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Calls for Entry

As a service to our members, we list information on each “call for entry” as we receive it. SDFC encourages all members to exhibit calligraphic work whenever the opportunity arises, especially since many are open to all levels of expertise. It is our hope that active participation in community events by our members will increasingly educate the general public to recognize and appreciate calligraphy as an art form.

Note: Check thoroughly before entering anything. Listings here are a courtesy to members, not an endorsement of any organization.

Click here to see where SDFC members are exhibiting their art.

(NOTE: Most recent additions are in blue.)

2010 SDFC Exhibit: Click for Info!

Escondido Arts Partnership announces Fiber and Book Art (West Coast) call for entries. Click here for details.

San Diego Opportunity: Click here http://www.mcasd.org/about/proposals.php for the guidelines for submitting work to Here not There and other exhibits at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.


Words for Peace: click for information about this art installation, or contact Mike Warner: mwarner51@yahoo.com


2010 Graceful Envelope Contest! This year's theme is A Stream of Letters.

Design an envelope that celebrates letters or lakes, books or brooks, alphabets or aqua, words or water conservation, the mailstream or a mountain spring -- or any idea that flows from our theme (A Stream of Letters) and your creativity. Use calligraphy to address it artistically to:

    The Graceful Envelope Contest
    Washington Calligraphers Guild
    P.O. Box 3688
    Merrifield, VA 22116

Envelopes must be postmarked by Friday, April 30, 2010. There is no entry fee (and no prizes other than nice certificates) ! The complete Call for Entries is posted on the Washington Calligraphers Guild website at www.calligraphersguild.org .


Call for artists for Well Versed

Art that incorporates letters, words or text; makes a literary reference or tells a visual story.

JUROR

James Scarborough received his MA in Art History from the Courtauld Institute of Art at the University of London. He has worked at numerous museums and galleries and has published extensively on art, theatre, and cinema for the domestic and international art press.

CALENDAR

Exhibition Runs June 19, 2010 – July 18, 2010

Entries must be received by Sunday May 9, 2010, by midnigh

Notification: Friday, May 28, 2010

Art Delivery: Monday, June 14  5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. & Tuesday, June 15  9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. * Special days/times for artist installations.

Artists’ Reception: Saturday, June 26  7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Art Pick-Up: Sunday, July 18  5:00 p.m.. – 8:00 p.m.& Monday, July 19  9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m

ELIGIBILITY

This exhibition is open to all artists. All media except video and film accepted. Please do not enter work previously shown at 2cc.

Questions? Please e-mail 2ndcitycouncil@earthlink.net or call (562) 901-0997.

AWARDS

First: $500      Second: $300      Third:  $200

Eye-Opener: $100 & Eye Opener Statue

ENTRIES

Entry form on website at www.2ndcitycouncil.org or email us for one at 2ndcitycouncil@earthlink.net

Email images and entry form to 2ndcitycouncil@earthlink.net

PayPal available on our website or form/fees can be mailed in. 2cc also accepts mailed entries by slides or photographs. Photographs or digital prints should be no smaller than 5 x 7” and no larger than 8.5 x 11. This pertains ONLY to the size for the jurying process (no size restriction on actual work to be exhibited).

ENTRY FEES There is a $10 fee per entry (artpiece) for members and $20 entry fee per entry (artpiece) for non-members. No fee for 3D detail slides (2 detail slides per artpiece). Please make checks/money orders payable to 2cc. Entry fees are non-refundable.

Mail entries and/or membership fee to: 2nd City Council, P.O. Box 90503, Long Beach, CA 90809.

MEMBERSHIPS

Membership benefits include:

*  One free entry
*  Per entry savings for all exhibitions.
*  An annual exhibition where MEMBERS ONLY show their work (same cash awards as other exhibits).

To become a member, please visit our website at www.2ndcitycouncil.org to see the options available to you.