🌸 **SPRING 2023 OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS — Innovate Grant is thrilled to introduce our newly increased award amounts of $1,800.00\.** 

  
Innovate Grant awards (2) $1,800.00 grants each quarter, to one Visual Artist and one Photographer. In addition, (6) honorable mentions (3 in art and 3 in photo), will be featured on our website and join a growing community of vibrant and talented artists. **Innovate Grant's commitment** extends beyond the grant cycle by promoting the work of selected winners and honorable mentions into the future. For more information and to apply visithttps://innovateartistgrants.org

  
**Innovate Grant** supports artists and photographers through quarterly grants. We've simplified the grant process, so that artists and photographers can focus on making their innovative work. The work should speak for itself and our application reflects that. 

  
**Innovate Grant** awards**:**

\+ 1 x **$1,800.00** Grants to a Visual Artist

\+ 1 x **$1,800.00** Grants to a Photographer

\+ 6 x Honorable Mentions Interviews

  
**How to Apply:** Visual Artists and Photographers 18 years and older, from all around the world, are eligible to apply. All media and genres are accepted. All applicants retain the right to the work they submit. Apply today at https://innovateartistgrants.org

  
**Explore the work of ALL Past Innovate Grant recipients and read their interviews at** https://innovateartistgrants.org

  
**Category**:Multiple disciplines and genres accepted

**Deadline**: June 22, 2023, Submit by 11:59PM PST

**Region:** US & International

**Awards:** 2 x $1,800.00 USD Grants // 6 x Honorable Mentions Interviews

  
**Apply Online Today**

https://innovateartistgrants.org

  

**Innovate Grant** awards**:**

\+ 1 x **$1,800.00** Grants to a Visual Artist

\+ 1 x **$1,800.00** Grants to a Photographer

\+ 6 x Honorable Mentions Interviews

NEW * $1,800.00 Innovate Grants for Art + Photo

**Superfine Art Fair comes back to Seattle, July 27-30!**

  
Colorful, creative, and accessible, Superfine Art Fair returns to the Pacific Northwest with 2000+ high quality artworks from 70 in-person artists, thoughtfully curated and approachably priced from $50 to $5000.

  
“Superfine has been a life-changing experience that accelerated my career and created so many new relationships with artists, collectors, curators, galleries and journalists that I still benefit from to this day.”

  
– Sean Christopher Ward | Superfine SF, NY, DC

  
**Only 10 of our most popular booth sizes left. Reserve before we sell out!**

  
This year, the nationally recognized art fair returns to Belltown’s Block 41 simultaneously with The Seattle Art Fair, July 27-30\. Superfine’s artist-to-buyer model creates a direct link between creator and collector in a professionally curated space that maintains a warm sense of hospitality.

  
Why artists love Superfine:

* No commission on your work (100% of art sales go directly to the artist)
* A high-intent, art-buying audience (over 75% of visitors report coming to the fair to buy new art)
* Personalized expert advice, insider tips, and continuous marketing support (educational sessions before, during, and after the fair)

  
**Booth space 75% sold out. Qualify for the fair and reserve your booth today!**

Superfine Seattle 2023

**A POSTER COMPETITION ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE LAPINLAHTI CENTER FOR ART, CULTURE AND MENTAL WELL-BEING IN HELSINKI**

Is designing impactful political posters you passion or do you know someone whose passion it is? Now is the time to unleash your creativity and spread the word because an international real estate developer looms over one of the national heritage sites of Finland – the former psychiatric hospital in Lapinlahti, Helsinki, that has organically transformed into a centre and community of art, culture, and mental well-being. Defend the heritage of Lapinlahti and its community from the threat of an international real estate developer with your poster! The winner of the competition will receive a cash prize of 800 euros.

The organisers of the competition will exhibit some of the contestants’ works in the Lapinlahti park in Helsinki in July. Therefore, by entering the competition, you will automatically give the organisers, Lapinlahden Lähde LLC and Pro Lapinlahti mielenterveysseura ry, the permission to do so and to publish your work on their social media channels.

