| THE RUSH JOB
ISSUE, BUT WITH COOL STUFF!
FRAUGHT WITH
ERRORS, ANXIETY EMISSIONS AND HASTY EDITS.
This week I
am packing to move, among other things, and as I have no antidote for the moving
frame of mind, this newsletter is rushed, flawed, folded, spindled and
mutilated.
BUT, albeit rushed, there are still a lot of fab events and I
did manage to hastily paste them in.
I also wanted to rush it out because
Gallery A3 has a meeting TONIGHT for potential new members.
I'll
be back next week sans that scary, crazed look in my eye.
P.S. Who
knew there was actually an air
sickness bag online museum with posters of air sickness bags from around the
world for sale? As a matter of fact there are many. Many
many.
"The Arts at
Open Square" This
Weekend, April 28, 29 and 30
"The Arts
at Open Square"
Art Exhibitions and Open Studios - April 28, 29 and 30,
2006
The Open Square mill complex in Holyoke will be hosting an
“Arts of the Valley Celebration” during the weekend of April 28 through April
30. This event brings together the talents of the resident artists at Open
Square combined with an exhibition of the diverse art forms created by artists
from the valley area, Holyoke Community College and the members of the Five
Colleges.
Faculty and students from Holyoke Community College will
present works in the open studios event as well as to display "installation"
sculptures and performance art in the sprawling 30,000 sq. ft., 3rd floor space
at Open Square.
Area artists and faculty from Amherst, Hampshire, Mt.
Holyoke, Smith and U. Mass. - Amherst will exhibit their work in the sculpture
and painting galleries on the 4th floor of Open Square.
Throughout
the weekend, resident artists’ studios will be open to the public, with a
special preview reception on Friday, April 28. Open Square resident
performing groups, Enchanted Circle Theater and the Massachusetts Academy of
Ballet, will also give workshops and demonstrations during this weekend
celebration. The resident artists at Open Square include Bill Alatalo, Sue
Bennett, Joe Costin, Enchanted Circle Theater, Gary Hallgren, Bronwen
Hodgkinson, Holyoke Community College Studio, John Kaminski, Betty Korostynski,
Lola Lach, Paul Leveille, Massachusetts Academy of Ballet, Dean Nimmer, and
Michael Powers.
The schedule of events will be:
Friday, April 28
- Opening reception for open studios, exhibitions, events and performances. 6
p.m. to 10 p.m.
Saturday, April 29 - On-going open studios, exhibitions,
events and performances 11a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, April 30 - On-going
open studios, exhibitions, events and performances 11a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Black Sheep Deli at Open Square will also be open during the
events on Saturday and Sunday
A schedule of demos and performances will
be announced two weeks prior to the “Arts of the Valley Celebration”. All of the
painting and sculpture exhibitions will continue to be on display and open to
the public at Open Square from 10 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday through May
5, 2006.
“Celebrating the Arts of the Valley" is part of an on- going effort
at Open Square to highlight the gifted artists and art students from our area,
and to bring attention to the value of the arts as part of the strength of our
community as a whole.
For further information, contact: Dean "The
Birthday Boy" Nimmer, Arts Coordinator for Open
Square
413-533-4883
617-686-1523
deandart@aol.com
Holyoke Community College Faculty
Robert Aller
Lahri Bond
Felice Caivano
John Calhoun
Tara
Conant
Cynthia Consentino
Frank Cressotti
Cynthia Guild
Alix
Hegeler
Karl Hluska
Amy Johnquest
Chris Lizon
Dean Nimmer
Frank Ward
Christopher Willingham
Five College Faculty
Bill Brayton (Hampshire)
Carl Caivano (Smith)
Nancy Campbell (Mt.
