PalouseWorks Culture

Deadline: August 31

The Fourth Bi-Annual 2009 All Dolled Up: Beaded Art Doll Competition is offering a first prize of a $1000.00 shopping spree on the Land of Odds web-site, and a Runner-Up prize of a $400.00 shopping spree on the web-site.

A Beaded Art Doll is a physical representation in three dimensions, using human figural and expressive characteristics, through the creative use and manipulation of beads. Beads are a unique art medium, allowing multidimensional surface treatment, and phenomenal opportunities for interplay among colors, light, shadow, texture and pattern. Beaded Art Dolls submitted as entries for this Competition should be immediately recognizable as a “Doll”.

http://www.landofodds.com/store/alldolledup.htm#entry

Deadline: February 16

Floating Bridge Press awards an annual Poetry Chapbook Award to the best chapbook submitted to an open competition for Washington State poets.

The winning poet currently receives a minimum of $500 plus 15 copies of a perfect-bound, archival-quality chapbook, and local promotion and distribution of the winning chapbook.  Winning poet also receives a featured reading in the Seattle area.

Three or four finalists receive $50 and are also featured at the winner’s reading.

All entrants are considered for inclusion in Pontoon, a Floating Bridge Press poetry anthology. In addition, Floating Bridge Press has occasionally produced broadsides of selected poems.

http://www.scn.org/floatingbridge/submit.html

Deadline: January 30

Farewell Shoes for Mr. Bush is a shoe art exhibition open to artists of all mediums and from around the globe. The exhibition is an an opportunity to express feelings on a shoe or pair of shoes. Participating artists are encouraged to explore innovative, evocative and genuine creations and to transcend the outside layers of the shoes.

Shoes of all sizes (size 10 not required) materials and provenance will be transformed into expressions of political, visual art, or simply a “farewell”.

$500 Jury’s Choice. Entry fee.

http://www.decorazongallery.com

Deadline: May 18

AAEA is now accepting entries for its 2009 Fall Juried Show.

The American Academy of Equine Art was established in 1980 by a group of ten distinguished artists, individually famed for their work on equine subjects. Their aim was to maintain a degree of excellence within the genre, and to promote the academic representation of the equine form in drawing, painting and sculpture. AAEA serves to educate and encourage a broad awareness and appreciation of contemporary equine art as a specific and distinctively worthy segment of fine art in America.

http://www.aaea.net/2009FallShowProspectus.pdf

Deadline: February 2

The Grays Harbor Historical Seaport Authority announces a competition for the design of a logo for Seaport Landing, a new home for the ships on the Aberdeen waterfront. The logo will become a key component in public communications for the project, which is currently in the design and fundraising stages. Judging will include an opportunity for the public at large to vote for its favorite design via the Historical Seaport’s website.

The Seaport Landing Logo Design Contest is open to everyone. Prizes include two gift certificates: One for a Lady Washington / Hawaiian Chieftain sailing; the second for two youths aged 11 to 17 to sail for a week aboard Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain in the summer of 2009 to the San Juan Islands of Puget Sound.

http://www.historicalseaport.org

Deadline: January 27

This call for expressions of interest by the City of Vancouver’s Olympic and Paralympic Public Art Program seeks artists for a significant public art commission for the Northwest plaza of Vancouver’s Central Library in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Given the site and strength of the architecture, this commission should animate the plaza within the context of the scale of the buildings and the current use of the space by pedestrians and special events.

This commission is an opportunity to leave a legacy befitting the Library’s role as the city’s most popular public institution and a vibrant community resource. The City is seeking an artist or artist team to create artwork that draws on the Library’s mandate to reach and enrich all, while reinforcing the spirit and intent of the Olympic movement.

The budget for this commission is $700,000 inclusive of all costs including artist fees, design, supplies, insurance, engineering, fabrication, delivery, installation, travel & tax (if required).

http://vancouver.ca/commsvcs/oca/PublicArt/pdf/library2010.pdf

Deadline: April 1

The High Desert Rendezvous Art of the West show is scheduled for July 29- August 21, 2009. The Show, which will be held in the High Desert Museum’s Collins Gallery, provides the opportunity for the public to view and bid on items from an exclusive collection of fine art from pre-eminent artists of the West.

