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Happy July from TheArtList!
“The work of art is a scream of freedom.”
- Christo
It's July and we hope that you all are finding ways to beat the heat! If where you live has been anything like it is here at TheArtList HQ, it's been HOT! But we all know that won't keep some of us from cooking up some good food over a hot barbecue this summer! What's cool, though, is seeing art lovers visiting galleries and museums again! And with the public's need to
experience a little beauty and artistic expression, your art is in demand! Some great art and photography calls have been submitted to us recently, so read on to check out this month's Featured Calls.
We'd also like to take a moment to say that we're always completely blown away by the amazing pieces that we've seen entered into our Artist of the Month contests. Thank you for sharing them with us and our subscribers! We couldn't be more appreciative. And a big thanks to Jerry's Artarama for sponsoring our monthly contest for all
these years! Keep reading to check out this month's winners and to enter our current Artist of the Month contest!
Finally, if you are a gallery or organization that would like to take advantage of our current discounts to promote your upcoming art contest or event, visit https://www.theartlist.com/submit. As always, we thank you all -- artists and organizations -- for supporting
TheArtList.
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- Please note that we are only able to showcase a small number of calls in the monthly newsletter, so be sure to check our new website www.theartlist.com. You can login to search for calls that
match your interests.
- Each month we host a free Artist of the Month contest (see below). This gives us a chance to see how talented the members of our community are, and to share some of their inspiring works. This month, we are thrilled to recognize a few fantastic artists
who submitted their work to our monthly art contest: 1st Place: Carolyn Beehler, 2nd Place: Ewen MacDonald, 3rd Place: Soumen Saha, and most audience votes Viewer's Choice selection is: Iuliana Barbu. Congratulations!
- Speaking of our Artist of the Month contests, we ask that entrants please remember to include a link to their website along with their submission. We cannot consider you for an award without one!
- Do you follow us on any of our social media pages? We post new calls several times a week - and occasionally some of them have a very short submission window. If you aren't following us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, or LinkedIn, you might be missing some calls! Yes! You read that right, we are now on LinkedIn! Be sure to connect with us there!
ARTIST OF THE MONTH WINNER
Carolyn Beehler is a Southern California native but grew up in the South. She’s nestled amongst Tennessee’s thirty-one shades of green thanks to its fifty-one shades of gray sky. Carolyn attended art school and earned a degree in design. She specializes in a form of collage work she calls "paper painting" to create amazing pieces of art that look like oil paintings until you take a closer look. Her dream studio is
being built somewhere in Istanbul. She’s never been, but sign her up to any place that she can grab baklava to go and get lost. Check out Carolyn's Featured Artist of the Month page here:
SECOND PLACE WINNER
Ewen MacDonald works in watercolour and acrylic. Many of his paintings are inspired by the lives of men working with their hands in small-scale industry. His work in watercolour focuses on the objects and scenes from their work and the texture of their lives. His acrylics on wood are currently continuing his watercolour explorations of texture and shape through a different medium branching out into abstract work. The city of Istanbul is host to most of the
exhibitions Ewen has been a part of. He has exhibited with the Royal Institute for Painters in Watercolour at the Mall Galleries London and also with the Royal Watercolour Society. See more of Ewen's art here : https://www.emacdonaldwatercolours.com/
THIRD PLACE WINNER
Soumen Saha lives and works in West Bengal, India. A mixture of sharp and blurred outlines, almost invisible brushstrokes and strong shadows and highlights give form to Soumen Saha's nature landscapes. The colours blend together in the canvas in almost hypnotic patterns, forming sand, clouds, water or sky wherever it is needed. Soumen received a degree in Fine Arts from the Indian College of Arts and Draftsmanship, and has participated in many National and
International shows organized by renowned art galleries and star hotels in Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Bangladesh, Singapore, Dubai, and England. See more Soumen's work here:
VIEWER'S CHOICE
Iuliana Barbu grew up and trained as a painter in Romania, but produced most of her works in Canada. She emigrated to Canada in 2000 and since then has painted with great delight whatever inspires her. Her Viewer's Choice selection, entitled "Waves", has dimensions of 120cm x 74cm and is made of acrylic using the pointillist style. Iuliana's goal in this piece was to catch the
roar of the water and restore the volume of the waves.
Water is part of Iuliana's existence and has always fascinated her. She was born on the shores of the Danube River, grew up on the shores of the Black Sea, and now lives and creates art on the shores of Lake Ontario.. See more of Iuliana's awesome art here: https://www.artmajeur.com/iulianabarbu
TheArtList's Artist of the Month Contest!
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TheArtList.com is looking for a talented artist or photographer to showcase as our Featured Artist of the Month for August 2021. Gift card awards for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place provided by Jerry's Artarama. 4th Place Viewer's Choice selection (most audience votes) voted on by our wonderful community of artists and social media followers (social media links below). PLEASE NOTE:
There is no cash or gift card award for Viewer's Choice selection.
Free to enter!
Entry Deadline: July 25, 2021
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This Month's Featured Art & Photo Calls
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DEADLINE: July 09, 2021
Shades of Gray
A juried group photo show on black and white photography at Black Box Gallery. For more info, see links below.
