2015 Head Start Modeling Competition

The National  Sculpture Society  is accepting entries to the 2015 Head Start Modeling Competition. The competition takes place in  Philadelphia on June 26 and is open to sculptors ages 21-35. Participation scholarships are available. The deadline to enter is April 1, 2015. For more information, please visit their website: www.nationalsculpture.org

 

Rise Art - Open Call

Rise Art is a social community for artists to build a dedicated following around their practice, while collectors to view and collect that work. 

We are now accepting submissions to become one of our featured artists - including the opportunity to exhibit and sell your work online, in London and the USA.  Interested artists can participate free of charge at: www.riseart.com/art/submit.

The rolling submission is open to all contemporary artists.  Submit your artwork directly to the website and then engage directly with the Rise Art community and collector base.  Rise Art provides social tools, event listings, and interactive features that can drive your awareness and support your practice.

Each month, the Rise Art Insiders select artists across the site to have their work featured and sold on the platform.  Artists’ works are sold and promoted alongside established artists including Bruce McLean, Tracey Emin, Gavin Turk and Sir Peter Blake amongst others. Featured artists are also supported in exhibitions and commissioned for art projects and installations.

Designed to showcase, rent and sell great contemporary art from both established artists and emerging talents, riseart.com enables art lovers to find and buy artworks they love, discover new artists and obtain personalised recommendations from art insiders.

Learn more about Rise Art by visiting www.riseart.com, or contact Rise Art at info@riseart.com with any questions. 

Applications now open: NewYork City Visual Artists Artadia Awards 2015

Artadia is pleased to announce its inaugural New York Awards. The online application is now open to all visual artists living within the five boroughs, working in any media, and at any stage in their career. The application will close on April 15th, and funds will be distributed to Award recipients in summer 2015. The 2015 New York Awardees will each receive up to $20,000 in unrestricted funds and will gain access to a lifetime of professional support.

Artadia Awardees are selected through a two-tiered jury process that combines local expertise with outside perspective from leading national curators and artists. A preliminary panel will evaluate all submissions and select ten Finalists based on the merit of their work. A second panel of curators will then conduct studio visits in New York with the Finalists, gaining a broader context for the artists’ work. In May 2015, up to five Awardees will be selected and announced from the Finalist pool.

The New York Artadia Awards are open to any artist who has lived within New York City's five boroughs for two or more years, and is not currently enrolled in an art-related degree program. Artadia's application is free of charge and does not require a project outline. We highly encourage artists to apply if they are interested in having their work seen by a panel of prominent curators and artists.

For the online application, please visit:

artadia.submittable.com

REPRESENT: A Feminist Dialogue, Friday, January 23, 6pm at Gallery SENSEI, NYC

REPRESENT 2015:
A Feminist Dialogue Across Generations

Sensei Gallery
278 Grand Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10002 (btwn Eldridge & Forsyth St.)

Friday, January 23, 2014 from 6 – 8 pm

"Influences"

Discussing the various influences we have had over the years which have affected our life
and our art, examining the personal is political.

REPRESENT 2015: What do we want from Feminism and how can we achieve it? Continuing in the tradition of the New York Feminist Art Institute, NYFAI (1979-1990) http://www.nyfai.org.

For further information contact: Nancy Azara @ 917-572-7461

Bo Bartlett Master Class

Bo Bartlett Master Class
March 19-22, 2015
Tuition $900.00 (Some scholarships available to cover full tuition and lodging.)
More information and application instructions can be found here.
 

2015 Gabriel Prize Call for Entries

The Western European Architecture Foundation is pleased to announce the twenty-fifth annual Gabriel Prize competition named in honor of French architect Jacques Gabriel (1698-1782). The prize is conferred annually to a jury-selected applicant in accordance with requirements intended to provoke personal, critical responses to architectural compositions in France built between 1630 and 1930. Such interpretative studies are to be graphically recorded in freehand sketches and presented in perspective drawings reflecting the skill of the winner. Such work is to be executed in France with the advice and under the supervision of the European Representative of the Foundation.

Eligibility: The candidate must be a United States citizen.
Stipend: A stipend in the amount of $20,000 is intended to cover costs of travel and study for a period of three months to take place roughly between May 1 and August 1, 2015, a time when prevailing climate and conditions in France are the best.
Procedures: Applications may be obtained through the foundation’s website or by contacting the foundation no later than January 16, 2015.

Fellowship - The Center for Emerging Visual Artists in Philadelphia

The Center for Emerging Visual Artists in Philadelphia is seeking applicants for a fellowship. They get about 300 applicants a year. Compared to NYFA, which is closer to 5000, you have increased odds.

The application is due December 15, 2014: http://cfeva.org/artist-services/visual-artist-fellowship

 

Join Peter Drake, Artist and Dean of Academic Affairs for the first Alumni Culturama

CULTURAMA - SATURDAY NOVEMBER 15, 2014

Meet at 3PM The FLAG Art Foundation - 545 West 25th Street, 9th Floor

 

1) Disturbing Innocence curated by Eric Fischl, - The FLAG Art Foundation

2) Louise Bourgeois - Cheim & Read

3) Matthew Miller - Hansel and Gretel Picture Garden Pocket Utopia

4) George Boorujy  - PPOW

5) Neo Rauch - Zwirner Gallery

 

Open to Prospective Students at MFA Open House, Current Students, Alumni

 

This is the kick off to the upcoming ALUMNI CULTURAMA series. A series of events and experiences suggested and led by alumni.

