The Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs seeks an artist or artist team to develop site-integrated artwork for Seattle Public Utilities’ (SPU) Lower Mapes Creek Restoration Project...
Calls for Artists
Local and national juried, and non-juried, competitions for artists of all media, including RACC calls for artists. To find out more about listed items, please use the contact information for that notice. Do not contact RACC, unless it is listed as a RACC opportunity. To submit a notice for this page, email the listing to mbauer@racc.org.
4/5/12
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Deadline: 5/18/12
3/16/12
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Pittock Mansion will feature the juried art exhibition Let Us Speak Our Minds: Contemporary Art Views on Women’s Right to Vote in Oregon (July 14, 2012 through November 11,...
Deadline: 5/18/12
5/15/12
5/15/12
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4Culture, working in partnership with King County's Wastewater Treatment Division, is seeking an artist or artist-team to design and fabricate two functioning gates for the Kirkland Pump Station...
Deadline: 5/21/12
5/2/12
5/2/12
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The City of Austin Art in Public Places (AIPP) program seeks to commission an experienced public artist to participate as part of the design team for the Consolidated Rental Car Facility (CONRAC)...
Deadline: 5/21/12
4/24/12
4/24/12
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The Salem-Keizer Transit District invites artists to submit an expression of interest and conceptual rendering for design and fabrication of artwork at the new Keizer Transit Center in Keizer...
Deadline: 5/21/12
4/12/12
4/12/12
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4Culture, working in partnership with King County's Wastewater Treatment Division, is seeking an artist or artist-team to design and fabricate two functioning gates for the Kirkland Pump Station....
Deadline: 5/21/12
4/27/12
4/27/12
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A new gallery at Everett Station Lofts in Old Town Portland is seeking submissions of nude photographs exploring the human posterior for an upcoming exhibition in July of 2012. The gallery...
Deadline: 5/25/12
4/9/12
4/9/12
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On June 18th, more than a dozen of the most iconic video signs in Times Square will be made into an immense display of art.
In concert with the Times Square Alliance and curatorial partner...
Deadline: 5/25/12
4/19/12
4/19/12
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Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces a call for entries with the theme “Figurative” for a juried art competition for the month of May 2012. The gallery would like for...
Deadline: 5/29/12
5/2/12
5/2/12
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Swiss-born artist Olaf Breuning makes art that combines a large dose of dark humor with a critical eye for present-day faux-pas and missteps. In Home 2, a hapless protagonist caricatures the...
Lecture: 5/30/12
2/21/12
2/21/12
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What pathways do you walk? Life is filled with choices. Art in this exhibit can be of any media. We encourage artists to explore choice and journey in the theme. Group jury will choose work...
Deadline: 5/30/12
5/7/12
5/7/12
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Artists Wanted is reaching out to let you know we’ve launched our 3rd annual Self Competition, a juried, open call for art and photography with the goal of launching the story of one...
Deadline: 5/31/12
5/2/12
5/2/12
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Theme: ANYTHING GOES - any type of subject matter using any style of photography or digital art
Over $1,500 in cash awards and prizes to top three finalist - Best In Competition, 2nd Place...
Deadline: 5/31/12
1/31/12
4/19/12
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Artshow.com is currently accepting entries for the 8th annual Art Kudos Competition, an international juried competition that serves to recognize and honor excellence in the visual arts. ...
Deadline: 5/31/12
4/9/12
4/9/12
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Artist Portfolio Magazine and MyArtContest.com are looking for the cover art for issue 7 of Artist Portfolio Magazine. Issue 5 had over 40,000 unique readers. Issue 6 was recently released and can...
Deadline: 5/31/12
2/22/12
2/22/12
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Artist Lauren Gillette is working on an art installation titled, 'The Following Sea' which centers around the subject of illness and trauma. A major part of the work will be a community of...
Deadline: 5/31/12
2/21/12
2/21/12
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The Setouchi Triennale is a contemporary art festival that takes place on multiple islands of the Seto Inland Sea. It was first held in 2010 and it attracted a huge response from hundreds of...
