Environmental Justice Juried Exhibition Grant now open!
DC’s Commision on the Arts + Humanities invites District-based artists to apply for their new Juried Exhibition Grant! (Note: Must be a resident of Washington, DC)
Application deadline: Friday, January 21, 4:00 pm
Exhibition dates: May 9 – July 1, 2022
Exhibition theme: Environmental Justice. In their work, artists may address local and/or global questions of ecology, environmentalism, biodiversity, climate change, stewardship, the relationship of climate justice to social justice, and/or other related concepts and issues.
The Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder’s Prize Award and Exhibition Application Deadline: Friday, October 22, 2021 Exhibition: September 9, 2022 – March 18, 2023 In celebration of its 25th anniversary in 1997, Pittsburgh’s Center for Contemporary Craft established a $5,000 prize for excellence in the field of contemporary craft. This biennial award, which is given in conjunction with a catalogue, video profile and juried exhibition, is funded by the daughters of Elizabeth R. Raphael, the founder of Contemporary Craft and a nationally known figure in the contemporary art scene for many decades. Prizes are selected by medium, with the designated medium changing with each biennial award. The 2022 prize will be awarded for a work in glass.
MEDIA CRITERIA
The 2022 Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder’s Prize competition is open to all artists working in glass. Emerging artists are especially encouraged to apply.
THEME
The prize will be awarded to a work created between August 2021 and July 2022 that addresses the theme of “transformation.”
JURYING PROCESS
Jurying will take place in two phases. From the initial submissions, a group of finalists will be invited to submit a work on the selected theme for the final jurying and inclusion in the Raphael Prize exhibition. Only one work per artist may be provided for final jurying. Artists are eligible to include work made after August 2021.
DEADLINE
All digital entries must be received by 5 pm Friday, October 22, 2021.
JURORS
A six-member panel will select finalists from the initial submissions, and also select the prize-winning entry. Jurors will include: Heather McElwee, Randi & L. Van V. Dauler, Jr. executive director, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA; Anna Rothfuss, project development manager, Derix Art Glass Consultants, LLC U.S., Portland, OR; Alexandra Raphael, enameller, London, England; Catherine Raphael, metalsmith and storyteller, Pittsburgh, PA; Rachel Saul Rearick, executive director and Kate Lydon, director of exhibitions, Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh,PA.
ELIGIBILITY
Open to exceptionally talented artists who are in the early, mid or late stages of their career and reside in the United States or abroad.
APPLICATION DETAILS
Application materials must include:
1) Resume (2-page maximum) in doc or pdf format (file size must be under 1MB);
2) 4 Representative Images similar in quality and nature to the work the artist would enter if selected as a finalist, images need not be the exact pieces the artist intends to enter (file size for each image must be under 2MB);
3) Image Details including: title, year, medium, size, retail value
4) Non-refundable Entry Fee* of $45 payable online or via check payable to Contemporary Craft, 5645 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201
Previous Raphael Prize videos may be viewed at: https://contemporarycraft.org/exhibitions/elizabeth-r-raphael-founders-prize.
More information and to apply: https://contemporarycraft.org/exhibitions/elizabeth-r-raphael-founders-prize/
Contemporary Craft 5645 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201
Contemporary Craft has relocated to its new, permanent home in the Upper Lawrenceville neighborhood in Pittsburgh, PA and opened its doors to the public on September 3, 2020.
Through its mission of engaging the public in creative experiences through contemporary craft, the organization offers meaningful art opportunities through four core values:
Providing vital support for artists Filling critical gaps in public education Sharing cross-cultural perspectives Using art to build community.
Ohio’s Kent State University has a Call for Entries for a new exhibit: Emerging Glass – A new exhibit in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Glass program at the at The Kent State University School of Art.
Submissions accepted April 30 – July 30, 2019
On view in The Payto Gallery, at the Center for the Visual Arts, Kent State University, September 4 – October 4, 2019.
ELIGIBILITY: Any current resident of the United States who is over 18 years old may submit work(s) for consideration. Works eligible for consideration must be the result of independent effort unless the collaborator(s) is listed. Works must be no older than 4 years with a completion date on or after October 2015. All works must be original and not a copy or variation of another artist’s work.
