The Greenville Museum of Art in Greenville, NC, is accepting entries from North Carolina visual artists, 18 years and older for the GMA’s “Biennial Juried Art Exhibition”. Entry fee and cash awards.
Deadline: June 17, 2013.
For more information and to download the prospectus visit (http://gmoa.org/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions/).
The Hickory Museum of Art in Hickory, NC, is hosting an indoor juried exhibition called “Road Trip” in conjunction with an upcoming outdoor event called “The AutoLawn,” showcasing European automobiles of all makes, models, and ages. Artists are invited to submit work for “Road Trip” that expresses a theme relating to cars, journeys, and the open road. The exhibition will be held in HMA’s second floor Coe Gallery from Aug. 31 – Jan. 5, 2014.
The Hickory Museum of Art wants you to explore the theme of the personal automobile as it relates to your generation or your life’s journey or perhaps how it defined a certain personal Road Trip or a particular phase. How have you seen life from behind the steering wheel?
Joyce Kay Gordon, “Blue Motorcycle”, pastel on paper
The Museum is using (www.CallForEntry.org) (CaFÉ) to manage this call for artists. All entries must be submitted through CaFÉ by June 30, 2013. To view the prospectus, visit the CaFÉ website or (www.HickoryArt.org).
CaFÉ provides artists with an easy-to-use system to create a profile with contact information, upload digital images of their artwork, and apply to a number of open calls for entry at one time. There is no cost to register for this service.
Artists may submit up to three (3) images for a non-refundable $35 fee. (A $15 off coupon code is available for members of the Hickory Museum of Art. Please call Blair Phillips, Development Manager at 828/327-8576 for code.) Entry fees are non-refundable. Artists may enter their work ONLINE ONLY through CaFÉ (www.CallForEntry.org). CaFÉ accepts Mastercard/Visa.
The Museum is offering two cash prizes. Best in Show, selected by the jury panel, will receive $350 and a solo exhibition at the Museum. The People’s Choice Award will be selected by the public during The AutoLawn on Sept. 14; the winner receives $250. Voting will take place the day of event between 10am-3pm (only one ballot per person).
For further info call 828/327-8576 or visit (www.hickoryart.org).
Fine craft artists and artisans from across South Carolina were invited to participate in the “12th Annual South Carolina Palmetto Hands Fine Craft Competition & Exhibition”, the state’s only juried fine craft competition and exhibition. Organized annually by the City of North Charleston Cultural Arts Department, the show was presented May 3-11 as a component of the 2013North Charleston Arts Festival held in North Charleston, SC.
Following an extensive pre-jury process, 47 applicants were asked to participate and 120 entries were submitted in the categories of clay, fiber, metal, wood, and 3D mixed media. Cash awards totaling $6,500 were made at the sole discretion of the juror, Karen Derksen, Director of Winthrop University Galleries and lecturer for the Department of Fine Arts and the Department of Design at Winthrop in Rock Hill, SC. After making her selections, Derksen stated, “Jurying a show is one of the most gratifying undertakings of my position and also one of the most challenging. I enjoy the opportunity to view the inspiring work being created in our state and as expected the entries in this year’s Palmetto Hands exhibition demonstrate what accomplished artists and creative, high quality work is being produced in South Carolina.” She continued, “It is always exciting to see what is developing in fine craft, as it captures traditions and evolves into a modern contemporary context. Overall, I was impressed with the quality of the submissions. My heartfelt congratulations go to all included artists, and especially to the award winners.”
“Baseball Shoe High Top” by Dennis Vernon (Best in Show)
After awarding ribbons, Derksen also selected pieces from the show to assemble a “South Carolina Palmetto Hands Fine Craft Traveling Exhibition”, which will tour the state through the South Carolina State Museum’s 2013/2014 Traveling Exhibitions Program. “One of my goals was to select a show that would express the diversity of the mediums and styles that I was observing,” Dersken said. “My purpose when selecting an exhibition is to be intentional about the relationship of one artwork to another and create an overall totality that tells a story.” The Traveling Exhibitions Program gives galleries, museums, and art centers across South Carolina the opportunity to request the exhibit to tour their facilities, thus providing additional exposure for the selected artists.
In addition to awards given by the juror, three pieces were selected for City of North Charleston Purchase Awards. These pieces will be added to the City of North Charleston’s Permanent Public Art Collection, which is on display within North Charleston City Hall throughout most of the year.