Holyoke)
Nat Cohan (Hampshire)
Betsey Garand (Amherst)
David Gloman
(Amherst)
Thom Haxo (Hampshire)
Justin Kimball (Amherst)
Kara Lynch
(Hampshire)
Nancy LaPointe (UMass)
Judy Mann (Hampshire)
Bonnie Miller
(Mt. Holyoke)
Bill Myers (Smith)
Frank Ozereko (UMass)
Scott Reeves
(Hampshire)
Levni Sinanoglu (Hampshire)
Joe Smith (Mt. Holyoke)
Bob
Sweeney (Amherst)
Dan Warner (Hampshire)
Regional
Artists
Bernard Banville
Olivia Bernard
Christin Couture
Karen
Dolmanisth
William Hosie
Thomas Matsuda
Mo
Carolyn Webb
New Mass.
Media Announces Preview Massachusetts A New Arts
and Lifestyle Magazine for Western Massachusetts
New Mass.
Media Announces Preview Massachusetts,
a New Arts and Lifestyle Magazine for
Western Massachusetts
New Mass. Media, Inc., publishers of the
Advocate chain of alternative newsweeklies, announce the publication of a new
monthly magazine covering the arts, culture and life of Western Massachusetts.
Crisply designed, Preview Massachusetts will be the region’s first
full-color, glossy monthly and will present a mix of editorial content including
a six- week event calendar and rich mix of regular monthly features. Based on
New Mass. Media’s existing successful title, Preview Connecticut, the
Massachusetts edition will serve as a complement to the extensive listings, news
and features that appear weekly in the Valley Advocate (
www.valleyadvocate.com). Preview Massachusetts will also be available on the
web at www.previewmass.com.
The 48-page May issue will be distributed on April 28th. With an
initial circulation of 30,000, Preview Massachusetts will be available for free
at select finer retailers, restaurants, arts venues and hotels in Berkshire,
Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin counties in Western Massachusetts. The magazine
will also be home delivered to Hartford Courant subscribers in Northern
Connecticut and Hampden County.
“We’ve seen strong, steady growth both
in advertising revenue and an increasingly expanding receptive audience for
Preview Connecticut over the last four years, “ said Janet Reynolds, group
publisher of the Hartford and Valley Advocate and both Preview titles. “We saw
this as the time to expand on success with this launch.”
“People’s
leisure time has changed over the last decade,” she continued. “It used to be
that only ‘foodies’ would drive an hour to search out an excellent restaurant
for dinner – now many more people will do just that. We saw a great opportunity
to provide a publication to that adventurous audience that gets in their cars
and seeks out the best that Western Massachusetts has to offer.”
The
cover of the premiere issue features an interview with global artist/local
resident Kim Gordon, bass and guitar player in the legendary rock/experimental
& punk band Sonic Youth. Also included in the first issue’s arts coverage
are profiles of Shakespeare & Co.’s Elizabeth Aspenleider, glassblower Josh
Simpson and a peek at “Dutch Treats” at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book
Art.
Also in the May issue, Preview Massachusetts’s music writers take a
look at the Pioneer Valley Symphony Orchestra and surf-rock veteran Dick Dale.
Caroline Pam goes on a field trip to the Blue Heron Restaurant in Sunderland to
see why it is one of the region’s prime food destinations. The first appearances
of monthly columns on wine, health and wellness, finance, cars and homes in the
region round out the offerings.
New Mass. Media, Inc. has been the
leading alternative publisher in Western Massachusetts and Connecticut for over
30 years. Through its four alternative newsweeklies (Valley, Hartford & New
Haven Advocate, Fairfield County Weekly) two magazine titles (Preview
Connecticut and Preview Massachusetts) and theater program publishing, NMM
publications circulate close to 1M copies monthly and deliver a totally unique
media footprint that reaches from Southern Vermont to New York City. More
information on New Mass. Media may be obtained at www.newmassmedia.com.
AMADEUS, the
Director's Cut Saturday,
April 29, 7:30 pm
The
Man... The Music... The Madness... The Murder... The Motion
Picture...
