Wednesday, October 28, 2009

OOPS Art Show ~ Thurston Art Gallery ~ October 25 thru November 29, 2009



OOPS Art Show for the Yopp's Meeting House Fundraiser
October 25 - November 28, 2009
Thurston Art Gallery
328 Peru Road oops
Sneads Ferry, NC 28460
910-327-1781
sherrythurston@charter.net

Thurston Art Gallery is a quaint building with some history itself... orininally an old church built in 1939.

15 Onslow County artists from the plein air painting group OOPS (Onslow Outdoor Painters Society) gathered to paint the historical Yopp's Meeting House est in 1813 as a fundraiser.

Several of those 15 artists attended the opening reception for the exhibit last Sunday, October 25th. Pictured LtoR: Pat Boni, Steve Lambert, Donna Tyree, Earl Tyree, Tom McKenny, Bernie Rosage Jr., Karen Crenshaw, Sherry Thurston (artist and owner of Thurston Art Gallery), Mitchell and Penny Morton. Not pictured: Kassiane Patselas, Dean Remington, Stephen Greer Sr., Patrick Raynor, and Patsy Lain.

Various photos from the opening reception...













Mitchell and Penny... GRINNING!

Sherry Thurston

Tom McKenny

Mitchell Morton

Bernie Rosage Jr.

Karen Crenshaw

Pat Boni

Donna and Earl Tyree

Kassiane Patselas

Steve Lambert

Josh
A special thanks to Sherry's son Josh, who did a GREAT job diplaying the paintings.


Great art...
Great cause...
we just NEED you!
Proceeds from the purchase of these paintings
will go to the Friends of the Yopp's Meeting House
for much needed repairs on the historic building.
Thank you in advance...



Click HERE for related links about this event...

Artist Opportunities

Artist Opportunities

The N.C. Arts Council is pleased to share the following opportunities for artists that have recently been submitted to us. Please contact the organization listed if you have any questions.The Arts Council does not endorse or recommend any specific opportunities, but provides this list for information only. We encourage artists to research each opportunity thoroughly before applying. Artist opportunities may be submitted to jennifer.huggins@ncdcr.gov.

North Carolina Arts Council
The N.C. Arts Council is accepting applications for the 2010–11 Artist Fellowship awards for visual arts, craft, film/video and choreography until Nov. 2. The fellowship award is $10,000.

Deadline: November 2
For more information: Visit www.ncarts.org/fellowships or contact Jeff Pettus at jeff.pettus@ncdcr.gov or (919) 807-6513 about visual arts, craft and film/video. Contact Andrea Lawson at andrea.lawson@ncdcr.gov or (919) 807-6511 about choreography.

General Arts Opportunities

DooR to DooR, UNC Hospitals
DooR to DooR, a healing arts program in UNC Hospitals, is looking for artists to perform for hospital patients, writers and storytellers to visit adult and child patient rooms and artists to teach in the psychiatric area for children and teens. Over the course of a year, nearly 200 professional artists share their art in public spaces and private rooms at UNC Hospitals through the DooR to DooR program.

Deadline: Ongoing
For more information: Contact Joy Javits at joy@doortodoornc.com and visit www.doortodoornc.com to learn more about the program


Performing Artists

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
The ASCAP Foundation is accepting applications for the Rudolf Nissim Prize, a $5,000 cash prize presented annually to an ASCAP concert composer for a work requiring a conductor that has not been performed professionally. A jury of conductors selects the winning score.

Deadline: November 16
For more information: www.ascap.com/about/support.html#nissim

Literary Artists

Lit Drift
Lit Drift, a blog, resource and community dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling in the 21st century, is now accepting submissions to be featured as a daily prompt and/or daily featured story. In both cases, Lit Drift is looking for a complete short story or poem to publish on their Web site at litdrift.com. The author would be credited along with a Web link.

Deadline: Ongoing
For more information: Visit www.litdrift.com/about or email contact@litdrift.com.


North Carolina Writers' Network
The North Carolina Writers' Network has a new program called "Writing the New South" offering its members a platform to record and share their experiences and interpretations of living in North Carolina as the state changes dramatically. Network members can upload their poems, stories, essays or other submissions.

