New York, NY + The Urbancanvas Design Competition

The NYC Department of Buildings is launching a design competition called urbancanvas. The urbancanvas Design Competition is a unique opportunity to challenge professional artists and designers to create printed artwork for temporary protective structures at construction sites that will beautify New York City's streetscape and promote maintenance of these structures.

Deadline: July 19, 2010
Budget: Winners will each receive $7,500
Information:  www.nyc.gov/urbancanvas

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Pittsburgh, PA + Society for Contemporary Craft - Shelter

Co-sponsored by the Pittsburgh Society of Artists and the Society for Contemporary Craft, this exhibition will explore the literal and metaphorical definitions and concepts related to Shelter. Artists are required to utilize green or repurposed materials. Pieces must be made primarily of craft media and fit within the size requirements.  The exhibition runs September 30 - November 28, 2010.

This exhibition will be featured at SCC’s Satellite Gallery in downtown Pittsburgh and is open to artists residing Pittsburgh and surrounding region. For details click here.

Deadline: Entries must be postmarked by Friday, July 30, 2010
Information:  http://www.contemporarycraft.org/The_Store/call_for_artists.html

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Cincinnati, OH + The Manifest Gallery

Exhibition Opportunity.

Deadline: July 30, 2010
Information: www.manifestgallery.org/inpa1

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Mahwah, NJ + ArtVue, Inc.

Fortune 500 Corporate Exhibition.

Deadline: July 30, 2010
Information: mariana@artvue.com and www.artvie.com

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Pittsburgh, PA + The Swank Easy

The Pillow Project dance company is seeking local artists for the event on August 14 – [The SwankEasy] – seeking art with words and jazz, preferably word art is jazzy, political, poetic, and/or sexy. Any media but would love typography graphic art.

Budget: N/A
Deadline: July 31, 2010
Information: http://www.pillowproject.org/opportunities

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Pittsburgh, PA + PCA Solo & Collaborative Exhibitions

Solo and Collaborative Exhibitions at PCA.  This opportunity is open to artists working in any visual discipline.  PF/PCA is committed to showcasing the region's best contemporary art, and invites all artists living within a 150-mile radius of Pittsburgh to apply for solo and group exhibitions during the 2011 calendar year. Exhibitions in galleries at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts vary in length from six weeks to four months; Exhibitions in Filmmakers’ galleries vary in length from four to ten weeks. Download Application

Deadline: Proposals must be postmarked by October 30, 2010
Information: http://www.pittsburgharts.org/about_calls.php

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Online Event + Raymar Art Contest

Each month of the competition, a professional artist juror selects and critiques 12 finalist paintings from the monthly entries.  These finalists are posted by the 15th of the following month.  At the end of the 12 months of the competition, a final artist judge chooses the 12 award winners from these 144 monthly finalists.

Awards: $26,500
Deadline: July 31, 2010
Information: www.raymarartcontest.com/rules

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Pittsburgh, PA + " Energy - the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly !"

This is an invitation for groups and individual artists to a group exhibition:” Energy - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly". This is a kind of forum for any sentiments about the global situation and crisis now endangering our precious ecosystem. This can include ideas about the uses, the resources, the consequence, the hope, the reality, the politics, the activism, the privilege, the negligence, the problems, the successes, the alternatives, and the emotion tied up in making, using and creating energy. You may exhibit plans, models, photographs, sculpture, drawings, paintings, video, mixed media, installations, experiments, performance art, and visual or audial reflections. All entries have a $15 entry fee. Each artist or group may not enter more than three entries. This exhibition opens August 6th, closing Party September 3rd. Exhibition runs through September 18th.

Deadline: Drop off, July 31 from 3-5 p.m.  Mail, postmarked July 26, 2010
Budget: N/A
Information: Call Sheila Ali at 412-418-6208

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Pittsburgh, PA + Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council Art on the Walls Program

The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council’s new office has walls that need to shout arts loud and clear, and what better way than to feature work created by local and regional artists.

