please help spread the word by forwarding this information to others
call for submissions:
Boxy Books - May 28 - July 3, 2009
a national invitational exhibit of artists’ books that are either ‘boxy’ in demeaner or utilize the box as a
conceptual as well as visual tool. This exhibition is being held concurrently with The Denver Square
an invitational exhibition featuring works by artists working in a square format
Deadlines:
Deadline to receive commitment to exhibit and
submission materials is March 31, 2009
Deadline to deliver work to gallery May 22
Unsold work returned to artists the week of July 6.
PDF available by request or via the exhibition opportunities link on the website.
Alicia Bailey - Abecedarian Gallery
910 Santa Fe, Unit 101
Denver, CO 80204
303.534.1038 or 303.340.2110
Open Thursdays/Fridays/Saturdays 1-5
First & Third Fridays open 'til at least 8pm
CLOSED Memorial Day Weekend
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Poster Competition, 6/12
2009 Poster Competition Call for Entries
Deadline: Entries must be Postmarked by June 12, 2009
The
Johnny Cash Flower Pickin' Festival is an annual event that takes place
in Starkville, Mississippi where Johnny Cash was inspired to write the
song "Starkville City Jail". The event honors the spirit of redemption,
the depth, and humanity of Johnny Cash's life and music.
The
Johnny Cash Flower Pickin' Festival "pardon committee" requests
submissions for the 2009 poster design competition. Designs will be
judged by a panel of artists and professionals. The poster will be
distributed both locally and regionally to promote the event, and may
be used as the design for festival T-shirts.
Artwork should include the following:
• A reference to Johnny Cash and Starkville, Mississippi
• Festival dates: October 16–18, 2009
• www.pardonjohnnycash.com.
The
artist of the winning design will be awarded $300 and will receive 3
posters signed by the event's headliners. All submissions become the
property of the Johnny Cash Flower Pickin' Festival. All entries should
be original work and contain no copyrighted material. Multiple
submissions are allowed.
Submission Requirements:
• Submit a hard copy of the artwork that is sized proportional to 16” x 20”. Artwork should be full-color, any medium.
• Submit a PDF of the artwork on a CD marked with the applicant's name.
• Provide contact information including e-mail, mailing address, & phone number
•
Entry Fee: Student fee: $5.00 per entry (must include a photocopy of
current ID to be accepted); Professional fee: $20.00 per entry.
View previous winning entries at the festival shop at pardonjohnnycash.com.
Submission packet contents should be properly packaged and shipped to:
Johnny Cash Flower Pickin' Festival
Poster Competition
P.O. Box 6284
Mississippi State, MS 39762
For more information, visit the Pardon Johnny Cash website or contact Robbie Ward at pardonjohnnycash@gmail.com.
Ellen Knudson
Crooked Letter Press
Starkville, Mississippi
www.crookedletterpress.com
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Assistant Professor of Graphic Design
College of Architecture, Art, and Design
Mississippi State University
Deadline: Entries must be Postmarked by June 12, 2009
The
Johnny Cash Flower Pickin' Festival is an annual event that takes place
in Starkville, Mississippi where Johnny Cash was inspired to write the
song "Starkville City Jail". The event honors the spirit of redemption,
the depth, and humanity of Johnny Cash's life and music.
The
Johnny Cash Flower Pickin' Festival "pardon committee" requests
submissions for the 2009 poster design competition. Designs will be
judged by a panel of artists and professionals. The poster will be
distributed both locally and regionally to promote the event, and may
be used as the design for festival T-shirts.
Artwork should include the following:
• A reference to Johnny Cash and Starkville, Mississippi
• Festival dates: October 16–18, 2009
• www.pardonjohnnycash.com.
The
artist of the winning design will be awarded $300 and will receive 3
posters signed by the event's headliners. All submissions become the
property of the Johnny Cash Flower Pickin' Festival. All entries should
be original work and contain no copyrighted material. Multiple
submissions are allowed.
Submission Requirements:
• Submit a hard copy of the artwork that is sized proportional to 16” x 20”. Artwork should be full-color, any medium.
• Submit a PDF of the artwork on a CD marked with the applicant's name.
• Provide contact information including e-mail, mailing address, & phone number
•
Entry Fee: Student fee: $5.00 per entry (must include a photocopy of
current ID to be accepted); Professional fee: $20.00 per entry.
View previous winning entries at the festival shop at pardonjohnnycash.com.
Submission packet contents should be properly packaged and shipped to:
Johnny Cash Flower Pickin' Festival
Poster Competition
P.O. Box 6284
Mississippi State, MS 39762
For more information, visit the Pardon Johnny Cash website or contact Robbie Ward at pardonjohnnycash@gmail.com.
