Focal Point: Fine Art and Creative Photography

The MFA (Maryland Federation of Art) invites all artists residing in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico to enter its 5th annual Focal Point, an open-juried all-photography competition. Following exhibition guidelines, any original 2-D or 3-D work created in any form of photography, other than video, will be considered. Exhibiting concurrently is the juried work of the Chesapeake Woodturners. Works selected will be on exhibit at MFA’s Circle Gallery, 18 State Circle, Annapolis, Maryland from February 26 to March 28, 2015. The exhibition chair is John Coder.

Exhibition Dates: February 26 – March 28
Submissions Deadline: January 2
Maximum Size: 72 inches any direction
Juror: Diana Bolz, arts editor of Moment magazine, former arts editor Smithsonian magazine

Download printable prospectus (pdf)
Terms of Entry For Exhibitions

All work and entries must comply with MFA Exhibition Guidelines. Detailed Exhibition and Presentation Guidelines can be accessed HERE, and also during the online entry process.

Eligibility

Only residents of the United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Canada are eligible to enter.
Work

A maximum of 6 original works created within the past 3 years may be entered.
Works previously exhibited in a juried show at Circle Gallery are not eligible.
Works may not exceed 72 inches in width, height or depth, including the frame, unless otherwise specified for a particular exhibit.
All work must be signed by the artist and all photographs and hand-pulled prints must be numbered.
Entries and Submission Fees

Entries must be submitted online.
Entry fees are $35 (MFA members, $20) for one or two entries and $5 each for up to four additional entries. Entry fees are non-refundable. To enter online, you will need an MFA account that includes an email address and a password. There is no charge to create an MFA account Images must be in JPEG files less than 2MB with the recommended longest pixel dimension between 1600 and 2000 pixels (maximum). Images of accepted works may be used at the sole discretion of MFA for promotional purposes including but not limited to the invitation, catalog, web site or on a subsequent year’s prospectus. Image will include attribution whenever possible.he MFA (Maryland Federation of Art) invites all artists residing in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico to enter its 5th annual Focal Point, an open-juried all-photography competition. Following exhibition guidelines, any original 2-D or 3-D work created in any form of photography, other than video, will be considered. Exhibiting concurrently is the juried work of the Chesapeake Woodturners. Works selected will be on exhibit at MFA’s Circle Gallery, 18 State Circle, Annapolis, Maryland from February 26 to March 28, 2015. The exhibition chair is John Coder.

• Exhibition Dates: February 26 – March 28
• Submissions Deadline: January 2
• Maximum Size: 72 inches any direction
• Juror: Diana Bolz, arts editor of Moment magazine, former arts editorSmithsonian magazine
• Download printable prospectus (pdf)

Terms of Entry For Exhibitions

All work and entries must comply with MFA Exhibition Guidelines.  Detailed Exhibition and Presentation Guidelines can be accessed HERE, and also during the online entry process.

Eligibility

• Only residents of the United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Canada are eligible to enter.

Work

• A maximum of 6 original works created within the past 3 years may be entered.
• Works previously exhibited in a juried show at Circle Gallery are not eligible.
• Works may not exceed 72 inches in width, height or depth, including the frame, unless otherwise specified for a particular exhibit.
• All work must be signed by the artist and all photographs and hand-pulled prints must be numbered.

Entries and Submission Fees

• Entries must be submitted online.
• Entry fees are $35 (MFA members, $20) for one or two entries and $5 each for up to four additional entries. Entry fees are non-refundable.
• To enter online, you will need an MFA account that includes an email address and a password.  There is no charge to create an MFA account
• Images must be in JPEG files less than 2MB with the recommended longest pixel dimension between 1600 and 2000 pixels (maximum).
• Images of accepted works may be used at the sole discretion of MFA for promotional purposes including but not limited to the invitation, catalog, web site or on a subsequent year’s prospectus. Image will include attribution whenever possible.

  he MFA (Maryland Federation of Art) invites all artists residing in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico to enter its 5th annual Focal Point, an open-juried all-photography competition. Following exhibition guidelines, any original 2-D or 3-D work created in any form of photography, other than video, will be considered. Exhibiting concurrently is the juried work of the Chesapeake Woodturners. Works selected will be on exhibit at MFA’s Circle Gallery, 18 State Circle, Annapolis, Maryland from February 26 to March 28, 2015. The exhibition chair is John Coder.

  Exhibition Dates: February 26 – March 28
  Submissions Deadline: January 2
  Maximum Size: 72 inches any direction
  Juror: Diana Bolz, arts editor of Moment magazine, former arts editor Smithsonian magazine
  Download printable prospectus (pdf)
  Terms of Entry For Exhibitions
  All work and entries must comply with MFA Exhibition Guidelines. Detailed Exhibition and Presentation Guidelines can be accessed HERE, and also during the online entry process.

  Eligibility

  Only residents of the United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Canada are eligible to enter.
  Work

  A maximum of 6 original works created within the past 3 years may be entered.
  Works previously exhibited in a juried show at Circle Gallery are not eligible.
  Works may not exceed 72 inches in width, height or depth, including the frame, unless otherwise specified for a particular exhibit.
  All work must be signed by the artist and all photographs and hand-pulled prints must be numbered.
  Entries and Submission Fees

  Entries must be submitted online.
  Entry fees are $35 (MFA members, $20) for one or two entries and $5 each for up to four additional entries. Entry fees are non-refundable.
  To enter online, you will need an MFA account that includes an email address and a password. There is no charge to create an MFA account
  Images must be in JPEG files less than 2MB with the recommended longest pixel dimension between 1600 and 2000 pixels (maximum).
  Images of accepted works may be used at the sole discretion of MFA for promotional purposes including but not limited to the invitation, catalog, web site or on a subsequent year’s prospectus. Image will include attribution whenever possible.