The “Art on the Walls” program is a bi-annual, solo exhibition opportunity for individual artists in the greater Pittsburgh region.  The Arts Council will offer visual artists an opportunity to display and sell their work in public areas of our new office space.

This program is open to emerging and established artists who work in two dimensional formats including printmaking, photography, fiber, painting and drawing. While we are unable to facilitate the displaying of sculpture, lightweight sculptures will be considered as long as they can be displayed on the wall.  Artwork must be appropriate for the general public.

Deadline: August 10, 2010
Information: If you are interested in participating, please complete a profile on the Pittsburgh Artist Registry and fill out the application form on the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council’s (www.pittsburghartscouncil.org/Art_on_the_Walls.htm)

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Pittsburgh, PA + Quantum Theatre Front Porch

Quantum Theatre seeks to commission an artist, designer or architect to help us create a…well we don’t really know what to call it. A mobile “front porch,” so to speak. Quantum moves its audience all over the region, which is adventurous and interesting and an integral part of the theatre. But because we do not have a regular performance venue, we seek to add one consistent and unique element – a transportable, collapsible porch/tent/ yurt. We think that the consistency provided by one always present architectural element will serve a wide purpose, acting as an identifier for Quantum, as well as a place where audience members can gather for receptions and conversation. We hope that, as art itself, it will deepen our audience’s experience and connection to Quantum's work.

Deadline: August 13, 2010
Budget: $1,500
Information: http://www.quantumtheatre.com/about/work.html

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Sewickley, PA + 14th Annual First Fruit Exhibition

Sweetwater Center for the Arts is looking for African American artists and artists whose work celebrates African American culture to submit work for its 14th annual First Fruit Exhibition.

This years’ exhibition, First Fruit XIV: Come Celebrate with Me, will showcase the work of emerging and accomplished artists that is inspired by the last 2 lines of the late Lucille Clifton’s poem, Won’t You Celebrate with Me,

“...Come celebrate with me the fact that everyday something has tried to kill me, and has failed.”

This exhibition is juried by Vanessa German, an award winning multi disciplinary artist. A performer and sculptor, German creates contemporary power figures inspired by the everyday extraordinary might of the human spirit.

Deadline: August 13, 2010
Budget: N/A
Information: Download the online submission here.

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Alexandria, VA + Alexandria Film Festival

The fourth annual Alexandria Film Festival is soliciting entries from U.S. and international filmmakers.  Three cash prizes will be awarded to top films at the Festival: Best of Show ($500), Jury Prize ($300) and Audience Award ($200). Accepted film genres include narrative features, documentaries, shorts, and animation.  

Deadlines for entries are:
Early Bird Deadline = July 15, 2010; Regular Deadline = August 1, 2010; Late Deadline = August 15, 2010. Regular fees are $35 for feature-length films and $25 for shorts.  Discounts are available for those entered by the Early Bird Deadline and late fees apply to those entered by the Late Deadline.

The Film Festival will again partner with Withoutabox, the film industry’s premiere online service platform, to accept online film submissions. To submit films online, please visit www.withoutabox.com/login/7816.
All online submissions will receive an entry fee discount.

This year’s Festival is led by Pat Miller, Chair of the Alexandria Commission for the Arts. “Last year’s Festival attracted 158 film submissions from 14 countries,” said Miller.  “This year, we will be involving a larger panel of judges to include previous attendees, film enthusiasts, filmmakers and film and video professionals.  Not only will this provide us with critical
input, it will broaden our support base.”

Deadline: August 15, 2010
Budget: $1,000 to be awarded to top films
Information: www.alexandrifilm.org or contact the Alexandria Commission for the Arts at 703-746-5588 or aca@alexandriava.gov

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Pittsburgh, PA + Society for Contemporary Craft

2011 LEAP Award. The LEAP Award was established in the fall of 2007 to recognize emerging talent in the contemporary craft field. Founded in 1971 by Elizabeth R. Rapheal as the Store for Art and Crafts and People Made Things, SCC featured work by young and emerging artists that needed wider opportunities to exhibit and sell work. Building on this early history, it is our hope that LEAP Award will help young artists move into a career in contemporary craft.