Congratulations to the winners of the “2013 SC Palmetto Hands Fine Craft Competition & Exhibition”:
Best of Show
“Baseball Shoe High Top” (Mixed Media) by Dennis Vernon (Okatie, SC)
Outstanding Merit
“A Smoked Salmon” (Clay) by Patz Fowle (Hartsville, SC)
From Tuscaloosa to Timbuktu (Mixed Media) by Kim Keats (Okatie, SC)
City of North Charleston Purchase Awards
“Upright Fish with Octopus” (Clay) by John Davis (North Charleston, SC)
“The Elegance of Grace” (Mixed Media) by Georgette Willis Sanders (McClellanville, SC)
“Hands Off!” (Clay) by Pamela Steele (Gilbert, SC)
“A Smoked Salmon” by Patz Fowle (Outstanding Merit)
Honorable Mentions
“A Price Greater Than Rubies” (Mixed Media) by Dina Barron (Summerville, SC)
“Within” (Clay) by Fiorenzo Berardozzi (Charleston, SC)
“Botanicals (Illustrations From My Garden)” (Mixed Media) by Cynthia Colbert (Lexington, SC)
“Beetle with Bumps” (Clay) by John Davis (North Charleston, SC)
“Hourglass Dulcimer” (Wood) by Dean Eades (Seneca, SC)
“Petals” (Clay) by Sheri Farbstein (Hilton Head, SC)
“Anonymous” (Fiber) by Susan Lenz (Columbia, SC)
“Red Coral” (Clay) by Deborah Mather (Murrel’s Inlet, SC)
“Original Tartan Design #1″ (Large) (Fiber) by Beth Melton (Rock Hill, SC)
“Glory” (Mixed Media) by Georgette Willis Sanders (McClellanville, SC)
“Enlightened Fish” (Mixed Media) by Matt Wilson (North Charleston, SC)
“The Potato Help” (Mixed Media) by Michael Woodle (Conway, SC)
SC Palmetto Hands Traveling Exhibition Selections included:
“Jughead” (Clay) by Deborah Appleby (North Charleston, SC)
“A Price Greater Than Rubies” (Mixed Media) by Dina Barron (Summerville, SC)
“Beachcombers” (Mixed Media) by Margaret Bass (Eastover, SC)
“Koi Pond” (Mixed Media) by Margaret Bass (Eastover, SC)
“Every Child Deserves a Home” (Fiber) by Ellen Byrd (Mt. Pleasant, SC)
“A Place of Her Own” (Fiber) by Ellen Byrd (Mt. Pleasant, SC)
“Doll House” (Fiber) by Ellen Byrd (Mt. Pleasant, SC)
“My Garden of Earthly Delights” (Mixed Media) by Cynthia Colbert (Lexington, SC)
“Beetle with Bumps” (Clay) by John Davis (North Charleston, SC)
“Serving Platter” (Clay) by John Davis (North Charleston, SC)
“Petals” (Clay) by Sheri Farbstein (Hilton Head, SC)
“Patz’s Picasso Pot” (Clay) by Patz Fowle (Hartsville, SC)
“Play – Circle No. 2″ (Clay) by Miyako Fujiwara (Charleston, SC)
“Play – Circle No. 7″ (Clay) by Miyako Fujiwara (Charleston, SC)
“Phillip Simmons Heart Gate” (Fiber) by Arianne King Comer (North Charleston, SC)
“My Life as a Tree Totem” (Mixed Media) by Kim Keats (Okatie, SC)
“Anonymous” (Fiber) by Susan Lenz (Columbia, SC)
“Red Coral” (Clay) by Deborah Mather (Murrel’s Inlet, SC)
“Tuned” (Clay) by Deborah Mather (Murrel’s Inlet, SC)
“Original Tartan Design #1″ (Large) (Fiber) by Beth Melton (Rock Hill, SC)
“Baseball Shoe High Top” (Mixed Media) by Dennis Vernon (Okatie, SC)
“The Potato Help” (Mixed Media) by Michael Woodle (Conway, SC)
“From Tuscaloosa to Timbuktu” by Kim Keats (Outstanding Merit)
For more information about the “South Carolina Palmetto Hands Fine Craft Competition & Exhibition” and other exhibition opportunities, contact the City of North Charleston Cultural Arts Department at 843/740-5854, e-mail to (culturalarts@northcharleston.org), or visit (www.NorthCharlestonArtsFest.com).
Organizations interested in hosting the traveling exhibition should contact Jeff Powley, South Carolina State Museum Outreach Manager, at 803/737-4159 or e-mail to (jeff.powley@scmuseum.org).
Sculpture artists from across the nation applied to the “8th Annual National Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibition”, displayed at the picturesque North Charleston Riverfront Park in North Charleston, SC, and presented as a component of the 2013 North Charleston Arts Festival. Organized annually by the City of North Charleston Cultural Arts Department, this unique, eleven month exhibition offers established and emerging artists the opportunity to display their thought provoking, extraordinary sculptures, as well as compete for up to $17,250 in honorariums and awards.
