Fargo Moorhead Visual Artists

The Fargo Project is thrilled to host Ethnobotanist Linda Different Cloud on March 31.   On Saturday, March 31 at 1:00-2:30 PM, all are invited to a public lecture where Linda Different Cloud will present her work on the ethnobotany of native plant species and provide insights on how traditional ecological knowledge can inform The Fargo Project. The talk will take place at the Community Room at Schlossman  YMCA, 4243 19th Avenue South.

Linda Different Cloud is an ethnobotanist and restoration ecologist of the Standing Rock Lakota Nation. She teaches at Sitting Bull College and is a PhD. Candidate at Montana State University. We are grateful to the Native American Commission for recommending Linda as an advisor to the Fargo Project.

We hope you will join us in welcoming her during this exciting event and also help spread the word about this public talk.

Questions and RSVP (not required, but helpful) to Nicole at 297-7782 or ncrutchfield@cityoffargo.com

New American Paintings

2012 Western Competition

Deadline: 4.30.12 (Midnight EST)

Juror: Bill Arning, Director, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston

New American Paintings is a museum-quality, soft-cover art periodical, published bimonthly by The Open Studios Press. Each 184 page volume is a regional exhibition-in-print, selling for $20 at 1,500 bookstores, museum shops and art supply stores nationwide. The books have become periodical resources for collectors and art world professionals.

Competition winners retain all rights to their images and pay nothing to appear in New American Paintings.

Now accepting entries from:

AZ, CO, ID, KS, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, SD, TX, UT, and WY

The competition’s 40 winners will appear in the Oct/Nov 2012 edition of New American Paintings.

All styles and media are welcome, as long as the work is singular and two-dimensional.

To Enter, visit:

http://www.newamericanpaintings.net

For more details, visit:

http://www.newamericanpaintings.com/competitions.html

Questions? Call 617.778.5265

http://www.newamericanpaintings.com/

Please join us for our Grand Re-opening Reception Friday, March 16th at 5! Check out our new gallery space and gift shop and meet our member artists.

Enjoy: Appetizers and Refreshments 5pm-9pm

Music starting at 6:30 by Sarah Beihm and Charlie Young from The Moody River Band!

Play Eye Spy- For Gallery coupons!

Enter to win a Gallery 4 Gift Certificate!

Gallery 4, Ltd114 Broadway Fargo,     ND58102 United States

ART ON THE EDGE:

8TH ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION JULY 2012

Edge Center Gallery, Bigfork, Minnesota

CALL FOR ENTRIES

Open to artists in all media

The purpose of this show is to exhibit diverse works of art that demonstrate mastery of technique, creativity, and presentation

ENTRY REQUIREMENT INFORMATION

Up to three entries per artist. Entered artwork must be original art completed in 2010, 2011 or 2012 and not previously shown in the Edge Center Gallery. Images of your art sent by e-mail or on a CD-R sent by mail. $20 per artist for up to three entries Artist statement of approximately 50 words for the exhibit catalog,

ART ON THE EDGE CALENDAR

Entry deadline………..Saturday, May 5 Notification……………..Saturday, June 2 Delivery of artwork…Monday, July 2, 10 am – 2 pm Opening Reception….Friday, July 6, 5-7 pm Pick up artwork……….Monday, July 30, 10 am – 2 pm

A juried art show is organized in a time-honored way. An independent juror is picked because of his or her involvement in the visual arts. The juror’s experience may be as a working artist, a gallery or museum curator, an art teacher or all of the above. The juror is paid to select from submitted artwork those pieces that he or she thinks are the strongest. Inevitably, some submitted pieces are rejected. The juror also decides which art receives the Awards. The local Gallery committee has no input on this selection and the juror’s decisions are final.

Laura Goliaszewski is the juror for the 2012 Art on the Edge: 8th Annual Juried Exhibition. She is the Director of the Talley Gallery at Bemidji State University for which she views, evaluates and selects the artwork for the gallery. She is also a painter who exhibits regionally.

3-D First Place $200 Second Place $100

People’s Choice

$100

EDGE GALLERY POLICIES

• Work may be in any media and must be original. • Artwork entered must be completed in 2010, 2011 or 2012 and not previously shown in the Edge Center Gallery. • Artists are responsible for their own insurance. • Edge Gallery reserves the right to reproduce works for publicity purposes. • Any work submitted for judging must be available for showing during the entire exhibit. • Edge Gallery charges a 30% commission fee on all sales.

