CALL FOR ARTWORK: Oil and Water (pdf)
Exhibition Dates: Nov. 14 – Dec. 21, 2014
Invitation to all artists to submit original work in all painting media:
oil, acrylic, water color, gouache, encaustic, with the addition of m/m
if desired, on canvas, wood, paper or any other 2D or 3D surface.
“I look to choose artworks that exhibit, in some manner, the courage
to “let go of certainties” (Eric Fromm). The questions I ask are: Does
it need to be made? Is there an element of originality? Is there a spark
of necessity?” –Sarah Krepp, Curator, Artist, Professor
Entries may be mailed with jpgs on a CD or submit your entry with
digital files (jpgs) online. Entry Fee: $30 for images of up to 3 works.
Online Entries Submit jpgs of up to three of your works on our website.
Mailed Entries
Mail a cd with jpg images of up to three of your works, completed entry
form, and a $30 entry fee to Woman Made Gallery, 685 N. Milwaukee Ave.,
Chicago, IL 60642.
Juror: Sarah Krepp
With an MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Sarah Krepp
has been a noted Chicago artist for more than 25 years. She has shown
nationally and internationally, and her work is included in many
corporate and private collections. Locally she is represented by Roy
Boyd Gallery in Chicago.
In 2003 Sarah Krepp became founding and
on-going director of DIALOGUE CHICAGO, an interdisciplinary
critique/seminar that includes artists from painting to installation,
performance, and time arts. She is the curator for Gallery 175, Chicago.
Sarah
Krepp is Professor Emeritus of Art and former Chair of the Painting
Program in the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign. She has over 20 years of teaching experience at The
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Southern Illinois University,
the Burren College of Art (Ballyvaughn, Ireland), as well as the
University of Illinois.
For more information visit www.sarahkrepp.com.
Entry Deadline: August 27, 2014
Notifications: September 12, 2014
Monday, June 30, 2014
Friday, June 27, 2014
Monday, June 23, 2014
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Call for Art - Real People
2014 Show Applications are now open. Click on the "APPLY" button above to get your copy of the 2014 prospectus. Be sure to read the Prospectus
in-full before applying to the show. Once the show is undeway, we will
post images and other information here...In the meantime we would like
please feel free to browse the 2013 Show, CLICK HERE
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Battle of the Tees
Battle of the Tees
CALLING ALL CHICAGOLAND AREA TEE BRANDS, ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS!!!
Some of the best brands in the country call Chicago their home. We are assembling them in one location to celebrate Chicago design in an event called Battle of the Tees – Chicago.
If you think you know who the best tee designers and brands in Chicago are, tell them to log on to www.battleofthetees.com to find out more.
For more brand information, log on to: http://www.battleofthetees.com/bottforbrands
For more information on our all new competition for individual designers, log on to: http://www.battleofthetees.com/individual-registration-form
Event Specs
Date: August 9, 2014
Time: 6:00pm – 10:00pm
Cost: Admission is FREE to general public
Location: The Abbey, 3420 W. Grace St, Chicago, IL
Let’s Get Ready to Rumble!!!
Some of the best brands in the country call Chicago their home. We are assembling them in one location to celebrate Chicago design in an event called Battle of the Tees – Chicago.
If you think you know who the best tee designers and brands in Chicago are, tell them to log on to www.battleofthetees.com to find out more.
For more brand information, log on to: http://www.battleofthetees.com/bottforbrands
For more information on our all new competition for individual designers, log on to: http://www.battleofthetees.com/individual-registration-form
Event Specs
Date: August 9, 2014
Time: 6:00pm – 10:00pm
Cost: Admission is FREE to general public
Location: The Abbey, 3420 W. Grace St, Chicago, IL
Let’s Get Ready to Rumble!!!
Organization:
Monday, June 9, 2014
Red Bull Art of Can
SPONSORED: Red Bull Art of Can: Call for Entries
Red Bull Art of Can is a nationwide hunt for creativity and is open
to everyone. Your primary material must be a silver and blue Red Bull
can, but you will need to add plenty of imagination and creativity.
Create a sculpture, a picture, a 3D model, a mobile, or a piece of
modern art, but make it beautiful, colorful, clever, amusing or
outrageous. The project will culminate in a premium art exhibition,
where the selected pieces will be displayed on Daley Center Plaza for
the general public to view for approximately two weeks. A distinguished
panel of judges made up of credible curators, artists, and gallery
owners will select the top three pieces who will have their artwork
featured on billboards throughout Chicago as well as have a chance at
prizes including cash, a trip to Art Basel in Miami, and an opportunity
to display their personal work at the Red Bull House of Art in Detroit.
