 CALL FOR ENTRIES
These call for entry notices are gathered from a variety of sources. The Delaware Division of the Arts cannot ensure their accuracy. Please check with the listing organization before applying
DCCA Visual Arts Residency Program Call for Entries
The DCCA is now accepting entries for the 2009 - 2010 Visual Arts Residency Program. During the residency, artists make a full-time commitment to collaborate with an under-served community group for up to eight weeks to create artwork based on issues relevant to the participants' lives. Artists work with the community group approximately six hours per week in addition to several hours of outside time necessary for fulfilling the goals of the residency. The residency provides artists with the time, space, and financial assistance to work on their own independent projects. Residencies typically culminate in an exhibition, performance, or installation at the community site or at the DCCA. The DCCA may also schedule an exhibition of the artist's own work. The DCCA oversees the details of the residency, arranges for the community partnership in cooperation with the artist, seeks funding, and supports the planning and documentation processes. This includes a catalogue that features residences with images, project summaries, and artists' biographies.
The Purpose of the Residency
- To encourage the work of innovative artists.
- To infuse challenging ideas and issues into the community.
- To forge relationships between artists and the community.
Theme of the 2008 Visual Arts Residency: Reality 101
For the 2009 - 2010 calendar year, the DCCA Visual Arts Residency program asks artists to investigate and respond to the varying ways reality is represented and understood by contemporary society. How do we perceive, create, and represent our world in the name of reality? What role does reality television and mass media play in the representation of life and culture? How does the notion of reality function in a society where virtual and simulated realities are part of the vernacular? What defines "the real world?" What ideas underlie artistic meditations on reality today? This call is open to artists working in both traditional and non- traditional media.
Funding and Benefits
- Stipend of up to $3000 per month
- Funds for material and travel costs
- Living accommodations/studio space
- Publicity, administrative support, and documentation
- Inclusion in a residency catalogue
- Consideration for an exhibition at the DCCA
How to Apply
To apply for the DCCA Visual Arts Residency Program, artists must submit: 1. A one page (500 words) proposal that includes the following:
- A description of the proposed project that explores the reality theme and how these concerns affect society, the medium that will be used, and if the project will be a permanent or semi-permanent installation
- The type of organization, including age groups, that would be a good community partner for the proposal. Explain why this group fits into the proposed project (a specific organization is not necessary)
- The impact that the residency could have on your work and the Wilmington community 2. Three choices for residency dates (eight weeks each) 3. Resume that includes past community-based projects 4. 10 digital images on cd in a PowerPoint presentation that can be viewed on a Mac. Images must be 96 dpi and have a minimum size of 600 x 450 pixels. Each image must not exceed 2 MB. Label each work at the bottom of the image, including the artist's name, title of the work, date, media, and dimensions. 5. Up to five pieces of reviews, brochures, articles, and other supplementary materials may be submitted if available. 6. Self-addressed stamped envelope for return of application materials. (The DCCA is not responsible for lost or damaged materials.)
Deadline: May 9th, 2008
New York Foundation for the Arts - 2008 Ace Film Festival
Calling all Filmakers!
Have you ever dreamed of showing your film on the big screen in New York City? Well, here is your chance. New York Foundation for the Arts -- which has bolstered the careers of many well-known filmmakers such as Spike Lee, Tamara Jenkins and Todd Haynes -- is proud to announce that it is now accepting applications for the second annual ACE Film Festival (September 12-14, 2008), the only such festival in the city's Midtown area. NYFA, presenter of the ACE Film Festival, encourages all filmmakers to submit applications for review. This could be the opportunity you've been waiting for -- to have your film seen by industry professionals, distributors, moviegoers and fellow filmmakers, and right in the heart of Manhattan. Selected films will be reviewed by an impressive panel of accomplished judges for a chance to win prizes, cash, and more.
Submit Your Film
For complete application information about how to submit your film, please click here. The upcoming Late Deadline is May 9, 2008.
