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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Summer Retreat Entry Form
The Summer Retreat 2011 Show entry is available. Just go ahead and fill it out now so you don't forget.
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Artists Opportunity .........Thanks Nancy!!
Contest Sponsors
Bergstrom-Mahler Museum165 North Park Ave.Neenah, WI 54956920-751-4658
Dear Nancy,
'View from the Roost' pastel by Terry Stanley
Richeson School of Art & Gallery and Bergstrom-Mahler Museum are proud to announce the first Richeson 75 Wisconsin Plein Air Exhibit, which will be shown at the Bergstrom-Mahler Museum from July 8-September 18, 2011.
This competition is open to Wisconsin residents age 18 or over, and the subject matter is limited to the Wisconsin landscape drawn/painted primarily 'en plein air' (on-site, outdoors). Any 2-D medium will be accepted, except photography or digitally created/enhanced work.
Artists must certify that the painting(s) they enter were completed primarily on-site 'en plein air' and identify the location in Wisconsin where it was created. The painting must have been completed after January 1, 2010. For the purposes of this exhibit, a painting/drawing is considered to be created primarily en plein air if only minor cosmetic adjustments were made off-site or in-studio. Art must have been created entirely by the submitted artist and not under the supervision of or with assistance from any other artist.
Jack Richeson Co. is sponsoring awards as follows:
$1,000 cash 1st Place
$500 Richeson art materials for 2nd Place
$250 Richeson art materials for 3rd Place
Entry fees are $20 for one entry, $30 for two entries, $40 for three entries per artist. Deadline for submissions is May 13, 2011.
All entries must be submitted online: Click HERE for the entry portal
Also keep an eye out for the announcement of a Plein Air Event from RIcheson's and the Bergstrom-Mahler to be held August 4-6, 2011!. Save the dates - Details will be released soon!
Overture Center for the Arts Needs Artwork
CLICK HERE FOR THE APPLICATION
Sounds like a great opportunity
Sounds like a great opportunity
Have your Artwork Digitally Photographed and Put on CD's
Click HERE
This is a great idea.
The problem with trying to do it yourself is getting it flat, lit evenly, file size, I could go on and on.
This is a great idea.
The problem with trying to do it yourself is getting it flat, lit evenly, file size, I could go on and on.
Wisconsin photographer: Thank You Stevens Point - Good bye Wisconsin Arts ...
Wisconsin photographer: Thank You Stevens Point - Good bye Wisconsin Arts ...: "It's the end of March. It was cold in Stevens Point for the annual art show at the university. Snow on the ground from a recent storm ..."
Commission available
UW Stout Jarvis Science Hall Needs Art Click on that line to get to the link......
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Artists call from Patrick
Will do, Rick - thanks.
Pat---------
----- Original Message -----From: Richard EyreTo: plunkettSent: Friday, March 25, 2011 4:02 PMSubject: Re: JURIED ART COMPETITION ANNOUNCEMENTGot it. I posted it today so it is there for all to see.
Also got all of the stuff I was given last night scanned and posted too for those who could not make it or want to pursue any of the entries.Thanks
Keep 'em coming!
Rick
On Mar 25, 2011, at 4:31 PM, plunkett wrote:HI Rick, here's a call I got mid week, may be applicable for our blog. My ISP's email server went down this week so I'm still sifting through the mail box.Great Guild meeting Thursday - I think the Guild is again on a roll.Pat, fellow Guild Artist-------------- Original Message -----From: Galiara Art GallerySent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 7:20 PMSubject: JURIED ART COMPETITION ANNOUNCEMENT
San Francisco’s Premier Gallery’s Bi-annual International Juried Art Competition!!!
Galiara and The Artists Alley Gallery are pleased to announce the very
first of the Bi-annual International Juried Art competition.
We intend to provide artists with a wider audience through in-gallery exhibits, shows around
San Francisco, and publications in leading news media.
This competition is open to both local and international artists around the world.First, second and third place honors will include cash prizes,
representation by our San Francisco Gallery, and hotel stays.
Please note the dates and conditions for submissions.
We welcome your participation in this competition.
We also encourage you to register and create a profile on our site as this competition is free for registered members.
WE ARE ALSO SEEKING ARTISTS TO SHOW AT OUR SAN FRANCISCO GALLERY SOPLEASE REVIEW THE “ARTIST BENEFIT” TAB ON THE HOME PAGE FOR INFORMATION AND
EMAIL/CALL/SKYPE US AT THE CONTACTS BELOW IF INTERESTED
For more information go to galiara.com and then:
1. Click on the competition banner on the home page (At the very top right side).2. Please read the application form.3. Scroll down to the bottom of the application page.4. You will see two options :- Existing members (Free) - Log In and submit- New applicants - Click on register.
