Call For Entries Roundup

Here's a smattering of some interesting opportunities with upcoming deadlines.

DEADLINE: JANUARY 31, 2011. 22ND
NATIONAL DRAWING AND PRINT COMPETITIVE EXHIBITION.
Awards: A minimum of $1,500 available in purchase prize money. Juror: Jose Dominguez, Executive Director, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center. Drawings and prints (not photography) in any medium are eligible with no limitations as to color, surface or materials. All drawings and prints must be original works of art. Submit up to 3 works for $30 entry fee. No mailed or e-mailed entries will be accepted (online entries only). Accepted drawings and prints received by March 14 will be juried for purchase prize awards at the value set by the artist. Works selected for purchase prize awards will become the property of College of Notre Dame. See website for prospectus and entry information.

DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 1, 2011
CALL FOR EXHIBITION PROPOSALS, TEXAS A&M
Texas A&M International University is accepting exhibition proposals for the Center of Fine and Performing Arts Gallery. The CFPA Gallery invites emerging and established artists of all different media to apply for either a solo show, or for a max. 3 person group show that will take place during the 2012-2013 exhibition season. Exhibitions typically run between 4 to 6 weeks. All exhibition proposals must include artist resume, artist statement, installation and technical requirements, 15 to 20 images of art work created in the last three years (300 dpi, approx. 5-7 inches, JPEG format). The JPEGS must be numbered to match accompanying image list (image list should include title, year, media, dimensions, and price if for sale). SASE. Submissions must be postmarked by February 1, 2011. Please mail proposals to: Nicole Foran, Assistant Professor of Art, CFPA 233C 5201 University Boulevard, Laredo, TX 78041; 956-326-2591.

DEADLINE: JANURARY 15, 2011

CALL FOR EXHIBITION PROPOSALS, CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER IN LAS VEGAS
The Contemporary Arts Center in Las Vegas is accepting submissions for solo shows or group installations from artists and curators for consideration for our 2011-2012 exhibition season. All mediums and disciplines will be considered. Any work presented at the Contemporary Arts Center must be a body of new or recent work executed within the past 2 years. Emerging or mid-career artists, members or non-members, may submit proposals. The CAC is a non-profit 501(c)3 art organization dedicated to presenting new, high quality, visual, and performing art, while striving to build, educate, and sustain audiences for contemporary art. Proposals must be received by January 15th, 2011. For more information on the CAC and to download submission guidelines and floor plans, please go to: www.lasvegascac.org. Questions? Contact the Contemporary Arts Center, Las Vegas, info@lasvegascac.org with "exhibition question" in the subject line, or call 702-382-3886.

David Ryle Photography

Typically I find landscape photography to be a complete snore. But this work by David Ryle has a certain atmosphere, color, and diffused light that seems like a quiet kind of magic is going on. David is primarily a commercial photographer, whose work has been featured in the Creative Review Photography annual and the AOP awards, with lots of major campaigns for car companies and the like. That said, I think this work offers up something a bit else than the selling of product. It takes one somewhere.

(check out this post on Modish, where we first learned about David.)

WAFA Collective

WAFA is a collective of 13 artists from around the globe(with representatives from the UK, Spain, Canada, New Zealand, and various locations in the US) that focus on collaborative projects. All of the works on their site are the product of more than one artist working together, instituting a sense of family and community, and a long distance dialogue. Projects include installations, zines, journals, books,shows and happenings.

Given the context of a time where so much social interaction and collaboration happens online, its refreshing that WAFA's work happens mostly offline- in postcards, books, and work sent through the "old fashioned" post office. For work that hints at visions for the future that demonstrates such a contemporary aesthetic, the vehicles for it are often very familiar, albeit reinvented in some way. The connectivity of it is more tactile, human, and impactful this way. It suggests the collective soul of all the hands that brought this work to be.

Noah Davis

Noah Davis is a relatively young painter working in LA. His work reminds me a bit of recent German painting a la Daniel Richter. Davis' color is surreal and even psychedelic but his themes seem to be firmly planted in the American experience. I always enjoy seeing intelligent work by young painters who are unapologetic about their medium.

NY Art Book Fair Redux (Finally)

I wanted to have a handful of viable excuses for my procrastination in talking about the NY Art Book Fair...I think I may have come up with one that trumps all. It IS SO MUCH BOOK! I went back twice, and still felt as though I need to move into PS1 for at least six months to see everything. The displays were fabulous, from the carefully arranged one-of-a-kind rares and handmades, to the big brown boxes of random grab-bag vintage fun, where any one book or booklet can be yours for ten bucks. It was packed and so very cool to see such (albeit arty and nerdy) excitement about artist books buzzing in the air. The floor with the zines was absolutely off-the-hook. There was a real sense of zine exchange community, with places in the hall for a zine exchange (leave yours, pick up someone else's), and stacks and stacks of delicious newsprint goodies, such as posters and fold-out zines. It was truly a great way for book and zine artists to network, market, and share ideas. The highlight for me? A sensual handmade book of papers made from compressed veggies of all sorts. Susan Mills used to have a video of it posted on her site, but as punishment for my procrastination, she has hidden it somewhere. I'm already salivating for next year.