While The Rickie Report focuses on Palm Beach County, FL,  we realize there is a big world out there and many of you may want to take advantage of some local and world-wide Calls to Artists.  Please contact the originator of the Call to Artists in this article and then send The Rickie Report a copy of your acceptance email!  We’d love to share your successes with our readers!

 

 

 

1)  Hospice Foundation of Palm Beach County

DEADLINE:  March 1st

 

 

Something new and exciting is coming to Wally Findlay Galleries March 9, 2013.

• For one night only, the walls that have been adorned with paintings by, “The Masters” for fifty-two years, will be replaced by one-of-a-kind celebrity masques created by selected artists.  We invite you to donate your artistic talents by decorating a mask to be displayed during our events silent auction. All artists and those with a creative flair are invited to participate in Hospice of Palm Beach County Foundation’s signature fundraising event. 

 

• You may donate your artistic talent by decorating a mask to be displayed during our silent auction and dinner. The Celebrity Masque Art Auction on March 9 is the perfect blend of art, entertainment and philanthropy.  Proceeds benefit the compassionate programs at Hospice of Palm Beach County Foundation, a not-for-profit organization specializing in end-of-life care for patients and their loved ones.

 

• Artists understand that the Celebrity Masque Art Auction is a fundraising event to benefit Hospice of Palm Beach County Foundation and that they are donating their time and talent.  Masks will be provided to artists at no charge; however, artists are responsible for the cost of any materials related to completing their selected designs. Participants must use the mask provided by Hospice of Palm Beach County Foundation.   All other masks will be disqualified. 

• Masks can be delivered to the artist or celebrity or they can be picked up at the Wally Findlay Gallery, 165 Worth Avenue, Palm Beach or Hospice of Palm Beach County Foundation, 5300 East Avenue, West Palm Beach.  Completed masks are due March 1, 2013.  If the mask will not fit into the box provided, please return the mask in a box of appropriate size. 

 

Be a part of the Celebrity Masque Art Auction by contacting  Lauryn Barry at (561) 494-6884 or lbarry@hpbcf.org 

2)  Pilchuck Glass School – Summer Program

 

PILCHUCK GLASS SCHOOL Founded in 1971, Pilchuck Glass School is an internationally recognized school that offers an in-depth education in glass and attracts artists from all over the world. The school is located fifty miles north of Seattle, Washington in the forested foothills of the Cascade Range, overlooking the Puget Sound. Pilchuck’s mission is to inspire creativity and build a thriving artistic community where all program participants–whether student, instructor, artists in residence, intern, assistant, or staff member–are transformed by their experience.SUMMER PROGRAM The 2013 Summer Program at Pilchuck includes traditional glass courses as well as creative crossover explorations in animation with kiln casting, architectural kilnworking and public art, computer graphics for glassblowing, furnace working and kilnworking, kiln-casting processes for solid and hollow forms, leaded glass and printmaking, photographic imagery in glass, flameworking and mixed-media sculpture and more. A one-week pre-session workshop focused on glassblowing, design, and professional practice is followed by six sessions varying in length from two to three weeks. A special session, Hands on Tomorrow, featuring open-studio access for artists of all levels caps off the summer.Join artists from around the world to work with instructors from Australia, Japan, South Korea, the Netherlands and Sweden for one of the most global Pilchuck summers on record. Four Italian maestros from Murano, Lino Tagliapietra, Cesar Toffolo, Matteo Seguso, and Pino Signoretto will round out the international summer.ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE Artists in residence during the 2013 sessions include: Loretta Bennett Ian Burns Paul DeMarinis Eric Fischl Mia Göransson Gary Hill Charles LeDray Wendy Maruyama Dr. Elizabeth Presa Margo Sawyer Lino Tagliapietra Isabel and Ruben ToledoSCHOLARSHIPS Scholarships, staff positions and teaching and artist assistantships available. College credits may be earned through Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, Washington. Need more information? Check online or contact the registrar at 360.445.3111 ext. 29 or barday@pilchuck.com

 Apply online at www.pilchuck.com.  Applications accepted until courses are filled.