Commission: 50% of retail price (considered a donation to nonprofit High Desert Museum)

Enter original works with a Western theme for consideration in the Show. Work must be for sale. The 2009 Jury will determine which pieces will be included. Along with the visibility provided by the Show and its related promotion and marketing, participation enables artists to contribute to the community and assist the High Desert Museum in meeting its essential cultural role that it plays every day in Central Oregon.

http://www.highdesertrendezvous.org/calltoartist.pdf

Deadline: Ongoing

Monarch Studio is a new fine art gallery promoting the exhibition and sale of works by emerging and mid-career West Coast artists, with a special emphasis on Latino art. Located in the heart of Seattle’s Pioneer Square art district, this exciting new venue is a welcome addition to Pacific Northwest art community.

New exhibitions are mounted both monthly and bi-monthly, with the openings corresponding to Seattle’s First Thursday gallery walk.

http://www.monarchartstudio.com

Deadline: March 31

$16,000 total cash awards. Open to living artists 18 years or older, regardless of geographic location. Artists may submit a digital image of one or two different works, but only one piece per artist may appear in the exhibition. No preferential treatment for members.

Nonrefundable entry fee: CPSA Members $25, Nonmembers $35.

http://www.cpsa.org/EXHIBITION/17thEXHIBITION/Prospectus09-FINAL.pdf

Deadline: January 30

The Festival invites artists of all backgrounds, countries, ethnicities, cultures, genders, sexualities, and ages (18+) to submit up to five (5) works of art of any media. Sculptors, multimedia artists and painters are particularly encouraged to apply. Please note that photography is a highly competitive medium.

Artists need not attend the Festival in order to participate.The Seattle Erotic Art Festival was founded in 2002 by the Foundation for Sex Positive Culture to promote freedom of sexuality, speech, and creativity through the erotic expression of fine art. The Festival strives to exhibit work not easily found in mainstream galleries and museums; we enjoy art that avoids, or pokes fun at, cliches or stereotypical images.

seafinfo@gmail.com

http://www.SeattleErotic.org

Deadline: February 2

An established independent photography journal in its 22nd year of publication, Shots Magazine reaches an international audience of photographers, collectors, galleries, museums, educators and other fine art photography enthusiasts.

In its #103 Spring Issue 2009, the theme is Water.

Send up to 12 images (prints or files on a CD) for consideration.

http://shotsmag.com/guidelines.htm

Deadline: February 1

The University of Idaho, Department of Art & Design, is recruiting quality MFA candidates. Applicants are selected based on their skill level and potential, rather than specific media or area of interest. Students are open to explore drawing, mixed media, painting, printmaking, sculpture and design (graphic/communication design, interaction design), or a hybrid of art and design with guidance from the faculty.

Graduate assistantships are available to students accepted into the MFA program and include an out-of-state tuition waiver, stipend, and studio.

UI’s  Department of Art & Design, is fully accredited by NASAD.

Moscow is #38 in The 100 Best Small Art Towns in America.

http://www.uidaho.edu/cogs.

http://www.uidaho.edu/artdesign/

Deadline: January 30

Bellevue Arts Museum Arts Fair runs July 24-26, 2009.

Carol Duke Awards of Excellence ($10,000)

Artwork must be original and produced by or under the direction of the artist.

Commercial kits, molds, patterns, plans, prefabricated forms, mass-produced, and imported goods are NOT eligible.

Artists can apply in no more than two (2) categories: 2-D Mixed Media, 3-D Mixed Media, Metalwork, Ceramics, Drawing/Pastels, Furniture, Glass, Jewelry, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Fiber, Wearables (hats, scarves, handbags, shoes, etc.), Wood (no furniture).

Application Fee $40.00. No commissions taken on sold work.

http://www.zapplication.org

Deadline: April 1

12th Annual International Society of Acrylic Painters Open International in Santa Cruz, California.