Deadline: 5/31/12
5/7/12
5/7/12
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A committee in the central coast city of Waldport, Oregon seeks artist(s) to improve its Veteran’s Memorial Park by the placement of form(s) that honor those who served and those who gave...
Deadline: 6/1/12
5/2/12
5/2/12
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The City of West Linn, in collaboration with the Clackamas County Arts Alliance, is seeking qualifications from artists or artist teams located in Oregon or Washington for public art to be sited...
Deadline: 6/1/12
3/20/12
5/1/12
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The Regional Arts & Culture Council, on behalf of Industry & Art (sponsored by the Working Waterfront Coalition of Portland) invites artists currently living in Oregon, Washington,...
Deadline: 6/1/12
4/30/12
4/30/12
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Art Market Publications is proud to sponsor The Artist Showcase International Fine Art Competition, an exciting new contest open to All Categories of Artists and juried by prominent Arts...
Deadline: 6/1/12
4/26/12
4/26/12
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The Port Townsend Arts Commission and Northwind Arts Alliance are seeking submissions for “Expressions Northwest”, the fourteenth Annual Port Townsend Juried Art Competition which...
Deadline: 6/1/12
3/5/12
4/23/12
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(Text)iles: Fibrous Languages in Art:
If languages are defined as methods of human communication that are either spoken or written, fiber artists indeed have their own. Verbal or non-verbal...
Deadline: 6/1/12
4/19/12
4/19/12
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The East Portland Exposition (EPO XPO) is the largest multicultural event in the City of Portland and features both traditional and contemporary performances as well as numerous exhibitors, food,...
Deadline: 6/1/12
4/17/12
4/17/12
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The Salem Art Association invites calligraphers residing in Oregon to submit one piece of calligraphic artwork to the 2012 Abigail Scott Duniway Calligraphy exhibit in the Focus Gallery at the...
Deadline: 6/1/12
4/2/12
4/2/12
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The Arts Center (Corvallis,Oregon) is commissioning new work for the Art in Rural Storefronts project. The Arts Center invites artists working in installation art to submit proposals for...
Deadline: 6/1/12
3/13/12
3/13/12
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The City of Ashland, Oregon, Public Art Commission is seeking an artist(s) to create site-specific original exterior public art for placement at the new Ashland Fire Station No. 2. The Fire...
Deadline: 6/1/12
2/15/12
2/15/12
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Nectar Magazine is a fine art and literary publication currently looking for submissions. Our current open theme is titled “Most of Us Die”. Any medium of art and/or writing on...
Deadline: 6/1/12
2/2/12
2/2/12
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency invites the public to submit creative projects to the 6th annual Rachel Carson intergenerational “Sense of Wonder” contest. There are four...
Deadline: 6/1/12
12/15/11
12/15/11
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Umpqua (OR) Valley Arts Association (UVAA) has announced the dates for its 44th Annual Umpqua Valley Summer Arts Festival, which will be held on June 22-24, 2012, and is currently preparing...
Deadline: 6/1/12
2/7/12
2/7/12
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What does your ideal world look like? Violence free? Racial desegregation? Healthy children? The ideal sphere project is collecting images for website below.
If you would like to submit to...
Deadline: 6/3/12
5/2/12
5/2/12
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Theme: Still Life Photography
Still life photography is the depiction of inanimate subject matter, most typically a small grouping of objects. Still life photography more so than other...
Deadline: 6/5/12
5/1/12
5/1/12
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The Public Art Murals Program is a City of Portland program administered by the RACC Public Art Program. Proposed murals are reviewed by the Public Art Murals Program Committee. The program...
Deadline: 6/6/12
3/30/12
3/30/12
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Open to all residents of the USA. Submit only work completed within the last two years. All works submitted must be original works of the applicant and must not have been accepted in prior juried...
Deadline: 6/7/12
5/9/12
5/9/12
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The Printed Image supports national artists working in hand-pulled print media, and offers art lovers an opportunity to view the latest trends in printmaking.
The Printed Image is...
Deadline: 6/10/12
2/9/12
2/9/12
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A gallery in the Boston, MA area, Francesca Anderson Fine Art, (FAFineArt.com) is inviting realist artists from the Pacific Northwest to submit entries for their ever popular, “Almost...