Mohawk
Trail Concerts in partnership with Pothole Pictures is pleased to
present
AMADEUS, the Director's Cut
Saturday, April 29, 7:30
pm
with live classical music performed at 7pm
Memorial Hall, Shelburne
Falls
tickets $6
please call the MTC office to reserve seats or pay at the
door.
180 minutes rated PG
Gripping human drama. Sumptuous period
epic. Glorious celebration of the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. This
marvelous winner of eight Academy Awards portrays the rivalry between the genius
Mozart (Tom Hulce) and the jealous court composer (Best Actor Oscar Winner
F.Murray Abraham) who may have ruined Mozart's career and shortened his
life.
POTHOLE PICTURES is a ten-year-old, community owned, all
volunteer-run, non-profit theater with programs of films on the BIG screen each
spring and fall. Located in historic Memorial Hall, a century-old, 425 seat,
former vaudeville house.
ww
w.shelburnefallsmemorialhall.org
GALLERY A3
CALL FOR ARTISTS Meeting
tonight!
CALL FOR
ARTISTS
Gallery A3 is being reformed in downtown Amherst. Interested
artists are invited to an informational meeting about the gallery and the new
exhibition space. The meeting will be on April 25 at 7:00 pm in the Glass
Room, Bangs Community Center on Boltwood Walk in Amherst.
Gallery A3
is a cooperative fine-art gallery. It was housed in the old Amherst Cinema
building for three years and closed temporarily in April 2005. A new exhibition
space is being offered in the renovated Amherst Cinema building, and the gallery
is reforming and actively seeking new members.
For more information
please call Keith Hollingworth at 549-0865
Susan Pecora
AT the Center for the Arts Sunday,
April 30, 2 PM
Susan Pecora
will visit the Center for the Arts for an afternoon of watercolor and
commentary.
Pecora, WGBY’s artist in residence, will be at the Center
Sunday, April 30, to do one of her paintings and talk in her entertaining and
informative way about technique and other artistic topics.
This
delightful program, beginning at 2 p.m. in the ballroom, calls for a suggested
donation of $5
Remapping
Black Germany 23 April -
30 April
 Remapping
Black Germany
Hampden Gallery,University of Massachusetts
Amherst,
Friday, April 21, 4-7 PM
Video works by
Ingrid
Mwangi
RobertHutter
23 April - 30 April Central Gallery
Wheeler House
Animal Magic
@ Peanut Gallery - Eastworks Gallery Night 5-8 pm on
Saturday, May 6th
The
current show at The Peanut Gallery, *Animal Magic* will be open from 5pm until
8pm on Saturday, May 6th for Eastworks Gallery Night.
From 5-8pm,
seven different Eastworks galleries will be exhibiting new work.
Animal
Magic will close May 27th. An off-site closing performance featuring Jason
Martin's Evolution Revolution, Tumblecat Poof Poofy Poof and other animal sounds
is in the works. More info coming soon.
Animal Magic is a group show
featuring work by Joseph Segal, Roland Lusk, Seth Scriver, Bwana Spoons,
Joshua Vrysen, Jessica Williams, Diane Cluck, Jamie Mohr, Michele Bond, Shaun
Kessler, Courtney Raiph, Chase Carlisle, Beverly Shana Palmer, Jesse Clark,
Jesse Goldstein, Kristen Lupoli and Jason Martin.
While at least two
animal focused group art shows have taken place in Western Massachusetts over
the last year (Becoming Animal at MASS MoCA last spring and very recently,
Animal Kingdom at W. M. Baczek Fine Arts) the artists in Animal Magic have a
very different vision to share with you. While most of the artists in Becoming
Animal looked with fear towards a dystopian future where the gap between animals
and humans would diminish in the military, scientific and technological realms,
the artists of Animal Magic earnestly preserve a primitive, often shamanistic
world where animals maintain their integrity and mystique.
Bwana Spoons
looks to the past and resurrects a woolly mammoth walking through an enchanted
land of blossom crystals.