The LEAP Award recognizes excellence in the field of contemporary craft, and is presented biennially. The competition is open to exceptionally talented students and under-represented craft artists.  The jurying process will take place in two sessions.  There will be an initial review of digital images to identify 10-20 finalists.  These finalists will be asked to submit additional images for final jurying, as well as be invited to create and submit work for display throughout the year in the Store.  The final round of judging will take place on December 13, 2010, and the selected artist will receive a $1,000 cash award towards the development of a product line/body of work. In addition, SCC will promote this body of work nationally, and the work will be exclusively marketed through the Store for a period of one year. 

Budget: Selected artists receive a $1,000 honorarium
Deadline: August 16, 2010
Information: http://www.contemporarycraft.org/The_Store/LEAP_award.html or email at thestore@contemporarycraft.com

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Pittsburgh, PA + Silver Eye Center Fellowship 2010

Silver Eye Center for Photography is pleased to announce Fellowship 2010, our international photography competition. Our distinguished juror is

Deborah Klochko, Executive Director of the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego, California.

As we enter our 11th Fellowship year, the competition is now open to all international photographers, including Silver Eye members, and we are now awarding two Fellowships:

- A $3,500 award and is open to all eligible photographers.

- A $1,500 is open only to Pennsylvania residents (who may apply in both categories).

Both winning artists- work will be exhibited at Silver Eye in shows opening in late November 2010.

- The entry fee is waived for all Silver Eye members at the $35 (college student) and $70 membership levels and above (memberships must be current through December 31, 2010).

- The flat entry fee for non-Silver Eye members is $55 (USD).

Deadline: August 27, 2010
Information: Click here to download entry form and submission guidelines.

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Pittsburgh, PA + 29^th Annual Three Rivers Film Festival

Pittsburgh Filmmakers, one of the oldest and largest media arts centers in the U.S., is now accepting films for its Three Rivers Film Festival. Short works (under 25 minutes) are entered into a juried competition with prizes. Films and videos of all content types are accepted, inclding narrative, documentary, experimental and animation. Entrants should send a DVD copy of the work, postmarked by August 27, 2010. Copies will not be returned. Short works must include a $25 entry fee. Winning and honorably-mentioned shorts will be screened during the Festival. Prizes are $500 plus a $500-certificate for Kodak film stock for first place, $300 plus a $300-certificate for Kodak film stock for second, and $125 plus a $125-certificate for Kodak film stock for third.

Deadline: August 27, 2010
Information: For entry submission details, visit 3RFF.com 

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West Palm Beach, FL + New*Art

The Armory Director of Gallery Services, Ann Fay Rushforth will curate New*Art, gathering together works for the discerning eye of the Judge for Prizes, Gallery Director Fredric Snitzer, known as a “ Miami heavy hitter,” representing controversial artists with international reputations in diverse media and known for his strong presence at Art Basel Miami (12.2-5.2010), showcasing new talent. Open to all artists working in all media, this exhibition is devoted to showcasing international entries of cutting-edge visual art.  Artists are invited to apply to exhibit recent work produced after 2008.  Fredric Snitzer will choose the winning selections for prizes in cash and in kind. This exhibition is presented by the Armory Art Center, a visual arts education and exhibition center and a champion for the visual arts for 23 years.  

Deadline: September 1, 2010 at noon
Budget: N/A
Information: http://www.armoryart.org/

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Chicago, IL + "Voices and Visions" - An Exhibit Celebrating Women's Health

The Art Center - Highland Park calls for art that expresses the concerns that women face in dealing with breast or ovarian cancers. The exhibit, "Voices and Visions: Standing on the Bridge Between Health and Disease" will be a juried exhibition at The Art Center this October, 2010 in celebration of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  All media types accepted. Notification of acceptance will be emailed September 20th, and exhibit will run from October 8th - October 29th, 2010.

Deadline:  September 15, 2010 at 4:00pm
Budget: N/A
Information: www.theartcenterhp.org/voicesandvisions.asp.

