[Side Arts Certified Sponsored Listing] Lyme Art Association announces a call for artists for Stillness: A Still Life, opening on April 18 – May 29, 2025, at Goodman Gallery.
In moments of chaos, artwork can function as a temporary pause for both artists and viewers. As painter Giorgio Morandi once observed, “To achieve understanding it is necessary not to see many things, but to look hard at what you do see.” This exhibition is an introspective exploration of the still life genre, inviting artists to engage deeply with composition, light, and form.
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Enter by: 21 March 2025
Individual and Associate Artists: $25 for one piece, $10 for each additional piece (up to 4 total)
Elected Artists: $30 for up to 4 pieces total
Key Dates
- Accepted List Announced: Friday, March 28
- Drop-off/Pick-up: April 11-13 (Fri-Sun), 10 AM – 5 PM
- Award Winners Contacted: Friday, April 18
- Opening Reception: Friday, April 25, 5 – 7 PM
Juror: Justin Wiest
Justin Wiest (b.1971) studied at the Schuler School of Fine Arts and the New York Academy of Art. He has taught still life painting at the Silvermine School of Art for over twenty years and has exhibited extensively along the East Coast.
Juror’s Statement:”Still life painting has always played a vital role in my artistic journey. The craft was learned through the successes and failures of setting up a still life. There is a nobleness in the care and composition of objects that often quietly exist next to us. Sometimes, the true nature of these things is unlocked by painting them.”
Stillness Prizes
- 1st Place: $300
- 2nd Place: $200
- 3rd Place: $100
- Plus one Award of Merit
Participating in Stillness: A Still Life offers artists valuable professional exposure, as the exhibition is juried by esteemed still life painter Justin Wiest, providing recognition, and credibility. Showcased at the Goodman Gallery, the exhibition allows artists to present their work to collectors, fellow artists, and art enthusiasts, creating opportunities for networking and sales. With all work required to be for sale, artists have the potential to earn from their pieces, with the gallery handling transactions. Additionally, cash prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, along with an Award of Merit, offer further recognition. This juried opportunity not only enhances an artist’s CV and portfolio but also provides essential exhibition experience in a professional setting.
About Lyme Art Association
The Lyme Art Association (LAA) is a dynamic and historically rich organization dedicated to supporting and showcasing representational art. With a legacy dating back to the Lyme Art Colony, LAA continues to provide a thriving space where emerging and established artists can exhibit their work, connect with the community, and gain professional recognition. Through juried exhibitions, workshops, and educational programs, LAA fosters artistic growth and preserves the tradition of representational art while embracing contemporary interpretations. Its commitment to high-quality exhibitions, experienced jurors, and artist-centered opportunities makes it an essential hub for artists and art lovers alike.
For more information, contact paul@lymeartassociation.org
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[Side Arts Certified Sponsored Listing] Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center announces a call for artists to submit original artwork to ‘Imaginary Worlds: Invented Spaces and Places.’ This art exhibition invites viewers to explore visionary landscapes, fantastic cityscapes, and surreal dreamscapes crafted by contemporary artists.
Blurring the boundaries between reality and imagination, the exhibition will showcase artwork that transports audiences to new and unexpected realms. Each piece serves as a portal into an artist’s unique, invented world, inspiring wonder, and curiosity. There is a heavy emphasis on worlds created by artists as opposed to preexisting fictional universes. Directly copywritten material will not be considered for inclusion in this opportunity.
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Enter by: 23 March 2025
Each artist accepted for Imaginary Worlds receives an individualized promotional graphic designed specifically for the show which artists can use on their social media. A digital catalogue is created for the exhibition which includes selected gallery photographs, juror and show information, and an individual spread exploring each artists work within the show.
There will be an opening reception with a cash bar, food truck, live music, and plentiful conversation which will be free for artists in attendance.
About Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center
Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center is committed to connecting people to art and nature. Through a wide variety of engaging exhibits, programs, classes, public projects, and annual events, Annmarie opens up opportunities for creativity, collaboration, and reflection. By providing opportunities for visitors to experience and engage in imaginative activities, Annmarie seeks to nurture the human spirit and contribute to a healthy society.
Annmarie is a Smithsonian Affiliate located in scenic Solomons, Maryland, on the Chesapeake Bay. Since 1992, Annmarie has captivated visitors of all ages with its natural setting and exceptional programs and events.
