CALL FOR ENTRIES: AESTHETICA CREATIVE WORKS COMPETITION

The 2011 Aesthetica Creative Works Competition is now open for entries! Aesthetica Magazine is inviting all artists, photographers, writers and poets to submit their work into the Creative Works Competition, Now in its fourth year, the competition is dedicated to celebrating and championing creative talent across the disciplines and welcomes entries from poets and writers as well as artists working in any medium, including sculpture, textiles, photography, ceramics, paint, digital art and more!

• The Competition has three categories, Artwork & Photography, Poetry and Fiction.
• Winners and finalists are published in the Aesthetica Creative Works Annual.
• Winners of each category receive £500 prize money plus other prizes.
• Entry to the Creative Works Competition is £10.
• The entry fee allows the submission of 2 images, 2 poems or 2 short stories.
• The deadline for submissions is the 31^st August 2011.
• More guidelines on how to submit can be found online here

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Inspiration Meets Canvas: The Top 15 Oil Painting Blogs

The Aesthetica Creative Works Competition is now open for entries! Aesthetica Magazine is inviting all artists, writers and poets to submit their work into the Aesthetica Creative Works Competition 2010.
Now in its third year, the Creative Works Competition is dedicated to celebrating and championing creative talent across three disciplines, identifying new artists and writers and bringing them to international attention.
The Competition has three categories, Artwork, Poetry and Fiction.
Winners and finalists are published in the Aesthetica Creative Works Annual. Winners of each category receive £500 prize money plus other prizes.
Entry to the Creative Works Competition is £10. The entry fee allows the submission of 2 images, 2 poems or 2 short stories.
The deadline for submissions is the 31st August 2010.
More guidelines on how to submit can be found online here

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A Call for Artists

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The George Segal Gallery presents "Art Connections 5" and invites artists to display their work
Montclair State University’s George Segal Gallery is once again sponsoring Art Connections, its annual fund-raising art exhibit, from January 15 to February 15, 2009, and invites artists to submit works for display and sale. Now in its fifth year, Art Connections has grown from a regional exhibit to one of national scope and offers artists an excellent opportunity for exposure and sales of their works.
Past Art Connections exhibits have featured works by noted artists such as ceramist Toshiko Takaeshu; painters Julie Hefferman, Bisa Washington, Ben Jones and Cora Cohen; and sculptor Willie Cole. Proceeds from the event support exhibitions at the George Segal Gallery and care of the University’s permanent collection.
The deadline for submissions is September 16, 2008 and an online brochure with full information about the event as well as entry procedures and requirements is available here.
Information about the George Segal Gallery is available here.
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Competition Details
PRIZES
Grand Prize Award: $500
First Place Awards: $100 each

The Grand Prize winner and all 7 First Place Winners will receive complimentary subscriptions to The Artist's Magazine and $100 worth of North Light Books. Honorable Mentions receive complimentary subscriptions to The Artist's Magazine and $50 worth of North Light Books.

Winners will be featured on The Artist's Magazine website along with a list of Honorable Mentions. All Winners and Honorable Mentions will receive a certificate suitable for framing.

Deadline: November 3, 2008

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MuSeuM oF PaRTiCuLaRLy Bad aRT
HomE oF thE iTChiBaLl pRIzE



'What makes Bad Art?’, I hear you ask.
Well, the criteria are simple(ish):
Completely devoid of technical skill (Colour, tone, perspective and shading)
Unusual, poor or tasteless subject matters (Preferably all three!)
Undeniable passion, driven by an uneducated hand.
That ‘special’ feeling that forms in your gut


Itchiball Prize
A further extension of The MOPBA was the establishment of the “Itchiball Prize”, where the general public submitted pieces of Art, either their own or found works, in an attempt to claim this ‘prestigious’ prize.

Entries are being called for this year's Itchiball Prize.
The Itchiball Prize winner will receive vouchers to the value of a total of $2,000.00(including GST) to be spent on products and services in the Chapel Street Windsor Retail Precinct.
ThePeople’s Choice Award winner will receive vouchers to the value of $1000.00

PRIZE:The Itchiball Prize winner will receive vouchers to the value of a total of $2,000.00 (including GST) to be spent on products and services in the Chapel Street Windsor Retail Precinct. The People’s Choice Award winner will receive vouchers to the value of $1000.00This is an acquisitive prize, ie if you win the Itchiball or People’s Choice Award, your work will not be returned to you and will take its place as a permanent part of the MOPBA’s collection.