 

3)  Delray Affair Still has Openings for Exhibitors!

Apply NOW!

Space still available for Delray Affair! The 2013 Delray Affair still has exhibitor space available in EXCEPT in the following categories: FOOD JEWELRY   Click on link below to download application.   (Exhibitors applications already accepted have been sent confirmation emails) April 5 – 7, 2013 Friday, April 5th (10am – 6pm) Saturday, April 6th (10am – 6pm) Sunday, April 7th (10am – 5pm) www.delrayaffair.com

 4)  Art in Public Places Internship

Contact: Elayna Toby Singer ESinger@pbcgov.org

 

5) Camera USA: National Photography Award

Deadline: March 26, 2013

 

Founded in 1975, the mission of Professional Women Photographers (PWP) is the advancement of women photographers through the creation of a dynamic and supportive environment that promotes public interest in photography.  PWP invites women photographers working in all mediums, processes, styles, and schools of thought to our spring 2013 Call for Entry. Experimental and mixed techniques are welcome.

Winners will be selected in each of the following four categories:

• People
• Places
• Fine Art
• Digital Imagination (Composites, Abstracts, etc.)

Digital image files must meet the following specifications: 8 bit JPEG files (CMYK and 16 bit files will not be uploaded), the longest dimension should be 1280 pixels (width or height), 72 ppi, JPG compression quality of 7 or 8. Images will be viewed as RGB images; therefore Adobe RGB or sRGB profiles should be used.

All artists maintain copyright on their images.  The entry fee is $35 for the first three images. Additional images may be submitted for $10 each.

Eligibility

This competition is open worldwide to all women photographers; non-members and members of PWP, amateur and professional.

Prize

Julie Saul, owner and director of the Julie Saul Gallery in Manhattan, will award $5,000 in cash, plus an article in IMPRINTS Magazine, and valuable prizes from Datacolor, global leader in color calibration technology.

https://client.smarterentry.com/pwpopen

 

7)  International Direct Art Magazine

Deadline: March 31, 2013

 

• International Competition
• $26,000 in publication awards in Vol. 20 of Direct Art Magazine Fall/Winter 2013 issue
• Direct Art magazine has both print and on-line editions
• The print edition has several distributors including COMAG Marketing Group, the distributors of Art New and Art in America.  Direct Art is also sold throughout the US including Barnes & Noble.
• This competition is open to all artists working in all media
• Twenty-two awards include the covers, feature articles and full page displays.
• Entry fee applies

Contact SlowArt Productions  123 Warren Street Hudson, NY 12534 or visit: http://www.slowart.com/prospectus/spring.htm OR   contact slowart@aol.com

 

SlowArt sponsors competitions for Limner Galleryexhibitions and for the annual fall edition of Direct Art Magazine. Applications for the magazine are available from December to March. Limner exhibitions are ongoing and new events are posted periodically on this page. Events currently open for entry are listed below. There is a nominal entry fee, winners are not charged any additional publication or exhibition fees.

8) THE ARTIST’S MAGAZINE

30th ANNUAL ART COMPETITION

April 1, 2013

• More than $25,000 in cash prizes will be awarded
• Top Award Winners will be featured in the December 2013 issue of The Artist’s Magazine
• All winners will also appear in a special online gallery.
• There are 5 categories for you to compete and win.
• Plus, there’s a Special Student/Beginner Division for new artists. Entry fee.

For details and to enter:   Entry Page  art-competition@fwmedia.com

 

9)  American Tapestry Biennial 10

Deadline: October 31, 2013

info@americantapestryalliance.org

American Tapestry Alliance invites all tapestry artists to submit works to American Tapestry Biennial 10.  Entry to ATB 10 is open to all tapestry artists who design and weave their own tapestries (defined as “hand-woven, weft-faced fabric with discontinuous wefts”), either individually or collaboratively (all assistants shall be named). Multimedia work will be considered as long as the primary medium is tapestry. Entries must be one-of-a-kind and have been completed after January 2010. Entries may not have been shown previously in any ATA exhibition, including the Unjuried Small Format show. Artists may submit up to three pieces, but a maximum of one piece per artist will be accepted.