Kassan Foundation Fellowship

The Kassan Foundation provides financial assistance to underprivileged artists who work in a representational style of painting, drawing, printmaking and sculpting, are in the early or developmental stage of their career, and demonstrate a commitment to making art a lifetime career.

This is the second annual year, the 2014 Fellows will receive 5,000 USD each.
application deadline: November 1, 2014
shortlist announced: November 15, 2014
fellows announced around: November 28, 2014
To be eligible for a KF Fellowship, applicants must be residents of the United States of America.

Read more here.

Friday Night Open Drawing at the Academy

Open to NYAA students, alumni and faculty
6-9pm, Room 502, FREE

Fall 2014 Schedule
September 19
September 26

October 3
October 10
October 17
October 24

November 7
November 14
November 21

December 5
December 12
 

Call for Artists: Manhattanville Bus Depot

MTA Arts for Transit & Urban Design seeks professional artists for consideration to create artwork for the Manhattanville Bus Depot in Manhattan, NY.

Please download the Call for Artist information for submission guidelines and for more information about the project on AFT website at mta.info/art. 

Level Hotel Brooklyn - Lobby Commission

An open-call invitation to artists who live or work in Brooklyn to apply for the prestigious commission of a large-scale artwork for the lobby of the hotel, scheduled to open in Williamsburg in early 2016.

Interested? Apply online from July 1st – September 15th, 2014... (read more)

Mayapple Center for the Arts and Humanities - Scholarships

The Mayapple Center for the Arts and Humanities is pleased to offer three partial (half) scholarships in the amount of $600.00 for artists to attend John Jerome O'Connor's residential workshop "Confusing the Controller," which takes place Monday-Friday, July 21-25th. 
Further details may be found at http://www.mayapplecenter.org/programs/adult-programs/confusing-controller. 

Please contact michelle.slater@mayapplecenter.org if you recommend students or if you are interested in applying for the scholarship. 
 

19th Annual American Art Conference

Initiatives in Art and Culture presents the 19th annual American Art conference, discussing “Revelations, Re-examination, Resurrection: Cycles and Circles in American Art.”
Find out more here.

New Artist Retreat Program

The Mayapple Center for the Arts and Humanities will launch this summer with ten pilot 5-day masterclasses in the visual arts, music, theater, creative writing and humanities.

 

Mayapple creates an atmosphere where artists and scholars of exceptional stature come to teach and collaborate with small groups of dedicated, like-minded participants. Just one hour north of New York City, Mayapple offers diverse programs for adults in a retreat environment.

 

Check out their website for the summer 2014 masterclasses: www.mayapplecenter.org

Friday Night - Open Drawing Sessions at the Academy

Open to Academy Alumni, Current MFA Students, Faculty and Staff

At the New York Academy of Art, Room 503 | 6-9pm

 

Spring 2014 Schedule Room 502 | 6-9pm
January 24th	Pose 1
January 31st	Pose 1
February 7th	Pose 1
February 14th	Pose 2
February 21st	Pose 2
February 28th	Pose 2
March 7th	Pose 3
March 21st	Pose 3
March 28th	Pose 3
April 4th	Pose 3
April 18th	Pose 4
April 25th	Pose 4

Figure Modeling Competition and Dexter Jones Award

Check out these two opportunities for sculptors between the ages of 18-39. 
Deadline March 31, 2014.

The Figure Modeling Competition will be at Brookgreen Gardens from June 17-20^th.  Prizes total $7600. 

 

In addition, the $5000 Dexter Jones Award is awarded for best bas-relief based on submitted images.

 

Complete information about the two competitions is posted at www.sculpturecompetition.info

LIC Canvas - Custom Canvas and Panels

Catherine Stickles (MFA 2013) recently started a business called LIC Canvas that makes custom canvases and panels for artists. There is a delivery service as well.
LIC Canvas Long Island City Offers:
Affordable prices, quality products
Specialty sizes, depths and materials
Customized sizing and priming
Delivery services
To place and order, or get a quote please call, text or email- 203.278.4084 LIC.canvas@gmail.com

Rockland County Art in Public Places: New Commission Opportunities for Sculptors

For details, deadline and how to apply go to www.aipprockland.org.

 

Call For Entries: www.aipprockland.org/new-project-announcements

CALLING ALL ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS

Jamestown, the owner of New York’s popular Chelsea Market, is seeking artists to propose ideas for installations in the four glass vitrines (6.25” x 9.5”) that line the main hallway of Long Island City’s Falchi Building.  All ideas welcome!

ABOUT THE BUILDING: The Falchi Building is a five-story, approximately 600,000 square foot commercial building at 31-00 47^th Avenue near Court Square in Long Island City. The building was originally constructed in 1922 as a warehouse and it is now undergoing an exciting transformation with a wide variety of spaces and creative uses. The ground floor concourse is being reimagined as a public space amenity with areas for informal gathering, free wireless throughout, a food pop-up space, and a variety of other innovative food-related uses.

Interested? Please send proposals and direct any questions to paul.kelterborn@jamestownlp.com.