Art Competitions & Other Opportunitie$ from DARts

This page includes all our art ops. There is no mailing list.
Follow all the rules if you want your opportunity published here.

The Rules

Any Opportunity artists in Dallas, Texas, USA are eligible for is acceptable. Only local, Dallas or Dallas-area organizations get the benefit of the editor's doubts.

Amateurish "opportunities" will be made fun of. Beware of those who make grandiose promises, like that rich patrons will see your work and pay you big money and give you shows, or that your donation will cure cancer. Know better. Red text warns. Pink type announces dates & deadlines. Editor's comments are in gray.

The Editor is suspicious of those who seek art donations for altruistic causes yet do not list the organizations benefitted. Beware of scammers. If you don't list your cause, We won't list your "opportunity." If I do not make links of link information, it is because I have doubts about that opportunity — or I forgot. Caveat artor.

Text in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS will be deleted, making text around it look stupid. Do not abbreviate. Spell everything out. If your opportunity does not include an email address or a URL, and a deadline, it will NOT be included.

Send info at least a month before deadline, preferably much longer. If you're working on a fancy brochure, send us the info soon as you finalize it. Don't wait till the fancy brochure is back from the printer.

List the exact URL of the page on your site that describes this opportunity, not the home page. Enter URLs in full http://www.etc format. I don't want me or my readers to have to seach a site to find the info.

Email the shortest possible version. We won't waste space on information you should have on a web page. Snail mail is ignored. Send ops to our email listed near the top of the Contact Us Page using "OPs" as the subject.

Instead of submitting new information, if I ask you to, submit the whole thing again with the new information. I do not want to have to puzzle your pieces together.

Listing here in no way implies DallasArtsRevue or its publisher J R Compton or anybody else supports or recommends any of these "opportunities," if they even are opportunities. Ops without deadlines will be deleted at inopportune moments.

If you send the same opportunity more than once, we won't run your opportunities.

Out and out scams, which some of these may well be, are listed/explained at the bottom of this page. Re-title also has a page of Fraud Alerts.

Warning: someone has been contacting individual members of DallasArtsRevue asking to buy art. The same person seems to appreciate vastly different sorts of art, and it sounds like a scam.

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Recent Ops

ArtQuest Juried Art Show deadline October 8. If you choose to donate your art, deadline is Nov. 8, 2010.
The winner will become part of the Jesuit Dallas Museum and others will be included in a silent auction at ArtQuest on Nov. 13, 2010. All funds made will help to keep the museum thriving. Contact Jane Koenecke at jane.koenecke@ibsa.com

The Hunting Art Prize, a painting and drawing competition, is open to Texas artists 18 years of age or older. Deadline is midnight Tuesday, November 30. Details at www.huntingartprize.com/about/

DADA is looking for 25 artists who are each willing to create a mobile representing one of the 25 years DADA has been active in Dallas. Work will be hung at the 25th anniversary party where all proceeds go to the Edith Baker Art Scholarship. Please contact Lisa Taylor at info@dallasartdealers.org

Limited Edition, a temporary art space in Dallas, Texas, location to be determined, is accepting submissions for membership. Deadline, November 1, details at limitededition--atemporarygallery.blogspot.com/

Arts in the Square, March 5-6, 2011, Frisco, Texas, information at http://www.friscosquare.com/AITS, deadline for submissions November 1

Art Outside at Apache Pass near Austin, Texas, Friday, October 22 through Sunday, October 24, open to artists in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Austin, submission deadline September 13, more information at http://www.artoutside.org

Art Chicas, now in its fourth year, is a collaborative program between La Reunion TX, Dallas Art Dealers Association Dallas Art Dealers Association, Deaf Action Center and Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas. Four jury selected adult female artists are commissioned to create new work through this program. Work is created in and around the 35 acre La Reunion outdoor studio and gallery in Oak Cliff. In addition to a stipend and materials budget, artists are also given a small group of four apprentices, from area high schools, Girl Scouts, Deaf Action Center, Buckner International and more, to help her to complete her work. Deadline for proposals is Sept 3. More information at http://lareuniontx.org/Post.aspx?id=105

Online Job Fair, August 30 & 31. Employment listings are free if submitted before August 20. No adult or pornographic content. http://www.lonestarwork.com/

Arlington Museum of Art Gallery Rental Program. For information contact Erica Richardson at 817 275-4600.