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The Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens will present an impressive display of  an artist who made an large impact on our world and society, Edwina Sandys.

March 1st  through April 1st, The Art of Edwina Sandys: A Retrospective    There will a reception to meet the artist  March 8th, Thurs, 6:00 – 8:00 pm  open to Member & Guests

In addition, Sandys’ book, ART will be available for purchase, which chronicles wonderful photographs of her life that illustrate her famous ancestry. This book is the first and only collection of her visionary and artistic endeavors spanning over four decades.

Edwina Sandys

The artistic appeal of Edwina Sandys lies in her diverse subject matter. From the sacred to the secular, to the most essential questions about politics and society, she has tackled big ideas with panache, combining the lighthearted and the profound, at once playful and mind provoking. Her clearly recognizable style uses positive and negative images to powerful effect.

Edwina has created art of international acclaim that includes sculpture, paintings, collage and works on paper. Her work has reached a wide audience far beyond the realm of the private collector. Early in her career, for the 1979 United Nations’ Year of the Child, she created three monumental sculptures, which are now installed at UN centers in New York, Geneva and Vienna. A decade later, she used dismantled sections of the Berlin Wall to create an extraordinary sculpture, Breakthrough, now permanently sited at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, where Winston Churchill gave his historic “Iron Curtain” speech.
She does not focus solely on political subjects, but also explores the relationships between man and woman.  Major works include her series The States of Woman, and The Marriage Bed, which is in the permanent collection of the Brooklyn Museum of Art.   From her earliest work of social commentary, which began in London in the 1970’s with lively paintings of the vibrant world she inhabited, Edwina showed her own distinctive style, which readily translated into other materials.

Most notable of her bronzes is Christa, a female Christ figure on the cross, created in 1975.  After being on display in numerous churches, Christa was installed at Easter 1984 in New York’s Cathedral of St. John the Divine. The media coverage created a worldwide furor and she experienced the double-edged sword of public debate, as both praise and outrage flooded in.

Edwina Sandys has a formidable reputation as artist and feminist, and has been working for more than 40 years in the arenas of sculpture, painting, collage, drawing and printing.  Her art is playful, witty, and profound while being deeply poetic and constantly challenging convention.  A New Yorker by choice and marriage, Edwina Sandys was born and raised in London.  Her father was Duncan Sandys, the British Cabinet Minister, and her grandfather was Winston Churchill.  It is telling that these major political figures were both talented artists.  Through her richly varied life experience, Ms. Sandys is uniquely situated to create work related to the global issues of our time.

The Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens are conveniently located at 253 Barcelona Road, at the corner of Flagler Drive in West Palm Beach, FL.  The rare palm and sculpture gardens, exhibition galleries, and artist studio are currently open Wednesday-Sunday from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm.   Admission is $7.00 for adults and $5.00 for children ages 5 and over.  For more information contact www.ansg.org  or 561-832-5328.

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FOUR ARTS TO FEATURE THE WESTERN COLLECTIONS       OF  WILLIAM I. KOCHThe Society of the Four Arts will debut a new exhibition entitled “Recapturing the Real West: The Collections of William I. Koch” .

This comprehensive private collection is rarely seen by the public eye and has been generously loaned to The Society of the Four Arts by renowned art collector, William I. Koch.  Nearly 80% of the items in the collection have never before been displayed publicly. The exhibit will remain on display until April 15.

One of the most exciting items featured in this exhibit is the only existing tintype of Billy the Kid, which made headlines earlier last year when it sold for record amounts at auction. The Society of the four Arts is the first museum to display this photograph since it was acquired by Mr. Koch.  