Deadline: 6/10/12
5/14/12
5/14/12
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CALL TO ARTISTS
TriMet is seeking qualified artists to create sculptures out of reclaimed wood for the Trolley Trail in Milwaukie and Oak Grove as part of the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail (...
Deadline: 6/11/12
4/30/12
4/30/12
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The San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs Public Art Program is seeking artists for the Art + Technology roster to create projects for the Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC...
Deadline: 6/11/12
4/19/12
4/19/12
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Tualatin, Oregon seeks submittals for their Visual Chronicle program. The purpose of the Tualatin Visual Chronicle is to create a visual record of Tualatin in various mediums including but not...
Deadline: 6/11/12
1/26/12
1/26/12
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Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site is currently accepting proposals for its 2013 season of site-specific artist installations. Maximum funding is $7,500 per project.
They...
For guidelines, helpful hints, and FAQs: 6/13/12
4/23/12
4/23/12
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The City of Urbana Public Arts Commission and the Public Art League of Champaign-Urbana (PAL) in Illinois are seeking artists to submit sculptures that reflect a tree theme. This competition will...
Deadline: 6/15/12
12/6/11
12/6/11
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The 49th Annual Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts is pleased to announce the Visual Arts Open Show, open to emerging and professional artists without a jury process.This is one of the largest shows...
Deadline to deliver: 6/17/12
2/14/12
2/14/12
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Fiber Art Show "STRANDS" juried by two nationally renowned fiber artists - Sally Sellers & Bonnie Bucknam. Cash prize and Jurors Award at Artists Reception 2012-08-02 05:00 PM - 09:...
Deadline: 6/23/12
4/19/12
4/19/12
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4heads summons independent artists working anywhere in any discipline to apply for the 2012 Governors Island Art Fair. Every year, more than 100 artists of exceptional talent and vision...
Deadline: 6/24/12
5/15/12
5/15/12
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Art Requirements and Guidelines
- Centennial Theme: “Riding with 100 years of History”; Art Title “Molalla Centennial 1913-2013”; Consider iconic images of...
Deadline: 6/30/12
5/7/12
5/7/12
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The National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center is pleased to announce a call for entries for our fall exhibit, Trails Through Time: Contemporary Photography of the Oregon Trail....
Deadline: 6/30/12
3/15/12
3/15/12
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Seeking authors & publishers & book stores for the 4th Annual NW Book Festival, at Pioneer Courthouse Square which will take place on, Saturday, July 28th...
Deadline: 6/30/12
3/5/12
3/5/12
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VIDEOHOLICA Video Art Festival in Varna, Bulgaria is accepting now video art submissions for its 5th anniversary edition.
The 5th VIDEOHOLICA is planned to take place between 25th and 30th...
Deadline: 6/30/12
4/27/12
4/27/12
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Hidden City Philadelphia is now inviting proposals for the 2013 Festival scheduled May 23 – June 30, 2013.
The Hidden City Philadelphia Festival celebrates the power of place through...
Deadline: 7/1/12
4/23/12
4/23/12
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Artists are invited to submit your artwork to be considered for purchase by Kishwaukee College. We are committed to displaying original artwork in the hallways of our newly constructed...
Deadline: 7/1/12
3/29/12
3/29/12
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This international contest is a “double blind” competition. The judges, a collection of writers, academics, publishers, bookstore owners, and literary critics, choose ten finalists...
Deadline: 7/1/12
5/2/12
5/2/12
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This will be a non-juried group show. Space is limited to the first 100 applications. The show will be a salon style hang. Black Box Gallery will print out all of the photos for the...
Deadline: 7/12/12
4/11/12
4/11/12
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The Exhibit expands a strong community tradition of promoting the arts thorugh art events and public art projects. Sculptures will be placed invisible public locations including streets, parks,...
Deadline: 7/12/12
4/24/12
5/1/12
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The Milwaukie (OR) Arts Committee (artMOB) is pleased to invite sculptors to submit proposals for Milwaukie’s outdoor sculpture garden with the theme “The Element of Nature”....
Deadline: 8/3/12
4/26/12
4/26/12
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Only originals works will be accepted, photocopies or e-mails of work will not be accepted. Exhibition date: september 2012.
theme: ballet, dance, dancers...