PLEASE ALSO ADD US ON FACEBOOK: GALIARA ARTISTS ALLEY--
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Call for Artists from Patrick.
Rick, it seems I'm the target for a number of artist calls lately. I don't recall if this is on our blog or not. It may well appeal to a number of our members.
Pat-------
----- Original Message -----
From: Call for Artists
Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 3:04 PM
Subject: Artist Invitation for 2011 Milwaukee Domes Art Festival: Check Out the New Art Festival Website
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| 2011 MDAF Poster Art: Geodesic Flowers by Colleen Kwong 2010 MDAF Best of Plein Air | |
Artists don’t be left out | |
| $10,500 | |
in cash prize money | |
UNHEARD OF $$$$$ FOR A SECOND YEAR ART FESTIVAL! 7 days left to apply | |
| Click Here to Apply Now!!! View the new Milwaukee Domes Art Festival Website here | |
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| Dear Artist, You are invited to apply to the second annual Milwaukee Domes Art Festival, taking place August 19-21 2011 at Mitchell Park, home of Milwaukee’s beloved Domes horticultural conservatory. A cultural extravaganza in a beautiful, Gold Medal Winning, Milwaukee County Park. Artists are invited to apply to jury in 14 different categories including a Plein Air competition. $10,500 in artist prizes will be awarded. The MDAF will have live music performances throughout, and a headlining act to close the festival on Friday and Saturday nights in order to draw as many of the Milwaukee art loving/buying public as possible. As evidenced by you reading this invitation, our 2011 publicity push has just begun. The festival has pledges for support and promotion from major Milwaukee radio stations and media sources. You will not find another second year art festival with as great of promotion and participation as the Milwaukee Domes Art Festival. Getting into the Domes Art Festi val will never again be this accessible or affordable – just $35 to apply, and a $250 booth fee if you are accepted (plein air painters may apply to enter competition without a booth). Application deadline is April first don’t wait, apply now! This show is to support the arts while supporting Milwaukee’s Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory Domes. We intend to make the festival one of the best in the country for attending artists via first rate hospitality, generous awards, growing attendance and by demonstrating a deep seated respect for what it takes to be you… An exceptional artist. | |
http://list.milwaukeedomesartfestival.com/cgi-bin/mail.cgi/u/cfa/
The Art of Hanging Art. A great Webinar
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Art of Photography Show
Begin forwarded message:
From: "Art of Photography Show"<enter@artofphotographyshow.com>Date: March 25, 2011 4:58:03 PM CDTTo: "" <slddartifacts@dwave.net>Subject: Call For Entries - The Art of Photography ShowReply-To: enter@artofphotographyshow.com
The ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW is an international exhibition of photographic art which will take place August 13 through October 16, 2011 at the elegant Lyceum Theatre Gallery, located in the historic Gaslamp Quarter of downtown San Diego, California. This is the seventh year of this major photography competition and exhibition.
Call For Entries!Deadline May 17, 2011
WEBSITE: www.artofphotographyshow.com
CALL FOR ENTRIES:
The online entry process is very easy, simply filling out a short registration form and then uploading your images as JPEG files. Images created via any form of photography will be accepted for consideration.
THE PROSPECTUS and entry information is available here. Additional details are in the FAQ page here.
JURIED COMPETITION:
Anne Lyden is the Judge for the Art of Photography Show 2011. Ms. Lyden is the Associate Curator of Photography at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Ms. Lyden is highly esteemed in the global photographic community, so it's a significant honor to be selected by her.
Check out a special PDF with information about the Art of Photography Show by clicking here.
$10,000 IN AWARDS: $2,000 1st Place Award
$1,600 2nd Place Award
$1,200 3rd Place Award
$ 800 4th Place Award
$ 400 (11) Honorable Mention Awards
TESTIMONIALS from artists and attendees of our recent shows can be viewed here.
SHOW CATALOG:
We are producing a superb Show Catalog, which will feature every image in the Show and an artist statement about the work. Artists who are in the Show can obtain as many copies of the Show Catalog as they like for free, which can be used for promotion and marketing of their work.
MARKETING & PUBLICITY:
The Art of Photography Show will be pursuing an intensive marketing and publicity campaign to bring maximum media attention to the artists who are juried into the exhibition. Over 30,000 people are expected to view the Show during the nine week run at the Lyceum Theatre gallery, which is open (free) seven days a week. So, the artists and their work will receive a tremendous amount of exposure by the media and the public.