  
800 EUR cash prize

Save Lapinlahti with a Poster!

It is your responsibility as the artist who is entering the show to READ, understand, ask questions, and to know the rules **before** you submit your entries. Entrants will be notified of updates via email, so check and read your FWS emails! For full printable Prospectus, visit **https://floridawatercolorsociety.org/resources/Documents/Exhibitions/2023\_AnnualProspectus.pdf**

Florida Watercolor Society is pleased to announce the 52nd Annual Exhibition to be held at the beautiful Webber Gallery on the Ocala Campus of College of Central Florida.

**ELIGIBILITY**

Qualifying Associate/Participating, Life, and Sponsor (Diamond or Platinum) Members of Florida Watercolor Society in good standing whose 2023 dues are current by midnight March 31, 2023 may submit one or two digital images of original paintings for judging. Basic members are not eligible to enter this Exhibition.

  
**FEES**

The non-refundable entry fee is $35 for one (1) entry and $40 for two (2) entries, paid through CaFE with MasterCard or Visa. Accepted work will require shipping or hand delivery to Webber Gallery in Ocala. A handling fee will be required by cash or check: $10 hand-delivery, $30 for AirFloat or MasterPak boxes, or $45 for other shipping boxes.

  
**JUROR AND AWARDS JUDGE**

Andy Evansen will be both Juror of Selection and Awards Judge for the 2023 Annual Exhibition.

**CONVENTION, TRADE SHOW, & WORKSHOPS**

The 2023 FWS Convention & Trade Show will be held at the Hilton Ocala Hotel from September 28-30\. Convention registration, workshop, and hotel information is on the FWS website and will come by email.

Please add info@floridawatercolorsociety.org to your contacts so that you will receive information.

**ENTRY FEES**

The non-refundable entry fee is $35 for one (1) entry and $40 for two (2) entries, paid through CaFE with MasterCard or Visa.

**AWARDS**

Monetary & merchandise awards totaling over $20,000 including two optional purchase awards of $1500\. (May be subject to change.) Presentation of Awards is scheduled for Saturday, September 30th at the Gala Awards Dinner.

  
**EXHIBITION LOCATION:**

Webber Gallery

3001 SW College Road

Ocala, FL 34474

Hours: Monday - Thursday 10am-4pm; Closed Friday - Sunday

**ELIGIBLE ARTWORK**

**Minimum artwork size:** 80 square inches

(8" ×10", 9" ×9", etc.) not including any mat or frame.

**Maximum artwork size:** Longest side of frame or panel must not exceed 60" (outside dimension). Artwork should be sized to accommodate this limitation. (Please note: Maximum allowable size changes every year depending on what the venue can accommodate.)

  
**CREATION DATE**

All entries must have been created after January 1, 2021, and not previously shown in any FWS Online or Annual Exhibition. Correspondingly, artwork accepted into this Exhibition is not eligible for submission into other FWS Shows.

  
Artists found in vetting to have clearly submitted work created before January 1, 2021, but to have changed the creation date on their application, will have all of their entries disqualified, removed, and will forfeit all fees paid.

  
**ORIGINALITY**

Paintings submitted must be the artist's own idea, composition, and design, painted by hand, not copied from another photographer's or artist's work, in whole or in part, with or without permission, nor done in a live or online class or workshop, with input from an instructor.

If you paint in series and you use the same reference photo you used for a painting submitted to FWS prior to 1/1/2021, your new painting must be in some way substantially different than your prior submission. This applies regardless of whether the painting was accepted into a show or not.

