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CALL SOON TO LET US KNOW IF YOU PLAN TO PARTICIPATE IN EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING:
"Any Face Goes" and "Quilted" exhibit at Caldwell Arts Council -- Calling Face Jug Artists - Our April exhibit will feature face jugs by area face jug artisants, and we'd like to invite you to participate. The exhibit delivery date will be March 30; pickup will be May 3. We plan to exhibit face jugs all over the Caldwell Arts Council and have quilts by Tina Cockerham & Clary Stimson hanging on the walls. This exhibit is titled "Any Face Goes" and "Quilted." Please let us know as soon as possible if you plan to participate so we can plan. Cathy McCoy, Caldwell Arts Council, 754-2486 or office@caldwellarts.com
May 22 - "Festival In The Park" - The Lenoir Parks & Recreation Department & Caldwell Arts Council are hosting an event Saturday, May 22nd 11am-7pm at the JE Broyhill Park (downtown Lenoir where we hold the Sculpture Celebration). In addition to music & dance demonstrations all day, artists are requested to demo and/or display their work all over the park and in the upper shelter. You can stay all day or just a few hours at your whim; there's no charge to demo & display. Bring your easel or pottery wheel & do demos free. ( If you want to sell your "wares" there is a $50 fee payable to the Mulberry Recreation Center -- selling artists may want to go in together on the fee and set up all together.)
If you have an interest in participating, please let Cathy McCoy at Caldwell Arts Council (office@caldwellarts.com) know asap so we can start making a list to keep everyone updated. Artists - We'd love this to be the Lenoir area "Art In The Park" event we've been wanting to have --- and the City is taking care of the primary coordination & marketing of the event!!
Here's a schedule for the bands & dance demos so far:
11:00am-12:00pm- Different types of music on the P.A. system
12:00-1:00-story telling Dianna Banner
1:00-2:15pm- New River Band
2:15-3:00-Star Steps
3:00-4:15- (Hispanic Band)
4:15-5:00- Salsa Dancers
5:00-5:45-Sims Country Cloggers
5:45-7:00-Klose Live band
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ENTER BY MARCH 17
Hickory Furniture Mart Art Festival-Pottery Show, 9am-6pm Saturday March 27, 2010. Huge four-story complex with 100 retail furniture galleries with access to 2,000 to 3,000 furniture shoppers on any given Saturday. No booth fee or commission; each potter has approximately 10' x 10' space to set up display and sell their pieces. Contact Rosalie Outlaw at rosalie@outlawpottery.com or 828-896-5698, or contact Karen Reamer at the Hickory Furniture Mart, kreamer@hickoryfurniture.com or 828-322-4825 ext. 319 for more information.
ENTER BY MARCH 19
The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to announce availability of the next Betsy Worden Memorial Artist Residency at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street in downtown Knoxville. Deadline for receipt of application is Friday, March 19, 2010. An application is attached, or one may be downloaded at www.knoxalliance.com (under Calls & Press Releases). Available to college students and other young and emerging artists, The Betsy Worden Memorial Artist Residency includes:
+ FREE and exclusive access to a 10’ x 10’ artist studio located in the Emporium Center;
+ Sponsored membership in the Arts & Culture Alliance for one year;
+ Display of at least one piece of artist’s new work in the public areas of the Emporium Center each month of the residency (beginning with the First Friday opening reception on April 2, 2010); and
+Solo exhibition of artist’s new work in the Balcony gallery of the Emporium Center near the end of the residency period (September 3-24, 2010).
The resident artist is required to occupy the studio and be present to show new work each First Friday of the month, spend a significant amount of time creating work in the Emporium studio, and help hang monthly changing exhibits in the Emporium galleries if necessary. Artist may also offer curatorial input and be eligible for curatorial opportunities in programming gallery space. For more information, please contact the Arts & Culture Alliance at (865) 523-7543 or e-mail sc@knoxalliance.com.
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Enter by March 19 - Call for Artists with Disabilities.
