Artist Opportunities
 

 

Long Island Arts WebSite - Open call to artists in all visual media to be featured artist on this website. Length of feature is not yet determined, and artist should be prepared to submit artwork in digital form for presentation . Contact us if Interested

New ListingSmithtown Township Arts Council
Now Accepting Entries for Introspections

The Smithtown Township Arts Council is now accepting entries for Introspections, A Juried Self-Portrait Exhibition to be held August 16 – September 22, 2008. Juror Amy Mackie is an assistant curator at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York.

Artists are invited to submit work exploring various modes of representing the self. All media (drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, video, film, sound, performance, and installation) will be considered. Entry deadline is July 1 2008, and must be submitted as 300 ppi jpeg files on CD only. For prospectus send SASE to STAC, 660 Rte 25A, St. James, NY 11780 or visit www.stacarts.org.

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New Listing Long Island Museum
Calling all artists with an interest in Long Island!
Here’s a chance to have your work displayed in a museum!

All amateur and professional artists are invited to participate in a very special art contest in conjunction with our upcoming exhibition, The Art Students League of New York.

Prizes will be awarded for best works with the theme, Summer on Long Island. All entries must be submitted to the Long Island Museum no later than July 11, 2008. Winning entries will be displayed in the Art Museum from September 3 - 21, 2008.

For submission guidelines and additional information, please contact the Long Island Museum at (631) 751-0066 x212 or x214. or:

click here to download prospectus and entry form (PDF).

New ListingThe Spring Art Fair On The Lake
Sunday, June 1, 2008
1pm
Yaphank, Long Island, NY

On Sunday, June 1, 2008 The Mill House Inn will be hosting The Spring Art Fair On The Lake. We are looking for artists to rent a space to sell their work. This event will take place outdoors on the grounds of The Mill House Inn; a bar restaraunt on the lake in Yaphank (exit 66 LIE).

In addition to the art exhibit there will be great food, an outdoor bar, wine, and music. This family event is free admission and a great opportunity to network and get your work noticed. As the fair approaches we will be inviting local Long Island art gallery owners and staff to attend the event. We will also be utilizing our myspace page to feature some of the artists participating with a brief bio and a representation of their work. For more information please contact Alison at schmalison@hotmail.com

Download (PDF) Exhibitor Information Form | Artist Bio Sheet

New Listing Calling all Photographers
Long Island Arts Council at Freeport
28th Annual Juried Photography Show
June 1 – 26, 2008

Eligibility: Open to all photographers, both amateur and professional. Work must be original and not previously exhibited with the Long Island Arts Council at Freeport in its juried shows.

Categories: Submissions may be in either black & white or color.
Deadline for application: Thursday, April 11

Click here for prospectus and entry form

New Listing The Smithtown Township Arts Council
Seeking Works Ranging From the Macabre to Whimsical

The Smithtown Township Arts Council is seeking works ranging from the macabre to whimsical for Halloween Midnight Oils, to be held October 4 – November 7th, 2008. Open to all media.

The exhibition is in celebration of art’s awesome power as a spiritual instrument that helps man to transcend his primeval fear of death and of the unknown. Juror Alain Khadem is not interested in the gratuitously gory, but in works that portray frightening subject matters in a philosophic, romantic, or humorous light.

Early entry is encouraged. Entry deadline is August 15, 2008, and must be submitted as 300 ppi jpeg files on CD only. For prospectus send SASE to STAC, 660 Rte 25A, St. James, NY 11780 or visit www.stacarts.org.

ARTISTS/ Writers Studio SPACE Available for rent (Great Neck)

Studio share for writer or artist who needs a quiet, beautiful, small space for creative work in Great Neck.

contact Sheila:
sheilaht@optonline.net
Tel: 516-482-1128

PRICE: $425/200 sq ft
LOCATION: Middle Neck Rd. at Grace Ave.

2008 Art Kudos International Juried Competition

Artshow.com is currently accepting entries for the 4th annual Art Kudos Competition. $3,400 in awards. Open to all artists 18 and older. Eligible media include: acrylics, oils, watercolors, pastels, drawings, printmaking, photography, digital art, sculpture, and mixed media. Media not accepted: video/film, installations, wearable art (clothing or jewelry).

Juror: Pang-Chieh Hsu, recipient of the prestigious Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship and an instructor at Armstrong Atlantic State University.

Selected finalists will appear in an online exhibit at www.artKudos.com beginning August 15th. $30 for 3 images (slides, photos, JPEGs, or TIFFs). Please visit http://www.artshow.com/artKudos for details and an entry form. Deadline for submissions: June 30, 2008.