Nine out of 47 submissions were pre-juried into the exhibition by the juror, Janet Kagan, a Founding Principal of the Public Art Collaborative with more than three decades of experience in strategic planning with established and emergent art programs and management of projects representing both artists and agencies. Once installed at the exhibition site, Kagan then made her selections for Best in Show, Outstanding Merit, and Honorable Mentions.
“Bunny” by Jeff Brewer (Best in Show)
“I am honored to jury the 2013 National Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibition at Riverfront Park. It is a privilege to contribute to the appreciation of art in a landscaped, public context,” Kagan stated. She continued, “Each of the 2013 selections eloquently speak to us and elucidate how the artists’ ideas translated into material form, the works’ relationship to both physical and human nature, and our evoked impulses for interaction and surprise. These nine sculptures create surface tensions that play with angled voids and intersections. No two perspectives are the same as we walk toward, around and in the works. There is also a heft associated with these artworks – not just in their material, color, and scale, but in their aesthetic request for connection and dialogue. I hope you will mingle with, touch, and listen to the voices the works articulate.”
The nine sculptures selected for exhibition are by nine artists from six states. Congratulations to the winners of the 2013/4 National Outdoor Sculpture Competition & Exhibition:
“Bunny” (steel) by Jeff Brewer – Nacogdoches, TX (Best in Show)
“Tier II” (painted steel) by Anne Melanie – Greenville, NC (Outstanding Merit)
“Transponder” (steel) by Gary Gresko – Oriental, NC (Hon. Mention)
“Life” (painted steel) by Adam Walls – Lauvinburg, NC (Hon. Mention)
“A Little Less Than Meets the Eye” (steel) by Bill Wood – Fairfax, VA (Hon. Mention)
“Ender’s Enigma” (corten/painted steel) by Davis Whitfield IV – Mountain City, TN
“The Burning” (carved limestone) by Paris Alexander – Raleigh, NC
“Cowl” (oiled steel) by Carl Billingsley – Ayden, NC
“Daddy Longlegs” (steel) by John W. Parker – Glendside, PA
“Tier II” by Ann Melanie (Outstanding Merit)
Sculpture sites are located throughout North Charleston Riverfront Park, located at 1001 Everglades Avenue on the former Charleston Naval Base. The park is set on the banks of the beautiful Cooper River. In addition the sculptures visitors may enjoy ten acres of walking paths, a performance pavilion, picnic shelter, a fishing pier and boardwalk, an oversized sandbox, and children’s play fountain. The historic site is centered in the Noisette District, the largest urban redevelopment project ever undertaken in the US.
The 2013/14 National Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition will be on display through March, 2014. For more information or to be added to the application mailing list for the 2014/15 Competition, please call 843/740-5854 or e-mail to (culturalarts@northcharleston.org). Visit (www.NorthCharlestonArtsFest.com) to view photographs and artist statements.
701 Center for Contemporary Art in Columbia, SC, announces that the jury panel for the 701 CCA South Carolina Biennial 2013 will consist of David Furchgott of Washington, DC, Cecelia “Ce” Scott of Charlotte, NC, and Frank McCauley of Sumter, SC.
The two-part SC Biennial exhibition will take place September – December at 701 CCA. South Carolina artists have been invited to submit materials and be considered for the Biennial, which is the second organized by 701 CCA.
The deadline for artists’ submissions is June 1, 2013.
Furchgott is the president and founder of International Arts & Artists in Washington, DC. The non-profit organization is one of the country’s major producers of traveling fine arts exhibition. Through its exhibitions, IA&A promotes cross-cultural understanding and exposure to the arts internationally. Prior to his involvement with IA&A, Furchgott, a Charleston, SC, native, for 15 years headed the International Sculpture Center in New Jersey, where he founded the organization’s prominent “Sculpture” magazine.
Scott is an artist, curator and a co-founder of the McColl Center in Charlotte, NC, where she worked from 1994 – 2012. As the creative director at McColl, the Detroit, MI, native curated exhibitions and was the driving force behind the center’s artist-in-residence program, which is considered among the best in the country. Scott also worked as creative director at the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Art + Culture, also in Charlotte. She also is a private chef.
McCauley is an artist and chief curator and assistant director of the Sumter County Gallery of Art. The Jacksonville, FL, native, used to be the director and curator of Spark Contemporary Art Space in Syracuse, NY, the city where he received an MFA at Syracuse University. For 701 CCA, McCauley in 2012 curated the new media exhibition “Faster Forward”.
