CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS 

Juried Exhibition
Brenda Taylor Gallery
(New York, NY)

Brenda Taylor is accepting submissions for a juried exhibition that is open to all artists working in painting, sculpture, photography, ceramics, or other media. The 12 artists chosen will be included in an exhibition from March 15th through March 31st 2012 at the Brenda Taylor Gallery in Chelsea.

Deadline: February 28, 2012
More Info HERE

International Video Art Festival
Magmart
(Naples, ITALY)

Magmart is accepting submissions for the seventh edition of its international video arts festival.

Deadline: February 29, 2012
More Info HERE

Melancholy in Progress
3rd Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition
Tapei City, (TAIWAN)

The 3rd Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition is now accepting video submissions from artists of all nationalities. Entries are restricted to single-channel video artworks created afterJanuary/1st /2009 that have not been previously shown in any exhibitions in Taiwan.

Deadline: February 29, 2012
More Info HERE

Petroleum Paradox: For Better or For Worse
Women’s Caucus for Art
(New York, NY)

Open to all artists in the USA, the Women’s Caucus for Art seeks works that stir emotions, discussion and debate about our petroleum-dependent world. Examples include, but are not limited to, works that address the impact of collecting, processing and delivering fossil fuel on the environment; global warming; the power of big oil companies to control countries and governments; an imagined life without fossil fuel; and life forms that were the origins of fossil fuel.

Deadline: March 2, 2012
More Info HERE

ArtFutura
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
(Chicago, IL

The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago is seeking submissions for its 10th annual ArtFutura, a juried art exhibition of more than 150 emerging and established artists benefitting the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago’s Art Therapy program. The exhibit will run May 31 through June 7. James Rondeau, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, selects exhibition participants and awards the most outstanding works submitted by hundreds of artists from around the country.

Deadline: March 2, 2012
More Info HERE

Landscape Art Exhibition
Linus Galleries
(Pasadena, CA)

Linus Galleries is accepting submissions in all 2D media for its juried exhibition about “The Great Landscape.”

Deadline: March 5, 2012
More Info HERE

Superstition: National Juried Illustration Exhibition
Runnels Gallery at Eastern New Mexico University
(Ruidoso, NM)

Runnels Gallery at Eastern New Mexico University is accepting submissions for its juried exhibition, “Supersition.” Social, cultural, political, gender, and sexual superstitions are deeply engrained into the lives of many people. The scope and belief of superstitions can be so powerful that they govern people’s daily interactions, practices, and choices. The aim of this exhibition is to feature illustrations that offer personal narrative surrounding superstition. Open to any artist living in the continental United States. Illustrations can be traditional hand drawn/painted illustration, digital illustration, or a combination of both.

Deadline: March 16, 2012
More Info HERE

Passing Through the Prism
Industria Studios
(Tucson, AZ)

Industria Studios is inviting artists to participate in a juried exhibition entitled “Passing Through the Prism.” The theme of the exhibition is color. The artwork can be any topic or medium, but it must incorporate the richness and the energy of color.

Deadline: March 17, 2012
More Info HERE

Open Call to Artists: Exposed
Helen Day Art Center
(Stowe, VT)

Helen Day Art Center is accepting submissions for “Exposed,” the 21st annual outdoor sculpture exhibition in Stowe, Vermont. This call is open for artists working within the field of sculpture, public art, participatory or social practice, and performance. The exhibition will run from July 8th – October 8th 2011.

Deadline: March 19, 2012
More Info HERE

There is no place like home
Rutgers University – Paul Robeson Galleries
(Newark, NJ)

Rutgers University Paul Robeson Galleries seeks proposals for “There is no place like home, ” an exhibition of work by contemporary artists who use the idea of ‘home’ as a source of inspiration.

Deadline: March 26, 2012
More Info HERE

Roadside Attractions
Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts
(Baltimore, MD)

Artists working in various mediums, with focus on large scale sculpture, installation and performance are invited to submit proposals for “Roadside Attractions,” a monumental project that will be part of an expansive outdoor festival environment. Steeped in American history, Tourist Traps and Roadside Attractions were popularized in the 1940s-60s, designed to attract travelers to stop while en route to other destinations. Artists are asked to THINK BIG and submit ideas that are inspired by or are characteristic of roadside attractions and to consider large scale sculpture, installations, performative/interactive and signage for this project.

Deadline: March 30, 2012
More Info HERE

ReRoot
Clifton Cultural Arts Center
(Cincinnati, OH)

Clifton Cultural Arts Center (CCAC) is calling for works that speak to how identity and community inform one another, and how place might be inherent, inherited, or wrought. This exhibition is open to established and emerging artists, 18 and over, working in all media.

Deadline: April 8, 2012
More Info HERE

Curatorial Opportunity Program
New Art Center
(Newton, MA)

The New Art Center is accepting applications for its Curatorial Opportunity program. The Curatorial Opportunity Program enables first-time or established curators to explore experimental approaches in the presentation of contemporary art. Curators of selected group exhibitions receive a $1,000 stipend.

Deadline: April 9, 2012
More Info HERE

Seductive Surfaces: A Juried Exhibition of Fine Art Fiber
Gallery Seven
(Maynard, MA)

Gallery Seven is seeking submissions for “Seductive Surfaces: A Juried Exhibition of Fine Art Fiber.”  Open to all New England artists 18 years and older working in Fine Art Fiber. All textile processes including mixed media (some fiber must be present) accepted. No 3D work accepted.

Deadline: April 12, 2012
More Info HERE

Vegetable Matter: Multimedia Exhibition
Piermont Strauss
(Piermont, NY)

Piermont Straus, a gallery and bookstore located 15 miles North of Manhattan, is seeking submissions in all media (film included) on the subject of the earth, vegetables, farming, and all things green for an exhibition that opens on July 14, 2012.