About ACE Film Festival
Founded in 2006, the ACE Film Festival provides an exclusive forum for domestic film and video magnifying the focus on this country's creative voice. For further information, please visit ACE Film Festival's web site.
About NYFA
NYFA offers a wide variety of programs serving filmmakers, including Fiscal Sponsorship, Artists' Fellowships, and NYFA Source. For a complete list of NYFA's programs, please see our For Artists page.
Some of the countless filmmakers NYFA has supported through unrestricted grants and fiscal sponsorship over the past thirty years include Zana Briski, Maryann De Leo, Todd Haynes, Reginald Hudlin, Tamara Jenkins, Nathaniel Kahn, Barbara Kopple, Spike Lee, Mira Nair, Kimberly Peirce, Yvonne Rainer, and Julie Taymor.
Said Todd Haynes: "At a time in my life when reputation or experience would have excluded me outright, the grant NYFA awarded me allowed me to pay the lab costs for the film I'd just finished, a film shot entirely with dolls called Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story. As a result of that film's reception, I was eventually able to make my first feature, Poison, a film inspired by the writings of Jean Genet which NYFA would once again support. (These people weren't afraid of anything!) In many ways I owe whatever career I've had as a filmmaker to these fundamental acts of support. They not only helped pay the bills, they helped to protect the work of an emerging artist at a time when concerns of the market or career can surely crush the best in us."
NYFA has supported emerging filmmakers since 1976. The ACE Film Festival marks NYFA's first time as presenter of a film festival.
Deadline: May 9th, 2008
DCCA Visual Arts Residency Program 2008 Call for Entries
The DCCA is now accepting entries for the 2009 - 2010 Visual Arts Residency Program. During the residency, artists make a full-time commitment to collaborate with an under-served community group for up to eight weeks to create artwork based on issues relevant to the participants' lives. Artists work with the community group approximately six hours per week in addition to several hours of outside time necessary for fulfilling the goals of the residency.
The residency provides artists with the time, space, and financial assistance to work on their own independent projects. Residencies typically culminate in an exhibition, performance, or installation at the community site or at the DCCA. The DCCA may also schedule an exhibition of the artist's own work. The DCCA oversees the details of the residency, arranges for the community partnership in cooperation with the artist, seeks funding, and supports the planning and documentation processes. This includes a catalogue that features residences with images, project summaries, and artists' biographies.
The Purpose of the Residency
- To encourage the work of innovative artists
- To infuse challenging ideas and issues into the community
- To forge relationships between artists and the community
Theme of the Visual Arts Residency
In Reality
For the 2009 - 2010 calendar year, the DCCA Visual Arts Residency program asks artists to investigate and respond to the varying ways reality is represented and understood by contemporary society. How do we perceive, create, and represent our world in the name of reality? What role does reality television and mass media play in the representation of life and culture? How does the notion of reality function in a society where virtual and simulated realities are part of the vernacular? What defines "the real world?" What ideas underlie artistic meditations on reality today? This call is open to artists working in both traditional and non- traditional media.
Funding and Benefits
- Stipend of up to $3000 per month
- Funds for material and travel costs
- Living accommodations/studio space
- Publicity, administrative support, and documentation
- Inclusion in a residency catalogue
- Consideration for an exhibition at the DCCA
How to Apply
To apply for the DCCA Visual Arts Residency Program, artists must submit:
1. A one page (500 words) proposal that includes the following:
- A description of the proposed project that explores the reality theme and how these concerns affect society, the medium that will be used, and if the project will be a permanent or semi-permanent installation
- The type of organization, including age groups, that would be a good community partner for the proposal. Explain why this group fits into the proposed project (a specific organization is not necessary)
- The impact that the residency could have on your work and the Wilmington community
2. Three choices for residency dates (eight weeks each)
3. Resume that includes past community-based projects
4. 10 digital images on cd in a PowerPoint presentation that can be viewed on a Mac. Images must be 96 dpi and have a minimum size of 600 x 450 pixels. Each image must not exceed 2 MB. Label each work at the bottom of the image, including the artist's name, title of the work, date, media, and dimensions.
