Call For Entries

Juried Show to accompany The Sixth International Encaustic Conference Juror: Francine D'Olimpio Location: Kobalt Gallery, Provincetown, MA

Deadline: April 1st, 2012

CONFLUENCE: Water and Light

For our annual juried show we invite registered conferees to consider the watery vastness into which Provincetown is set: the calm Massachusetts Bay in the crook of the arm of the Cape, and the roiling Atlantic that spirals out beyond it. For a hundred years artists have come to Provincetown to paint the ocean that enfolds it, at high tide and low, and to capture the exquisite light that hovers just below the horizon, illuminates the shore and bathes the dunes.

We challenge you to draw inspiration from this embrace of water and light—realistically, abstractly or somewhere in between. The luminosity and fluidity of encaustic would seem especially suited to the challenge. If you would prefer, you may draw your inspiration from a different ocean with its own special light, or from the sense of “ocean” or from a sense memory of water itself: traveling through it or over it, perhaps even flying above it.

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There is no fee, but entrants must be registered for The Conference by the deadline.

Submission Image Specifications:

The image specifications are: RGB,
8 bit, 768k on the longest side and
72dpi.

Re-name each jpeg to contain the
image #, your last name, one word
of the ti tle [1.smith.Dreamer.jpg].
Detail images should be marked:
[1.smith.Dreamer.Detail.jpg].

E-mail Images and paperwork to:
encaustic2012@gmail.com

Final work limitations are not to exceed 24’’ x 24’’ Accepted artists will assume cost of shipping and insurance to and from the exhibition.

ANNOUNCING UPCOMING SHOW

MERGE: Contemporary Encaustic Print Invitational
David A. Clark, Lisa Pressman, Paula Roland, Marybeth Rothman & Toby Sisson
May 24 – June 8th.

Opening Reception on May 31st 4 – 6pm
At the Castle Hill Gallery

Call for Art Submission - 2012 The Wax Book: Altered, Repurposed, Remade

The purpose of the exhibit is to give expression to the concept of book, as a container, of ideas, thoughts, culture and narratives—especially now, as we are living in the ever growing digital culture and the reliance on communication devices such as the iPad, Kindle and iPhones.

This exhibit will take place from Thursday May 31st to Friday June 8, 2012, at Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill in Truro, Massachusetts is part of the Sixth International Encaustic Conference on Cape Cod.  The exhibit will bring focus on the history of the book as the original container of ideas and information, highlighting the tactile nature of books, their text, script, pages, paper, spine, cover, and the dimensional qualities of the book.

These artworks could be open or closed books, two-dimensional and/or three-dimensional constructs, with a sculptural or assemblage quality, highlighting text or not.  Mediums to be included will be anything using encaustic materials and book parts with the optional inclusion of mixed media and found objects.  The interpretation will be left to the artist.

The parameters of the artwork are to be an approximate size of 9 x 11 inches plus depth; works may be constructed to hang on the wall and/or rest on a pedestal or shelf.

FEE: There is no fee to enter

Submission Image Specifications:

You must be registered for The Conference by the entry deadline.

You may send via E-Mail: 3-5 Images, 300 dpi, jpeg, maximum 1.8 MB each Or via snail mail:  3-5 images, 300 dpi, jpeg, maximum 1.8 MB each
Mail CD to: Supria Karmakar, 501 St. Andrew Street East, Fergus, ON. N1M 1R7, Canada.  Marked Attention:  ”The Wax Book, Altered, Repurposed, Remade”;  your CD will not be returned An image list with title, medium, size (height, width, & depth) Please label your images in the following manner:  number- title – name of artist. i.e.:  01-waxbook-SammyD.jpg A brief paragraph of your background and experience related to art (short bio.) Include contact info: Name, mailing address, email, website, and phone number(s) Questions? Contact Supria Karmakar at info@supriasdesigns.com