Click here for more details on Biennial Submissions (http://www.701cca.org/2013/04/701-cca-south-carolina-biennial-2013-call-for-artist-submissions/).
Please submit further inquiries by e-mail to (director@701cca.org) or call Sheldon Paschal at 803/319-9949.
What is the Expansion Arts Fund? The Expansion Arts Fund is an endowment. The income it earns is used to make grants that promote emerging artists and arts organizations. With this Fund, the Community Foundation seeks to expand the traditional definition of “art” and encourage the perpetuation and development of artistic assets indigenous to the Lowcountry. Because endowments can provide grant funds only from a portion of their earnings, it takes two years to accumulate enough money to conduct the program, and so the Expansion Arts Program is conducted only every other year. In 2011, the Fund accepted grant applications from the “southern four” counties served by the Coastal Community Foundation – Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, and Jasper. This year the Fund is accepting grant applications only from the “northern four” counties served by the Foundation – Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester, and Georgetown.
What are “Expansion Arts”? “Expansion Arts” include the works of new and emerging arts groups and artists, especially those from minority, rural, or disadvantaged communities. Preference may be given to artists and arts organizations that develop and promote excellence in art forms or media unique to the Lowcountry – work that draws upon and aims to preserve the cultural heritage of our region. While we would like the arts to be a significant part of the lives of everyone in coastal SC, this Fund is not intended primarily to provide the arts as a social services or educational program; rather, it seeks to support individuals who want to make a career through their art, and groups or organizations that intend to be recognized as professional arts companies.
CATEGORIES OF FUNDING
Organizations. Small and emerging “expansion arts” organizations may apply for grants up to $5,000.
Individuals. Individual “expansion artists” may apply for grants up to $2,500 (which we must report to the I.R.S.).
SCHEDULE
April 2013 – Guidelines and applications posted on the Foundation’s website and mailed to those who have called to ask for them since the last Expansion Arts funding cycle.
April-May – Foundation staff searches for qualified applicants and provides application instructions.
April -July – The Foundation welcomes questions from applicants regarding the guidelines, eligibility, or the application itself. Feel free to contact Edna Crews with questions via e-mail at (Edna@CoastalCommunityFoundation.org) or by phone at 843/379-3400.
July 12 – Applications are due by July 12 at 5pm. Hand-delivered or e-mailed applications are accepted up to this time, but no fax applications, please. Mailed applications must be postmarked on July 11th or before. The Foundation staff will confirm the receipt of your proposal within 10 days of the application deadline.
July 15- 18 – Staff prepares materials for Committee’s Orientation.
July 22-26 – Committee’s Orientation meeting to discuss applications, view CDs, DVDs samples, and receive notebooks.
July 27 – Aug 11 – Committee reads and evaluates applications, on their own.
Aug 12-15 – Committee meets to discuss applications, view and score CDs, DVDs, samples, etc., and determine funding recommendations.
Aug 28 – Funding recommendations presented to Coastal Community Foundation’s authorizing body for approval.
Aug 29 – Applicants are notified of funding recommendations.
By Sept 13 – Grantees return signed “Grant Acceptance Forms” to Coastal Community Foundation. The Community Foundation sends 80% of the approved grant amount to each grantee.
2013-2014 – Grantees send progress reports to the Community Foundation. When complete, the Community Foundation sends the 20% grant balance to each grantee. One important part of the end-of-grant reporting requirement is that grantees must send Coastal Community Foundation receipts or paid invoices for all expenses paid with grant funds.
Guidelines and applications can be downloaded at (www.CoastalCommunityFoundation.org).
Sam’s Club is seeking artists interested in participating at Sam’s Smoke Off on June 8, 2013 from 10am-6pm. The Smoke Off will be held at the Hickory American Legion Fairgrounds located at 1127 US Highway 70 in Newton, NC. Application fees are $50.00 for craft vendors. The cut off date for applications is May 24, 2013. Please contact (samssmokeoff@gmail.com) for information and applications.
In addition to the BBQ cook off, there will be live music, a silent auction, arts and craft and other vendors, children’s games and hot air balloon rides. Tickets are $5.00 to enter the festival and all proceeds benefit the Children’s Miracle Network.
The Smoke Off is also looking for food, commercial and non profit vendors.
More information may be found by calling 828/221-8686 or e-mailing (samssmokeoff@gmail.com).
In 2013, the Durham Arts Council in Durham, NC, celebrates the 39th Annual CenterFest Arts Festival. CenterFest is the longest running juried outdoor arts festival in North Carolina and the largest arts and community festival in Durham. CenterFest showcases over 190 juried visual and performing artists from across the country and provides visitors with great food, diverse entertainment, and educational activities for families.
