Call to Artists from Johnson Creek Watershed Council.....and help promote!

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(A message from Travis Leipzig):

My name is Travis Leipzig, I'm an intern with the Johnson Creek Watershed Council. I'm spreading the word about an upcoming Johnson Creek Art Show taking place in the Vollum Lounge at Reed College from September 7th through October 11th, with an artist reception on September 7th from 6-8pm. I have attached a flyer for the event (above), hoping you might be able to help spread the word via your blog and facebook pages (if you have one)....however you might see fit to help us spread the word about this event, we would greatly appreciate it! If you have any questions about the event, feel free to contact Amy Lodholz our Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator at amy@jcwc.org or Marty Urman our Outreach Associate at marty@jcwc.org.

Travis Leipzig
Outreach Intern
Johnson Creek Watershed Council
(503) 999 - 4229

Editor's note: The forms can be found HERE. The deadline for digital submission is Friday, August 31.

Call to Artists, Johnson Creek Watershed Council Paint outs and exhibit

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Dear Alla Prima Painters,

Here is information about our upcoming Johnson Creek Watershed Council Paint Outs (July 7 and August 4) and a free Photo Workshop on July 21. I hope you will be able to participate. We have enjoyed meeting several of your artists and look forward to the opportunity again.

Our third annual Johnson Creek Art Show will be held at Reed College this year. It will be a lovely venue for the artists!

Please contact me if you have questions.

Thank you in advance for your support of Johnson Creek and the Council.

Sincerely,

Marty Urman

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Marty Urman

Outreach Associate

Johnson Creek Watershed Council

1900 SE Milport Rd, Suite B

Milwaukie, OR 97222

503-652-7477

marty@jcwc.org

Johnson Creek Watershed Artist Agreement

Johnson Creek Call to Artists

Johnson Creek Workshop Flyer

Call to Artists, Pacific Northwest Plein Air 2012

The deadline is June 15. (Don't wait until the last minute, you'll want to familiarize yourself with the CaFe' system in advance). Information HERE

RACC invites submissions

***PUBLIC ART OPPORTUNITY, Portland, Oregon***

Inviting submissions for the Visual Chronicle of Portland

The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) is seeking works on paper—prints, drawings, paintings on paper and photographs—to purchase for the Visual Chronicle of Portland collection. The budget for the purchase and framing of artwork is $10,000. Guidelines and applications (English & Español) at http://www.racc.org/public-art/racc-opportunity-call-visual-chronicle-portland

The deadline for submissions is Friday, May 11, 2012

For more information, contact:

Keith Lachowicz
Public Art Collections Manager
Regional Arts & Culture Council
411 NW Park Avenue, Suite 101
Portland, OR 97209
503-823-5404
klachowicz@racc.org
www.racc.org

Call to Artists: Pittock Mansion

Pittock Mansion will feature the juried art exhibition Let Us Speak Our Minds: Contemporary Art Views on Women’s Right to Vote in Oregon (July 14, 2012 through November 11, 2012).

2012 marks the 100th anniversary of women winning the right to vote in Oregon. This exhibit will interpret through paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, and multimedia art the meaning of women’s right to vote, and to reflect on the dedication and struggle required to achieve that right in 1912, what that right has meant to the state in the hundred years since.

The exhibit will feature 2- and 3-dimensional artworks, such as paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, and multimedia works. Pittock Mansion is currently seeking entries for Let Us Speak Our Minds: Contemporary Art Views on Women’s Right to Vote in Oregon.

Deadline 5/18/12

More information at Pittock Mansion website: HERE

Call to Artists: Great Nautical Art Show (Paint out dates, Submission Dates, Reception Dates)

Oregon Marine Museum, OMM, and Oregon Society of Artists, OSA, announce their "Great Nautical Art Show" for the month of May. This is the first of its kind. The TWO locations for this show will be aboard the Portland Steamship (currently docked in the Willamette River near SW Naito and SW Pine St. Portland, Oregon) and at the OSA Gallery at 2185 SW Park Place,  Portland, Oregon.

This will be an open show. Anyone can submit art to this show.  Paintings will be accepted at OSA on the morning of May 5, 10 am to noon. Each artist may submit up to 3 works of art. OMM will select paintings for display aboard the Portland Steamship and OSA will select paintings for display at OSA. There will be two receptions for this joint show. The first reception will be Sunday, May 6 from 1-4pm aboard the Portland Steamship. The second reception will be Sunday, May 13, 1-4pm at OSA, 2185 SW Park Place. The public is invited to both receptions as we celebrate the nautical-themed works of art and honor the artists that created them.

In preparation for this show, OSA and OMM are sponsoring three paintouts at the waterfront and aboard the Portland Steamship. Bring your paints and come to the waterfront to paint Portland's beautiful bridges, the Portland Steamship, or any other waterfront scene. The dates for the paintouts are Thursday, March 29, Wednesday, April 11, and Saturday, April 28. You can paint anytime and the Portland Steamship will be open from 11am to 4pm if you would like to paint from aboard the ship. In case of rain you can paint inside the steamship.

