Visual art news, views, reviews and calendars in Dallas, Texas, USA
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This page includes all our art ops. There is no mailing list.
Read all the rules before you send opportunities.These rules are the only rules. Any Opportunity is acceptable if artists in Dallas, Texas, USA are eligible.
If you ignore these simple rules, I'll simply run your link Ñ or less.
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. Know better. Red text warns. Pink type indicates dates & deadlines. Editor's comments are in gray.
If I do not make links of link information, it is because I have serious doubts about that opportunity. Caveat artor.
Text in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS will be deleted, making text around it look stupid.
Do not abbreviate. Spell everything out. Street, avenue, Texas, University, days and months, etc.
If your opportunity does not include an email address or a URL, and a deadline, it will NOT be included Ñ or it will be presented in a baffling form that gets across the basic info without telling my readers much of anything.
List the exact URL of the portion of your site that deals with this opportunity, not just the home page. Enter URLs in full http://www.whatever.whatever format. Do not send HTML.
I don't do attachments for this page.
Email the shortest possible version of your notice. I won't waste space or time on information you should have on a web page. Snail mail will be ignored. Send ops to our latest email listed near the top of the Contact Us Page using "OPs" as the subject.
Instead of submitting new information, if you need to do that, submit the whole thing again but with the new information incorporated. The more I am involved with puzzling pieces together, the more likely I won't.
This page is not arranged chronologically. I add only to the top of the text below, unless there's something important local, then that gets topper billing.
Listing here does not in any way imply DallasArtsRevue or its publisher JÊRÊCompton 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, won't run your opportunities. One notice is information. More is spam.
ÊScams are listed/explained at the bottom of the page.
Outdoor Sculpture at the State Fair
Over three million people will visit during the 24 day State Fair of Texas September 26 through October 19, 2008.
The Fair has many great locations for outdoor sculpture from the lagoon to the walk thru fountain featuring the museum banners on MLK Boulevard. Other locations between the Hall of State and the Esplanade afford excellent show places for sculpture.
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Installation date is still to be decided, but will be several days before the Fair opens.
All sculpture must reamin on property for the duration of the Fair.The State Fair of Texas will take no commission. Please contact Lottie Minick at lottie@minickassociates.com
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The information contained in this press release was provided by the State Fair of Texas for general information purposes only. The City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs Public Art Program makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the State Fair of Texas Call to Outdoor Sculpture Artists.
A.I.R.
NEW: Call for artists - A.I.R. International Artists Residencies- BUDAPEST, Hungary
We are proud to announce that our residency/seminar program due to it's success has been expanded.
The Hungarian Multicultural Center (HMC) is currently accepting applications for the Budapest -International Artist/Writer Residencies. The HMC invites interested visual artists, musicians, film makers and writers to submit application for its residencies program.
1. Deadline (must be received) August 1, 2008
for September - October AIR
2. Deadline (must be received) September 15, 2008
for November AIR
3. Deadline (must be received) October 15, 2008
for December - January AIRResidencies Dates
1. Wednesday, September 24 - Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Seminarium on September 26th
2. Wednesday, November 5 - Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Seminarium on November 5th3. Saturday, December 27 - Friday, January 9, 2008
Seminarium on December 29 and 30thGreat opportunity for artists: Culture is the true identity power. In this context the major role of the artists is to promote through art cultural diversity and preserve common values. Intercultural dialogue through art is an important instrument. Art is not a means - art is a space in which everything is possible, in which different times, subjects and objects, sometimes divergent, coexist. And not just coexist, but communicate and create values. Through art, culture, tolerance, initiating a dialogue among nations, among various artistic expressions, a real dialog among real people. Culture communicates in the language of heart, which is understood by everybody. For artists, communication is essential Ð both with the audience Ð the art consumer, and with representatives of national and international art
groups.While HMC does not provide funding for residencies, we are helping to facilitate the creation of programs and support the costs of the exhibitions.
For application form or questions please write to:
Beata Veszely: veszelyb@gmail.com or
Beata Szechy: bszechy@yahoo.comwww.hungarian-multicultural-center.com
Create an Impression Photo Contest
The Kimbell ARt Museum invites photographers, professional and amateurs alike, to let their cameras be their paintbrushes and submit modern interpetations of Impressionist paintings to the Kimbell's Create An Impression photo contest.
http://impressionists.kimbellart.org/contest/
Big Issues
Art teachers of every level are eligible to particpate in a juried show this August. The theme is Big Issues, which is based on current trends in art education, see Art for Life Anderson and Milbrandt (2005), for more information on issue-based art education. Art can be connected to any of the following themes; political issues, social issues, personal issues, ecological issues, and more. Cash and other prizes will be awarded.
