Call for Art: Things in the Air

Things in the Air
Entries due July 9th and 10th.
Exhibit Opens Friday, July 16th 5pm –8pm

Is it a bird? a plane? a UFO? a kite?

Unleash your imagination and let it soar using this year’s theme for the “We ART the People” folk festival!

• A call for art in any medium for a non-juried community art show.
• Entries limited 2 pieces per person please.
• All work should be dropped off by Saturday, July 10th . no entry fee.
• For further information call 247-1172.

Folk Art Festival 2010 -- CALL FOR ARTIST VENDORS

We ART The People Folk Art Festival and Giant Puppet Parade
September 12, 2010 (Sunday)
10am - 5pm
Robinson Park - 8th and Central SW

Heads up Fellow Artist and Crafters – OFFCenter’s upcoming "We ART the People" Folk Art Festival will be accepting applications for booths starting on JUNE 1st, 2010.

Please note: Only handcrafted work made by the booth artist will be accepted and displayed in our annual Folk Art Festival.

We heard your suggestions last year and we are assigning booth space this year. Booth reservations are on a first come, first served basis. So if you know the spot you want you will need to do the following:

1. Come to OFF Center starting on Tuesday, JUNE 1st. (No early applications will be accepted.)
2. Ask for Marcie.
3. Please bring a sample(s) or photo(s) of your handcrafted work that you will be displaying.
4. Fill out the application in person.
5. Choose you booth location(s)
6. Pay via cash, check or credit card -- booth fee is $30.00

We have a large map at OffCenter that has the park divided in 117 booth spaces. There is a perfect one for each and every one of you!

We look forward to your participation. If you have any questions please call Marci for more information at 505-274-1172.

Call for Entries: "Shelter: A Refuge..."

“SHELTER: A Refuge for Mind, Body and Soul”

Whether in a tent, in a friend’s company, or by reading a good book, everyone seeks refuge from the world’s stresses and dangers. Once sheltered, we begin the process of restoration.

• Calling for artwork in any medium exploring how we find shelter and restoration in our lives.



• No fee.
• Non-juried community exhibit.
• Limit 2 entries per artist subject to space available.
• Artists are encouraged to provide statements about their art work.

Accepting work on Friday, April 23rd and Tuesday, April 27th at OFFCenter between noon and 6pm.

Exhibit Opens on Friday, May 7th 5-8pm.

Call for Entries: The Art of Devotion

Artists reveal through their art their devotion: people, places, things, ideas...

What's your devotion? Art you devoted to -- your lover? Family? Spiritual guides? Landscape? Animals? The artistic process? Squiggles? Lines, circles or squares?

Share your devotion with the world and specifically the OFFCenter community for the St. Valentine's month show "The Art of Devotion."

Please submit your artwork in any medium to OFFCenter by Jan. 29th. Show opens Feb. 5th.

This show is open to everyone, but please, one entry per artist.

Call for Artists: Threads from the Dead -- Who are you from?

Entries Accepted October 21st through 23rd.

Exhibit Opening Friday, October 30th 5pm –8pm

OFFCenter’s Annual Day of the Dead show open to all artists and mediums. All work should be dropped off by Oct 23rd and there is no entry fee.

Sponsored by NMATA ( New Mexico Art Therapist Association).

For further information call Marci at 247-1172.

Read the Sept/Oct Gleaners newsletter

The latest issue of our OFFCenter newsletter, The Gleaners, is on newsstands now! Ok, not newsstands, just our website. Click the link above or the picture below to launch the September-October issue, pulled together again by our awesome resident volunteer graphic designer, Mary Lambert.

In this issue:

• Profile of OFFCenter's Creative Writing Group, mentored by Mandy Gardner
• First Friday Coffeehouse Oct. 2 with Katie Gill & Friends,
  PLUS
  Paper or Plastic? Community art made from recycled litter freshly gleaned from the Folk Art Festival, all proceeds go to OFFCenter.
• Call for Entries: Threads from the Dead
  Annual Day of the Dead show
  Entries accepted Oct. 21 thru 23.
• Calendar of upcoming classes & events
• Folk Art Festival and general Thank You's
• Art on Park Ave art market announcement.