Website: https://blackboxgallery.com
Prospectus: https://blackboxgallery.com/Shades%20of%20Gray%202021-CFE.html
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DEADLINE: July 11, 2021
Contemporary Art Gallery Online International Call for 8th Annual 2021 “ALL Botanical” Art Competition & Exhibition
Contemporary Art Gallery Online has opened the “ALL Abstraction” Art Competition and Exhibition. Entries are accepted from June 14th, 2021, to July 11th, 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 July 14th to August 10h, 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: July 26th, 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.
Website: https://tinyurl.com/CAGO-Botanical-2021
Prospectus: https://www.contemporaryartgalleryonline.gallery/2021-art-competition-all-botanical
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DEADLINE: July 15, 2021
"Botanicals" 2021 Call for Entry - Online Art Show
THEME- "Botanicals" They are an essential part of life as they are used for food, in medicine, perfumes, and adding beauty to Earth. PAY IT FORWARD- We will be donating 10% of all entry fees from this show to The Nature Conservancy. The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends. Colors of Humanity Art Gallery is not affiliated with The Nature Conservancy. ELIGIBILITY- All artists 18 and over may enter. MEDIA- 2D works in all types of
media JUDGING CRITERIA- Originality, interpretation, quality, demonstration of ability, and usage of medium JUROR- Janelle Cogan ENTRY FEE- $20 for 1 or 2 pieces (You may enter more than once.) AWARDS- Cash prizes will be given. Additionally, the "Best of Show" winner will be featured. His or her artwork will be on the cover of the show and it will be largely displayed with an article about them and their work. Other winners will be featured and have similar recognition. See links below for
details.
Website: https://www.colorsofhumanityartgallery.com/
Prospectus: https://www.colorsofhumanityartgallery.com/Botanicals-2021/Botanicals-2021-Prospectus-and-Entry/n-XGz49x
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DEADLINE: July 26, 2021
PH21 Gallery – Call for Entries: Portraits Without Faces
A curated international photography exhibition. September 23 – October 16, 2021. Portraiture emerged as one of the most prominent genres of depictive media early in the history of the visual arts; tacit or explicit rules, conventions and cultural expectations have always influenced the ways in which artists approached the genre. Photography is no exception. Numerous different and characteristic styles of portraiture emerged throughout the history of the medium. We usually assume that faces
are necessary components of portraiture; we may, however, learn just as much about the character, the personality of a person by looking at images that depict other parts of their bodies, show us the objects or places associated with them. Not focusing on the face may open up a new dimension of interpretation. Our Portraits Without Faces exhibition is dedicated to this challenging divergence from the more conventional approaches to the genre. See links below for details.
Website: https://www.ph21gallery.com
Prospectus: https://www.ph21gallery.com/cfe-without-faces-21
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DEADLINE: July 30, 2021
NAVS Art for Animals Contest 2021
NAVS' Art for Animals contest is an opportunity for artists of all ages and skill levels to create images that inspire others to extend compassion, respect and justice to all animals. We are also looking for fresh perspectives to illustrate our mission of ending the exploitation of animals used in science, with a focus on dogs in research, non-human primates in research and classroom dissection. Your artwork could appear in print and online messages from NAVS, on greeting cards and on
social media throughout the year! We can accept digitally-created artwork or digital reproductions of original paintings, illustrations or photographs. No physical artwork can be accepted, please visit our website for full details (links below). Get creative and give a voice to those who cannot speak for themselves! (Image shown: Hide but Don't Seek by Ashley Young / 2020 Best In Show Winner).
Website: https://navs.org/art
Prospectus: https://navs.org/art
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DEADLINE: July 30, 2021
PaperWest - 3rd National Works on Paper Juried Exhibition
All artists (18 years and older) residing in the USA are eligible to enter up to 3 original works that are either constructed from paper, or utilize a paper support. Works in Book Arts, Collage, Original Digital Prints, Drawing, Painting, Photography, Printmaking (including Monoprints) and 3D Paper Works are eligible. Works must have been completed within the last two years. Exhibition dates: 18th October - 12th November 2021. For info and to submit see prospectus link below. Juror
website: www.samvernon.com Fee. $20.00 for up to three works.
Website: https://www.art.utah.edu/studio-art-areas/printmaking/paperwest-3rd-national-works-on-paper-national-juried-exhibition/
Prospectus: https://www.tinyurl.com/2021PaperWest
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DEADLINE: July 30, 2021
2021 AMERICAN ART AWARDS Juried By America's 25 Best Galleries & Museums
AMERICA’S TOP 25 GALLERIES & MUSEUMS vote on your online art images (artists in all countries compete). $5,000.00 in CASH PRIZES. All 50 categories have 1st to 6th Place winners. 100 NEWS ARTICLES and 51 YOUTUBE VIDEOS will name winning work as BEST CONTEMPORARY ARTWORKS IN THEIR COUNTRY. Site has entry discount special, voting galleries, previous winning art, press articles and videos on last year's winners... 50 Categories for any artist to enter: Oil, acrylic, watercolor, charcoal,
pastel, photography, digital, sculpture. Realism, impressionism, naïve, abstract, expressionism, human figure, animal, landscape, fantasy, surrealism, pop, portrait, self-portrait, political, erotic, cubism, floral, humor, spiritual...