Au Naturel: The Nude in the 21st Century, an international juried competition, February 17 - April 14, 2011 at the Clatsop Community College Art Center Gallery in Astoria, OR. Deadline: November 7, 2010. $1,000 in cash prizes, up to $2,000 in purchase awards, solo show award. Juror: Jane Beebe, owner and director of PDX Contemporary Art. Open to all artists 18 years or older working in any two-dimensional drawing, painting, and printmaking media with a focus on the nude human figure as subject matter in any form ranging from representational to abstract, and in which the handmade mark is employed as the primary means of image-making. $35 for three entries. Contact: http://www.clatsopcc.edu/PR/2010/JUN/aunaturel.html. For prospectus, visit: http://www.clatsopcc.edu/PR/2010/JUN/aunaturel.html

Fall Festival of Art at Shanley House, 224 North Travis, Granbury, Texas 76048. Entry deadline is August 16. For more Information visit granburyart.org/ or contact Rebecca Zook at hello@rebeccazook.com

Au Naturel: The Nude in the 21st Century, open to artists 18 years or older, entry deadline November 7, prospectus at clatsopcc.edu/PR/2010/JUN/aunaturel.html

The National League of American Pen Women, Dallas BranchThe National League of American Pen Women, Dallas Branch's Expressions 2010 is open to all artists over the age of 18. NLAPW is a non-profit organization of professional women in the arts for the advancement in literary work, visual arts and musical composition. The deadline for entry is Saturday, October 2. More information, prospectus and entry form at http://nlapwdallas.org/shows.html or contact Susan Moss Cooper at 214-327-6648 or susan@susanmoss.com

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new info The 2011 Texas Biennial is open to artists of all mediums who live and work in Texas. Deadline for entries has been extended to Tuesday, August 31. For more information and submission guidelines visit www.texasbiennial.com

Lexar Media's Take the Next Shot Sweepstakes on Facebook - To enter become a Fan of Lexar Media by clicking “Like.” Grand Prize includes choice of a Nikon D300s Digital SLR Camera with 16-85mm VR Lens or Canon EOS 7D Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens Kit. Deadline is 5 pm PDT Saturday, July 31.

D Magazine wants you to create a video for The Texture of Dallas. Entries will be posted on dmagazine.com and voting opened up to the whole city. First, second and third-place winners' work will be shown at Dallas VideoFest at the Angelika, September 23-26. Submission deadline is August 31. Online entry form and more information at frontrow.dmagazine.com/texture-dallas/

ARTErra Residências Rurais Artísticas - call for artists and projects in ARTErra rural artistic residency in Portugal. More information at http://arterra-residencias.blogspot.com/

Coolwaters 2, Saturday August 21 at 1727 Levee Street. All things nautical, real or imagined, all media, submisssion deadline midnight, Thursday, July 15, more information at www.resurrectionart.com/

The Public Art Program of the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs requests the submission of qualifications from professional artists to work with the Park and Recreation Department and the Community of Pleasant Grove to participate in the Master-Planning Phase for Dallas’ newest signature park in historic Pleasant Grove. For more information contact kendall.ferguson@dallascityhall.com or call 214 670-5639.

Lake Highlands Town Center Public Art Projects - Professional artists are invited to submit qualifications for consideration to create a site-specific artwork for Lake Highlands Town Center, a newly developed community at the northeast and southeast corners of Skillman Street and Walnut Hill Lane in Dallas, Texas. The deadline for submission of qualifications is Friday, August 13, 2010. More information at http://www.dallasculture.org/publicArtJobDetails.asp?jobid=4057

NEXT is the 2011 juried group exhibition at Galleri Urbane Marfa /Dallas, reception Feb 12 through March 12, 2011. Best of show receives gallery representation and a solo exhibition. Open to all artists 18 years or older working in drawings, paintings, printmaking, photography, sculpture, installations, video/film, site specific, and mixed media. Submissions accepted July 15 - Sept 1 2010. Guidelines and application at www.galleriurbane.com

2010 Fall Festival of Art Juried Show and Sale at Shanley House Gallery, 224 North Travis, Granbury, Texas 76048, entries must be received by Monday, August 16, more information at www.granburyart.org or email hello@rebeccazook.com

