Deadline for Excellence in Printmaking has been extended to Saturday, December 17.
Excellence in Printmaking 2012 Call for Entries
Open to MFA and BFA candidates with a focus in printmaking at institutions in the greater mid-Atlantic.
Juried by Joann Moser, Senior Curator, Smithsonian American Art Museum
First Prize: $500 Cash Award and a 1 year guest subscription to the Washington Print Club Quarterly
Second Prize: $50 Gift Certificate to Plaza Art Supplies and 1 year guest subscription to the Washington Print Club Quarterly
Third Prize: $25 Gift Certificate to Plaza Art Supplies and 1 year guest subscription to the Washington Print Club Quarterly
Entries are due December 17-fully online entry process! Exhibition is in February. Full details can be seen at our website or by downloading our prospectus.
www.washingtonprintmakers.com
Monday, December 12, 2011
Deadline EXTENDED-Excellence in Printmaking - Dec 17, 2011
Dr Sketchy's Anti Art School's Holiday Light Up - 12-18-11
Dr Sketchy's Anti Art School's Holiday Light Up
Sunday, December 18, 2011
6:00pm until 9:00pm.
5 Spot in East Nashville
Ho-ho-hoes! The next installment of Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art School is almost here! Sharpen your pencils, make your drinks, check them twice, and be as naughty as you wanna be! The lovely Ms Ava Doll will be our model for this holiday shindig, so head over the river and into the hood in good old Eastus Nastius at The always chic 5 Spot and join us for a drunk mall Santa kind of good time!
$10 to draw, $5 for pervert elves, and, as always, Nicole Kidman gets in for free. Spread the word, pass along an invite and we hope to see you there!
https://www.facebook.com/events/270543176327218/
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Call for Artists fEASTival Nashville - EARLY BIRD PRICING ends DEC 16! MAY 2012
UPDATE!!
EARLY BIRD PRICING ends DEC 16!
fEASTival Nashville is looking for interesting and exciting artists in the greater Nashville area and beyond! fEASTival Nashville thrives on creativity and giving artists a place to showcase their work in a fun, laid back environment. All types of art are accepted so bring it on! We look forward to hearing from you!fEASTival Nashville is a celebration of independent culture in East Nashville. We look for the exciting, interesting and maybe even a little offbeat, after all those are the very things that make East Nashville what it is today!
East Nashville has emerged to become a viable, growing part of the city of Nashville in the past ten years. The landscape, businesses and the people have created a growing community of music, arts and individuals who support and sustain their local community.
fEASTival is a concept that will bring together ground-breaking national musicians and artists and combine them with Nashville’s most respected local musicians, artists and restaurants.
DATES
Saturday, May 19, 2011 / 12:00PM-11:00PM
DEADLINES
See the following link to the art application which has all the deadline and pricing information to reserve a booth at the festival.
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=1N31M8NVtjgY6gDVlu-FwJxspcoPZCasLnyMYvu-JoULrKY79V4Ed8EgOSSL4&hl=en_US
LOCATION
East Park, Nashville, Tennnessee
ADDITIONAL INFO
fEASTival Nashville saw over 8,000 people attend the inaugural year of the festival in 2011. With a great response, amazing press and great reviews we are expecting an even larger turn out in 2012! Don't miss your chance to showcase your art to an estimated crowd of over 10,000!
CONTACT INFO
fEASTival Nashville
Julie Trull
feastival.nashville@gmail.com
Pictures from last year's event are posted on our Facebook page. www.facebook.com/fEASTivalNashville
Watkins Community Education Program - Registration OPEN! Spring 2012
Watkins Community Education Program - Registration OPEN! Spring 2012
http://www.watkins.edu/community
The Community Education Program at Watkins sets the stage for people of all ages to learn the process of creating art in a variety of fascinating media. Classes, taught by talented practicing artists, help students gain an understanding of their chosen medium. Emphasis is placed on both the finished product and the process of thinking, designing, communicating and creating.
Youth are introduced to art fundamentals through drawing, painting, working with clay and other techniques. Teens learn about past and present artists while expanding upon their artistic skills. Youth and teens programs include Saturday Classes in the fall and spring semesters. In the summer students can join our Summer of the Arts program which is offered 4 different weeks throughout the summer months. In addition, for teens we offer weekly After School Classes as well as the Pre-College Program, a three-week summer program for highly motivated high school students to experience the life and culture of art college.
Adults have the opportunity to explore areas of specific interest, allowing their creative voice to finally be heard. Classes and workshops are offered during the fall, spring and summer semesters.