Jason Martin, a man who dons a wolf mask and
tail when performing with his band Evolution Revolution, presents his personal
mythology, a mix of ancient Egyptian magic, totemism and furry fandom, in a
well- researched book and CD. He begs his audience to "find their tail" and use
their animal spirit to "smash the state."
Unlike many of their
self-conscious contemporaries, the artists exhibiting in Animal Magic are not
inhibited by the anthropomorphobic need to eschew sincerity and emotion when
discussing animals. While many postmodern artists see an impending technocracy
under which animals will be assimilated further into the human kingdom and
humans will lose the qualities that distinguish them from beasts, the artists in
Animal Magic conjure these beasts to help us find what we have already lost.
Gallery hours:
M-F 10-6
Sat 10-4
Devon
Zink
(¯`v´¯) 413.364.1750
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Easthampton, MA
Augusten
Burroughs Reading Wednesday,
June 14, 2006 at 7:30 P.M. - ADVANCE TIX NEEDED
WFCR
presents
AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS
Wednesday, June 14, 2006 at 7:30
P.M.
Chapin Auditorium
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, Mass.
Augusten Burroughs is the author of "Running with Scissors," "Dry," and
"Magical Thinking," all of which were New York Times bestsellers published
around the world. The film version of "Running With Scissors," starring Annette
Bening and Gwyneth Paltrow and directed by Ryan Murphy ("Nip/Tuck"), is set for
a fall 2006 release. Augusten has been named one of the 15 funniest people in
America by Entertainment Weekly. He lives in New York City and western
Massachusetts.
Augusten will read from and sign his new book, "Possible
Side Effects" (St. Martin's Press). The book release date is May 2006.
For information on "Possible Side Effects" and Augusten Burroughs, see:
http://www.augusten.com/.
Sponsors: Mount Holyoke College, the Advocate Newspapers, and the
Odyssey Bookshop.
Tickets (general admission within sections) are priced
$30-$70 with a copy of "Possible Side Effects" and $10-$50 without the book.
They are available from the University of Massachusetts Amherst Fine Arts Center
Box Office by phone (413-545-2511 or 800- 999-UMASS), or online through
http://www.wfcr.org/. Producer's Circle tickets include preferential seating and
admission to the 6:30 P.M. pre-event reception.
A Reading
and a Haircut Announcing
the new book from The Double Elephant Press
A READING
& A HAIRCUT
ANNOUNCING THE NEW BOOK FROM THE DOUBLE ELEPHANT
PRESS DISASTERS OF LOVE–A DEFENSE OF DELILAH A POEM, INTAGLIOS & LITHOGRAPHS
BY MICHAEL KUCH
THE POEM WILL BE READ BY MARINA GOLDMAN MICHAEL KUCH
WILL HAVE HIS HAIR CUT BY SARAH BUTTENWIESER
AT 6:00 PM ON FRIDAY
APRIL 28
R. MICHELSON GALLERIES
132 MAIN ST., NORTHAMPTON, MASS.
413.586.3964
PLEASE GO TO: www.michaelkuch.com or
http://michaelkuch.com/site_files/
books/disasters/disasters_toc.html>here
The
Silhouette: Identities and Archetypes March 28-
April 29, 2006, at STCC
The
Silhouette: Identities and Archetypes
March 28- April 29,
2006
There is something primary about silhouettes. They have an
ability to conjure direct memories, feelings, yet they also possess degrees of
assumed veracity. Silhouettes are a form of archetype: a universal armature onto
which we hang our personal history and subjectivity. Attaining the shape, we are
left to fill in the details, the story.
In this exhibit the artist
Randal Thurston cuts shapes that are at once familiar, yet are not simply copies
of his subjects. He carefully composes an assortment of forms that are both
individual and members of a larger organization. “I think the most salient
aspect of the silhouette is its versatile ability to be a vessel for projected
emotion.”