Deadline: April 15, 2012
More Info HERE

Natural/ Constructed Spaces
The Painting Center
(New York, NY)

The Painting Center is seeking submissions for its upcoming juried exhibition entitled “Natural/Constructed Spaces,” running from June 19th to July 14th, 2012. The exhibit will be accompanied by a printed catalogue. They invite representational and abstract painters to submit work that considers all aspects–natural, constructed, deconstructed–of rural/urban/suburban environments in the 21st century.

Deadline: April 15, 2012
More Info HERE

Juried Print Show
Sinclair Galleries at Coe College
(Cedar Rapids, IA)

The Sinclair Galleries at Coe College are accepting entries for a juried print show. The purpose of the exhibition is to bring together an exciting and diverse group of prints, introducing students, the campus community and the larger Cedar Rapids area to contemporary printmaking. Exhibition Dates: February 15- March 17, 2013. E-mail three images to sinclairgalleries@coe.edu. For more information, contact Jennifer Rogers.

Deadline: April 15, 2012

Group Exhibition: Grow
Midwest Center for Photography
(Wichita, KS)

The Midwest Center for Photography is accepting submissions for “Grow,” a group exhibition that celebrates the growing season. They seek images of a range of plant life grown from the earth; flowers, plants, vegetables, crops, any photosynthesis material.All photographic media is welcome; black & white silver gelatin prints, color c-prints, digital prints, alternative processes, etc.

Deadline: April 15, 2012
More Info HERE

The XL-XS Show
Maryland Federation of Art
(College Park, MD)

MFA invites all artists residing in the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada to enter its fine art open-juried competition for artists working in extra large and extra small formats. Any two-dimensional submissions following exhibition guidelines will be considered by the juror. Selected works will be exhibited at The Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park from June 24 – August 12, 2012.

Deadline: April 18, 2012
More Info HERE

Footprint International Print Biennial
Center for Contemporary Printmaking
(Norwalk, CT)

Entries are being accepted for the 3rd Biennial Footprint International 2012: a competition and exhibition for fine-art prints that are exactly one foot square (30.5 cm x 30.5 cm). All fine art printmaking mediums are eligible (no drawings, photographs or direct reproductions). Art must be hand-pulled and generated on stone, block or plate. Computer generated art is eligible only if it incorporates other methods of hand-pulled printing.

Deadline: April 21, 2012
More Info HERE

Plight of the Pollinators
Flanders Nature Center and Land Trust in conjunction with Blue Horse Arts
(Watertown, CT)

“One third of the food we eat is directly the result of the habits of pollinators within our ecosystems. These creatures, winged and scaled, are on the decline due to habitat loss, chemical use, invasive species, and disease.” Flanders Nature Center and Land Trust in conjunction with Blue Horse Arts asks that artists working in variety of media submit work that creatively interprets this issue or visually celebrates pollinators. A panel of jurors from both the disciplines of art and science will select works for the “Field Projects” exhibition space in Watertown, CT.

Deadline: May 4, 2012
More Info HERE

15th Annual National Small Works Call for Entries
Washington Printmakers Gallery
(Silverspring, MD)

Washington Printmakers Gallery announces its 15th Annual National Small Works Exhibition Call for Entries. This call is open to printmakers age 18+ nationwide creating hand-pulled prints (no digital or photographic processes). First Prize: Solo Exhibition at Washington Printmakers Gallery, August 2013. Other prizes awarded.

Deadline: May 19, 2012
More Info HERE

New England Biennial
Brattleboro Museum & Art Center
(Brattleboro, VT)

The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center seeks submissions for its first New England Biennial, a juried exhibition open to artists in the six New England states. Approximately 12 winners will be selected, each of whom will show a curated body of work or installation. Selected applicants will appear in an online gallery. Exhibition dates: November, 2012 – February, 2013.

Deadline: June 1, 2012
More Info HERE

Outdoor Sculpture Competition
Northern State University
(Aberdeen, SD)

Northern State University is accepting proposals for the annual sculpture loan program run by the Art Department. This program is committed to presenting sculpture by regional, national, and international artists. Each sculpture is installed and loaned to NSU for a two-year period. In addition, each artist travels to Aberdeen to work with NSU students during the installation process. An honorarium of $2000 is given to the artist to offset travel and installation costs. For more information, contact Greg Blair.

Deadline: June 1, 2012

RESIDENCIES

Interdisciplinary Art Residency
The Compound Gallery & Studios
(Oakland, CA)

The Compound Gallery & Studios is accepting applications for 6-month residencies  with complete access to all of their facilities including flat file storage, bench (wood/metalshop), and locker space to store your creative tools. Artists with an interest in interdisciplinary work will be considered first.

Deadline: March 1, 2012
More Info HERE

Artist-in-Residence Fellowship
Center for Contemporary Printmaking
(Norwalk, CT)

Applications are now being accepted for printmaking residency fellowships at the Center for Contemporary Printmaking (CCP) during 2012. A selected Fellow receives support for a two-week creative residency in the Helen Frankenthaler Printmaking Cottage, an honorarium, travel allowance, a small materials stipend, and accommodation. A CCP staff printer provides a two-hour technical consultation at the beginning of the residency.

Deadline: May 15, 2012
More Info HERE

CALL FOR PAPERS AND CONFERENCE PROPOSALS

Digitize This: Exploring/ Exploiting the Rise of Digital Arts & Digital Humanities
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
(Worcester, MA)

The Worcester Polytechnic Institute is seeking proposals for its November 2-3rd conference, “Digitize This: Exploring/ Exploiting the Rise of Digital Arts & Digital Humanities.” Instances from and reflections on the dual rise of the digital humanities and the digital arts: to include panels, workshops, and roundtables as well as the performance and presentation of literary, musical, and visual works. Proposals accepted singly or as pre-organized panels.