Free Admission on Mondays @ Frist w/ donation to Second Harvest. Nov - Dec 2011
Free Admission on Mondays @ Frist w/ donation to Second Harvest. Nov - Dec 2011
November 3–December 26, 2011 | Happenings
Bring Donation for Second Harvest Food Bank -- Receive FREE Admission on Mondays
In what has become a holiday tradition at the Frist Center, visitors bringing non-perishable food items to the Frist Center on Mondays in November and December receive free admission to the Frist Center’s galleries. The items most needed by Second Harvest are peanut butter, canned meat, canned vegetables, canned fruit, pasta and cereal.
Organized in 1978, Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee is a private, not-for-profit, tax-exempt organization. Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee’s mission is to feed hungry people and work to solve hunger issues in our community. Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee is one of the largest and most comprehensive of over 200 food banks and food distribution centers nationwide and also a member of Feeding America - The Nation’s Food Bank Network. Second Harvest distributes food and other products to approximately 400 nonprofit partner agencies in 46 counties in Middle and West Tennessee. Our partners include food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, childcare facilities, senior centers, group homes, and youth enrichment programs. For more information on Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee and its programs, please visit www.secondharvestmidtn.org.
http://fristcenter.org/calendar-exhibitions/detail/bring-donation-for-second-harvest-food-bank-receive-free-admission-on-monda
Art Making in the Lobby: Mummy Mask Making @ Frist. FREE. Nov-Dec 2011
Frist
December 8, 2011 – 6:00 pm | Family Activity
Art Making in the Lobby: Mummy Mask Making
FREE
Thursday and Friday evenings from November 1 through December 30, visitors are invited to create masks in the Grand Lobby using various materials and inspiration from To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum, an exhibition of 119 objects that demonstrate the ancient Egyptian belief system regarding preparation for the life after death on view in the Ingram Gallery through January 8, 2012.
Through mask making, guests can imitate the opulence sought by ancient Egyptians of all economic classes to ensure a better place in the afterlife. This art-making activity in the Grand Lobby is free and open to all visitors.
http://fristcenter.org/calendar-exhibitions/detail/art-making-in-the-lobby-mummy-mask-making
Adult Studio Workshop @ Frist: Exploring Encaustic Painting - Dec 8 2011
FristDecember 8, 2011 – 6:00 pm | Workshop
Adult Studio Workshop: Exploring Encaustic Painting
Guest artist: Stephanie Gerber-Darr
From Egyptian mummy portraits to collages by Jasper Johns, artists across time have used the luscious and adaptable medium of encaustic in a variety of ways. Encaustic paintings use the ancient technique of combining melted beeswax, resin, and pigments to create a surface that can be built up to make translucent and textured layers. During this workshop participants will have the rare opportunity to view an encaustic mummy portrait in the exhibition To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum, and then have fun using a simplified version of the medium themselves.
Location: Frist Center Studios
$50 members/$75 non-members. Cost includes all supplies and gallery admission.
Advance registration required. Please call 615.744.3355 to register.
Note: This is an introductory level class. No prior experience is required.
http://fristcenter.org/calendar-exhibitions/detail/adult-studio-workshop-exploring-encaustic-painting
Professional Development- Art Enterprise Diploma - London College of Contemporary Arts
Professional Development- Art Enterprise Diploma - London College of Contemporary Arts
AED…Making Art Work
The Art Enterprise Diploma (AED), an exciting collaboration between the London School of Business and Finance (LSBF), the London College of Contemporary Arts (LCCA) and the unique distance learning platform, InterActive, will equip students with the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to enter the world of the arts and culture industries.
AED is suitable for students, artists and creative industry professionals across the globe, who seek the necessary business awareness that will allow their immediate access to a competitive international market.
Students who will attend the Art Enterprise Diploma will have the chance to explore a wide range of topics related to the identification of their own unique selling points, initiating collaboration, digital rights management, online digital distribution, and aspects of law which regularly affect artists, such as contract non-payment and copyright. The list of courses includes: Entrepreneurship, Technology & Media, Marketing, Events Management & Law, Communication Skills, and Personal Finance & Tax.
A proportion of the fees for this diploma will be donated to the Musicians Benevolent Fund, a unique charity which provides essential help to music professionals of all ages across a range of genres.
The diploma offers the tools required to give your artistic expression the edge in today's competitive environment.
For further information please visit the website:
http://www.studyinteractive.org/programmes/art-enterprise-diploma/about-aed/
or contact us at: info@lcca.org.uk
Monday, December 5, 2011
Centennial Art Center's visual arts classes - Registration open until Dec 15, 2011
Registration begins for Centennial Art Center's visual arts classes on Monday, December 5, between 8 AM and 8 PM, .