The 2013 CenterFest will be located in the Downtown Durham City Center, including Morris, Main, and Chapel Hill Streets, Five Points and CCB Plaza. The site configuration will reflect downtown’s many exciting new retail, restaurant, streetscape and public spaces and maximize the festival goers’ enjoyment of the visual and performing arts and festival offerings as well as downtown amenities.
CenterFest historically draws 25,000+ festival visitors
Friendly and supportive festival staff
Easy load in/load out
Strong media partnerships and promotions throughout the Triangle region
Artist applications due on May 31, 2013.
The CenterFest Visual Artist Application is now available through the Zapplication website: (www.zapplication.org).
New and returning artists who wish to participate in CenterFest 2013 must submit an application on-line with images and application fee.
Convenient on-line payment and image upload. Application fee due with application. Booth fee due when accepted.
For more information on CenterFest please visit (http://centerfest.durhamarts.org) by calling 919/560-2722.
The Arts Council of York County in Rock Hill, SC, presents its “9th Annual Photography Competition” and the “4th Annual Youth Photography Competition” at the Center for the Arts, 121 E. Main St., in Old Town Rock Hill. The deadline for entries is Friday, May 31, 10am-5pm and Sunday, June 2, 11am-4pm.(corrected date)
Joe Ciarlante serves as the juror for this year’s photography competitions. Ciarlante is a professional photographer and owner of Ciarlante Photography in Charlotte, NC. He also serves as Academic Department Director of the Photography at the Art Institute of Charlotte. Ciarlante holds a BFA in photography from The Tyler School of Art at Temple University and a MFA in photography from the School of Art Institute of Chicago. His teaching experience includes Northwestern University at Chicago, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and Winthrop University.
Entry fees for this year’s adult competition are: Non-member Fee: $30 for up to 2 entries. Arts Council of York County Member Fee: $20 for up to 2 entries.
Those submitting to the Youth Photography Competition must be enrolled in a K-12 program to enter: Non-member Fee: $5/photo. Arts Council of York County Member Fee: $3/photo.
There are no restrictions on subject matter. All original work, (Black & White, Color or Digital) will be grouped and juried equally. Traditional or digital photography will be accepted; mixed media will not be considered. All entries accepted at the discretion of the Arts Council. All images must be submitted ready to hang. Any images unsuitable for hanging will not be considered. Frames are not required but work must be matted. Please refrain from prominent signatures of labels on work.
The selected entries in the adult competition will be exhibited in the Dalton Gallery at the Center for the Arts from June 20-July 28, 2013 and recognized at a free, public reception at the Center for the Arts on June 20 at 6pm.
Awards for the “9th Annual Photography Competition”:
1st Place: $500
2nd Place: $250
3rd Place: $100
Selected entries from the Youth Photography Competition will be exhibited in the Perimeter and Edmund Lewandowski Classroom Galleries at the Center for the Arts.
Awards for the “4th Annual Youth Photography Competition”:
1st Place: $50
2nd Place: $30
3rd Place: $20
For competition guidelines, entry forms, and for more information on Arts Council events, visit our webpage at (http://www.yorkcountyarts.org), or contact the Arts Council of York County at 803/328-2787 or by e-mail at (arts@yorkcountyarts.org).
The Asheville Gallery of Art, located at16 College Street in Asheville, NC, invites area artists to apply for membership. The work of applicants must be submitted on Tuesday, May 28, 2013, for jurying on Wednesday, May 29.
The Asheville Gallery of Art (AGA) is an artists’ cooperative that exhibits original two-dimensional works by twenty-eight member artists.
Interested artists should obtain a copy of prospective member guidelines and a membership application, both of which are available at the gallery or may be downloaded from the AGA website (www.ashevillegallery-of-art.com).
Jury entrants must deliver five finished original pieces ready for hanging, six copies of a current resume, and six copies of the completed membership application to the gallery between noon and 5:30pm on Tuesday, May 28. All work must be picked up between 2-5:30pm on Wednesday, May 29. AGA will endeavor to preserve and protect submitted work, but cannot assume responsibility for loss or damage.
The Asheville Gallery of Art is located across from Pritchard Park in downtown Asheville. Founded in 1988, AGA, Asheville’s longest-established art gallery, is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2013. The gallery offers works ranging from representational to abstract in a wide choice of subject matter, styles and media. Photographs, computer art, and sculpture are not accepted at this time.
For more information, call 828/251-5796 or e-mail questions to (ashevillegalleryofart@gmail.com).
Carolina Arts Unleashed