Art is due July 21st Opening is August 1st at Galleria del Norte San Jacinto College Houston, TX
no website in text, kinda useless, pdf attached is sideways, and I can barely read right side up.
trish@trishklenow.com
3¡ International Art Prize "Arte Laguna" ¨
Deadline: 28th August 2008
Applications now being accepted for the 3¡ International Art Prize Art Laguna, the international contest organized by the italian cultural association MoCA in collaboration with Arte Laguna aimed at the promotion of Contemporary Art.
The Prize is subdivided in three sections: . Artists can participate with 1 or 2 artworks per each section.
The absolute winners of the 3 sections will receive a 4.500,00 euro Cash Prize.
In addition to cash prizes, we will award various prizes donated by our sponsors: collective and personal expositions, realization of artistic lines of furniture, interviews, editorials, virtual galleries and much moreÉ
Awards totaling 40.000,00 euro.
More information at www.artelagunaprize.com
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.
EASL Fort Worth Art Heist
needs art donations for the next Art Heist in Fort Worth this August 23 at ArtSpace 111. I hate to direct you to this difficult to read web page, but I'm not going to retype all that information. Sorry.
EASL Auctions benefit Dallas and Fort Worth area artists directly, because the funds raised at their events go to paying doctor bills and other expenses of area artists in emergencies. There's lots of nonprofits that benefit from selling our work, but darned few whose funds actually help artists in this community. If you're only giving art to one organization in Dallas, this is the one.
The MAC's Annual Membership Show
Gastronomia - Erótica y estimulante - The MAC's 14th Annual Membership Exhibition of work that "captures the provocative, erotic, stimulating and sustaining power that food and drink brings to human existence." opens 5:30-7:30 Saturday August 2 through August 31
Submission Information and calendar.
Art Buzz,
The 2009 Collection - International Competition
Call To Visual Artists: Deadline Sept. 30, 2008Art Buzz, The 2009 Collection, is now accepting entries for inclusion into the premier visual arts showcase, hardcover publication. The competition is open to visual artists, worldwide, who work in any visual art media (must be 18 or older). Art Buzz, the book, is a full color, square format, hardcover "coffee table" type publication that is scheduled for release in late January 2009, with a vigorous distribution and marketing plan. The pages of Art Buzz, The 2009 Collection, are open to all high quality, emerging visual artists including new artists that have yet to venture out for public scrutiny. Art Buzz, founder, artist Tony Blue, knows how important is and all serious visual artists are encouraged to enter the competition to be included and exposed in this volume, Art Buzz, The 2009 Collection. The Art Buzz selection process is fair, unbiased and based solely on each individual artist's submitted work. The deadline for entries is September 30, 2008 (early entries discounted). For more information regarding the competition, awards, fee and entry forms, log on to www.artbuzz.org/book.html.
www.artbuzz.org - by artists for artists (not-for-profit)
"Dedicated to the Appreciation and Advancement of Contemporary Visual Art and its Creators"
Tony Blue, founder & director
Waco Stone Carving Symposium
Waco Stone Carving Symposium- Join us for a week of hands-on carving with professional sculptors from around the nation, including Merlin Cohen, TJ Mabrey, Rolando Saenz, Art Wells, and more. September 15 - 21, 2008 at Indian Springs Park, Waco, Texas. (Discounted registration deadline is August 1.) For schedules, registration info, and more, visit www.wacoartsfest.org or call 254-205-9056.
The Catholic Foundation invites all professional North Texas artists
to submit their artwork for the Third Annual Catholic Foundation Plaza Artists Competition. The deadline for entries is 3:00 p.m., Friday, August 15, 2008. The winning work will be selected by a panel comprised of highly respected members of the local arts community and will be announced and unveiled in October. The winner will receive a $1,000 stipend and have their artwork displayed on a wall in The Catholic Foundation Plaza for approximately one year. Four runners-up will receive $250 each.
Professional artists living in the North Texas area are invited to submit proposal designs for consideration to be transferred to a vinyl-type surface which will be installed on the Art Wall. The work must be in keeping with the location of the Plaza on the Cathedral grounds but does not require a religious theme. For the complete Request for Proposal with all competition details please e-mail info@catholicfoundation.com.
The Catholic Foundation Plaza is a 3,900-square-foot public space at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe and was dedicated in 2006. Featuring a 28-foot-long by 9-foot-wide Art Wall, the Plaza is located in the heart of the Dallas Arts District across from the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center. The Art Wall currently displays last yearÕs winning piece entitled ÒTrumpeting AnglesÓ by Ann Cushing Gantz.
