Call for Entries | Themed Shows

Andersonville’s Swedish American Museum
Deadline: Friday, Aug. 22 (but see special instructions below)*

In an ongoing effort to engage the local arts community, Andersonville’s Swedish American Museum, in collaboration with the Andersonville Chamber of Commerce, is seeking artists to create an original work of art, in any medium, inspired by an object from the Museum’s permanent collection. Interested artists must fill out an application outlining their interest in the project and provide samples of previous work. Entries will be evaluated by a jury committee and 10-12 will be selected to create pieces for display at the Museum during the 6th annual Andersonville Arts Weekend, Oct. 3-5, 2008. One completed piece will be selected for use as the visual artwork for all promotional materials related to Andersonville Arts Weekend, a part of Chicago Artists Month. In addition, at least one artist will be submitted to the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs as a candidate to be a featured artist for the Chicago Artists Month event in October 2008. Featured artists receive a wide array of exposure through the promotion of the event and at special events throughout the month.

TIMELINE
The application will be available beginning Monday, April 7. It can be obtained by contacting the Museum or Chamber of Commerce, or by visiting www.andersonville.org. Completed applications with samples of previous work are due by Friday, May 16. The jury will convene in late May, at which time the participating artists will be selected. On the evening of Thursday, May 29, the Museum will host an informational event for the participating artists to introduce the Museum, allow artists to select an object from their collection on which to base the artwork, and take promotional photos which will be displayed at the Museum during the annual Midsommarfest street festival June 14-15. To be considered for the Andersonville Arts Weekend cover art, completed pieces will be due by Friday, Aug. 22. Otherwise all completed pieces will need to be into the Museum by Friday, Sept. 26. The pieces will be on display from Andersonville Arts Weekend through Oct. 31.

For complete details, and to download an application form, please visit www.andersonville.org
For more information, call the Andersonville Chamber of Commerce at 773-728-2995.

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LINEWEIGHT-Contemporary Drawing
Truman State University Art Gallery
Deadline: 08/01/08

Call for Artists – LINEWEIGHT
Submission Deadline: August 1, 2008

Lineweight is a curated exhibition of contemporary drawing to be displayed at the Truman State University Art Gallery in Kirksville, MO in January and February 2009. A CD-ROM catalog will be produced to document the show and participating artists will receive an honorarium. Please e-mail Aaron Fine at afine@truman.edu for full text of call to artists. Artists are encouraged to submit work that reinforces the critically important status of drawing in contemporary art. Artists may submit work already completed or may propose a new project for the exhibition. Once described as handmaiden to the arts, drawing has become a critically important practice in art today. While linked to feminist concerns with the body, drawing also neatly maps onto our mind’s processes.
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Open Call for Submissions
Walsh Gallery at Seton Hall University
Deadline: 05/01/08

Seton Hall University’s Walsh Gallery in collaboration with Gallery Aferro is accepting submissions for inclusion in a solo show, One Breath, by artist Beth Ann Morrison to be on view June 9 – July 31, 2008. Morrison’s environmental installation will invite viewers to relax within soothing, rounded forms, ethereal lighting and soundscapes. This un-juried call is open to everyone – professional artists and amateurs alike. All work submitted will be displayed as a complement to the exhibition, allowing viewers to see their world-wide neighbor’s personal interpretations of a paradise on earth. The artist is interested in intuitive images that result from meditation on the ultimate peace, love and joy – a higher reality. $10 per entry, must be on 8.5" x 11" paper. Entry Form
http://library.shu.edu/gallery/Call_for_Submissions_one_breath.pdf
or contact brasilje@shu.edu

AFTERMATH

Torpedo Factory Art Center
Deadline: 06/23/08

Dates : September 3 - October 12, 2008
Deadline: Monday, June 23, 2008
Artists' Reception & Gallery Talk: Thursday, September 11, 2008

Aftermath will be an all media exhibition that features artwork based on the after effects of natural or manmade disasters. By exploring the inescapable common denominator of the human condition in dealing with grief and loss, the work will examine all facets of human strength: physical, spiritual and emotional. The works featured in this exhibition are sure to strike the innermost chords of all involved. This exhibition will be open to all artists, nationally and internationally, working in all media.

Juror: Laurel Reuter, Founding Director and Curator of the North Dakota Museum of Art

For complete prospectus visit our website at www.torpedofactory.org or email the gallery at targetgallery@torpedofactory.org

$35 application fee

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BIKE LOVE [a graphic celebration of the bicycle]

Deadline: May 1, 2008
The Coffee Studio: Andersonville, Chicago

The Coffee Studio is seeking artists to submit cycle-inspired two-dimensional artwork for BIKE LOVE, a graphic celebration of the the bicycle, to be exhibited in coordination with Andersonville Bike Week.

• Accepted artwork will be on display from May 10-June 9 at The Coffee Studio.
  

• An artists' reception and Bike Week celebration will be held at The Coffee Studio on the evening of Friday, May 16th.

Submission Details

Artwork submissions can be photos, slides, electronic files or a website address or link and can be emailed to art@thecoffeestudio.com or dropped off at The Coffee Studio, 5628 N. Clark (6.30am to 9pm everyday). All pieces must be two-dimensional and less than 4' feet wide (and approx 5' max. height). Artists may submit multiple pieces.

The deadline for submissions is May 1st (Thursday). Artwork will be selected for display based on relevance, diversity and space available.

Accepted pieces must be delivered to The Coffee Studio by May 8th in "ready-to-hang" condition. The exhibit will be on display through June 9th (pieces should be picked up by Thursday, June 12th).

We are happy to coordinate any artwork sales. Proceeds of a 10% commission will be donated to the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation.

All submissions must include the following information...