Paul Bloomfield’s work employs the silhouette while subjecting
it to the photographic process. “My work is an attempt at recognizing
commonality of form and its infinite variations.” Portraits are recognizable as
much by what they offer as by what the viewer projects. In both the work of
these artists, identity is transient and rooted in history.
The Amy H.
Carberry Fine Arts Gallery, located on the first floor of Building 28, is
open Tuesday through Friday, 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 2:00
p.m. throughout the academic year. For more information contact Larry Slezak at
755-5258 or 755-5288. Directions
WEBSTREAMING
AT VALLEY FREE RADIO Is
TheAmy&MoRadioShow out of range? No problem.
VFR is now
webstreaming!
check out this temporary
link and listen live from your computer.
There are so many fabulous
shows to choose from and then there is TheAmy&MoRadioShow. Listen
to us Wednesdays from 8 to 9 am.
Community
Run, Commercial Free Radio for the Northampton Listening Area
Valley
Free Radio, in association with Free Press, the Grassroots Radio Coalition,
and Prometheus, a national low power fm advocacy and education organization,
helped launch WXOJ FM, Valley Free Radio, in August of 2005 at a "barnraising"
in Florence, Massachusetts. Valley Free Radio is a low power FM radio station
broadcasting at 103.3 FM. We are a community organization that operates as a
collective. Our board, committee, and general membership meetings are open to
the public. We broadcast from the Florence Community Center, located at 140 Pine
Street in Florence, Massachusetts. If you would like to contact the station by
phone please try our studio line at (413) 585-1033 or our business line at (413)
584 - 1160. Send email to vfr@valleyfreeradio.org. If you are interested in
hosting a show or writing something for a show, please review our programming
guidelines. Para más información en español, favor de comunicarse con:
mas@valleyfreeradio.org
MAASH ACTION
ALERT: Support $1 million Increase to the MCC Click and be
heard
MAASH
ACTION ALERT: Support $1 million Increase to the MCC
Chairman
Turkington and 26 Co-Sponsors File Amendment #1397
Dear Friends,
We must act today! Rep. Eric Turkington, chair of the Tourism, Arts and
Cultural Development Committee, and 26 co-sponsors have filed an amendment to
increase FY 07 funding for the Massachusetts Cultural Council by $1 million. The
amendment calls for a specific increase for many local cultural councils.
Urge your state representative to vote yes on Amendment #1397. Click on
this link or paste the link into your browser:
http://capwiz.com/artsus
a/ma/issues/alert/?alertid=8689911&type=ST
Please add
information about yourself in the advocacy e-mail. You can also print it as a
letter. Please follow up with a phone call. Your state representative can be
reached at 617-722-2000. Please spread the word. We can triple our impact if
each of us can contact 3 more people.
Send your message right away.
Don’t wait until the final vote late next week. Take action today to be sure
that leadership knows of the great grassroots support for this funding. The
House leadership will be deciding this week which of the 1600 amendments have
the most support. Without your support, our amendment will fail.
Thank
you for your support.
Dan Hunter
Executive Director
Massachusetts
Advocaes for the Arts, Sciences, & Humanities (MAASH)
CALLS FOR
ARTISTS/ARTIST OPPORTUNITIES
Various
Calls for Submissions - arranged by deadline, sorta. Stamp that
SASE & Squeegee the slides.
<--Photo
by Jon
Whitney
New! Due May 15 - The Northampton Arts Council Announces
Arts EZ Spring '06 Grant Opportunity.
The Northampton Arts Council, Inc.
is once again running a special, locally supported arts grant round. This spring
the Arts Council will be distributing up to $25,000 from funds that were raised
at last summer's Transperformance 15: New York and the recent Four Sundays in
February ’06 series featuring saxophonist David “Fathead” Newman and singer
Cynthia Scott. These grants are available to writers, painters, photographers,
sculptors, musicians, videographers and all other creatives and arts
organizations for projects held in Northampton.
Guidelines and applications
are available via our website: www.northamptonartscouncil.org
and can be downloaded as PDF’s. Using the PDF application, one can complete the
application on a computer (no more struggling to find a typewriter!).
