Opportunity

Submit work for the Petersburg Regional Art Center Friday for the Arts.

Information

Openings are the second Friday of every month during Friday for the Arts.

Between $100 and $300 in prize money every month for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place awards.

To access call for entry schedule dates:
http://www.petersburgregionalartscenter.com/
(Click the Call for Entry Schedule on the left hand side)

Requirements

Entries will be accepted beginning the Saturday before the given opening.

Anyone making anything handmade is eligible.

Must bring artwork in ready to hang on the wall with wire on the back or framed (canvas with a creative edge does not need to be framed).  The Art Center furnishes pedestals for 3D artwork.  May submit three entries per show.  Each entry is $10 for non-members and $5 for members (membership is $35 per year and $50 the first year to include registration).

Contact

Petersburg Regional Art Center
804-733-8200
howard@petersburgregionalartscenter.com
donna@petersburgregionalartscenter

Opportunity

Take part in the 3rd Annual Rappahannock Independent Film Festival by submitting a film or attending the public screenings.

Information

Located in historic Fredericksburg, Virginia, the Rappahannock Independent Film Festival (RIFF) is an annual event dedicated to promoting excellence in independent filmmaking.

The Rappahannock Independent Film Festival is dedicated to being a socially conscious event. We work to implement practices that reflect the ethics of the organizers and participants. Here are a just a few of the things we are doing to lower our ecological footprint:

- Using a “green” web host which subsidizes clean energy such as solar and wind power.
- Handle most of our correspondence and advertising online to reduce shipping costs and paper waste.
- All of our events take place within walking distances to reduce the need for excess travel.
- When possible, we use local and organic foods at our events.
- Encourage the use of re-usable water bottles and recycling at our events.
Films will be judged on the following categories - Direction, Technical, Screenplay, Acting, Editing, Ingenuity, Relevance, Theme, Sound, and Art Direction.

One film will be awarded in each of the following categories - Best of Show, Audience Choice (must be present to win), Best Student Film, Best Short Film, and Best Documentary

Festival will be held between August 26, 2010 and August 29, 2010 in Fredericksburg, VA.

http://www.rifilmfestival.com

Requirements

Deadline to enter is May 26, 2010.

Submit films through withoutabox.com, which is linked throughthe Rappahannock Independent Film Festival website, http://www.rifilmfestival.com.

Contact

Rappahannock Independent Film Festival
info@rifilmfestival.com
(540) 373-1311

Opportunity

Create web and packaging graphics for a new consumer product.

Information

We have an immediate need for Adobe InDesign work, finishing some graphics already created by another artist and extending the design to new applications. All future work will be based on the logo design found at www.arisecompany.com. A fair hourly wage will be paid, and we will write a letter of reference upon satisfactory completion of work. Work can be done anywhere, anytime, as long as it is done well.

Requirements

Must have some skills in Adobe InDesign. Must have personal computer with license of Adobe InDesign installed.

Contact

Brant Huddleston
brant@arisecompany.com
804.229.3663

Opportunity

Submit work for Athens Video Art Festival, Greece’s biggest festival of digital arts and new media.

Information

Athens Video Art Festival is Greece’s official festival on video art and at the same meets the requirements of people from the full spectrum of creativity. Through its versatile action Athens Video Art Festival constitutes a field of promotion and a link between the artists and the audience inside and outside Greece.
Every year Athens Video Art Festival evolves, enriches and sets new goals, raising the bar higher, brings out its academic side and enhances it through important tributes and collaborations, provides the artistic community with additional motive for creation presents international cutting-edge developments on the field of digital arts and communicates them to the wide audience. Our goal remains the expression through a versatile cultural event open to any form of expression of the digital creation.

http://www.athensvideoartfestival.gr/eng/default.asp

Requirements

Deadline to submit is March 15th.

Contact

info@athensvideoartfestival.gr

Opportunity

Submit a design to adorn the sides of a 53′ semi trailer.

Information

In 2010, Celadon Group, Inc is celebrating its 25th year as an award-winning long haul trucking and transportation management company. In an industry few consider to be creative, Celadon Group, Inc. has grown into an international leader through innovation. Since 1985, Celadon Group, Inc. has been fostering arts education and appreciation through a variety of programs in the markets they serve.

In celebration of both the spirit of creativity and our anniversary, we will recognize and reward seven college students whose artistic abilities show promise of adding beauty and creativity to our world over the long haul. Seven category winners will be selected and from these finalists, one will be designated as the overall Best of Show winner.

https://www.celadontrucking.com/default2.aspx?id=3270

Requirements

Contest entries must be received by March 5th.

