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Call for artists

There are a lot of great opportunities this month. Thanks to our hard-working volunteers Sandra Vise, Terry Cook and Alisa Looney, for all their hard work to research all these great opportunities!

Wade Womack

links to arts orgs supporting arts in Oregon

Bob Deasy shared these with us at the PNWS meeting

https://ourcreativefuture.org/

https://www.americansforthearts.org/by-location/oregon

https://www.oregon.gov/biz/aboutus/artscommission/Pages/default.aspx

https://racc.org/

2025 CVG Juried Show

Entry Deadline: 11/17/24

Entry Fee (Collective Visions Gallery: CVG Show): $45.00

Media Fee (Additional Media Fee): $15.00

Work Sample Requirements

Images | Minimum: 0, Maximum: 3

Video | Minimum: 0, Maximum: 3

Total Samples | Minimum: 2, Maximum: 3

Call Type: Competitions

Eligibility: Regional

visit organization website: https://www.cvgshow.com/

Contact Email: rosecvg2020@gmail.com

Info/Apply: https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=13950

The Emergent Art Grant

The Emergent Art Grant supplies artists in the beginning of their careers with unrestricted cash funds. Grants of $1000 are given quarterly to those that show a high potential for growth and an overall successful art career. $25 application fee

Deadline: November 20, 2024

Visit https://www.emergentartgrant.org /

Light Space & Time online art gallery

14th Annual “Nature” theme artist’s interpretation and depiction of nature subjects including geographical subjects, landscapes, natural objects, wildlife and natural environments $18 for 1-2 entries/ $26 for 3-5

Deadline: November 27, 2024

Visit https://lightspacetime.art/14th-nature-online-art-competition-2024/

Au Naturel: The Nude in the 21st Century

Clatsop Community College

January 23-March 13, 2025 at the Royal Nebeker Gallery, Astoria, OR

$1000 in cash prizes

Focus on the nude human figure in any form ranging from representational to abstract

Limited number of 3D works may be considered.

$45 for up to 3 images, $5 for each additional

Deadline: November 28, 2024

Visit https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=14098

LA Art Show with TERAVARNA

Artists can apply of the juried art competition and selected participant will get the

chance to present their work at the LA convention Center, February 19-23, 2025

$25 entry fee

Deadline: November 30, 2024

Visit https://www.teravarna.com/la-art-show

‘Visual Language of Modernity’

Whosmuseum and Sasse Museum of Art

Downtown Pomona, CA.

February 1 – 22 2025

Seeking a wide range of art forms with traditional and new medias

$35 entry fee

Deadline: December 1, 2024

Visit https://whosmuseum.com

Everything Abstract Art Competition

Fusion Art December 5 , 2024 – January 4, 2025

Choice of a cash prize or complimentary one-year membership to Fusion Art’s

Members Gallery for Best in Show winners

$25 for 1-2 images/$40 for up to 5 images

Deadline: December 1, 2024

Visit https://www.teravarna.com/la-art-show

2024 “Winter 5 for $10” Open Art Competition

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery

Dec. 20. 2024-March 19, 2025

Best in Show cash prize for winner

Any subject matter and any media

$10 for 5 entries

Deadline: Dec. 5, 2024

Visit https://lightspacetime.art/2024-winter-5-for-10-online-art-competition/

CAL International 2025

State Texas

Eligibility International

Application Deadline: 12/09/2024

Entry Fee: $35.00

Media Fee: $15.00

Artists, aged 18 or over, both national and international, are invited to enter original 2D and 3D artwork in this juried competition, and $5,500 will be awarded to the winners. The juror is Zaeed Kala, https://www.zaeedkala.com, http://www.artstudio-z.com Mr. Kala will select from entered artworks those eligible to exhibit in The Madeley Fine Art Gallery in March 2025, and to be eligible for awards.

Contact Information: Conroe Art League (785) 845-1542

Info/Apply https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=14163

Farewell to the Dragon

(welcome to the snake)

Art at the Cave, Vancouver, WA

Important dates:

Exhibit dates: January 3-31

Submission deadline: December 14

Notification date: December 20

Drop off date: December 28th

Artist Reception: January 3

Artist Talk: January 18

Say hello and goodbye to our scaly brethren! The lunar new year in 2025 transitions from Dragon to Snake in eastern astrology. These have both been powerful archetypes and totems in cultures throughout the world.

Dragon: From the Aztec’s Quetzalcoatl, the feathered wind serpents – The Nidhogg who gnaws at a root of the world tree in Norse legend – Japanese large, wingless, serpentine water deities, Humans have a long history of naming elemental powers and visceral fears.

