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Artists to Watch Winter '22

ABOUT:
“Small Matter” is a national juried exhibition hosted by the 437Co Art Gallery, Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, Colorado. The exhibition is open to all US-based artists 18 years of age and older working in 2D and 3D media. Entries must be original works created within the last five years, and not previously exhibited at the CMU Art Gallery. Artists may submit up to three works with a $35 entry fee. Accepted works will be exhibited at 437Co in downtown Grand Junction, CO from Nov. 28, 2022, to Jan. 26, 2023. The 437Co Art Gallery is pleased to announce that the exhibition will be juried by Pattie Chalmers, artist, and educator at the Southern Illinois University Carbondale. There will be $1,000 in cash awards given to Best of Show ($500), 1st Place ($300), and 2nd Place ($200).  The BEST of the show will have a solo exhibition opportunity in the CMU 437Co Art Gallery in Fall 2023 or 2024.

JUROR: Pattie Chalmers (www.pattiechalmers.com) received her BFA in printmaking from the University of Manitoba in Canada, and her MFA in Ceramics from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.

She has exhibited in group exhibitions on five continents, in six countries and thirty-three states and over the past ten years has had work in over ninety exhibitions. Chalmers is a Professor at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She has taught at SIUC since 2006.

Professor Chalmers has been awarded two McKnight Residencies at Northern Clay Center in Minneapolis, MN, and in 2020 she received an Illinois Art Council Professional Development Grant and an Illinois Arts Council Artist Fellowship Finalist Award.  

PUBLICITY:
437Co may use images of artwork accepted into the exhibition for publicity purpose. Artists agree to allow images of their art for educational, publicity and archival purposes.

INSURANCE AND LOAN AGREEMENT:
Artists must insure their work during transit to and from the gallery, and for the duration of the exhibition. The CMU 437Co gallery is not liable for any damage caused during transit to and from gallery.

All works must be accompanied by a signed loan agreement. The loan agreement must arrive by Nov. 12, 2022. The loan agreement will be provided upon acceptance of work.

SHIPPING AND DELIVERY:
Artists are responsible for all shipping and delivery costs to and from the gallery. Works should be shipped to arrive only during the “window to receive works” unless otherwise arranged. Works must be carefully packed and shipped in a reusable box, container, including packing materials and a pre-paid return shipping label. All works will be returned in original packing materials and box. Works need to be received no later than Nov. 12, 2022. All hand-deliveries must be picked up in person at the close of the show.
 

IMPORTANT TIMELINE:

Entry Deadline: Oct. 10, 2022
Notification of acceptance by email: Oct. 24, 2022
Window to receive works: Nov. 1 – Nov. 12, 2022
Works Delivered in person at the 437Co Art Gallery: Nov. 7 – Nov. 12, 12:00-5:00 pm
(437 Colorado Ave. Grand Junction, CO 81501)
Deadline to receive works: Nov. 12, 2022
Exhibition opens: Nov. 28, 2022
Opening Reception and Juror’s talk: Dec. 2, 5:30 pm
Exhibition Closes: Jan. 26, 2023
Return Shipping or Pick-up for works: Jan. 30 – Feb. 10, 2023


Small Matters

Oleg Beshentsev

UPWARD Gallery invites artists worldwide to submit artwork to our online competition and exhibit, Atmosphere.

“Without atmosphere, a picture is nothing,” said the Rembrandt. But what if the atmosphere itself is the main focus of the work? And the rest of the artistic means are ways to convey it.
Share your vision of how to let the viewer with emotions that they will remember as the unique atmosphere of a artwork.

Acceptable mediums include all traditional art media (e.g., oil, watercolor, acrylic, pastel, mixed media, gouache, egg tempera, pen and ink; drawing media such as graphite, charcoal, colored pencils, scratch board, markers, metal point), digital painting, arts and crafts (beadwork, pottery, embroidery, floristry, batik, stained glass, two-dimensional collage and fabric art as well, etc.).

All accepted pieces will be displayed in our online gallery at upwardgallery.com.

Atmosphere | Open Call

The changing nature of armed conflict since the beginning of the 20th century has led to a significant increase in the volume and intensity of the social consequences of war on the civilian population. Children are often impacted strongly, and this is particularly pronounced for children associated with the enemy. Among those, Children Born of War, fathered by foreign/enemy or occupation soldiers or peacekeepers and born to local mothers, are especially vulnerable to a range of adversities. They are frequently born out of wedlock, are almost always raised without fathers, and their position as a child ‘of the enemy or occupier’ and often as a child of mixed ethnical parentage, leads to stigmatisation and discrimination.