For more information, contact exhibits@annmariegarden.org
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[Side Arts Certified Sponsored Listing] The Decatur Arts Alliance announces a call for artists working in all media for their 2025 Fine Arts Exhibition, Cat and Mouse.
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Enter by: 14 March 2025
Cat and mouse is a playful way to illustrate a certain type of power struggle. This game of constant pursuit, capture, and escape is a trope of fables, fiction, movies, and cartoons. Will one win over the other, or are the combatants locked in a never-ending game where the upper hand is gained, but eventually lost?
After her enemies forced her to abdicate her throne on July 24, 1567, leading to unsuccessful attempt to regain the throne, Queen Mary of Scotland fled to England, seeking the protection of her cousin, Elizabeth I. Perceiving Mary as a threat, Elizabeth confined her in various castles and manor houses in the interior of England.
Queen Mary was a skilled needlewoman and sewed many embroideries while she was under house arrest in England. An important means of expression for Mary, her amazing collection of embroideries featured fantastical beasts, Latin sayings, and hidden meanings.
One embroidery in particular, Mary’s embroidery of a cat, is imbued with hidden meaning. The cat depicted has red fur, a nod to Elizabeth I’s red, Tudor hair. The cat has its paw on the tail of a mouse, stopping it escaping. Is this a reference to the power struggle between these two female monarchs, or to Mary’s imprisonment, where the meek mouse, though under the cat’s foot, is bound to escape?
Cat and Mouse Artist Benefits
- Best of Show: $1,000
- Gold Award: $700
- Silver Award: $500
Purchase awards totaling $2,500 are selected by the City of Decatur for inclusion in its public art collection. Local institutions and universities frequently purchase exhibiting artwork. Purchase awards will be publicly announced on the exhibition website.
The Decatur Arts Festival draws approximately 40,000 people to downtown Decatur for a celebration of the arts that includes a juried Artists Market, Children’s Festival, New Dance, Literary Arts, Performing Arts Stage, and a Concert on the Square, as well as the Fine Arts Exhibition. This large audience represents a broad spectrum of knowledge and appreciation of the arts, and the Fine Arts Exhibition addresses this spectrum with a diversity of styles and media. Works selected for the show reflect a wide range of artists’ experiences and viewpoints, with excellence as a common thread.
About Decatur Arts Alliance
Decatur Arts Alliance (DAA) connects residents, businesses, tourists, and artists to increase arts access and engagement in the city of Decatur, Georgia. Founded in 1989, the nonprofit produces the annual Decatur Arts Festival, numerous city-wide public art programs, community art and music events, and in 2024, launched the “Creative Village” project at Legacy Park that offers affordable artist studios and community workshops for all ages and skill levels.
The DAA provides a collaborative environment to coordinate the interests of artists, gallery owners, theater groups, dance groups, and performance venues within the city, helping to make Decatur home to a strong arts community. The Decatur Arts Alliance is supported by membership and sponsorship, along with proceeds from the Decatur Arts Festival and the Decatur Wine Festival.
For more information, contact amacon@decaturartsalliance.org
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[Side Arts Certified Sponsored Listing] LibertyTown Arts Workshop announces a call for artists for Coffee Culture, a national juried art exhibition.
The nineties are back, baby, and with it, so is the nineties’ coffee house culture. Join LibertyTown this March to celebrate all things coffee and coffee culture, whether they are images of coffee, coffee bean art, celebrations of your life in a coffee house, or deeper examinations of this strange, fermented bean water’s journey from bush to mug. LibertyTown wants to see all of your art celebrating, incorporating, or exploring our sweet, sweet, caffeinated friend, coffee.
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Enter by: 17 February 2025
A non-refundable application fee must be paid for each submitted piece before it will be juried. Payment may be submitted electronically via submittable or by check delivered to LibertyTown. “Friends of LibertyTown” Members receive discounted jury fees. If you aren’t already, you can become a member at http://libertytownarts.com/product/friends-of-libertytown/.
Application Fees
- 1st piece (Non-member): $25
- 1st piece (Member): $15
- Each additional piece: $ 5
All artists age 16 and older, working in any media, may apply to this show. Work previously exhibited in LibertyTown’s gallery is not eligible. Work must be original and not from kits and made in the least five years.
