Anything Goes-Everything Shows Mail Art Exhibition Artists are invited to submit non-returnable artwork for Anything Goes, Everything Shows. Our mail art show title says it all as All submissions will be exhibited in the Courtyard Gallery, from September 25-Nov1st 2010. . Artists are encouraged to demonstrate or explore imagery of of any kind including: contemporary arts, idols, sovereigns, icons, anti-war themes, anti-government themes, etc.

Format: any size, if you can stamp it and get it through the Post Office, it will show. Technique: All media will be accepted including mixed media, Collage, Montage,Sculpture Digital art, Painting, Printmaking, and Photography. Collage and/or the use of imagery are encouraged. Don't be afraid to experiment with 3 dimensional art, we have exhibited painted shoes, records, fish, sticks, and even hog jowls and coal, remember; anything goes, everything shows!

Deadline: 20 September 2010

Send to: Carlos Steward/Cynthia Potter The Courtyard Gallery and Agency P.O. Box 9907 Asheville, NC 28815 United States of America Questions can be sent to purplecoca@aol.com [www.ashevillecourtyard.com]

Argos Gallery, is inviting to the first edition of “Global Faces of Contemporary Art” which seeks to contribute to the art world, facilitating the dispersion of global art discourses, providing a bibliographic source for future generations, promoting the quality and consistency of artistic production and strengthening the ties between all kinds of professionals involved with art and culture around the world.

    We are calling upon contemporary artists of all nationalities, without exception of categories or mediums, to participate in our search for the new names of contemporary avant-garde art, of both current and future generations.

    The rules, terms and conditions and application form, will be available online starting June 25, 2010 on the gallery’s website: www.argosgallery.com and will be closed on October 1, 2010. Starting October 25, 2010 the jury will be notifying the selected artists individually.

    The selected artists will be exhibited in our online gallery, receive a one year tutoring by our advisers, will have international publicity and will be part of our biannual art catalog that will be distributed among the major galleries and museums around the world.

    The jury will select from digital applications, there are no limitations, but some essential aspects to consider are:     - Work must be original     - Presentation care     - Consistency and coherence in the working process     - Quality of Representation: The photographs and / or work templates must have a resolution of 300 dpi     - Details annexes will be valued

    Registration fee: 30 us$

Artists are invited to submit non-returnable artwork that responds to the theme of POWER. All submissions will be exhibited in the The Myth of Power art Exhibition from October 16 – November 12, 2010 at 1310 Gallery, Sailboat Bend Artist Lofts, Ft Lauderdale, Florida/USA. Names of all participants and images of exceptional artworks will be featured in a catalogue. Prospective artists may explore and interpret individual conceptions of “power,” whether used for harm or for good; in regards to social doctrine, hierarchy, gender or racial inequity, or other forces of power, influence, or domination. Artists are encouraged to demonstrate or explore imagery of physical strength, heroism, idols, sovereigns, icons, etc.

Format: any size between Postcards, size A4 and up to A3. Technique: All media will be accepted including mixed media, Collage, Montage, Digital art, Painting, Printmaking, and Photography. Collage and/or the use of imagery are encouraged.
Documentation: All worked will be posted online on my blog as they are received at [lisarockford.com]

Deadline: 15 September 2010

Send to: Lisa Rockford
1310 SW 2nd Ct., Apt 301
Ft Lauderdale, FL 33312
United States of America
Questions can be sent to nunsopink@yahoo.com

The Project

Theme : Justice, Freedom -

Postcards should bear the mention : « Florence is onschuldig » (Florence is innocent)

Our Goal : To raise awareness and support for Florence Cassez in the region of Wervik, and around the world. To engage participants in a reflexion over the importance of freedom and the need of an honest justice.

Size : Postcard, maximum size 10,5 x 21 cm or US half letter.

Technic : Free : Drawing, collage, calligraphy, stamp, painting, etc, etc

Participation : Open to all.

Deadline : December 31 2010

Rules : No Jury, No price, No return

Exhibition :

• Postcards will be showed on this website

!!! We will publish only your name and country of residence, unless you allow us to give more informations (street, city).

-Postcards will be showed at the window of the Florence Cassez Steuncomitee

• An exhibition will take place in Februari 2011 in Wervik, Belgium, at the Sint-Janskapel, Steenakker 30, 8940 Wervik .
• Postcards will later be showed at various other events in support of Florence Cassez.