ONLINE SUBMISSION OF WORK: Each artist may submit one to three original works for consideration. Online submission of works will be accepted by completing the SUBMISSION FORM (click here) beginning April 30, 2019. In order to submit work, you must complete the online submission form by July 30, 2019, and pay the entry fee.
ENTRY FEE: The entry fee is $20, to be paid online.
More information and entry form found here: https://bit.ly/2LyCdGN
Maryland Art Place Announces The 2nd Tri-Annual Maryland State Artist Registry Juried Exhibition. This September, Maryland Art Place (MAP) in partnership with the Maryland State Art Council (MSAC) will host a statewide juried exhibition curated by a panel of jurors to highlight the wide range of artists and artwork featured on the Maryland State Arts Council Artist Registry. The exhibition will take place at Maryland Art Place located at 218 West Saratoga St. from September 19 – November 10th. All Maryland artists who reside within the state are eligible and encouraged to apply. To be considered for the exhibition you must reside in Maryland, have a Maryland State Arts Council Artist Registry profile, and have created or updated your registry profile on or between the dates of June 26, 2019 – July 20, 2019. To join the registry please visit: https://www.msac.org/user/register. Jurors are to be announced at a later date.
Ohio’s Kent State University’s School or Art has announced a call for glass artists to submit artwork for “Emerging Glass” – a new exhibit in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Glass program at the at The Kent State University School of Art.
Submissions accepted April 30 – July 30, 2019.The entry fee is $20, to be paid online. Deadline for submissions: July 30, 2019, at midnight.
On view in The Payto Gallery, at the Center for the Visual Arts, Kent State University, September 4 – October 4, 2019.
JURORS: Jurors are Assistant Professor and Head of Glass at Kent State University, Davin Ebanks and Lecturer and Co-chair of Glass at Cleveland Institute of Art, Benjamin Johnson. Artworks will be selected based on originality and innovation, design, technique and craftsmanship.
Acceptance will be granted based on digitally submitted images by a “blind” jury process, meaning the jury will not be informed of the artist’s name, background or location.
Selected works will be on display The Payto Gallery in the Center for the Visual Arts at Kent State University, September 4 – October 4, 2019.
Deadline for submissions: July 30, 2019, at midnight.
Lorton, VA’s Workhouse Arts Center (WAF) announces a call for entries for their 4th Annual Workhouse Glass National Exhibition 2018. This annual Workhouse Glass National Exhibition is an “Open Call” for functional and/or sculptural glass artworks.The Workhouse Arts Center seeks to promote and display the breadth of contemporary glass artwork being created throughout the USA and Canada.
First Place 2017 – Barbara Atkinson
Juror- Carmen Lozar
Carmen Lozar is an artist and educator who lives in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois. Lozar directs the Merwin and Wakeley Galleries at Illinois Wesleyan University and is a member of the art faculty. She has taught at institutions around the world including Pilchuck Glass School, Penland School of Craft, Pittsburgh Glass School, Appalachian Center for Crafts, The Chrysler Museum, and the Glass Furnace in Istanbul, Turkey. She has had residencies at the Corning Museum of Glass and Penland School of Craft.Her work is included in many collections including the Bergstrom Mahler Museum, WI and the Museum of Art and Design, NY.
Entry Guidelines Open to all glass artists 18 years and older residing in the U.S. and Canada
All works must be primarily Glass. Mixed media works will be accepted only if glass materials are the primary media.The juror will make final determinations.Size is limited to artwork that fits through a standard door. Floor works must be firmly stable.Large scale installations shall be installed by artist.Wall-mounted pieces are limited to 20 lbs. per section.Work must have been produced within the last 3 years.
East City Art (ECA) announces its Third Annual Regional Juried Show: EMULSION!
This call for entry is open to all residents of the Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area, providing an opportunity for artists from the central Mid-Atlantic to showcase the extraordinary diversity in regional contemporary art.
An emulsion combines two seemingly incompatible ingredients to produce a third yet entirely new substance. In this spirit, East City Art’s EMULSION seeks to combine the culturally different yet geographically close regions of Washington and Baltimore and to combine a wide array of art forms and mediums from two-dimensional work to performance based pieces.
This call for entry is open to all residents 18 years of age or over who reside or create art within 50 miles of East City Art’s headquarters located at 922 G Street SE.
