Visual Arts

Oklahoma Art in Public Places: Calls for Artists and Requests for Qualifications

The United States Mint - Artistic Infusion Program
Call for Artists
The United States Mint is seeking up to 6 Associate Designers to join the current designers under contract with the program. This year, applications will be accepted on a rolling basis with 3 cutoff dates throughout the year for evaluation and review. Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible. The United States Mint encourages applications from artists representing diverse backgrounds and a variety of interests reflecting those of the American people. Artists selected to participate in the program will be paid established fees for their work.

The application deadlines are as follows:

Application Period Two: March 8, 2010
Application Period Three: July 6, 2010
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Eligibility
The United States Mint will select up to 6 professional artists from the various disciplines of visual arts. To qualify in the associate designer category, applicants must be an established professional visual artist and meet the following criteria:

U.S. citizenship
Have specialized training in his or her art form
Have derived a portion of his or her individual income from his or her art for a minimum of 5 years by the time of application
Have a history of public presentation of his or her art in a professional context, such as a gallery show, or work that has appeared as part of a curated exhibit, permanent collection of a museum, or in a professional journal.

Applicants must also be able to accept the terms and conditions for participation in the AIP as described in the application. Click here to apply now.
Note: At this time, the AIP is limited to coin and medal design (i.e., drawings) and does not encompass the execution (sculpting and engraving) of designs. United States Mint sculptor-engravers model designs created by AIP artists and also submit their own designs for consideration for coin and medal programs.

Frost on Winter Call
Deadline for submissions: November 30, 2009
Three poems by American poet, Robert Frost, have been selected to inspire works on a seasonal theme for Tulsa Artists’ Coalition Frost on Winter Show. “Snow falling and night falling fast oh fast . . . Essence of winter sleep is on the night . . . Whose woods these are I think I know . . . From Desert Places, After Apple-Picking and Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. Artists working in any media are invited to create works inspired by the imagery and mood in these poems; works need not illustrate specific descriptions in them, but should draw inspiration from them and capture their expressive and imaginative essence.
Awards are $200 for Best in Show; three $100 Juror’s Choice Awards; and, People’s Choice Award $100. The exhibition will run from December 4 through January 2, 2010. Contact Janice McCormick at 592-0041 or 366-3394 for more information.

EMBRACING OUR DIFFERENCES
Deadline: January 9, 2010

Embracing Our Differences invites artists, photographers, professionals, amateurs, teachers and students to participate in its 7th annual visual art exhibit celebrating diversity. National and international submissions are encouraged. 45 artists will be selected for the exhibit. The Embracing Our Differences exhibit will be displayed throughout the month of April 2010 at Island Park along Sarasota’s beautiful bayfront. The exhibit will also be displayed throughout the month of May 2010 in North Port, Florida. Since 2004, the exhibit has been viewed by more than 700,000 visitors. The exhibit will contain 39 billboard-sized (16 feet wide by 12 1/2 feet high) images of the selected artworks. An additional six “honorable mention” selections will be made.

Final selections will be chosen based on artistic excellence in reflection of the theme “Embracing Our Differences”. The art-work will also be evaluated on how effectively it will read outdoors when enlarged to billboard size – 16 feet wide by 12 1/2 feet high. Artists are encouraged to use bold saturated colors and strong lines. Final selections will be made by a 3-judge panel of professional artists, curators and art professionals. A total of $3,000.00 in awards will be presented.

There is no submission fee nor limit on the number of entries.

The mission of Embracing Our Differencesis to use art as a catalyst for creating awareness and promoting the value of diversity, the benefits of inclusion and the significance of the active rejection of hatred and prejudice.

Submission forms and more information concerning past winning submissions are available at www.EmbracingOurDifferences.org or by emailing MichaelJShelton@comcast.net.

Call for Entries Emerging Artists
Deadline: January 1, 2010
Visual Overture Magazine is seeking submissions for the Spring 2010 edition. International emerging artists of any field are encouraged to apply. Juror selects 7 artists for feature in publication. Selected artists are presented on two pages of magazine and receive 3 complimentary copies of issue in which they are featured. This is an excellent opportunity for under-represented artists to connect with galleries, curators, and collectors!

Accepted Genres: Sculpture, Metals, Textiles, Photography, Mixed media, Painting, Drawing, Video art, Digital art, Printmaking, and Installations.

