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Monday, December 10, 2012

ASC December Newsletter - Art, Contests and Opportunities

A Singular Creation Art Community Newsletter - December 10, 2012 | View This Newsletter Online Here

Hello all. We have another great newsletter packed with art, contests and opportunities. I hope you enjoy it. Is your email inbox too full? You can stay connected and keep up to date on upcoming art contests and opportunities, tips and tutorials and other great articles by subscibing to us with any of these options:

my very best regards,
Joe Barrouk (Singular) - A Singular Creation founder
We are seeking artists and photographers for our Quarterly Juried Online Competition - Nature. Details are below.
ASC Quarterly Juried Online Competition - Nature | Deadline: Monday, December 31

A Singular Creation presents a series of quarterly online juried competitions. Our current competition is open to all artists and photographers worldwide, working in any media, excluding video. All styles of art will be accepted. The theme of this competition is Nature. Nature is defined as the phenomena of the physical world collectively, including plants, animals, the landscape, seascape, and other features and products of the earth, as opposed to humans or human creations. There will be $1,200 in total cash and prizes. Breakdown of prizes is below. Also, all artists' work will become part of our permanent online collection and will be promoted heavily all over the web.

  • 1st Place: $500 cash
  • 2nd Place: $300 cash
  • 3rd Place: Two winners will each receive a $200 gift certificate to Richeson Art Supplies
  • All winners will get a feature article with artwork, bio, artist statement and website link, that will be promoted heavily on our blog, social media outlets, on our website and all over the web - example from our People and Portraits Competition.
  • All participants will get a personal exhibition gallery, that will be promoted heavily on our blog, social media outlets, on our website and all over the web - example from our People and Portraits Competition.

More Info: www.asingularcreation.com/art-competitions.php

Here are the finalists from our Nature Showdown. There is only a week left to vote for your favorites. Click any one of the images below to go to the voting page, where you can rate any or all of these images on a scale of 1-5.
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The following are featured art contests, opportunities and other art events from our web site. To view more contests and opportunities from our web site, click here.
Free Monthly Online Art Contests for Cash Prizes

Compete with other artists and photographers in our free monthly art contests for cash and other great prizes. A Singular Creation provides a free online venue to showcase your art and photography. Your images will be juried by our panel, as well as rated by our visitors. In addition to cash prizes, we will award various prizes donated by our sponsors. Also, all winners will be featured all over our web site. Free to enter.

Black and White | Deadline: December 14
Contest is open to all media and all subject matter. All styles of art and photography are accepted. Work must be in black and white.

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15th Annual All Media Juried Online International Art Exhibition | Monday, December 24

The Upstream People Gallery presents an exhibition with 12 month's gallery representation, January 1, 2013 through December 30, 2013, with approximately one million hits each month. Open to all artists worldwide with 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional artwork in all media and creative processes (video/film stills acceptable).

Cash Awards of Excellence and Special Recognitions will be given at the juror's discretion; the amounts and number of which is determined by the entries and their quality. Specially recognized artists will be reviewed in the juror's statement published worldwide and sent in a press release to the artist's local newspaper(s).

Artists get a discounted entry fee if submitted by our early deadline of December 8. The final deadline is December 24. Prospectus: www.upstreampeoplegallery.com/schedule/prospectus.asp?XD=1/1/2013

Call for Artwork Submissions - 16th Annual Peace Arch Park International Sculpture Exhibition | Friday, December 28

Artists are invited to submit outdoor sculpture to be featured in the Sixteenth Annual Peace Arch Park International Sculpture May 1st, 2013 to October 1st, 2013. The exhibition is located North America’s first and foremost international Peace Park established in 1921. Peace Arch International Park (border crossing) is the Western United States’ International Gateway between Vancouver, BC, Canada & Seattle, Washington. There is no entry fee and there is a $200 (US Funds) travel / shipping stipend for each accepted artist whose artwork is installed at the park.

More Info: www.peacearchpark.org/callforentries.htm

Call for Entries - 2nd Annual All Photography Online Art Competition | Thursday, December 27

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces a call for entries for the gallery’s 2nd Annual “All Photography” online art competition for the month of December 2012. Photographers from around the world are called upon to make online submissions for inclusion in to the Gallery’s January 2013 online group art exhibition. Light Space & Time encourages entries from all photographers regardless of where they reside and regardless of their experience or education in the art field. All digital, film, manipulated, alternative photographic and printing processes will be accepted into this competition.

The winning artists of the "All Photography" Art Exhibition will receive extensive worldwide publicity in the form of email marketing, 70+ press release announcements, 75+ event announcement posts, extensive social media distribution, marketing and promotion, in order to make the art world aware of the art exhibition and in particular, the artist’s accomplishments. There will also be links back to the artist’s website included as part of this award package.

