OPPORTUNITIES

Your art, larger than life. Showcase your work in the largest, brightest, most dramatic venue on the planet.

You're invited to join Art Takes Times Square, a competition searching for inspired works by artists, designers, photographers and all creative talents from across the globe, to identify one visionary whose artworks will transform the most visited attraction in the world into a brilliant, spectacular exhibition. Participation is free, click here to learn more >>

International Publicity + The World's Most Immense Exhibition + $16,000 in Grants (All this can be yours & participation is free.)

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Paradise Lost Collectors Weekend New York City

Dear Artists:
We will be doing a one weekend Paradise Lost event April 14th & 15th. We want to exhibit art specifically illustrating scenes from the poem. Major collectors are in town that weekend because of the Antiquarian Book Fair. This is an opportunity for them to see work related to their interests. Your work should be for sale, but should not be too expensive.. We take 35% There is a submission fee of $25 that helps cover advertising. Deadline for submission February 15th, 2012. A GREAT OPPORTUNITY that seldom happens! Terrance Lindall

Send check and slides to: WAH Center, 135 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11211
or pay by Paypal: wahcenter@earthlink.net

You can also send jpeg images by email.

You can choose any scene, but the a few subjects I would especially like illustrated,include:

Satan rising up off the pool of fire;
Eve seeing herself in the water
Adam and Eve in the Bower of Bliss;
The Temptation;
The Expulsion;

Celebrating John Milton’s Paradise Lost

Coinciding with the
52nd ANNUAL NEW YORK ANTIQUARIAN BOOK FAIR
April 14 & 15th 2012

A Special Display of Terrance Lindall's
GOLD ILLUMINATED PARADISE LOST ELEPHANT FOLIO
(only two copies in existence)
Elephant Folio Paradise Lost

Guest Speaker: Collector Dr. Robert J. Wickenheiser, major collector of Milton's Paradise Lost books, art and related materials. He will be exhibiting some of his coveted collections.

Also
Paradise Lost Art Exhibits
Paradise Lost Musical Program

Info: milton@wahcenter.net

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ARTE NATURA
A thematic exhibition based on art inspired from the natural world. Open to all interpretations of landscape and biology including fruits, vegetables, flowers and fauna and to human figuration as part of the natural environment. The exhibition will be held at the Limner Gallery, June 2 - 30, 2012. Open for entry to all artists. National magazine publication awards. Deadline February 29, 2012. On-line entry form at http://www.slowart.com/prospectus/natura.htm, or email slowart@aol.com, or send SASE to SlowArt Productions, 123 Warren Street, Hudson, NY 12534

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DIRECT ART MAGAZINE, VOLUME 19
The Annual International Competition for $26,000 in publication awards in Volume 19 of Direct Art Magazine, Fall/Winter 2012 issue. Direct Art is distributed in the US by COMAG Marketing Group, the distributors of Art News and Art in America, to bookstores throughout the US including Barnes and Noble. The twenty two awards include the covers of magazine, feature articles and full page displays. The competition is open to all artists working in any media.  Postmarked deadline March 31, 2012. Print prospectus and entry information at http://www.slowart.com/prospectus/spring.htm
or e-mail slowart@aol.com

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Artists Wanted : Year In Review is a juried, international all-medium-encompassing open call for art. You are invited to take part in a mission to present a range of technique, style and narrative that captures the best emerging artists of 2011.

Click here for more information

Let 2012 be the Year the World Sees Your Art. The second of an annual series, Artists Wanted : Artists Wanted : Year In Review is an international open call for Painting, Sculpture & Installation, Photography, Design & Illustration, Motion & Sound, and more, with a mission to present one selected visionary at SCOPE Art Show, the premier showcase for international emerging contemporary art and one of the most influential presences in the expanding global art market. Our goal is simple - to find amazing talents and expose them to the world in the most potent way possible.

The Grand Prize Package

One artist, determined by the Grand Prize jury, will be selected to receive:

• An exclusive booth at SCOPE New York 2012, next to the top figures in the global art scene
• $15,000 cash grant, including $10,000 to spend however you want and $5,000 toward production of the booth
• A printed feature in a limited edition Year in Review book
• Printed inclusion in the SCOPE New York 2012 catalog distributed at the fair
• A publicity campaign in New York City promoting you and your work

The People's Choice Award

The public will cast their vote and the artist with the most viewed and highest voted portfolio will receive:

• 1 Month in a New York City Luxury Apartment this Summer 2012
• $2,500 cash grant
• International exposure via a feature published by Artists Wanted

The Category Awards

The jury panel will select six artists who will each receive inclusion in a Group Exhibition at SCOPE NY 2012, a $500 grant, an online feature published by Artists Wanted, a printed inclusion in the SCOPE New York 2012 catalog distributed at the fair and a printed feature in a limited edition Year in Review book. These six artists will be chosen in the following categories:

• Painting
• Sculpture & Installation
• Works on Paper
• Photography
• Design & Illustration
  
• Motion & sound
  

 

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Welcome to the next step in launching your creative career. You’re invited to join the 3rd Ward Winter 2012 Open Call, an international search for exciting, innovative, and compelling work in the Categories of Art, Photography, Furniture Design, and Graphic Design.

Click Here to Participate Your Deadline is February 29th, 11:59pm EST Grand Prize Award, as Selected by the Public: $5,000 cash grant 1-year 3rd Ward work residency Inclusion in a Group Show at the 3rd Ward Gallery An online feature promoting your work internationally Category Awards, as selected by our Judges: $500 cash grant 3-month 3rd Ward work residency Inclusion in a Group Show at the 3rd Ward Gallery An online feature promoting your work internationally Plus: The top 25 runners-up will receive online features, gaining worldwide exposure! This season's judges panel includes Chris Kraig, Creative Director of SUITE New York, Ben King, Art Director of Print Magazine, and David C. Terry, Senior Officer/Curator of NYFA.