MARYLAND’S PURPLE LINE SEEKS ARTISTS FOR ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS

The Maryland Transit Administration’s (MTA) General Engineering Consultant Team (GEC) seeks artists to create enhancements for the future Purple Line light rail project. The Purple Line, expected to be operational in 2020, will connect Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties in Maryland, USA.

Artists are being asked to submit applications by Friday, November 14, 2014 at 8PM EST to be considered for future opportunities along the Purple Line. This Call to Artists is open to all professional artists with working status in the U.S., preferably with public art experience.

Approximately 21 locations have been identified as Art-In-Transit opportunities, including fences, railings, ground planes, feature walls, retaining walls, bridges, tunnel portals, wayfinding pylons, and surfaces of station canopies and windscreens. Commissions could range from $5,000 to $500,000 for a total of $12 million.

The Procurement phase of artist selection is expected to begin in 2015, with a competitive interview or proposal process for each opportunity. Artists who are invited to submit proposals will be offered a stipend commensurate with the scope of the project and the proposal requirements.

Artists will be asked to work with the communities along the corridor to create artwork that highlights the cultural vitality of the region, and reflects the artistic, cultural and/or historical interests of the surrounding communities.

For more details about the Maryland Purple Line Art-In-Transit Call to Artists please visit:

Purple Line Art-In-Transit Page

To apply visit:

CaFE Purple Line Submission Page

 

Questions/Inquiries: email artintransit@purplelinemd.com

BALTIMORE SCREENWRITERS CELEBRATES 10^th ANNIVERSARY

ENTRY DEADLINE JANUARY 20, 2015 

Calling all screenwriters!  The Baltimore Film Office is now accepting entries for the 10^th annual Baltimore Screenwriters Competition.  Applicants can submit in the feature or shorts categories.  The top three entries in both categories win cash prizes, all access passes to the 2015 Maryland Film Festival, and passes to local movie theaters.  The deadline for submission is Tuesday, January 20, 2015 by 5pm.  An application and guidelines are available online at www.baltimorefilm.com.  The competition is designed to create awareness of screenplays as a literary art form and to encourage new screenwriters into the entertainment industry.  The Baltimore Screenwriters Competition is a project of the Baltimore Film Office at the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts, in conjunction with film programs at Johns Hopkins University and Morgan State University.  Funding is provided by Morgan State University.  Additional support is courtesy of the Maryland Film Festival, NEXTCAR and Visit Baltimore.

The Baltimore Screenwriters Competition is open to all screenwriters.  Submitted scripts receive critiques by local screenwriters and producers with final screenplays judged by film industry professionals.  The 2015 judges are longtime screenwriter and UCLA Professor of Screenwriting Lew Hunter (“Fallen Angel,” “Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood,” “Desperate Lives”), Emmy-winning writer Norman Steinberg (“Blazing Saddles,” “My Favorite Year”) and producer Nina Noble (“Treme,” “The Wire”).  Winners of the competition are announced during the Maryland Film Festival on Saturday, May 9, 2015. 

In the feature category, the first place winner receives $1,500, an all access pass to the 2015 Maryland Film Festival, a Weekend in Baltimore Package, a rental car for the weekend and passes to area movie theaters.  The second place winner receives $750, an all access pass to the festival and movie passes.  The third place winner receives $350, an all access pass to the festival and movie passes.  In the shorts category, winners will receive cash prizes.

For more information on the Baltimore Screenwriters Competition, call 410-752-8632 or visit www.baltimorefilm.com.

The Baltimore Film Office is a division of the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts.

NEW ARTISTS FEATURE APPLICATION CALL Deadline: November 20, 2014 Culturehall, a curated digital artist registry, invites artists working in all disciplines.

Deadline: November 20, 2014

Culturehall, a curated digital artist registry, invites artists working in all disciplines to participate in an open call for applications.

From the call, four artists will be selected for inclusion in the New Artists Feature – a quarterly publication that highlights each artist’s work through text and images. The winter issue publishes January 7, 2015 on the Culturehall homepage and as a newsletter to 10,000 arts professionals.

For more information please visit: http://culturehall.com/apply.html

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The community of artists presenting work on Culturehall consists primarily of MFAs, arts professionals, and teaching artists.

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Call for Entries: 2016 Gallery Exhibition Proposals at BlackRock Center for the Arts in Germantown, MD

DEADLINE: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2014
Entry Fee: $35

BlackRock Center for the Arts is currently accepting proposals for solo, themed and group exhibitions to be presented in 2016. Visual artists, independent curators, and coordinators of artist collectives and arts organizations who reside in Maryland, Washington, DC or Virginia are encouraged to submit Exhibition Proposals. BlackRock hosts monthly gallery exhibitions of contemporary art by emerging and established artist working in all media. Proposals will be reviewed by a panel three jurors: Jeffry Cudlin, Helen Frederick and Andrea Pollan. The Deadline for submission is Friday, December 19, 2014. Submit entries online: www.blackrockcenter.org/galleries/call-to-artists