Other notable inclusions from the more than 500 objects on display are such one-of-a-kind pieces as:

• Important original paintings and sculpture by such artists as Charlie Russell and Frederic Remington
• More than 150 guns from notorious outlaws such as Jesse James,  John Wesley Hardin and the Ford Brothers, as well as from the legendary lawmen that pursued them.
• The multi-million dollar Carson City Gold Collection
• General Custer’s personal flag, flown at The Battle of Little Big Horn
• One of the only authentic photographs legendary sharpshooter Annie Oakley

The galleries are divided into the following sections:

• Native American Culture
• Guns & General Store
• Migration and Economic Growth Post Civil War and Indian Wars
• Outlaws and Lawmen
•  Brothel & Saloon
•  Mining
• Women in the West
• Cowboy Life

The exhibition makes use of every surface in the museum – with Native American garments hung from the ceiling and a collection of wagons and coaches displayed on the gallery lawn.

This expansive exhibition not only explores the history of America’s West, but is also a very personal and rare glimpse into William Koch’s process of collecting art.  The exhibit is designed to feel less like a visit to a traditional museum;  instead patrons will feel as though they are visiting Mr. Koch’s personal home – with fine art displayed in salon style alongside myriad relics of the West.

Side-by-side, the displays evoke the spirit of the West and enhance the patron’s experience by providing context and atmosphere.  Mr. Koch was personally involved in the curation and design of the exhibition, adding to the authenticity of the experience.

William I. Koch will give a free illustrated lecture on his collection at 11 a.m. on February 4.  Other gallery talks with representatives from the Koch collection are scheduled for March 3, March 17, March 31 and April 14, all at 11 a.m. Gallery talks are free with gallery admission.

A western film festival will accompany the exhibition, taking place every other Friday beginning February 10 and select Sundays beginning February 5. A full schedule is available at www.fourarts.org/films.

Admission to “Recapturing the Real West” is $5.  The exhibition opens February 4 and is on display Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sundays from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.  The Society of the Four Arts is a nonprofit cultural organization located in Palm Beach, Florida.  For additional information on The Four Arts, and the more than 230 programs and events offered each season, visit www.fourarts.org.

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LONDON’S NEW STARS: CHRISTOPHER WALKER ART ANNOUNCES ARTISTS FOR FIRST US SHOW – ART PALM BEACH (Jan 19th-23^rd).Christopher Walker Art’s dedication to “discovering tomorrow’s stars” across all media is demonstrated by this selection, with the choice of three young photographers, and four painters. They will be shown at the Palm Beach Convention Center from January 19th.

Selection of Painters

Leading the painters selected to exhibit is Isao Miura. Miura is a Japanese painter and sculptor based in London. He trained in Japan, then at the Chelsea School of Art and the Royal College of Art in London. He paints with oil colors and inks, on canvas and tatami (Japanese reed mats). His sculptures are mainly in wood and stone and other natural materials. He also makes installations using a variety of found or crafted objects, such as moss, rocks and Japanese tea ceremony utensils. Mick Goggin, Arts Service, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea comments “…MIURA’s work reflects his Japanese background, with its emphasis on balance and harmony, and somehow recovers the Japanese influences that have suffused the work of European artists”

Ingrid Lucas’s work is highly intelligent, looking at hidden agendas and gender manipulation. Her paintings use color and size to seduce the viewer into another world of time gone by. Oil paint is applied thinly and evenly over a large canvas, with naively depicted figures mimicking magazines or children’s picture books. A prominent feature of her work is the choice of primary colors selected from her predilection for the 1950s magazines’ printing methods.

She deals with events and images that have had political impact in an attempt to remind us of lessons learnt and forgotten. Ingrid herself comments –“The ambiguity of time and space within my paintings creates confusion…….a juxtaposition of the visible becoming invisible, the seen becoming unseen and forgotten.”