Ray of Joy is a juried art exhibition, for artists with developmental disabilities living within the State of North Carolina, that will recognize the daily struggles of individuals living with disabilities, while celebrating the many joys of lives lived more closely. To enter Ray of Joy, artists must be individuals living with a cognitive or physical barrier that restricts the normal process of creating visual art. (for example, developmental disability, stroke, dementia, limited upper body movement). Entry March 19. Exhibition March 26 – May 15. Sponsored by Associated Artists of Winston-Salem www.associatedartists.org and The Enrichment Center www.enrichmentarc.org. Juror: Lisë Swensson, Executive Director of the Hickory Museum of Art. For complete guidelines see the Associated Artists website www.associatedartists.org, email
info@associatedartists.org or call 336-722-0340. Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, 301 West Fourth Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101, 336-722-0340
Enter by March 19, 2010. – Call for Entries: Arts in the Airport Exhibition -
The Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville and the Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority (McGhee Tyson Airport) announce a call for entries for the next "Arts in the Airport", a juried exhibition developed to allow regional artists to compete and display work in the most visited site in the area. The selected art will feature contemporary 2-dimensional artwork and will be exhibited in the secured area behind McGhee Tyson Airport’s security gate checkpoint from April 23 – October 21, 2010. No entry fee. Each artist may submit up to five entries which must be original works in the following categories: Painting, Graphic Arts, and Photography. 3-D works cannot be accommodated at this time unless they can hang on a wall. Download a prospectus and application at www.knoxalliance.com (under Calls & Press Releases), or send an SASE to Suzanne Cada, Arts & Culture Alliance, PO Box 2506, Knoxville, TN 37901. The Arts & Culture Alliance, with assistance from Stephen Wicks of the Knoxville Museum of Art, will jury the exhibition. Final approval is the purview of the Airport Authority. Prizes include $1,000 in cash awards. Information: 865-523-7543 or sc@knoxalliance.com. View the current exhibition at: www.knoxalliance.com/album/airport_fall09.html. "Arts in the Airport" is sponsored by the McGhee Tyson Airport and Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville. Contact: Suzanne Cada - PO Box 2506 - Knoxville, TN 37901 - (865) 523-7543 - sc@knoxalliance.com – www.knoxalliance.com
Enter by April 5 - CALL FOR ARTISTS
CALL FOR ARTISTS
Jeans for Justice
Drop-Off Day: Monday, April 5, 10 AM until 7 PM
The Rape Crisis Center of Catawba County is once again hosting their JEANS FOR JUSTICE: Art Exhibition * Gala Auction * Fashion Show at the Hickory Museum of Art. They are currently calling for artists to transform a pair of denim jeans into a work of art by embellishing, altering, painting, decorating or reconfiguring them. The exhibition is a juried show, so submission does not guarantee inclusion in the exhibit. For Artist Submission Information & Guidelines, please stop by the Museum or Rape Crisis Center. For more information call Kerri Burns at 704-451-2679.
The exhibit will run April 17 through May 9 at the Museum. The Gala Auction & Fashion Show will be Saturday, May 1 from 6 until 8 PM. Proceeds from the Gala and Auction benefit the Rape Crisis Center of Catawba County.
The Jeans for Justice movement grew out of an Italian court decision in 1999 to overturn the conviction of a 45-year-old driving instructor convicted of raping an 18-year-old student. The high court based its decision on what the teen was wearing, ruling that it is impossible to take off tight pants such as jeans without the cooperation of the person wearing them. Following the ruling, a group of female Italian lawmakers wore jeans to parliament, prompting women all over the country to join in a skirt strike. In the years since, the protest has since spread across the globe in the form of Jeans for Justice.
Enter by April 20 - Heart of Brevard White Squirrel Festival. Click here for application and entry details.
April 22-25 - reinCARnation! - Wayne County Arts Council is hosting A Recycled Art Experience, sponsored by Wayne Auto Salvage & Bevell's Pull It Yourself Used Auto Parts. Metal artists and welders will work on site April 22-25 to recycle auto parts to create metal artwork which will be displayed at the Arts Council of Wayne County in July 2010. Click here for details
Enter by May 6 - Carolina Gallery in Spartanburg SC is hosting a photography invitational - Click here for entry details.
Enter by September 15
Call for Artists - Art in the Shop 12th Annual Art Show Saturday October 2, 2010 10am-5pm, rain or shin at The Shop located at 274 Bobby Godfrey Lane in Taylorsville. Event is limited to 40 artists; applications received before July 31 cost $40 for the 11x11 space; $50 if received after August 1. Contact Barbara Sinclair at 828-632-0106 or info@artintheshop.net. Website is www.artintheshop.net.
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OTHER ART OPPORTUNITIES
Visit http://ncarts.org and sign up to receive their periodic e-newsletters for upcoming opportunities throughout the state and nation.
Also visit http://ncarts.org to find other state arts councils & peruse their artist calls!
Also visit www.artscuttlebutt.com and www.artscalendar.com for art opportunities & the online art community for Art Calendar magazine.
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ART SUPPLIES AVAILABLE/NEEDED:
Do you have any brushes, paints, art supplies that you don't need or want? Don't throw them away! Art teachers in Caldwell County schools need them! Please drop these by the arts council office or contact the art teacher at the school in your neighborhood and we can help find a home for your unneeded art supplies.
Foil is available in various colors and widths (3' - 5' rolls) from Neptco (near the Education Center on Highway 321). There is a continuous supply, so stop in any day 8am-4:30pm and ask for their end-rolls.
Windows are available in consistent supply from Mike Coffey. He says he typically throws away about 500 a year! If you can use these for painting, crafting, or building greenhouses, etc., call him at 828-217-2435 and he'll be happy to supply you with these.
Visit Art Scuttlebutt and Crafters Circle to be "in the know" about upcoming art opportunities & calls for artists -- and to extend your circle of artist friends: