Call for Entries for The Floyd Artists Association and Tuggles Gap Motel and Restaurant.

The Floyd Artists Association, a co-op gallery in Floyd, is sponsoring an art festival in October called Art on the Parkway. It will be held at Tuggles Gap Restaurant at the intersection of Route 8 and the Blue Ridge Parkway. Our goal is to bring art lovers and the travellers on the Blue Ridge Parkway together with local artists during the peak of fall foliage. Art on the Parkway is an endorsed event of the Blue Ridge Parkway's 75^th., Anniversary Celebration, and we are expecting a large crowd. There will be an all-day bluegrass jam on site, as well. We are looking forward to a wonderful event.

Floyd Artists Association and Tuggles Gap Restaurant and Motel Invitation and Application.

Call for Entries for The Floyd Artists Association and Tuggles Gap Motel and Restaurant.

Saturday, October 16^th., 2010, 8 AM., - 6 PM.

The Floyd Artists Association and Tuggles Gap Motel and Restaurant invite you to unleash your creative talents at Art on the Parkway 2010, an outdoor festival of art and music held during the peak of fall foliage season. Artists in and around Floyd County are encouraged to participate. We anticipate an exciting event bringing together high traffic volume enhanced by the 75^th., Anniversary of the Blue Ridge Parkway; a blue-grass music jam; and fine art.

Location: Tuggles Gap Motel and Restaurant (A highly popular stop overlooking the Parkway)

The Butte County Watercolor Society (BCWS) wishes to invite all water media artists to apply for entry in our Annual Juried Watercolor Exhibition. There will be $1900.00 in cash awards distributed. Sal Casa and Ann Pierce will also present Honor's Awards of $200 each. The exhibition will be held at the 1078 Gallery, in Chico, California. This Juried Watermedia exhibition is a competition open to all living artists working with watermedia on paper. Please contact the Butte County Watercolor Society for a Prospectus either by e-mail at buttecws@gmail.com or by sending a #10SASE with $.44 postage to:

Butte County Watercolor Society
Attn: Amber Palmer
1430 Esplanade Suite 15
Chico, Ca. 95926

There is a non refundable entry fee of $15 per image, for BCWS Members and $20 per image for non members. Up to 5 entries per artist may be submitted. All entries must be received by August 2^nd., 2010. Reception October 8^th., 2010

Dolores Mitchell www.doloresmitchell.com will serve as the major juror of this exhibit She received her Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art, Art History and her PhD in Art History at UCLA. Delores has recently retired from teaching at California State University, Chico, where she had been a Professor of Art History for over 30 years. She was a founding owner and currently, is a member of the Avenue9Gallery Art Guild. As a writer of articles critiquing art and artists for local magazines, she has recently been published in a national magazine featuring her paintings reflecting the art and culture of Northern California.

Butte County Watercolor Society was founded in 2007 and is currently preparing for the Fourth Annual Members Show. Benefits of membership include opportunities to exhibit their work through galleries, museums and local venues. Once a month, members gather for workshops, critiques, and networking. Membership fee is $35 per year. For more information, please call (530) 570-7343.

artspace would like to invite you to submit work to STRASSEN KUNST : an international exhibition of work inspired by graffiti that will showcase the diverse and multiple aspects of graffiti and its continuing evolution and integration into the field of fine art.

Martin McFadden LRPS, Director and Curator, 12 12 Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, will jury and curate the exhibition. Up to $1000 in cash prizes and a solo exhibition in artspace's Helena Davis Gallery will be awarded at his discretion.

Please let us know if you have any questions. The details of the prospectus and online payment options via PayPal are provided below or at the STRASSEN KUNST website.

The Butte County Watercolor Society (BCWS) wishes to invite all water media artists to apply for entry in our Annual Juried Watercolor Exhibition. There will be $1900.00 in cash awards distributed. The exhibition will be held at the 1078 Gallery, in Chico, California.

This Juried Watermedia exhibition is a competition open to all living artists working with watermedia on paper.

Please contact the Butte County Watercolor Society for a Prospectus either by e-mail at buttecws@gmail.com, or, by sending a #10 SASE with $0.44 postage to: Butte County Watercolor Society Attn: Amber Palmer 1430 Esplanade Suite 15 Chico, Ca. 95926.

There is a non refundable entry fee of $15 per image, for BCWS Members and $20 per image for non members. Up to 5 entries per artist may be submitted. All entries must be received by August 2^nd., 2010. Opening reception October 7^th., 2010.

Dolores Mitchell (www.doloresmitchell.com) will serve as the major juror of this exhibit.

She received her Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art, Art History and her PhD in Art History at UCLA. Delores has recently retired from teaching at California State University, Chico, where she had been a Professor of Art History for over 30 years. She was a founding owner, and, currently, is a member of the Avenue9Gallery Art Guild. As a writer of articles critiquing art and artists for local magazines, she has recently been published in a national magazine featuring an article about her paintings reflecting the art and culture of Northern California.

Butte County Watercolor Society was founded in 2007, and is currently preparing for the Fourth Annual Members Show.

Benefits of membership include opportunities to exhibit their work through galleries, museums and local venues.