Deadline: April 1, 2012
More Info HERE

Reproductive Technologies and Reproductive Justice
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies

In commemoration of the fortieth anniversary of Roe v. Wade and the legacies of that decision, Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies welcomes scholarly and creative works that analyze the contested terrains of reproduction in local, national, or transnational contexts.

Deadline: June 15, 2012
More Info HERE

GRANTS

VRA FOUNDATION PROJECT GRANT
Visual Resources Association Foundation

Visual Resources Association Foundation (VRAF) is seeking applications for its Project Grant, which provides support for visual resources and image management projects that are consonant with the VRA Foundation mission. Up to $1,500 will be awarded per grant to be used for stand-alone projects, pilots or start-up financing for larger projects, or for a significant component of a larger project. Collaborative projects are encouraged, as are innovative projects with results that can have broad impact and be shared with the global community. Submission categories would include, but not be limited to: Image Cataloguing and Metadata; Data Standards; Digital Archives; Digitization Projects of Special and/or Unique Collections (Educational Institutions, Libraries, Museums); Visual Literacy; Pedagogy and Technology; and Intellectual Property Rights.

Deadline: March 31, 2012
More Info HERE

David LaChapelle's "Lovers"

Today is Marti Gras. In the spirit of over-indulgence, on Thursday, attend the opening of “The Nudist Museum Gift Shop” at DODGE Gallery, where, in addition to creating a series of paintings of nude design objects found on e-bay and in second-hand stores, artist Ellen Harvey has modified “every nude postcard currently on offer in the art museums of New York City… to show only the human bodies depicted therein.” Then head over to Fred Torres Collaborations to see David LaChappelle’s Baroque-inspired still lifes, “Earth Laughs in Flowers” which include not just fruit, flowers and skulls, but also upended cell phones, cigarette butts, balloons, Barbies, and a Starbuck’s iced coffee cup. On Friday, repent for the overindulgence, and view “On the Outer Edge,” PS3* Pedro Sanchez3′s “new video work in a full-scale home designed for a life of deliberate deprivation” at Abrons Art Center. On Saturday, see Joe Heaps Nelson’s “This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things” at Fuse Gallery and then head over to Ars Nova Theater to prepare for the next evening’s Oscars with “You Like Me: An Evening of Classic Acceptance Speeches.”

This week’s collection of openings, performances and happenings. (All addresses are in Manhattan unless otherwise noted.)

Wednesday, February 22

Coco Fusco's "The Empty Plaza/ La Plaza Vacia"

Exhibition Opening: Coco Fusco “The Empty Plaza/ La Plaza Vacia” at Alexander Gray Associates
6:00pm-8:00pm
526 West 26th Street, Fl2

Exhibition Opening: Antoine Catala “I See Catastrophes Ahead” at 47 Canal
6:00pm-8:00pm
47 Canal Street, Fl 2

Exhibition Opening: Naotaka Hiro “Unknown: Video Works” at Brennan & Griffin
6:00pm-8:00pm
55 Delancey

Exhibition Opening: Eddie Rehm “The Belligerent Plasticity of Duality in He, Himself” at Dino Eli Gallery
6:00pm-9:00pm
81 Hester Street

Exhibition Opening: “Group Show” at Con Artist
8:00pm-12:00am
157 Suffolk Street

Exhibition Opening: Norman Mooney “New Work” at Waterhouse & Dodd New York
6:00pm-8:00pm
104 Greene Street

Artist Talk: Doug Ashford at The New School Kellen Auditorium
6:15pm
66 Fifth Avenue
Admission: Free

Exhibition Opening: “Made By Hand” at HERE Arts Center
5:00pm-7:00pm
145 Sixth Avenue

Exhibition Opening: Anne Sherwood Pundyk “Rapunzel in the Library” at Queens College Art Center
6:00pm-9:00pm
65-30 Kissena Boulevard (Queens)

Thursday, February 23

Exhibition Opening: Ellen Harvey “The Nudist Museum Gift Shop” at DODGEgallery
6:00pm-8:00pm
15 Rivington Street

Exhibition Opening: “Dark Matters” at Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects
6:00pm-8:00pm
208 Forsyth Street

Exhibition Opening: Cecilia Vissers “Ultima Thule (The Far North)” at Masters & Pelavin
6:00pm-8:00pm
13 Jay Street

Exhibition Opening: Davis Rhodes “Untitled ’12″ at Team Gallery
6:00pm-8:00pm
83 Grand Street

Exhibition Opening: Andreas Schulze “Ohne Title” at Team Gallery
6:00pm-8:00pm
47 Wooster Street

Exhibition Opening: Thomas Schütte “New Work” at Peter Freeman
6:00pm-8:00pm
560 Broadway

Exhibition Opening: Eve Aschheim “New Work” and Olive Ayhens “Electronic Labyrinth”at Lori Bookstein Fine Art
6:00pm-8:00pm
138 10th Avenue

Exhibition Opening: Hester Simpson at Ricco-Maresca Gallery
6:00pm-8:00pm
529 West 20th Street

Exhibition Opening: “Disorder” at Kravets Wehby
6:00pm-8:00pm
521 West 21st Street

Exhibition Opening: Marcia Hafif “Pomona Houses and Ink Drawings” at Newman Popiashvili Gallery
6:00pm-8:00pm
504 West 22nd Street

Exhibition Opening: Andrea Galvani “A Few Invisible Sculptures” and Tim Hyde “The Island, a prologue”at Meulensteen
6:00pm-8:00pm
511 West 22nd Street

Exhibition Opening: Paul Graham “The Present” at The Pace Gallery
6:00pm-8:00pm
545 West 22nd Street

from Alexandre da Cunha's "Kentucky Pied De Poule" series

Exhibition Opening: Alexandre da Cunha “Kentucky Pied de Poule” at CRG
6:00pm-8:00pm
548 West 22nd Street

Exhibition Opening: Lisi Raskin “Shots in the Dark” at Churner & Churner
6:00pm-8:00pm
205 10th Avenue

