Due October 1, 2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (June 10, 2014) – Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas will celebrate creativity and community with a Sunday Soup Supper on November 16th at 3015 At Trinity Groves. “CADD FUNd: Winner Takes All”, will be a fun, fast-paced evening of sharing innovative ideas about potential artistic projects. The CADD FUNd will make possible a high-impact idea that needs the support of the Dallas-Fort Worth arts community.The idea for “CADD FUNd: Winner Takes All” was inspired by similar events throughout the U.S. such as Feast in Brooklyn, Incubate in Chicago and Spread in Santa Fe. Over the past several years, organizations have taken the basic premise of a Sunday soup dinner – collect proposals, invite people to pay, eat, and listen, and then democratically vote for a winner – and adapted it to their own local purposes.This year’s CADD FUNd will be awarded to a current or previous M.A. or M.F.A. candidate from an institution within 100 miles of Dallas (see eligibility requirements at http://www.caddallas.net). Six finalists will be selected from all of the applicants. During the event they will present short proposals for original and yet-to-be-realized new projects. Members of the audience will have an opportunity to ask questions. The audience participants then vote for their favorite project. After a short recess to tally the votes, the Winner Takes All!The CADD FUNd is $2500 – $7500 + and beyond. The final amount awarded is dependent on ticket sales. The winner is dependent on audience participation on November 16. Tickets are $40.00 per person and will go on sale in September of 2014. Tickets will not be available at the door. ALL funds raised by ticket sales will go to the winner!While CADD FUNd is about raising much-needed cash, we hope that it will also be a forum to discuss the many other needs and resources that help make projects happen.

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Due October 13, 2014

Silver Eye Center for Photography announces a Call for Entries for Fellowship 15, our international photography competition. Now in its 15th year, this competition recognizes both rising talent and established photographers from all corners of the globe and from the state of Pennsylvania.

Due Monday, October 27, 2014

Applications for the 14th Annual Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition are now being accepted online at: twuvisualarts.slideroom.com.

There are two applications to choose from:
Basic Application allows an artist to submit 1-5 images for $35.00.
Expanded Application allows an artist to submit 1-10 images for $60.00.

This years juror is April Watson, Curator of Photography at The Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, Missouri.

Dates for application and exhibition:
Slideroom entries must be received by: Monday, October 27, 2014.
Artists Notification sent after: December 8, 2014.
Work received at gallery by: January 30, 2015.
Exhibition Dates: February 11 – March 13, 2015.

Questions or comments can be directed to: Allison Jarek, Exhibition Coordinator /  ajarek@twu.edu.

Due September 15, 2014

The 500X EXPO is a juried exhibition open to any artist within Texas.

This year’s juror is Alison Hearst, the Assistant Curator of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. She was the assistant curator of the exhibition México Inside Out: Themes in Art Since 1990 and conducted an interview with Melanie Smith for the catalogue. Hearst also contributed an essay about abstraction in the 1980s to the catalogue for the upcoming exhibition at the Modern, Urban Theater: New York Art in the 1980s. She recently organized a solo project at the Modern with artist Fred Tomaselli and is working on upcoming projects with Jules de Balincourt and Mario García Torres. Hearst has a bachelor of fine arts degree in art history from the University of North Texas and a master’s degree in art history from Texas Christian University.

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The show will run from October 4 – October 26. 

The opening reception will be on October 4, 7 – 10 PM.

Due September 5, 2014

This annual competition and exhibition of contemporary crafts was started in 1987 and is now in it’s 28th year. Recognized nationally, Materials: Hard & Soft attracts hundreds of entries from every state in the union. Nationally recognized jurors select the show from slides and then award $5000 in prize money. The juror has always selected the winning pieces on-site. A catalog is printed. Many of the artists seen in the Materials exhibitions have been featured in national publications such as American Craft.

Due October 13, 2014

JUROR: Allison Grant, Assistant Curator
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
 
Silver Eye Center for Photography announces a Call for Entries for Fellowship 15, our international photography competition. Now in its 15th year, this competition recognizes both rising talent and established photographers from all corners of the globe and from the state of Pennsylvania.
 
This year’s juror is Allison Grant, Assistant Curator, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL.
 
