Call for Artists

2012 TPG UPCOMING EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITIES

February 15th is the deadline to turn in the completed Call for Artists+entry fee for the Alphabet Show/Exhibition scheduled for the McMeen Gallery at SLOMA. The entry forms are available online and in print at SLOMA. There will be 1 "peoples choice" award in the amount of $100. Take in is April 2nd. The Exhibition begins April 3rd and ends April 30th. Team leader for this exhibition is Candace Kincade.

September 2012: Brushstrokes our annual juried exhibition with multiple cash prizes. The Call for Artist form will be available online as of March 1st with a submission deadline of May 1st by a completed form, submission fee, and CD entry. This year our exhibition is housed at the Steynberg Gallery on Monterey Street in SLO. Steven Biller, Editor-in-Chief of Palm Springs Life and Arts & Culture Magazine will judge all entries. Team leader for this exhibition is Jayne Behman.

December 2012 is the President's Invitational in SLOMA's McMeen Gallery. The invitation to participate in this exhibition is awarded to TPG volunteers. We need a team leader to coordinate this exhibition.

Big Sky Cafe's Call for Artists

If you would like to be considered for a show at Big Sky Cafe, please contact Charles Myers <charlesbigsky@yahoo.com>

	CALL FOR ARTISTS an exhibition opportunity for TPG Members Feburary 15, 2012 deadline Submit a painting inspired by one letter from the English alphabet. The composition of your artwork should be based on your interpretation of the letter you’ve chosen. The artwork can originate directly from your involvement with, and celebration of the selected letter taken literally or abstractly; or the composition of a figurative or representational painting could be based on the shape of the letter, offering no overt display of the letter, or it might also appear as an integrated component of the overall composition as a featured accent element. Again you, the artist, may choose an English alphabet from any historical period or style that interests you, from the classic Gothic, illuminated manuscript, English Renaissance to the contemporary urban graffiti. Whether purely a graphic representation of the letter, a representational painting using the letter as the basis for its compositional structure, or an abstraction based on your intellectual, emotional and/or spiritual response to the aesthetic attributes of the letter chosen, this is the thematic requirement of each artwork entered. Because of the space limitations of the McMeen Gallery, each artist entrant may only show one artwork.
Call for Artists - The Alphabet Exhibition Entry Form click here for pdf form 1. Venue is the McMeen Gallery at SLOMA 2. Participants must be a Member in good standing of TPG(formerly OPAG) 3. Participants must use the English Alphabet to build the composition 4. Title of the artwork must be "Using the Letter ____" 5. All work must be for sale 6. This is NOT a juried exhibition but there will be 1 Viewer's Choice Award in the amount of $100. 7. To submit, the "intent to submit" must be completed and returned to TPG no later than Feburary 15, 2012 along with a non-refundable $20 submission fee, an image is not required. (If you do have an image of the work you will submit, and you want it to be considered to use in publicity, please submit the image on a CD at 6X6 inches and 300 dpi ). In the event you have paid the submission fee and fail to submit the art, the submission fee will not be refunded. In the event the artwork does not qualify for this Exhibition, the submission fee is non-refundable. Make checks payable to OPAG. Mail check in the amount of $20 and the completed Intent to Submit form to TPG c/o SLOMA, 1010 Broad Street, San Luis Obispo, Ca 93401 8. Only 2-D original works of art may be submitted. Artwork may not exceed 14X14 inches, inclusive of frame. All artwork must offer "D" ring mounting for hanging. One "D" ring on each side 6" from the top of each side. 9. All media is acceptable except that photography or computer generated art may not exceed 50% of the artwork. 10.Take-In is April 2nd - 11am - 2pm. 11. Artist Reception is Friday, April 6th, 6-9pm. 12. Take Out is April 30th - 11am - 2pm. For more information contact: Candice Kincade, Alphabet Exhibition coordinator phone#: 805-931-0163 or email: jckincade@charter.net cut out for Submission: Intention to Submit to THE LETTER = THE MUSE, Using the Alphabet as a basis to create a composition - cut here and mail this portion of the Call for Artists - TPG ARTIST/MEMBER NAME __________________________________ PHONE NUMBER____________________ EMAIL ___________________________ TITLE: USING THE LETTER _____ SIZE ___________ MEDIA ______________________________ SALES PRICE______________________ Mail this form (or deliver it ) along with a check in the amount $20 to TPG c/o SLOMA 1010 Broad Street, San Luis Obispo, Ca 93401.

`Brushstrokes 2012 Call for Artists`	`"W" or "Truth be Told"` `September 2012: Brushstrokes, our annual juried exhibition with multiple cash prizes. The Call for Artist form will be available online as of March 1st with a submission deadline of May 1st by a completed form, submission fee, and CD entry. This year our exhibition is housed at the Steynberg Gallery on Monterey Street in SLO. Steven Biller, Editor-in-Chief of Palm Springs Life and Arts & Culture Magazine will judge all entries.`
Take in 9/1 - 9/2 10-3 (will need 2-3 volunteers each day) Hang 9/3 & 9/4 11-4 ( will need 2 volunteers each day ) Exhibition opens 9/5 Reception 9/7 - we supply wine and finger food ( will need hospitality volunteers and a budget for this ) Exhibition ends 9/29 Take out 9/30 10-3 (will need 2-3 volunteers one day only ) Title of Exhibition: "W" or "Truth be Told" or work based on literary inspiration. Title of work must reflect the inspiration. All media Paintings and Sculpture will be allowed: Paintings must be framed or be completed on gallery wrap canvas 1.5 inches minimum. All paintings must be wired for hanging. Maximum width of canvas shall not exceed 18 inches. Maximum height of canvas may not exceed 60 inches. Sculptures will be accepted in theme. Sculptures must be self standing. (Pedistals will be provided.) Sculptures may not exceed 18"wide, 18" deep, and 36" high. The Judge, Steven Biller, is a contributing writer for this month's Art Ltd. please get a copy. Entry fee is $40 for up to 3 works in any one media for TPG members. $60 for up to 3 works in any one media by non TPG members. The work will be judged by CD submission. Deadline for CD submission, with check and completed submission form is May 1st, 2012. Up to 3 images per artist may be submitted in any 1 media, inclusive of collaborative work. For example, if an artist is submitting sculpture and paintings, this is considered 2 separate submissions. Work may not be more than 2years old and may not have been completed in a workshop or class. Cash Awards: 1st place $650.00 2nd place $400.00 3rd place $250.00 3 Honorable Mentions @$100
Steven Biller is editor-in-chief of Palm Springs Life and editorial director for more than 20 other West Coast lifestyle and niche publications, including Pebble Beach: The Magazine. His writing on contemporary art appears regularly in art ltd. and other magazines and websites, and he contributes critical essays to exhibition books, including Alessandro Papetti: Blue (Silvana Editoriale; Milan, Italy; 2004) and Betty Gold: Retrospectiva (Casal Solleric, Palma de Majorca, Spain; 2005). He recently curated Shooting the Life Fantastic, an exhibition of photo-based art by Carlos Betancourt, Martin Denker, and David LaChapelle, at Heather James Fine Art. Steven is executive vice chair of the Palm Springs Art Museum Contemporary Art Council.