May 21, 2013 – The Art League

See below for calls to artists and fellowships with upcoming deadlines. You can click the banner above to view past opportunities posts. Good luck!

Street painting festival
Deadline: May 25, 2013. Announcing Battle of the Artists, a street painting festival being held on Battle Street in historic Old Town Manassas, VA. Artists are being sought to create art on the pavement using chalk pastels. There is no entry fee, and all art supplies are provided. $200 will be awarded to the “People’s Favorite” painting. Participating artists are also invited to exhibit and sell artwork during the festival. For details and to apply, click here.

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The second of three still lifes recognized with awards in the May All-Media Exhibit, the tall, colorful Cherry Blossoms by Paul Zapatka (below) is the third place award winner. The artist, Paul Zapatka, told us about his influences, his approach to still life, and using a tall canvas to “stop time.” Read about it in our Q&A, below.

Painting by Paul Zapatka — *Cherry Blossoms* by Paul Zapatka

What’s your goal with a still life, and with this one in particular?
Paul Zapatka: My goal with a still life is to allow the viewer to take the time and appreciate things (whether fruit, vases, glass objects, or in this case nature/flowers) in a special way. With Cherry Blossoms, as well as other flower still lifes in the past compositionally, I chose a tall or sometimes thin canvas to stop time (as the title of a short story book I read in college is titled) and to stand for the “joie de vivre” I find when painting nature. I would hope the viewer could feel this as well as the beauty of its warm light colors contrasting with the darker background color. Continue reading Q&A with Award Winner Paul Zapatka