DEADLINE: May 03, 2021

PH21 Gallery - Call for Entries: Bodyscapes

A curated international photography exhibition. July 1 – July 24, 2021. The human body, in full or in part, is often in the focus of various photographic genres. From documentary, event and street photography to fashion photography and the nude, photographers have always found ways of constructing images in which the specific portrayal of the human body gains significance. This may be stemming from the rich layers of meanings determined and shaped by the specific socio-cultural context of the image, the visual interaction of the human body with the surrounding physical space, or the intriguing compositional possibilities offered by the body itself. When focussing on the body, some photographers explore movements, study expressive gestures and postures, or concentrate on the beauty and details of the human anatomy. Some narrate whole life stories through the depiction of the human body. Others may offer stern visual criticism of our normative conceptions of the human body and its mainstream representation in Western media. PH21 Gallery invites photographers to submit their work for a group exhibition themed Bodyscapes. We are looking for submissions from all photographers who are interested in this subject, and who would like to share their work with a wider international audience through the exposure of PH21 Gallery. The theme is broadly construed without any photographic genre restrictions. Indeed, we are interested in all possible creative photographic interpretations of the theme.

Website: https://www.ph21gallery.com

Prospectus: https://www.ph21gallery.com/cfe-bodyscapes-21

DEADLINE: May 07, 2021

Color Burst: Contemporary Photography 2021

Black Box Gallery is excited to announce a color photography juried group photo show. Contemporary color photography has a big range of dynamic colors being used for landscape, portraiture, architecture, fashion, street, abstract, documentary, still life, narrative, conceptual projects, nature and night photography. How do photographers use color to think about, compose, stylize and captivate and present contemporary photography? For more information, click the links below.

Website: https://blackboxgallery.com

Prospectus: https://blackboxgallery.com/Color%20Burst-Contemporary%20Photography-2021-CFE.html

DEADLINE: May 09, 2021

Painterly

Online + Gallery Call for Art: Painterly Exhibition: June 3 to June 26, 2021 Commission: 65% Artist, 35% Gallery $35 for up to 3 images Las Laguna Art Gallery presents Painterly. This exhibition is open to artists working in Acrylic, Gouache, Oil, or Watercolor. This is an Open Theme exhibition so any and all subjects are acceptable. Note: All artists who submit to this show will be accepted and have at least one of their submitted works posted and promoted on our website. A select number of artists will be selected to send their work to our gallery for our in-person exhibition at our brick and mortar gallery in Laguna Beach, California.

Website: https://www.laslagunaartgallery.com

Prospectus: https://www.laslagunaartgallery.com/upcoming-calls

DEADLINE: May 13, 2021

51st Annual "River Road Show" - Art Guild of Louisiana

A national juried competition sponsored by Art Guild of Louisiana. Open to all U.S. artists 18+. Work must be original, 2 dimensional, and created within the last 3 years. Juror Soon Warren, AWS NWS.

Website: https://www.artguildlouisiana.org/river-road-show/

Prospectus: https://www.artguildlouisiana.org/river-road-show-prospectus/

DEADLINE: May 15, 2021

Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize

From the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University supports documentary artists, working alone or in teams, who are involved in extended, on-going fieldwork projects that rely on and exploit the interplay of words and images1. First announced in 1990, the Dorothea Lange–Paul Taylor Prize was created by the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University to encourage collaboration between documentary writers and photographers in the tradition of the acclaimed photographer Dorothea Lange and writer and social scientist Paul Taylor. In 1941 Lange and Taylor published An American Exodus, a book that renders human experience eloquently in text and images and remains a seminal work in documentary studies. he Lange-Taylor Prize is intended to support artists, working alone or in teams, who are engaged in extended, ongoing fieldwork projects that fully exploit the relationship of words and images in the powerful, persuasive representation of a subject. The prize is not awarded for completed projects or to support the production of a book, exhibit, website, or other outcomes. The winner receives $10,000, features in Center for Documentary Studies’ digital publications, and inclusion in the Archive of Documentary Arts at Rubenstein Library, Duke University. SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2020 LANGE-TAYLOR PRIZE will be accepted from February 15 to May 15, 2021. Deadline extended! Entries must be submitted before midnight (EST) on May 15. The winner will be publicly announced in September 2021.

