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2009 Window to Sculpture Emerging Artist Series CALL FOR ARTISTS CLOSED

2010 Window to Sculpture Emerging Artist Series CALL FOR ARTISTS will be posted in late August 2008. Please check back then or join our email list to get advance notification.

The call for artists for the 2008 On A Pedestal and Off the Wall exhibition is closed. The CALL FOR ARTISTS for the 2009 On A Pedestal and Off the Wall will be posted in January 2009. Please check back then, or join our email list to receive advance notification.

On A Pedestal and Off the Wall is an annual juried exhibition of smaller sculptural works by artists from Ohio, its contiguous states (Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania), and Ontario, Canada. Previous exhibitions have been juried by Richard Hunt (2005), Viktor Schrenkengost (2006), Don Harvey (2007), and Gregory Amenoff (2008).

OTHER INSTITUTIONS

(1) Cleveland Public Art
Cleveland Public Art is always seeking talented and dynamic artists interested in creating work for public spaces.  The organization sends out Calls for Artists multiple times a year and is often contacted by businesses and nonprofits seeking artists to work in a variety of disciplines.  To learn more about their work, visit www.clevelandpublicart.org. 
Check their website for their frequent call for artists.

To be considered for these opportunities, artists send their digital portfolios and resumes or CVs by the posted deadline to:
Cleveland Public Art
Artist Registry
1951 West 26th Street #101
Cleveland, OH 44113
Email contactus@clevelandpublicart.org with questions.

(2) SPACELab
SPACES exhibition series
SPACES strongly encourages experimental, site-specific works that challenge the artist and interact with the public.  The series features emerging and student artists and continuously reviews applications year round.

www.spacesgallery.org

(3) CALL FOR ENTRIES
The Smithtown Township Arts Council is seeking works ranging from the macabre to whimsical for Halloween Midnight Oils, to be held October 4 – November 7th, 2008. Open to all media. The exhibition is in celebration of art’s awesome power as a spiritual instrument that helps man to transcend his primeval fear of death and of the unknown. Juror Alain Khadem is not interested in the gratuitously gory, but in works that portray frightening subject matters in a philosophic, romantic, or humorous light.  All entrants should send a CD containing 300 ppi images of submissions.  Early entry is encouraged.

Deadline for Entry: August 15, 2008
STAC
660 Rte 25A
St. James, NY 11780
www.stacarts.org

(4) CALL FOR ARTISTS
The 2nd Annual Botkins Sculpture Invitational is a nationally recognized and patronized exhibition and is currently accepting artists’ applications.  Held at the Botkins Community Park, this exhibition is an excellent opportunity for artists’ to display work to a very large audience and has enjoyed a high rate of art sales.

For more information:

Pricilla Wilt
antqracq@bright.net

Dan Knepper
stillandforever@yahoo.com

(5) CALL FOR ARTISTS
ART TIME 2
Artoteque.com invites artists to submit works to ART TIME 2, their second annual contemporary art competition.   The selection process includes both a preliminary and final assessment round, the first of which is free to enter.  This juried show has an international panel including Andrea Pagnez, Christopher Chamber, Marta Dimitrescu, and Åke Wallén.  Submissions must take the form of an artist's website or images sent via email in a .jpg format.  68 prizewinners will be awarded and the opportunity to have published artwork will be given three selected artists.

Deadline for entry:  The earlier the better
Submissions should be addressed to:
Submit@artoteque.com
www.artoteque.com

(6) CALL FOR ARTISTS
Online Biennial of Contemporary Art, 2008
Artoteque.com is hosting the Online Biennial, a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place every two years.  The selection process includes both a preliminary and final assessment round, the first of which is free to enter.  This juried show has an international panel including Andrea Pagnez, Christopher Chamber, Marta Dimitrescu, Petru Russuand Åke Wallén.  Submissions must take the form of an artist's website or images sent via email in a .jpg format.  68 prizewinners will be awarded and the opportunity to have published artwork will be given three selected artists.

Deadline for entry:  The earlier the better
Submissions should be addressed to:
Submit@artoteque.com
www.artoteque.com

(7) CALL FOR ARTISTS
ARTSPACES, INC.
Wabash Valley Outdoor Sculpture Collection is issuing a request for proposals for a site-specific project to be located in the city of TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA on the campus of Indiana State University.
This opportunity is open to practicing professional artists over 18 years of age working with durable outdoor materials.  The sculpture will be located in front of the new Indiana State University Recreation Sports Center to be completed in 2009. The ARTIST’S BUDGET is $62,000 (all inclusive excluding site preparation, lighting and landscaping).
The full RFP and submission requirements, images and dimensions of the site and the building (currently under construction) are available on the Art Spaces website at www.wabashvalleyartspaces.com

Entry Deadline: Friday, August 15, 2008. 

Send entries to: 
Art Spaces, Inc.,
100 S. Campus Drive, P.O. Box 3799,
Terre Haute, IN 47803-0799. 

To directly request more information you may write to:

info@wabashvalleyartspaces.com (Please note “ISU Sculpture” in subject heading) or call 812-244-4216.

(8) CALL FOR ENTRIES
3rd International Art Prize “Art Laguna”

Applications now being accepted for the 3rd International Art Prize Art Laguna, the international contest organized by the Italian cultural association MoCA in collaboration with Arte Laguna aimed at the promotion of Contemporary Art. Artists can participate with 1 or 2 artworks per each section. The absolute winners of the 3 sections will receive a 4,500.00 euro Cash Prize. In addition to cash prizes, various prizes donated by sponsors will be awarded.
Entry Deadline August 28, 2008
For more information visit www.artelagunaprize.com

(9) CALL FOR ENTRIES
Touched by Genius: Collectible Global Art Book

Masters of Today (MOT Ltd London) welcome Professional Fine Artists and Photographer Artists to submit materials for selection to become published in 'touched by GENIUS' a global art book edited, published and distributed internationally by MOT.

For more information visit
 http://www.mastersoftoday.com/apply_x/apply_Genius/apply_1000.htm
or e-mail artist@mastersoftoday.com

(10) CALL FOR ENTRIES
The University of Maryland Public Art Project
The University of Maryland Public Art Project announces a national competition called INTERPLAY. Interplay blends several objectives: to create a dynamic environment for public and social engagement, to serve as a contemplative place for individuals to experience contemporary art, and to embrace the scholarly spirit of a distinguished institution of higher education and research.

Requests for Qualifications are invited from experienced artists or artist/design teams, to develop a site-specific public artwork/s for the University of Maryland. The work will be part of the renovation of a courtyard in proximity to the university’s visual art and humanities buildings. Three individual projects will be considered, or a design that negotiates the entire space as one concept.

Entry Deadline: September 2, 2008