Snake: Snakes often have a mixed fear and reverence, representing death and renewal, transformation, secrets, and danger. From the Hindu naga, and Greek gorgons, and as a clan animal in America, snakes truly traverse continents and sometimes make their absence felt as with the legend of St. Patrick in Ireland.

The gallery has a preference for large works and an interest in showing more

3D/sculptural work, as well as videos.

How to submit your work: This is a juried show. Please send us an email with photo(s) of your work(s). Include your name, the media used and the size (horizontal” x vertical”). If submitting video, please include a link to the entire video. Each person may submit up to 3 works for consideration for a nonrefundable

$15 entry fee payable at this link. https://checkout.square.site/buy/TENO5XLFOK7UFQQIHNHHPL35

Info: https://artatthecave.com/open-calls-1

Captivate the Living & Breathing | Animal Juried Art Contest

Gallery 4 %

Winning art cash prize of up to $500

Any medium

$11 per piece

Deadline: December 11, 2024

Visit: https://www.gallery4percent.com/living-and-breathing

Innovate Grants for Art + Photo

$1800 to a Visual Artist

All media and genres are accepted

$35 entry fee

Deadline: December 12, 2024

Visit: https://innovateartistgrants.org/

2024 The Artful Genius of the (Chaotic) Mind

Purple Octopus Art online art exhibition

$225 in cash prizes

Seeking 2D/3D art related to Mental Health illnesses

$20 for 1 entry $40 for 3

Deadline: December 15, 2024

Visit: https://zealous.co/purpleoctopusart/opportunity/Artful-Genius-of-the-chaoticmind-

2024/

My Best Work of 2024

Camelback Gallery 7th annual exhibition

Open Theme, artists to submit their best work created in wow, all visual arts, styles and subject matter

$25 entry fee

Deadline: December 15, 2024

https://www.camelbackgallery.com/mybestwork2024

Expo 44

B.J. Spoke Gallery art exhibition

February 1 – March 31, 2025

$300 1st place, $200 2nd place, $100 3rd place

$35 for up to 6 images

Deadline: December 20, 2024

Visit https://www.bjspokegallery.org/call-for-artists/expo-44

14th Annual “All Women” online Art Competition

Light Space & Time online Art Gallery

January 1 – 31, 2025

Best in Show winner to receive a cash prize

Representational and/or abstract art, any subject or media

$18 for 1 -2 entries, $26 for 3 – 5

Deadline: December 27, 2024

Visit https://lightspacetime.art/14th-annual-all-women-art-competition-2025/

Urban Landscapes 2025 Art Competition

Fusion Art

Jan 5 – Feb 4, 2025

Cash award or complimentary one-year membership to Fusion Art’s Members

Gallery for Best in Show winners

Artists to submit best art depicting cityscapes – cities, town, urban scenes or metropolitan subjects

$25 for 1-2 images/$40 for up to 5

Deadline: January 1, 2025

Visit https://www.fusionartps.com/calls-for-artists/

City of Olympia Percival Plinth

Applications due: January 6 by 11:45pm.

Submitted work needs to be available from June 2025-June 2026.

Selected artists receive a $1,000 honorarium for the one-year loan of their work and are eligible for consideration for the Peoples’ Prize purchase award of up to $10,000, where one sculpture is selected for purchase by public vote and added to the City’s public art collection.

Info/Apply https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=14132

Roundabout Artwork Call for Artists – Sisters, Oregon

Entry Deadline: 1/7/25

Work Sample Requirements

Images | Minimum: 1, Maximum: 6

Total Samples | Minimum: 1, Maximum: 6

Call Type: Public Art

Eligibility: Regional

State: Oregon

Budget: 175,000

Visit Organization Website https://www.ci.sisters.or.us/administration/page/us20locust-st-roundabout-art

Contact Email: kprosser@ci.sisters.or.us

Info/Apply https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=14466

Yosemite Renaissance 40

Traveling art exhibition

March 8, 2025 through February 1, 2026

$4000 in cash awards

$25 for first entry, $15 for each additional entry

Deadline: January 14, 2025

Visit https://www.yosemiterenaissance.org/yosemite-renaissance-40-prospectus

Love is Love

Art At The CAVE Vancouver,

Important dates:

Exhibit dates: February 6-28

Submission deadline: January 15, 12am

Notification date: January 23

Drop off date: February 1

Artist Reception: February 7, 5-9pm

Artist Talk: February 15

This February, we welcome work related to all the various forms of love. Love can be a fixture in someone’s life, or it can be more mercurial or fleeting.

Please submit a few sentences along with your artwork explaining how it fits the theme” Love is Love”.