5. Up to five pieces of reviews, brochures, articles, and other supplementary materials may be submitted if available.
6. Self-addressed stamped envelope for return of application materials. (The DCCA is not responsible for lost or damaged materials.)
Eligibility and Requirements
Artists in all visual and interdisciplinary art media involving the visual arts are eligible to apply subject to the following:
- Artists must be United States citizens
- Artists are responsible for arranging their own transportation
- Artists must commit nearly full-time during the residency period
- Artists enrolled in a degree program are not eligible
- Finalists must participate in a meeting (in person or on the phone) to further discuss their proposals before final selection
Important Dates & Successful Proposal Pointers
Important Dates
- May 16th, 2008: Deadline for applications
- July 15th, 2008: DCCA contacts artists about status
- Summer, 2008: Collaboration planning begins
- Summer/Fall, 2008: DCCA begins to seek funding
- Spring, 2009: Residency partnerships confirmed
- Fall 2009 - Spring 2010: Residencies take place
Successful Proposal Pointers
- Explain your proposal's connection to the theme
- Fax your proposal to the DCCA for preliminary feedback (number 302.656.6944)
- Send a 9" x 12" SASE with a $1.31 postage to receive a copy of a past residency catalogue
All application materials must include your name, address, telephone number, and email address. All materials must be received no later that May 16th, 2008. Incomplete or late applications will not be accepted.
Send complete applications under one cover to:
Victoria Eastburn, Acting Curator of Education
Visual Arts Residency Program
Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts
200 S. Madison Street, Wilmington, DE 19801
Deadline: May 16th, 2008
Call for Entries: Washington Printmakers Gallery
Washington Printmakers National Small Works 2008
Washington Printmakers Gallery announces the eleventh annual small works exhibition, Washington Printmakers National Small Works 2008, juried this year by Ann Shafer, Assistant Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, Baltimore Museum of Art. All artists residing in the USA and 18 years of age or older may submit original, hand-pulled, artist-made prints in any media; photographs and digital prints are ineligible. Entry fee: $30 for up to 4 images. Preliminary selection will be made from slides or digital images (JPEG files no larger than 5 inches, 200 dpi). Entries accepted for exhibition must be archivally matted and framed under Plexiglas, wired and ready to hang. All entries must be for sale. First place award: a solo show at Washington Printmakers Gallery in August 2009; 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th prizes are merchandise awards from major art suppliers. Prospectus or further information may be downloaded from www.washingtonprintmakers.com, or by contacting Washington Printmakers Gallery at 202:332.7757 (e-mail wpg@visi.net).
Deadline: May 26th, 2008
PaintAmerica Announces 2008 Paint the Parks Call to Entries
PaintAmerica, a national, non-profit organization to support and promote the visual arts, has announced the Call to Entries for the 2008 "Paint The Parks" National Artists' Competition. Paint The Parks will attract many of our nation's top artists, with a $10,000 purchase award for the Grand Prize. Many other cash prizes and purchase awards will also be available, making Paint The Parks one of the country's richest art competitions. Full details and entry forms are available at www.PaintAmerica.org.
The 2008 Paint the Parks100 Competition and the Paint the Parks "Mini50" provide the country's top national venue for established and emerging representational artists to showcase their talents. The competition celebrates our country’s national parks, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the National Parks Foundation (www.nationalparks.org) The competition also supports the PaintAmerica mission of providing scholarships for young artists and promoting the visual arts across America.
The Paint the Parks Competition format rewards artists with great potential for sales of their work. It also provides recognition, exposure and awareness through a national traveling exhibition and an online display. The exhibition will be shown in venues such as The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, St. Louis, MO; The RW Norton Art Gallery, Shreveport, LA; and The CACEG Gallery; Estes Park, CO. Showcasing the beauty and qualities of America's National Park system as seen through the eyes of its artists is another benefit of the program.
