Call for Artists: Portraits, Figures & Selfies (deadline is January 20th, 2023)
Non-Juried Exhibition
Submissions due by January 20
In the Gallery: February 3 – 23
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New Calls for Artists
Oregon City Arts Commission – RFP Public Art- Sculpture (deadline is March 4, 2024)
The Oregon City Arts Commission seeks an artist, or artist team, to create a replacement sculpture for Oregon City’s public art collection. The artwork will be located on the northwest corner of 7th and Center Streets in Oregon City. The new artwork will replace a piece called “Ancient Voices” by the artist Carole Turner, that was permanently damaged due to a car accident. Please note that the Arts Commission is not looking to emulate the former piece. Rather, artists should share their vision for new artwork that will become a mid-town Oregon City landmark.
Writing Contest Announced
Clackamas County Arts Alliance announces a writing contest for Clackamas County residents. This contest, conceived and organized by the Arts Alliance’s Literary Arts Committee, encourages local writers to express their ideas about “Clackamas County – Its life, its history, its future!”
Submissions must be about Clackamas County and can be in the format of a short story, an essay, a poem or a play. Entries in both English and Spanish will be accepted. The contest will open January 3, 2023 and entries must be received by April 3, 2023.
“Contests like this one help writers hone their skills and provide an opportunity for wider recognition. This contest’s broad theme and variety of genres gives writers a chance to truly get creative and showcase their unique talents,” says Tamara Muldoon, a Literary Arts Committee member. “We hope to receive a diversity of submissions in each discipline.”
Winners will be publicly announced during the Clackamas Community College Compose Creative Writing Conference scheduled for May 20, 2023. One First Place winner and one Runner Up winner will be awarded in each of the four genres; short story, essay, poem and play. First Place winners will receive a cash prize of $250 and complimentary registration to the Compose Creative Writing Conference. Runner Up winners will receive a cash prize of $100 and also complimentary registration to the Compose Conference.
The Literary Arts Committee is also seeking businesses or individuals who would like to help sponsor the contest. Sponsors who gift $250 or more will receive extensive recognition both before and during the Compose Conference. Smaller donation amounts are also welcome. Sponsorship donations may be tax deductible as the funds are managed by the Clackamas County Arts Alliance board, a 501(c)3 organization.
For information on contest guidelines, submission instructions, or sponsorship visit the Clackamas County Arts Alliance website at https://clackamasartsalliance.org/writing-contest.
Call for Artists: Black and White: 2023
Entry Fee: $40.00
Entry Deadline: 01/11/2023
Theme: Black and White
Black Box Gallery is excited to announce a Black and White juried group photo show. There is often a classic, nostalgic and dynamic translation to black and white photography. Black and White has an important tradition of luminous, well-crafted and thoughtfully composed imagery. Contemporary photographers are involved in this dialog of history and tradition, but with their own modern voice, visions and aesthetics of imagery. Black Box will be looking for a diversity of photographic works and ideas for this exciting exhibition!
Juror: Todd Johnson
Todd Johnson is the founder and director of Black Box Gallery. Todd received his MFA in Photography from the San Francisco Art Institute. He has been a photography portfolio reviewer for Photolucida (PDX OR), Critical Mass (PDX OR), Dodho Magazine (Barcelona, Spain) and Blue Sky Gallery (PDX OR). Todd has worked as an independent curator for exhibitions at Linfield College (McMinnville, OR), Gallery Homeland (PDX OR), Mile Post 5 (PDX OR), The Waiting Room Gallery (Minneapolis, MN), 4X Gallery (PDX OR) and The Gorilla Art Gallery (San Francisco, CA). He has worked in arts education and arts administration for 25 years.
Johnson has exhibited his photographic work in Portland OR, at The University of Oregon (White Box Gallery), Marylhurst University (The Art Gym), Pacific Northwest College of Art, Reed College, Linfield College, FalseFront Gallery and Augen Gallery. National exhibitions include Bushwick Open Studios (Brooklyn, NY), Carroll Square Gallery (Washington, DC), Hi Lo Gallery (Olympia, Washington), Davis and Cline Gallery (Ashland, Oregon), Midway Gallery (Bloomington, Illinois) and The Diego Rivera Gallery (San Francisco, California).
Deadline: January 11
Exhibition Dates: February 1-20, 2023
Each exhibition will have 24 photographs selected by the juror for exhibiton at the gallery.
An additional 30 photographs will be selected by the juror for exhibition in our on-line gallery annex.
All 54 photographs from the show will be included in a catalog available for purchase on Blurb Books.