Exhibition Opening: Melanie Willhide “to Adrian Rodriguez, with Love” at Von Lintel Gallery
6:00pm-8:00pm
520 West 23rd Street

Exhibition Opening: Allison Gildersleeve “Let Me Show It To You Unfixed” at Asya Geisberg Gallery
6:00pm-8:00pm
537b West 23rd Street

Exhibition Opening: Piet van den Boog at Mike Weiss Gallery
6:00pm-8:00pm
520 West 24th Street

Exhibition Opening: Maximilian Toth at Fredericks & Freiser
6:00pm-8:00pm
536 West 24th Street

Exhibition Opening: David Rodríguez Caballero “Recent Work” at Marlborough Chelsea
6:00pm-8:00pm
545 West 25th Street

Exhibition Opening: Jonathan Lasker “Early Works” at Cheim & Read
6:00pm-8:00pm
547 West 25th Street

Exhibition Opening: Haegue Yang at Greene Naftali
6:00pm-8:00pm
508 West 26th Street, Fl8

Exhibition Opening: Michiel Ceulers “Des malentendus et le temps perdu” at Ana Cristea Gallery
6:00pm-8:00pm
521 West 26th Street

Exhibition Opening: Amer Kobaslija “One Hundred Views of Kesennuma: Paintings of Japan’s Altered Landscape” at George Adams Gallery
6:00pm-8:00pm
525 West 26th Street

Exhibition Opening: “Wise Blood” at Field Projects
6:00pm-8:00pm
526 West 26th Street, Fl8

Exhibition Opening: Adia Millet “Portraits of an Escape” at Mixed Greens
6:00pm-8:00pm
531 West 26th Street

Exhibition Opening: David LaChapelle “Earth Laughs in Flowers” at Fred Torres Collaborations
6:00pm-8:00pm
527 West 27th Street

Exhibition Opening: “Still Spot” at Skylight Gallery
6:00pm-9:00pm
538 West 29th Street

Exhibition Opening: Julia Kunin “Nightwood” At Greenberg Van Doren Gallery
6:00pm-8:00pm
730 Fifth Avenue

Exhibition Opening: Jonas Mekas and Robert Polidori “Portraits” at Edwynn Houk Gallery
6:00pm-8:00pm
745 Fifth Avenue

Event: The Moth StorySLAM “Bosses” at Housing Works
7:00pm
126 Crosby Street
Admission: $8.00

Artist Talk: Susan Bee “Recalculating: Paintings and Collaborations” at the School of Visual Arts
6:30pm
133-141 West 21st Street, 101C
Admission: Free

Artist Talk: Charles Long at NYU Einstein Auditorium
5:30pm
34 Stuyvesant Street
Admission: Free

Artist Talk: Lee Mingwei at the Museum of Chinese in America
6:30pm
215 Centre Street
Admission: Free

Exhibition Opening: Karen Gibbons “A Cup of Air” at 440 Gallery
6:00pm-9:00pm
440 Sixth Avenue (Brooklyn)

Exhibition Opening: Marina Markovic “Pressure Me” at Rabbithole
6:00pm-10:00pm
33 Washington Street (Brooklyn)

Workshop: The Industrial Unit “Creating Actions through Action: Lesson in NON GRATA” at Grace Exhibition Space
7:00pm-9:00pm
840 Broadway, Fl2 (Brooklyn)
Admission: $20.00

Performance: Canyon Castator “Flash Art: Fifteen Original Drawings and Tattoos by Canyon Castator” at PiPs
7:00pm-10:00pm
158 Roebling Street (Brooklyn)

Friday, February 24

Exhibition Opening: Anja Schwoerer at Nicelle Beauchene Gallery
6:00pm-8:00pm
21 Orchard Street

Exhibition Opening: Christine Hou an Lisa Iglesias “me, we”, PS3* Pedro Sanchez3 “On the Outer Edge” and Andres Bedoya “From Ultra Madre” at Henry Street Settlement. Abrons Art Center
6:00pm-8:00pm
466 Grand Street

Exhibition Opening: Hans-Peter Feldman at 303
6:00pm-8:00pm
547 West 21st Street

Performance: “Missy Mazzoli: Song from the Uproar” at The Kitchen
8:00pm
512 West 19th Street
Admission: $15.00 adults

Exhibition Opening: John Chamberlain “Choices” at Guggenheim
1071 Fifth Avenue

Exhibition Opening: Crash “Remnant Memories” at TT Underground
6:00pm-10:00pm
91 Second Avenue

Exhibition Opening: “A Valuation” at Nexus
6:00pm-10:00pm
39 West 56th Street, Fl4

Panel Discussion: “The Review Panel” at National Academy
6:30pm
1083 Fifth Avenue
Admission: $12.00 adults; $7.00 seniors and students

Screening: Paper Tiger Television: Designs for a Rrradical New Media at The Museum of Modern Art
8:00pm
11 West 53rd Street
Admission: $12.00 adults; $8.00 students; Free members

Performance: Richard Garet, Marcia Chavez and Daniel Neumann “Sentinel” at Studio10
8:00pm
56 Bogart Street (Brooklyn)

Exhibition Opening: Criminy Johnson “Dreaming Without Sleeping” at The Active Space
7:00pm-10:00pm
566 Johnson Ave

Exhibition Opening: “Don’t Think About Amputation” at IV Soldiers
6:00pm-10:00pm
184 Noll Street

Exhibition Opening: Daryl-Ann Saunders”Pioneers of Bushwick: We Call it Home” at Diana Jones Center
5:00pm-7:00pm
9 Noll Street

Open Studios: Sweatshop Studios
6:00pm-10:00pm
47 Hall Street

Performance: NON GRATA “LIVE ART FRIDAYS!” at Grace Exhibition Space
9:00pm
840 Broadway, Fl2 (Brooklyn)
Admission: $10.00 donation