The Second Annual Paint the Parks 100 carries on the tradition of the long-running Arts for the Parks competition. Last years grand prize winners were John Agnew of Cincinnati, OH for his painting "Looking for the Shore" and Ray Hunter of Santa Barbara, CA for his mini painting "Lesson on the Yellowstone."
Entries representing any of the 390 National Parks are submitted and judged within one of the three National Park Regions. The highest scoring painting from all entries is named the Grand Prize Purchase Award Winner and claims a $10,000 purchase award. It, and the top 33 paintings from each of the three regions advance to the Paint the Parks100. Other artists in the top 100 also have the chance to receive additional cash prizes and purchase awards. Recognition is also given to the "2nd 100" artists.
The "mini" competition is for works up to 180 square inches. The full-size competition accepts work up to 720 square inches. A discounted entry is available for meeting the early deadline of May 1, 2008. The final competition entry deadline is May 31, 2008. Galleries interested in exhibiting the Paint The Parks Top100 should contact PaintAmerica at mail@PaintAmerica.org.
Deadline: May 31st, 2008
New Works Festival - Call For Entries
Clear Space Productions' (Rehoboth Beach / Lewes, Delaware) second annual NEW WORKS FESTIVAL (November 13-16, 2008) is now accepting submissions. This year the Festival will be comprised of a New Artist Concert, a performance by a dance company, new musical Children's Theatre works, and an evening of un-published theatre songs, contributed by composers, lyricists and book writers world-wide. Of the four completely different performances offered, the two theatre performances will be offered as "readings" in which a director will rehearse with the performers, though the work will not be memorized, performers will read from the script or score while seated on stage. More than 500 audience members attended the 2007 New Works Festival which produced 18 songs, 5 shorts and a full-length musical. The following submission categories are being offered:
UN-PUBLISHED THEATRE / CABARET SONGS:
* Self-contained monologues or conversations set to music, with a clear dramatic structure
* Maximum 6 voices
* Piano accompaniment only
* 2-7 minutes in length
* Submission Package:
o Complete Piano / Vocal Score
o CD of the piece (studio quality unnecessary)
o Biographical information about composer and lyricist
o If the piece is from a larger work, a narrative describing the work
o A Character Description page that includes characters’ age, vocal range and physical description
CHILDREN'S MUSICAL THEATRE PIECE
* Children's musicals which will be performed by performers under 18.
* Maximum 15 actors (doubling of characters is possible)
* Piano accompaniment only
* One Act or Full-Length (10 to 60 minutes)
* Submission Package:
Complete Script/Score (integrated is preferred)
o CD with representational highlights (whole show preferred - studio quality unnecessary)
o Biographical information about composer, book writer and lyricist
o A Character Description page that includes characters' age, vocal range and physical description
The submission deadline is June 1. All decisions will be made no later than July 1. Early submissions are encouraged! Composers and lyricists who are selected for the SONGS THAT TELL A STORY evening will receive a recording of the performance. Book writers, composers and lyricists who are selected for the CHILDREN'S THEATRE performances will be offered lodging and a $20 per day meal allowance in Rehoboth Beach/Lewes, Delaware from November 10 through November 17 so that they may attend rehearsals and performances of their works. A $100 transportation allowance will be offered to each team of writers traveling more than 100 miles to attend the festival.
Clear Space Productions will cast all roles for the festival with actors from the community. Out-of-town performers (other than the New Artist and Dance Company) will be used only when a role cannot be cast locally. The Clear Space Creative Team will supply direction, musical direction, accompaniment, stage management, lighting design and sound design.
Please submit hard copies of works to:
New Works Festival
Clear Space Productions
PO Box 304
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware 19971
Electronic submissions (pdf only) should be submitted to: dyetter@ClearSpaceProductions.org.