Deadline: 8/29/12
3/30/12
3/30/12
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All Studios must be located within the West Columbia Gorge Chamber of Commerce (WCGCC) boundaries. Artists with studios outside the designated area are welcome to submit, but are required to use a...
Latest Deadline: 8/31/12
1/26/12
1/26/12
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The Aesthetica Art Prize is a celebration of excellence in art from across the world and offers an even greater opportunity for artists to showcase their work and further their involvement...
Deadline: 8/31/12
2/22/12
2/22/12
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Mystery Build is an art challenge focused on ingenuity and resourcefulness. Create an original work of art using only the materials provided in a Mystery Build Kit, and upload photos or videos of...
Deadline: 9/16/12
11/14/11
11/14/11
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Now seeking proposals for a Humboldt Arts Council exhibition in the Morris Graves Museum of Art. A preliminary exhibition proposal must be submitted to the Executive Director-Curator before...
Postmarked Deadline: 9/20/12
4/3/12
4/3/12
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Artful Vagabond Productions invites professional visual artists from around the world to submit their work for consideration for a feature article in a 365-Day blog project as a tribute to artists...
Deadline: 12/15/12
2/17/12
2/17/12
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International Conference
"Performing Arts Management Today"
December 17 - 21, 2012
Leitring bei Leibnitz, Austria
"Performing Arts Management Today"...
Event Start Date: 12/17/12
4/23/12
4/23/12
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Streetlance.com is a new website: an online creative marketplace where people can buy and sell creativity!
Like in the old days people make money...
Deadline: 12/31/12
4/12/12
4/12/12
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Salem Creative Network is currently seeking project proposals and submissions for storefront display in downtown Salem, Oregon. Salem Creative Network is a 501(c)(3) organized to provide creative...
Deadline: 12/31/12
2/2/12
2/2/12
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Art can be a powerful way to express political events and ideas. We want to showcase these ideas and events through art.
Submit 3-6 pictures of the art you wish to show. The exhibit runs...
Deadline: 12/31/12
3/22/12
3/22/12
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Place: Bucharest, Romania (18 - 25 May 2013)
Eligibility: Bands may have up to 6 performing musicians:
• instrumentalists and vocalists
• instrumentalists...
Postmarked Deadline: 2/10/13
4/2/12
4/2/12
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This competition has three age categories: up to 14, 18 and 30 years old. Letting music institutions, conservatoires, academies, schools, societies, piano musicians know of this...
Registration Postmarked Date: 3/1/13
4/24/12
4/24/12
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The Camas Farmers Market opens its 6th season on June 13th in beautiful downtown Camas, WA (just E. of Vancouver). Seeking all types of musicians who sing, play instruments and can delight a crowd...
4/17/12
4/17/12
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The First City Celebration Street Festival (Oregon City) features local artists showcasing their particular styles in an open air festival setting. Interested artists should contact...
No deadline
4/12/12
4/12/12
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Passionate about art? So are we.Gallery 114, an established gallery in the heart of Portland's Pearl district, is always seeking visionary new members. New media or traditional, what matters most...
No deadline
4/11/12
4/11/12
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RT FOR COLLECTORS is an annual collection of art that brings artists and their art to gain extended exposure and collector's interest in buying art.There is no right or wrong art and there is no...
No deadline
4/11/12
4/11/12
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Antiques and Art in the Park at North Bonneville, Washington. Gorge Days and Big Foot Fun event July 7 & 8. Looking for Antique and Art vendors to join us in the Park!...
3/26/12
3/26/12
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A boutique office in the up and coming N. Williams neighborhood seeking visual artists for monthly exhibitions. They have hundreds of clients each month spending time in our office and......
No deadline
3/6/12
3/6/12
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Pop Up Art World Gallery in Downtown Salem, OR is looking for new local artists and craft vendors. We need great, original art to hang on our walls and amazing local goods to sell on our shelves....
No deadline
1/31/12
1/31/12
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MIKE Program is looking to re-vamp the exercise section of our health curriculum, including the visual representation of stretching exercises and activities. Their award-winnning program provides...