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Pittsburgh, PA + PF/PCA Call for 2011 Solo and Group Exhibitions

PF/PCA is committed to showcasing the region's best contemporary art, and invites all artists living within a 150-mile radius of Pittsburgh to apply for solo and group exhibitions during the 2011 calendar year. Exhibitions in galleries at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts vary in length from six weeks to four months; Exhibitions in Filmmakers’ galleries vary in length from four to ten weeks.

Exhibition Calendar: 
Solo and group exhibitions will be scheduled throughout the calendar year from January–December. Upon acceptance, exhibition dates will be scheduled by mutual agreement between Artist(s) and the Curatorial staff.

This opportunity is open to artists working in any visual discipline.

Deadline: October 30, 2010 – this is a postmarked deadline
Information: Download Application

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ACGA Clay & Glass National Juried Competition

The ACGA Clay & Glass National Juried Competition will take place January 22 – March 4, 2011 very near to Los Angeles at the City of Brea Art Gallery. It will be a gallery installation showcasing a wide range of handmade ceramic and glass artwork from across the U.S.
The juror is Jo Lauria, a nationally recognized curator, historian and author specializing in contemporary crafts and decorative objects. She is the recent author of Craft in America: Celebrating Two Centuries of Artists and Objects, which is a companion book to the PBS series and traveling exhibition of the same name. 

The competition is open to all forms of handmade clay and glass: functional, decorative and sculptural. The deadline for submission is October 30th. Entry fees are $15 for one piece, $25 for two, and $30 for three. Awards will be given. 
The Association of Clay and Glass Artists of California (ACGA) is a non-profit membership organization begun in 1945. It is dedicated to establishing and maintaining high standards of craftsmanship and design in clay and glass. To learn more about the venue, the City of Brea Art Gallery, visit www.breagallery.com.

Deadline: October 30
Information: Direct all questions to 2011acganational@gmail.com

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Los Angeles, CA + Arts for Humans

AFHMC STAGE ONE will require no extraordinary expense for participating artists and organizations/collectives. AFH will provide initially a variety of options for MC artists to engage transparently in pre-production and development work. MC artists will be asked for 9 months (starting in November 2009) to produce a blog for their practice, as it relates to the “I Love You, Monster” narrative and collective themes, threads and interests.

Deadline: October 31, 2010
Information: afh-proposals.tumblr.com/post/203054662/afhmc-proj-description

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Pittsburgh, PA + Silk Screen Trailer Competition

Attention Filmmakers and wanna-be Filmmakers get your cameras out! Show your talents and create an edgy, vibrant, film festival trailer for the 6th annual Silk Screen Film Festival. Must be 30 seconds or 60 seconds in length.  Submit high-quality DVD pieces

Deadline: November 15,2010
Budget: N/A
Information: http://www.silkscreenfestival.org/

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Reading, PA + Inside, Outside

GoggleWorks Center for the Arts presents its 2011 juried show Inside Outside: A broad interpretation of space and place on the edge and in between. Juror: Bruce Samuelson, Professor, painting and drawing, Pennsylvania Academy of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA.

Deadline:  December 1, 2010
Budget:  Cash prizes to be awarded to top three places
Information: www.goggleworks.org/Exhibitions/ or call 610.374.4600, ext.141

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Pittsburgh, PA + Future Tenant's Guest Curator Open Call

Future Tenant is looking for budding curators to put together engaging, thoughtful, and interesting group exhibits for our 2011-2012 season.  

Deadline: December 31, 2010
Budget: N/A
Information: info@futuretenant.org

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Sarasota, FL + Embracing Out Differences

Embracing Our Differences invites artists, photographers, professionals, amateurs, teachers and students to participate in its 8th annual visual art exhibit celebrating diversity. 45 artists will be selected for the exhibit. The Embracing Our Differences exhibit will be displayed throughout the months of April and May 2011 along Sarasota’s beautiful bayfront. Since 2004, the exhibit has been viewed by more than 850,000 visitors.