Deadline: Ongoing
For more information: Visit www.ncwriters.org/features/writing-the-new-south to submit.


WCOM 103.5 FM, Carrboro
Carrboro Book Beat, a radio program for WCOM 103.5 FM in Carrboro, is looking for local (N.C.) authors to be guests on the air. Program hours are Mondays from 10–11 a.m.

Deadline: Ongoing
For more information: Contact Audrey Layden at carrbook@nc.rr.com; podcasts can be heard at www.carrborobookbeat.com.


Playwrights' Center, Minneapolis, MN
Playwrights' Center Jerome Fellowships are awarded annually, providing emerging American playwrights with funds and services to aid them in the development of their craft. Five $10,000 fellowships will be awarded in 2009–2010.

Deadline: December 11
For more information: www.pwcenter.org/fellows_jerome.php


Imagining Heaven
Submissions are now being accepted for the upcoming anthology Imagining Heaven. Personal reflections—profound or humorous, traditional or outside the box—on how people of diverse faiths, cultures, ages and life experiences imagine heaven may be in prose or poetry. Previously published work will be considered. All proceeds from the sale of this book will benefit Hospice.

Deadline: December 31
For more information: Visit www.imaginingheaven.com or contact Linda Matney at imaginingheaven@carolina.rr.com.


Visual Artists


McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte
McColl Center for Visual Art is seeking proposals from artists interested in exhibiting new or current work in six windows on 7th Street between North Church and North Tryon Streets in Charlotte, or two windows on 6th Street Hearst Tower. Windows are available for exhibition January–June 2010 or July 2010–January 2011. Two artists will be selected for a six-month period for each set of windows.

Deadline: November 2
For more information: mccollcenter.org/blog/view/9/mccoll-center-for-visual-art-6th-street-7th-street-windows

Smithtown Township Arts Council, St. James, N.Y.
The Smithtown Township Arts Council is now accepting entries for its Juried Fine Arts Exhibition to be held January 9–February 5, 2010, at the Mills Pond House Gallery. Cash prizes will be awarded. Entries must be submitted as 300-ppi jpeg files on CD only.

Deadline: November 6
For more information: www.stacarts.org/exhibits/show/30


City of Wylie, Tex.
The Public Arts Advisory Board of the City of Wylie, Tex., seeks to commission an original, exterior, site-specific, functionally, philosophically and artistically integrated space(s) for the New Wylie Municipal Complex. The project(s) are open to all professional artists age 18 and over located in the continental U.S.

Deadline: November 9
For more information: Contact Carole Ehrlich at carole.ehrlich@wylietexas.gov or (972) 442-8103 for eligibility and submission requirements.


Lake Norman Art League, Davidson
The 2009 Small Works Exhibit and Sale will take place Dec. 3–5 during Christmas in Davidson. Artists are invited to bring up to three works to hang. All media is welcome and all works must be for sale. Size restrictions and other limitations apply. Cash and prizes will be awarded for viewer's choice favorites, as voted on during Christmas in Davidson.Deadline: Artwork accepted November 13, 6:30–7:30 p.m. and November 14, 10:30 a.m.–noon.

For more information: www.lknart.org/Lake-Norman-Art-League-Exhibits.asp


University of North Carolina at Asheville
Drawing Discourse, the first annual exhibition in contemporary drawing hosted by UNC-Asheville, is open to all artists 18 years or older living in the U.S. and any two-dimensional media applicable to the practice of drawing, including but not limited to traditional drawing media.

Deadline: November 20
For more information: Visit www.unca.edu/art or contact Tamie Beldue at tbeldue@unca.edu.


The Salisbury Sculpture Show, Salisbury
The Salisbury Sculpture Show has issued a call for entries for its 2010 show. Exhibiting artists will receive a stipend, and three sculptures will be purchased for the City of Salisbury's new Fiber to the Home Customer Service Center. The exhibition will run April 1–Dec. 31, 2010.

