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CALL FOR ENTRIES

Call for Entry

The New York City Department of Transportation, in partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Community Affairs Unit and New York Cares, is launching an initiative to improve the appearance of Jersey Barriers at selected sites around the City. NYCDOT is soliciting artists to propose designs to be painted directly onto a number of barriers with support from NY Cares volunteers over a single weekend in spring 2010. The NYCDOT’s Urban Art Program invites you to participate in this open call for designs. Download the RFP here: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/jersey_barrier_rfp.pdf. If you have trouble downloading from this link, visit DOT’s Urban Art Program’s page for more information: www.nyc.gov/urbanart.

Deadline: March 19, 2010

Opportunity for Emerging Artists

Visual Overture Magazine introduces emerging artists to galleries, curators, and collectors. We are now seeking submissions for the Summer 2010 edition. International emerging artists of any field are invited to apply. Juror, Kathy Stockman, selects 7 artists for feature in publication. Selected artists are presented on two pages of magazine and receive 3 complimentary copies of issue in which they are featured. This is an excellent opportunity for under-represented artists to connect with galleries, curators, and collectors!

Accepted Genres: Sculpture, Metals, Textiles, Photography, Mixed media, Painting, Drawing, Video art, Digital art, Printmaking, and Installations

Online Application: www.visualoverture.webs.com/artists.htm

Deadline: April 1, 2010

6x6x2010: Huge Exhibition of Small Artwork - Call for Submissions

Last year more than 6,000 Visitors attended an exciting art exhibition of more than 3,000 artworks by nearly 1,200 artists from 17 countries, 36 states (and 4 species)! More than 1,400 artworks sold. It was a huge success! We asked every visitor to 6x6x2009 if we should have another 6x6 exhibition. Resoundingly, you answered YES!

Artworks may be mailed or delivered directly to RoCo, 137 East Ave, Rochester, NY 14604. Wed. - Sun. 1-5 pm, January 24 - May 2. Each submission must be accompanied by the submission form, available on the RoCo website. Artworks must be signed only on the back (to be exhibited and sold anonymously) and accompanied by the submission form. Please read: Frequently Asked Questions on the website

For more information, see: http://www.rochestercontemporary.org/6x6x2010.html

Deadline: May 2, 2010 at 5pm

New American Paintings

The Open Studios Press sponsors 6 juried competitions per year. Winners recieve full-color spreads in our nationally distributed periodical, New American Paintings. Our competitions are open to all artists working within the United States.

For more information visit http://www.newamericanpaintings.com/competitions.html.

Deadline: Ongoing

Nueva Luz Photographic Journal - NY

Accepting photographs for possible inclusion in the tri-annual publication. Works accepted from photographers of African, Asian, Latino, and Native American heritage. Open to all styles, all genre. Cash honorarium, En Foco membership, and complimentary issues given to published photographers. For more information, contact: Nueva Luz, En Foco, Inc., 1738 Hone Ave., Bronx, NY 10461; Phone: (718) 409-6445; email: info@enfoco.org; or check website: http://www.enfoco.org/.