Nikon Photo Contest International Tuesday November 30 2010

Dance of Life-Bras for Breast Cancer is an auction of embellished bras exhibited with art at the opening reception at Artisan Style Brandon Lynch/Gallery, 2417 Mahon. Funds raised will go to The Bridge Breast Network. Deadline for entry is Friday, September 24, reception and auction preview 6-9 Saturday, October 2, reception and auction 6-9 Saturday, October 23. Entry forms and more information

Inaugural Juried Art Exhibition at the new Oak Cliff Cultural Center now has its own web page at www.dallasculture.org/jobDetails.asp?jobid=4002 with full info about their professional artists inaugural exhibition August 12 ~ October 23. Future art opportunities from the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs will be listed under "Employment" at www.dallasculture.org/employment.asp

Nothing to Declare is an exhibition in Manila, Philippines from October 25 to November 35, 2011. There is a possibility for the exhibition to travel to select countries in 2012 and 2013. Deadline is August 30. For more information visit http://www.transartinstitute.org/collective.html

Fellowship Creative Team Art Show invites all DFW area artists to submit entries to this new group art show in The Atrium Gallery located in the University of North Texas Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie, Fort Worth, Texas, Monday, June 28 – Sunday, July 25. Entry deadline is Wednesday, June 23. Application and more info at http://www.fellowshipcreative.com/art-show-submission-form/ Contact Janie@CavenderCreations.com if you have any questions.

Shakespeare Dallas welcomes handmade crafters, designers and artists to the 2010 Summer in the Park season, Tuesdays through Sundays, June 16-July 24, $25 fee per vendor/per night for space on the plaza. 12 to 15 booths will be available with access to electricity with space for an additional 3-5 booths without electricity. Booths with electricity will be assigned on a first-come-first-served basis. For more information and a copy of the contract, contact Shakespeare Dallas Vendor Coordinator at 817 680-9924 or sarabotay@gmail.com.

TEDxSMU 2010 is open to all artists, architects and designers. Send us your ideas for a performance, installation or interactive-based project for our two signature events - TEDxKids @SMU on Friday, October 15 and TEDxSMU on Saturday, Oct. 16. Application and more information at http://www.tedxsmu.org/art-commission/

28th Annual Art in the Metroplex Competition at Texas Christian University, deadline Wednesday, July 14, prospectus at http://www.artandarthistory.tcu.edu/events_art_inthe_metroplex.asp

North Texas artists are invited to enter The Fifth Annual Catholic Foundation Plaza Artists Competition. The winner will receive a $2,500 stipend and have their artwork displayed on a 28-foot-long by 9-foot-wide wall in The Catholic Foundation Plaza located in the heart of the Dallas Arts District. Artwork must be in keeping with the location of the Plaza on the Cathedral grounds but does not require a religious theme. Entry deadline is 3 pm Thursday, September 2. For request for proposal with all competition details please contact Linda Scheets at 972 661-9792 or lscheets@catholicfoundation.com. They say for more information, then give the url of their website, which does not have any information we could find about an entry form or rules or anything. We're guessing they just want to you call or email them.

The Bath House Cultural Center is seeking artwork for its upcoming art exhibition, Fictional, a collaborative project between the Bath House gallery and the 12th Annual Festival of Independent Theatres (FIT). Entry deadline is 5 PM Wednesday, June 16, exhibition Saturday, July 10, through August 7. Download the exhibition prospectus at http://www.dallasculture.org/bathHouseCultureCenter/pressRelease.asp. Contact Enrique Fernández Cervantes at 214-670-8723 if you have any questions.

The MAC requests all members to submit works of art in all media from visual to performance art and literary reading to this year's MAC Member Exhibition, Border, is a celebration of the MAC's sixteenth anniversary, with a festive sweet sixteen themed reception 5:30-7:30 Saturday, July 31 through August 28, detailed information at http://www.the-mac.org/2010membershow

The Art Interview Twenty First International Online Artist Competition is a juried exhibition of paintings, drawings and sculptures in any medium open to all living artists worldwide ages 16 and up. Deadline June 30, submission form at http://www.artinterview.com/competition_form.html

We are looking for all types of recycled art to be displayed for people to see at the indoor shed at the Dallas Farmers Market. If anyone is interested please have them contact me directly 214-939-2807 or email: sol.calinao@dallasfarmersmarket.org
Thank you,
Ms. Sol D. Calinao
Marketing and Public Relations Coordinator