  
**REFERENCE MATERIALS**

All references, including photos, used in developing the submitted artwork must be created by the artist. FWS does not allow use of the following photo references, in whole or in part:

• purchased images/stock photos

• photos taken by others, even with permission

• photos found on the internet

• any published or copyrighted source, including magazines, books, or other published materials that become the featured subjects) in the artwork

• vintage/heirloom family photos

  
**MATERIALS AND EXECUTION**

Eligible artwork is limited to water-soluble watermedia created on surfaces specifically for watermedia (excluding canvas of any type) and framed under Plexiglas (acrylic) OR sealed with varnish to include paintings mounted to or painted on a cradled board. 

Collage is acceptable only if it is from paper painted by the artist in watermedia, in an aqueous manner. Photographs, printed words, reproductions, digital images, or work created digitally will not be permitted.

Printing and stamping using eligible watermedia within the composition is allowed if the entire entry is not a single print (i.e. gelli print). There must be painting with a brush by hand included in the entry. All stamps and stencils must be created by the artist; commercially available stamps and stencils are not allowed.

Diptychs or triptychs are not permitted, even in a single frame. A detailed list of accepted and prohibited materials is included on page 5 of the **Prospectus**.

**INSTRUCTIONS FOR ENTRY**

FIRST, PREPARE YOUR IMAGES

Do this before beginning application!!!

Prepare digital images of your artwork according to the CaFÉ specifications in order to upload successfully into the system:

  
Dimensions: The longest side of your image must measure at least 1800 pixels. (**1920 pixels** is better.) If it is too large, you can resize. If it is too small, you will be required to use a different image or reshoot/rescan the artwork. Problems with images being too small are often a result of an email program. Resend at "ACTUAL SIZE." Compression: JPEG file size must be **less than 5.0 MB**. To see the file size, close your editing program, highlight the file and Get Info or View Properties.

  
File Format: Save all images as Baseline ("Standard") JPEG or JPG. Do not save as Baseline Optimized or as Progressive. If given a choice, the best color profile for submission is RGB , preferably sRGB.

  
_DO NOT WATERMARK OR PUT TEXT OF ANY KIND OVER YOUR IMAGES._

  
SECOND, ADD IMAGES TO CaFÉ PORTFOLIO

Once you have images meeting criteria above, sign in (or sign up) at CaFÉ and upload the paintings you would like to enter to MY PORTFOLIO. Fill out all the information CaFÉ requests, including the actual artwork IMAGE size; selected artists will be asked for the framed size at a later date. Keep in mind that framed size must not exceed 60" in either direction.

  
THIRD AND FINAL STEP....APPLY TO EXHIBITION

1. Once you have the desired artwork in your CaFE portfolio, click APPLY TO CALLS.
2. Under Call Listings, type **_FWS_**. Click the green magnifying glass button.
3. Look for **FWS 52nd Annual Exhibition**. You may have to scroll down.
4. Click Apply to This Call. NO PASSCODE IS REQUIRED THIS YEAR.

Select the desired image(s) from your Portfolio. **Do not click SAVE until your images are selected.** Provide a brief Artist's Statement about the artwork you are submitting. (THIS IS NOT A "BIO" about you!)

When you have completed your application, scroll down and save it! (The SAVE button is at the bottom and may be out of sight.)

WARNING: You may only go through the entry process ONCE! When entering two pieces, you can save your in-process application, but DO NOT finalize your entry and check-out until you have both pieces of artwork listed in the entry! If you search again after submission is complete, it will say Not Found. If you started the process and did not finalize or check out, your saved application will be in your account under My CaFÉ Entries.

You will pay through the CaFÉ website with a MasterCard or Visa, or via PayPal (you do not need a PayPal account). If you enter and are determined to be ineligible, you will forfeit your entry fees.

  

Monetary & merchandise awards totaling over $20,000 including two optional purchase awards of $1500\. (May be subject to change.) Presentation of Awards is scheduled for Saturday, September 30th at the Gala Awards Dinner.

  

FWS 52nd Annual Exhibition

DESCRIPTION OF EVENT

Tieton Arts & Humanities announces the 14th annual international juried exhibition. 10x10x10xTieton invites artists to create artwork no larger than 10 inches in any dimension.