Awards
One (1) International Award Winner receives a solo exhibition at Silver Eye opening late-January 2015; $3,000 cash prize; an online gallery on Silver Eye’s website (with link to artist website); and media outreach and promotion.
One (1) Keystone Award Winner, reserved for a Pennsylvania artist, receives a spotlight exhibition in late-January 2015; $1,000 cash prize; an online gallery on Silver Eye’s website (with link to artist website); and media outreach and promotion.
Five (5) Juror’s Commendation Winners will be named on Silver Eye’s website and press releases.
Eligibility
 
All U.S. and international amateur and professional photographers, age 18 and older at the time of submission, may apply.
 
Juror
 Allison Grant is a curator, artist, writer, and teacher based in Chicago, IL. Since 2008, she has worked at the Museum of Contemporary Photography, where she is an assistant curator. Grant holds an MFA in Photography from Columbia College Chicago and a BFA from the Columbus College of Art and Design in Media Studies. She currently teaches as an Adjunct Faculty member in the Photography and Art & Design departments at Columbia College Chicago.
 
Selection Criteria
Award recipients will be selected by the juror on the basis of exceptional, distinctive talent as evidenced by the strength of their submitted portfolios. The juror is especially interested in seeing portfolios with a strong narrative thrust and highly individual, original points of view.
 
Jurying
There are two (2) rounds of evaluation. Winners will be notified via phone immediately following the decision of the juror. Non-selected photographers will be notified by email shortly thereafter. Decisions of the juror are final and binding.
 
What to Enter
The submission you are entering is comprised of three individual items: 1) a one-page Artist’s Statement in PDF format; 2) your biography or CV in PDF format, and 3) your work sample.
You may submit up to ten (10) images from a cohesive, exhibition-ready body of work created within the past three years. Or, if from an ongoing project, the portfolio must include images created within the past three years.
 
Submitted work may not have been previously exhibited at Silver Eye or in the Greater Pittsburgh region.
 
For the best image quality and fast upload, image files must be no larger than 1,500 pixels wide, and saved as a .JPG size 8.
 
How to Enter
Submissions will be accepted via Silver Eye’s website, http://www.silvereye.org/fellowship15.
Complete the online application form, upload media, and submit fees.
For technical assistance, applicants may access JotForm support, the form host, at http://www.jotform.com/contact/.
 
Fees
$10 for current Silver Eye members at the $50 level and above, with membership valid through October 31, 2014
$60 for submission + membership at the $50 level (save $5!)
$65 for non-Silver Eye members
 
If you have questions about membership levels or your membership status, please contact Juliana Zipay at 412.431.1810, ext. 12 or jzipay@silvereye.org.
 
Exhibition Guidelines
Awards are given as prizes to the winning artists, and artists are not required to cover the cost of exhibition expenses.
If chosen as an award recipient, artists must provide work that is already printed, matted, if necessary, framed, and exhibition-ready. Silver Eye Center for Photography will not print, matte, or frame work.
The artist pays for one-way shipping with an agreed-upon carrier such as FedEx and for expenses related to the packing of the work.
Silver Eye Center for Photography will cover return shipping using a price-match of the cost of shipping for initial delivery. Receipts must be submitted by the artist to Silver Eye to verify shipping costs. If the price of return shipping exceeds the price-match, the artist will cover the difference for the cost.

Due September 3, 2014

THEME |OPEN
JUROR |Shane Lavalette Founding Editor/Publisher of Lavalette and Director of Light Work.

Juror’s Award| $500.00
Director’s Award | $250.00
Two livebooks Website Awards| Valued at $399.00 each.
Honorable Mention Awards| 2 year membership and a five image submission to a call for entry at the Center.

Exhibiting artists are invited to the reception and offered complimentary portfolio review with the Director, Hamidah Glasgow. In addition, there are other weekend events including a group lunch and group portfolio share.

For More Information about the OPEN Call For Entries, click here

Due September 5, 2014

This annual competition and exhibition of contemporary crafts was started in 1987 and is now in it’s 28th year. Recognized nationally, Materials: Hard & Soft attracts hundreds of entries from every state in the union. Nationally recognized jurors select the show from slides and then award $5000 in prize money. The juror has always selected the winning pieces on-site. A catalog is printed. Many of the artists seen in the Materials exhibitions have been featured in national publications such as American Craft.

Due August 25, 2014

The Arts Center welcomes submissions from artists in the DFW Metroplex and surrounding areas – Tarrant, Dallas, Collin, Cooke, Denton, Ellis, Grayson, Hill, Hood, Hunt, Jack, Johnson, Kaufmann, Navarro, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell and Wise counties for the 2014 Art in the Metroplex Exhibition.  Exhibition is October 3 – 30, 2014 at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center.  Juror is Sara-Jayne Parsons.