From Our Perspective,
a national womenÕs art exhibition sponsored by the Oakland Community College Womencenter, Farmington Hills, Mi., is accepting digital entries, with a deadline of August 1st. This juried exhibit will feature women artists and will include two- and three-dimensional works of art. The Juror, Susan Goethel Cambell, lives and works in Detroit, Mi. and has work in many public and private collections, including the National Museum of Women in the Arts, The New York Public Library, The Detroit Institute of Arts, The Toledo Museum of Art and The University of Michigan Special Collections Library. Fee: $25 for up to 3 works. Awards: Best of Show $800.00, PresidentÕs Award $250.00 and a Purchase Prize of $250.00 (for smaller pieces). To view full prospectus, and to upload images online, go to www.oaklandcc.edu/womencenter/artshow.htm. Exhibit runs Sept. 18-Oct. 10 2008. Please contact Arlene Frank with any questions at womenart@oaklandcc.edu.
Year 08 Art Projects
www.year08.co.uk
info@year08.co.uk+44 (0)208981 9660
Year 08 Art Projects, London's front runner of progressive art fairs, is returning for its third year. Showcasing forty six international galleries, Year 08 moves to its newest location on New Oxford Street into the Old Sorting Office between Tottenham Court and Holborn. This unusual, industrial space, set in the heart of central London, allows for unchained creative freedom exhibiting. 16th - 19th October 2008
TVAA Downtown Gallery for rent
The TVAA downtown gallery is available for rental on a monthly basis for $150.
For information and dates call Gallery Director Sussan Afrasiabian at 972 951-7879 or email to safrasiabian@gmail.com
However, the editor would strongly suggest you visit this place they call a gallery before you rent it. Then perhaps you'll understand why it's going so cheap.
The Photo Review Competition
http://www.photoreview.org/compete.htm
Elsewhere Artist Collaborative
2008 residencies for artists, writers, and cultural producersElsewhere, an arts production site and experimental museum in downtown Greensboro, NC, is seeking artists, writers, and cultural producers for residencies during its Spring, Summer, and Fall 2008 seasons. Set within a former thrift store housing a 58-year collection of American surplus, thrift, and antiques, Elsewhere invites experimental creators to utilize the immense collection of objects to pursue site-specific material, conceptual, and/or technologically-based projects. Elsewhere's buildingÑtwo storefronts on the ground floor, a 14-room boarding house on the second, and warehouse on the thirdÑprovides dynamic architectures for the creation and installation of works. Artists live and work within transforming installations; these interactive environments become platforms for re-conceptualizing the theory and practice of art-making as an ongoing process of exchange in community. Experimenting with museum-as-medium within a store where nothing is for sale, Elsewhere offers an unparalleled framework for art practices, processes, and productions outside the traditional gallery, museum, and residency systems. The complete call for artists, residency brochure (PDF), and application deadlines are available at www.elsewhereelsewhere.org/residencies.html. Email George Scheer, Collaborative Director, at residencies@elsewhereelsewhere.org for an application.
Summer: June 1st to August 31st (final deadline February 22nd 5pm)
Fall: September 1st to October 31st (final deadline May 23rd 5pm)
Rent 500X Gallery Upstairs for Exhibition
Upstairs Gallery shows are one month long and run concurrently with the Main Gallery. Applicants need to submit a portfolio on a CD-ROM (but slides and hard copy are also accepted).
Portfolio Contents:20 Images of Recent Work (.jpeg)
RŽsumŽ
Artist's Statement
Proposal of the Show's Theme
Fees:
Rent: $500
Refundable Deposit: $150
Applications are accepted year-round and reviewed at monthly member meetings. If the submission is accepted, a contract will be discussed. We recommend that applicants bring submissions to the gallery in person during regular gallery hours or during an opening reception. Submissions by mail will also be accepted.Send submissions to
500X Gallery
500 Exposition Ave.
Dallas, TX 75226Check their Opportunities Page at www.500x.org/opportunities.html
This is a great place to show in Dallas, and not terribly expensive when you consider how many artists could show in the immense space.
Our Best of America series is now 9 competitions each dedicated to a single medium. Glass, Pastel, Mixed Media, Jewelry, Sculpture, Oil, Pastel, Watercolor, Photography & Pottery/Woodworking. Up to 200 winners featured in beautiful soft cover books.
Open to:
All Artists and Artisans worldwide. $30/3 images, $5 for each addtional entry..
Egolamento "2û Premio Internazionale Di Pittura Arte Laguna
It's in Italian. www.artelaguna.it/regolamento2premio.asp
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. I sent my request soon as I heard about it, but I've yet to see anything from them.
Nikon Photography Competitions
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.
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.
I (the editor) know it's a scam, because many DallasArtsRevue artists are being targeted.
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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