Interested artists should provide to us with your best photography now or before the deadline of December 27th. Apply Online Here: www.lightspacetime.com

Call For Artists - South Region | Monday, December 31

New American Paintings is a museum-quality, soft-cover art periodical, published bimonthly by The Open Studios Press. Each 184 page volume is a regional exhibition-in-print, selling for $20 at 1,500 bookstores, museum shops and art supply stores nationwide. The books have become periodical resources for collectors and art world professionals.

All styles and media are welcome, as long as the work is singular and two-dimensional. The competition’s 40 winners will appear in an upcoming edition of New American Paintings and will retain all rights to their images. Now accepting entries from: AL, AR, DC, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV.

Prospectus: www.newamericanpaintings.com/competitions.html

International Juried 2012 "Spirit of Winter" Art Competition | Monday, December 31

The 2012 International Juried "Spirit of Winter" art competition is sponsored by Art Quench Gallery. We accept both traditional and abstract forms of interpretation in these mediums; photography, painting, mixed media and sculpture, including wood, metal, glass and recycled materials. The winner of the Competition will receive one year of representation with AQ Gallery and publication in both ArtQuenchMagazine.com and OnPurpose Magazine. This is a great opportunity for an artist to get great exposure and publication of their work. There is a $12.00 fee for two images. AQ Gallery is also now accepting submissions for representation.

More Info: www.artquenchgallery.com

Studio Visit Magazine Winter 2012 Competition | Monday, December 31

Studio Visit is a series of juried artist books produced by the publishers of New American Paintings. Each high quality volume of Studio Visit features approximately 150 artists, who have been selected by professional curators. Selected artists will be given one full-color page that includes an image, contact information and a brief artist statement. We are pleased to offer artists an effective venue through which to introduce their work to a serious national audience of art world professionals. The publication presents all 2- and 3-dimensional media. This includes mixed media, painting, drawing, photography, and sculpture.

Studio Visit will be received by two thousand carefully selected curators and gallerists throughout the country as well as a growing subscriber base of collectors and art enthusiasts. You can find a partial list of galleries and collectors on our website. Entry is free! All fine art mediums accepted! Because Studio Visit is sent to its recipients free of charge, accepted artists will be responsible for a $235 production and distribution fee.

More Info: studiovisitmagazine.com/competitions

Call for Digital Art and Photography - Snap to Grid | Friday, January 4

Show your work in our un-juried exhibit featuring digital art and photography. All entries will be printed (8.5"x11" on heavyweight paper) and shown in our gallery arranged in a grid. All styles of artwork and photography where digital processes of any kind were integral to the creation of the images are acceptable. Digital video stills and screen shots of web/new media are acceptable. Documentation shots of digital installation and digital sculpture are acceptable.

Special consideration is given to "Snap to Grid" artists for inclusion in future exhibits. Entrants to our calls for submissions form the pool of artists from which we select the majority of our exhibitors. There have been a large number of "Snap to Grid" participants who have been included in group exhibits, as well as a number of solo shows.

More Info: lacda.com/juried/juriedshow.html

Call to Artists - Cash Award - Juried Exhibit | Monday, January 7

Embracing Our Differences is accepting submissions for its 10th annual outdoor art exhibit celebrating diversity to be displayed during April - May 2013 in Sarasota, FL USA. Submissions must be postmarked no later than January 7, 2013. National and international submissions are encouraged. 38 artists will be selected for the exhibit. Since 2004, the exhibit has been viewed by more than 1,300,000 visitors. Final selections will be made by a 3-judge panel of art professionals. A total of $3,000 (US) in awards will be presented. There is no submission fee nor limit on the number of entries.

More Info: embracingourdifferences.org

Urban - Call to Artists | Monday, January 7

The city above, the city below, the skyline, the people, the streets. For this call for entries, we’re looking for art that communicates the essence of the word urban. All international artists, professional and amateur and all art mediums will be considered in this call for entries from photography, wall sculpture, fabric, mixed media, all paintings and drawings including, oil, acrylic, pastels, ink, graphite, etc. It must be able to be hung on a wall to be considered. Sizes up to 12 feet are acceptable.

Accepted entries for this online exhibit will be judged again for our collective live exhibition at one of our art galleries. The artists will be asked if they wish to submit their artwork for the collective exhibition, which is not a requirement to being a part of the online exhibition.

For more information or to submit, please visit: linusgallery.com/call-for-entries/urban-call-for-entry

Ordinary Everyday Objects | Monday, January 7

Still Point Art Gallery invites submissions for its upcoming online exhibition: Ordinary Everyday Objects. Take a look at the ordinary everyday objects you see every ordinary day. Objects small or large. Objects red, blue, or yellow; black or white. Objects hard or soft, old or new, shiny or dull. Objects for home, school, or work. Objects expendable; objects remarkable. Objects found, bought, or given. All sorts of objects, ordinary everyday objects.

Open to artists 18 years of age or older from around the world who submit artwork in any medium except video and wearable art. Submissions must be the creation of the artist. Reproductions of original artwork, such as glicee prints of original paintings, will not be accepted.

