Calls for Artists

We've received a wealth of e-mails in the new year pertaining to calls for artists, so many I decided to highlight a few here versus posting them all to our Art Tip of the Day section.

• Artist-in-Residence program at the Seven Below Arts Initiative at The Barn, a historic property near Burlington, Vermont - visit website
  
• Juried Art Auction benefiting Inspiration Corporation with chance to win a $200-$300 gift certificate from an art supply store and a private consultation with either gallerist Carrie Secrist or artist Peter Mars (100% proceeds to Inspiration Corporation) - download registration form
• Art Futura - a juried exhibition at the Chicago Cultural Center (50% to artist | 50% to the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago's Art Therapy program) - visit website
  
• Call for entries - 24th annual American Craft Exposition at Northwestern University - apply through Juried Art Services

On the Etsy front, here's the latest addition to our Etsy shop, Constellation Souvenir.

Constellation Souvenir, 3-D mixed media

available on Etsy

Here's the story behind the piece, quoting Dolan:
"The winter sky, for all its cold and cloudy days, is often clearest when night settles in. It's like a giant T-shirt soaked in indigo, studded with rhinestones (at least in my world). Thinking about the stars in the night sky and how I so often miss them made me want to make up my own permanent, yet ever-changing constellation. Using patterns from vintage wallpaper and rescued wood from the alleyways, I painted and printed, cut and collaged until I came up with my very own constellation interpretation. All you have to do is connect the dots in your own way. It's sometimes a bird, sometimes a river, sometimes a locomotive, sometimes, just a beautiful collection of stars."