Budget: $3,000 total in awards
Deadline: January 10, 2011
Information: www.EmbracingOurDifferences.org

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Savannah, GA + Writing on the Wall  

The act of writing a list, sending a personal letter and even passing a note have become few and far between in the digital age. An e-mail or a text message, however efficient, no longer hold that personal touch. Handwriting is so specific to an individual that this form of expression within itself seems to have been left behind by contemporary telecommunications. Writing style is dynamic: an unfinished work to be modified, revised, and shaped over a lifetime. Writing on the Walls examines and celebrates the personal idiosyncrasies of the art of handwriting through various mediums: letters, notes, grocery lists, and other organic print pieces that continues to exist despite today's increased use of digital methods.

We invite you to join us in our exploration of the ever disappearing art of the written word.

Eligibility: This juried exhibition is open to national and international artists (professional, emerging, and student).

Media/Genre: Open to works of all genres and media.

Entry Fee: You may submit up to three pieces for a non-refundable entry fee of $15. The entry fee may be paid online or with cash, check, or money order (checks and money orders should be made payable to DESOTOROW GALLERY).

Deadline: on-going
Budget: N/A
Information: www.desotorow.org

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Pittsburgh, PA + Deeplocal & Encyclopedia Destructica Old and New Media Residency

Pittsburgh-based tech start-up Deeplocal and artist collective Encyclopedia Destructica are now accepting applications from artists for the Old and New Media Residency. This three-month corporate artist residency program was created to promote an exchange of ideas, skills, and networks by placing an artist in both a contemporary art production setting and a working corporate setting.

Selected artists will be awarded a three-month residency at both Deeplocal and Encyclopedia Destructica. The resident will be given support in art production and promotion at Encyclopedia Destructica during scheduled hours, and a workspace with dedicated professional and technical support at Deeplocal one day each week. While there is no personal stipend, a cash project stipend of up to $1,000 will be awarded to each selected resident to be used for project expenses.

Deadline: Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis at http://www.deeplocal.com/programs/residency-form, and residencies have flexible start dates. The residences are sponsored by Encyclopedia Destructica and Deeplocal.

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Pittsburgh, PA + Open Air Marketplace for Artists at The Waterfront

Open Air Marketplace in the Waterfront announces a call for artists to participate alongside other vendors such as: farms, food vendors, and others.  It is FREE to participate.  Artists are responsible for their tables, tents, and other materials.  Please contact David Long to confirm your participation.

Deadline: on-going
Information: David Long 412.461.2367

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Munhall, PA + Steel Valley Arts Council 

The Steel Valley Arts Council is always seeking new artwork to display in a large gallery.

Deadline: on-going
Information: www.steelvalleyarts.org/

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Pittsburgh, PA + Carrick’s Art Escape Project

The Carrick Community is looking for artists to volunteer your time, and needs your help to enliven retails space with the expression for local artists. It would provide the “canvas” for art and provide acrylic paints, if needed.

Your artwork would be placed and displayed in the windows of empty storefronts throughout our main business corridor on Brownsville Road. Brownsville Road is a main artery for many commuters that travel this route daily from many different neighborhoods. This would be a great chance for you to exhibit your beautiful art.

Budget: N/A
Deadline: on-going
Information: Melissarosenfeld@hotmail.com or 412-600-0880

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Pittsburgh, PA + Future Tenant’s Window Installation

Interested in doing a small-scale solo show for a large audience in downtown Pittsburgh?  Apply for a window installation at Future Tenant. We book window installations for 3-4 weeks at a time and they are on 24 hours a day.

Deadline: on-going
Budget: N/A
Information: info@futuretenant.org

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Pittsburgh, PA + Future Tenant’s Bathroom Installation

Future Tenant, in downtown Pittsburgh, is seeking proposals for bathroom installations. All artists are encouraged to apply – the possibilities are endless, as long as there is still room for visitors to use the facilities.  Installations can be up for up to 3 months at a time.  

Deadline: on-going
Budget: N/A
Information: info@futuretenant.or