Website: https://www.americanartawards.com/
Prospectus: https://www.americanartawards.com/register-to-enter-3/
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DEADLINE: July 31, 2021
Solo Exhibition Series | Six Artists Chosen for Six Online Shows
Open to all artists 18 years and older. Visual art mediums allowed are painting, mixed media, drawing, collage, digital paintings, photography & sculpture. All subject matter allowed. The artwork must be a cohesive body of work with the same distinct style, consistency and theme. No political, profanity or nudity allowed. The artist must have at least 6 cohesive pieces for the solo exhibition, however, the artist may present up to 10 for jury review and selection.
Website: https://www.camelbackgallery.com/
Prospectus: https://www.camelbackgallery.com/soloexhibition
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DEADLINE: August 02, 2021
PH21 Gallery – Call for Entries: The art of photography @ Barcelona
A curated international photography exhibition. August 23–29, 2021, PH21@Barcelona. Although photography first emerged as a technological invention, it was also quickly conceived as an artistic practice as well. Pictorialist photographs in the nineteenth century were created to look like paintings, while advocates of straight photography in the first part of the twentieth century strived for the purely photographic means of creating photographic meaning. Street photographers devoted the
medium to capturing the fleeting moment, while in the last part of the twentieth century many photographers turned to staging and directing in order to utilize photography for artistic visual communication. Art photography also includes numerous genres and creative practices from portraiture, landscape and still life to abstract and conceptual photography. In this call we we ask contemporary photographers to show how they understand photography as a fine art practice in the twenty first
century.
Website: https://www.ph21gallery.com/
Prospectus: https://www.ph21gallery.com/cfe-the-art-of-photography-barcelona-21-aug
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DEADLINE: August 10, 2021
Utopia Science Fiction Art Competition
Utopia Science Fiction is having its second annual art contest! Send in your best science-fiction artwork (new or pre-existing) for the chance to have your creation featured as the cover-art of an upcoming issue of Utopia. Prizes: 1st place - Your artwork submission is featured as Cover Art for an upcoming issue of Utopia Science Fiction, win $45 and a free 4-month subscription Utopia Science Fiction magazine. 2nd & 3rd place - Your artwork will be featured as interior artwork in an
upcoming issue of Utopia Science Fiction, win $30 and a free copy of the magazine which features your artwork. All entrants - Win a free copy of the next issue of Utopia Science Fiction Magazine. Rules: - The image size has to be 2250 x 3000 - Artwork must be your own creation - Artwork cannot have appeared as cover art for another magazine. How to Enter: Email up to 2 pieces of artwork (any medium) to utopiasciencefiction@gmail.com with the subject Art Contest.
Website: https://www.utopiasciencefiction.com/
Prospectus: https://www.utopiasciencefiction.com/
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DEADLINE: August 23, 2021
PH21 Gallery – Call for Entries: Significant Colour
A curated international photography exhibition. October 21 – November 13, 2021. There are two kinds of photographs with respect to the significance of their use of colours. On the one hand, ever since colour film technology became widely available, colour has become the default in most photographic practices. That is, some photographs are in colour not because their colours bear some special significance (compared, for instance, to their possible black and white counterparts) but simply
because the available film or digital technology has long turned colour to be the common method of capturing photographic images. We may think of these photographs as colour by default. On the other hand, colours are often central to the meaning of photographs for their emphatic, symbolic, psychological, social, compositional, etc. significance. These photographs would not work in black and white the same way or they would not work at all; that they are in colour is not merely a technological
given.
Website: https://www.ph21gallery.com/
Prospectus: https://www.ph21gallery.com/cfe-colour21
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DEADLINE: August 31, 2021
A Show of Heads
A Show of Heads is a thematic group exhibition of work that includes and/or is based on the portrayal, interpretation and/or transformation of the human head. The exhibition will be held at the Limner Gallery, November 18 - December 18, 2021 and is open for entry to all artists working in any media. See links below for details.
Website: http://www.slowart.com/
Prospectus: http://www.slowart.com/prospectus/head.htm
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DEADLINE: September 16, 2021
$550.00 Innovate Grants for Artists + Photographers
Summer 2021 Open for Submissions — Innovate Grant awards (2) $550.00 grants each quarter, to one Visual Artist and one Photographer. In addition to receiving a grant award, winners will be featured and recognized on our website and join a growing community of vibrant and talented artists. For more information and to apply, see the links below. 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. Explore the work of All Past Innovate Grant recipients and read their interviews at the links below. Category: Multiple disciplines and genres accepted. Deadline: Sept 16, 2021. Region: US & International. Awards: $550.00 USD Grants. Apply Online Today. See links below
Website: https://innovateartistgrants.org
Prospectus: https://innovateartistgrants.org
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