Opportunity

1708 Gallery invites artists working in all media and disciplines, including performance, to submit proposals for InLight Richmond 2011, 1708 Gallery’s fourth annual one-night, public, light-based art exhibition. InLight Richmond 2011 will take place on Friday, October 21 along the James River on a site that features the American Civil War Center at Tredegar Iron Works.

Information

The juror for InLight 2011 is Matthew Lyons, Curator at The Kitchen in New York. Proposals should involve, be inspired by, investigate, or interpret themes of light, from light as medium to light as concept. Existing work, as well as proposals for new projects, will be considered. However, preference will be given to site-specific projects that engage this particular location.

An honorarium will be given to each project. All entries are eligible for the Best in Show award ($1500) and the People’s Choice Award ($500). All green entries are also eligible for a Best in Green award ($1500).

Requirements

The deadline for submission is midnight on June 15, 2011.

Visit www.1708gallery.org/enter-inlight for more information and to submit a proposal.

Opportunity

We’ll be discussing the opportunities available to student including our Undergraduate Certificate in Product Innovation and the opportunity to work with corporate sponsors.  We’ll also be introducing our Masters in Product Innovation.

More information can be found at our website, www.daVinciCenter.vcu.edu.

Information

The information sessions will be Tuesday, March 29 and Wednesday, March 30 from 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. in Engineering East Hall, room E3229.

Contact

Lisa F. Crawford
Program Coordinator, da Vinci Center
lfcrawford@vcu.edu

Opportunity

Design and enter your graphics for the Freedom: Design your dream bike competition.

Information

NeilPryde, the leade in marine and adventure sports markets, is putting out a challenge to all cyclists, artists and designers: design your own graphics for a NeilPryde Diablo on the theme of Freedom. As the theme suggests, anything goes. Break free from common conceptions and let your imagination fly. 

The NeilPryde design team will choose five finalists who will have their design displayed on the website from May 16th until June 1st for everyone to vote. The winner will receive a $1,000 prize as well as a Diablo framset painted with his/her graphic.

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Requirements

- Participants have to create their own graphic on the theme of Freedom and apply this graphic to the bike drawing.
- The design has to be uploaded by May 1, 2011 on www.neilprydebikes.com

Contact

stefant@neilprydebikes.com

Opportunity

A second year Master’s Canidate in Urban and Regional Planning is looking  for someone to do pen and ink drawings for his Studio II Project.

Information

The Studio II Project is about bringing a light rail into Richmond, in which the Richmond Airport is the client. The pen and ink drawings would be examples of what the light rail stations would look like. Grad student is looking to have 4-5 drawings completed and will pay atleast $15 per drawing (willing to consider higher prices if the drawings require considerable effort). Drawings would be based upon location as well as graduate student’s conception of what a light rail might look like.

Requirements

- Needs to have some of the drawings completed by the end of March
- If interested, email the address below with a sample of your artwork by Thursday, March 22nd.

Contact

Thomas Egeland
(703)-973-1668
egelandta@mymail.vcu.edu

Opportunity

Jonathan Ferrara Gallery is pleased to announce the 15th edition of the annual No Dead Artists Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Art.

Jury winner’s work will be on exhibit at the JONATHAN FERRARA Gallery, 400a Julia Street, in the New Orleans Arts District and selected jury winners will appear in a feature article on ArtDaily.org in early September. In the article, art critic D. Eric Bookhardt, (Art Papers and Gambit) will review the exhibition and select images for publication. This annual event is designed to give a real pulse on the creative scene happening in contemporary art today.

Information

NO DEAD ARTISTS is open to living artists working in the United States. All mediums are accepted including, but not limited to, painting, sculpture, glass, metalwork, photography, video, mixed media and installation art. In its 15th year, No Dead Artists has one of the most celebrated art exhibitions in the South.

Requirements

Application form: inquiryform

JUNE 15th                   DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION

JULY 20th                   Jury Winners Notified

SEPT 3rd                   The 14th Annual No Dead Artists Opening

SEPT 1st - 25th            Exhibition on display at Jonathan Ferrara Gallery

Entry fee is $30.00, Entries without fee will not be accepted.

ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED VIA EMAIL to nodeadartists@gmail.com

Contact

http://www.jonathanferraragallery.com/dynamic/nda.asp.
siobhan@jonathanferraragallery.com