Request for qualifications

The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), City of Pittsburgh (City), Sports & Exhibition Authority (SEA) and the Pittsburgh Penguins (Developer) are seeking a consultant or consultant team to create a public art plan for the Pittsburgh Arena which focuses on the exterior of the building and the surrounding site. The new Pittsburgh Arena will be the home for the Pittsburgh Penguins and will replace their current arena, Mellon Arena, which was built in 1961. The arena will also function as a multipurpose venue for performing arts and entertainment. The consultant will analyze the Pittsburgh Arena Master Development Plan, recommendations from the Contextual Design Advisory Panel and meet with City staff, project stakeholders and the community to develop a comprehensive public art plan for the arena. The art plan should provide for projects that depict the history, present and future of Pittsburgh, the Hill District, Uptown and the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000) is available for this project including all expenses and travel.

The competition is open to established professional consultants or consultant teams working within the United States. Students are not eligible to apply. Please send your application by U.S. Mail, email or common carrier no later than March 21, 2008.

The link to the RFQ is http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/cp/assets/new_arena/08_Arena_Art_RFQ.pdf

If you have any questions regarding this RFQ, please contact Kimberly Baker at kimberly.baker@city.pittsburgh.pa.us or 412.255.2516.

"Call to Artists" .
" Embracing Our Differences - Long Island "

Juried art competition and exhibit. An outdoor Art Exhibit Celebrating Diversity. A project of the Suffolk Center on the Holocaust, Diversity & Human Understanding, Inc.

Click here to downlaod the PDF for more information or visit: http://www.chdhu.org/eod/

Artists Wanted

North Shore Art Guild meets the 1st monday of the month at 7:30PM. Meetings are held at the miller place high School, Memorial Drive, in Miller Place, NY. We have member work critiques, demonstrations and art show news. NSAG also sponsers an annual member show and an open juried show. For further information call 631 467-4123. There are no meetings in July and August.

New Listing Los Angeles Center for Digital Art: Call For Artists

LACDA announces an open call for our juried competition featuring digital art. Entrants submit three JPEG files of original work. All styles of 2D (flat) artwork and photography created or manipulated digitally will be accepted. Call is international, open to all geographical locations.

The selected winner receives 10 large archival prints of their work up to 44x60 inches on canvas or museum quality paper (approximately a $1500-$2000 value) to be shown in a solo exhibition in our gallery on Melrose Avenue. The show will be widely promoted and will include a reception for the artist. Five second place winners will receive one print of their work up to 44x60 inches ($150-$200 in value) to be included in upcoming group shows. Second place winners will be scheduled into group shows within twelve months of announcement of winners.

Registration fee is $30. For submission details and registration visit: WWW.LACDA.COM

Los Angeles Center For Digital Art
5723 Melrose Avenue Suite 202
Los Angeles, CA 90038

Gallery Information:
Los Angeles Center For Digital Art is dedicated to the propagation of all forms of digital art, supporting local, international, emerging and established artists. We have an ongoing schedule of exhibits and competitions, produce editions of wide format archival prints, and provide low cost education for individuals interested in learning software programs utilized for art and design.

New Listing    Artwork Wanted

Pathways Women's Health is pleased to offer on-going art exhibits at its center. In addition to helping to create a soothing atmosphere for those waiting diagnostic testing and those attending our WELLNESS PROGRAM,, it offers an opportunity for many artists to have their work seen. If you are interested in exhibiting, please send slides to:

Mollie Sugarman, ATR, SW- Program Director
Pathways Women's Health
1390 Northern Boulevard
Manhasset, NY 11030
516-365-9760

Uniondale Public Library
Uniondale, NY 11553
516-489-2220
Ms. Nancy Bertrand

 All Media Artists wanted to exhibit at Library. Call Ms.Nancy Bertand for more information.

Special Opportunity Stipends Available

Special Opportunity Stipends (SOS) for visual, literary, media, and performing artists are available, with February and May deadlines. Artists may request support ranging from $50 to $500 for specific, forthcoming opportunities.

SOS is a project developed by the New York Foundation for the Arts to assist individual artists in their work or career development. It is made possible with public funds from the NYSCA, as well as contributions from private foundations and friends of NYFA.

SOS is administered on Long Island in Nassau and Suffolk Counties bt the East End Arts Council under a consortium agreement with the Babylon Citizens Council on the Arts, the Huntington Arts Council, the Islip Arts Council, the Smithtown Township Arts Council, the Council for the Arts on the North Shore, the Long Beach Arts Council, and the Long Island Council for the Arts at Freeport.

Applications are available from these arts councils, and can also be obtained from the internet at www.nyfa.org Please call the East End Arts Council at 516-727-0900 or your local arts council for further information on these stipends.