Artist Opportunities
The N.C. Arts Council is pleased to share the following opportunities for artists that have recently been submitted to us. Please contact the organization listed if you have any questions.
The Arts Council does not endorse or recommend any specific opportunities, but provides this list for information only. We encourage artists to research each opportunity thoroughly before applying. Artist opportunities may be submitted to jennifer.huggins@ncdcr.gov.
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General Artist Opportunities
Two Requests for Artist Qualifications from the N.C. Arts Council
The North Carolina Arts Council seeks to commission artists for two park-sited public art projects, each of which will become a centerpiece of cultural tourism trails celebrating the state’s rich history, creative heritage, and contemporary artistic practices.
The first public art project is for North Carolina’s African American Music Trail at
All-America City Park in Kinston. The second is for North Carolina’s Historic Happy Valley Byway on the Yadkin River Greenway Trail in Patterson.
Applicant artists must be U.S. citizens or legal residents aged 18 years or older. Artists may apply to both RFQs, but they must submit two separate application packages.
Deadline: September 7
For more information: Visit www.ncarts.org/projectspecs or contact Katherine Reynolds at katherine.reynolds@ncdcr.gov or (919) 807-6505.
Literary Artists
Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs
The Rash Awards have been created in honor of Ron Rash, acclaimed poet, novelist and short-story writer, who is an alumnus of Gardner-Webb University. The Rash Awards offer $500 prizes in fiction and poetry, as well as publication in The Broad River Review. The inaugural winners of The Rash Awards will also be invited to share the reading stage with Ron Rash at the Ron Rash Festival on the campus of Gardner-Webb University on Saturday, Oct. 2.
Deadline: August 1
For more information: Visit http://soappculture.com/ron-rash-festival/rash-awards/ or e-mail broadriverreivew@gardner-webb.edu.
Whispering Prairie Press, Prairie Village, Kan.
The 2010 Poetry, Flash Fiction and Essay Writing Contest is open to all writers age 18 and older. All work must be the author's original work. Cash prizes will be awarded.
Deadline: June 30
For more information: Visit http://www.kansascityvoices.com/ or e-mail info@kansascityvoices.com.
WritersNewsWeekly.com
The Tommy Award for Excellence in Writing is an opportunity for authors of novels and short stories to be recognized and honored. The Tommy also has a category for unpublished short stories.
Deadline: August 15
For more information: Visit http://writersnewsweekly.com/tommy.html, e-mail editor@writersnewsweekly.com or call (412) 837-2423.
Lee & Low Books, New York, N.Y.
The New Voices Award is given to a children’s picture book manuscript by a writer of color. The award winner receives a cash grant of $1,000 and a standard publication grant, which includes basic advance and royalties for a first-time author. An Honor Award winner will receive a cash grant of $500. Entrants must be a first-time book author.
Deadline: September 30
For more information: http://www.leeandlow.com/p/new_voices_award.mhtml
The Writer’s Center, Bethesda, Md.
The Writer’s Center is accepting submissions for the spring 2011 Emerging Writer Fellowships in the following genres: fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Emerging Writer Fellows will be featured at The Writer’s Center as part of their Emerging Writers Reading Series.The Writer’s Center bookstore will sell titles by the Emerging Writers throughout the season in which they appear in an effort to promote them and their work to a wide audience. Fellows receive an all-inclusive honorarium to help offset their travel costs, depending on their place of departure.
Deadline: September 30
For more information: Visit http://www.writer.org/Page.aspx?pid=622 or call
(301) 654-8664.
Visual Artists
Upstream People Gallery
Upstream People Gallery was created to serve artists throughout the world by hosting international juried online art exhibitions. The 10th Annual Summer All Media Juried Online International Art Exhibition is open to all artists worldwide with artwork in all media, creative processes and forms. Cash awards of excellence and special recognitions will be given at the juror’s discretion.
Deadline: July 8 (regular), July 24 (late)
For more information: Visit http://www.upstreampeoplegallery.com/schedule/default.asp or e-mail shows@upstreampeoplegallery.com.
Rocky Mount Arts Center
Salmagundi is a national sculpture competition sponsored by The City of Rocky Mount through the Rocky Mount Arts Center. It includes a juried outdoor and invitational indoor exhibition. The primary purpose of Salmagundi is to recognize and promote excellence in public art and sculpture.