Exhibit runs August 8 - September 6, 2009. $10,000 cash and materials awards. Juror: Charles Harrington.

Only 2-D work which must be at least 80% Acrylic and completed in the last 3 years. Entrants must be at least 18 years old. Entry by CD jpeg only.

$25 for two paintings ($35 for non-members).

http://www.isap-online.com

Deadline: March 1

The House of Humour and Satire Museum  in Gabrovo, Bulgaria inaugurates its 19th International Biennial of Humour and Satire in the Arts . This Biennial exhibition has six categories: cartoons, graphics & drawings, paintings, sculpture, photographs and posters. Open to artists from the world over without entry fee, but with all freedom of technique.

The competition subject matter is The World Lasts Because It Laughs.

http://www.humorhouse.bg/engl/condition.html

Deadline:  September 9

The Hungarian Multicultural Center, Inc. International Artist-In-Residency Program was founded in 1995. Supportive, nurturing, inspirational… the HMC offers a unique opportunity for artists chosen from around the world: the opportunity to reside and work as a resident artist in an atmosphere designed to stimulate personal vision and encourage new and exciting artistic expressions.

The HMC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation supported by private donations. The artists are selected on the basis of their application, their demonstrated commitment to art, their discipline, their total resume and their references. Selections are made by members of the Board of Directors of the HMC. The Artist-in-Residence Program is for artists involved in the creation of visual arts and literature. It is neither a school nor an artist`s colony. It does, however, offer an opportunity for professional artists to explore their full creative potential. During their residency, each artist is provided with a studio space and exhibitions.

http://www.hungarian-multicultural-center.com/

Deadline: January 31

$3,500 in Awards at the 2009 Kellicutt International Juried Photo Show

Through A Lens: Contrasting Elements - Hosted by the Coastal Arts League, Half Moon Bay, California - First Prize: $2,000. Exhibition runs April / May 2009. Open to all photographers internationally using any photographic style.

Capturing an image that shows an unusual combination or contrast is rewarding but can be challenging. Cause the viewer to pause and explore the relationships of the objects in the frame. Why are they together? How are they similar? How are they different?

About the jurors:  Charles Cramer has photographed the landscape for 30 years and is recognized as a master printmaker. National Geographic Books, Sierra Club, and the Yosemite Association have published Charles Cramer’s work. He is also featured in the book, Landscape: The World’s Top Photographers, published by Rotovision. - Janet Jones is a San Francisco artist working in printmaking, painting, collage, assemblage, photography and digital techniques. Currently her three-dimensional photo-assemblage - Michael Collopy is one of the preeminent portrait photographers of our time. His portfolio includes portraits of world leaders and entertainers such as Mikhail Gorbachev, Margaret Thatcher, Mick Jagger and Luciano Pavarotti.

http://www.coastalartsleague.com/photoshow/Prospectus/2009KellicuttProspectus-form.pdf

Deadline: February 17

Associated Arts of Ocean Shores calls to artists for its 40th National Juried Fine Art Show, held April 3-5, 2009 at the Ocean Shores Convention Center in Ocean Shores, Washington.

Over $3000 in cash and awards. This is a national competition open to artists 18 and older. Entries must be original, two-dimensional works of art. Entry Fee: $10 for one, $25 for three.  Artists may enter more than three entries

Mary Mitchell

360-289-2542

aaosartshow@hotmail.com

http://www.associatedarts.org/fineart09.html

Deadline: January 31

ART for GOD announces its International Christian Art Competition, an ongoing web exhibit.

Awards: $3,500 and licensing contracts. Open to artists sixteen years or older worldwide.

Entry fee: $30 online / $35 postal.

Stephen Sawyer

859-873-0120

steve@art4god.com

http://www.art4god.com/html/?go=competition

Deadline: February 27

Kennewick Arts Commission (KAC) is seeking an artist or team of artists to create the first piece of public art initiated by the Commission. The sculpture will celebrate the establishment of the Tri-Cities Business and Visitor Center. This regionally significant building is located adjacent to the Tri-Cities Convention Center Complex and houses the Tri-City Development Council, the Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Tri-Cities Visitor and Convention Bureau.