Website: https://documentarystudies.duke.edu/awards/lange-taylor

Prospectus: https://documentarystudies.duke.edu/awards/lange-taylor/how-to-enter

DEADLINE: May 15, 2021

Call To Professional Women Artists for Online Showcase

The Power Conference 2021--Women's Professional Development Conference, invites women artists from anywhere in the United States to apply for the 2021 Women Artists Online Showcase on the Power Conference website September 12-30, 2021. The virtual conference takes place September 13-14. In past years, this in-person conference was held in Bethesda, MD, and attracted 500-700 women in business. This year, it will be a virtual conference open to participants around the country. The conference organizers have added an educational track on the business of creative arts. Should you wish to attend the online conference, your non-refundable $35 entry fee will be applied toward the conference registration fee (even if your artwork is not accepted).

Website: https://www.thepowerconference.com

Prospectus: https://www.thepowerconference.com/women-artist-showcase/

DEADLINE: May 15, 2021

WATER 2021 Call for Entry - Online Art Show

THEME: "WATER" covers 71% of the Earth's surface and is vital for all known forms of life. 96.5% of the Earth's crust water is found in seas and oceans. Although the sea moderates the Earth's climate and has important roles in the water, carbon, and nitrogen cycles, it is often viewed for its beauty, power, and life. We would like to see your interpretation of water. PAY IT FORWARD: We will be donating 10% of all entry fees from this show to The Water Project. ELIGIBILITY: All artists 18 and over may enter. MEDIA: 2D works in all types of media. See prospectus for details.

Website: https://www.colorsofhumanityartgallery.com/

Prospectus: https://www.colorsofhumanityartgallery.com/Water-2021/Water-2021-Prospectus-Entry/n-x6CMW3

DEADLINE: May 16, 2021

2021 Waterloo Arts Juried Exhibition

Waterloo Arts invites all artists residing in the US or Canada to submit artwork for the 2021 Waterloo Arts Juried Exhibition. This is a unique opportunity for artists to exhibit work in the Waterloo Arts District in Cleveland, Ohio. This is the seventh year Waterloo Arts has held a nation wide juried exhibition. Over $1,500 in cash prizes will be awarded. As in past years, Waterloo Arts will also offer a small stipend to all accepted artists to help defray costs associated with entry and shipping. Due to previous commitments and COVID 19, this year’s exhibition will be held in the Waterloo Arts Gallery only and will not be expanded into Praxis Fiber Workshop and Brick Ceramic + Design.

Website: http://waterlooarts.org/

Prospectus: http://waterlooarts.org/2021-waterloo-arts-juried-exhibition/

DEADLINE: May 16, 2021

NYC4PA CALL FOR ENTRY ARCHITECTURE 2021

The New York Center for Photographic Art (NYC4PA) invites photographers world-wide to submit images using any photographic process (print, image transfer, emulsion transfer, encaustic, black and white, etc.). Winners will receive $4,000 in cash awards, be featured in the NYC4PA Online Gallery and in the winners catalog. The Grand Prize winning image will be posted on the NYC4PA home page. Architecture is defined as the art or science of building, often with a focus on habitable structures. Great architects like Gehry, Wright, and Gaudi come to mind as well as famous buildings like the Sydney Opera House and the Disney Music Hall in LA. But architecture can be much broader that habitable buildings. Consider the Eiffel Tower, the pyramids in Egypt and interiors like the main hall at New York's Grand Central Station. Gardens can have a fundamental architecture as can other carefully planned spaces, and skylines may represent a collection of similar or different types of architecture. Send us your vision of architecture with images that represent any of the facets mentioned above or another interpretation you envision. Whole structures and architectural detail are all welcome. As with all calls, all 2D photographic art is accepted.