Ellen Knudson
Crooked Letter Press
Starkville, Mississippi
www.crookedletterpress.com
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Assistant Professor of Graphic Design
College of Architecture, Art, and Design
Mississippi State University
Monday, February 23, 2009
Call for articles, 4/1 & 9/1
Editors are accepting articles for both the Fall 2009 and Spring 2010
issues of ART DOCUMENTATION, the semiannual peer-reviewed journal of the
Art Libraries Society of North America. Articles should fall within the
scope of art and architecture librarianship, visual resources
curatorship, digital image management, technology related to the visual
arts, book arts, art publishing, artists’ books, and related fields.
The deadline for the Fall 2009 issue is April 1, 2009; the deadline for
the Spring 2010 issue is September 1, 2009. ART DOCUMENTATION
contributor guidelines may be found at
http://www.arlisna.org/artdoc/contrib_guidelines.html .
issues of ART DOCUMENTATION, the semiannual peer-reviewed journal of the
Art Libraries Society of North America. Articles should fall within the
scope of art and architecture librarianship, visual resources
curatorship, digital image management, technology related to the visual
arts, book arts, art publishing, artists’ books, and related fields.
The deadline for the Fall 2009 issue is April 1, 2009; the deadline for
the Spring 2010 issue is September 1, 2009. ART DOCUMENTATION
contributor guidelines may be found at
http://www.arlisna.org/artdoc/
Friday, February 20, 2009
book arts show in france, 5/25
Send your entry for the next exhibition of book art organized by Sophie Blachet (Art Vitam), which will take place at Galerie Europ’Art, located 6 rue Marceau in Aigues-Mortes (France) from October 11th 2009 to December 31st, 2009.
If you wish to participate at this exhibition, please send us all documentation (please email us to receive it) , no later than May 25th 2009 to
ART VITAM c/o Sophie Blachet
Book Art
Touquet Centre d’Affaires
Aéroport du Touquet
62520 Le Touquet
France
OR
By email at bookart2009@artvitam.com
For more info, please contact me by
e: bookart2009@artvitam.com
p: + 1 305 571 8342 (I will not be in Miami before this show, please leave me a voice mail with contact info and I will call you back).
Hope to show your work soon!
If you wish to participate at this exhibition, please send us all documentation (please email us to receive it) , no later than May 25th 2009 to
ART VITAM c/o Sophie Blachet
Book Art
Touquet Centre d’Affaires
Aéroport du Touquet
62520 Le Touquet
France
OR
By email at bookart2009@artvitam.com
For more info, please contact me by
e: bookart2009@artvitam.com
p: + 1 305 571 8342 (I will not be in Miami before this show, please leave me a voice mail with contact info and I will call you back).
Hope to show your work soon!
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Whitney Museum, 5/29
Entry deadline, May 29, 2009.
Artists with innovative work who use
paper as their primary medium are invited to submit up to three works
of art. Drawings, graphics, sculpture, 3D, bound books. No paintings
or photography. Winners' Exhibition of selected works will be August
1-31, 2009. Judge, Maura Heffner, Exhibitions Manager, The Whitney
Museum of American Art, NY. $35 entry fee, US funds only. Download
prospectus at <http://www.bjspokegallery.com>, call gallery at 631 549 5106
or
send SASE to address listed above
Best,
Lis Dreizen
bj spoke gallery
Huntington, NY
<http://www.bjspokegallery.com>
Artists with innovative work who use
paper as their primary medium are invited to submit up to three works
of art. Drawings, graphics, sculpture, 3D, bound books. No paintings
or photography. Winners' Exhibition of selected works will be August
1-31, 2009. Judge, Maura Heffner, Exhibitions Manager, The Whitney
Museum of American Art, NY. $35 entry fee, US funds only. Download
prospectus at <http://www.bjspokegallery.com
or
send SASE to address listed above
Best,
Lis Dreizen
bj spoke gallery
Huntington, NY
<http://www.bjspokegallery.com
TypeCon 2/27
Call for speakers for TypeCon 09 Type & Design Education Forum
Posted by: "Elizabeth Resnick" elizres@aol.com liz91648
Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:56 am (PST)
Call for Speakers for the TypeCon2009 Type and Design Education ForumTypeCon2009: Rhythm July 14–19, 2009 Atlanta, Georgia
The Society of Typographic Aficionados (SOTA) will present its fourth Type and Design Education Forum as part of TypeCon2009. This special program will be held on Thursday, July 16, at the Grand Hyatt Atlanta in Buckhead. The forum will be devoted to addressing issues faced by type educators and the institutions they represent. The program will feature assignment presentations, experiential workshops, a distinguished panel (for a lively) Q&A exchange, as well as breakout sessions dedicated to the open exchange of ideas and experiences.
We are looking for presenters and facilitators in the following areas:
Assignment Presentations
15-minute presentations of effective and stimulating typographic assignments that make use of and generate a passion for type:
- Basic skill sets/foundations of type/typography
- Basic lettering/letterform design
- Type history/typographic history - Experimentation with type
- Interactive/new media
Workshops
One-and-a-half to two-hour experiential workshops devoted to exploring one type-related class exercise or project. Attendees will participate in the execution of the project, to be followed by a discussion on how to present the project effectively, its use as a teaching tool, the approach and language for critiquing, etc. The exercise or project can be of varying levels (beginning, intermediate, or advanced).