10x10x10xTieton features about 150 artists from around the world. With no media restrictions, the exhibition presents a broad range of pieces, from sculpture to painting, sound collage, book arts, photography and everything in between. All works are printed in a handbound exhibition catalog made in Tieton at Paper Hammer Studios. Every exhibiting artist receives a free catalog and additional copies are available for sale during the exhibition.

JUROR - Liz Tran

Channeling subjects such as dream imagery, mycology, the psyche and outer space, Liz Tran explores the shapes of nature, with the infusion of fantastical, pulsing synthetic hues. Through a variety of media and cross disciplinary practices and collaborations, she generates atmospheres that activate.

Public collections of Tran’s work include the City of Seattle's Portable Works Collection, Wynn Vegas, Capital One, Vulcan Inc., The El Paso Children’s Hospital, Harborview Medical Center, The King County Public Art Collection and The Child Center. Tran has completed multiple special projects and installations, including work for VH1 Save the Music Foundation, The Upstream Music Fest, Hotel Studio Allston, The Seattle Art Museum, The Brain Project Toronto, Public Art at The Aqua Art Fair Miami and Vulcan Inc. Most recently, Tran designed the album art for Topo Chico’s “The Yellow Room: Seattle”. Her work has been published in the Washington Post, Luxe Magazine, Art Plugged, Interlocutor and Public Display Art.

She has been awarded multiple fellowships and grants; including a Grant for Artist Projects (GAP) from Artist Trust, Clowes Fellowship for residency at the Vermont Studio Center, the Nellie Cornish Scholarship and residency at The Camac Art Center in France, Babayan Culture House in Turkey, Cill Rialaig in Ireland, The Baer Art Center in Iceland, Jentel, Millay Colony for the Arts and The Center for Contemporary Printmaking. She maintains studios in Seattle, Washington and the Willamette Valley, Oregon.

REQUIREMENTS:

ENTRY FEE

$30 for two submissions, $14 each additional submission. Submit only one JPEG per artwork Please send a high resolution image. These images will be used to create the print catalog. 

Your entry fee helps to support access to cultural opportunities that are not generally available in small communities with limited resources. Money raised through this call will go towards supporting free children’s art programs, and continued free public gallery access.

ELIGIBILITY 

This is an international call. There are no geographic limits. 

Tieton Arts & Humanities aims to uplift the voices of all artists that we serve. BIPOC, LGBTQ+, professional, mid-career, and emerging artists are encouraged to apply; all levels of experience and backgrounds are welcome and considered.

MEDIA

All media welcome. Works must be of original design and personal execution and made within the previous three years. Entries must arrive ready to hang.

SIZE 

No piece may be larger than 10 inches x 10 inches x 10 inches, in any dimension, INCLUDING THE FRAME. Each accepted entry must be installation-ready, framed or encased, with appropriate hanging hardware and installation instructions (Must have an attached wire or hook on the back of the frame), and clearly labeled with the artist's name and title of the work. Most sculptures will be placed on shelves, although some will be displayed on plinths. Please test your framing/presentation before sending it. At this size, the presentation of your work is as important as the object, and deserves extra care and consideration.

CATALOG

Each accepted entry will be featured in a fully illustrated, handbound, hardcover catalog of the exhibit. Each accepted artist will receive one free copy of the catalog. 

**There will be 5 Juror’s Awards of $150 each given at the Opening Reception. If an artist is not present, a check will be mailed to the artist. A People’s Choice award of $150 voted on by gallery attendees will be awarded at the end of the show.**
  
  

10x10x10xTieton

Inspiration. Immersion. Seclusion. Natural Beauty.

  
Trillium Arts is an artist residency center where artists of many disciplines can find a creative home away from home, offering secluded space for rejuvenation in a beautiful, remote setting in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Our current facilities are best suited to the disciplines of literary arts, photography, visual arts and arts administration.