Deadline: July 9
For more information: http://www.imperialcentre.org/arts/artist.html
The Reuse Alliance
The Reuse Alliance is inviting reclaimed-material artists (aka "trash artists") from the Southeast to submit proposals to exhibit their work at ReuseConex, the first National Reuse Conference and Expo Monday, Oct. 18, through Wednesday, Oct. 20, in Raleigh. Up to 10 artists will be selected for this first-of-its-kind opportunity. Selected artists will receive free exhibition space in the conference center, the ability to sell artwork to conference attendees and the public, national exposure and a discounted registration for full conference access.
Deadline: July 23
For more information: Visit http://reuseconex.org/schedule/reart-exhibit or e-mail reuseconex@reusealliance.org.
TriMet, Portland, Ore.
TriMet, Portland Development Commission and the Port of Portland invite artists to submit their qualifications for a public art opportunity at the Mt. Hood MAX light rail station in the Cascade Station development in Portland. The artwork should celebrate the arrival to and departure from Portland and demonstrate the city’s commitment to sustainability.
Deadline: July 23
For more information: Visit http://trimet.org/publicart/mthoodrfq.htm or e-mail priestem@trimet.org.
Durham Arts Council
The Durham Arts Council, in partnership with the Durham Art Guild, the Town of Chapel Hill Office of Public Art, the Orange County Arts Commission and the Chatham County Arts Council, is pleased to join with the New York Foundation for the Arts to present three different career development opportunities for individual artists in all disciplines and representatives of small/emerging arts organizations. These opportunities will take place July 23, 24 and 29.
Deadline: July 23
For more information: http://www.durhamarts.org/NYFAtrainings.htm
Durham Area Designers, Durham
Durham Area Designers, a nonprofit organization dedicated to citizen-based urban design, is seeking five qualified artists to assist in developing public art for transit shelters along the proposed route of the new Bull City Connector. The shelters will accommodate the art pieces by local artists in wind screens and identifying banners at each stop.
Deadline: July 26
For more information: Visit http://www.dadinc.org/Durham_Area_Designers/Bull_City_Connector_Charrette.html or contact Barbara Richter-Norton at barbara@dadinc.org or (919) 824-7349.
San Francisco Arts Commission
The San Francisco Arts Commission will conduct a selection process for an artist and architect/landscape architect team to develop a proposal for a tribute to the military veterans who have fought for their country. This will be part of the San Francisco Veterans’ Memorial Project in the War Memorial Complex.
Deadline: July 30
For more information: http://www.sfartscommission.org/pubartcollection/calls-for-artists/2010/05/11/rfq-san-francisco-veterans-memorial-project/
South Carolina Watermedia Society, Lexington, S.C.
The 2010 South Carolina Watermedia Juried Competition will take place Saturday, Oct. 2, through Sunday, Nov. 21, at the Center for the Arts in Rock Hill, S.C. North Carolina artists in the following counties are eligible for guest membership and may enter the competition to vie for $10,000 in awards: Mecklenburg, Union, Gaston and Cleveland.
Deadline: July 31
For more information: http://www.fineartsemporium.com/scws2010.htm
Western Carolina University, Cullowhee
Western Carolina University seeks applications for the 2010 Outdoor Sculpture Competition. It is open to sculptors ages 18 and older working in the Southeast (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia). Five works will be selected for a one-year exhibition.
Deadline: August 6
For more information: http://www.wcu.edu/fapac/sculpture_call_FULL_web_2010.pdf (PDF)
Irving Art Association, Irving, Tex.
The 9th Annual National Juried Wildlife Exhibition is open to all artists ages 18 and older living in the U.S. Cash and merchandise awards totaling over $3,000 will be awarded. The exhibition will take place Monday, Sept. 27, through Thursday, Oct 28, at the Jaycee Park Center for the Arts.
Deadline: August 17
For more information: Visit www.irvingart.org or e-mail wildlife@irvingart.org.
Wishard Hospital, Indianapolis, Ind.
Wishard Hospital is seeking qualifications from artists interested in creating public art for The New Wishard, currently under construction in Indianapolis. Artwork at The New Wishard will support and promote the healing mission of the 150-year-old public health care organization and will complement the design of its new facility.