Hard
copies of the guidelines and applications are also available in Northampton at
Guild Art Supply, Center for the Arts Northampton, A.P.E., on the 3rd floor
in Thornes and the Northampton Arts Council office, Room 5, 240 Main St.
Completed applications with support materials must be received by 4:30
pm on Monday, May 15, 2006 at the Northampton Arts Council office.
Because
this is a locally funded cycle, we have eliminated as much of the paperwork as
we can. To that end we have developed Arts EZ Spring 2006 Application Form. This
is a one-page form with 3 short questions and a required project budget.
Individual artists and arts organizations will receive equal consideration for
grants. Only one grant application per person or organization will be
considered. See the Arts EZ Spring 2006 Guidelines for criteria and eligibility
requirements. The Arts Council will fund projects that take place between July
1, 2006 and June 30, 2007.
This local round of funding would not have been
possible without the support of many local businesses, arts organizations, and
artists that have helped make our fundraising efforts a huge success.
For
more information, visit our website at www.northamptonartscouncil.org, email us
at arts@ci.northampton.ma.us or call Sondra Peron at (413) 587-1269.
NEW! Due April 29. The Rocky Neck Art Colony
invites your participation!
We are currently accepting applications for our
Artist-in-Residence program (four four-week visual art residencies) for the
summer of 2006. The residency program provides live/work/exhibition space in a
former sail loft amongst other galleries on a wharf in the colorful harborside
community of Rocky Neck, Gloucester. Deadline for applications: April
29th. We are also accepting entries for our annual juried spring show,
Environments . . . A Sense of Place to be held May 19 to June 17, 2006,
at the Bryan Gallery, 53 Rocky Neck Ave, Gloucester. Juror: Katherine French,
Director of the Danforth Museum of Art. Deadline for entries: April 19th.
For more information or to download an application for either the residency
or the spring show, go to www.rockyneckartcolony.org or send a SASE to
RNAC/Residency -or- RNAC/Environments PO Box 60, Gloucester, MA 01931
ongoing.
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs +
Image Registry The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) is the
largest public funder of arts and culture in the country. The Percent for Art
artist slide registry is an up-to-date and important component of the Program.
The registry is consulted by the architects, panelists, and City agencies for
each project. The Percent for Art staff prepares a slide presentation from the
registry for each panel meeting. The registry is open to any professional visual
artist residing in the United States. Deadline: On-going Information:
www.nyc.gov/html/dcla/html/panyc/slide_reg.shtml
May 10, 2006
CURRENT: The Aesthetics of Contemporary Culture
to be held at Baton Rouge
Gallery Center for Contemporary Art, June 4th - June 29th, 2006. This exhibition
explores avenues including electronic culture, the media, web and posters
design, youth culture, music, digital graphics, video games, increasing
globalization, and rapidly changing technologies. We are accepting submissions
in all media. Open to artists 18 and over living in the U.S. $25/3 digital
submissions (only). Cash prizes awarded. All work must be for sale. Insurance.
BRGCCA will retain a 50% commission. Deadline for application is May 10, 2006.
Full prospectus available at: www.batonrougegallery.org. Call us at: 225-383-
1470. Baton Rouge Gallery, 1442 City Park Av, Baton Rouge LA 70808.
April 21, 2006 Call for Art- "Fiber Fever".
Exhibition Dates:
June 9-July 21, 2006.
Open to all working artists, accepting artwork that
explores the expressive uses of any kind of fiber. May be functional,
non-functional, traditional, contemporary, woven, felted, knitted, twined,
paper, quilted, stitched, or unexpected. Awards one "Going Solo" or $1,000 cash
and one Group 4 Award. A maximum of three entries per artist for jury may be
submitted with a non- refundable fee of $35 One slide/jpeg/ per entry or submit
a CD. Use jpeg on PC format only. (Do not use photo shop or other software to
submit.) Applications are available at: www.foundryartcentre.org. Email
jpegs to: showentry@foundryartcentre.org. Complete entry form and mail with fee
to: Foundry Art Centre, 520 North Main Center St, Charles MO 63301 OR
636-255-0270
April 29, 2006 PHOENIX GALLERY 2006 NATIONAL JURIED
COMPETITION: JUNE 21 - JULY 15, 2006.