**Individual artists who do not require a rehearsal studio** (such as writers and photographers) are encouraged to apply for a one week residency. Performing artists (such as choreographers and theater artists) are also welcome to apply, with the understanding that the Red Barn Studio may be available but for an additional fee starting at $35 per day. Learn more about the Red Barn Studio HERE.

Note that there is ample land and outdoor space available for ideation and research. **We are currently unable to accommodate groups or collaboratives on the Trillium property. Individual artist residencies are a solo adventure during their time here and your residency will not overlap with other awarded artists.** If an artist would like to bring collaborators, there are a variety of AirBnB’s available for rent in the immediate area. A list of recommended AirBnB’s is available upon request.

Musicians are welcome to apply with the understanding that they must rent the Red Barn Studio for sound rehearsals. Out of consideration for sound issues, sound rehearsals are not permitted in the artist apartment since artist accommodations are currently in the ground floor of a shared house. A Bluetooth speaker is available. No other sound equipment is provided. 

* Private accommodations in a one-bedroom, ground floor suite (Phil and Heather live upstairs but resident artists have a private entrance).
* Welcome dinner
* Use of the grounds, including firepit, gazebo and waterfall area
* Potential use of the Red Barn Studio for an additional fee (starting at $35 per day)
* Basic kitchen supplies and all household goods (towels, linens, paper products, etc.)
* Access to high speed fiber optic internet
* Mentorship services (optional for an additional fee)

  
Trillium Arts offers a limited number of **work scholarships.** The scholarship is an exchange of eight hours of work during the residency week for a 50% discount off the residency fee. The work is directly related to the success of the Trillium Arts, such as community engagement, office work, facilities maintenance and improvement, gardening, internet communication. More info available in the application. 

 Residencies for Individual Artists October/November 2023

The City of Petaluma (“City”) is seeking qualified applicants to collaborate with park builders for the design of a public artwork-playground structure at Kenilworth Park. This Request for Qualifications (RFQ) outlines the opportunity for qualified designers, artists, firms, and creative teams (“Artist”) to apply to work with the City’s contracted Park Designer to design the public art-playground structure. This opportunity invites qualified applicants to apply for a $30,000 awarded contract using the City’s Public Art Fund for creative services to design a public art-playground structure proposal for Kenilworth Park in close collaboration with the City’s Park Designer, as well as provide other creative services and project management throughout the design phase of the project and participate through the project's entirety. To learn more and apply, please visit https://cityofpetaluma.org/kenilworth-playground-public-art.
  
  

This opportunity invites qualified applicants to apply for a $30,000 awarded contract using the City’s Public Art Fund for creative services to design a public art-playground structure proposal for Kenilworth Park in close collaboration with the City’s Park Designer, as well as provide other creative services and project management throughout the design phase of the project and participate through the project's entirety. 

Kenilworth Playground Public Art Project RFQ

The Public Art Commission of Huntersville, NC, is seeking five (5) pieces of leasable outdoor sculpture to be installed for two years on the Downtown Greenway running through Holbrook Park in town of Huntersville, NC.

  
Compensation to the selected artists will be provided by private donations and grants awarded by the Mecklenburg County Arts and Science Council, and Electricities. Each artist will receive a $2,000 stipend (per piece), exposure on the Town’s website, including a virtual map and tour of all public art installations, and other related media.

  
This sculpture exhibition will be located in Holbrook Park along the Downtown Greenway, which is part of a larger greenway vision for the Town, The Huntersville Vine. The Downtown Greenway includes sites for public art, functional items such as benches, swings, and a shelter. It also includes areas for active play such as pickleball/tennis courts, two (2) playgrounds, and bike racks. The Huntersville Vine is visualized as both symbolic and practical: feeding culture and commerce within the community, connecting residents to each other and businesses, and physically nurturing the environment by providing a habitat that is beneficial to all.

  

Compensation to the selected artists will be provided by private donations and grants awarded by the Mecklenburg County Arts and Science Council, and Electricities. Each artist will receive a $2,000 stipend (per piece), exposure on the Town’s website, including a virtual map and tour of all public art installations, and other related media.
  