- Contest is open to students throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico, unless otherwise prohibited by law.
- Entrant must be attending an accredited two or four-year college/university at the time of entry. Graduate students and part-time students are eligible.
- Entry must be solely the work of the entrant.
- Only one entry per student.
- Entries must be provided in electronic form appropriate for digital transfer and submitted via the online entry upload site.
- Digital files submitted for entry will not be returned.
- Winners retain original artwork and copyright, but in accepting the cash prize agree to Celadon’s unlimited use and reproduction of the art, winner’s likeness and comments for promotional purposes for a period of five years.
- Copyright and trademark infringement are serious offenses. At its sole discretion, the judging panel may disqualify any entry it deems of dubious origin or as posing risks of copyright or trademark infringement. Decisions of the judges are final.
- Artwork is eligible only if it meets all of the following criteria:
- Must have been created by a student while enrolled at an accredited college/university
- Must be solely the original work of the student - cannot contain any elements that are subject to existing ownership or copyrights by any other parties (e.g., cannot contain a manipulated stock photo or any trademarked logos/graphical elements)
- Any person, pet or landmark in a photograph taken by the entrant is subject to model releases and copyright/trademark laws. Any such subject matter deemed recognizable must be of a known person or entity whose written permission for use may be readily obtained at no charge.
- Must not have been produced “for hire” or for any form of professional (non-amateur) compensation
- Must meet reproducibility requirements for truck decaling in flat vinyl - cannot contain elements that require modification of the semi trailer, such as electronics, neon or 3-dimensional extensions or additions

Contact

artforthelonghaul@businessmediagroup.com

Opportunity

Submit work for American Illustration 29.

Information

https://www.ai-ap.com/reg/cfe/index.cfm?

Requirements

The entry deadline has been extended until February 26th.

Eligibility:
All North American illustrators, creative professionals, representatives, students and teachers of photography with work created or published anywhere for any purpose. International illustrators with North American representation or those who have been published or exhibited in North America are also eligible.
Work produced or published between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009 in the following categories: Editorial, Books, Advertising, Graphics/Promotional, Film and Animation, 3-D, Unpublished/Personal/Fine Art and Student work.

Entry Fee:
$10 per illustration or $60 per portfolio up to ten images by an individual, class, or department.

Contact

American Illustration - American Photography
1140 Broadway, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10001
917-408-9944
info@ai-ap.com

Opportunity

Design a birdhouse for The Byrd House Bash.

Information

William Byrd Community House associates board of governors is doing an event with the shops at 5807 and having artists design birdhouses to be bid on in a live auction.

The Byrd House Bash! Wednesday, May 5th from 6 to 9pm.
A fun and frolicsome event highlighting 20 spectacular one-of-kind birdhouses designed by a flock of local artists and Richmond ‘celebs’. Flap your wings to live music, sip signature drinks and dig in to yummy eats. Proceeds from the auction of the ‘Byrd’ houses will provide ‘seed money’ to the Byrd House Market, a community market and garden sponsored by the William Byrd Community House which provides food and entrepreneurial opportunities to low-income and underserved communities in the Richmond area. We invite you to join us as a sponsor, artist or guest. Spread your wings and fly..

Requirements

All items will be due April 26, 2010.

byrd-house-artist-info-form

Contact

804.288.5807 or email: leigh@shop5807.com

Opportunity

Help Shay Church & the students of Craft/Material Studies build a life-sized whale.

Information

Help wanted Tuesday, February 23rd
any time between 12pm-5pm

Come formal (wear your suit and tie) and get dirty.

To learn more about whale building visit Shay’s website: http://shaychurch.com/gallery_alt.php

Requirements

Contact

Opportunity

Submit work for the Virginia Collaborative Professional (VaCP) video contest.

Information

Virginia Collaborative Professionals is seeking online videos that highlight the advantages of using the Collaborative Process in divorce rather than the more traditional adversarial court-based approach. The video may communicate, among other key features about Collaborative Practice, the value of using a team consisting of financial, mental health and legal professionals who work together to help clients through their divorce.

http://www.vacpvideocontest.com/

Requirements

Deadline to submit is March 31, 2010

Videos can be created by an individual or a team. Undergraduate & graduate students are particularly encouraged to participate.
To compete, entrants must be 18 years or older or have parental permission.

To participate in the contest:
- Create a video that is no longer than three minutes
- Format your video according to the YouTube handbook. Video specifications can be found at http://www.youtube.com/handbook_popup_produce_upload?pcontent=bestformat
- Register for a free YouTube account at http://www.youtube.com/create_account
- Upload one or more videos to YouTube and tag it with “VaCP” and “Collaborative Divorce”
- E-mail your real name, age, mailing address, phone number, and a link to your YouTube video submission to vacpvideocontest@youtube.com

Contact

vacpvideocontest@gmail.com

Opportunity

Submit work for the 3rd Ward Solo Show.

Information

The 2010 Winter Solo Show is a juried international art competition for dynamic, inventive and provocative work of all mediums: sculpture, photography, painting, printmaking, illustration, installation, graphic design, video and more!

The Selected Artist will receive:
- $5,000 cash grant
- Solo exhibition in 3rd Ward’s gallery, complete with a massive opening reception
- 3-month residency at 3rd Ward including private live/work studio & full facility access (photo studios, wood & metal shop, media lab, classes)
- Airfare & shipping to and from 3rd Ward for non-NYC residents (not residence)
- 2-page spread in 3rd Ward’s Quarterly Magazine
- NYC exposure - postcards, fliers, press!

http://www.3rdward.com/opencall/s1

Requirements

Deadline to submit work is March 1, 2010 at 11:59pm EST.

Recommend a minimum of three images per artist be submitted.
1, 2, or 3 images for $15/image
5 images for $60
10 images for $85

Each file submitted should be 1 MB or smaller.
Your file must be a JPG, PNG, GIF, PDF

Contact

3rd Ward
(718) 715-4961
info@3rdward.com