Call to Artists Fort Worth Firehouse Art Gallery

Artist Submission Form Firehouse Art Gallery 4147 Meadowbrook DrFort Worth, TX 76103  www.firehousegalleryfw.com

  The Firehouse Art Gallery is a small gallery in Meadowbrook’s historical east side of Fort Worth. Since 2003, The Firehouse has and continues to support local artists. The gallery welcomes submissions from new and experienced artists.Currently seeking artists to show at the gallery for Jul, Oct, Nov 2011 and 2012. ARTIST INFORMATION Name._________________________________________________ Phone email website______________________________________         Date___________________________________________________ 

Do not submit original artwork. Please provide between 10 and 20 images of your artwork in digital format, or photos. • Digital images are preferred, and may be either emailed or provided on CD.Files must be in jpeg format with a resolution of greater than 300 dpi, and the name of the file must match the artwork. • Photos must be at least 5 x 7 inches. • Images will only be returned if you provide a self-addressed stamped (not metered) envelope. You may also arrange to pick up your material from the gallery directly.• Resume, C.V. or bio and any relevant press material. artist’s statement. 

The Firehouse Gallery reserves the right to dispose of unclaimed and unsolicited materials, and will not accept responsibility for incorrect addressing or postage of any material.After reviewing submission form and accompanying images, gallery may request a studio visit or the provision of original artwork before making its determination.  

Send Submission to Gallery director Keith Thomson

firehousegalleryfw@sbcglobal.net

The Fort Worth Community Arts Center announces an open call for entries for the

2011 FWCAC 9 x 12 Works on Paper Show.

Artworks may be any size, but they MUST fit in a 9” x 12” envelope to be mailed, although they may be folded, 3D or multi-part.  More than one work may be mailed in each envelope.  Acceptable mediums include unmatted, unframed photography, drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, mixed media, cast or folded paperworks or digital prints.  All artwork sent should be original - no reproductions.  Art not on/of paper will not be displayed (although other materials may be attached to the paper).  No age or geographical restrictions.  All work will be shown.

Mark artwork ON THE BACK with the artist/s’ name, address/email, title of work, date of work and medium if it is to be returned or sold.  There is no other entry form - your artwork has all the information needed.  CV/Bio/Artist Statement can be sent and will be placed in a binder in alphabetical order.

November 15: Postmark Deadline
December 9: Reception, 6 - 9PM
December 9 - 29: Exhibition
January 31: Checks & unsold works mailed

Entry fee is $5US/piece; 5 entries per artist.  Postmark deadline is November 15, 2011.  All artwork will be for sale for $100US and the artist receives 80%.  Unsold works sent with an appropriate size self-addressed STAMPED envelope (SASE) will be returned.  Envelopes with metering or insufficient postage will not be returned.    Name/s on envelope must match name/s on artwork.   Unsold artworks and checks will be mailed to artists by January 31st, 2012.

Send entries and entry fee by check or Money Order to:
9 x 12
Fort Worth Community Arts Center
1300 Gendy
Fort Worth, TX 76107
Artwork MUST be mailed - no drop-offs.

More information is available at galllerymanager@fwcac.org or look at the most recent show online at http://www.fwcac.com/?exhibition_detail/1521

Call for Artists Beer Bottle Label Contest Fort Worth Texas

In anticipation of our inaugural Visionary Awards, to be awarded to three outstanding Fort Worth artists in various disciplines, Rahr & Sons Brewing Company is crafting a special beer for us, the Visionary Brew. But there's a little problem. We don't have a label. To remedy the situation, we're calling on all 817 artists to submit original pieces of previously unpublished artwork suitable for public consumption (no porn, no violence) to appear on every bottle of Visionary Brew.

Artists, keep in mind that Rahr's logo and the Visionary Awards' logo will also appear on the label and will be added by Rahr during the final stages of production –– you do not need to incorporate the logos into your design. You may enter as many original previously unpublished pieces as desired. There's no entry fee, and you can e-mail a PDF of your original previously unpublished artwork to Weekly Associate Editor Anthony Mariani at anthony.mariani@fwweekly.com This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or deliver by hand to the Weekly offices at 3311 Hamilton Ave., 76107. (All original materials will be cared for and eventually safely returned.) Any two-dimensional medium is acceptable, and, artists, understand that your entry will be reduced to the size of a beer-bottle label. Don't paint a mural on the side of our office building and expect us to be amused.

Deadline for submissions is midnight, Friday, March 4, 2011. Five finalists will be chosen by a committee of local curators, gallery owners, professional artists, and critics. A popular vote at the Visionary Awards announcement party at Artspace 111 during the week of Spring Gallery Night will determine the winner, who also will be invited to participate in the brewing process. A Readers' Choice winner also will be selected, via online voting. The Visionary Brew and winning label will be unveiled at a party during the week of Fall Gallery Night. Details to come. Questions? Contact Mariani at anthony.mariani@fwweekly.com This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 817-321-9717.


Disclaimer: Your entry into the contest constitutes a grant from you to Fort Worth Weekly for a perpetual non-exclusive license authorizing your design to be displayed by Fort Worth Weekly and Rahr & Sons Brewing Company, to be used on www.fwweekly.com and www.rahrbrewing.com, and to be used in advertisements and other promotional material by Fort Worth Weekly and Rahr & Sons Brewing Company. All entries must be free of claims and rights of third parties. Fort Worth Weekly and Rahr & Sons Brewing Company reserve the right to make minor modifications to art, text, and context. Entrants retain all other rights to future artwork use except as specified. The winning entrant may sell his or her work but must inform the buyer that Fort Worth Weekly and Rahr & Sons Brewing Company retain the rights enumerated above. Current Weekly contributors are excluded from participation.