Work accepted into the show must be for sale. Applications must be submitted electronically; no physical pieces will be accepted at the gallery for jurying. Work that will be displayed must be ready to show, with no unfired media, no wet paint, no sawtooth hangers, staple-free edges or other unfinished surfaces. LibertyTown will provide pedestals and shelving as needed. LibertyTown reserves the right to reject works accepted by the juror due to content, space constraints, or inability to properly install the work.
Calendar
- 2/19: Notifications sent via Submittable Only
- 3/3: Accepted work due at LibertyTown by 8PM
- 3/7: Opening reception
- 3/30: Show closes, unsold work may be picked up/will be shipped back
Coffee Culture Awards
- 1st Place: $400
- 2nd Place: $200
- 3rd Place: $100
LibertyTown keeps a commission of 40% on all show sales. Artists are responsible for any costs related to transporting accepted work to the gallery and transporting unsold work away at the end of the show. Artists applying to this show grant LibertyTown Arts Workshop unlimited non-exclusive right to use images of accepted work to promote the exhibit and the gallery.
About LibertyTown Arts Workshop
LibertyTown Arts Workshop is a 13,000 square foot art facility located in downtown, Fredericksburg, Virginia. LibertyTown is home to over 80 artists, working artists’ studios, and a full spectrum of art classes offered to the public. Main gallery Shows rotate monthly. This ensures that LibertyTown is always presenting new items for local patrons to enjoy and experience. LibertyTown features show items for viewing and sale on their website and features show items on Facebook and Instagram pages. Located downtown, the location is walkable, and they have many visitors local and visiting. LibertyTown participates in First Friday art receptions, which is a well-attended event that happens monthly.
For more information, contact info@libertytownarts.com
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[Side Arts Certified Sponsored Listing] Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center announces a call for artists to submit original artwork to Fragments: Reflections On Memory, an art exhibition.
The Fragments exhibition seeks to explore how individual and collective memory can shape our identity and perception, influencing our understanding of the world around us. Whether through nostalgia, trauma, joy, or loss, memory intertwines with our daily lives and exists as a fluid, shifting narrative. AnnMariee Sculpture Garden and Arts Center challenges artists to explore the fragmented nature of memory, its fluidity, distortions, and how the passage of time affects our perception of the past and present.
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Enter by: 5 January 2025
As a Smithsonian Affiliate, Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center is able to source jurors from the Smithsonian system. Previous exhibitions have been juried by the Director of Collections at the Hirshhorn, the Director of Exhibitions at the National History Museum, and the Head Librarian at the Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library.
Fragments: Artist Benefits
All artists associated with exhibitions at Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center recieve a complementary media package. This includes general social media graphics and individualized graphics. For each exhibition, a virtual catalog is created with pages highlighting the juror, shots of the gallery as a whole, and an individual page with a high-quality photo of the exhibited artwork along with an artists statement.
About Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center
Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center is committed to connecting people to art and nature. Through a wide variety of engaging exhibits, programs, classes, public projects, and annual events, the Center opens up opportunities for creativity, collaboration, and reflection. By providing opportunities for visitors to experience and engage in imaginative activities, the Center seeks to nurture the human spirit and contribute to a healthy society.
Management
The 30 acre grounds of Annmarie Sculpture Garden is owned and supported by the Board of Calvert County Commissioners. In accordance with the lease and management agreement, Annmarie is operated by the Koenig Private Foundation, a private, non-profit, charitable organization. The Foundation employes the staff of Annmarie, and seeks out grants and donations to support the payroll budget and fund special projects at Annmarie. The many activities and programs of Annmarie are supported by Ann’s Circle, Inc., a 501 c 3 non-profit organization whose board consists of residents drawn from the Southern Maryland community. Ann’s Circle offers a membership package with a variety of attractive benefits. Membership is open to all.
Funding
The thirty acre property that comprises Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center is owned by the people of Calvert County and relies on the support of three entities for its operating budget, capital improvement budget, and events and programming budget. An annual grant from the Calvert County Commissioners to the Koenig Private Foundation supports the personnel budget. The Koenig Private Foundation and Ann’s Circle work together to raise funds to further support the payroll budget. The Foundation also helps raise funds for capital projects. Ann’s Circle manages the many programs, events, classes, exhibits, and activities of Annmarie, as well as the membership program and the gift shop. For additional information about this successfull, fifteen-year, collaborative partnership, please contact Stacey Hann-Ruff, the director of Annmarie at director@annmariegarden.org.