PRIZES $1,500 First Place Prize $1,000 Second Place Prize $500 Third Place Prize Two $150 Plaza Artist Materials Gift Cards via People’s Choice Awards
Location Gallery O on H located at 1354 H Street NE in the heart of the Atlas Entertainment District
Exhibition Dates Opening Reception Sat. April 9, 2016 People’s Choice Awards: Sat. April 16, 2016 Exhibition on view April 9-15, 2016 with weeklong programming
Application Deadline Monday, February 15, 2016 at 11:59:59 p.m. EST
JUROR
Maryland Art Place Executive Director Amy Cavanaugh Royce
Work to be Considered: All work will be considered including but not limited to two dimensional work (painting, photography, digital imaging, drawing), three dimensional work (sculpture), performance art and new media.
About ECA: East City Art ’s mission is to connect local artists with the community at large by creating a dialog between artists and members of the community. As a community-based publication, East City Art highlights the irrefutable link between economic development and the arts, drawing attention to the valuable contributions artists, galleries and educational centers bring to neighborhoods. The visual arts provide neighborhood vitality and stimulate local businesses while encouraging residential and retail development. Most importantly, the arts provide a vibrant forum for community discussion, debate and discovery. East City Art believes art’s most important role lies in its ability to lift the human spirit through a common visual language that transcends class, race and gender.
For all inquiries please direct emails to editor@eastcityart.com
September 5 to December 6, 2015 Loft Gallery Opening Reception: September 5, 5 to 7 pm
The Bascom Center for the Visual Arts in Highlands, NC has announced a Call for Artists for its planned fall 2015 show, American Craft Today: Glass, juried by Melissa G. Post, former Curator at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washington. This will be the center’s first all-glass juried show. The exhibit is scheduled for September 5 through December 6, 2015. Any type of glass art is eligible as long as the primary medium is glass, and artists ages 18 and over who are living and working in the United States are eligible to enter. Entry fee $35
AAC is very pleased to announce two exciting jurors, Melissa Messina, Senior Curator at the Savannah College of Art and Design, and Kathryn Wat, Chief Curator at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, who will select the artwork forInterwoven.
This exhibition seeks to emphasize and expand the creative dialog around the every-blurring boundaries between craft, design, and fine art. The jurors are especially interested in artists who explore DIY practices, engage in the reclamation of craft-based materials, re-examine design aesthetics, and otherwise reinvent cross-disciplinary genres within the dialog of contemporary art.
Artists may submit examples of up to three projects, completed in the last three years, for consideration. The jurors will pick as many projects from a given artist as they like.
The show is open to cutting edge contemporary artists working in any/all media, and who live or work in Virginia, Washington DC, Maryland, West Virginia, Delaware, or Pennsylvania.
>Spring is soon, and as we all know, in the spring, an artist’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of “Calls for Entries”.
Visual Overture Magazine, a quarterly publication that promotes emerging artists, has begun the entry process for its Summer 2011 Featured Emerging Artists competition. Seven artists (any medium) are selected (by artPark author Rob Jones) and featured in the magazine. Selected artists are presented on a two-page spread with images of their work, interview questions, artist statement, and contact details.
Entries are only $17 per artist – artists to submit digital files electronically. Complete the entry form and get three images to VO by April 18, 2011.
Also- Torpedo Factory Art Center’s Annual Call Deadline: February 28, 2011.
Open call for Washington, D.C. metro area artists for Torpedo Factory Art Center’s 2011 annual jury for artist members. Drop off date: February 28, 2011. The Torpedo Factory’s annual jury will be held February 28 – March 3, 2011.
The Torpedo Factory houses more than 165 artists in combination studio/gallery space. The application form and submission requirements are available on their website. Accepting submissions by emerging and established artists in all media. Direct inquiries to Michele Hoben at mphoben@aol.com.
Who are the jurors? There are separate 3-person panels judging the 2-D work and the 3-D work. The jurors are highly qualified professional artists, curators, teachers, museum directors and the like, who are independent of the Torpedo Factory. Their decision is final. They will look for work that meets the highest standards of professionalism and promise. NOTE: This jury process is NOT a critique. Artists will not receive a critique.
2D Jurors for 2011 Zoe Charlton Vesela Sretenovic Janos Enyedi
3D Jurors for 2011 Binnie Fry Chris Shea Novie Trump
