"Big Al" Carter Retrospective

Looking for 12 Sculptors

DEADLINE: March 1, 2019

The Howard County Arts Council (HCAC), located in Ellicott City, Maryland, is seeking up to 12 artists to participate in its Eighth Annual Juried Public Art Competition for a temporary outdoor exhibit from August 2019-July 2020. HCAC’s goal is to make art more accessible to the entire community by placing sculpture at sites throughout Howard County, Maryland. The sculpture will serve as major visual anchor points that will enhance and activate community spaces and generate interest in public art.

HCAC will provide up to 12 artists with a $2,500 grant to cover the temporary loan, insurance, installation, de-installation, and repairs to the sculpture. If multiple pieces are selected from one artist a separate grant will be awarded for each piece. The competition is open to professional visual artists, aged 18 & older, with public art experience commensurate with this project’s scope. 

Visit https://hocoarts.submittable.com/submit/130902/artsites-2019-artist-application to download  prospectus and to apply. 

The Fridification of America

Mark Jenkins has a two page spread in the WaPo discussing Theodore Carter's "Night of 1,000 Fridas."

“Utensil Frida,” by Theodore Carter and Robert Carter, is part of “Night of 1,000 Fridas.” (Elizabeth Carter)

Read it here.

Bethesda Painting Awards

Apply by March 1, 2019

The Bethesda Painting Awards is downtown Bethesda's annual juried art competition that exclusively honors painters from Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. $14,000 in prize monies are awarded to the top four painters annually. 

They'd love for YOU to apply for your chance to showcase your work in June 2019.

THE JUDGES:

The competition will be juried by:

• Kyle Hackett, Professor of Studio Art, American University, and the 2014 Bethesda Painting Awards Winner;
• Sue Johnson, Professor of Art, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, and
• Susan Zurbrigg, Painting and Drawing Area Head, Professor of Art, James Madison University.

TO APPLY:

Submit application, $25 entry fee and 5 images of your paintings. Artists must be 18 years of age or older and permanent, full-time residents of Maryland, Virginia or Washington, D.C. All original 2-D painting including oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, encaustic and mixed media will be accepted.



The maximum dimensions should not exceed 60 inches in width. All works on paper must be framed to full conservation standards. No reproductions. Artwork must have been completed within the last two years and must be available for the duration of the June 2019 Gallery B exhibition.

Applications are due Friday, March 1, 2019. 

Apply here.

Important Dates

Deadline for application: March 1, 2019

Notification Mailed: April 8, 2019

Exhibition Date: June 2019

Art Scam Alert!

Beware of this scammer trying to rip off artists:

Mark Lester - mark_l8@outlook.com

Hi 

    I am interested in your works,please kindly write me back so that i could let you know what i am interested in.

Thanks

Mark

Beer can collection... anyone?

From one of my neighbors:

I have a large, @500 cans, vintage beer can collection, circa 1980’s that my son had collected. They are from all over the world, many unique and interesting cans. I have a full list of them if anyone wants to see it. I am redoing my basement and have to get rid of them. Does anyone know someone who would be interested in this collection before I put them in the recycling bin. I have saved them for so long I hate to just toss them if there is someone who wold want them, a business, a brewery, a collector?

 Anyone?

Call for artists

Deadline: March 29, 2019

Emerging artists living and working in New England, New York or New Jersey who are no more than three years removed from a full-time educational program, or artists with less than five years of exhibition experience are eligible to apply to this call. Artists working in all media are welcome. NO ENTRY FEE. Six artists will receive: $2,500 prize. Solo exhibit at Real Art Ways in 2019 or 2020. Exhibition publication with commissioned essay and documentation. Curatorial assistance. 

Opportunity for an artist talk. 

JURORS: Terry Jenoure, Artist / Curator, Director, Augusta Savage Gallery, Olu Oguibe, Artist / Critic, Will K. Wilkins, Executive Director of Real Art Ways. 

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. 

Apply here.