Construction of the award-winning Arts Building, which opened in 2008, was funded by five main sources: the State of Maryland, the Calvert County Commissioners, Friends of Annmarie Garden, the Koenig Private Foundation, and Ann’s Circle, Inc.
History
In 1991, Francis and Ann M. Koenig donated this property to Calvert County with the intention that it be developed into a sculpture garden. Over the next decade, their dream took shape as six works of art were installed on the thirty acre property. These diverse pieces are fully integrated into the natural setting of the Garden and provide the opportunity to develop an appreciation for the seasonal changes inherent in outdoor art. In addition to the sculpture, the walking paths were created and the allies, or hallways, were cleared. The lovely allies allow visitors to look across Annmarie and have created areas for the installation of sculpture.
In 2003, Annmarie became a member of the Smithsonian Institution’s Affiliations Program. This program has allowed the Garden to borrow more than twenty-five pieces of sculpture form the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden. In 2008, the Arts Building and the Studio School opened, allowing Annmarie to dramatically expand its programs and activities.
For more information, contact exhibits@annmariegarden.org
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[Side Arts Certified Sponsored Listing] LibertyTown Arts Workshop announces a call for artists for Purple, a national juried art exhibition. Purple comes in many shades: lilac, violet, magenta, aubergine. It can be so cool, it almost seems blue or blushes with rich red tones. Purple is a versatile color that LibertyTown claims as their signature. What better way to start the month of love than by celebrating the color that we all love at LibertyTown? Share your art that celebrates the color purple and all of its multifaceted glorious shades. All mediums welcome.
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Enter by: 20 January 2025
All artists age 16 and older, working in any media, may apply to this show. Work previously exhibited in LibertyTown’s gallery is not eligible. Work must be original and not from kits and made in the last five years.
Work accepted into the show must be for sale. Applications must be submitted electronically; no physical pieces will be accepted at the gallery for jurying. Work that will be displayed must be ready to show, with no unfired media, no wet paint, no sawtooth hangers, staple-free edges or other unfinished surfaces. LibertyTown will provide pedestals and shelving as needed. LibertyTown reserves the right to reject works accepted by the juror due to content, space constraints, or inability to properly install the work.
A non-refundable application fee must be paid for each submitted piece before it will be juried. Payment may be submitted electronically via submittable or by check delivered to LibertyTown. “Friends of LibertyTown” Members receive discounted jury fees. If you aren’t already, you can become a member at http://libertytownarts.com/product/friends-of-libertytown/.
Application Fees
- 1st piece (Non-member): $25
- 1st piece (Member): $15
- Each additional piece: $ 5
Calendar
- 1/20/25: Submissions due by 10PM Eastern Time
- 1/22/25: Notifications sent via Submittable Only
- 2/3/25: Accepted work due at LibertyTown by 8PM
- 2/7/25: Opening reception
- 3/2/25: Show closes, unsold work may be picked up/will be shipped back
Purple Exhibition: Artist Benefits
Awards
- 1st Place: $400
- 2nd Place: $200
- 3rd Place: $100
LibertyTown keeps a commission of 40% on all show sales. Artists are responsible for any costs related to transporting accepted work to the gallery and transporting unsold work away at the end of the show. Artists applying to this show grant LibertyTown Arts Workshop unlimited non-exclusive right to use images of accepted work to promote the exhibit and the gallery.
About LibertyTown Arts Workshop
LibertyTown Arts Workshop is a 13,000 square foot art facility located in downtown, Fredericksburg, Virginia. LibertyTown is home to over 80 artists, working artists’ studios, and a full spectrum of art classes offered to the public. Main gallery Shows rotate monthly. This ensures that LibertyTown is always presenting new items for local patrons to enjoy and experience. LibertyTown features show items for viewing and sale on their website and features show items on Facebook and Instagram pages. Located downtown, the location is walkable, and they have many visitors local and visiting. LibertyTown participates in First Friday art receptions, which is a well-attended event that happens monthly.
