Gallery, is seeking LGBTQ-identified artists for inclusion in their July 2010 exhibition. The exhibition will run in conjunction with this year’s Philadelphia QFest, the yearly summer gay and lesbian film festival.

Call for Art, "Revisiting Beauty"

Call for Art, "Revisiting Beauty"
April 29 - May 29, 2010
Deadline to Apply: March 10, 2010
Opening Reception: May 1, 6-10pm

Orange County Center for Contemporary Art
117 North Sycamore
Santa Ana, CA 92701

The meaning of beauty has been debated by philosophers since the time of the Greeks. Courted or scorned, distrusted, devalued, deconstructed, beauty promises pleasure while provoking awe, admiration and even fear. Beauty quickens the pulse. Attention Contemporary Artists! OCCCA is now accepting submissions of artworks representing ideas of the beautiful. Painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, video, installation, and computer-based New Media projects welcomed. Beauty stirs the understanding, and is the enemy of complacency. Concepts alone can never replace it. Beauty’s provocations are no longer innocent.

Full details available at: www.occca.org

Still Point Art Gallery invites submissions from emerging and established artists for its upcoming exhibition - Still Point II.

Deadline - March 22, 2010

Full details available at: http://stillpointartgallery.blogspot.com/2010/02/call-for-artists-still-point-ii.html

2010 Hasselblad Masters Awards competition: Call for submissions

Hasselblad announces the 2010 Hasselblad Masters Awards competition. Each year Hasselblad awards the title of Master photographers in a range of specially defined categories. Awards are granted in recognition of the photographer’s contribution to the art of photography and photographic ability in the areas of creativity, composition, conceptual strength, and technical skill. Photographers are invited to submit up to 5 images in each of the following eleven categories: architecture, editorial, fashion/beauty, fine art, general photography, nature/landscape, portrait, product, up-and-coming, wedding/social and, for the first time, wildlife. One Master will be chosen for each of the eleven categories.

Full details available at: www.hasselblad.com/masters-2010-is-open.aspx

Design a new logo for the NEA...

Request for Proposals: Art Works Logo Design

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) invites contractors to submit proposals for a design for a new "Art Works" logo for the National Endowment for the Arts and then produce a finished design that may be reproduced by the Agency in print and online, as described in the attached solicitation.

Full detail available at the NEA's web site:

Mechanical Elements: Call for submisisons

The Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center is issuing a call to artists for the exhibit Mechanical Elements, slated for Sept. 4-30. The overall best of show winner will receive a cash prize of $1,000.

The center is seeking submissions of two- and three-dimensional art work for its ongoing juried exhibits, with opening receptions held the first Friday of each month during downtown Fort Myers Art Walk events.

For the September 2009 exhibit, the artistic theme is based on Anthony Burgess's play, "A Clockwork Orange," a theological drama dealing with ethics and morality. Images related to clockwork, industry, mechanisms and machinery are appropriate.

Full details available at: http://www.fl-arts.org/flarts/calltoartists.html

art.tech: Call for submissions

Deadline: July 29, 2009

art.tech is a 5-day San Fran based festival of art, performance, sound, workshops, demos and lectures. It focuses on cutting-edge artistic experiments created with, related to and about technology. Parties interested in participating can and should propose: Workshops, Demos, Art installations, Sound installations, Performances, Talks, Interactive experiences, Games, Experimentation is our organizing principle. Please surprise and delight us by suggesting something not listed above.

Full details available at www.thelab.org/submit.html

That's all she wrote - literally

Call for Submissions: End of Life Stories

Creative Nonfiction is seeking new essays that explore death, dying, and end of life care, for a collection to be published by Southern Methodist University Press. We’re looking for stories that transcend the “I” and find universal meaning in personal experiences. We hope to include stories representing a wide variety of perspectives—from physicians, nurses,hospice workers, social workers, counselors, clergy, funeral directors,family members, and others. We want narratives that capture, illustrate and/or explain the best way to approach the end of life, as well as stories that highlight current features, flaws, and advances in the healthcare system and their impact on professionals, patients, and families.

Essays must be vivid and dramatic; they should combine a strong and compelling narrative with a significant element of research or information. We’re looking for well-written prose, rich with detail and a distinctive voice.

Creative Nonfiction editors will award one $1500 prize for Best Essay, and two $500 prizes for runners-up.

Guidelines: Essays must be: unpublished, 5,000 words or less, postmarked by December 31, 2009, and clearly marked “End of Life” on both the essay and the outside of the envelope. There is a $20 reading fee (or send a reading fee of $25 to include a 4-issue CNF subscription); multiple entries are welcome ($20/essay) as are entries from outside the U.S. (though subscription shipping costs do apply).

Please send manuscript, accompanied by a cover letter with complete contact information, SASE and payment to:

Creative Nonfiction
Attn: End of Life Stories
5501 Walnut Street, Suite 202
Pittsburgh, PA 15232

More info at:
http://creativenonfiction.org/
information@creativenonfiction.org

Rumble 2010 Contemporary Art Fair: Call for submissions

Rumble 2010 Contemporary Art Fair Santa Barbara, CA

Deadline: October 30, 2009

Rumble 2010 is accepting calls for international contemporary art in painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, design, and multi-media works.

All interested artists must provide three examples of constant themed works, an artist resume and/or cv, and biography.

In addition to these submission requirements, a $30 entry fee will be required to process entry forms.

You may either fill out the online form or e-mail the above requirements to Catherine Gee, Manager of Projects and Events for Rumble Art, catherine@rumbleart.com.

Rumble Art 2010 Submission Form:
rumbleart.com/submissions

Visit website for additional details:
rumbleart.com

Rumble Contemporary Art Fair
322 State St.
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
310-804-0123

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/.

Alaska State Parks: Call for submissions

Art For Alaska Parks – 2009 – Alaska’s Top 30 Competition

• $1000 Grand Prize
• 5 Award Catagories
• Entry Deadline is August 28th 2009

The Art For Alaska Parks competition is designed to celebrate the beauty of Alaska by showcasing representational artists and enhancing public awareness of Alaska Parks and Public Access areas.

Subject matter for the artwork is to be representational in execution and depict the area of a subject from one of Alaska’s State Parks Marine Parks, Recreational Areas, Historical sites or state managed Preserves, Refuges or Critical Habitat Areas. Federal lands and National Parks are not eligible.

Make sure to get a copy of the entry form at:
www.artforalaskaparks.com

Dwell Innovate It: Call for submissions (phase 2)

Dwell is pleased to announce Innovate It! sponsored by the all-new Volkswagen CC. Our spring 2009 design contest and competition are set up in two phases. First, send in suggestions for everyday objects that you think need a rework. Either they don’t function well, are poorly designed or are just downright useless for the task they were designed to perform. Dwell editors will choose the items for redesign. Then the competition phase launches where you are invited to submit design proposals for recreating one (or all) of the three most tragically troublesome objects. You may participate in one or both phases of this contest and there is no limit to the number of entries.

Full details available at: http://www.dwell.com/contests/innovate-it.html

Alehouse 2010: Writing submissions

ALEHOUSE PRESS seeks submissions for Alehouse 2010. Now considering short essays (2,000-word maximum) on subjects related to poetry, especially California poets and poetry; plus book reviews of recent publications (750-word maximum).

For more information, please visit http://alehousepress.com or query editor@alehousepress.com.