You may see the schedule online: http://www.nashville.gov/parks/classes/index.asp
Click on "Visual Arts."
Registration will continue through Thursday, December 15.
Then, starting on Friday, December 16, the Art Center will be closed for the Holiday Season, and will remain closed through Monday, January 2.
Classes begin on Tuesday, January 3, and class registration will resume at that time (for classes that still have openings).
Centennial Art Center: http://www.nashville.gov/parks/arts/cac.asp
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
''AMERICAN MADE'' OPEN CALL (THE FRONT) DEADLINE JANUARY 6 2012
''AMERICAN MADE!''
We would like to invite you to submit your artwork for our new artist showcase happening at "THE FRONT" (1022A 4th Ave. South, Nashville, TN) on Friday, January the 13th, 2012 at 7 p.m.
As some you may or may not know, we have been working non-stop on our new gallery and studio ''THE FRONT" and it would be our honor for you to join us in ringing in the new year at our brand spankin' new venue!
For those of you who have shown with us in the past...YOU KNOW THE DEAL...But for those of you who are new to our growing underground movement, let me be the first to say that we will never censor, judge or take commission for work that you submit in our shows...The take is 100% yours!!
AMERICAN MADE IS NOT A THEMED SHOW but we do encourage everyone involed to get creative and show us your take on ''the present state of our fair country." All opinions, ideas and beliefs are welcome and we expect everyone involved to show respect to all subject matter that arises. And I repeat, this is NOT a meeting of politics, so please leave that shit at the door. If you cannot hold yourself in a respectable manner you WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE!!
Our submission process (as always) is very simple:
All participating artists WILL NOT PAY A COVER CHARGE but will be asked to pay $10 per piece at a three piece minimum with a maximum of 10 pieces entered. Any pieces that you would like to submit that exceed 36x36 in dimension will cost $15 per piece, while any pieces that exceed 72x72 in dimension will cost $30 per piece.
PLEASE PRESENT TO US ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ON THIS PROCESS...WE WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY CONCERNS THAT YOU MAY HAVE...As an added bonus for artists we would like to offer you a 4th free entry piece (under 36x36) if you post our "American Made" flyer as your Facebook profile picture for four weeks!
Deadline for submissions will be January 6th, and all submissions will be processed on a FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE basis! please send in samples of your work for consideration and You can submit your payments at the following link: www.thefrontnashville.com/#!for-artists
ALL CASH SUBMISSIONS MUST BE PAID IN PERSON BEFORE THE JANUARY 6TH DEADLINE!
There will be a cover charge for this event of $5 per person (artists excluded) and THIS IS NOT A BYOB EVENT, drinks and food will be served along with LIVE ART, VIDEO ART AND MUSIC for your entertainment...This is an 18+ event and all IDs will be checked at the door...DOORS OPEN AT 7PM SHARP!!
Lastly, we are also excited to announce that this event will be a part of a documentary on the underground Nashville art scene...SO BE PREPARED TO BE ON CAMERA!!!
As we have said before, please do not hesitate to ask us any questions on what has been presented above.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF YOU ART FARTS OUT ON THE 13TH FOR A NIGHT OF TRUE CELEBRATION AND SUPPORT FOR NASHVILLE ARTISTS!!!
Sincerely,
Skip Pollock - Owner/operator, Cadillac Tramp Designs
Katy Fischer - Owner/operator, False Flag Art
Art Design Contest ($300) for 2012 Greeting Card Fundraiser
The Phoenix Club of Nashville, a local non-profit that supports the Boys and Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee, is currently seeking artists to participate in our annual holiday greeting card fundraiser. This campaign relies on donated work from local artists that capture the spirit of the holiday and/or our city. 100% of the proceeds benefit the Boys and Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee.
Last year’s campaign raised over $50,000. In addition to supporting a worthy cause, our artists receive favorable publicity and exposure. Each card will have the particular artist's citation (logo, website, trademark, company or school) as they want it to appear. In addition, the artists' work will be displayed on our website, which shall include the citation and an artist's bio. The artist will receive visibility with the clients and friends of our charitable customers (leading corporations, banks, and marketing, public relations, and law firms). We typically sell 30,000 to 40,000 units per year.
If you are interested, please submit your artwork to me by January 31, 2012 at jtmeador12(at)hotmail(dot)com. Let me know if you have any interest or questions.
View our current Greeting Card Campaign online here. If you decide to purchase cards this year for your friends or family please list Todd Meador as the referrer on the form.
Deadline to Submit Artwork: Finalists will be chosen January 31, 2012.