The spirit of the sculpture should celebrate the design, strength and purpose of the building, with possible reference to the regional non-profit partners housed in the building, the business and/or tourism elements and the location. Regional history, achievements and attributes could be included in the design. The piece should be of significant size and weight appropriate for the proposed location near the main entrance to the building.

Suggested materials include metal, local stone materials such as granite, basalt and obsidian, or reclaimed materials from locally significant sources. Kinetic elements will be considered but water elements are not encouraged. An amount of $25,000 has been established within the project budget for the sculpture itself and includes design, fabrication, all taxes, shipping/transportation and installation oversight.

Professional artists or teams living in Washington and within a radius of 150 miles of Kennewick, Washington, may apply. Artist selection will be based on the strength and quality of proposal as well as past work as demonstrated by a resume and digital images of past projects. Additional consideration will be given for creative use of materials and relevance to the project site.

Full application packet/information:

Barb Carter

509-531-0944

c2resources@charter.net

Deadline: February 20

The GAP Program provides support for artist-generated projects, which can include (but are not limited to) the development, completion or presentation of new work. GAP awards are open to artists of all disciplines and offer a maximum of $1,500 for projects. A panel of artists and arts professionals selected from around Washington State select GAP recipients.

Applicants must be a practicing artist, 18 years of age or older by application deadline date, a generative artist, and a resident of Washington State at the time of application and when the award is granted. Applicants may NOT be a graduate or undergraduate matriculated student enrolled in any degree program.

http://www.artisttrust.org/grants/GAP

Deadline: January 15

The eighth annual UNCLAD Art Show is scheduled for March 14-22, 2009 in Stanwood, WA. Last year, the juried show featured works by 95 artists from across North America. All artists, accomplished and emerging, are encouraged to apply. All media accepted.

360-629-4297

www.uncladart.com

Deadline: February 27

The Norwich Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People joins in the national commemoration with a juried art exhibit, open to all artists whose work captures the spirit and history of the NAACP. Seeking artwork that celebrates 100 years of fighting for freedom, removing racial barriers to open opportunities, reflecting on the birth of the NAACP and the diversity of the men and women who were the founders. From the historical events and currents issues, an insight of the future may be envisioned. $2,050 in prizes, $1000 first prize. Entry fee.

Lottie Scott

860-889-7014

lscott3@mindspring.com

http://www.naacp.org

http://www.trcc.commnet.edu

Deadline:  June 12

Orsoni Prize 2009, International Award for Mosaic Fine Art

Mosaic artists may apply in two categories, 2D and 3D through Juried Art Services for Orsoni Smalti Veneziani’s biennial Orsoni Prize. Orsoni Smalti Veneziani has been producing Venetian smalti and 24k gold mosaic since 1888. Honorary President Maestro Lucio Orsoni and Pino Bisazza, founder and President of Trend Group, will judge the competition.

The Grand Prize Winner will receive Euro 1,000, a round-trip ticket to Venice, Italy to attend a one-week Orsoni Master in Mosaic course between Oct. 2009-Oct. 2010 and six nights at Domus Orsoni, the bed & breakfast located at the Orsoni foundry in Venice. In addition, one Honorable Mention and three finalists will be awarded a total of six kilos of Orsoni 24k gold mosaic.

The winners will be announced September 9, 2009.

JoAnn Locktov

415-383-1399

joannlo@orsoni.com

http://www.juriedartservices.com

Deadline: Ongoing

The Washington State Arts Commission’s Professional Development Assistance Program provides small matching grants to Washington artists and arts organizations to develop their professionalism through attendance at workshops, conferences, or other learning opportunities.

