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Call for entries 29th Annual Metro Show

Metro 29 | OPEN CALL cWOW’s annual Metro Show is one of the oldest and most respected juried small works exhibitions in the metro region. “Metro” originally referred to our tradition of moving the show by rail to its many host cities. Today, we use all forms of transportation, while maintaining our original commitment to bring...

Call for Entries: Book Arts

From Seneca Falls to Philadelphia: Fourth of July 1876 and the Women of the Centennial As part of Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts 2013, the Athenaeum of Philadelphia and Philadelphia Center for the Book are seeking artists, through the medium of the book, to explore and respond to prints and books in the Athenaeum’s...
Call for Entries Small Works nyc, juried exhibition

Call for Entries Small Works nyc, juried exhibition

SMALL WORKS NYC A Juried Exhibition   Sept 23 — Nov 3, 2012 Submission Deadline: Sept 3, 2012 Opening Reception: Sept 23, 2012…5-7pm Small work allows the experience of getting up close and personal with the artwork. The size of the artwork forces one to go in and really look. “Smaller beckons: get close, touch, relate —...

Call to Artists: Fresh Impressions — Juried Exhibition

Deadline:  August 20, 2012 Exhibition Dates:  October 5–27, 2012 Projects Gallery and Philadelphia’s Brandywine Wokshop are partnering to present a juried exhibition that will draw attention to the breadth and depth of printmaking utilizing innovative, new approaches. Artists are invited to submit examples of contemporary printmaking for review by an expert jury. Theme:  Artists are invited to...

Open Call: For Screening Series: Traps

Space
 1026
 Studios 
& 
Gallery
 is
 holding
 an
 open 
video 
call
 for
 the
 upcoming 
screening
 series 
Traps. 
Work
 submitted
 will 
be
 shown
 on 
one
 of
 three
 screening 
dates (August 8th, 15th, 22nd) 
and
 should 
address 
themes 
related
 to
 physical
 or 
psychological
 entrapment:
 the
 notion 
of 
being
 hemmed‐in 
or 
tied
 down; 
issues
 of
 deception 
and
 struggle;...

Create Change Public Artist Residency, The Laundromat Project

The Laundromat Project (The LP), in collaboration with Leeway Foundation and in partnership with The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Asian Arts Initiative, and PhillyCAM, has announced a call for proposals from Philadelphia based artists of color interested in mounting a public art project in their neighborhood laundromat, barbershop, or similar public space. Successful applicants...

Call for entries : Meta-Fiber

Meta-Fiber Art In City Hall & FiberPhiladelphia2012 Philadelphia, PA March 12 — May 11, 2012 Deadline: February 20, 2012 by 4:00 p.m.  Meta-Fiber, part of FiberPhiladelphia2012 is open to artists working in non-traditional ways and with non-traditional materials that utilize fiber and textile art making techniques such as weaving, sewing, applique‘, quilting…Non traditional materials may include: recyclables,...

Humble: Photography Small Works Exhibition Open Call

Deadline for submissions: February 28, 2012, 11:59 PM This June, Humble Arts Foundation, in conjunction with Magenta Foundation, will present Small Works, an exhibition of 50, 8 x 10 inch photographic prints curated by Jon Feinstein and Amani Olu. Feinstein and Olu will select works from an international open call to exhibit at the Flash Forward Festival...

Eastern State Penitentiary, Call for Proposals

Proposal Deadline (for all funding and approvals) Wednesday, June 13, 2012, 4:00 pm At Eastern State Penitentiary Art Proposals — 2013 Season Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site 2027 Fairmount Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19130 About Eastern State Penitentiary Eastern State Penitentiary was once the most famous and expensive prison in the world, but stands today in ruin, a...

Call for Entries: Take a Seat!

Adirondack Chairs reinterpreted. The Morris Arboretum and Woodmere Art Museum, located in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, are collaborating to organize an outdoor exhibition during the summer of 2012.   Call for Artists Artists of the Philadelphia region are invited to apply and commit to reinterpreting an individual or pair of full size chairs. Child-size chairs can be...
Call for Submissions: Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia

Call for Submissions: Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia

Guest Curator Jenny Moore, New Museum The Center for Emerging Visual Artists invites you to submit images of your artwork for review by our guest curator, Jenny Moore, Assistant Curator at the New Museum. Of the applicants, 10 to 25 artists will be asked to present a digital portfolio of approximately 10 images. Two to...

Open Call for Philadelphia Community Exhibition

DEADLINE: Monday, January 30, 2012 DELIVERY: Sunday, January 29, 2012 12 — 7 pm Monday, January 30, 2012 9 am — 1 pm DROP OFF LOCATION: 3rd Street Gallery, 58 N. 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106 PICK UP: Sunday, February 26, 2012 5 — 7 pm Monday, February 27, 2012 9 — 11 am ENTRY FEE: $30 for one work of art $35 for 2 works...