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Art Deadlines List - June 2018 - Freedom Through Art!

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July 02, 2018 – ARTIST NETWORK | WATERMEDIA SHOWCASE Showcase your talent by entering this exciting competition, brought to you by Watercolor Artist magazine. Award Winners and Honorable Mentions will be published in the April 2019 issue of Watercolor Artist. Entry Fee. Details: http://bitly.com/2uyR7Gn June 30, 2018 – FREE WEBINAR ON HOW TO GET A PATRON OR SPONSOR Ongoing – A Free Online webinar that will teach you methods to find Patrons and Sponsors for your art. You will learn how one artist got Apple Computers and Bose Sound to sponsor art work and art projects and also how individual donors and Patrons can be solicited. There is also an option to extend your education in other areas. All those who register for the free webinar get a free booklet right away on how one artist got invited to the Whitney Biennial. No Entry Fee. Details:http://yourartmentor.com/patronsandsponsors2 June 30, 2018

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Art Deadlines List – January 2018

The Earth without Art is just "Eh"

Art Deadlines List – January Email Edition Create Radical Love through Art! from Art Deadlines List January 2018 Email Edition January 26, 2018 – SPD EDITORIAL DESIGN COMPETITION The Society of Publication Designers’ competition recognizes the best in editorial design, photography and illustration in print and digital mediums. We welcome entries from a diverse range of consumer print publications, independent magazines, custom published magazines, trade and educational magazines; as well as their app, mobile and web platforms. We also welcome digital-only publications. Entry Fee. Details: 212-223-3332 OR http://www.spd.org OR [email protected] January 29, 2018 – CALL TO ARTISTS: THE WILSON STREET PUBLIC ART PROJECT The City of Guelph invites artists and artist teams with established public art experience to submit their credentials, examples of prior experience and a preliminary vision for the development and execution of a site-specific, permanent, outdoor art installation as part of the Wilson Street Reconstruction project. Budget:

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Calls to Artists

September 2016 Calls to Artists October 03, 2016 – SHADES OF GRAY Shades of Gray offers artists a chance to win recognition and have their work featured in Drawing magazine. The competition is open to all work created entirely in black, white, and gray in media. Details: http://bitly.com/1TxbeFz January 10, 2017 – CALL TO ARTISTS – CASH AWARDS – JURIED EXHIBIT Embracing Our Differences is accepting submissions for its juried art exhibit celebrating diversity held April – May 2017 in Sarasota, FL USA. National and international submissions accepted. $3,000 in awards. No submission fee. Details: 941-928-0567 OR http://embracingourdifferences.org/submit-art OR [email protected] November 30, 2016 – LIMNER GALLERY : EMERGING ARTISTS 2017 The 25th annual competition for gallery exhibition and $1000 cash award. This exhibition is devoted to the discovery, introduction and promotion of emerging artists. The exhibition will be held in March 1 – 25, 2017 at the Limner Gallery

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Randy Cohen on C-SPAN Discussing National Arts Funding

Americans for the Arts’ Vice President of Research, Randy Cohen, joined the National Endowment for the Art’s Sunil Iyengar for C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal”  on Friday, November 29 to talk about federal …

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The Giving Library and #GivingTuesday – Share to Give!

Give towards advancing the arts in America this Holiday Season – without spending a dime! Americans for the Arts is honored to be one of the featured nonprofits on The Giving Library, an online video archive that connects donors to…

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Arts Destination Marketing Award Recipients Announced

During the opening keynote of this year’s National Arts Marketing Project Conference, Americans for the Arts and Destination Marketing Association International announced the recipients of the 2013 Arts Destination Marketing A…

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Google Hangout: Arts and Health in the Military

Have you been following the National Initiative for Arts and Health in the Military, and want to learn more about how the arts can help heal our veterans and active duty military members? Maybe you’ve read our White Paper: Arts, Hea…

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CEO Robert Lynch in Chile; Op-Ed in Pulso

Our CEO and President, Robert Lynch, is in Chile this week to speak about arts and the economy to the Chilean-American Chamber of Commerce, the Minister of Culture, and other various entrepreneurs at a luncheon on Wednesday. Prior t…

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Recap: 2013 National Arts Policy Roundtable and Executive Leadership Forum

“The country is so wounded, bleeding, and hurt right now. The country needs to be healed – it’s not going to be healed from the top, politically. How are we going to heal? Art is the healing force.” – Robert Redfor…

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Robert L. Lynch Named to Independent Sector Board of Directors

Americans for the Arts is proud to announce that President and CEO Robert L. Lynch has been elected to Independent Sector’s Board of Directors. For many years, Americans for the Arts and Independent Sector have had a strong pa…

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