JUROR: TRICIA YUNJOO PAIK, CURATORIAL
ASSISTANT, DEPT. OF DRAWINGS, THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NY. ALL MEDIA. AWARD:
SOLO/GROUP SHOW. Prospectus: www.phoenix- gallery.com OR
info@phoenix-gallery.com OR Send SASE to: Phoenix Gallery, 210 Eleventh Av Suite
902, New York NY 10001.
April 29, 2006 Alpan International 2006 -
Juried Art Exhibition.
The exhibit takes place Sep 2 - 7, 2006, in
Huntington, Long Island, New York. Open to artists 18 yrs & older working in
two and three dimensions in any media. Awards: Group Show, $1,000 cash for "Best
in Show". Juror: Professor Donald Kuspit. $30 for three images. $5 for each
additional image. For details visit: http://www.alpangallery.org.
Prospectus is available online: http://www.alpangallery.org/events.aspx. Or
artists can send a SASE to: Alpan Gallery, 2 West Carver St, Huntington Long
Island NY 11743. For more information contact John Remsen at:
info@alpangallery.org OR call: 631-423-4433.
May 19, 2006 19th
Annual Northern National Art Competition.
Open to U.S. Artists 18 or older.
May submit 2 slides of 2-D art in any medium. Three $1000 Awards of Excellence.
Over $8500 total in prize money. Juror/Judge: Renowned photographer, printmaker
and author Phyllis Galembo. Entry Fee $25.00-All proceeds from sales go to the
artists. For Prospectus send business sized SASE to NAC (Northern Arts Council),
Box 916, Rhinelander WI 54428. Email Katherine Ralph: kralph@nicoletcollege.edu
OR 715-365-4556. Postmark deadline for entries is May 19, 2006. Opening
Reception July 25, 2006. Web: http://www.nicoletcollege.edu/artgal/artgall.htm
OR Contact: Dori Brown, Northern Arts Council, 715-362-3963
April 30,
2006 SEEKING SUBMISSIONS FROM ALL VISUAL ARTISTS: in glass, painting,
drawings, printmaking, sculpture, and photography; for solo shows in fall 2006
and themed proposals for the 2007 year. HOURGLASS is a new artspace in San
Diego, CA with shows of regional, national and international known and emerging
artists with passion and drive for making a statement with art in the world.
offering classes, workshops and (soon) artist in residency. Send $25, 5 slides
or CD (Jpeg format) with artist bio to: HOURGLASS director, Raziah Roushan, 1192
Sunset Dr, Vista CA 92081
May 1, 2006 The Artist's Magazine's
Annual Art Competition Enter your artwork in the 23rd Annual Art Competition
sponsored by The Artist's Magazine. More than $25,000 in cash prizes will be
awarded, and Top Award Winners will be featured in the December 2006 issue of
The Artist's Magazine! Plus, 13 finalists will be featured in The Artist's
Magazine's 2007 Calendar! There are 5 categories for you to compete and win in:
Portrait & Figure, Still Life, Landscape, Experimental and Animal Art. Plus,
there's a Special Student/Beginner Division for new artists. For details and an
entry form visit: Terri Boes, F&W Publications, 4700 E Galbraith Rd,
Cincinnati OH 45236 OR 513-531-2690 x1328 OR
http://www.artistsnetwork.com/specialoffers.asp? ADL06 OR
art-competition@fwpubs.com
May 1, 2006 National Lower Town Art
and Music Festival. Festival dates are May 26th through May 28th, 2006. Open to
artists over 18 years of age residing in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Entries must be original fine art or fine craft. Selections will be made from a
review of 35 mm slides or digital images in the form of jpeg files (maximum
dimension of eight inches in image size minimum resolution 300dpi). A
non-refundable entry fee of $25 entitles the artist to submit up to four (4)
images, three images of original work and one image of booth. If accepted,
artists can choose from three booth sizes that range in fees from $100 to $150
At this yearblocation Program where over 70 artists have moved to from across
the country. For information on this years festival call (270) 444-8690 or write
to City of Paducah, Planning Department, Lower Town Art & Music Festival,
300 South 5th St, Paducah KY 42003. You may also e-mail for a prospectus to:
mbarone@ci.paducah.ky.us OR go online and download a prospectus at:
www.paducaharts.com.