For more information, contact info@libertytownarts.com
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[Side Arts Certified Sponsored Listing] The Bristol Art Museum (BAM) announces a call for artists for a national juried exhibition focused on paper, Rock Paper Scissors.
This exhibition draws inspiration from the classic game, translating its playful rivalry into the realm of art. In the game, rock beats scissors, paper beats rock, and scissors beat paper. In this exhibition, paper takes center stage. This national call invites artists to explore materials and artistic processes that reflect the hard, composite, and delicate. Works may incorporate paper as a medium or subject and engage with broader themes of strength, fragility, and transformation. Playful experimentation and innovative approaches will unify the exhibit, welcoming all styles – from non-objective to abstracted realism.
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Enter by: 20 December 2024
On View: Sunday, February 9 – Friday, April 4, 2025
Reception: Sunday, February 16, 2025 | 2:00 – 4:00 PM
Rock Paper Scissors – Artist Benefits
- Juried Selection by Esteemed Juror: The exhibition will be curated by Toby Sisson, a respected artist and educator with expertise in studio art. Toby Sisson earned her M.F.A. from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, and is an Associate Professor and Director of the Studio Art Program at Clark University in Massachusetts. Having work juried by an esteemed professor and program director provides valuable exposure and enhances artists’ portfolios.
- Cash Awards: Participants will have a chance to win cash awards totaling $1000, recognizing artistic excellence and innovation.
- Publicity and Promotion: The exhibit will be promoted through various channels, offering participating artists additional exposure through the museum’s website, social media, press releases, and printed materials.
- Artistic Exploration: This exhibition encourages artists to push creative boundaries, inviting experimentation with materials and concepts related to strength, fragility, and transformation – a unique platform to explore the versatility of paper as both medium and metaphor.
- Enhance CV and Exhibition History: Being part of a juried exhibition strengthens an artist’s exhibition record and CV, adding credibility and recognition that can open doors to future opportunities.
About Bristol Art Museum
Founded in 1964 and located in the historic seaside town Bristol, Rhode Island, the Bristol Art Museum is dedicated to championing contemporary living artists by creating dynamic spaces for artistic expression and public engagement. They offer a platform where both emerging and established artists can share their work with diverse audiences, fostering a lively dialogue around current themes, materials, and perspectives in contemporary art. BAM is unique in its commitment to celebrating living artists, providing them with visibility and resources to expand their impact within the art community and beyond.
For more information, contact bristolartmuseum.art@gmail.com
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[Exhibition Update]
Congratulations to the winners of Rochester Contemporary Art Center juried exhibition, Queering Democracy: Art, Identity, and Politics!
Queering Democracy showcases a wide range of experiences, emotions, and thoughts on the evolving struggle for LGBTQIA+ rights and representation and includes over 50 artworks from 15 US States by the following artists:
Abby Wang (Campbell, CA), Alex Marsh (New Paltz, NY), Ali El-Chaer (Pegram, TN), Amelia Borja (Alhambra, CA), Anastasia King (Toledo, OH), Andrew Zou (Jamaica Plain, MA), Balbir Krishan (Jackson Heights, NY), Brandin Barón (San Francisco, CA), Camila de Andrade Bianchi (Phoenix, AZ), Carl Grauer (Poughkeepsie, NY), Cesar Conde (Chicago, IL), CJ Hungerman (Geneva, IL), Clarajames Daly (Allston, MA), Elham Kalantari Mahmoudabadi (Baltimore, MD), Erin Adams (Los Angeles, CA), Ernesto Beckford (Chadds Ford, PA), Eva Capobianco (Ithaca, NY), Fidelis Izekor (New York, NY), Jamie Ryder (Rochester, NY), Jason Norris (Rochester, NY), Jo Cosme (Seattle, WA), Joan Cox (Baltimore, MD), Judith G. Levy (Rhinebeck, NY), Jérai Wilson (Saint Albans, NY), Lauren Eddy (Batavia, NY), Lauren Wadsworth (Geneseo, NY), Lucie Greasley (Liverpool, NY), Matt Vanderlee (Rochester, NY), Matthew Mosher (Orlando, FL), Michael Sylvan Robinson (Brooklyn, NY), Morgan Johnson (Gold Beach, OR), Nilson Carroll (Rochester, NY), Patty Tomanovich (Rush, NY), Paul F. Yount (Venus, FL), Quincey Miracle (Buffalo, NY), Renée Caisse (Westminster, MA), Renée LoBue (Montclair, NJ), Rich Harrington (Endwell, NY), Ro Robertson (Lumberton, NJ), Sarah Schneiderman (Glastonbury, CT), Stacey Chen (Chicago, IL), Unique Fair (Rochester, NY), Zexuan Jia (Westbrook, ME), Zoe Requena (Syracuse, NY)
View more details about and images from exhibition here: https://www.rochestercontemporary.org/exhibitions/queering-democracy/
[Side Arts Certified Sponsored Listing] Rochester Contemporary Art Center (RoCo) and ImageOut Art seek artist submissions for Queering Democracy: Art, Identity, And Politics In 2024, a juried exhibition opening in Rochester, New York, in October 2024.
