Salvage Art

CALL FOR ARTISTS

Habitat ReStore Salvage Art Show and Auction

To Apply Go to www.restoredane.org
click on art show

Deadline May 22, 2010

Dane County Art Calendar & Poster

The Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission is issuing a call for artists to submit art for consideration and inclusion in our signature 2012 art calendar and 2011 art poster and companion bookmark. A link to this announcement and the submission form is on our webpage.

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Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission
Room 421, City-County Building
210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard
Madison, WI 53703
Ph: 608/266-5915; Fax: 608/266-2643
TDD: 608/266-9138
www.culturalaffairscommission.com

Habitat ReStore - Salvage Art Show and Auction

The Habitat ReStore - Salvage Art Show and Auction is inviting artists to submit applications for the next show in October 2010. The fun part of this show is that the art has a salvaged component --what a challenge for some of us to figure into our art!

This is a fund raiser for the ReStore --details for application are at www.restoredane.org then click on art show. They had a great show and auction last year, and as always, are hoping for even a bigger event this year.

Artisan Opportunity

Artisan Opportunity

We are Main Street Portage, a non-profit organization that is working to revitalize downtown Portage.

As part of the revitalization process, a building known as the Mercantile was purchased in downtown Portage as an incubator to help new small retail businesses, such as area artisans, sell their goods and prepare them for opening a business of their own in the future. We wanted to introduce ourselves and let you know we have openings for additional artists to participate in the Mercantile project.

If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please don’t hesitate to contact us by e-mail at croberts.msp@gmail.com. We would love to have you! To learn more about Main Street Portage in general, please check out our website: http://www.mainstreetportage.org/.

Carolyn Roberts
Executive Director-Mainstreet Portage
Agent for “The Mercantile”

Midwest Biennial

Call to Artists

Midwest Biennial is now accepting entries for the 2010 Wisconsin Artists Juried Exhibition themed “Vermiculture, Artists, and the Tao Te Ching”. This spring exhibition will be held from April 1 through May 30, 2010 in celebration of Earth Day, Arbor Day, and Mother’s Day. The competition is open to all artists, 18 years or older, residing in the State of Wisconsin. A Reception for the Artists and Awards Ceremony will be held in the gallery in conjunction with Wausau’s “Exhibitour”. Visit MidwestBiennial.org for more information and how to enter this exhibition.
The Midwest Biennial, located in Wausau, Wisconsin, was inspired by the desire to provide a serious venue for artists and patrons to experience fine art at its best in a firmly rooted arts environment.
Wausau is also home to the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Center for the Visual Arts (CVA), Artrageous Weekend, Exhibitour, Wausau Area Performing Arts Foundation, University of Wisconsin Campuses, and The Grand Theatre, making the Wausau area a vibrant, thriving art community for artists and patrons alike. Centrally located in the State of Wisconsin, the city is unrivaled in its support of the arts, attracting thousands of viewers to its events, with numbers increasing every year.
We believe that Wausau’s solid foundation in funding and promoting the arts, makes it an ideal community to exhibit contemporary works from across the nation by emerging and established artists of all disciplines.
Midwest Biennial will hold two major juried fine art exhibitions each year. Our premier event was hosted in September of 2009 with a Regional Juried Exhibition, bringing artists into our community from seven mid-western states including Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Indiana, Michigan, Iowa, and Ohio. In May of 2010, we will exhibit works by Wisconsin Artists only. September of this year will bring our National Exhibition to Wausau. Our schedule for May of 2011 will consist of artists from Marathon and neighboring counties; (North Central Wisconsin). Because we are the Midwest Biennial, in September of 2011 we start again with the Regional Exhibition, and rotate our four shows biennially in the following years.

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Contact Information:

David Hummer
Curator
MidwestBiennial.org
david@midwestbiennial.org
715-571-6551

The Green Parasol

Art Workshops and Classes
for adults and children
*acrylic painting
*mixed media
*sewing and fiber baskets
*puppetry and masks
*sculpture
*crafts
Group and private instruction in our beautiful studio
See our website for current class shedule and info
www.theGreenParasol.com

Change Unlimited

Change Unlimited is: Books that are individualized by friends for persons experiencing an illness or injury; books of support and love for our deployed military personnel; and friendship books given to a friend or family member. 100% of our products are manufactured in the United States. We promote and encourage unpublished, talented American authors, poets, musicians and artists by including them in our publications and on our website. And, we will donate hundreds of thousands of dollars to Americans in need.

The first 2 books from Change Unlimited are out with another scheduled for Mother's Day. Looking for poems, stories, letters, photographs, drawings, artwork (child or adult, we've used children's letters and drawings which adds a sweet touch—the kids loved seeing their artwork in print), to donate for a book all about mothers..from any perspective. Anything that you are willing to share would be appreciated!

It is a non-profit series so the only reward is to have something published and getting some exposure. Another upcoming series will be about grief. You keep the rights, just giving us permission to use your contribution. It can be anonymous or with bio and/or photo of the contributor. You will also have a chance to see the project before printing to be sure that you are OK with how your donation is represented in the final book.

A sample of the Breast Cancer book can be sent if potential contributors need a better idea of the final product. The books include instructions on putting a book together for your loved one, the things collected from families & friends, the donated stories and art, a journal section, support coupons and credits.

Contact Person: Linda Endlich (lendlich@wisc.edu)