Benefits of Helping:
· Help children of the Boys and Girls Clubs
· Exposure for yourself, company or school
· Publishing opportunity (if you are a student)
· Chance to win $300
Contest Details:
Up to nine designs by local artists will be selected to be published. The Phoenix Club calls on businesses locally and some businesses nationally to sell the greeting cards. The designer of the card that sells the most will receive $300. You are not required to sell the cards yourself although we appreciate any sales you may be able to point in our direction.
Design Options:
· City of Nashville
· Nashville during the holiday season
· Holiday images such as a snowman, presents, Santa, ornaments, etc.
· We only need the design for the front of the card (we will write the content for the inside of the card)
Dogwood Regional Fine Arts Exhibit call to artists Deadline: Feb 21 2012
Dogwood Regional Fine Arts Exhibit call to artists
Please view our 2009, 2010, and 2011 exhibit at: www.dogwoodregionalfineartsexhibit.blogspot.com
The Dogwood Regional Fine Arts Exhibition is now accepting submissions for the 2012 exhibit.
Artists from within a radius of 300 miles of Knoxville, TN may enter.
Fine art encompassing all styles and genres from both emerging and established artists will be selected by
Terri Jordan, curator of the Carksville Custom House Museum in Clarksville, TN. Virtually NO SIZE restrictions
Awards:
Cash awards totaling $4,000.00 will be presented at the exhibit’s reception on April 6th, 2012.
Best in Show- $2,000.00, $1,000.00 Merit, $500.00 Merit, and two $250.00 Merit awards.
All awards are designated by juror and are final.
Our venue this year is the massive Emporium Center for the Arts at 100 Gay Street in downtown Knoxville.
The renovated, historic building is the hub of the downtown arts community, and has over 4,000 feet
of gallery space on two over-looking floors.
The exhibit will run from April 6-30, 2012. Deadline for entry is February 21, 2012.
Please visit www.dogwoodarts.com to view the prospectus.
We have on-line submitting this year, and it is easy!
(You can also contact us if you have questions, and we will guide you through it.)
artUP Call for Entry!
Britten is a creative services organization that specializes in putting "art up" for over 6,000+ clients, including Fortune 500 companies. Through artUP – we want to connect these clients with all kinds of artists in order to initiate unique, creative opportunities. We will do that by putting each entry in the online Artist Marketplace, where Britten clients can view and purchase work for their own individual needs. Hopefully, through artUP, we will create a giant stock library of original creative work. This will benefit not only us and our clients, but artists as well. If an entry from the Artist Marketplace is purchased and printed with Britten, we will pay THE ARTIST 10% of the order cost! Ie. If an invoice is for $300, the artist will get $30. If an invoice is for $3,000, the artist will receive $300!
This is besides the $15,000 Grand Prize and the display opportunities throughout the United States for 300 selected artists.
We truly believe that this is something that can benefit every kind of creative individual: students, teachers, professional artists, graphic designers, hobbyists… you name it. If you'd like, feel free to spread the word! Visit our website at artUP.BrittenBanners.com
For more information about Britten, the host organization, you can visit BrittenBanners.com.
Call for Artists! Untitled Winter Show ANTI-FREEZE - DEADLINE: DEC 4
Call for Artists! Untitled Winter Show ANTI-FREEZE - DEADLINE: DEC 4
That’s right! Get your typing fingers ready to register for Untitled’s 2011 Winter Show, Anti-Freeze at Marathon Village.
How to register:
For a full description of how to register, go here. http://www.untitlednashville.org/participate/
1. Register online via the link above before midnight on December 4th.
2. Pay the $15 registration fee one of three ways: PayPal, via mail or at a meeting. No commision is taken from the sale of artists' works.
3. PROMOTE! Share the poster, post on Facebook, and tell all of your friends and family you’re participating!
3. Bring your piece, ready to hang and with your name and title on it to drop-off Wednesday, December 7, at the venue from 6-7:30pm
4. Volunteer to help with the show and bring wine (or soft drinks) to drop-off.
5. Attend! Anti-Freeze is Friday, December 9, at Marathon Village from 6pm to 10pm
It’s that easy!
BONUS!
We will be giving away FIFTEEN (15!) Artist Prizes!! Thanks to these amazing sponsors!
Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art School - Nashville (4) gift cards
Performance Studios Inc. - gift card
LIME TIGER STUDIO (3) gift cards
Jerry's Artarama Nashville- lots of art supplies about (6) prizes
Watkins Community Education Program- $100 gift card to take an adult class
Artist Prizes are given away near the end of the event and one must be present (and listen for their name to be called) to win. All participating artists' names are automatically included in the random drawing.
