Upcoming Artist Opportunities and Announcements
Lots of upcoming events and opportunities! Check it out...
ArtsBridge Members: if you have a show you'd like us to include in these announcements, please e-mail us at info@bigsurarts.org.
ArtsBridge Member Show Fierce Beauty, Images of Big Sur and Beyond by Erin Lee Gafill presented by the Carmel Bay Company
October 3-17, 2008
Artist Reception on Friday, October 3, 4-7pm
Benefit for the Big Sur Volunteer Fire Brigade
Corner of Ocean and Lincoln, Carmel-by-the-Sea
Carmel's Artist Colony: a Legacy in the Arts - Historical talk by Erin Lee Gafill, 5:30pm
This show introduces a series of original oil paintings, fine art reproductions, and greeting cards by Big Sur Artist, Erin Lee Gafill.
Meet the artist during the Carmel Crawl, Oct. 3. See her work year round at the Carmel Bay Company.
Call to Artists: Día de los Muertos: a celebration for the living and the memory of loved ones.
Artistas Unidos - Artists United will hold the 10th annual exhibit of art in celebration of Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) at the Hartnell College Gallery. Artworks will be on display from October 25 through November 10, 2008. An Artists’ Reception, Procession & Community Celebration will held on November 2 from 11 am to 4 pm.
The Details: All disciplines of visual, literary and performing art are welcome to participate. Theme is: Life, Death, and Remembrance. Some size limitations may apply, and will be addressed on an individual basis. You must be ready to install your artwork on Sunday October 19, 2008. Performing artists perform on November 2, 2008.
How to apply: Please use the submission form (link below) to describe (in 200 words or less) your proposal for original artwork, altar, or performance piece. Proposals may include photographs and/or sketches. All artists are welcome to participate and different cultural interpretations are encouraged.
Submission Fee: Free!
Please send submissions to:
Artistas Unidos - Artists United
Post Office Box 548
Salinas, CA 93902
Or e-mail to: Director@ArtistasUnidos.org
Deadline for submission is October 10, 2008.
Applicants will be notified no later than October 15, 2008
For more information call 831.758.9126
Call to Artists: 3rd Annual Juried Show: “Celebrating Monterey County”
On behalf of the Monterey County Board of Supervisors, the Arts Council is seeking original works of art for a juried show at the Government Center – 168 W. Alisal St., Salinas. Forty (40) winners will be selected. Selected works celebrate the beauty and heritage of Monterey County. All works are on loan to the County for a period not to exceed one year. All accepted works are insured from the time of delivery to the County Building until time of pick up for a value not to exceed $4,000.
All works are on sale to the public via the Arts Council website (except as prohibited by the artist). The Arts Council retains 30% of the total proceeds to support arts education in Monterey County. Proceeds benefit the Professional Artists in the Schools program providing arts education, arts-integrated curriculum and arts and literacy classes to over 10,000 students in over twenty schools throughout Monterey County.
Winners' artwork will be displayed for one year – for sale through Arts Council along with promotion of your work in press releases, newsletter and the Arts Council website.
To Apply:
Submit entry form and $35 entry fee no later than Friday, October 17.
Full Eligibility, Rules and Schedule and Submission Form (PDF)
Sale: 25% off Custom Framing at Aaron Brothers
Now through October 17th, 25% off your entire custom framing order (with coupon only):
Call to Artists: Call for Art Exhibition Proposals
The Colton Hall Museum and Cultural Arts Commission of the City of Monterey invites artists to submit proposals for art exhibitions in the Alvarado Gallery at the Monterey Conference Center beginning in February 2009.
Alvarado Gallery in the Monterey Conference Center provides a forum for residents and visitors to Monterey to celebrate the rich artistic and cultural heritage of the Monterey area. Selected exhibitions highlight the quality and diversity of arts and cultural expression in the Monterey area in order to inform, educate and delight Monterey residents and Conference Center visitors.
Prospective exhibitors must be significant established artists from Monterey County or significant established artists living outside Monterey County whose work depicts the Monterey area. Artists who have exhibited their work in the Alvarado Gallery during the past five years will not be considered. Proposals may be for group or solo exhibits. The application review and notification process will take approximately 2 months.
Applications with guidelines and selection criteria can be picked up at Colton Hall Museum (daily 10:00 am - 4:00 p.m.) or downloaded from www.monterey.org/museum. For more information call 831.242.8743
Completed applications must reach Colton Hall Museum no later than 4:00 p.m. on Friday, October 17, 2008.
Save the Date! SMOKE & ASH, a show by Big Sur artist, photographer and curator Cynthia Bianchetta-Johnson
Featuring a series of:
Encaustic Paintings,
Fine Art Photography
Mixed Media Abstract Paintings
and most recent Ash Monoprints
Fine Wines and Especially Created Taste Treats and Music under the grapevines in the Tuscan Gardens of the El Caminito Studios...
November 1st, 2008
5-8 pm
at 8 El Caminito Carmel Valley, CA 93924
831-594-3232
Grant Opportunity: Creative Work Fund
The Creative Work Fund (CWF) is inviting artists and organizations to apply for funding in the areas of media arts and traditional/folk arts. Artists and organizations from a dozen California counties are eligible to apply for funding including, for the first time, Marin, San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties. To assist applicants, CWF is offering a series of seminars in September and October 2008. The application deadline is December 3, 2008.
Since 1994, the Creative Work Fund has awarded $5.9 million in grants to artists and nonprofit organizations that collaborate to create new art works. Upcoming seminars in Monterey County to assist you in your application are:
Thursday, October 9, 6-7:30 pm, Santa Rita Room, National Steinbeck Center, One Main Street, Salinas
Friday, October 10, 9:30-11 am, Carpenter Hall, Sunset Center, San Carlos between 8th and 9th Avenues, Carmel
Friday, October 10, 1:30-3:00 pm, Sol Treasures, 519 Broadway Street, King City
Applicants are not required to attend a seminar, but the seminars fill quickly. To reserve a spot, visit www.creativeworkfund.org (preferred method), or call 415-402-2794 at least two days before the event.
The Creative Work Fund is a program of the Walter and Elise Haas Fund that is supported by generous grants from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and The James Irvine Foundation. Since its inception in 1994, the Creative Work Fund has given nearly $6 million to more than 175 artists and organizations throughout Northern and Central California. The Fund awards grants to projects in five broad artistic categories: literary arts, media arts, performing arts, traditional arts and visual arts. Each year, the Creative Work Fund focuses on two of these categories.
More information can be found at www.creativeworkfund.org.