Once a month members gather for workshops, critiques, and networking. Membership fee is $35 per year.

For more information, please call (530) 570-7343.

All fine arts media by area artists is now being accepted for the 3^rd., Annual Juried Art Show at Westlake Library, Hardy, Virginia. Artists may submit up to 3 original works , completed in the last three years and not shown previously in Smith Mountain Lake area shows. No artwork from teacher workshops will be accepted. Maximum size allowed is 36" x 42". Cash awards will be presented for Best in Show, 1^st., 2^nd., and Merit. Remaining proceeds will benefit the Smith Mountain Lake Westlake Library Capital Campaign.

A 4x6 digital photo of submitted art, along with your entry form and check for each piece must be postmarked by Thursday, May 6^th., 2010. Attach a copy of the art Entry Number Form to the back of each photo submitted. Include a SASE along with your check made payable to: Midge Ovenshire, Library Show, 101 Briarcliff Dr. Moneta, VA 24121.

All art should be covered by proper insurance. If art is NFS, you must show a value for insurance purposes. No sales on premises, however, the Library will refer potential purchasers to the artist. There is no commission on sales of art, but please no early removal of artworks.

We are privileged to have Dr. David Webster as the Show Judge. Webster and his wife are summer SML residents. Currently he serves as a Professor of Art Education at University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia. Prior to that he served as Professor of Art Education at University of Northern Iowa, in Cedar Falls. Webster served as Fulbright Exchange Professor at both Virginia Western Community College, Roanoke and Glenville State College, Glenville, WV. David Webster received both his BA and Master's degrees in England and his PhD at Florida State University, Tallahassee.

Artist acceptance/denial forms will be mailed by May 11^th., 2010.
Accepted entries; framed, wired, and ready to hang must be delivered to the Westlake Library, Towne Center, Suite 109, Hardy, Virginia on Thursday, May 27^th., 2010, 10 - 4 PM.
Pick up of exhibited artworks will be Wednesday, June 30^th., 2010, 10 - 2 PM.
Information: Donna Nevers, 721-7454, Midge Ovenshire, 297-9513, Nancy Stellhorn, 297-3263.


Entry form for 3^rd., Annual Westlake Library Juried Art Show.

Chestnut Creek School of the Arts Grand-Opening.

April 16^th., to 17^th., 2010

Three opportunities to showcase your art, celebrate the grand opening of Chestnut Creek School of the Arts and to honor the 75th Anniversary for the Blue Ridge Parkway: A juried exhibition, an Art Show in the Gazebo Park and a silent auction!

On Tuesday, March 16^th., 2010, Chestnut Creek School of the Arts (CCSA) will launch a month-long fine crafts silent auction. On Friday, April 16^th., 2010, CCSA will open the Grand Gallery with a show entitled Memories; The Blue Ridge Parkway in Retrospect, with a juried collection of metaphorical or literal artworks pertaining to the Parkway, not only the scenic beauty, the flora and fauna, but the people and their craft who have contributed to the arts and cultural heritage of the communities along the Parkway. On Saturday, April 17^th., CCSA and members of City Gallery, Fine Art will host an open exhibit for anyone wishing to hang a piece of their work in the Gazebo Park on North Main Street. CCSA is presenting the juried show Memories, the Gazebo Park Show, and the Parade of the Arts Grand Opening and in honor of the Blue Ridge Parkway 75^th., Anniversary. Regional artists within a 100 mile radius of Galax, Virginia are invited to submit entries for acceptance into the two shows. The Memories show opens at 7:00 PM., on Friday, April 16^th., and runs through Monday, The Gazebo Park Show opens at noon on April 17^th., and hangs for the day only.

Memories: The Blue Ridge Parkway in Retrospect:

Deadline: All entries must be postmarked on or before February 22^nd., 2010.

Juror of Awards: Halide Salam is Professor of Art at Radford University who holds a PhD., in Philosophy, an MFA., and a BFA. She has been painting and exhibiting in national and international galleries. Her recently published book Between Two Spaces: Reflections on the Spiritual in Art is a candid memoir of a visual thinker and a painter, and traces the intellectual and spiritual development of a visual artist living between two cultures, one that she has been born and raised in and the other where she crystallizes.

Eligibility: The competition is open to artists in a 100 mile radius of Galax, Virginia, 18 years of age or older. Publishers, galleries, agents, and collectors may not submit artwork on behalf of artists.

Categories:

1. Drawing (pastels, pen & ink, pencil, charcoal)
2. Water Media (Gouche, water color)
3. Oil/Acrylic
4. Mixed Media (printmaking, collages and any combination of 2 or more media in 2-dimensional work)
5. Photography (digital art, hand-colored original and Polaroid transfers)
6. Sculpture.

Awards: Exemplary works will be displayed in a two-month-long exhibition at 100 N. Main Street, beginning April 16^th., 2010.

Cash awards totaling $2500 will be distributed as follows: Best of Show - $300;
First Place each category-$200;
Second Place each category - $100;
People$B!G(Bs Choice Award - $100;
Merit Awards (6) - $50 each.