JUDGES:A panel of local personalities, local dignitaries and residents will select the Itchiball Award winning entries. The MOPBA Committee has selected the independent judges and their decision will be final.

This year the event is returning to the exhibition space at Chapel off Chapel 12 Little Chapel Street Prahran from the 3rd to 12th of October.
The opening night will be Friday 3rd October 6pm till 8pm

ENTRIES CLOSE:Sunday 22nd September 2008 at 9pm.

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Press ReleasePalo Alto, CA (PRWEB) September 1, 2008



myartspace.com, the premier online venue for contemporary art has launched an exciting new, juried competition to its community members. The top-3 winners of the competition will have their work represented at Bridge Art Fair Miami Beach, taking place concurrent with the spectacular Art Basel Miami Beach, December 4-7, 2008. The deadline for registration and submission is November 15, 2008.
In order to enter the competition, artists must be a member of myartspace.com. Membership is free, and members can upload an unlimited amount of fine art, audio, video and audio narration and create a highly contemporary art viewing experience. Registration for the Myartspace/Bridge Art Fair Miami 2008 competition is $50, but will be reduced by 50% to $25 before October 31, 2008. The winners will be announced on November 25, 2008.
Catherine McCormack-Skiba, the founder of myartspace noted, "We are thrilled to be presenting some of the top artists from myartspace.com at Bridge Art Fair during Art Basel Miami Beach, one of the most prestigious gatherings of the international contemporary art world. With our treasure of hot contemporary artists, we feel its imperative that they be well represented during Art Basel Miami. This juried competition brings out the best in our artists and will be a great representation of our large and growing community.
"Michael Workman, Founder and Director of the Bridge Art Fair said, "We are pleased to host the winners of this competition, presented by myartspace, one of the most innovative new approaches to presenting emerging contemporary art online. Bridge Art Fair and myartspace.com share an interest in new models and non-traditional venues for presenting a transnational representation of emerging contemporary art, so this competition is a great fit for Bridge Art Fair Miami."
myartspace is an online community for the contemporary art world. Membership is free. For more details about the Miami Basel 2008 competition, users can click on the link: http://www.myartspace.com/miamibasel.

For 10 years, the Pastel 100 Competition has rewarded artists just like you for your finest work. And this year, we are celebrating our 10th Anniversary by giving away even more great prizes!
Sponsored by The Pastel Journal, America's leading magazine devoted to pastel artists, and sister publication of The Artist's Magazine, this annual competition offers cash, prizes and publicity to its lucky winners.
Go here for more info.
All entries must be postmarked by September 1, 2008, so don't wait to start creating! Enter now and your work could win huge cash prizes, like the $5,000 Jack Richeson/Unison Pastels Best of Show Award!
Other top awards include:
The Ruth Richeson/Unison Pastels Award, featuring a 402-piece set of Unison Pastels— worth $2,067, plus 750 worth of Richeson Co. products!
The Pastel Journal Grand Prize—$2,500 CASH!
The Art Spirit Foundation/Dianne B. Bernhard Silver and Gold Medal Awards for Excellence—$1,000 to $1,500 CASH!
You can also compete to win more cash prizes in any of these 5 categories:
Landscape & Interior—juried by Lorenzo Chavez
Portrait & Figure—juried by Desmond O'Hagan
Still Life & Floral—juried by Christina Debarry
Animal & Wildlife—juried by Dustin Van Wechel
Abstract & Non-Objective—juried by Frank Federico
PLUS, all top prize winners will be featured in our April 2009 issue of The Pastel Journal. Don't miss this opportunity to publicize your work!
To learn more about the competition, for complete information, additional entry forms, or to enter online please visit www.artistsnetwork.com/pasteljournalcompetition
For any questions, you can contact us at pjcompetitions@fwpubs.com

Portia Geach Memorial Award
Celebrating female Australian artists

The Portia Geach Memorial Award is a celebration of female Australian artists. It’s Australia’s most prestigious portrait prize for female artists and has greatly contributed to the development of female artists in this country.
It was established by Florence Kate Geach in 1961 in memory of her sister, Portia Geach and is awarded each year to the best portrait painted from life of some man or woman distinguished in Art, Letters or the Sciences.
Are you eligible?
To be eligible for this award, you must be a female Australian resident who is either Australian born, British born or a naturalised Australian.
Please also check the current application form for other eligibility details.
The award’s value
The recipient of the 2008 Portia Geach Memorial Award will receive $18,000.

Close of entries for the 2008 Award is 29 August 2008.

Please note all application forms and fees must be submitted to the Cauz Group offices no later than 5.30pm on the closing date.
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