Exhibition Opening: “Playing House” at Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway (Brooklyn)

Saturday, February 25

Exhibition Opening: Anja Schwoerer at Nicelle Beauchene Gallery
6:00pm-8:00pm
21 Orchard Street

Exhibition Opening: Constance Armellino at Stephan Stoyanov Gallery
6:00pm-8:00pm
29 Orchard Street

Exhibition Opening: Joe Heaps Nelson “This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things” at Fuse Gallery
7:00pm-10:00pm
93 Second Avenue

Performance: “You Like Me: An Evening of Classic Acceptance Speeches” at Ars Nova Theater
8:00pm
511 West 54th Street
Admission: $15.00

Performance: Jordan Crandall “Unmanned” at Eyebeam
4:00pm-6:00pm
540 West 21st Street
Admission: Free

Exhibition Opening: Melissa Brown “Palisades” at KANSAS
6:00pm-9:00pm
59 Franklin Street

Exhibition Opening: “Hello? I Forgot My Mantra” at Clifton Benevento
6:00pm-8:00pm
515 Broadway

Exhibition Opening: Ryan McNamara “Still” at Elizabeth Dee Gallery
6:00pm-8:00pm
545 West 20th Street

Exhibition Opening: Alex Gross “Product Placement” and Victor Castillo “The Jungle” at Jonathan LeVine Gallery
7:00pm-9:00pm
529 West 20th Street

Exhibition Opening: Charles Long and Nicole Wermers at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery
6:00pm-8:00pm
521 West 21st Street

Exhibition Opening: Carlito Carvalhosa at Sonnabend Gallery
6:00pm-8:00pm
536 West 22nd Street

Exhibition Opening: Donald Moffett “The Radiant Future” at Marianne Boesky Gallery
6:00pm-8:00pm
509 West 24th Street

Conference: “Survival of the Beautiful: Scientists and Artists Ponder The Aesthetics of Evolution” at NYU Cantor Film Center
10:45am-9:00pm
36 East 8th Street
Admission: Free

Screening: “Birth of a Nation” at Microscope Gallery
7:00pm
4 Charles Place (Brooklyn)
Admission: $6.00

Performance: Anna Lundh “The Tale of the Big Computer” at Triple Canopy
6:00pm
155 Freeman Street (Brooklyn)

Performance: Yve Laris Cohen “Coda” at SculptureCenter
5:00pm
44-19 Purves Street (Queens)

Sunday, February 26

Exhibition Opening: Bill Jenkins “Long Ending” at Laurel Gitlen 
6:00pm-8:00pm
261 Broome Street

Exhibition Opening: Paula Delgado “Cómo sos tan lindo” at momentaart
5:00pm
56 Bogart Street (Brooklyn)

Exhibition Opening: “Krypta” at Soloway
6:00pm-8:00pm
348 South 4th Street (Brooklyn)

Exhibition Opening: “BRURAL” at SET Gallery
6:00pm-9:00pm (Performance by Sherry Aliberti at 6:00pm)
287 3rd Avenue (Brooklyn)

CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS

Call for Project Proposals
Gallery Kressling
(Slovakia)

Gallery Kressling is accepting proposals for projects in its exhibition space.

Deadline: February 20, 2012
More Info HERE

Scape
Village Gallery
(Montgomery, AL)

EYA and Village Gallery are accepting artist submissions for an upcoming group exhibition “Scape”. “Scape” explores landscape from contemporary to traditional and realism to abstraction. Works should include but not limited to landscape, cityscape, seascape, and dreamscape.

Deadline: February 21, 2012
More Info HERE

Winter 2012 Open Call
3rd Ward
(Brooklyn, NY)

3rd Ward is accepting submissions for its Winter 2012 Open Call, an international search for exciting, innovative, and compelling artwork, awarding over $15,000 in prizes, including a 1-year work residency in NYC, a worldwide audience and a NYC Gallery Show.

Deadline: February 29, 2012
More Info HERE

The Fool’s Journey
Curious Matter/ Proteus Gowanus
(Jersey City, NJ and Brooklyn, NY)

Submissions are now being accepted for “The Fool’s Journey,” a collaboration between Curious Matter in Jersey City, NJ and Proteus Gowanus in Brooklyn, NY. The exhibition will be presented in two parts concurrently at Curious Matter and Proteus Gowanus. The curators will select the location for the artwork. The exhibition is a complement to the yearlong, multi-disciplinary inquiry hosted by Proteus Gowanus on the theme of Migration and will be exhibited in parallel to its Future Migration show, exploring where we may end up as we embark into the future. A catalogue will accompany The Fool’s Journey.

Deadline: March 1, 2012
More Info HERE

being HUMAN and The Unsung Heroine
Corpus Christi Festival of the Arts
(Corpus Christi, TX )

Juror Amado Pena, Jr. will select art entries for the “being Human” exhibition at the Corpus Christi Festival of the Arts, March 30 – April 10. Juror Melida Buentello-Olivo will select entries for the festival’s “The Unsung Heroine” exhibition.

Deadline: March 1, 2012
More Info HERE

Green
Slippery Rock University
(Slippery Rock, PA)

The Martha Gault Art Gallery at Slippery Rock University is accepting submissions for “Green,” a juried exhibition featuring work in all media with a focus on ecological and sustainability themes. Email sharon.massey@sru.edu for more information.

Deadline: March 1, 2012

Rock Paper Scissors
View Arts Center
(Old Forge, NY)

View, the arts center in Old Forge is seeking entries for their annual themed exhibition of art and writing, “Rock, Paper, Scissors.” The theme is a flexible guideline to challenge artists to think analytically about their work.

Deadline: March 3, 2012
More Info HERE

3rd Annual Group Exhibition
Beers.Lambert
(London, UK)

Beers.Lambert is seeking submissions for its annual group open exhibition, July 6 – August 5, 2012. Artists working in all disciplines from all parts of the world may apply.