  

Huntersville SculpTOUR

A juried group photo show on landscape and architecture at Black Box Gallery. 

  
For more info: https://blackboxgallery.com

  

Camera Work: Landscape and Architecture

The Twenty Something Project, part of the European Capital of Culture programme, will organise a literary residency on the theme ‘visible and invisible’ in 2023\. The residency, organised by Mesto knjige (City of Books) festival and the Carinarnica Cultural Centre, is aimed at writers, poets, essayists and committed publicists between the ages of 20 and 29 from the following countries: Slovenia, Italy (FriuliVenezia Giulia, Veneto, South Tyrol, and Emilia-Romagna only), Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia, and Germany (Chemnitz and surroundings only). During a 12-day programme, artists will be able to explore writing and literary creation practices. 

  
The Twenty Something project aims to promote the practice of writing in public spaces, focusing on mentoring young talented writers and preparing them to enter the publishing world. Special attention will also be given to helping writers get to know each other, both literary and cultural professionals from other fields, and bringing them to a wider audience. 

**The organisers provide travel expenses up to €300 (up to 650 km, use of train (2nd class) or bus is compulsory, except for people with disabilities)**, accommodation, and pocket allowance for daily expenses (€ 40/day).

Twenty Something Literary Residency (Slovenia)

Art + Australia is calling for proposals from artists, designers, architects, theorists and historians for ‘Issue 58.2\_The Mirror’, dedicated to exploring AI and its burgeoning role in contemporary art through a uniquely Australian lens. We encourage submissions that investigate the ways in which AI intersects with artistic practice, its broader cultural and social implications, and challenges our understanding of the human.

In 2023 OpenAI launched ChatGPT-4 as a range of new, highly sophisticated AI technologies flooded the data-sphere. The new apps allow for complex image and video generation, text generation and code writing, which are rapidly becoming a new, non-human labour force instructed to perform novel tasks that edge us ever closer to artificial general intelligence. These AI interfaces have led to widespread debate, consternation and have reignited conversations around authorship, labour, technology, desire, value, surveillance, and education.

For this issue of Art + Australia, we welcome proposals that engage with the overarching theme of "The Mirror", an object and symbol of reflection, self-examination, and representation. Is AI technology simply a democratising mirror as Tim O’Reilly discusses? Does AI, as Franco “Bifo” Berardi argues, further disassemble and augment desire? Does it have the potential to eschew or reconfigure our current labour practices? What does art tell us about AI’s uses, fallibility, and bias? What futures are artists imagining with AI? Is AI yet another techno-bureaucracy accelerating the global feedback of contemporaneity?

— Art + Australia provides an 80c p/word fee for articles published on Art + Australia

— A fee a equivalent will be determined on a case-by-case basis for all creative or experimental submissions

Call For Proposals: Issue 58.2_The Mirror

Illustrators and artists from Ukraine, Germany and Poland who work with the topics of gender equality and feminism and are interested in the implementation of socially significant projects and international cooperation, and are also ready to work with the topic of war, are invited to participate in the online laboratory. 10 project participants selected as a result of the open round will work with materials from the archives of partner organizations, and will also receive recommendations for independent work with personal stories. Illustrations based on archival research will be collected into a collective zine and presented at exhibitions in Lviv and Berlin in November 2023, together with the results of a summer residency program for young Ukrainian female artists, which will be recruited separately. The summer program provides a training program of practical direction with the support of experienced artists,

  
Joint work will last for 5 months and will include mandatory joint synchronization meetings at least once a month. Project participants will be offered various forms of group and individual work, mentoring support and lectures by invited experts. In addition, there will be a two-day offline networking event for all project participants in Berlin.

* a one-time scholarship in the amount of 550 euros
* covering all production costs related to preparation for exhibitions and publication
* an all-expenses paid trip to Berlin in November 2023

  

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