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Graffitti Art Competition (June 2)
Call for Entries: Competition & Exhibition for Photographers
from Washington, British Columbia or Oregon (June 2)
Call for Entries: Drawing and Sketching Competition (June
2)
NVision & Encounter II
Art Competition (May 21)
U.S. Art Business News Correspondent
required (May 19)
Art Business Critic and regular
contributors sought (May 19)
Ongoing Opportunities courtesy
Visual Arts Alberta Association (updated May
26).
4th Annual International Conference
of the Visual Arts, Vancouver, Aug. 7-21,
1997 (Mar.10)
On-line exposure opportunity for artists and writers (May 19)
Graffitti Art Competition
Multi-award winning filmmaker Bob Bryan director/producer of GRAFFITI
VERITE is sponsoring the historic First International Graffiti Art Competition.
The deadline for submissions by Graffiti artists is July 4th 1997.
The competition seeks to celebrate the best Graffiti Art from around the
world.
This juried competition was established by Bob Bryan to provide a platform
for the creative visions of today's young independent artists and to recognize
and commemorate their positive contributions to the world of contemporary
art in all its diversity.
The First International Graffiti Art Competition's sole purpose is
to create a forum for the serious examination, illumination, appreciation
and recognition of this worldwide artform and phenomenon.
For information on the First International Graffiti Art Competition
see the website at http://www.animalstore.com/people/art/graffiti.html
or call (213) 860-9845
Call for Entries: Competition
& Exhibition for Photographers from Washington, British Columbia or
Oregon
EYE CONTACT is a not-for-profit exhibition that will be juried by Greg
Kucera, of Greg Kucera Gallery; Ron Carraher, Chair of the Photography
Program at the University of Washington School of Art; and Mark Van S,
an art and editorial photographer represented by William Traver Gallery
and published in Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, etal.
EYE CONTACT will be juried from the submissions of all artists who
employ photography in their artworks who reside in Washington, British
Columbia or Oregon. It is intended that the appreciation of photography
in--and the photographers of--our region will be elevated. All photographic
processes are welcome. The jurors are open minded vis-a-vis size, recombinant
media and number in a series. Initial jurying will be from slides. Jurying
for cash awards and purchase prize(s) will be from actual works. Awards
are $1500 (1st) and $1000 (2nd) with more to come. One photograph will
be purchased for Seattle City Lightís Portable Works Collection.
This project has support thus far (May 7) from the Seattle Arts Commission,
the Washington State Arts Commission, Allied Arts and One Reel, the producers
of Bumbershoot: The Seattle Arts Festival.
EYE CONTACT will be held in Seattle At Bumbershoot: The Seattle Arts
Festival (Shaw Room at Seattle Center, August 26-September 1,1997) and
at ArtSpace Gallery (September 4-October 11, 1997)
Deadline for entries is July 25, 1997. Entry fee is $15 for
five slides; $2 each per additional. Send #10 SASE for prospectus to: EYE
CONTACT, c/o ArtSpace Gallery, 216 Alaskan Way S., Seattle, WA 98104
For more information: Jill Janow, Project Director, 417 E. Pine St.,
Loft 303, Seattle, WA 98122 (206)322-0675 jilljanow@msn.com
Call for Entries: Drawing
and Sketching Competition
Media- charcoal, pen and ink, pencil, chalk (basically drawing implements!
no photography, sculpture, et cetera). Deadline is July 10, 1997.
Prizes: Winner: supplies from Rex Art supply (what supplies exactly
is undetermined at this time) one full year subscription to OPTIONS! art
newsletter Runner-Up: one full year subscription to OPTIONS! art newsletter
A brief three paragraph written piece is required along with the EMAIL
submission of the art work. Submissions accepted through email only. More
details can be found at http://drawsketch.miningco.com
NVision & Encounter
II Art Competition
NVision & Encounter II is an international art-competition, online
workshop and exhibition. There are two main awards plus weekly best artwork
awards totalling 6,000 DM. At the close of the project there will be a
print documentation. Visit http://www.kunst-halle.mda.de.
The project curator is Andreas Loeschner-Gornau.
U.S. Art Business News Correspondent
required
Art Business Magazine requires an art business news correspondent to
cover areas of the U.S. Please provide a resume and a sample of your art
business writing. Contact Heather Fraser, Managing Editor, at artbus@connect.reach.net or (613) 393-3926.
Art Business critic and
regular contributors sought
Art Business Magazine is looking for: a regular business critic of
on-line art or on-line art sites; and writers with a special interest in
art business. All writers must be skilled, enthusiastic and reliable. Please
send a resume and a sample of your art business writing to Heather Fraser,
Managing Editor at artbus@connect.reach.net
(613) 393-3926.
4th Annual International
Conference of the Visual Arts, August 7 - 21, 1997
The 4th International Conference of the Visual Arts is being held from
August 7 to 21, 1997, at the Roundhouse Community Center in Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada.
Since 1989, there have been three International Conferences of theVisual
Arts. They were held in Oaxtepec, Mexico in 1989, San Francisco in 1992,
and Assisi, Italy in 1995.
The idea was initiated by the Consejo Mundial de Artistas Visuales
in Mexico.
The theme of this year's conference is "Communication and Understanding".
For more information on the conference please view our newsletter on
our website at: http://www.shinnova.com/artsource/arsmundi.html
Visual Arts Alberta Association
The following is courtesy Susan E. Sax, Executive Director,Visual Arts
Alberta Association, P.O. Box 52011, 8210-109 St., Edmonton, AB, T6G 2T5
(403)433-7166 1-800-635-3187 fax(403)429-8222 email: visartaa@planet.eon.net
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