Enter online: www.visualoverture.webs.com/artists.htm

Fine Arts Institute - 2010 Youth Impressions Statewide Juried Art Show
Deadline: January 13, 2010 by 5:00 pm

Juror:
Jacqueline Zanoni de los Santos, MFA.
Awards:
$25 Awards of Excellence; $25 Special Recognition Awards
Categories:
I - Grades 1-3; II - Grades 4-6; III - Grades 7-9; IV - Grades 10-12
Specifications:
Each artist may submit up to two entries only.
Fees:
$3.00 - One Entry; $5.00 - Two Entries
Media Accepted:
Pencil, ink, oil pastels, soft pastels, watercolor, acrylic, oil, print media, photography (digital and traditional), mixed media, pottery, sculpture & fiberwork. No jewelry will be accepted.
Two dimensional art work MUST be matted (with exception of stretched canvas or canvas panels). Maximum size is 30X40 (outside measurement). NO FRAMES OR GLASS. Each entry should represent one individual child's work. No group entries accepted.
Not appropriate as a class project.
For entry form and more information, contact:
Fine Arts Insitute of Edmond, P.O. Box 311 ~ 27 E. Edwards, Edmond, OK 73083
Phone: 405-340-4481 www.edmondfinearts.com

Oklahoma Folklife Center Search
The Oklahoma Folklife Center and Oklahoma History Center want to know more Oklahoma folklife demonstrator and performers by cultural categories such as Latino, Native American, Celtic, western heritage, Afro Centric, European, Middle Eastern, Indian SubContinent, frontier and pioneer traditions and more; and by storytelling and other oral traditions.

The would also like to learn more of children’s games from traditions and Oklahoma folklife events.

In addition they are looking for Oklahoma fine crafts such as lutherie (musical instrument making), tinsmithing, blacksmithing, some jewelry making, wood workers of special merit, pottery, etc.

If you have anything you would like to submit, please contact Rodger Harris at RHarris@okhistory.org.

Art Beat
Art Beat magazine accepts images for their Artist Showcase, send image of work and contact information to feature@artbeatok.com.

Doubleshot Coffee Company Seeks Artists
Seeking artists to display artworks in their coffee shop at 18th and Boston in Tulsa. Visit website for contact information, www.doubleshotcoffee.com.

Route 66 Museum Photography Contest
Photographic entries may be of any Route 66 themed item, a roadside scene or even an old parked vehicle, anything that defines a person’s idea of Route 66. Forms can be downloaded from www.OklahomaRoute66.org and click “news”. For additional information contact Pat Smith at 580-323-7866 or rt66mus@okhistory.org

Fourth International Art Prize Arte Laguna
Painting, Photographic Art, and Sculpture
The Prize is subdivided in three sections: painting, photographic art, and sculpture. Participants can chose the theme of their artworks.
The Prize is open to all artists, without any limits of age, sex, nationality or other qualification. Each artist can participate with one or two works, at one or more sections.

Technical Details:

Painting – total technical and stylistic freedom (oil, tempera, acrylic, ink, vinyl, watercolor, graphite, pencil, collage, etc.) on whichever support (canvas, paper, wood, plastics, iron, etc.).
The max dimensions allowed per each works are 150 x 150 cm, picture frame included.

Sculpture – whichever organic or inorganic material. Works can make use of sounds, lights, videos, mechanical or electrical movements. The max dimensions allowed per each works are: base 2mtr, depth 2mtr, height 2mtr, weight 70 kg.

Photographic Art - color and b/w analogical photos, color and b/w digital photos, color and b/w digital elaborations, works entirely realized on computer. Videos are not admitted. The max dimensions allowed per each works are 150x150 cm.

The selection of the artworks will be carried out by 3 Juries composed by experts of Contemporary Art.

Prizes:
1 Prize Painting: 5.000,00 euro*
1 Prize Photographic Art: 5.000,00 euro*
1 Prize Sculpture: 5.000,00 euro*

Business for Art Prizes
Special Prize “Tenuta Sant’Anna Art Collection”: 5.000euro* and reproduction of the 2 selected artworks on the bottle labels of 2 lines of prestigious wines, produced in limited edition. The participation is open to all the artists who register at the PAINTING SECTION with 2 artworks.
The application fee for the partial support of the organization expenses is of 40,00 euro per 1 work and 70,00 euro per 2 works proposed for the same section. ). Application fees are non-refundable.

Collective Expositions Prizes
Special Prize CATCH BY THE EYE – London
Selection of one artists for the participation in the collective exposition organized by Magdalena Rutkovska in occasion of “Catch by the Eye, save in the heart 2010”, an high quality International project of emergent contemporary art.
Special Prize ITALIAN INSTITUTE OF CULTURE – Wien
A synthesis of the collective exposition of the finalist artists will be exhibited in Wien (Austria) at the Italian Institute of Culture, one of the 90 Italian Institutes displaced around the world.