Website: https://www.nyc4pa.com/

Prospectus: https://www.nyc4pa.com/architecture

DEADLINE: May 16, 2021

Contemporary Art Gallery Online 9th Annual “ALL Landscape Art” Competition & Exhibition

Contemporary Art Gallery Online has opened the “ALL Landscape” Art Competition and Exhibition. Entries are accepted from April 19th, 2021 to May 16th, 2021. Contemporary Art Gallery Online encourages entries from all 2D and 3D artists regardless of their experience or education in the art field. An exhibition of all entrants will be held online from May 19th to June 15th, 2021. Artists should submit their best representational and non-representational art. This competition will be judged within three categories: Paintings/Drawings, Photography/Digital Art, and Mixed Media/3-Dimensional Art. Competition Results posted: May 31st, 2021. Entry Fee: $15 for up to three images, $25 for up to five images and $35 for up to eight. Funds in US Dollars. Prizes include Memberships to Contemporary Art Gallery Online, Extensive Marketing, Winner’s Certificates, Inclusion in the Annual Anthology Publication, Event Collateral and much more. To read the complete prospectus, click the link below.

Website: https://www.contemporaryartgalleryonline.gallery/

Prospectus: https://www.contemporaryartgalleryonline.gallery/2021-art-competition-landscape

DEADLINE: May 18, 2021

The Hopper Prize - $3,500 Artist Grants

The Hopper Prize is accepting entries for Spring 2021 artist grants. For this open call, we have increased grants to $3,500. We are offering artist grants in the amount of $3,500 (2 available) and $1,000 (4 available). This is an international open call. All media is eligible. Grant submissions will be juried by Selby Nimrod, Assistant Curator, MIT List Visual Arts Center and María Elena Ortiz, Curator, Pérez Art Museum Miami. Our open call provides you with a direct path to get your work in front of these forward thinking exhibition makers. In addition to grants, 30 artists will be selected for a shortlist. Additional exposure is available via our online Journal as well as our Instagram feed, currently reaching an audience over 55k.

Website: https://hopperprize.org

Prospectus: https://hopperprize.org

DEADLINE: May 31, 2021

Solo Photography Exhibition Opportunity at PH21 Gallery

July 29 – August 18, 2021. PH21 Gallery invites photographers to submit their work for a solo exhibition opportunity. Please submit a coherent portfolio that is suitable for a solo exhibition, an artist statement and a short bio. The portfolio should consist of at least 15 and at most 35 images. The submission may include one or two series, provided that the two series are suitable for a joint presentation in a single exhibition. There are no generic, stylistic or thematic constraints; photographers working in all photographic areas, genres and styles are welcome to submit their work. The winner of this competition will be awarded a solo exhibition from July 29 – August 18, 2021. PH21 Gallery will cover all printing and installation costs for the solo exhibition. In addition to the brick-and-mortar solo exhibition, the work of the winner will also be presented on a dedicated page of our website. The web page will include the artist statement and the bio of the photographer, together with the critical reviews by the curators. Up to 10 other photographers will be offered the opportunity to present a mini-series of three photographs from their portfolio in the "Photographic Visions" group exhibition. Photographic Visions is a biannual exhibition at PH21 Gallery, showing mini-series of works of selected artists who submitted their portfolio for our solo exhibition competition. The Photographic Visions exhibition is also presented on a dedicated page on our website. We will publish a catalogue for the solo exhibition and for the Photographic Visions exhibition as well. The catalogues (and the dedicated pages of the exhibitions on our website) will contain critical reviews by the curators of the exhibition. The exhibition catalogues will be available through Blurb Books.

Website: https://www.ph21gallery.com

Prospectus: https://www.ph21gallery.com/cfe-solo-exhibition-summer-21

DEADLINE: May 31, 2021

The Second Half—50 & Older

This exhibition is open to any and all artists 50 years old or older. All local, national and international artists, professional and amateur will be considered in this call for art. Works in Acrylic, Airbrush, Assemblage, Charcoal, Color Pencil, Collage, Digital Art, Drawings, Encaustic, Fiber Art, Graphite, Illustration, Mixed Media, New Media, Oil, Painting, Pastel, Photography (Traditional and Digital), and Watercolor, will be considered. Note: All artists who submit to this show will be accepted and have at least one of their submitted works posted and promoted on our website. A select number of artists will be selected to send their work to our gallery for our in-person exhibition at our brick and mortar gallery in Laguna Beach, California.