Deadline: March 5, 2012
More Info HERE

Library Thoughts-2, Budapest 2012
Hungarian Multicultural Center (HMC)
(Dallas, TX)

Hungarian Multicultural Center (HMC) is accepting submissions for “Library Thoughts-2, Budapest 2012.” How did the digital era influence traditional reading culture? Artist books, works on or of paper may be any size, but MUST fit in a 9 X 12 (22.9X30.5cm) envelope. Accepted media include unmatted, unframed photography, drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, mixed media, cast or folded paper, multimedia, digital prints or artbooks.

Deadline: March 15, 2012
More Info HERE

Call for Submissions
Douglaston Art League
(Douglaston, NY)

The National Art League in Douglaston, NY is accepting submissions for their 82nd Annual Open Exhibition. All media except for photography, film and video accepted.

Deadline: March 24, 2012
More Info HERE

Call for Entries
SRO Photo Gallery
(Lubbuck, TX)

SRO Photo Gallery is seeking submissions for its annual competition to fill eight photographic art solo exhibition slots. Entries must be submitted to www.ttuart.slideroom.com

Deadline: March 30, 2012
More Info HERE

Call for Artwork: 2013 Solo Shows
Locust Grove
(Poughkeepsie, NY)

Locust Grove is accepting applications for solo shows for 2013.

Deadline: April 2, 2012
More Info HERE

Call for Films
Greenpoint Film Festival
(Brooklyn, NY)

The Greenpoint Film Festival is accepting films in all genres and lengths. The festival will take place October 27th-30th.

Deadline: April 3, 2012
More Info HERE

Public Art Opportunity
Mount Vernon Public Library
(Mount Vernon, NY)

ArtsWestchester seeks to commission a work of public art to enhance the children’s room entrance of the Mount Vernon Public Library in Mount Vernon, New York.

Deadline: April 6, 2012
More Info HERE

Call for Films
Northside DIY Film Festival
(Brooklyn, NY)

The Northside Film is now accepting submissions for its DIY Film Festival.

Deadline: April 15, 2012
More Info HERE

Installation view of Meghan Gordon's exhibit for the Sunroom Project Space

Sunroom Project Space
Wave Hill
(Bronx, NY)

Wave Hill is now accepting proposals for its Sunroom Project Space. The Sunroom Project Space is a venue for New York-area emerging artists to create site-specific work for a six-week solo show or special project to be exhibited in one of the two windowed sunrooms in Glyndor Gallery. Five artists will be selected for 2013.

Deadline: April 17, 2012
More Info HERE

Paradoxes in Video 3
4141 Garage
(San Diego, CA)

Garage Gallery is accepting submissions for “Paradox,” a video exhibition that investigates the contradictions between documentary and performance, fact and fiction, order & chaos. What is real and what is staged? The absurdity of real life, the ambiguity of movement and the enigma of space are some of the perceptions raised in “Paradox.” Email deepseal2@aol.com for more information.

Deadline: April 26, 2012

On The Threshold
Attleboro Arts Museum
(Attleboro, MA)

Attleboro Arts Museum is accepting submissions in all media for its themed, juried exhibition, “On The Threshold.”

Deadline: May 12, 2012
More Info HERE

Most of Us Die
Nectar Magazine

Nectar Magazine is a fine art and literary publication currently looking for submissions. The current open theme is titled “Most of Us Die”. Any medium of art and/or writing on this topic is accepted.

Deadline: June 1, 2012
More Info HERE

2012 National Juried All-Media Exhibition
Petersburg Regional Art Center
(Petersburg, VA)

Petersburg Regional Art Center is accepting submissions for its 2012 National Juried All-Media exhibition. Two or three-dimensional artwork in all media will be accepted; up to 50 inches in either direction. All works must be original and completed within the last 5 years.

Deadline: July 6, 2012
More Info HERE

International Contemporary Artists Book
ICA Publishing

ICA Publishing is accepting submissions for its new volume of International Contemporary Artists. A juried committee is reviewing the submitted works on an ongoing basis.

Deadline: Ongoing
More Info HERE

RESIDENCIES

Research Residencies
Provisions Library
(Washington, D.C.)

Provisions Library, a non-profit instigator of arts and social change in Washington DC, invites culture producers to submit letters of interest for it research residency program. The program will bring together four residents (artists, scholars, activists, and practitioners) for research-based projects that explore and extend social change themes. Participants will gain exposure to policies, practices, and politics while exploring transformative social imaginations and strategies. The rapidly changing urban and institutional landscape of Washington DC will serve as a platform, model, and resource to propose and prepare social futures.

Deadline: May 1, 2012
More Info HERE

Keyholder Residency Program
Lower East Side Printshop
(New York, NY)

The Lower East Side Printshop is accepting applications for its Keyholder Residency Program. The Keyholder Residency Program offers emerging artists free 24-hour access to printmaking facilities to develop new work and foster their artistic careers. Residencies are one year long, starting on April 1, 2012, and take place in the Printshop’s shared Artists’ Studio. Facilities are available for intaglio, relief, monoprint, waterbased silkscreen, digital processes, and other techniques that employ the tools at hand.

Deadline: March 1, 2012
More Info HERE

Emerging Artist in Residence
Pilchuck Glass School
(Stanwood, WA)

Pilchuck Glass School is accepting applications for its emerging artist in residence program. The residency requires a project proposal and supports kilnworking, coldworking, printmaking, and use of mixed media but not hot glassworking. The EAiR program is an independent artist’s residency, so no instruction is available and some glassmaking experience is required. Included in the residency award is a stipend of US$1,000 per artist, open studio space, shared cooking facilities, and a private room in a cottage with shared bath.