Breakout Sessions
There will b
e a general session consisting of small breakout discussions. We are looking for people to facilitate discussions on the following topics:
- Curriculum development for schools with 1–2 type classes
- Curriculum development for design programs with 3–4 type classes
- Teaching type/typography basics
- Teaching letterform design
- Strategies for more effective critiques
- Experimentation in typography
- Type in motion
- Interactive/web type
- Multi-lingual typography
Submissions
Proposals should contain your biography/resume/CV, your area(s) of interest/specialty, a description of your proposed presentation, workshop, and/or breakout session, and a statement about why you’d like to participate.
For presentation and workshop proposals, you should include 2 to 3 images of student work that has resulted from the proposed assignment. Please include a speaking reference if you have not previously presented at a TypeCon event.
Please send all submissions to education@typecon.com
Deadline for submissions is February 27, 2009.
TypeCon is the annual conference of SOTA, an international non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion, study, and support of type design, typography, and the related arts. For information about TypeCon, visit http://www.typecon.com/. For more information about SOTA, please visit the website at http://www.typesociety.org.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Intimate Curiosities Conference & juried show 2/20
The Southeast Association for Book Arts (SABA) will hold its 3rd Biennial
Conference/Workshop in Columbia, South Carolina, May 10 14, 2009.
The workshop theme is ³Intimate Curiosities.² Artists conducting book arts
workshops include Andrea Dezso, Dan Essig, Matthew Liddle, Katherine Ng, and
Kathy Strother.
For full event details and workshop information, see:
http://www.southeastbookarts.org/
In conjunction with the workshops, a juried exhibition will be held of book
art reflecting the conference theme. Bea Nettles will be the juror for this
show, and a print catalog is planned in conjunction with the exhibition at
McMaster Gallery at the University of South Carolina.
Exhibition deadlines:
FEBRUARY 20- Deadline for submissions
MARCH 5- Email notification of accepted entries
APRIL 14-28- Artwork Due at McMaster Gallery
MAY 5- Exhibition Opens
MAY 12 - Exhibition Opening Reception, 5-7pm
MAY 29 - Exhibition closes and all artwork will be returned
Please note the following summary of workshop and exhibition details:
1) You may enter 3 works for the exhibition for a $35.00 entry fee. You do
not have to attend the workshop to be eligible to enter the exhibition.
2) Early Bird workshop registration (before 25th) is $500.00. Regular
registration (25th or later) is $550.00.
3) A welcome reception dinner on Sunday May 10th will be provided for
registrants.
4) All lunches provided daily.
5) Hotels will offer reduced fees for participants and free breakfast
every day.
6) Exhibition and workshops will run concurrently.
7) Lectures daily by special artists.
8) A Swap and Sale will be held closing night of workshops (bring works to
sell, share or swap!)
9) An onsite art supplier will be available to bookartists.
10) There will be open studio time available each evening.
For more information, see:
http://www.southeastbookarts.org/
or contact: sebookarts@gmail.com
Jeffrey Makala
Assistant Special Collections Librarian
University of South Carolina
Conference/Workshop in Columbia, South Carolina, May 10 14, 2009.
The workshop theme is ³Intimate Curiosities.² Artists conducting book arts
workshops include Andrea Dezso, Dan Essig, Matthew Liddle, Katherine Ng, and
Kathy Strother.
For full event details and workshop information, see:
http://www.southeastbookarts.
In conjunction with the workshops, a juried exhibition will be held of book
art reflecting the conference theme. Bea Nettles will be the juror for this
show, and a print catalog is planned in conjunction with the exhibition at
McMaster Gallery at the University of South Carolina.
Exhibition deadlines:
FEBRUARY 20- Deadline for submissions
MARCH 5- Email notification of accepted entries
APRIL 14-28- Artwork Due at McMaster Gallery
MAY 5- Exhibition Opens
MAY 12 - Exhibition Opening Reception, 5-7pm
MAY 29 - Exhibition closes and all artwork will be returned
Please note the following summary of workshop and exhibition details:
1) You may enter 3 works for the exhibition for a $35.00 entry fee. You do
not have to attend the workshop to be eligible to enter the exhibition.
2) Early Bird workshop registration (before 25th) is $500.00. Regular
registration (25th or later) is $550.00.
3) A welcome reception dinner on Sunday May 10th will be provided for
registrants.
4) All lunches provided daily.
5) Hotels will offer reduced fees for participants and free breakfast
every day.
6) Exhibition and workshops will run concurrently.
7) Lectures daily by special artists.
8) A Swap and Sale will be held closing night of workshops (bring works to
sell, share or swap!)
9) An onsite art supplier will be available to bookartists.
10) There will be open studio time available each evening.
For more information, see:
http://www.southeastbookarts.
or contact: sebookarts@gmail.com
Jeffrey Makala
Assistant Special Collections Librarian
University of South Carolina
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