These challenges and gaps in the knowledge about their biological father affect their identity

formation processes. Despite these challenges and the taboo associated with their provenance, their identities are varied. They are not merely, as has been suggested in research and policy making, secondary victims of armed conflict, but they often see themselves as bridge builders between previously inimical countries or kinship groups. This multi-facetted set of experiences is at the core of this call for projects that visualise – through performance-based engagement – the challenges and opportunities of CBOWs in postconflict societies.

With our OPEN CALL we invite artists of the independent performing arts throughout Europe to develop performative works and make them publicly visible in a theatrical process that also involves audience participation. Three selected artistic projects will be presented publicly at the final symposium in April/May 2023 together with a symposium addressing questions about performing arts as a way of communicating scientific topics and findings to the public. Academic partners of the project are University of Leipzig and the University of Birmingham; the artistic network partner is the regional association for the independent performing arts in Saxony (Landesverband der Freien Theater in Sachsen e.V. / LFTS).

OPEN CALL

We are looking for projects that engage Children Born of War (persons who were fathered by foreign/enemy/occupation soldiers and born to local mothers in 20th and 21st century conflicts), and co-develop artistic, performance-based concepts that translate scientific knowledge about and experiences of Children Born of War to raise awareness about the social consequences of armed conflicts, including conflict-related sexual violence and children born of CRSV and consensual relations between foreign soldiers and local women. Projects and concepts should focus on both audience development and audience engagement; participatory approaches including the integration of CBOW into the transformation in artistic projects, e.g. cast or the rehearsal and or post-performance activities are encouraged, as are concepts that include evaluations of performance art and/or participatory approaches at the intersection of academic research and artistic dissemination.

IMPORTANT DATES
November 2022

Online Workshop involving actors/directors from the selected projects, Children born of War from different settings as well as the academic and artistic partners of the Call.

April/May 2023

Presentation of the projects and symposium on performing arts as a way of communicating scientific topics and findings to the public in Leipzig (Germany).

Children Born of War: Research-Based Performance

The application fee is waived for applicants coming from countries included in the current DAC list - https://bit.ly/3BLBjiN

Liva Laure

Until 1 December 2022, artists, researchers, architects, designers ¬– food, design, fashion, sound, social, – writers, curators, and other creatives are welcome to apply for an 11¬–month residency starting in November 2023. 

Jan van Eyck can assist in searching for accommodation

Jan van Eyck Open Call: Residency 2023/2024

Johan Lundin

We invite you to send applications to this year’s Open Call at Galleri CC. In total, we will show the works of 2-4 professional artists. 

𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: 
 20 october 2022 (midnight) 
 𝐄𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝: 
 18 november - 18 december 2022 OPEN CALL 
21 december 2022 Kortfilmsdagen  

𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲: 
✅ The open call is for professional artists. 
✅ Artists working with video, video installations, video performance or artworks related to time based visual media can apply. 
✅ Artists from all countries. 

 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲: 
✅Deadline: October 20th 2022 (midnight) 
✅Send a link to a portfolio with a maximum of two existing artworks that can be presented in the exhibition. The portfolio should be sent as a web link to a web hosted PDF, web hosted video, or website. 
 ✅The works should be clearly marked with title, year, length, size and a short description of the work (idea, concept, thoughts and other relevant information, as well as special installation requirements if needed). 
✅Please also send us your name, year/place of birth, website, a short artist statement and CV. Send your application to: opencall.gallericc@gmail.com

 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:
 ✅ The date of the exhibition is 18/11- 21/12 2022. 
✅ The exhibition is curated by Bahareh Mirhadi and Johan Lundin. 
✅ Galleri CC will pay each artist an artist fee according to KRO - The Artists National Organization’s MU-agreement.
✅ Galleri CC’s space consists of one white room with large windows facing the street, a tiled room (the gallery used to be a bakery) and a basement that is painted black and which is most often used for screenings as we have a projector with speakers installed with two benches. 
✅ Galleri CC will produce posters, flyers and an exhibition text.  We look forward to receiving your application!

 www.gallericc.se https://www.instagram.com/galleri_cc/

Payed Exhibiiton for artists working with video

Apply for the 2023 RAIR residency this fall: Accepting applications until October 31st, 2022
WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE APPLICANTS TO REGISTER FOR A TOUR OF THE SITE BEFORE APPLYING. IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND A TOUR, BE SURE TO WATCH THE RECORDING OF A PREVIOUS SITE TOUR

THE STANDARD RESIDENCY: a longer, more traditional studio based program. Standard residents are given access to waste materials and a studio and project space. 