TWO OPTIONS FOR ENTERING: DUE NO LATER THAN MAY 5, 2012

1. E-mail to jacknac@bigfork.net o Complete entry label from e-mail, or on the website and copy to your e-mail o Charge $20 at www.the-edge-center.org under Online Donations. When asked for “Fund Name”, be sure to choose Juried Art Show Entry Fees (entry fee is non- refundable) o Submit a 50-word artist’s statement for the exhibit catalogue o E-mail JPEG photos of up to 3 entries with identification of each photo. 3-D work may have 2 views of each piece. o Expect notification by e-mail OR 2. Mail to Edge Center Gallery, 102 Second Avenue, Box 304, Bigfork MN 56628 o Completed entry label o $20 check payable to the Edge Center Gallery (entry fee is non-refundable) o Self addressed stamped business envelope for notification of results by mail, or ask for e-mail notification o 50 word artist’s statement for the exhibit catalogue o CD-R, JPEG format only, with photos of up to three entries, with attached entry label. 3-D work may have two views of each piece o Self addressed stamped envelope with sufficient postage if you want the CD to be returned OR combine the two options! Just have everything clearly marked

QUESTIONS? Contact: Lynn Nachbar 218-743-6018 or jacknac@bigfork.net

ENTRY LABEL

Copy up to 3 digital photos to a CD-Rom or e-mail to jacknac@bigfork.net and attach this label

Name _____________________________________________________________

Address____________________________________________________________

City/State/Zip _______________________________________________________

Phone ______________________Email _________________________ __________

A. Title of artwork _______________________________________ Price_____________

Completion date_____________ Medium____________________Size_____________

B. Title of artwork _______________________________________ Price_____________

Completion date_____________ Medium____________________Size_____________

C. Title of artwork _______________________________________ Price_____________

Completion date_____________ Medium____________________Size_____________

“The Traveller” by Dan Francis

Public Reception

Friday, February 17, 5-7 p.m.

Meet the artist.

Sample treats.

$1 off wine by the glass.

“indiVISUALII”

photographs by Dan Francis, Fargo ND

Photographic images demanding a secondglance,

a moment to stop, pause and consider.

Through Saturday, March 3

13 South 8th Street

Fargo ND

701-232-6430

Art Heals Fund Silent Auction that will take place on February 25, 7pm, at the Hjemkomst Center in Moorhead.

First I’d like to invite all artists to attend the party! I know many from my work over the years and it would be great to see everyone. The article about my projects was in THE FORUM today and can be found at www.inforum.com/event/article/id/350381/publisher_ID/1/.

Second, I am also requesting donations of art! All proceeds from the Art Heals Fund Silent Auction will be placed into my endowment fund at the FM Area Foundation which will eventually award grants to organizations working with artists on art therapy projects in Cass and Clay counties. I’m looking to raise $25,000 for the fund.

See the donation form attached and my party invitation to share with FMVA!

Thanks in advance! CMP

Claudia M. Pratt – 701-371-7277 – cprattnd@mac.com

Rochester Contemporary Art Center is pleased to invite you to participate and help further the international art phenomenon called 6x6x2012

6×6 began as a small fund-raising project, but has grown into a unique exhibition that is recognizable across the U.S. and beyond. Last year over 5,000 artworks from 50 states and 36 countries were entered in this huge community based exhibition. Anyone from anywhere in the world, from any background and any skill level is welcome to enter their work in the exhibition.

Visit the link below for more info:

http://www.roco6x6.org/

CALL FOR ENTRIES:                 Art, Photography, Writing         DEADLINE MARCH 15

Whitefish Review, a semi-annual literary and arts journal, is seeking submissions for our Summer 2012 edition. The theme of this issue is wildness. We are looking for submission that explore and celebrate the untamable and wild in astonishing ways.

There is no entry fee to submit fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art and photography! Selected participants will receive modest compensation from our nonprofit.

Now in our sixth year, the Whitefish Review presents emergent through established arts professionals of all ages whose works develop themes around mountain living.

Please visit our website for complete details about the journal and how to upload your work for consideration. We look forward to seeing your submissions!

SUBMISSION DEADLINE for inclusion in Issue #11, Summer 2012 edition: MARCH 15, 2012

web: www.whitefishreview.org

submit online & guidelines: www.whitefishreview.org/submit.htm