Any questions should be directed to art@thecoffeestudio.com

Happy biking!

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College Book Art Association
Biennial Conference

University of Iowa Center for the Book
Deadline: 06/01/08

Art, Fact, and Artifact: The Book in Time and Place
January 8-10, 2009
Hosted by the University of Iowa Center for the Book

The art of the book has been at once visionary and documentary, imagining a future that has yet to exist while finding inspiration from the resources of the past. The first biennial conference of the College Book Art Association seeks to bridge the worlds of book art, book history, cultural criticism, and curatorial work through appreciation of the book as an aesthetic sensorium.
Along with session programming, the conference agenda will include exhibits, tours of facilities, open discussion time, and portfolio review.

For the conference program, the organizers invite submissions for individual presentations, pre-formed panels, and studio demonstrations.
Proposals Due June 1, 2008

For details on the event and submitting proposals go to:
http://www.uiowa.edu/~ctrbook/events/CBAA_conference.shtml
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Magnitude Seven

An International Competitive Exhibit of Small Works
Postmark Deadline for Entry: April 25, 2008

Every year Manifest calls for little works of art from around the world. Like short poetry, they are a challenge to craft with the same presence of their larger counterparts. Each exhibit brings in hundreds of powerful yet diminutive masterpieces for our jury to mull over. Inevitably we end up with a gallery full of diverse, compelling, and exquisite little gems. Manifest’s patrons eagerly await the Magnitude SEVEN event each year. So without further ado, we offer this call to artists to submit works no larger than seven inches in any dimension (any proportion). Standard presentation devices like mats and frames that are not considered part of the work of art are not limited by the 7" criteria.

Eligibility: entries must represent original works no larger than 7"x7".

Media: Open to all traditional and non-traditional genre and media.

Catalog: Manifest will produce a full-color catalog documenting the work in MAGNITUDE SEVEN. Exhibitors will receive a 50% discount on one copy of the catalog. For examples of past catalogs visit Manifest Press.

Entry Fee: Each work submitted must be accompanied by a $10 non-refundable entry fee. Number of entries is unlimited. Entry fee must be paid by check or money order made payable to MANIFEST, or by credit card via PayPal. (If paying by PayPal PLEASE use the paypal link provided on the page that follows the submission of the online entry form.) Detail images may be included at no additional cost.

Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center
MAGNITUDE SEVEN 2008
P.O. Box 6218
Cincinnati, OH 45206

e-mail info@manifestgallery.org with questions. also visit MANIFEST website for more info about uploading images, prospectus, etc.

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Safe: A Juried Exhibit

Atlantic Works Gallery
Deadline: 05/15/08

What images do you conjure when you think 'safe'? A bank vault, a mother’s embrace, a military encampment, beige? Is safe truly attainable? In our third Juried Exhibit, Atlantic Works Gallery is asking artists to describe this debatable state of being.

ABOUT SAFE
Juror: Laura McPhee
Dates: August 1- 30, 2008
Entries must be received by: Thursday, May 15, 2008
Entry Fee: $25 for 1-3 and $35 for 4-6 pieces
Best of Show Award: $100, two Honorable Mentions: $50 each
Opening Reception: Friday, August 1, 6-9 pm

GUEST JUROR, LAURA MCPHEE
Laura McPhee is Professor of Photography at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston. Her work is in numerous public collections, most notably the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, the J. Paul Getty Center Museum, Los Angeles CA, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX.

APPLY NOW at: http://atlanticworks.org/index.html
Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston’s Collaborative Space for Art and Ideas, is member-run gallery. 
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We Hold These Truths: America,Democracy, and Contemporary Art Exhibition

Morehead State University
Deadline: 05/02/08

The Claypool-Young Art Gallery at Morehead State University is seeking portfolio submissions of artwork interpreting and/or commenting on American political culture/theme, democracy, elections, current social/political events related to America,and U.S. government/politicians for "We Hold These Truths: America, Democracy, and Contemporary Art" exhibition scheduled for October 2008. All media are accepted, including electronic/digital. No fee. Insurance and shipping support. Visiting artist opportunities. Submission requirements: Portfolio of 5 - 10 digital images (300 dpi, 4 x 6”, jpgs) representing artwork produced no later than 2000, along with image key, artist resume, artist statement, and SASE by May 2 (postmark). Contact: Jennifer Reis, gallery director, j.reis@moreheadstate.edu, 108 Claypool-Young Art Gallery, Morehead State University, Morehead KY 40351.
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Reforming US: Immigration through Art

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30 Small Works

Gallery Up
Deadline: 05/02/08

Gallery Up Presents 30 Small Works, an exhibition that focuses on major works with smaller dimensions. All 2d and 3d work is accepted as entries with a size restriction of 20" in any direction, including the frame for 2-d work. All submissions are due on May 2 as digital files on CD. The Exhibition will be June 19 through July 18, 2008, with a $1000 best of show award.

You may go to www.galleryup.com to download the pdf entry form, or email Gallery Up at info@galleryup.com.
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Evanston Art Center Exhibition: Heating Up

Evanston Art Center
Deadline: 08/15/08

Heating Up is an exhibition of artists who are creating a cultural discourse around the topics of climate change and ecosystem degradation. The artists may use a range of methods and media--including installations, drawings, sculpture, photography and/or projects that involve the community. The artists in Heating Up will challenge viewers to initiate dialogues and engage in actions that can help heal our planet's fragile ecosystems."
Open to Artists in Midwest and Chicago area.
Contact: Paula Danoff, pdanoff@evanstonartcenter.org
847.475.5300 ext. 206
Evanston Art Center
2603 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL 60201
Exhibition Dates: October 5-November 9, 2008
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