 
DURATION: 
4-6 Weeks
March- November

WORKING HOURS: 
*MINIMUM OF 20 HOURS PER WEEK 
Weekdays 7am-5:30pm* 
Weekends 9am-4pm*
*additional hours can be scheduled if needed

THE STANDARD RESIDENCY 

In 1999, Wildacres Retreat opened our residency program for artists.  Since that time, we have had the opportunity to host hundreds of writers, artisans, and musicians. Participants in the program stay in one of three self-catering cabins located just a quarter-mile beyond the retreat entrance. One of the cabins is completely ADA compliant and another can house two residents working on a project together.

Using the space provided by the three cabins, Wildacres hosts approximately seventy artists each year for one-week residencies from April through October. Residencies begin on Monday afternoons and run until Sunday mornings. While there are landlines at each residency cabin, there is no internet access in the cabins, and cellphones do not typically connect except in the main part of the retreat where we do have WiFi access.  The residency program allows artists the solitude and inspiration needed to begin or continue work on a project in their particular field of creative arts.  Past residents tell us that being able to work in such a secluded, natural setting provides them with an unparalleled opportunity to step away from outside distractions and completely focus on their work.

LAUREL CABIN: Wildacres residencies are offered at no cost to participants.  Residents have the option to eat in the dining room with other residents, guests, and staff, or they may prepare their own meals in their cabin.  Participants are responsible for providing their own transportation to and from Wildacres, as well as while they are at the retreat.  They are also responsible for any supplies they may need during their residency.  As the residencies are intended to be working retreats, spouses/partners, guests, and pets are not permitted. AZALEA CABIN: We allow two people collaborating on a project to come together and stay in Azalea cabin, which has a loft to accommodate a second person. When two candidates apply for a joint residency, we ask them to fill out one application stating the nature of their project and include information about both participants, as well as resumes from both individuals. OWL’S NEST CABIN: Each year we offer a few two-week residencies. Individuals wishing to apply for a two-week residency are required to answer questions on the application specifically about that length of stay. Our two-week residencies are very limited and not guaranteed.

Wildacres Residency Program

$15 for up to three images, $25 for up to five images and $35 for up to eight.  Funds in US Dollars

Portia Simms

CAGOnline Announces a Call for Artists to
Participate in the ALL Animal Art Competition.  
Deadline to enter 10/09/2022
Apply: https://tinyurl.com/2022-animals


Call for Online Art Competition, ALL Animal

The Uncoiled 

The Uncoiled Magazine is open for submissions for their 4th magazine issue.
For this, we are calling to all artists who want to contribute and have their work published. 
The theme for this issue is 'Change', in whatever form it may come, whatever it means to you, what you feel when you think of change, what emotions arise, and how it makes you feel. 
Art in any form and medium is welcome (painting, drawing, poetry, literature, photography, video, sound, illustration, mixed media, etc.).

The magazine for now is only an online magazine, but we are planning to make this issue also into a print one. 

Deadline is the 30th of November 2022.

 

The Uncoiled is an upcoming online literary and art magazine with writers and artists from all over the world. 

The Uncoiled Magazine Issue 4 Submission

Cora Marin

The Revenge Lab is a project taking place within the frame of 'Dienst' - a cycle of collaborative micro-residencies and exhibitions hosted at the Galerie Ladons in Hamburg. 

If you're an artist in Germany you've probably had issues figuring out your freelancing bureaucracy, KSK and funding situation, tax matters... and the list goes on. If, on top of that, you're a foreigner, then you know the hustle well, specially when the Ausländerbehörde continues to play tricks on you while you struggle to stay afloat combining several jobs and impossible hours. You're an art worker AND a mother? Then you're next level bad-ass and we need to hear from you. 
 
The Revenge Lab is a space for people to come and vent on the bureaucratic struggles that seem to go hand in hand with working in the artistic field in Germany.
Experiences will be exchanged, there will be time and space for open dialogue, advice, consultations, consolations, and catharsis of all kinds.
If you've ever found yourself on the edge of a nervous breakdown because of these issues... Well, then you know that such a platform (a Revenge Lab, quite specifically) is long overdue. 

Help us help each other find better ways to handle these issues. Be a part of this project -- we want to hear from you!

You can drop a line at contact@coramarin.com to find out more about it. In the meantime, you can also help us TONS by answering this questionnaire: 

https://www.surveymonkey.de/r/JZ8FKTT

Thank you very much in advance and sending you big, fat hugs,

The Revenge Lab

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