More Info: www.stillpointartgallery.com/index.php?action=prospects

Eco Arts Awards - Call for Entries | Tuesday, January 15

Eco Arts Awards is an annual arts competition in 6 creative categories: Fine Art, Literature, Photography, Short Videos, Repurposed Materials in Art & Design, and Songwriting. Ecology is the theme. We seek to promote the multitude of interpretations of that theme via the arts, as we know that it is artists who can lift awareness above any political or scientific debate. We have an expert panel of jurors for each of our featured categories. You can see who they are on our website. We offer a total of $12,500 usd cash to three winners in all six categories. We will announce all winners on January 31st via our newsletter, so be sure to sign up to receive it on our home page. It is also a good idea to "like us" on facebook for more current update's and interesting information regarding the art of ecology! Now go hug a tree and express yourself!

More Info: www.ecoartsawards.com

Foreign Images | Monday, January 21

Being away from home can be an inspiring experience. It can produce perspectives, ideas and emotions that are new to the artist and his or her medium. For this exhibition, we’re looking for the artist’s interpretation of landscapes or cityscapes he or she considers to be exotic and foreign. All international artists, professional and amateur and all art mediums will be considered in this call for entries from photography, wall sculpture, fabric, mixed media, all paintings and drawings including, oil, acrylic, pastels, ink, graphite, etc. Work must be able to be hung on a wall to be considered. Sizes up to 12 feet are acceptable.

Accepted entries for this online exhibition will be judged again for a collective live exhibition at our Pasadena Gallery. The artists will be asked if they wish to submit their artwork for the collective exhibition, which is not a requirement to being a part of the online exhibition.

More Info: linusgallery.com/call-for-entries/foreign-images-call-for-entries

15th Annual Faces Juried Online International Art Exhibition | Thursday, January 24

The Upstream People Gallery presents an exhibition with 12 month's gallery representation, March 1, 2013 through February 28, 2014, with approximately one million hits each month. Open to all artists worldwide whose artwork is involved with the subject matter of faces of all kinds. Two-dimensional and three-dimensional works including ceramics, sculpture, paintings, drawings, photography, prints and mixed media in all creative processes and forms.

Cash Awards of Excellence and Special Recognitions will be given at the juror's discretion; the amounts and number of which is determined by the entries and their quality. Specially recognized artists will be reviewed in the juror's statement published worldwide and sent in a press release to the artist's local newspaper(s).

Artists get a discounted entry fee if submitted by our early deadline of January 8. The final deadline is January 24. Prospectus: www.upstreampeoplegallery.com/schedule/prospectus.asp?XD=3/1/2013

Artists Wanted: A Special Invitation | Tuesday, January 29

To the artists, sculptors, designers, illustrators, painters, and creators: you are invited to celebrate your creative passion with an international community of over half a million members on See.Me. To inaugurate our global launch, we're offering over $125,000 in awards to inspired creators like you.

More Info: www.see.me/art?f=sm01_asc2

Richeson 75 International Art Competition - Still Life and Floral Online 2013 | Monday, February 4

Awards: Best In Show - $2.500 cash: First Place will receive a $1,000 certificate for art materials from Jack Richeson & Co., Inc. Second Place Award will receive a $750 certificate for art materials from Jack Richeson & Co., Inc. 3rd Place Award will receive a $500 certificate for art materials from Jack Richeson & Co., Inc. 2 Honor Awards will receive a $250 certificate for art materials from Jack Richeson & Co., Inc. The categories for entry are: 1) Oils, Oil Pastels and Acrylic - 2) Other Media (Soft Pastels, Drawing/Dry Media, Watercolor, Gouache, Casein, Printmaking, etc.). Competition is open to all artists over age 18. Theme of the artwork submitted must relate to Still Life and/or Floral.

The Jack Richeson Company is a leading supplier of high quality art materials. As part of our mission to support the arts community we sponsor five international, juried art exhibitions a year. The purpose of our show is to offer a venue for both established and emerging artists to show their latest work to a wide and appreciative audience. Each show is physically presented in the Richeson Art Gallery and virtually presented at the Richeson 75 web site. We also extend our reach through an interactive newsletter, the Richeson Virtual Art Salon, to thousands of galleries, collectors and artists around the world.

Website: www.richeson75.com/callforentries.html

Mystery Build Art Contest - What Can You Make With This? | Sunday, October 20

Call for artists and creators. $15,000 in cash awards and nationwide exposure - Winning entries will be displayed on Mystery Build websites and promotions. The Challenge: Create a work of art (creative object, construction, experiment, presentation or other concept) using only the materials provided in a Mystery Build Kit. The twist: You don't know what's inside!

Mystery Build is offering $15,000 in cash awards to participants who can create something amazing using only the materials in a Mystery Build Kit, without knowing what they will have to work with. You can expect to find some common sculpting materials like wood, clay, metal, fiber, and a few surprises. The kits are 12" x 9" x 3" and contain 5 lbs. of materials. All 2013 Mystery Build Kits are identical. Contest open only to U.S. residents. You can enter individually or as a team, and you can enter as many times as you want.

More Info: www.mysterybuild.com


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