Artist Opportunities: January 7, 2014

This week's banner image is of an emulsion lift by Art League photography instructor Donna Jones.
This week’s banner image is of an emulsion lift by Art League photography instructor Donna Jones.

See below for deadlines, calls for artists, residencies, and more. You can click here for past opportunities posts. Good luck!

Baltimore-area artists
Deadline: January 15. The Baker Artist Awards are managed by the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance. To nominate yourself for the 2014 Baker Artist Awards, you must be at least 21 years old and have been a legal resident of the Baltimore region since October 1. More about the award →

Figurative abstraction
Deadline: January 25. “Passages: An Exhibition of Figurative Abstraction” at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke will run February 10 to March 6. Artists are invited to submit work in two-dimensional, three-dimensional, installation or digital media (including video based media). More about the exhibit →

TFAC Visiting Artist Program
Deadline: January 31. Artists can apply for residencies at the Torpedo Factory in summer 2014. The juror is Zoma Wallace, the Art Bank Coordinator at the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. More about the program →

Print and drawing competition
Deadline: January 31. Drawings and prints (not photography) in any medium are eligible with no limitations as to color, surface or materials. The juror is Ann Shafer, Associate Curator of Prints, Drawings & Photographs at the Baltimore Museum of Art.  More about the competition →

Photography competition
Deadline: January 31. ArtSpace Herndon invites photographers from DC, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia to participate in their 2014 Fine Art Photography Competition. The competition is open to fine art photographers aged 18 or older working in any medium (digital or analog, color or monochrome), and using any printing technique. There is no required theme for entries. More about the competition →

Join Our Community Canvas

60 Years of ArtWe’re kicking off our 60th Anniversary year on January 9 during the opening reception for “Abstract Expressionism Revisited” – the first exhibit in our 60th Anniversary exhibition series. The works selected for this exhibit will honor the artwork created during the great 1950s Abstract Expressionist movement, the decade when The Art League was established.

 The beginnings of a giant community canvas will be unveiled during the evening, and we need your help to complete the installation!

Art League instructor Scott Hutchison conceived the idea for “Our Community Canvas” – a growing installation of 600 black and white, large puzzle pieces that will come together on the back wall of The Art League Gallery throughout the month of January. Everyone is welcome to come by the Gallery on the ninth or any day in January to contribute to the project by designing a piece of the canvas. We invite everyone to share their contribution on Instagram with the hashtag #TALCommunityCanvas.

Some of the completed puzzle pieces.
Some of the completed puzzle pieces.