Call for Entry - Cherry Creek Arts Festival

Cherry Creek Arts Festival: "20th Anniversary Celebration"
www.cherryarts.org

The Cherry Creek Arts Festival invites you to apply to be one of 230 exhibitors at the 2010 event, a world-class and award-winning celebration of the visual arts. CCAF enjoys an attendance of 350,000 visitors to the Cherry Creek North Shopping District in Denver, Colorado. The three-day event, July 3-5, gives patrons the rare and special opportunity to meet and purchase art from exhibiting artists. Our goal is to provide the public and our selected exhibitors an experience of unparalleled quality. Proceeds from the Arts Festival help CCAF to fulfill its year-round art education and outreach mission through programs that provide access to the arts for schools in Colorado.

Deadline: Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
Application Fee: $35
Artists may apply through www.zapplication.org. Complete details, including information on the emerging artist program, are listed there.

Call for Entry - 3rd Ward Gallery

3rd Ward Gallery: "Fall Solo Show"
195 Morgan Ave. Brooklyn, NY
573 Metropolitan Ave. Brooklyn, NY
http://www.3rdward.com/

The Fall Solo Show is an international open call for dynamic, inventive and provocative work of all mediums - sculpture, photography, painting, printmaking, illustration, installation, graphic design, video, and more!

Deadline: October 22nd, 11:59 p.m.
Fee: $10 per entry
Details: Winner will receive $1,000 cash grant, A solo exhibition in 3rd Ward’s gallery, complete with a massive opening reception, A 2-page spread in 3rd Ward’s quarterly publication, 1-month residency at 3rd Ward with FULL facility access, and NYC wide exposure – post cards, flyers, press!

Click here to read more information about how to enter.

Call for Entry - The Sketchbook Project

Art House: "The Sketchbook Project"
http://www.arthousecoop.com/sketchbookproject/

Sketchbooks offers a glimpse into an artist's life, which is why we want to make a publicly accessible library of sketchbooks that people can browse, peruse, and check out. We think that this sketchbook collection has the potential to open a new line of communication between the artist and the viewer, since the experience of making and viewing are both so personal. Anyone can sign up to receive a sketchbook. Before joining our permanent collection, sketchbooks will be exhibited at select galleries across the US.

Deadline: Sign up on/before October 1st
Fee: $18
Details: After you sign up to participate in the project, you will be mailed a package containing a Moleskine sketchbook with a barcode on it, a randomly picked theme to create your book around, and detailed instructions about the project.

Click here to read more information about how to enter.

Green Art: Trees that Draw

How is this for green art? Tim Knowles has created a process that allows for nature to create paintings of it's own. It begins with attaching markers to the end of branches and letting the wind move the tree's "drawing hand".

Check out Tim's website here.

Call for Entry - Portrait Photography

MPLS PHOTOGRAPHY CENTER: "Portraits"
http://www.mplsphotocenter.com/

Juror: David E. Little, Curator and Head of Photography at Minneapolis Institute Arts
Entry Fee: $30 up to 5 images; $10 each additional (no limit on number that may be submitted)
Prizes: $300 for 1st; $200 for 2nd; $100 for 3rd
Exhibition Dates: January 2, 2010 - January 31, 2010 at the Mpls Photo Center
Reception: January 8, 2010, 6:00 - 9:00 pm at the Mpls Photo Center

Entries Due: Tuesday, October 24th, 2009.
Click here to read more information about how to enter.

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The staff at Artwork Network has been enjoying the taste of our logo. You know you're important when you're on a cookie!

Thanks to Gourmet Fine Catering for providing these!

Call for Entry - New Visions

Center for Fine Art Photography: "New Visions"
http://www.c4fap.org/

Thinking outside the box, New Visions will feature work that will test the limits, expose new ideas, and engage the viewer with contemporary photography. Alternative process, digital and traditional photography are encouraged.

The exhibition is open to photographers world wide, both amateur and professional. The Center for Fine Art Photography invites photographers working in all mediums, styles and schools of thought to participate in its exhibitions. Experimental and mixed techniques are welcome.

Entries Due: Tuesday, October 20th, 2009.
Click here to read more information and to obtain an entry form.

Guerilla Art

I came across this fascinating website regarding guerilla art.

Cardon Copy's mission is simple: redesign self-distributed flyers to convey the same intended information with a professional visual aesthetic, and then put it back in it's original location.

Interesting idea, don't you think?

100 Lectures for Art Enthusiasts

*by Philip Scott Johnson

Whether you're studying art, or are just interested in learning more about it, there's plenty of information to be found online. Some of the best resources for learning about art online are lectures, many of them offered by top universities like MIT, Princeton, and Harvard.

Here is a compilation of 100 lectures for your art education.

Call for Entry - Urban Farm

The Urban Farm: "Art for the Animals"
http://www.theurbanfarm.org/

The Urban Farm is looking for talented artists to donate a piece of their art to help feed the animals at The Urban Farm. The event is held on September 26, 2009 at Denver Urban Homesteading, a very cool new business located at 200 Santa Fe. Any artist who donates a piece (or two) of art is welcome to be a guest at the event. The Urban Farm encourages all of the artists to come and meet the folks and share their vision for their art.

When: Saturday, September 26, 2009.
Tickets will be available for people to partake in a Wine Reception and Art Lottery. Each ticket will sell for $150 and allow participants to own a piece of your work. All donations need to be valued at $100 or more and submitted no later that September 20, 2009. Call for more information or to schedule a donation pick-up: Lisa at 303-501-9364

Click here to read more information and to obtain an entry form.

DIY: Art Storage

by Amy Norton

Transporting and storing art can be nerve-racking. I personally have some photography pieces that are nicely framed, but I have managed over the years to muck them up by toting them from show to show and not storing them carefully enough. I wish I had thought about the wear-and-tear factor before hand! Some of our member artists have come in with great solutions for protecting their artwork for storage and transportation, while also making it easy to identify!

Photographer Bruce Zander stores each of his framed photos in a clever, yet simple cardboard carrier. He uses a large piece of cardboard that has been folded in half, squaring off the bottom so the frame sits flat. Two rectangular holes have been cleanly cut at the top for handy carrying. The top and sides are secured with fun binder clips to prevent the piece from sliding out. The final touch is a sticker that displays his branding, as well as the title of the enclosed piece. The title is usually written in pencil, presumably so each container can be easily reused.




Pastel Artist Mardie Driftmier needed a solution to transport her "float frames" that would not damage the edges of the glass. She used foam pipe insulator and cut it down into manageable pieces. She then slit one side and slipped it onto the glass. These serve as bumpers against damage and make handling the work less risky.




Other solutions include bubble wrap "pockets" customized for each piece of work. Secure the sides with tape or staples and leave enough room to fold the top over. Use self adhesive Velcro to secure the flap for easy access, and a piece of tape or printed label to mark the title on the outside.

Simply wrapping art in foam or other materials may not make the work as easily accessible, but it does offer fantastic protection for long term storage or one time use. For smaller pieces, plastic storage containers are a great option for keeping work dust free and portable. And of course those handy cardboard corners should never be thrown away - they will always come in handy to protect the edges of frames! If you are constantly moving your artwork, have a pile of foam in the back of your car for quick and safe transportation.

Have you found a good solution for you that you would like to share? Have you come up with clever ideas for 3-D art? Feel free to post your comments below.