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Contact Email: info@blackboxgallery.com
Contact Phone: 503-804-5032
Call for Artists: Grants Pass Museum of Art 6 x 6 for 2023
Entry Fee: $0.00
Entry Deadline: 01/10/2023
This exhibition will feature 6″ x 6″ artwork displayed in a grid, and auctioned off of sale to raise funds for the museum. Display your work in the museum and support the arts in Southern Oregon during this fundraising exhibit. The Grants Pass Museum of Art is raising funds that provide free admission for museum visitors, affordable art classes, and amazing programs for kids. This will also be an online auction.
Please complete the required entry form on CaFE.
Original artwork(s) get mailed to:
Grants Pass Museum of Art
1630 Williams Hwy, PMB 501
Grants Pass, OR 97527
The artwork will be exhibited in the museum and online from January 20 – February 16, 2023. All accepted work will be exhibited. All work needs to be suitable for audience of all ages, and not infringe on copyright laws. Other than that it is up to you!
No application in advance required. Please fill out the entry form for each entry, and mail it with your work.
Anyone is eligible to submit artwork. Please be aware that unsold work may not be returned. 100% of the proceeds go to fund the Grants Pass Museum of Art in Southern Oregon.
2022 Holiday Show
By Lynda Orzen, Holiday Show Coordinator
The art show only had 28 artist this year with space for 10 more. Let’s hope we can fill it in 2023. This was our 15th annual event-yes 15! Our guild is going to be 16 in 2023! The Holiday Show is only open to members of the guild. The Oregon City News had a wonderful article with one of our artists on the front page! We shared advertising with several other events in the community along with a ½ page ad in the OC News. Over the years, the guild has donated over $7,000 to the Pioneer Community Center’s Meals on Wheels program!
Major kudos to Melody Bush for Facebook advertising, Ingrid Aubry for our postcards and posters – each year they just get better, Kerry Edwards, volunteer coordinator and my right-hand, Lynne Collum for name tags and booth signs and Yelena Shabrova who managed all the computer magic! Couldn’t have done this without good teamwork. Thank you for being so resourceful and fun to work with!
Wintering-in with Spiritual Intent (January 11th, 2023)
As we break into the new year, we may find ourselves uninspired in this dark, damp month. We’ll come together to explore creative ways we can bring sacred light into our lives. Taking a look at images of light, we’ll create our own with oil pastels, acrylics and ink. We’ll pause to meditate on bringing this glow inward and extending it outward into our communities and world.
Date: Wednesday January 11th Time: 10am – 12pm
Leader: Denise Andersen Cost: $25 per personRegister through the Franciscan Spiritual Center. francisspctr.com
The class will be held at St. Catherine Hall on the former Marylhurst College campus. 3159 Furman Dr., Marylhurst, Oregon
Ingrid Aubry’s Calendar in Oregon City News
By Ingrid Aubry
Oregon City News featured a nice story about my latest Oregon City calendar, a humorous take on well-known local sights, entitled “(Not the Usual) Sights of Oregon City.” Each page features an iconic character from literature or the movies appearing in one of our local attractions. I will be selling them at the TRAG Holiday Show on December 3rd and 4th.
Call for Artists: 10th Annual Abstract Sanctuary
Entry Deadline: 12/20/22
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Contact Email: fineartvu@gmail.com
Contact Phone: 347-752-8915
VIRTUAL EXHIBITION
Verum Ultimum Art Gallery
Portland OR
REQUIREMENTS:
Media Images – Minimum: 2, Maximum: 5
Total Media – Minimum: 2, Maximum:5
Entry Fee (Verum Ultimum): $20 (for the minimum of 2)
TIMELINE SUMMARY:
SUBMISSION DEADLINE
December 20, 2022
SCHEDULE NOTIFICATION (by email) of accepted work by January 10, 2023
EXHIBITION DATES:
Open in mid January of 2023 and run for a minimum of 5 weeks.
ELIGIBILITY AND RESTRICTIONS:
The competition is open to all 2D and 3D artists, national and international, working in all forms of painting, drawing, photography, graphics, digital, and sculpture are eligible. Entrants must be 18 years of age or older to apply.
EXHIBITION:
Selected artists will be featured in a virtual group exhibition online on the Verum Ultimum Art Gallery website. This includes an exhibition page and virtual viewing galleries that show the work in scale. Artists will also be featured through online blogposts. Social media attention and promotion will remain on this exhibition for 5 weeks.
TRAG Members Who Missed Today’s Meeting: Please Vote on Proposed Annual Dues Increase
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