Dallas Farmers Market
1010 S. Pearl Expressway
Dallas, TX 75201

Mighty Fine Arts presents "The Hot Shop Summer Juried Show" open to all artists 18 and over residing in the U.S. Juror is artist and curator Benito Huerta, Director of the Gallery at University of Texas at Arlington and co-founder and Director Emeritus of Art Lies Magazine. This show opens Aug 7 and will run till Sept 12, 2010. Submission deadline is July 11, 2010. Open to all 2-D and 3-D media except film and video. For more information and a prospectus: www.mfagallery.com and click on "Hot Shop Summer Juried Show"

2010 Art Kudos International Juried Competition - Artshow.com is now accepting entries for its 6th annual Art Kudos Online Competition. Cash awards totaling $4,500. Selected artists will appear in an online exhibit at http://www.artkudos.com beginning August 15th. Juror of Awards: Mitchell Albala, instructor at the Gage Academy of Art in Seattle and author of Landscape Painting: Essential Concepts and Techniques for Plein Air and Studio Practice. Open to all artists 18 or older. All media. $30 for 3 images. Deadline is June 30, 2010. Guidelines and entry form: http://www.artkudos.com/callforentries.html

What Texas Means to Me at Austin Art Space, Austin, Texas, juried by Phillip Wade, deadline June 1, exhibition up Friday, July 2, reception and awards presentation 6-9 Saturday, July 8, through August 28, entry form at http://austinartspace.com/WhatTexasMeansToMeCallForArtists2010.aspx

The Rockwall Main Street Program and the Old Town Shoppes of Rockwall are hosting the San Jacinto Street Art Market in Downtown Rockwall beginning May 8, 2010 and are seeking talented artisans. The SJS Art Market will be open from 9am until 2pm the 2nd Saturday of each month from May through October. The Art Market is located on San Jacinto Street between (Washington and Rusk Streets) across from the Historic Courthouse, where the Farmers Market serves 500+ customers each Saturday.

The SJS Art Market will serve as a marketplace for local artists who have a passion to share their talents with the community. We are looking for one-of-a-kind, hand-made: jewelry, photography, candles, paintings, stationary, frames, pillows, holiday décor, clothing, handbags, hats, aromatiques, stitchery, stained glass, pottery, quilts, paintings, and other unique creations. We envision the Art Market becoming a regular stop for local and regional visitors and are currently coordinating with our downtown restaurants to feature outdoor dining and musical talent.

Since the SJS Art Market is a pilot program in its first year; we are not imposing a fee for participation. However, we are limiting participation to those artisans offering unique, one of a kind wares. We are extending an invitation to participate in the Art Market and have included an application for your review. We hope that you will share this information with your fellow artisans and help us build this unique venue!

Contact" Bethany J. Golden. Main Street Manager, City of Rockwall. 972 772-6400 bgolden@rockwall.com http://mainstreet.rockwall.com

Applications are now being accepted for the 2010 at La Macina di San Cresci. We are located above Greve in Chianti in the heart of Tuscany, between two great cities of the Renaissance: Florence & Siena. The artist residency program provides the ideal combination of living and working in a setting of truly inspirational beauty. Artist residency consist of sojourning from 7 to 90 days, with a possible time extension subject to availability. This period covers a program based on the personal project proposal presented. As an archive of activities is scheduled to publish a yearbook representative of the various experiences hosted and produced using photos and texts of artists and events. The artists with a special interesting project have a public event that offer a venue to test their ideas in a dialog with other artists, and the general public. Help will be given from La Macina di San Cresci staff to organize a local exhibition on a theme related to their Residency project. Residencies are available between 1st January and 31th December 2010. Please see www.chianticom.com for details and an application form.

Promise of Peace Community garden and open air market on East Grand. I am looking for artists who might be interested in obtaining a market stall in the open air market that will be built soon at 7446 East Grand.

1st New International Art Competition online is open for artists working in 2- and 3-dimensional mediums, all styles.
Deadline: 1st October, 2010.
Juror: Nadia Russ.
Entries fee: $35.00 per image. You can submit unlimited number of images online - .JPEG Format.
Winners' work will be published on the cover of the book NEW Millennium ART.

Winners will receive the following Prizes:

1st - Winner will have his/her artwork featured on the front cover of the book 'New Millennium ART,' 1st Vol.,
published at the end of 2010 - beginning 2011 (equivalent to $4,500 in cash);
2nd - Winner will have his/her artwork featured on the back cover of the book 'New Millennium ART,' 1st Vol.,
published at the end of 2010 - beginning 2011 (equivalent to $2,200 in cash);
3rd - Winner will have his/her artwork published on the back cover of the book 'New Millennium ART,' 1st Vol.,
published at the end of 2010 - beginning 2011 (equivalent to $2,000 in cash).