To register for the event, participants complete the registration form on redbullartofcan.com by June 30.
JUDGING CRITERIA
- Creative Concept (the idea behind the piece)
- Conceptual Execution (how well did the piece translate the concept idea)
- Construction (how well is the piece constructed/special technique or unusual process)
PRIZES
- Flight, Hotel, and Spending Money to Art Basel and SCOPE in Miami
- Flight, Hotel, and Spending Money to Red Bull House of Art in Detroit where your art will be displayed at a gallery opening
- $1,000 cash
RULES
- Please visit redbullartofcan.com for detailed rules.
Again, to register for 2014’s Red Bull Art of Can, you must complete the registration form on redbullartofcan.com by June 30.
Heroes and Villains - DEADLINE EXTENDED
Call for entries
HEROES AND
VILLAINS
A non-juried, open-walls, digital-printout exhibition in June 2014 at ARC
Gallery, Chicago.
Entry Deadline: June 16, 2014
(extended deadline)
Exhibition dates: June 25, 2014 - July 19,
2014
Opening: Friday, June 27, 2014 from 6:00 - 9:00
Opening: Friday, June 27, 2014 from 6:00 - 9:00
This exhibition will celebrate who/what we honor and admire and who/what we
fear and disdain. In this era of polarization we are seeking images that deal
with this issue. We seek to present a moral cast of characters, a view into our
present polarized consciousness about heroes and villains. We want to feature
outsized depictions, stylizations, comic book portrayals, straight portraits or
however else you imagine yourself in a world of characters you admire, disdain,
idolize, fear, or want to aggrandize.
All images must be emailed to the gallery in a jpg format. Images can be
graphic comic book-like imagery, drawings, photos, paintings, computer
generated, or any other media that can be submitted in a digital
format.
Submitted images must be EMAILED to the gallery--info@arcgallery.org. ARC
Gallery will PRINT THESES IMAGES OUT in a 9x12 inch format on 11x14 inch paper.
The printed-out images will fill one of the ARC exhibition spaces. Please be
sure that your image can be printed 9x12" without getting cropped. The
orientation of the image can be horizontal or vertical.
Entry fee: $15/each image
submitted - Deadline: June 16
Go to https://arcgallery.wufoo.com/forms/heroes-and-villains/ for the
application form and more information.
ARC
Gallery
2156
N. Damen
Chicago
IL 60647
(773)
252-2232
www.arcgallery.org
Gallery hours:
Wed to Sat 12-6pm, and Sun 12-4pm
Gallery Sales Consultant
Hoypoloi – A Unique
Gallery is seeking EXPERIENCED Gallery Sales Consultants to sell colorful,
inspirational, and whimsical art at our O'Hare Airport location OR our city
location.
We are looking for
professionals with energetic, honest, sincere, friendly and enthusiastic
personalities.
Please submit your
resume if you:
● have gallery sales
experience
● are honest, sincere,
outgoing, and enthusiastic
● love meeting people
from all over the world
● believe in V.I.P guest
service and transforming guest visits into extraordinary experiences in our
gallery setting
● love the concept of
art being inspiring, and are effective in inspiring guests to appreciate our
artistic items, paintings, glass art, ceramic art, wood, sculpture, jewelry and
watches as art
We are presently
accepting resumes for positions in retail sales, with room for growth and
advancement. Please email us your RESUME WITH COVER LETTER to artisans2014@gmail.com. Please visit
our website to learn more about our gallery:
www.hoypoloigallery.com.
Thank you for your
interest. We are looking forward to hearing from you!
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Digital Art (Cintiq) Tutor
Digital Art (Cintiq) Tutor
Artist with a BFA in painting is seeking a tutor with extensive experience with the Adobe suite products and Cintiq 24HD Touch. My goal is to use these tools to supplement my oil painting and also for children's book illustration.
Must have personal/professional references. In your email response please provide examples of your digital art and a description of your relevant experience.
Open to students and professors.
sboonstr@chicagobooth.edu
Artist with a BFA in painting is seeking a tutor with extensive experience with the Adobe suite products and Cintiq 24HD Touch. My goal is to use these tools to supplement my oil painting and also for children's book illustration.
Must have personal/professional references. In your email response please provide examples of your digital art and a description of your relevant experience.
Open to students and professors.
sboonstr@chicagobooth.edu
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