May 12, 2006 Annual Juried Art Competition,
call for entries - Teris & The South Arkansas Arts Center are hosting SAAC's
2006 Annual Juried Art Competition for 2-D fine artist working in any media. The
exhibit will be held June 29 - July 28. Total cash awards of $1700 1 slide $10
or 3 slides $25 Juror: Mary Anderson, Artist from Ocean Springs, MS. For details
or a prospectus visit our website or send a SASE to: SAAC Juried Show, 110 East
5th St, El Dorado AR 71730 OR 870-862-5474 OR Download prospectus on the
website: www.saac- arts.org
May 31, 2006 STRANGE FIGURATIONS A
thematic exhibition open to all interpretations of the concept, Strange
Figurations. Open to all figurative styles from the realist to the surreal and
visionary. Open to all media. 72" maximum dimension. The exhibition will be held
at the Limner Gallery, September 1 - 24, 2006. National magazine publication
awards. On-line entry form at: http://www.slowart.com/prospectus/figure.htm OR
email: slowart@aol.com OR send SASE to: SlowArt Productions, Box 503, Phoenicia
NY 12464
May 31, 2006 Call for Entries: Science and Engineering
Visualization Challenge The National Science Foundation and the journal Science,
published by the AAAS, invite you to participate in the fourth annual Science
and Engineering Visualization Challenge. The international competition
recognizes scientists, engineers, visualization specialists, and artists for
producing or commissioning innovative work in visual communication. The ability
to convey the essence and excitement of research in digitized images, color
diagrams, multimedia and animation has given researchers the perspective needed
to set new research directions and equipped other citizens to see and understand
complex science concepts. Award categories: Photographs, Illustrations,
Interactive Media, Non-Interactive Media and Informational Graphics. Winners in
each category will be published in the September 22, 2006 issue of Science
Magazine and Science Online and displayed on the NSF website. The competition is
currently open to the public; no entry fee. For complete entry information,
please contact: American Association for the Advancement of Science OR
http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/scivis/index .jsp
June 20,
2006 The Camera Club of New York announces its 2006 National Photography
Competition. The competition is open to all US residents 18 years or older
except members of the Camera Club of New York or their families, and employees.
Freestanding pieces will not be accepted. We are most pleased that Antonin
Kratochvil renowned photographer and documentarian, will be our Juror. Each
entry will consist of either 6 digital entries on CD or 6 slides with a fee of
$35.00 Chosen artist will receive a one-person exhibition in our Alfred
Lowenherz Gallery and a cash award of $300 Other finalists will participate in a
group show. Send self-addressed stamped envelope for prospectus to: 2006
National Photography Competition, Camera Club of New York, 853 Broadway, New
York NY 10003 OR visit our website at: www.cameraclubofnewyork.org, download an
entry form and view the complete rules and information about The Camera Club of
New York.
A NOTE
ABOUT THE CALLS FOR ARTISTS ENTRIES: I have paid subscriptions
to these lists and simply sut and paste the email info
I receive. I try to scan all entries and correct deadlines
as I see them but mostly I paste them as I get them. So,
if you are interested in any of these venues I suggest
you follow the links and download the prospecti (?) and
check dates for accurate deadlines and details.
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