Deadline Artists can enter the Prize by:
November 15, 2009 for by mail applications (postmark)
November 26, 2009 for on-line applications

For more information, guidelines and application go to: www.artelagunaprize.com

Questions?
Contact Arte Laguna, Via Roma, 29/A, Mogliano Veneto, TV, 31021 Italia
Email: info@premioartelaguna.it (This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Phone: +39 041 5937242 - int. 4

Dunny Exhibition / Contest - APW Gallery - Call for Submissions
Sign up by : Jan 1, 2010
Mail us your artworks by: Feb 28, 2010

Awards:

Judges Choice

Solo exhibition + Mega Munny

8" Munny + $50 APW Store Gift Certificate
(for winner of each category)

Idea:
Each artist will receive random 3" dunnys from us. It will be one of the painted versions. What you have to do is paint, craft, sculpt or do anything you want to it.

You can Customize the Dunny anyway you want. All of the artwork sent back to us will be on display at the APW Gallery and on our online store. All artists will be guaranteed a spot in this art project upon completion of registration.

Theme:
Most NYC
Coolest
A Perfect world
Best Color Scheme

This project is not limited to NYC artist. Any artist can participate in this project .

Information:
After you complete your artwork, mail it back to us and we will put up a show at our NYC gallery. You will set price on the Dunny accordingly.

Fee:
$35 (2 Dunnys; includes shipping fee worldwide)
$50 (4 Dunnys includes Shipping fee worldwide)
$90 (8 Dunnys includes Shipping fee worldwide)
$130 (12 Dunnys includes Shipping fee worldwide)

Rules:

Entry fee is non-refundable.
Commission 20% on sold works.
Artist will keep 80% of sales.

Size Requirement:

Your finish artwork cannot be more than 4" tall.

For more information go to: http://apwartgallery.com/DUNNY_EXHIBITION.html
Email: INFO@APWARTS.COM

Artists Studio
Michael Benton of Tulsa is looking to develop an arts district with several studios. First building already available. Looking for artists and craftspeople willing to move in. Potential for 15 studios within a one block area. For more information email Michael at Michael@mwbstudios.com or call him at 918-381-4447.

Winery Searching for Artists to Feature
Stone Bluff Cellars in Haskell (near Tulsa) is looking for artists who utilize various mediums (paint, sculpture, etc.) and artisans that produce hand-made, one of a kind products. We have a preferred customer list of more than 3,000 people that will receive notification about the artist's appearance at the winery through our e-Newsletter and our website. And, if the artist is willing to provide a photograph of their work and a brief bio about themselves, we'll also send out press releases.

We want the artists to feel free to bring a work in progress and take the opportunity to show people what they do and how they do it. Of course, the artists are invited to sell, as well as display and demonstrate.

We're not interested in edibles, candles, soaps, or body care products at this time.
Artists/Artisans who would like to talk with me to get more information or who would like to be placed on the schedule should contact Dee Selby at 918-482-6566 or through dee.selby@stonebluffcellars.com

OKC Saturday Market
www.okcsaturdaymarket.com
The OKC Saturday Market an open air market is currently looking for Oklahoma Artists and Crafters as Vendors for the Market. The Market will be located in Midtown OKC at St Anthony's east plaza parking lot. This is a wonderful opportunity for Oklahoma artists and crafters to showcase and sell their work every Saturday for a nominal fee.

Artists Wanted! Floral Gallery
www.floralgalleryart.com
floralgalleryart@yahoo.com
The Floral Gallery is seeking artists to participate in bi-monthly featured artist program. Artists with working in all media are encouraged to apply. Visit website for more information.

Creative Communities Seeks Volunteers
joshbuss@sbcglobal.net
Creative Communities is an after school art program for kids who live in OKC public housing. If you or someone you know would like to volunteer to help 2 hours a week it would be greatly appreciated. Especially interested in college students who are studying education, art or social work. If you are interested email Josh Buss.

Oklahoma IS Creative
Creative Oklahoma has a brand new initiative that recognizes creativity in our state! It is our Great Inspirations recognition program. We want YOU to submit project ideas and let us know about all of the creative happenings going on in every corner of our state! Your submission will be taken to Creative Oklahoma leadership for approval and recognition, and then publicized throughout the state and posted on our website.

Bring your innovative ideas and log on to: www.stateofcreativity.com, click on the Programs tab and then Great Inspirations Guidelines (in the box on the right hand side of the page) to download an application. Oklahoma IS creative…fill out an application and tell us about it!