Queer art has achieved greater prominence in recent years, yet the LGBTQIA+ community’s struggle for freedom and equality persists. RoCo hopes this exhibition will serve as a reflection of our current moment, and as a poignant response to the alarming rise of anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation sweeping the nation.
Click here for the application / registration (Closed)
Enter by: 15 June 2024
For Queering Democracy, RoCo welcomes 2D, 3D, and electronic media that showcases experiences, emotions, and thoughts on the evolving struggle for LGBTQIA+ rights and representation. Artists located in the United States of all backgrounds, identities, and those exploring all narratives of genderqueerness are invited to apply.
Accepted artists will receive a stipend to help offset the cost of production or transport of their work. RoCo’s community consists of a membership base of over 1,000 artists and art-appreciators, and many non-members who visit regularly and support their exhibitions. They offer a wide range of promotion, including daily social media posts, weekly newsletters, and posts to a variety of art and news websites. RoCo hopes to support both familiar faces and new artists through this exhibition and introduce their important artwork to RoCo’s audience.
About Rochester Contemporary Art Center
RoCo is a venue for the exchange of ideas whose mission is to support and exhibit artists who address pressing issues through their work, especially emerging artists, both from Rochester and beyond. It is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) that was founded in 1977. As a center for thoughtful contemporary art, RoCo provides unique encounters for audiences and extraordinary opportunities for artists. They host five or six exhibitions each year, including a Members Exhibition in the winter and an annual fundraising exhibition, 6×6, every summer. Other exhibitions are often curated or juried, many times in partnership with other local or regional organizations and curators. RoCi has a special focus and interest in providing curated video programs in their media room and public art in the park outside their building.
For more information, contact info@rochestercontemporary.org
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[Side Arts Certified Sponsored Listing] Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center announces a call for artists to submit original artworks to the Holiday Gift Show and Sale exhibition to take place November 1, 2024, through January 1, 2025, in the Main Gallery of the Murray Arts Building.
Set your sights on holiday shoppers, as the exhibit will coincide with Annmarie’s annual Ornament Show, as well as everyone’s favorite festive event, Annmarie Garden in Lights! Attendance during the holiday season is more than 35,000 guests!
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Enter by: 30 September 2024
All media will be considered, including painting, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture, jewelry, glass, fiber, digital, photography, and mixed media. Price of works cannot exceed $300. Artworks do not have to be holiday themed.
This is a show and sale style exhibit, meaning artworks will be removed as they sell. Artists will be contacted upon sale of work and invited to replace the sold piece with another artwork. Annmarie retains a 35% commission on all works sold.
Holiday Gift Show and Sale Artists will benefit heavily from reduced commission fees (35%), extended gallery hours (10am-9pm), as well as increased foot traffic. This show will be installed in a spacious main gallery and will run concurrently with the annual lights festival. The holiday season includes other small events such as a model train exhibition, a Lego exhibition, food trucks, and pictures with Santa. The timing for this exhibition is advantageous, seeing as it is during the holiday shopping season.
About Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center
Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center is located in scenic Solomons, Maryland, where the Patuxent River meets the Chesapeake Bay. The sculpture garden features a shady walking path that meanders through the woods past permanent and loaned sculpture, including over thirty works on loan from the Smithsonian Institution and the National Gallery of Art. Artists in the collection include Antonio Tobias Mendez, Barbara Hepworth, Cesar, Robert Engman, Jean Arp, Kenneth Snelson, and Fransisco Zuniga. Young guests can frolic in the Fairy Lolly Creative Play Space and explore the many trails, including the Tree-mendous Trail.
