Opportunity

Work for Pete-Blair Accessories, a Richmond based tie and scarf company, assisting on custom projects.

Information

Work would include preliminary hand-drawings, creating CAD designs in Photoshop for client review and other design assistance our designer needs as new custom projects arise. This is a project-based opportunity and compensation would be an hourly wage. Samples of design work and a resume are to be submitted for consideration.

Contact

If interested in this opportunity, please contact:

Lucy Toole

Director of Sales & Marketing

lucytoole@peterblairltd.com

804-716-9099

Opportunity

Graphic designer or fashion designer needed to create designs for application on outdoor apparel.

Requirements

Mutually agreed upon compensation will be provided for each design accepted. Samples of design work are to be submitted for consideration.

Contact

Rob White
whitewr_us@yahoo.com
804-366-0844

Opportunity

Design a banner to be displayed in downtown Richmond.

Information

Just use the new RVA Downtown logo, or some variation of it, to create original artwork showcasing your love of RVA or what creativity in Richmond means to you. You could be one of the top designers chosen to have your art turned into a street pole banner displayed in downtown RVA—along with up to $500 in your pocket.

Multiple winning entries will be chosen by a group of RVA Creates partners and two of those winning entries will be awarded a First and Second Prize. Plus one winner will be voted by the public as the “People’s Choice” through an online poll. All winning designers will have their work displayed on downtown street pole banners for a year or more!

Requirements

Submission Deadline: April 7th

Banner must incorporate a version of the RVA  Downtown logo.

Logo and more information can be found on the RVA Downtown website.

Electronic designs may be submitted via email to rvacreates@gmail.com.

If you have a non-electronic design, you may drop it off at Elevation Advertising (9 West Main Street) by 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 7, 2011

Contact

rvacreates@gmail.com

Opportunity

Create artwork for a fundraiser for the disAbility Issues Caucus for the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Information

The disAbility Issues Caucus organization is having a fundraiser event on April 15, 2011 at 6:30pm in Washington D.C. at the Democratic National Headquarters-Wasserman Family Conference Room. Featured speakers are Governor Tim Kaine, International Autism Speaker David Hamrick and Dr. Gaynell Colborn who is the percussionist for Legendary Stevie Wonder’s band. The caucus is looking for students from Universities in Central Virginia to submit a design that will be showcased on the program for the event.

Requirements

The title of the event is called “I’m Beyond my Disability”

The winner will attend the event, meet all of the speakers and celebrity guests and will be recognized at the event.

The submission is due April 4th at the close of the business day.

Submission may be emailed to dpva.dAic@gmail.com

Contact

dpva.dAic@gmail.com

Opportunity

The Bees Awards and Mango Languages want to recognize the best students of the world and are inviting all students to submit their campaigns for The 2011 World Student Brief.

Information

The mission of the Bees Awards is to honor the best social media marketing practices of the year in order to promote ethical and outstanding professionals and their expertise.

Pretend that you are an advertising  agency, and respond to the brief online before March 31, 2011. You could win a Bees Award on May 3, 2011 and a grant of $2,000.

Requirements

Entry Fee: $25

Submission Deadline: March 31st

More information and submission guidelines can be found online at http://www.beesawards.com/bees/2011WorldStudentBrief

Contact

wsb@beesawards.com

Opportunity

Register for the Juried Fine Arts Exhibition.

Information

Registration will take place on Tuesday, March 22, between 10 and 4.

Where to register and drop off work:
- Students in Painting and Printmaking, Sculpture, and Craft departments should register in the lobby of the Fine Arts Building.
- Students in all other departments should register and drop off work at the Anderson Gallery.

Exhibition dates: March 31 - April 17

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Requirements

Eligibility: All undergraduate students who are taking fine art studio courses in the School of the Arts. Eligible students may submit up to 3 works for consideration

All works must be ready to install, including works on paper. Paint must be dry.

Video work should be submitted on a disc as a low-res QuickTime (MPEG) file.

Contact

Anderson Gallery
804-828-1522

Opportunity

Call for Entries: Open to all artists 18 years or older working or living in Virginia, Maryland, DC, Delaware, Pennsylvania, or West Virginia

Information

Exhibition Theme: “BITE: identity and humor” asks artists to use irony, sarcasm, and wit to shed light on issues of personal struggle in mainstream society. Artists are asked to create and share work that challenges historical, societal, and cultural norms that dictate expectations of who we are supposed to be. The selected work does not have to be “funny” as much as insightful.

BITE will be presented at Greater Reston Arts Center located in Reston Town Center, a busy commercial and residential district in Northern Virginia

Requirements

Deadline: March 31, 2011

Online Application

• Non-refundable application fee: $10 GRACE member, $35 non-member
• 10 works or 3 videos (see special note regarding new media)
• Resume
• Artist’s statement
• Link to Artist’s website (optional)

Contact

Greater Reston Arts Center

703.471.9242

www.restonarts.org