Deadline: November 20
For more information: Visit www.salisburysculpture.com or contact Lynn Raker at info@salisburysculpture.com or (704) 638-5235.


Nathan D. Rosen Museum, Boca Raton, Fla.
The Nathan D. Rosen Museum Gallery invites artists to submit entries to the 2010 juried art show. Original works of two- or three-dimensional art will be juried and exhibited Feb. 28–March 26, 2010. Awards include best in show, craft art award and three awards of merit.

Deadline: November 30
For more information: Download an entry form (pdf) at www.levisjcc.org or contact Stephanie Owitz at stephanieowitz@bellsouth.net or (954) 575-5705.


Somerville Arts Council, Somerville, Mass.
The Somerville Arts Council invites sculptors, landscape designers, architects, welders, sound artists and artists who work with light to submit work for a 2010 sculpture exhibit scheduled in Union Square. The first installment will take place in January 2010 with four subsequent installments—one each month through May 2010.

Deadline: December 1
For more information: Visit www.somervilleartscouncil.org or contact Rachel Strutt at rachel@somervilleartscouncil.org.


University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.
The Art in State Buildings Program at the University of Florida is pleased to announce a public art opportunity at the new Veterinary Education and Clinical Research Center (VECRC). Specific artist criteria and guidelines apply.

Deadline: December 1
For more information: Visit www.arts.ufl.edu/asb or contact Oaklianna Brown at pubart@arts.ufl.edu or (352) 273-3045.


Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, Kans.
The Pastel National 2010 at The Wichita Center for the Arts is open to artists living and working in North America. Prizes totaling $7,500 will be awarded. Only traditional pastel-based media on paper or board will be accepted. The exhibition runs March 19–May 16, 2010.

Deadline: December 14
For more information: Visit www.wcfta.com or contact Amy Reep at areep@wcfta.com (316) 634-2787.


McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte
McColl Center for Visual Art is seeking proposals from visual or interdisciplinary artists, curators, architects and designers for exhibitions in 2010–2011 in one of its main galleries, Gallery 115.

Deadline: December 15
For more information: mccollcenter.org/artists-in-residence/artist-opportunities


Creative Divergents
Creative Divergents is now accepting submissions for its inaugural online competition and showcase. Anyone and everyone from around the world is welcome to participate. All media, styles and subjects are welcome. The winning submission(s) will receive a cash award and will be determined by creative vision, innovation, potential to engage an audience, presentation and overall impression.Deadline: December 16For more information: creativedivergents.com
Sumter County Gallery of Art, Sumter, S.C.The Sumter County Gallery of Art (SCGA) is now accepting exhibition proposals for its 2010 exhibition schedule. SCGA is an innovative non-profit art institution that features leading-edge exhibitions and public programs showcasing new perspectives in traditional and contemporary art that pushes boundaries in its treatment of materials and subject matter.

Deadline: December 30
For more information: www.sumtergallery.org/Prospectus.html


ARTWORKinternational, Inc., Sante Fe, N.M.
The newly announced Artist Business Career Development Grant totals $12,000, establishing it as one of the primary, international, monetary-support grants for visual artists. The grant is open to any visual artist worldwide, of any background, working in any media and at any stage in their career.

Deadline: December 31
For more information: www.artworkinternational.com/grant.php


Chowan University, Murfreesboro
Chowan University is seeking artwork in a variety of media for a national juried exhibition to be held March 1–April 1, 2010. The Department of Visual Art faculty will jury the exhibition.

Deadline: January 8
For more information: Visit chowan.edu/documents/general/ChowanJuried.pdf or contact Carolyn Phillips at phillc@chowan.edu.


Artsplosure, Raleigh
Artsplosure—The Raleigh Arts Festival invites artists to submit applications for its 31st annual juried fine art and fine craft market, part of the Artsplosure spring arts festival May 15–16, 2010, in downtown Raleigh. Artists selected to participate at Artsplosure will be eligible for $3,500 in prizes and have the opportunity to showcase and sell their work to an audience of up to 75,000.