How to submit your work: This is a juried show. Please send us an email with photo(s) of your work(s). Include your name, the media used and the size (horizontal” x vertical”). If submitting video, please include a link to the entire video. Each person may submit up to 3 works for consideration for a non-refundable $15 entry

fee payable at this link. https://checkout.square.site/buy/TENO5XLFOK7UFQQIHNHHPL35

Info https://artatthecave.com/open-calls-1

Interpretations 2025 Call for Entry

Visions Museum of Textile Art

San Diego juried exhibition

October 15, 2025 – January 10, 2026

Seeking innovative textile art that explores form and technique of 2D artworks, 2D art Quilts, and 3D wall hanging and free-standing work that highlights fiber.

$40 -$50 entry fee

Deadline: February 7, 2025

Visit https://interpretations2025.artcall.org

2024 Deschutes Public Library Seeks Artists for District Collection

Call Type: Public Art

Eligibility: Regional

State: Oregon

Entry Deadline: 3/1/25

Budget: $1,500,000+

The Deschutes Public Library seeks works by artists who reside in states west of the Rockies. Situated in the center of Oregon, over 200,000 people call Deschutes County home. Central Oregon, widely known for its stunning mountains, rivers, pine forests and recreational opportunities, will now be home to a new 100,000 square foot Central Library in east Bend, a new branch library in Redmond and completely renovated libraries in La Pine, Sunriver and Sisters as well as in historic downtown Bend. The project is funded by a voter approved bond measure. 1% of the brick-and-mortar costs are reserved for the purchase of art.

For more information about the future libraries, visit the Deschutes Public Library website.

More information visit https://www.deschuteslibrary.org/futurelibraries/art

Apply now: https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=13428

RESIDENCY AT SITKA

Residency Dates

Fall/ Winter/ Spring Residencies: Dates between October 15, 2025 – April 30,

2026

Recorder Residency Dates: Up to 6 weeks Jan, 2026 – Dec, 2026

Residency Acceptance – Residency applicants will be notified by May 1, 2025

Finalists will participate in an interview process the first 2 weeks of May and receive final notification by June 1.

Application Deadlines: March 15, 2025.

Application Fee: $30Apply for Residency

The application porcess is completed for fall 2024 / spring 2025 residencies.

Next application cycle will open in December 2024.

Residencies at Sitka

Sitka residencies provide time and space for self-paced work and reflection in an inspiring natural setting. Residents from a broad range of art, writing, performance and science-based practices come to Sitka to create and explore away from the familiar contexts and constraints of daily routines, and free from external expectations.

Located within the unique ecosystems of Cascade Head and the

Salmon River Estuary on Oregon’s central coast, Sitka is a place where natural curiosity is sparked, and creativity is unleashed.

Since our founding, we have hosted hundreds of visual artists, photographers, writers, journalists, musicians, composers, filmmakers, educators and a broad range of natural scientists and interdisciplinary creatives. We currently invite 30-50 practitioners to stay at Sitka each year. Some are emerging voices while others are practicing professionals, and our residents represent a diversity of geographies and cultural backgrounds. A range of personal and shared experiences are possible at Sitka, from sanctuary and solitude to cross-pollination and community.

Sitka is committed to equity and welcomes people from diverse cultures, backgrounds and experiences. Bringing together people from different backgrounds and fields of expertise is core to Sitka’s art and ecology mission. From climate change and environmental justice to systemic racism and cultural appropriation, diverse perspectives help spark new ideas and collaborative approaches to address today’s challenges in creative ways.

Info/Apply visit: https://sitkacenter.slideroom.com/#/Login

Call for Artists/Cash, Publication & More

Boynes Monthly Art Award

Monthly three artists are chosen to win $100 cash, a published interview with

Chantal Boynes, and more

All emerging artists welcome to apply

$10 application fee

Deadline: End of each Month, 2023

More info https://boynesartistaward.com/monthly-art-award

ANTLER GALLERY

no deadline

We do not accept submissions in person at the gallery

We accept email submissions. Standard mail submissions are also acceptable, but submission material will not be returned under any circumstance. (2728 NE

Alberta Street Portland, OR 97211) We look at all submissions, but are unable to respond to every email.

Please do not call to check on the status of your submission. We will be in touch if your work is a good fit for the aesthetic of the gallery.

The subject line of your email should read “Submission – Artist’s Name” (ex. “Submission – Pablo Picasso”)

Please include a link to your website/ (editor’s note – your work shown on the

PNWS website should be acceptable)

Your submission email should include 5 – 10 images of your work at 72dpi, 500px at the largest size. Please label them with the title, dimension, medium, year, and price. Please attach a current CV. All submission emails should be

sent to antlerpdxsubmissions@gmail.com

Antler Gallery visit https://www.antlerpdx.com/

Submission info visit https://www.antlerpdx.com/pages/submission-guidlines

Filed Under: November 2024 Newsletter Author: Bob Deasy

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