Adress :

Florence Cassez Steuncomitee – Wervik

Magdalenastraat 67

8940 Wervik

Belgium

http://www.mailartflo.agsahosting.com/

ARTErra- Artistic Rural Residence

ARTErra is a private structure of incentive for artistic creation in a quiet and green small village. In a laboratory logic, the artists finds at ARTerra a house with a series of comforts and a yard of creation, with several spaces for creation and development of an artistic work. This structure is placed in Lobão da Beira, a village in PORTUGAL, near Tondela, district of Viseu. We are now receiving applications from artists or projects in the following areas: -Music -Performance/Dance/Theater -Visual and Fine Arts -Writing -Sculpture -Crafts… Please visit our blog at [arterra-residencias.blogspot.com] contact us arterra.geral@gmail.com

We offer two distinct spaces: the house where the residents can do the meals, rest, meet each others..., and the "creation yard", with different work places, ateliers, studio, blackbox, documentation center and peaceful gardens. Public presentations can be provided thanks to a partnership with City Hall.

The application must contain the following elements:

• Curriculum Vitae;
• Portfolio, videos, photos , musics...;
• Description of the project to be undertaken at ARTERRA, including the project's objectives, needs and expectations of residence ,work methodologies,and all the details necessary to understand the proposal;
• Ideal dates and time for the residence;
• Complementary information (needs for meals, number of persons involved, technical requirements, work characteristics and other additional information relevant to the work process). Please contact us if you are looking for a place to develop your artistic project. We are committed to do our best to provide a good work for our guests.

DREAM, WISH, HOPE

Please send art (post card sizes) that represents your dreams (real or imagined), wishes, and/or hopes. Use any medium you'd like.

Please mail art to:

Everyday Dreamer P.O. Box 4193 Falls Church, VA 22044

Thank you and I look forward to seeing your art.

THEME : "REGARDS". Date limite : 25 mai 2011. Format et techniques libres. Pas de jury, pas de retours. Expositions en 2011 et plus tard. Un blog sera bientôt consacré au projet.

Envoyer à : Sylvie Neveu, route de Molières, F-46170 Castelnau-Montratier, FRANCE.

THEME : "LOOKS". Deadline : May 25th, 2011. Free technique and size. No fees. No jury. No return. Exhibitions in 2011 and later. A blog will soon be conceived for the project. All works must be sent by post.

Send to : Sylvie Neveu, route de Molières, F-46170 Castelnau-Montratier. FRANCE.

TEMA: "SGUARDI" Data limite:25 maggio 2011 Formato e tecniche libere.Senza giuria,senza rinvio. Mostre per 2011 e più tardi. Un blog sarà prossimamente dedicato al progetto.

Spedire a: Sylvie Neveu, route de Molières, F-46170 Castelnau-Montratier, FRANCE.

Hi My name is edvard derkert, I run a gallery called Gallery KG52 ( [kg52.se] ) in Stockholm. We are going to have a mailart exhibition called spectacular sights – postcard of places yet to be seen. [mailart.se] Our gallery is quite big and postcards are quite small so we need lots of participants so I would be very happy if you would like to particpate and/or spread the word about this exhibition!

edvard derkert edvard@dad.a.se

What is your favorite quote from a movie? Share it with the rest of us and illustrate it :) If you can't decide on an actual quote, you can also share a particular scene or even make an 'alternative' poster for your favorite movie. You can also add a short explanation about why this particular quote/scene/movie is important to you.

Deadline: May 31st Size and technique free, no fee, no jury, no returns. Works will be documented on the blog and exhibited in a venue in Sarajevo in July, during the Sarajevo Film Festival when the entire town lives for the movies. If you provide your e-mail address, we will e-mail you the photos from the exhibition. Mail-art is hardly known in Bosnia, so please contributel and help us make a big mail-art show :)

Mail your works to:

Nataša Stanišić Asima Ferhatovića 1 71000 Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina

[memorablemovie.blogspot.com]

“A TOWN IN THE HORIZON”

International Mail Art Call

INTERVENTION ON THE MAP OF CURA MALAL

Corral de Piedra invites all artists to participate in the Second International Mail Art Call.

All invitations must be printed in legal size paper (21,6 x 35,6 cm), all techniques accepted, without modifying its original size, then shipped by mail.

Send a message to ask the map to info@corraldepiedra.com.ar or you can download in www.corraldepiedra.com.ar/a_town

All the maps received will be featured in Corral de Piedra's website: [www.corraldepiedra.com.ar]

An exhibition will take place at La Tranca de Cura Malal, from August 6 to September 17*, 2010.

DEADLINE: only till July 3, 2010.

SEND TO: “Corral de Piedra” c/o Mercedes Resch El Aromo y El Fresno, s/n Cura Malal (7548) Bs.As., Argentina

INFORMATION: info@corraldepiedra.com.ar

ORGANIZERS: Corral de Piedra and Vortice Argentina.

• The first chart of 48 blocks was drawn on September 17, 1905. All lands were donated by Eduardo Casey.