Also, additional 15+ art images from other artists submitted their work to this art contest will be featured in this book
pages (Juror's pick).

Other 15+ artists-participants' work will be featured in this book pages (juror's pick.)
To submit your work please visit: www.neopoprealismstarz.com/competitions . Contact: mail@neopoprealismstarz.com

Visualise Music - The Lumix Award for photographing the music of life www.lumixaward.com/register.php

The following months are currently open for application in the Eisemann Center Forest and Virginia Green Mezzanine Art Gallery May 2010, June 2010, July 2010 and into 2011. Individual artists and groups will be considered by the Eisemann Center Visual Arts Committee. Submission does not guarantee acceptance. Full Information at www.eisemanncenter.com/tickets/ProceduresForArtExhibitions.html

Other Art Opportunities Pages on the Web

Art Deadlines List and list of opportunities

I Googled art opportunities and got these

Visit Re-title.com's Artist Opportunities for other upcoming art opportunities.

http://www.theartlist.com/

http://www.collegeart.org/opportunities/

ArtShow http://www.artshow.com/juriedshows/page5.html

City of Phoenix http://phoenix.gov/ARTS/artop.html

City of Las Vagas (but I found one for Frisco, Texas here) http://www.lvartscommission.com/artist-opportunities/

Art Job Online http://www.artjob.org/cgi-local/displayPage.pl?page=index.html

Art Deadlines List http://www.artdeadlineslist.com/

Art Alliance Austin seeks Artists http://www.artallianceaustin.org/ or 512 481-8600 x 204

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CentralTrak

houses a gallery and live-work space for artists-in-residence and UT Dallas graduate students. Central Trak has a full calendar of events that includes bimonthly gallery exhibitions, lectures, poetry readings and performances. The only university-backed artists residency in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Central Trak accepts applications from artists working in new media, performance, installation art, sound art, theory, criticism and creative writing, architecture, urbanism, painting, drawing and sculpture.

The Photo Review Competition

http://www.photoreview.org/compete.htm

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Egolamento "2˚ Premio Internazionale Di Pittura Arte Laguna

It's in Italian. www.artelaguna.it/regolamento2premio.asp

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Dallas Public Art Newsletter

Send your email to beth.taylor@dallascityhall.com or call them at 214 670-5639 to get all the Dallas Public Art news via their newsletter "soon to be online."

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Nikon Photography Competitions

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E-mail lists for future opportunities

Send a message to BathHouseVisualArtists-subscribe@yahoogroups.com to receive Gallery Calls for Entries for group shows. Call 817 215-8760 to get on the Fort worth Transportation Authority's mailing list for occasional one-page notices of upcoming opportunities.

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The Fort Worth Public Art Registry

provides art and design professionals, such as studio artists, designers, architects, and landscape architects, an opportunity to express their interest in working on public art projects in Fort Worth by allowing them to submit contact information and images, which serves as a resource for artist selection. The Artist Registry consists of: artist resumes, letters of interests, community and public art experience information, images of past work, and image information sheets.

www.fwpublicart.org/nu_site/page.php/id/artist_registry to view PDF with registry form and instructions.

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Scams

If you get emails from South America or Nigeria or Irving, Texas promising to send you a "certified cashier cheque" (or other wording) for your art or your boat or your Sousaphone, pay attention. It is very possibly — if not likely — they are attempting to scam you.

The classic format involves them sending you a check for more than you agreed to charge. You are expected to go to a bank, cash the (probably bogus) check and send the difference back to the thieves who are preying on your desire to sell art, boat, Sousaphone.

I (the editor) know it's a scam, because many DallasArtsRevue artists have beentargeted.

That said, many people see something on the internet and assume it is for sale, even if no price is mentioned. They flail about attempting to buy it or multiples of it (warning! warning!).

There are legitimate buyers of art out there, and they may contact you, and you may do business with them. But pay attention. Google the phrasing they use, and you'll find pages warning about scams. I googed "certified cashier cheque" and found More internet scams, Wedding Photographer, Musical Instrument Sales and Fraud Attempts on your Classified Advertisements on the first two pages of results.

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