The award-winning Arts Building includes rotating exhibition space, the Nature Nook, the artLAB Creative Reuse Studio, the Annmarie Gift Shop, and lovely wrap around patios. Annmarie presents a variety of popular annual festivals, rotating exhibitions, family activities, and creative public programs. The Studio School offers classes for all ages and abilities – from pottery to dance – taught by professional artists and arts educators. Come explore this special place where art and nature meet!
For more information, contact exhibits@annmariegarden.org
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[Exhibition Update]
Congratulations to the winners of LibertyTown Arts Workshops exhibition, Joy! A Celebration of Queer Happiness!
“In this month’s exhibition, we wanted to present an exhibition to coincide with Pride Month as we celebrate and support our LGBTQIA2S+ community. We wanted a show that felt bright and cheerful, but didn’t want to candy coat anything, or be toxically positive to us, Pride Month is about the basic right to be safe and happy and while that’s simple in concept, it’s not so simple to achieve with all the hate that still poisons the well. And that’s exactly what makes Pride so moving: It’s an expression of effervescent joy; the kind of joy that only comes from emerging or being released from oppression. Joy in the face of oppression is defiant. It is both protest and a basic right.” – LibertyTown
See the exhibition online at https://libertytownarts.com/2024/06/05/joy-a-celebration-of-queer-happiness-a-national-juried-exhibition/
[Side Arts Certified Sponsored Listing] Libertytown Arts Workshop announces a call for artists for Joy! A Celebration of Queer Happiness, a national juried art exhibition.
LibertyTown doesn’t want to candy coat anything, or be toxically positive, but it seems like everything that everyone is working toward with Pride is about the basic right to be safe and happy. While that is simple in concept, it’s not so simple to achieve with all the hate that still poisons the well. That’s what makes Pride so moving for LibertyTown. It’s an expression of effervescent joy; the kind of joy that only comes from emerging or being released from oppression. Joy in the face of oppression is defiant. It is a protest. LibertyTown feels like that is the core of contemporary Pride. Show them your art that celebrates defiant joy, be it in the smallest moments of domesticity or the larger expressions of breaking free.
Click here for the application / registration (Closed)
Enter by: 20 May 2024
Application Fees:
- 1st piece (Non-member): $25
- 1st piece (Libertytown Member): $15
- Each additional piece: $ 5
All artists age 16 and older, working in any media, may apply to this show. Work previously exhibited in LibertyTown’s gallery is not eligible. Work must be original, not from kits, and completed in the last 5 years.
Work accepted into the show must be for sale. Applications must be submitted electronically; no physical pieces will be accepted at the gallery for jurying. Work that will be displayed must be ready to show, with no unfired media, and no wet paint or other unfinished surfaces. LibertyTown will provide pedestals and shelving as needed. LibertyTown reserves the right to reject works accepted by the juror due to content, space constraints, or inability to properly install the work.
Calendar
- 5/22: Notifications sent via Submittable Only
- 6/3: Accepted work due at LibertyTown by 8PM
- 6/7: Opening reception
- 6/30: Show closes, unsold work may be picked up/will be shipped back
Joy! A Celebration of Queer Happiness Awards:
- 1st Place: $400
- 2nd Place: $200
- 3rd Place: $100
LibertyTown keeps a commission of 40% on all show sales. Artists are responsible for any costs related to transporting accepted work to the gallery and transporting unsold work away at the end of the show. Artists applying to this show grant LibertyTown Arts Workshop unlimited non-exclusive right to use images of accepted work to promote the exhibit and the gallery.
About LibertyTown Arts Workshop
LibertyTown Arts Workshop is a 13,000 square foot art facility located in downtown, Fredericksburg, Virginia. LibertyTown is home to over 80 artists, working artists’ studios, and a full spectrum of art classes offered to the public. Main gallery Shows rotate monthly. This ensures that LibertyTown is always presenting new items for local patrons to enjoy and experience. LibertyTown features show items for viewing and sale on their website and features show items on Facebook and Instagram pages. Located downtown, the location is walkable, and they have many visitors local and visiting. LibertyTown participates in First Friday art receptions, which is a well-attended event that happens monthly.
For more information, contact info@libertytownarts.com