Deadline: January 15
For more information: Visit www.artsplosure.org to download the Call for Entries, or email info@artsplosure.org.


Filmmakers

Strange Beauty Film Festival, Durham
The Strange Beauty Film Festival is an annual event showcasing short films (30 minutes or less), open to domestic and international filmmakers. Submissions accepted on DVD only. The 2010 festival will be held January 22–23.

Deadline: November 15
For more information: Visit www.strangebeauty.org or email info@strangebeauty.org.

CCCC call for entries...

Coastal Carolina Community College Fine Arts Department will be accepting submissions for their annual juried art show next week- Mon. through Wed. from 8am-6pm. The show opens on Nov. 11, 2009.

Andrea Van Engelenhoven
Instructor of Art
Coastal Carolina Community College
Division of Humanities
444 Western Boulevard
Jacksonville, NC 28546
(910) 938-6157

Call for Artists and Entries: North Ridge Country Club Art Gala

CALL FOR ENTRIES
NORTH RIDGE COUNTRY CLUB ART GALA 2010
JURIED ART COMPETITION AND SALE
SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 2010
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA

North Ridge Country Club wishes to promote art and area artists, while also developing increased art appreciation within its membership. The club also intends to develop a permanent art collection in its clubhouse for members to enjoy. In order to achieve this goal, North Ridge will sponsor a juried art competition, culminating in a special event to showcase the work of the selected artists.

Dr. Lynn Jones Ennis, Interim Director of North Carolina State’s Gregg Museum of Art and Design, will serve as juror and select 30 pieces for the show from submitted artwork. The creators of those pieces will be able to offer additional work for sale at the North Ridge Country Club Art Gala March 6. Club members and their guests will attend the party to view the work and possibly add pieces to their personal collections. In addition, there will be a Purchase Award piece selected for North Ridge to hang in the club’s permanent collection. The juror will choose first, second and third place award winners, who will receive recognition at the Gala and the opportunity to display their work for a designated number of weeks at North Ridge.

Specifications...

All work must be original.

Media accepted:
Oil
Acrylic
Watercolor
Pastel

Subjects preferred:
Landscape
Figurative
Still life
Architectural

Entry Requirements·
$10 entry fee per submission.·
Limit of five submissions maximum per artist.·

Please note that this is a juried show, so not all entries will be exhibited. Entry fees are non-refundable.Entry Method·

Digital photos of entries should be emailed to NRCCArtGala@aol.com

Each entry MUST include:
Artist’s name
Artist’s email address
Artist’s address and contact phone number
Title of artwork
Size of artwork
Medium
Price·

Entry fee checks, made out to North Ridge Country Club, should be mailed to:
George Wallace
1916 Hunting Ridge Rd.
Raleigh, NC 27615·

PLEASE NOTE: Email entries will not be considered complete nor submitted to the juror until the entry fees are received.

Juror
Dr. Lynn Jones Ennis is the Interim Director of North Carolina State University’s Gregg Museum of Art and Design, where she is also the Curator of the Collection. The museum has a collection of over 20,000 objects and mounts eight to ten exhibitions a year. In addition to her curatorial work at NCSU, Dr. Ennis helped to develop and teaches the Creativity in Management Class in the College of Management MBA program. In addition, she just completed her seven-year term on the North Carolina Humanities Council. She has juried numerous exhibitions and has served on public art selection committees. Dr. Ennis received her B.A. with a major in history from Meredith College, an M.A. in Liberal Studies from Duke University and a Ph.D. in American Studies from The Union Institute and University. She was the recipient of the James Renwick Pre-doctoral Fellowship in American Crafts from the Smithsonian National Art Museum and an Archie K. Davis Fellowship from the North Caroliniana Society.


More details...
NRCCArtGala@aol.com
Subject: Call for Entries, North Ridge Country Club Art Gala

Call to Artist ~ "The Turtles are Coming"

"The Turtles are Coming"
On behalf of the Topsail Turtle Hospital, the Surf City Art Guild is sponsoring a fund-raiser called "The Turtles are Coming". In the spirit of Chicago's famous cows and Hendersonville's bears, we will be asking artists to enter the competition and be a part of this worthwhile event. Please see the attachment for more information as well as an application form and picture of the turtle prototype.