Deadline: August 16
For more information: Visit http://thenewwishard.org/site/index.php/category/construction or contact Julia Muney Moore at jmoore@blackburnarchitects.com.
Houston Arts Alliance, Tex.
The Houston Arts Alliance and City of Houston Police Department request qualifications from artists to create a permanent work for the Midwest Police Station. Artistic approaches that creatively mine the department’s history are of especial interest. The Houston Police Museum’s collection, with rich holdings in artifacts and documents, is an available resource.
Deadline: August 23
For more information: Visit http://www.houstonartsalliance.com/civic/opportunities/,
e-mail Carole Anne Meehan at caroleanne@haatx.com or call (713) 527-9330, ext. 113.
Southeastern Contemporary Art Gallery, Hammond, La.
The Southeastern Contemporary Art Gallery, on the campus of Southeastern
Louisiana University, is now accepting entries for the National Cell Phone Photography Exhibition. The exhibition is open to amateurs and professional artists nationally. All artwork submitted for the exhibition must be taken with cell phone cameras and may only be manipulated with a cell phone application – no Photoshop or other photography manipulation software.
Deadline: August 30
For more information: Visit http://www.selu.edu/acad_research/depts/vis_art/gallery/ or e-mail dnewkirk@selu.edu.
Craven Arts Council and Gallery, New Bern
The Craven Arts Council and Gallery is accepting applications for the 2010 Annual
Juried Sculpture Park Show to be held Nov. 10, 2010, through Sept. 17, 2011 in various locations throughout the city of New Bern. A maximum of three works may be submitted. Honorariums will be provided for each work selected, and a “Community Choice Best in Show” cash prize will be awarded.
Deadline: August 31
For more information: Visit http://www.cravenarts.org/, e-mail cravenarts@cravenarts.org or call (252) 638-2577.
Cape Fear Studios, Fayetteville
Cape Fear Studios announces the 16th Annual Nellie Allen Smith Pottery Competition open to all artists ages 18 or older living in the U.S. Awards totaling more than $1,300 will be given. The pottery exhibition will be held Friday, Oct. 22, through Monday, Nov. 22.
Deadline: September 1
For more information: Visit http://www.capefearstudios.com/forms/entries/entries.html, e-mail capefearstudios@yahoo.com or call (910) 433-2986.
Ormond Memorial Art Museum, Ormond Beach, Fla.
The Ormond Memorial Art Museum is seeking submissions from artists with previous experience in outdoor installation work to design, build and install an outdoor, site- specific, three-dimensional tribute to veterans who served in the Vietnam War. A wide variety of artwork will be considered including figurative, representational and abstract imagery.
Deadline: September 3
For more information: Visit http://www.ormondartmuseum.org/wall-memorial.shtml, e-mail Susan Richmond at srichmond@ormondartmuseum.org or call (386) 676-3347.
Hermitage Museum and Gardens, Norfolk, Va.
The Hermitage Museum and Gardens invites emerging and professional artists to explore the concept of giving a contemporary voice to expressions of spiritual iconography. The exhibition Spiritual Visions: Crossing Boundaries, Making Connections will run Friday, Dec. 17, through Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. Cash prizes will be awarded.
Deadline: September 16
For more information: Visit http://www.thfm.org/spiritualvisions.html or contact Kate Gebler at kg@thfm.org or (757) 423-2052 ext. 207.
Visual Overture Magazine
Visual Overture Magazine, a quarterly exhibition-in-print publication, is now accepting entries for the "Featured Emerging Artists" section to be presented in the winter 2010 issue. Seven artists will be selected for feature in publication. Artists are presented on two pages of the magazine and receive three complimentary copies of the issue in which they are featured. Accepted genres include sculpture, metals, textiles, photography, mixed media, painting, drawing, video art, digital art, printmaking and installation.
Deadline: September 30
For more information: Visit http://www.visualoverture.com/artists.htm or e-mail visualoverture@gmail.com.
Visual Overture Magazine
Visual Overture Magazine is accepting submissions for a special section of the magazine entitled “Spotlight on Video Art,” to be included in the winter 2010 issue. The section will feature the work of one serious emerging videographer whose work is fine art. Artists should submit two to three videos and a 500-word essay describing why the work can be classified as fine art.
Deadline: September 30
For more information: Visit http://www.visualoverture.com/artists.htm or e-mail visualoverture@gmail.com.
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