Deadline: March 12, 2012
More Info HERE

Franklin Furnace Fund
(New York, NY)

Franklin Furnace is accepting applications for grants to emerging artists that will allow them to produce major works in New York. Grants range between $2,000 and $10,000 based on the peer review panel allocation of funding received by Franklin Furnace.

Deadline: April 1, 2012
More Info HERE

Not surprisingly, Republican presidential hopefuls have criticized the plan. Mitt Romney calls it “an insult to the American taxpayer.” In fact, in the Op-Ed that Romney wrote last November for USA Today, he calls for:

“deep reductions in the subsidies for the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Legal Services Corporation.”

Culture programs always seem to be deemed “unnecessary” extras that should be the first to be cut during a recession. But in reality, we should think of agencies like the NEA as programs that support and advocate for small-business owners. After all, isn’t that what most artists are? Cultural value aside (and I do believe that art contributes significant cognitive, educational, and cultural value to society), in the current national economy where we lament the loss of manufacturing jobs, where we mourn the lack of *making*, many artists are doing just that: making things. Indeed, they are often one-of -a-kind items, not assembly-line produced, but art is arguably no more or less necessary/useful than the electronics, accessories or toys that are now made in China.

Not only do many artists make things– paintings, sculptures, public art projects, photographs, and installations, but just like other small business owners, we purchase materials to make these things– lumber, software, paper, canvas, paint, film. We purchase or rent space in which to make these things. We educate ourselves, and keep up with the latest relevant training. We obtain licenses and permits; We market and brand our products and often ourselves; we network; we do bookkeeping; we file taxes. We create strategic business plans. We buy health insurance. Even if our business has only one employee, we often outsource business-related things (website-design or fabrication) and often locally. And if we are fortunate enough to create a successful creative enterprise, then we may grow, and hire employees. Artists are laborers and entrepreneurs– an active part of the national economy, and we need to demand that we’re treated as such.

This week’s collection of openings, performances and happenings. (All addresses are in Manhattan unless otherwise noted.)

Wednesday, February 15

Exhibition Opening: “The Ungovernables” at New Museum
235 Bowery

Exhibition Opening: Thomas Bangsted and Chris Jones at Marc Straus
6:00pm-8:00pm
299 Grand

Exhibition Opening: Willie Alexander “Wall Works” at Esposus Space
6:00pm-8:00pm
64 West 3rd Street, Suite 210

Lecture: “Curator’s Perspective: Maria Lind,” at CUNY Graduate Center for the Humanities
7:00pm
The James Gallery; 356 Fifth Avenue

Exhibition Opening: “Getting From Here to There: Images In and About Transition” at AFP Galleries
6:00pm-8:00pm
The James Gallery; 356 Fifth Avenue

Exhibition Opening: Maider Lopez “Polder Cup” at ISCP
6:00pm-8:00pm
1040 Metropolitan Avenue (Brooklyn)

Exhibition Opening: James Bascara “The Violet Hour” at Brooklyn College
4:00pm-7:00pm
2900 Bedford Avenue (Brooklyn)

Thursday, February 16

Panel Discussion: “The Ungovernables” Artists Roundtable Q&A at New Museum
7:00pm
New Museum Theater; 235 Bowery
Admission: Free for Members; $8 General Public

Exhibition Opening: “Reflections” at Dacia Gallery
6:00pm-10:00pm
53 Stanton Street

Exhibition Opening: “Then the Darkness Fell” at Schroeder Romero & Shredder
6:00pm-8:00pm
531 West 26th Street

Exhibition Opening: “The Nude Interpreted” at Staley/ Wise Gallery
6:00pm-8:00pm
560 Broadway

Exhibition Opening: Marshall Weber “Awedience” at Munch Gallery
7:00pm-9:00pm
245 Broome Street

Exhibition Opening: Benjamin Cottam at Gasser Grunert
6:00pm-8:00pm
524 West 19th Street

Exhibition Opening: Marlo Pascual At Casey Kaplan
6:00pm-8:00pm
525 West 21st Street

Exhibition Opening: Nuria Roman “Desde la Tierra al Cielo” at CATM chelsea
7:00pm
500 West 22nd Street

Panel Discussion:“The Case for Appropriation: Christopher Phillips, Virginia Rutledge, Robert Storr, and Oliver Wasow” at SVA Theatre
6:00pm-8:00pm
333 West 23rd Street

Exhibition Opening: Charles Spurrier at Margaret Thatcher Projects
6:00pm-8:00pm
539 West 23rd Street

Exhibition Opening: “Broken/ Window/ Plane” at Tracy Williams Ltd
6:00pm-8:00pm
521 West 23rd Street

Exhibition Opening: “First Look” at Yosi Milo Gallery
6:00pm-8:00pm
245 10th Avenue

Exhibition Opening: Dionisio González “Favelas” at Galerie Richard
6:00pm-9:00pm
514 West 24th Street

Exhibition Opening: Jean Lowe “Live the Dream!” at McKenzie Fine Art
6:00pm-8:00pm
511 West 25th Street

Exhibition Opening: Michelle Doll at Blank Space
6:00pm-8:00pm
511 West 25th Street

Exhibition Opening: “The Substance of Abstraction,” “Sensorial Perspectives,” and “elemental Realms” at Agora Gallery
6:00pm-8:00pm
530 West 25th Street

Exhibition Opening: Frank Yamrus “I Feel Lucky” at Clamp Art
6:00pm-8:00pm
531 West 25th Street

Exhibition Opening: Craigie Horsfield at Marvelli Gallery
6:00pm-8:00pm
526 West 26th Street, Fl 2

Exhibition Opening: Norbert Brunner “Smiling Broadly” at Claire Oliver
6:00pm-8:00pm
513 West 26th Street

Exhibition Opening: Nicolas Touron “What’s Happening” at Virgil de Voldere Gallery
6:00pm-8:00pm
526 West 26th Street, Fl 4