Applications must be postmarked no later than January 15th, 2010.

Click HERE for application...

Thank you.
The Surf City Art Guild
surfcityartists1@gmail.com

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Opening Reception for OOPS Yopp House Paintings this Sunday at Thurston Art Gallery...

Click on image to enlarge...




Please come to the opening if you are in the Snead's Ferry, NC area this Sunday. Great art... Great cause... we just NEED you! Proceeds from the purchase of these paintings will go to the Friends of the Yopp's Meeting House for much needed repairs on the historic building. Thank you in advance...
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Please share this image/invitation with all your friends and patrons. See you all Sunday afternoon!

Surf City Paint Out in the Park CANCELLED.

The Surf City Art Guild just informed us that the Paint Out in the Park scheduled for October 24 - 25th in Surf City has been CANCELLED due lack of artists attending.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

OOPS did their part... please do YOURS!


OOPS members recently did a paint out at the historical Yopp's Meeting House in Snead's Ferry, NC. The OOPS artists have agreed to donate proceeds from their painting from the event to help the Friends of the Yopp House raise money for repairs needed on the historic structure.

The Daily News had a great article about the house and event here... Group lends hand — and art — to help preserve historical landmark.









OOPS members painting at the Yopp House... Doing their Part!



The interior showing damage needing repairs.

Artist/teacher/gallery owner, Sherry Thurston (pictured left) organized the event and will have the paintings displayed to sell in her gallery through Thanksgiving. This is where YOU come in and do YOUR part... join her and OOPS artists at the opening reception on Sunday, October 25th from 4-6 PM and BUY these works for a GREAT CAUSE!



Thurston Art Gallery

328 Peru Road
Sneads Ferry,NC 28460
910-327-1781
sherrythurston@charter.net



















LAST CHANCE ~ DEADLINE EXTENDED ~ Surf City Art Guild Plein Air Paint Out Comp.

The deadline to enter the Paint Out has been extended to October 19th. If you are interested, there is a document attached that you can mail in to register:

Thanks for your support!
The Surf City Art Guild

Details about paint out HERE...

Call to Artist ~ Portraits in Oil Workshop with Dan Helgemo... Nov. 7th

You are invited to "Portraits in Oil Workshop with Dan Helgemo" on Saturday, November 7 at 9:00am.

"This is a rare chance to study portrait painting from life with Dan Helgemo, one of the finest Realist-Impressionist artists in the field.

To register, call Jennifer Rankin at 252-972-1632 or register online at http://www.facebook.com/l/440a6;arts.imperialcentre.org

Event:
Portraits in Oil Workshop with Dan Helgemo
"The Boston School Tradition "

What:
Workshop

Start Time:
Saturday, November 7 at 9:00am

End Time: Sunday, November 8 at 5:00pm

Where: Imperial Centre Panting Studio, Rocky Mount, NC

Local Artist Needed for National Guard Event Oct 24th.

Local Artist Needed to help at National Guard event... contact Judy Howard below for details...


The NC National Guard Family Readiness Program presents:
Kids on Guard Day Drill
Saturday, October 24, 2009
9am – 4pm
Jacksonville National Guard Armory


This is a day long event for families that will include…
15 -25 kids will be (among other things) making cards for servicemen & women overseas

An artist is needed to help the kids along, hours can be worked out

Contact
Judy Howard
910/ 251-7195
or
email judy.m.howard@us.army.mil

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

"Barns" opening draws a crowd and generates a lot of excitement!


Connie Burke and Stephen Greer talking barns...

If you missed the opening reception for the "Barns" exhibit by local artists' Connie Burke and Stephen Greer Sr you definitely want to make plans to see their artwork on display at the Council until October 30th. The show has already generated a lot of excitement and is a visual testimony to the skill of these two local artists.

Here are some photos and a short video trailer from the opening reception last Sunday...












Council for the Arts
Bradford Baysden Gallery
826 New Bridge Street
Jacksonville, NC 28540