So, put these dates on your calender, and come join me onboard the Portland Steamship.

Brooks Hickerson

Call for Artists in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana

The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC), on behalf of Industry & Art (sponsored by the Working Waterfront Coalition of Portland) invites artists currently living in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana to submit up to three (3) digital images of existing original artwork for the 2nd Annual Industry & Art juried exhibition and sale to be held at Vigor Industrial on Swan Island, 5555 N Channel Avenue, in Portland, Oregon. The goal for this exhibition is to celebrate the beauty, skill, diversity and professionalism of industrial workers through artists’ perspectives, and promote an awareness of our region’s thriving working waterfronts.

The event is also a fundraiser to support industrial job training programs and habitat restoration. The first annual Industry & Art exhibition was held September 22-25, 2011. Over 40 artworks by regional artists were featured (see list of artists and awardees below) and over $40K in artwork was sold, with $25K raised for education and the environment. Winning artists received cash awards of $3,000, $2,000 and $1,000 respectively for first, second and third place.

Applications must be submitted using the CaFÉ website (www.callforentry.com). Deadline: Friday, June 1, 2012, 11:59PM Mountain Daylight Time.

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Peggy Kendellen
Public Art Manager
Regional Arts & Culture Council
411 NW Park Avenue, Suite 101
Portland, OR 97209
503.823.4196
pkendellen@racc.org 
www.racc.org

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Editor's note: I went to this show last year and it was impressive! If you like to paint "Industry" this is a prime opportunity! Here is a link to information about last year's competition and exhibit: Industry & Art

Call to Artists (list)

Call for 6th Annual Emerald Spring Juried Show 2012

6th Annual Emerald Spring Juried Show 2012 in Springfield, Oregon. Over $6000 in prizes, paintings only, no photos, no collages. $35 entry fee for 1 or 2 images, $10 for each additional. 35% commission on sales. Show dates: May 1-June 1, 2012.

For Prospectus: SASE to Attn: Emerald Spring Exhibition 2012, Emerald Art Center, 500 Main St, Springfield, OR 97477, or see website:

http://www.emeraldartcenter.org/EmeraldSpringExhibition.html

Portland Open Studios 2012 

Portland Open Studios is a juried studio tour of 100 artists in the Portland metro area. Educate, and expand your audience by demonstrating your creative methods, materials, inspiration and enjoyment. The annual Portland Open Studios tour is a unique opportunity for you to open your studio to the public. As a member, you will meet other artists, have access to quality publicity and dialogue, and sell your work. Open to all visual media except film. Open to residents of Portland, Tigard, Beaverton, Aloha, Milwaukie, Oak Grove, Gladstone, Happy Valley, Lake Oswego, West Linn and Tualatin.

https://www.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=902

Call to artists for gallery membership for Hillsboro Gallery

Call to artists for gallery membership at Sequoia Gallery + Studios in Hillsboro. Please visit the website for information about Sequoia at website below or call 503-693-0401. Applications are available at the gallery, or by email from jeromelk@me.com. 

http://www.sequoiagallerystudios.org/

Call for Artists: August 2012 Juried Group Show at Multnomah Arts Center Gallery

Multnomah Arts Center invites experienced and emerging artists living in Oregon or Washington (in the vicinity of Portland) to submit artwork for a juried group show, “Broadsides,” to be shown in the Center Gallery August 3 – September 5, 2012. The jurors seek individual or collaborative work in any media, inspired by the format and spirit of the broadside which combines literary and visual art.

Please submit artists’ statements, resumes, 3 jpgs of existing work or 3 jpgs of artwork by participating artists with a collaborative proposal. Include dimensions, materials used and any other helpful descriptive information. If necessary, a statement of text permission must accompany the submission.

Email to: jaye.campbell@portlandoregon.gov. Mail to with SASE: MAC, 7688 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, OR 97219. For more information about MAC and the Center Gallery please go to website below or call 503-823-2787.

http://www.multnomahartscenter.org/2012/01/14/calltoartists/

Call for Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts: Open Show Exhibit Juried and non juried

Juried: http://www.lakewood-center.org/pages/news-item?r=C4Q0VSLLY8

Nonjuried: The 49th Annual Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts is pleased to announce the Visual Arts Open Show, open to emerging and professional artists without a jury process.This is one of the largest shows of its kind in the Pacific Northwest. The show displays work from emerging and professional artists. Everyone is welcomewithout a jury process. Registration is one day only: June 17, 2012, 1-4 PM.

Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts will be held June 22, 23, and 24, 2012.

http://www.lakewood-center.org/pages/Festival-open-show-call-for-entry-2012