No deadline
9/28/11
9/28/11
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The Crafty Underdog will be held every second Sunday at McMenamin Mission Theatre. Some of Portland’s finest local bands will be on stage throughout the day, and the restaurant will be open...
No Deadline
8/22/11
8/22/11
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Willamette Week has recently launched a featured called I Made This showcasing local artists and their items for sale. It is hoped that I Made This will help Portland's...
No Deadline
6/17/11
6/17/11
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Art Smarter lists opportunities for artists. The goal is to help working artists advance their careers by making it easy to find and organize opportunities online.
Email: ...
6/10/11
6/10/11
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Talisman Gallery is now offering two levels of membership for interested artists. Located in the lively Alberta Street arts district, this long-established artists' co-op gallery, has now created...
No Deadline
5/27/11
5/27/11
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Firehouse Publishing seeks traditional fine artists for their publications on an ongoing basis. For us this means those who draw, paint, and sculpt. They DO NOT seek photographers, or digital...
Ongoing
5/24/11
5/24/11
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Artists are invited to apply for the ARS FEMINA, the 2nd Online Annual Of Contemporary Art. The competition is open to all artists and is judged solely by visuals submitted online or attachment....
5/2/11
5/2/11
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PalouseWorks Studio provides an ongoing calendar of deadlines for Northwest aritists on facebook.
Ongoing
2/3/11
2/3/11
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mondaynews is e-weekly update and provides you with a comprehensive list of participation calls and art events. You can find information about deadlines, how to apply and other conditions for...
1/31/11
1/31/11
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All entries go through a selection process. The competition is judged solely by visuals submitted on-line as Jpeg [.JPG] attachment. Numbers of entries: 6 - 12 works / image files submitted...
No Deadline. The earlier the better.
1/31/11
1/31/11
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Art-Exchange is seeking artists' submissions (visuals and descriptions of 10 of your best works) in an e-book designed to satisfy the need for original art by designers. Art Solutions is an eBook...
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1/18/11
1/18/11
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100th Monkey Studio is currently looking for new creative people to contract with The Studio to teach art related classes , workshops , groups and lectures! If you are interested in teaching...
8/26/10
8/26/10
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Portland intergenerational Women's Choir is a new Choral organization in Portland. They are a service choir of all aged women building community one song at a time. The choir brings the music...
8/19/10
8/19/10
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Local Artist Spotlight Exhibitions
In our commitment to enhancing the lives of artists and the community, these exhibitions feature original artwork by local artists.
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5/24/10
5/24/10
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Artoteque.com is pleased to invite artists to WORK ON DISPLAY the 2nd Annual Juried Contemporary Art Competition /Exhibition 12 months on display that takes place online at...
Deadline: The earlier the better. The inclusions are in progress.
4/30/10
4/30/10
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Artwork must be appropriate for public display and be prepared / framed in a professional manner (compatible with the Arakawa Hanging System - www.arakawagrip....
No Deadline
4/13/10
4/13/10
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Influence Art Gallery seeks artists who want to be part of a group of creative artists who work together to show their art and run all aspects of the gallery. The Gallery is located in Hillsboro...
No Deadline
3/29/10
3/29/10
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Incubator is a monthly showcase of performance works-in-progress. They are looking for fresh genre-bending performance works, experimental art, and workshop performances of new projects, groups,...
No Deadline
2/19/10
2/19/10
Visual Art
Looking for new and experienced artists to show and sell their work. We would like to see a variety of mediums including but not limited to painting, drawing, jewelry, sculpture, assemblage,...
No Deadline
12/8/09
12/8/09
Visual Art
South Seattle Community College seeks proposals for the exhibition of artwork in all media, with particular emphasis on new and emerging local artists. National artists may apply. Scheduling is...
No Deadline
11/19/09
11/19/09
Visual Art
The Blue Sky Exhibition Committee meets weekly to view submissions from all over the world. For show consideration please send a CD with 20—30 images from a single body of work and any...
No Deadline
9/28/09
9/28/09
Literary
Poetry Northwest is published semi-annually in March and October. Cannot consider anything that has been previously published or accepted for publication in any form, including work that...
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