Matt Webber’s abstract paintings are built up, layer by layer, over a period of many months. The artist begins each work by drawing an element from a landscape image. Although this aspect will be largely obscured, it forms the structure for the piece, and creates the opening ‘move’ in the painting’s development. The artist describes the process of making these works as being like a game or a conversation, with each layer subtly influencing the outcome of the next. Sometimes this happens on a purely aesthetic level, but at other times the effect is a chemical one, as almost-dry paint reacts to the application of a new layer of oil paint, creating unplanned textures and forms.” At a certain point in the painting’s development”, Matt notes “when I feel that all the parts are in place, I begin to strip the layers away, carving and scraping the finished painting from a dense slab of accumulated paint. Every layer that has been applied gradually re-emerges; every mark that has been made on the surface during the painting’s construction will have a part to play in the final image.”
Matt sees his paintings as landscapes in their own right. Rather than being overt representations of a specific place, they become a new, often alien environment; one that is created by a process of obscurement and destruction, a process that the artist sees as being analogous with our wider environment. He studied fine art in the North of England but now works out of a studio in London’s East End.

Jazmin Jane is the youngest of Christopher Walker’s painters, but also one of the most talented. She grew up in the East of England and studied fine art at Canterbury University. She concentrates on the physical and emotional aspects of a subject, using color and texture on the canvas’s surface to demonstrate character in portraiture. Jazmin says “I make vivid observations. The hard jaw lines which showcases a person’s strong will; a past story or memory that can be read from the lines in someone’s expression.” This will be the first exhibition of her work.

Photographers Selection

New star, Nicky Taylor, is fast establishing a reputation as one of the UK’s leading landscape photographers. Although he has lived most of his life overseas in South America, Canada, Europe, Australia and the Caribbean. His extensive landscape, seascape and underwater photography reflects this global perspective, and he has been well received in the fringe scenes of London and Sydney. He has been published in various national and international newspapers and magazines, including “El Pais” and “La Provincia” in Madrid, and “Tangent Fashion” in Sydney. He currently splits his time between the United States and London, where a major exhibition is planned at the Strand Gallery in 2012.

Nicky Taylor commented – “I see my work as part of the ‘return to beauty’ that has gripped the new wave of young photographers in London. My work seeks it’s inspiration in Nature’s destructive, and yet creative, forces – shaping the world as we see it, and dwarfing man’s mark.” Eleven of Nicky’s works will be shown, three of his underwater photographs, such as “Nudibranch 1” above, and eight landscape photographs including “Oddacity” below. Nicky will also be exhibiting in New York later in the year.

 

Grace Vane Percy’s series of female nudes in classical settings reflect a strong creative flair, and artistic sensibility. The glorious, stately, backdrops celebrate English Palladian architecture at its finest. Grace Vane Percy’s approach is resolutely artistic, reflecting her training at the Charles Cecil studios in Florence as a classical artist working mainly in charcoal. This has also influenced her comprehension of anatomy, and the strong sense of chiaroscuro which is visible in her current work. Grace herself grew up in an English country house in Cambridgeshire. Her love of photography started from an early age when she discovered her father’s collection of Victorian glass plate negatives. She studied history of Art at the Courtauld Institute and Fashion photography and darkroom techniques at Central St. Martins. She has been commissioned to photograph some of the most elite and successful women in London and New York. She recently photographed new mother, and wife of Orlando Bloom,Miranda Kerr, and has been invited to join the ‘Women in Photography’ Archive at Yale.

Tim Lord works from a garret studio in London’s Soho which overlooks the city’s roof tops.  Soho is the center of London’s creative community – including advertising, theatre and film.   It is also historically the center of its sex and entertainment industries, and acts as a refuge for its outsiders and misfits.  His street work reflects that quarter’s multiple roles, and the sometimes grim and gritty backdrop in which creativity flourishes.  His portraits range across the varied characters and mavericks of Soho, captured in traditional black and white medium format film photography.

561 568 8445   or  info@christoferwalkerart.com

         

     

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