SALES:
One of our key aims is to sell the work that is exhibited at the Art of Photography Show 2011. Our great love of this art form prompts us to 'pull out all of the stops' in order to showcase a truly excellent presentation of photographic art, to elevate and promote this art form, and to provide substantial benefits to the exhibiting artists.
For more information please contact the Producer, Steven Churchill:
Email: steven@artofphotographyshow.com
Phone: 1-619-825-5575The images at the top of this email are part of previous Art of Photography Show exhibits, shown
here courtesy of Leon Chew, Rick Chapman, Leonid Malevanchik, Ryan Boatright and Judy Cooper.
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Friday, March 25, 2011
From Patrick. Thanks!
San Francisco’s Premier Gallery’s Bi-annual International Juried Art Competition!!!
Galiara and The Artists Alley Gallery are pleased to announce the very
first of the Bi-annual International Juried Art competition.
We intend to provide artists with a wider audience through in-gallery exhibits, shows around
San Francisco, and publications in leading news media.
This competition is open to both local and international artists around the world.
First, second and third place honors will include cash prizes,
representation by our San Francisco Gallery, and hotel stays.
Please note the dates and conditions for submissions.
We welcome your participation in this competition.
We also encourage you to register and create a profile on our site as this competition is free for registered members.
WE ARE ALSO SEEKING ARTISTS TO SHOW AT OUR SAN FRANCISCO GALLERY SO
PLEASE REVIEW THE “ARTIST BENEFIT” TAB ON THE HOME PAGE FOR INFORMATION AND
EMAIL/CALL/SKYPE US AT THE CONTACTS BELOW IF INTERESTED
EMAIL/CALL/SKYPE US AT THE CONTACTS BELOW IF INTERESTED
For more information go to galiara.com and then:
1. Click on the competition banner on the home page (At the very top right side).
2. Please read the application form.
3. Scroll down to the bottom of the application page.
4. You will see two options :
- Existing members (Free) - Log In and submit
- New applicants - Click on register.
PLEASE ALSO ADD US ON FACEBOOK: GALIARA ARTISTS ALLEY
--
Galiara Artists Alley Gallery
Galiara Artists Alley Gallery
863 Mission Street
Across Bloomingdales Mall
Between 4th & 5th Streets
Downtown San Francisco - 94103
California - USA
WRAP Show correction Thanks Lynn!
Hi,
I missed on the correct site for the WRAP it is wraawrap.com not .org
Sorry
Click on exhibit/WRAP Registration and you'll get to all the listed shows in the state.
Lynn Block
Here is the Link,,,,,,,,,,,,, CLICK HERE
I missed on the correct site for the WRAP it is wraawrap.com not .org
Sorry
Click on exhibit/WRAP Registration and you'll get to all the listed shows in the state.
Lynn Block
Here is the Link,,,,,,,,,,,,, CLICK HERE
Meeting info
For those of you that could not make it, we had a great meeting last night.
Attendance of course is way up, with seating available but only in the second row. Great info sharing, all of the brochures and info we discussed is published below. Lots of Arts Event coming up. We had a new entry in the ongoing Business cards search, a new newsletter is out, (Also Below) and Dan Mootz gave a great presentation concerning the do's and dont's of framing. Quite a bit of how-to as well. Very informative
Dan has also offered discounts for all members that need framing.
Call him at (715) 212-7247 or cell (715) 298-3100
Attendance of course is way up, with seating available but only in the second row. Great info sharing, all of the brochures and info we discussed is published below. Lots of Arts Event coming up. We had a new entry in the ongoing Business cards search, a new newsletter is out, (Also Below) and Dan Mootz gave a great presentation concerning the do's and dont's of framing. Quite a bit of how-to as well. Very informative
Dan has also offered discounts for all members that need framing.
Call him at (715) 212-7247 or cell (715) 298-3100
Friday, March 18, 2011
Arts Funding. Thanks Sharon!
From: "Tzougros, George - WAB"
Date: March 18, 2011 3:20:07 PM CDT
To: Arts Board
Subject: Arts Board responds to Governor's proposed 2011-13 Budget
Dear friends and partners,
The Wisconsin Arts Board decided at its meeting last Friday to actively contest Governor Walker's proposal to cut state funding for the arts by 73%, eliminate the Wisconsin Arts Board as a state agency, transfer its four remaining staff members to staff a program within the Department of Tourism, and count the remaining funds associated with the arts under the column of Marketing. More details can be found in the attached document, which outlines why the WAB finds his proposal in direct conflict with the goal to create jobs and economic recovery and growth for our state.
The Arts Board has enjoyed an increasingly productive and mutually supportive relationship with the Department of Tourism over our 38 year history, each agency focused on its unique mission but lending expertise and leveraging strength for the other. Our work is not redundant. Wisconsin, now more than ever, needs a state agency specifically focused on the arts and cultural infrastructure of its communities large and small, an agency that also provides a point of investment for that infrastructure. The state actually needs to invest in the arts to ensure the context and conditions that will make our economy robust and prosperous.
The Arts Board will lead non-partisan advocacy for restoration of the agency in the budget. We ask you to share these talking points with your Board of Directors, those on your mailing lists, and to expand your lists with every opportunity that a new audience or group is gathered. Your communications with Assembly and State Senate representatives in your district should include vivid narratives about what it would mean to lose both the grants and the counsel of WAB, your measure of the deep public value of this agency. If your legislators do not serve on the Joint Finance Committee (JFC) [list attached], then we suggest that you ask both legislators to communicate with members on that committee on your behalf, asking that they restore the Wisconsin Arts Board with funding that reflects an appropriate 10% cut. And of course it would be helpful for you to also contact JFC members yourselves, as they serve on that committee as representatives of us all.
I also invite your suggestions for increased advocacy or for ways we can partner with you and support successfully casting a wide net across the state to harness shared determination to restore the possibility of a sturdy, inclusive economy.
With my gratitude for your hard work,
Barbara Lawton
Chair, Wisconsin Arts Board
-- Post From My iPhone
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Conrad and Luke Osowski show!!
Artist Cindae Osowski and her son Luke Osowski will be exhibiting at The Alexander House.
Opening reception ..
Friday, April 1st from 5 - 8 pm.
The exhibit will run thru May 10, 2011
address:
1131 Wisconsin River Drive
Port Edwards, WI
http://www.alexanderhouseonline.org/
From the Wisconsin Arts Board Newsletter...
TOP WISCONSIN NEWS
FROM THE WISCONSIN ARTS BOARD
Gov. Walker mistakes zoos for art, art for tourism Or: Woodland Pattern, and the virtues of elephant dung vs. cultural programming
AVClubMilwaukee
Way back when he was just a wee little tyrant running for Milwaukee County Executive, Scott Walker was asked what his most recent encounter with the arts was. His answer? The zoo. One of the less-bandied-about parts of Walker’s budget-gutting atrocity is the plan to almost completely de-fund the Wisconsin Arts Board—shrinking it from $2.4 million a year to $759,000 a year.”
-- Post From My iPhone
Monday, March 14, 2011
Cat Tails and Flowers Winners 2011
Mary Nelson was our judge. She is a retired Marshfield HS Art Teacher. Mary was very impressed with the work. It was not easy for her to choose only seven award winners.
Congratulations to all!
"Standing on the North Shore" Fiber
Sharon Rotz
Runner-up Best of Show
"Pink" Photography
Brian Taylor
Judge's Choice Award
"Miss Beatrice" Collage
Karen Aulik-Now
Awards of Excellence
"White Lilacs" Transparent Watercolor
Jean Huntoon
"The River" Watercolor/Acrylic
Cindy Markowski
Honorable Mentions
"Vintage Floral" Photography
Sharon L. Dowis
"August Weeds" Acrylic on Paper
Patrick Plunkett
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Call for Artists......
Call for Artists - Overture Galleries Madison, WIUH
Deadline April 1
The 2011/12 call for Overture Gallery applications begins January 28th. This announcement is distributed through our email list, to local media & on this webpage. Applications are due APRIL 1, 2011 and will be juried shortly after the due date. In early June Overture Galleries will announce the upcoming, year-long season. The new season begins each fall and runs through the following summer. If you would like to be added to the galleries email list, contact the Gallery Coordinator by email: galleries@overturecenter.com or phone: 608.258.4961.
Deadline April 1
The 2011/12 call for Overture Gallery applications begins January 28th. This announcement is distributed through our email list, to local media & on this webpage. Applications are due APRIL 1, 2011 and will be juried shortly after the due date. In early June Overture Galleries will announce the upcoming, year-long season. The new season begins each fall and runs through the following summer. If you would like to be added to the galleries email list, contact the Gallery Coordinator by email: galleries@overturecenter.com or phone: 608.258.4961.
Feb Meeting Minutes
CLICK HERE to get a copy of the minutes from the meeting held on Feb 24th.
Great stuff! We're really moving now!!!
Great stuff! We're really moving now!!!
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