MORE ABOUT THE EVENT!
Nashville's UNTITLED Artists Group welcomes you to its 2011 Winter show "ANTI-FREEZE,” Friday, December 9 from 6 to 10 p.m. This free, all-ages, one-night-only art eventwill take place at Marathon Village, located at 1305 Clinton Streetnear downtown Nashville.
It’s timeto enjoy great art, cocktails, and fascinating people in a relaxednon-traditional environment and unique venue. Join Nashville’s emerging and innovative artistsfor the group’s last show of 2011. "ANTI-FREEZE” is the latest in a seriesof successful quarterly exhibitions that support artistic innovation and offeralternative visual art in non-traditional spaces. Untitled charges no commission to exhibitingartists and offers the opportunity for patrons to view and purchase originalart by local artists. Patrons may purchaseartwork by cash or check and may take their pieces home with them at 10 p.m.the evening of the show.
Untitled is excited topartner with historic MARATHON VILLAGEas the location of the winter show. ANTI-FREEZE will take place in the 3,000square foot event space located on the third floor with spectacular views ofthe Nashvilleskyline.
Serving as a model of adaptive reuse of historic structures, Marathon Villageis one of Nashville'smost creative communities -- with more than 45 tenants representing fine,commercial and performing arts.
The shuttered Marathon Factory was languishing in weeds and neglect when urbanvisionary Barry Lyle Walker recognized its potential and bought it in 1986. Walker has overseen development of his Marathon Villageinto a 4 block complex housing artists' and photographers' studios, offices,radio station, a fitness center, a gallery, Corsair Artisan Distillery andAntique Archaeology. The redevelopment of the 32,000 square ft. administrationoffice building/130,000 square ft. factory into commercial studio space is inits twenty-fifth year of continual renovation.
For more details and historical information, visit marathonvillage.com. *
In addition to art bymany local veteran and emerging artists, complimentary drinks, and mingling,live performances are scheduled throughout the evening as well as music by DJ Get Better. Performers include: Blue Moves Modern Dance Company and UmbraA'Shadi.
Untitledwould like to thank the following sponsors for contributing participating artist prizes for the winter show:
Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art SchoolNashville, Performance Studios Inc., Lime Tiger Studio, Jerry's ArtaramaNashville, Watkins Community Education Program.
Untitledwould also like to thank these additional sponsors:
Pastry Babies, Roc’s Bar-B-Que, CorsairArtisan Distillery, Specialty Ice Carvings
The Artist Deadline is December 4th. Visit untitlednashville.org to register.
ABOUT UNTITLED
UNTITLED Nashville has introduced new artists to the communitysince 1991, is comprised of several hundred artists, and has left an indeliblestamp on the burgeoning Nashvilleart scene. UNTITLED members include staff and exhibiting artists fromZeitgeist, Plowhaus, Twist Gallery, The Rymer Gallery, The Showroom, MIRGallery, Estel Gallery, Studio 83, and Blend Studio. UNTITLED members alsoinclude art faculty, students, and graduates from Watkins College of Art andDesign, Belmont University,Vanderbilt University,Nossi College of Art, Savannah College of Art and Design, LipscombUniversity, TSU, Fisk University,MTSU and many other fine institutions.
UNTITLED isa non-profit organization dedicated to supporting artists, reaching new artaudiences, and offering alternative visual arts experiences in the Nashvillecommunity. The group's meetings and shows provide opportunities for artists toconnect, collaborate and learn from each other. All artists, at all levels andin all media are invited to attend weekly meetings every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.and participate in quarterly exhibitions. New artists are highly encouraged to show! For more information aboutthis show and the Untitled Artist Group and its programs to support and promotethe visual arts, please visit our website at www.untitlednashville.org or emailus at info@untitlednashville.org.
* Please note that Marathon Villageis a historical building and the event space is currently not handicapaccessible. Please submit any questionsor concerns to info@untitlednashville.org.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Community Education OPEN HOUSE! at Watkins Dec 3 2011
Community Education OPEN HOUSE! at Watkins College of Art, Design & Film
Saturday, December 3 · 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Watkins Community Education Program
2298 Rosa L Parks Blvd
Nashville, Tennessee
Join us for an afternoon of FREE art activities and hands on demonstrations. Activities & demos will be lead by our fine instructors, and will offer a preview of our spring program! Craftville will lead felting and decoupage, Jennifer Leach will lead a screen printing activity, Sam Meador will demo sewing techniques, Annie Herlocker will lead a paper marbling activity, and there's more. More than there is room to type!
PS. Vendor booths and refreshments are part the festivities, too!
