Designer Malena Grosz recently won a small grant from Toyota to put together a show of vector art to raise money for worldwildlife.org, conservation.org and directrelief.org.

The submission deadline for the show is January 30.

Details can be found at Art for the Earth, where you can also view and vote for artwork that has already been submitted.
 

"Mother Nature" by Ben Kwok from Alhambra, California

The Courier, a new "Mundane Sci-Fi ezine," is accepting artwork for upcoming issues. The mag will be published quarterly, with the first issue appearing in late February 2008.

Artwork may be sent to drake.dn@gmail.com. Pay rates vary.

CALLING ALL ARTISTS -- ARTIST'S CHOICE 2008

Focal Point Gallery is calling all artists to be part of the 25th Artist's Choice Art Exhibition. If you are an artist 18 years or older, bring your artwork to Focal Point Gallery starting February 16th. Space is limited, so please be early.

Deadline to get work to the gallery is March 2nd. 

There is a $15 hanging fee per piece. Gallery will only accept work ready to hang and reasonable in size. Gallery will take 30% if it sells, but work can be NFS. Gallery will not be responsible for shipping back work. All art has to be picked up by the artist at the end of the exhibition.

Show lasts from March 7th to March 30th with an opening reception for the artists on Friday, March 7th at 7:30 pm.

Call or stop by the gallery for further information:

Focal Point Gallery
321 City Island Ave.
Bronx, NY 10464
(718) 885-1403

The Kennedy Heights Arts Center is accepting entries for “heART of ART, an artistic expression of love.”

The interpretation of this theme can be broad, diverse and imaginative in scope. The exhibition will include art forms in a variety of different media, including but not limited to, sculpture, photography, paintings, pottery, glass and other forms of expression.

All work must be insured, ready for display, and must be available for purchase. KHAC takes a 30% commission from all exhibition sales. A non-refundable $35 application fee will be required from each artist accepted into the exhibition, to cover administration and installation costs.

Any early submission of work which is accepted into the exhibition will be eligible for consideration for use in the marketing and communication materials that will be developed for this exhibition. Deadline for early submission is January 25, 2008.

The final submission deadline for all work for this exhibition is February 8, 2008.

Visit www.kennedyarts.com/calltoartists.htm for complete details and to download an application.

Check out the NOVEMBER 2007 ISSUE of JUXTAPOZ MAGAZINE if you're interested in learning more about Shepard Fairey (the subject of previous posts here and here).

From the Juxtapoz website:
   When an already declared legend has a big year, we like to give a little notice, hence Shepard Fairey gracing the cover of the November issue of Juxtapoz. And guess what! We got an exclusive never-before-seen cover and 18 pages of Obey magic. Shepard covers everything from the current state of his artwork to the future at hand for Obey Giant.

I haven't had a chance to purchase my copy yet, but believe me, I plan to get one as soon as possible.

Although Juxtapoz does not have a listing in the 2008 AGDM, the magazine does accept what it calls "Reader Art" -- here are the submission guidelines as posted on the website:

Reader Art is published every Monday. Each week, we select 1-2 pieces from six different artists who submit their work to Reader Art and post it on our website.

Reader Art is simply a forum to show art created by our readers. Mainly, it serves to show the work of students and amateur or emerging artists.

We get a lot of submissions. We cannot publish all of them, and we cannot always personally respond to everyone who submits their work. You'll receive an automated confirmation email from us that we've received your submission. Your work will be seen by someone here at Juxtapoz... but because we have a large pool to choose from, we have to make decisions about who to publish and who to pass on for now. You will receive an email from us if/when we publish your work.

To submit art for the Reader Art section please note following, then send an email to reader_art@juxtapoz.com

Email vs Snailmail: We are now only accepting electronic submissions. Submissions mailed to our office may not be returned. Please use the internet.

Image Specs: Images should be 480px wide. Height may vary, but each image must be less than 100k. Please optimize your images for the web and save them as. jpg (or .gif for vector work), in RGB colors (not CMYK or Index), and at 72dpi. Non-digital artwork should be photographed clear, sharp and head on, and presented without background or white space unless the piece is an unusual shape.

Art Info: Please include the title of each piece as well as medium(s) used. The more information the better.

Your Info: Please include your name as you'd like to be credited, and your website URL...it can be your Myspace page or Livejournal or your fancy Flash-based portfolio, but there should be some way for people to contact you and/or see more of your work. If you do not include a URL, it will be assumed that we may publish your email address as contact info unless you explicitly state otherwise.

Publishing: Currently, we are publishing each artist only once.