Website: https://www.laslagunaartgallery.com

Prospectus: https://www.laslagunaartgallery.com/upcoming-calls

DEADLINE: June 28, 2021

PH21 Gallery – Call for Entries: Motion

A curated international photography exhibition. August 26 – September 18, 2021. Photography is a medium of still images; it cannot create the illusion of motion the way in which moving images such as film, video or cartoons can. The static nature of the image itself, however, has never prevented photographers from putting motion in the centre of their endeavours. Instead of freezing the moment they often strive for capturing movement and the passing of time in a variety of ways. The fragile moment might be broken by showing the sweeping power of motion. Capturing motion is never a mere given in photography because it is not a default option of the medium. Depicting or expressing motion is a welcome challenge for photographers; it is also the source of some of the most creative images in diverse photographic genres. PH21 Gallery invites photographers to submit their work for a group exhibition themed Motion. We are looking for submissions from all photographers who are interested in this most intriguing topic and would like to share their work with a wider international audience through the exposure of PH21 Gallery. The theme is broadly construed, and it is independent of generic or stylistic constraints. We are interested in all possible creative photographic interpretations of the theme. See links below for details.

Website: https://www.ph21gallery.com

Prospectus: https://www.ph21gallery.com/cfe-motion-21

DEADLINE: June 30, 2021

Visualizing the Past

Mills Pond Gallery invites artists to submit works for a juried exhibition August 7 - September 5, 2021. Juror: Carol Strickland. The exhibition is open to varied interpretations of the role of remembrance, suggesting what remains after a physical presence, event or emotion has vanished. Entry Fee $45/3 images. Awards: $1200 Best in Show, $800 Second Place, $400 Third Place. Entry Deadline June 30, 2021. Mills Pond Gallery invites artists to submit works for a juried exhibition on the theme of poet Emily Dickinson’s phrase: “Memory is a strange Bell—Jubilee, and Knell.” The exhibition is open to multiple responses to the metaphor: a bell that summons the public to a joyous celebration or rings mournfully to signal loss. Artists may explore the role of remembrance—from personal reflections to universal emotions—through abstract, representational, or mixed modalities. Visual evocations of past events, landscapes, people, scenes, objects, or structures can make intangible thoughts, emotions, and concepts visible to the mind’s eye. Images that preserve the past can retard decay and disappearance. Conversely, they could also give form to the inevitable ravages of time. Whether invoking the highs or lows of cultural memory, artists can suggest what remains after a physical presence, event, or emotion has vanished.

Website: https://www.millspondgallery.org/

Prospectus: https://www.millspondgallery.org/visualizing-the-past

DEADLINE: June 30, 2021

Strange Figurations

Strange Figurations is a thematic exhibition open to all interpretations of the concept, Strange Figurations. Open to all media, techniques and styles focusing on the surreal, visionary, fantastic and out of the ordinary art forms. 72" maximum dimension. The exhibition will be held at the Limner Gallery, October 14 - November 6, 2021

Website: http://www.slowart.com

Prospectus: http://www.slowart.com/prospectus/strange.htm

ONGOING

Alley Beautification Project

Join us in Washington, D.C. where we will co-create a beautification project with homeless youth. We will be transforming an alleyway surrounding the youth shelter into an extension of the vibrant, multicultural center that it represents. This community event includes a reality-show film production and the ribbon-cutting plans to receive high publicity from the Mayor, local partners, and media outlets! Calling all muralist, designers, urban gardener, outdoor furniture metallurgist, and large scale artists! Let's end youth homelessness and increase youth emotional resilience by illuminating the resources available at this center. Please provide the following in your submission via email to join@mintproject.org : (1) Your artistry/work and the medium used within your portfolio (can be a link) (2) How you would work with youth to co-create your work/art in Washington, D.C. (3) How your style encourages resiliency, emotional growth, and/or faith (X) Prospectus link provides a 360 degree picture of the alley. **$1,000 Award is for Stipend. Supplies are provided additionally by the organization up to $500**

Website: http://mintproject.org

Prospectus: http://photos.app.goo.gl/y3XawK2auAKPsKAC9