Craft Makers Wanted
The Ozark Folk Center State Park is seeking working craftspeople to demonstrate, create and sell their handmade crafts in their own studio at the park. They are specifically looking for people who make kitchen crafts; a tinsmith; a shoemaker; another wood turner; another soap maker; another blacksmith; and a luthier - but are open to other traditional crafts. They offer studio building, utilities, maintenance, advertising and other support. The center is located in Mountain View, Arkansas. The season runs March-December with additional sales and teaching opportunities available. They need craftspeople who are small business owners and full-time craft makers. Their community offers low cost of living, great old-time acoustic music and outstanding outdoor recreation. Visit www.ozarkfolkcenter.com to learn more about the park or call Jeanette Larson at 870-269-3851 for more information.

Call for Artist and Artists to be at the Best Location on the www.mysoiree.net
All Mediums
This is an invitation for you and the artists in your art community to submit their work for acceptance to become one of the exclusive first artists showcased, register now on Mysoiree.net for the Dec. '08 launch of the website.

Soirée International Inc. is a company discovering artists and innovators who are creating fine art, creative pieces, and usable, wearable, functional art and bringing their best and most popular pieces to the customer in search of unique items. The art and artist meet the buyer in the virtual world at Mysoiree.net and in the real world at Soirées, where art celebrations are held throughout the US.

Go to Mysoiree.net and register today, email info@mysoiree.net, or call 330-978-1298.

Mysoiree.net is the place to gather, shop, sell, create and celebrate artistic innovations

NEA American Masterpieces Grants Now Available
Deadline: February 2010
http://www.arts.gov/national/masterpieces/index.html
Guidelines for American Masterpieces grants for Chamber Music, Presenting and Visual Arts Touring are now available. American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius is a major initiative to acquaint Americans with the best of their cultural and artistic legacy. Through American Masterpieces, the National Endowment for the Arts will sponsor performances, exhibitions, tours, and educational programs across all art forms that will reach large and small communities in all 50 states.

The work will be part of the renovation of a courtyard in proximity to the university’s visual art and humanities buildings. Three individual projects will be considered, or a design that negotiates the entire space as one concept.

The total budget for the project is $450,000 including all fees and associated costs.

To receive project guidelines and submission requirements, please email Paula Mandelman at publicart@umd.edu or visit www.publicart.umd.edu

Tulsa Arena Public Art
Six to Eight projects will be selected from the application. No deadline for entries, which should include a resume and a maximum of 10 slides sent to Kay Goss, Recording Secretary, Arts Commission, 2210 S. Main St. Tulsa OK 74114

Art Calendar - New Calls to Artists Online!
(Check back for updates!)
http://www.artcalendar.com/adlisting/index.asp

Art in Embassies Program
Deadline: Ongoing
The ART in Embassies Program promotes the cultural identity of America’s art and artists by borrowing original works of art by U.S. citizens for display in U.S. embassy residences worldwide. Each ART exhibition is developed collaboratively between a United States ambassador and one of our curators. We select both image-based and abstract work in all media.

Information: The length of a loan is approximately two and one-half to three years, which coincides with the average length of an ambassador’s tenure. ART in Embassies hires professional fine art handlers to assemble, pack, crate and safely ship works of art to and from each embassy. ART insures each work of art during its transit to and from the embassy and while it is on exhibit at the residence.

Award: Lenders are not compensated financially. Their participation is documented in ART exhibition publications and/or on the ART web site. A wall label accompanies each work of art and identifies both the artist and lender.

Submit: Go to aiep.state.gov/index.cfm first. To submit images to ART staff for consideration in upcoming exhibitions please submit either your URL or digital images (no more than 10 images, with the total size of the email not exceeding 5 MB) to: artinembassies@state.gov.

Do not send multiple emails (include all attachments in one email). Include object information, and an artist’s statement, resume or biography. Please do not expect an immediate response. ART in Embassies archives submissions for future consideration.

Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts - Artist Wanted
{FREE} time I space I support
Because Exceptional Talent Deserves to be Supported…
Few programs exist either on the national or international level where the sole mission is to support the creativity of artists. From the beginning, the art-making process has been the highest priority at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, where both the atmosphere and environment offer ideal situations for creative growth and experimentation. We address the practical aspects of this mission by providing well-equipped studio spaces, living accommodations and monthly stipends. Located in two urban warehouses totaling 110,000 square feet, our facilities are designed to foster creativity and the productive exchange of ideas. Artists from the world come to the Bemis Center to work in this supportive community and confront new challenges.
Are you ready for your residency?
www.bemiscenter.org
724 South 12th St, Omaha, NE 68102
P 402.341.7130
F 402.341.9791