For further information, please contact Clear Space Artistic Director, Doug Yetter at dyetter@ClearSpaceProductions.org or at 302.644.3810 X2
Deadline: June 1st, 2008
Delaware Art Museum Call for Entries - 2008 Miniatures Exhibition
The Delaware Art Museum invites entries to our 2008 Miniatures exhibition, Masterpieces in Miniature. This exhibition is the Museum’s signature holiday display.
Each of the 10 installations will be inspired by a masterpiece of art, according to the entrant’s own definition of "masterpiece." Entrants are encouraged, though not required, to select a work from the Museum's own collections. Rather than exact three-dimensional reproductions, the miniatures may be creative interpretations of the original.
Entrants must complete and return an Entry Form to the Delaware Art Museum no later than May 15, 2008. The form, along with specific rules, can be found on the Museum's website at http://www.delart.org/view/exhibitions/miniatures/call_for_entries.html. To avoid duplicates, entrants must indicate their choice of Artist and Work of Art at this time. Exhibition space is also limited. Entries will be considered in the order they are received.
Unless they submitted entries in 2007, entrants must also submit sample photographs of their previous miniature work to be reviewed by the Exhibition Committee. The Committee will contact applicants with their acceptance status no later than June 1, 2008.
About the Museum
Founded in 1912, the Delaware Art Museum holds a world-renowned collection that focuses on American art and illustration from the 19th century to the present as well as the British Pre-Raphaelite movement. The Museum offers the outdoor Copeland Sculpture Garden, the Helen Farr Sloan Library & Archives, studio art classes, the interactive Kids' Corner learning area, the delART Café featuring free Wi-Fi access, and the Museum Store with distinctive books and gifts.
Deadline: June 1st, 2008
Call for Entries: 28th Annual National Juried Fine Art Competition
The Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art is currently accepting entries for its 28th annual juried fine art competition, A Sense of Place 2008. Open to all U.S. artists ages 18 and older working in the following media: drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, ceramics, sculpture, and mixed media. $25 entry fee covers submission of slides or CD of up to three works; additional works $5 each. Cash awards available. Juror: Amanda Cooper, Curator of Exhibitions, The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL.
Entries must be postmarked by June 6, 2008; exhibition runs September 19-October 17, 2008. For a free prospectus, send SASE to: Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, 506 Telfair St., Augusta, GA 30901, 706-722-5495, ghia@ghia.org, or visit http://www.ghia.org/exhibit.html to download in .pdf format.
Deadline: June 6th, 2008
Newark Arts Alliance Announces a Juried Exhibit: The Ego Show!
The NAA is sponsoring a national, juried, all-media show of artwork that "defines the state of mind of a specific personality/identity at a particular space and time." This exhibit runs from September 5th to October 11th at the Newark Arts Alliance in Newark, DE.
Click here for more information and the submission form.
Deadline: June 20th, 2008
Call for Entries: 2008 Art Kudos International Juried Competition
Artshow.com is currently accepting entries for the 4th annual Art Kudos International Juried Competition. Open to all artists ages 18 and older working in the following media: drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, digital art, sculpture, ceramics, and mixed media. Media not accepted: video/film, installations, wearable art (clothing or jewelry).
Cash awards totaling $3,400. Juror of Awards: Pang-Chieh Hsu, recipient of the prestigious Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship and an instructor at Armstrong Atlantic State University. Selected finalists will appear in an online exhibit at www.artKudos.com beginning August 15th.
Visit http://www.artshow.com/artKudos for details and an entry form.
Deadline: June 30th, 2008
Drawn to Washington - Juried Print Exhibition - Celebrating the Work of Mid-Atlantic Printmakers
When: October 1 – November 20, 2008
Where:
The Pyramid Atlantic Gallery
Silver Spring, Maryland
Juror
Shelley Langdale, Associate Curator of Prints & Drawings, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchase Prize
The acquisition of a print for the Library of Congress
Selection will be made by Curator Katherine L. Blood
Dates
Submissions due July 1
Notifications mailed August 15
Entry fee
PA/WPC members - $15
Non-members - $30
Download Entry Form
A prospectus is also posted at www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.org and www.washingtonprintclub.org.