Up to one half of the costs of attendance, or a maximum of $500, can be awarded.

http://www.arts.wa.gov/community/development-guidelines.shtml

Deadline: January 12

The Regional Arts & Culture Council in Portland, Oregon, invites artists/teams residing in the United States to submit qualifications for the York Recognition public art project for Portland’s Lewis & Clark College. This project seeks to acknowledge the importance of York, an African American slave who played an important role in Lewis & Clark’s Corps of Discovery.

The total art budget is $125,000.

http://www.racc.org/publicart/docs/Lewis_clark_york_RFQ1.pdf

http://www.racc.org/publicart/docs/Lewis%20site_suppliment.pdf

http://www.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=279&sortby=event_start&apply=yes

Deadline: January 31

The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University announces an international call for the “Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize”, a $20,000 award. Work will be featured in document, as well as in a virtual gallery on the CDS web site.

The prize is intended to fund collaborative work by a writer and a photographer in the formative or fieldwork stages of a documentary project. Submissions on any subject are welcome. Collaboration is essential to the nature of the work this award supports; therefore, individual submissions will not be considered.

More than two people may apply as long as one of the collaborators is a writer and one is a photographer working with black-and-white or color still photography. Individuals currently associated with the Center for Documentary Studies are not eligible for the prize.

Entry Fee: $40.

Download the prospectus (PDF format)

alexad@duke.edu

The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University

Deadline: January 30

The Beaverton Arts Commission invites artists to submit public art proposals for consideration for the placement of work in three areas of the Children’s Section of the Beaverton City Library: 1) On the portal archway leading into the Children’s Section; 2) On the Frieze (up to a total of five sections are available); and 3) On the front and side panels of the Children’s Desk.

The Beaverton City Library, one of the busiest library facilities in the state, serves a population of approximately 106,000. Each month over 70,000 people visit the Library to check out over 1.7 million items per year. The Library is open 7 days per week and maintains a collection of over 300,000 items. The Library is located at 12375 SW 5th, Beaverton, OR 97005.

Portal Archway $7,300; Frieze $6,000; and, Desk Panels $2,100

The Beaverton Arts Commission is contracting with CAFÉ ( www.callforentry.org) to manage the submittal process for this Call to Artists. The applicant will be asked to submit 8 digital images of past work and a written proposal of no more than 2,000 characters.

View Site Details

http://www.beavertonarts.org/events/calltoartist.aspx

www.callforentry.org

Jayne Scott
503-526-2288
jscott@ci.beaverton.or.us

Deadline: March 6

The 2009 Wearable Art Awards invites artists and designers to submit application packages for original garments to be included in the event’s performances and exhibition. $5,000 CDN in prize money will be awarded.

Presented by the Port Moody Arts Centre Society, the Wearable Art Awards encourages artists of all media to submit evocative, imaginative and thought provoking creations for the human body. Entry fee.

info@wearableartawards.com

http://www.wearableartawards.com/call_for_entry.php

Deadline: February 1

All women are invited to submit painting, photography, sculpture, jewelry, textile art, pottery, ceramics, basketry, and other art media to the 5th annual Reinterpreting Reality exhibition.

In 2009, Reinterpreting Reality becomes for the first time an interstate, multiple venue event that examines women’s artistic expressions about racism, multiculturalism, gender, sexual identity, stereotypes, and just plain celebration of womanhood in all her forms and manifestations.

Simultaneous exhibitions at five locations in both Washington and Idaho make this event groundbreaking and historic for regional women artists - the first ever, interstate, all women’s exhibition in the U.S.

Compton Union Art Gallery, Washington State University
Wawawai Canyon Winery Gallery, Pullman, Washington
Neill Public Library, Pullman, Washington
The 1912 Center, Moscow, Idaho
Above the Rim Gallery, Moscow, Idaho

Exhibitions will run simultaneously the entire month of March (Women’s History Month), with special receptions in Moscow and Pullman, and a Women’s Recognition Luncheon at Washington State University featuring selected artwork and special guest speaker Anita Hill.

Kim Barrett
Women’s Resource Center
Washington State University

509-335-4386

kim_barrett@wsu.edu

http://www.women.wsu.edu