FIBER FANFARE

Sharie's Studio Journal

Hi folks,

Here is more on the FIBER FANFARE:

Art Opening "Fiber Fanfare" June 19 5-8 PM
Exploring the many ways in which fiber artists express themselves. Storytelling preformances by Brenda H Marley and July Rose plus an "Oh, Oh, Oh It's Fabric" Fashion Show!!!

For more details, call or drop by the studio.

Sharie

FIBER FANFARE June 19

This date is fast approaching and we don't want anyone to be left out or miss this upcoming event at OFFCenter. Art is done with so many varied media and fiber / fabric is not so readily recognized as art in general. We really want to honor and highlight all forms of art so we are having FIBER FANFARE to do this for artist who use fabrics and fibers to make art. If you are interested in participating and want to submit art for this show there are entry forms available at OFFCenter and the last date for art to be accepted for the show is end of day 5:00 PM June 12 no exceptions. The show opening and reception will be June 19 starting at 5:00PM til 8:00 PM(ish). We will have a fashion show vintage hats and apparel. The sculpture is by OFFCenter artist Joey Goss. Fiber Art can have many looks from Joey's great sculptures to painted canvas floor cloths to recycled denim jeans in the form of purses or gift bags that look like cowboy boots. and much more. You don't want to miss any of this beautiful art. A story teller to share her story with us. There will be food and lots of fun and art to look at and purchase. Remember OFFenter Gift Shop for unique one of a kind gifts for friends and family. Don't forget those graduates. We also have gift certificates available. Hope to see you there!! Sharie

Call for Entries: SHELTER

An inquiry about where we live -- how it defines us and our relationship to our environment & each other.

All media welcome, BUT space is limited -- please call for more info.

Entry Deadline: Monday April 20, 2009

Artwork by Kathleen Schweizer

Call for Entries: "The Exquisite Corpse"

Origins of The Exquisite Corpse:

"Among Surrealist techniques exploiting the mystique of accident was a kind of collective collage of words or images called the cadavre exquis (exquisite corpse). Based on an old parlor game, it was played by several people, each of whom would write a phrase on a sheet of paper, fold the paper to conceal part of it, and pass it on to the next player for his contribution. The game was adapted to the possibilities of drawing, painting and collage, by assigning a section of a body to each player, though the Surrealist principle of metaphoric displacement led to images that only vaguely resembled the human form." (from Experimental Drawing, by Robert Kaupelis)

Entry Instructions:

• There are no restrictions on media or material to be used.
• The finished work must be ready to hang and assemble end-to-end into a 2 feet wide by 6 feet high finished piece.
• Each completed entry must be the work of a TEAM of artists - it is suggested that a team consist of at least three or four artists.
• Each TEAM must decide how to divide the 2’x 6’ space into sections representing elements (for example: head, heart, belly/soul, legs, feet, etc...) of a complete whole.
• Each TEAM must decide on the degree of relationship between each panel and what or if a particular theme will be depicted (not necessarily human!).
• Often each panel is slightly referenced on its adjacent panel but this is at the discretion of each team/artist.
• Each artist must then complete his or her vision independently of the other artists in their group.
• When all sections are complete the group will discover their "exquisite corpse" and make any final decisions regarding the hanging order.

Show dates: March 20 - April 17, 2009. Stay tuned for more details on the date(s) for delivery of artwork.

NOTE: OFFCenter receives a 30% commission on the sale of artwork in the gallery, and 20% commission on the sale of shop items.

FOR AN ENTRY FORM please drop in at OFFCenter, or email Mary Lambert at mary@nmia.com or Mary Tafoya at mary_tafoya@yahoo.com to request a PDF version of the Entry Form. Please put Exquisite Corpse in the subject line.

Call for Entries: "Trust the Hand that Makes it Round"

CALL FOR ART:
"Trust the Hand that Makes It Round" - a show at OFFCenter Arts Studio Opening Feb. 6 and running through Feb. 27, 2009. From mandalas to wheels of fortune, to suns, moons, our own mother earth, and everything round and spinning, this exhibit will celebrate our humanness, our vital energy and our ability to create the round world together. No fee. Entry deadline Jan. 23, art delivery deadline Jan. 27.

OFFCenter Arts is at 808 Park Ave SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102.

For more info phone: 505-247-1172.