Additionally, each award winner will receive one ticket to the Grand Opening Colorful-Black Tie Gala on Friday, April 16^th., 2010.

Sales/Commissions: CCSA will retain 30% commission on all sales generated via the exhibition. All works submitted MUST be available for sale. All work must hang for the duration of the show.

Entry Requirements: Artists must submit a completed entry form and a non-refundable entry fee of $25 US dollars. Acceptable forms of payment include check, cash or money order.

Submission Guidelines: Artists may submit images (digital or slides) for up to 3 works of art by the close of business on February 22^nd., 2010. No late submissions will be accepted. For sculptural or three-dimensional pieces, artists may submit 2 images (or views) for each work. The submitted work can be in any medium listed under $B!H(BCategories$B!I(B, two and three dimensional. No work shall exceed 50$B!m(B (including frame for two dimensional work). All two dimensional work must be framed and ready to hang. All 3-dimensional work must be dry, either freestanding or include its$B!G(B own stand or display apparatus, and within the size limit of 55$B!I(Bx 55$B!I(B in all directions, including any necessary display apparatus. CCSA will provide pedestals as needed. Artists should consider the quality and clarity of their images as well as their ability to be viewed online. Please submit only well-photographed images. Entry images may be delivered to 100 N. Main Street, Galax or mailed to P.O. Box 417, Galax, Virginia, 24333. Please do not enter the actual piece of art at this time.

In order to provide enough detail for the juror, horizontal images should have a width of 800 pixels or more, and vertical images should have a height of 625 pixels or more. Images must be in a .tif or .jpg format and in RGB color mode (not CMYK). Save your images with as little compression as possible (i.e. choose the best quality when saving your images) while maintaining a file size less than 1 MB (or less than 1000KB) for each image. Do not submit slide shows, Flash files, PowerPoint, etc. Do not insert any identifying information (No artist's name, title, copyright, etc.) within the image file. File names are limited to 15 characters and cannot have spaces, punctuation marks, or non-English characters. We reserve the right to use submitted images for inclusion in the online exhibition and for the purpose of publicity.

Acceptance/Notification: Artists accepted to exhibit will be notified by mail on Friday, March 12^th., 2010. Accepted artwork should be delivered to CCSA (100 N. Main Street, Galax) on Friday, April 2^nd., between 9 AM., and 5 PM., or Monday, April 6^th., between 9 AM., to 7 PM. Award winners will be mailed tickets to the Grand Opening Colorful-Black Tie Gala by Monday, April 5^th., and each specific award will be announced at the opening on April 16^nd., 2010.

Pickup: Artists are responsible for pickup of their work on Tuesday, June 15^th., from 9:00 AM., to 7:00 PM. All work must remain for the duration of the show and must be picked up at this time. CCSA will not assume responsibility for artwork that is left after Friday, June 18^th. Any artwork (including that which has been purchased) will be re-sold, donated or otherwise removed from the premises if still unclaimed after 30 days past the specified pick-up date.

Liability: Although every care will be taken, Chestnut Creek School of the Arts cannot assume liability for damaged work. Entry submission shall constitute agreement to comply with all conditions set forth in this prospectus.

Art in the Gazebo Park Eligibility: The show is open to artists of any age in a 100 mile radius of Galax, Virginia. Publishers, galleries, agents, and collectors may not submit artwork on behalf of artists.
Categories: All categories will be accepted.
Sales/Commissions: Works submitted DO NOT have to be available for sale.

Submission Guidelines: Work will be delivered to the Gazebo Park, North Main Street, Galax by noon on Saturday, April 17^th., 2010. Simply register with the volunteer at the gate and help yourself by hanging your piece (one piece per person) on the fence provided.

Pick-up: All work should remain for the duration of the show and must be picked up by 5:00 PM. CCSA will not assume responsibility for artwork that is left after. Any artwork (including that which has been purchased) will be re-sold, donated or otherwise removed from the premises if still unclaimed after 30 days past the specified pick-up date.

VAE's May exhibit is Unfettered (which means free and unrestrained). It's time to let your imagination run wild! We are looking for your most innovative use of materials and ideas. There are no theme or media restrictions; all we ask is that work be wired for hanging (if 2D) and structrually sound. Juried by Mario Gallucci, Curatorial Assistant, Greenhill Center for NC Art in Greensboro.

First Friday Reception: May 1, 6 - 9 PM. To enter: Click here for an entry form and deliver actual work^** April 24 or 25 from 11 AM., - 4 PM. For full entry guidelines and fees, visit http://www.visualartexchange.org/exhibitwork.php.

^** IMPORTANT: due to gallery rennovations, art entries will be delivered to VAE's off-site temporary office located just around the corner (less than a block) from the gallery at 224 East Martin Street. There will be directions available at the gallery and volunteers to assist with drop off. See map below. Email Rachel Berry at rberry@visualartexchange.org with any questions.

^*** Please also note that VAE staff is not operating out of the 224 Martin St. space, except on April 24 and 25 for pick-up and drop off. If you need to get in touch with gallery staff, please email them or call 919.828.7834, ext. 6855.