Deadline: July 1st, 2008
Delaware Folk Festival Program Art
The Delaware Friends of Folk is currently looking for artwork for the cover of the Delmarva Folk Festival Program. If you've got some artistic creativity and would like to submit artwork for consideration, please contact Jan Crumpley at (302) 465-0805 for further details.
The selected artist will receive free admission to the Festival, a Festival T-shirt, will be credited with a bio in the festival program, and will get our eternal gratitude for sharing their talents.
The guidelines for submissions are:
- Autumn Theme
- Music Theme
- Black & White
- Must be received by August 1, electronically or via mail to P.O. Box 1006, Dover DE 19903-1006
- Must not be offensive or political
- Should capture the spirit of the event
Optional elements:
- Delmarva Folk Festival Logo (can be obtained from our web site)
- Preference given to Friends of Folk Members (why not join today?)
- If "Delaware Friends of Folk" text appears, it should be in Arnold Bocklin font
For more information on the Friends of Folk or the Folk Festival, see http://www.delfolk.org.
Deadline: August 1st, 2008
National Endowment for the Arts to Manage Design Competition for Rosa Parks Statue in US Capitol
Arts Endowment partners with the Architect of the Capitol and the Joint Committee on the Library on historic sculpture commission for National Statuary Hall.
Chrysler Foundation supports design competition with $100,000 grant.
Washington, DC-March 11, 2008-The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) today announced a design competition, in partnership with the Joint Committee on the Library and the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, for a statue of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks. Commissioned by the U.S. Congress, the sculpture will be permanently installed in National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol Building. The Rosa Parks statue represents the first commission of a full-sized statue authorized and funded by the U.S. Congress since the 1870s. The Chrysler Foundation has provided $100,000 to support the administration of the competition.
For the full release, please go to: http://www.nea.gov/news/news08/RosaParks.html.
Directors needed for the Everett Theatre, shows in June and July
Looking for a director for a one week workshop June 20 to 31 "Black Box Theatre" Improv, for young teens to include basic improve games and simple skit or one act play. Show for families at the end.
Looking for a director for a two week July 20 to 31 "One Act Work Shop" for preteens and young teens. Actors will perform in one or more one act plays at the end of the two weeks. Show for families at the end.
Please contact Gina at ginav@udel.edu or 302-737-8216
Cleveland Public Art
Cleveland Public Art (CPA) is seeking artists’ portfolios to be considered for public art projects throughout Cleveland, OH. CPA is a twenty-year old, private, nonprofit organization dedicated the highest quality, site-specific public art and creative urban design. Recent projects include Brian Tolle’s Installation on Mall B, Allan & Ellen Wexler’s WindWorks project at the Great Lakes Science Center, Albert Paley’s gate at the Cleveland Botanical Garden, and various works throughout Cleveland’s neighborhoods. Visit www.clevelandpublicart.org or email contactus@clevelandpublicart.org to learn more.
Call for Submissions: The Broadkill Review
In an interesting hybrid of print and electronic publication, The Broadkill Review, will publish six PDF issues per year. We will focus primarily upon the Delmarva Peninsula and the Mid-Atlantic as our target audience to start, and hope to publish many of the fine writers from this area; we expect both our audience and range of submissions to grow as the publication grows.
To submit your work to The Broadkill Review, please send no more than five poems or one short story to: the_broadkill_review @earthlink.net. No simultaneous submissions, please. Submissions must be in MS Word format and sent as an attachment, or be contained within the text of your e-mail. No photos at this time, or fanciful renderings of your work. These make downloading your text difficult and time consuming. Allow up to three months for response, as we hope to fill each issue with the highest quality material.
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