Exhibition Opening: Ned Smyth “American Responses: Reverence” at Salomon Contemporary
6:00pm-8:00pm
526 West 26th Street, Fl 4

Exhibition Opening: Alex Doolan’s “Mud Doctors” at The ArtBridge Drawing Room
6:00pm-8:00pm
526 West 26th Street, 502a

Exhibition Opening: Barry Rosenthal and Clarisse Rebotier “Lost in the world, a story is found” at DIB Gallery
6:00pm-8:00pm
547 West 27th Street, Suite 533

Exhibition Opening: Fletcher Crossman, Justin Brunelle, Nic Bevilacqua, Paul Seftel “4 ELEMENTS” at PSPS
6:00pm-8:30pm
548 West 28th Street, Fl3

Exhibition Opening: Servane Mary “God Dies” at Martos Gallery
6:00pm-8:00pm
540 West 29 Street

Exhibition Opening: “It’s a thin line between love and hate: Part II: Hate” at United Photo Industries
6:00pm-9:00pm
111 Front Street, #204 (Brooklyn)

Exhibition Opening: Peter Demos “Carbon Copy” at the Journal Gallery
6:00pm-9:00pm
168 North 1st Street (Brooklyn)

Exhibition Opening: Leah Kohlenberg “Ruin: Rebirth” at Hadas Gallery
7:00pm
541 Myrtle Avenue (Brooklyn)

Friday, February 17

Exhibition Opening: John Miserendino “Pavilion” at Recess Activities, Inc
6:00pm-8:00pm
41 Grand Street

Exhibition Opening: Louise Belcourt “Mounds” at Jeff Bailey Gallery
6:00pm-8:00pm
625 West 27th Street

Exhibition Opening: “What I Know” at NYCAMS
6:00pm-8:00pm
44 West 28th Street, Fl7

Exhibition Opening: Cake, Don Pablo Pedro, “Inside Out” at Mighty Tanaka Gallery
6:00pm-9:00pm
111 Front Street, Suite 224 (Brooklyn)

Exhibition Opening: “All Talk” at Pandemic Gallery
7:00pm-11:00pm
37 Broadway (Brooklyn)

Exhibition Opening: Chester Nielsen, Nicola Ginzel, “Critical Path” at Art 101
6:00pm-9:00pm
101 Grand Street (Brooklyn)

"History of Science Fiction," 2012 by Ward Shelley

Exhibition Opening: Ward Shelley at Pierogi
7:00pm-9:00pm
177 North 9th St (Brooklyn)

Exhibition Opening: “WOLFPACK!” at Splatterpool
8:00pm-11:30pm
138 Bayard Street (Brooklyn)

Exhibition Opening: E.K. Buckley “Ale’ Ale’” at Yes Gallery
7:00pm-10:00pm
147 India Street (Brooklyn)

Exhibition Opening: “Morphed” at Janet Kurnatowski Gallery
7:00pm-9:00pm
205 Norman Avenue (Brooklyn)

Performance: David Schafer “Roundabout/ UEBA” at Studio 10
7:30pm
56 Bogart Street (Brooklyn)

Exhibition Opening: “Systemic Risk” at NURTUREart Gallery 
7:00pm-9:00pm
56 Bogart Street (Brooklyn)

Exhibition Opening: “The Permanent Collection Volume 2: My Own Private Serpico” at English Kills Gallery
7:00pm-10:00pm
114 Forrest Street (Brooklyn)

Exhibition Opening: Charles Atlas “The Illusion of Democracy” at Luhring Augustine Gallery Bushwick
6:00pm-9:00pm
25 Knickerbocker Avenue (Brooklyn)

Performance and Exhibition Opening: “The Art of Failure” at Devotion Gallery
7:00pm-9:00pm (performance begins at 7:30pm)
54 Maujer Street (Brooklyn)

Saturday, February 18

Exhibition Opening: Bruce Brosnan, Todd Knopke, Tyler Vlahovich at Feature Inc
6:00pm-8:00pm
131 Allen Street

Exhibition Opening: Robyn Voshardt, Sven Humphrey “Same But Indifferent” at Number 35
6:00pm-8:00pm
141 Attorney Street

Exhibition Opening: Mary Kelly at Postmasters Gallery
6:00pm-8:00pm
459 West 19th Street

Exhibition Opening: Stephen Prina “Painting” at Friedrich Petzel Gallery
6:00pm-8:00pm
535 West 22nd Street

Exhibition Opening: Klaus Weber “If you leave me, I’m not following” at Andrew Kreps
6:00pm-8:00pm
525 West 22nd Street

Exhibition Opening: Zak Prekop at Harris Lieberman
6:00pm-8:00pm
508 West 26th Street

Exhibition Opening: “2011 chashama North alumni show” at Chashama (Harlem Building)
7:00pm-9:00pm
461 West 126th Street

Closing Reception: “LUNATION: Art on the Moon” at Observatory
8:00pm
543 Union Street (Brooklyn)

Screening: “We Are Cinema: ’50 Years of the Film-Makers’ Coop’” at Microscope Gallery
7:00pm
4 Charles Place (Brooklyn)
Admission: $7

Exhibition Opening: Susan Evans Grove “Material Reflections” at Crossing Art Gallery
3:00pm-6:00pm
136-17 39th Avenue (Queens)

Exhibition Opening: “CCCA 16th Annual Juried Art Show” at Hudson Opera House
5:00pm-7:00pm
327 Warren Street (Hudson, NY)

Sunday, February 19

Exhibition Opening: Jeffrey Gibson at American Contemporary
5:00pm-7:00pm
4 East 2nd Street

Closing Reception: Ellen Chuse “Imagined Light” at 440 Gallery
4:00pm-7:00pm
440 6th Avenue (Brooklyn)

Curator’s Talk: “The Influential Female” curated by Randall Harris at Kentler International Drawing Space
4:00pm
353 Van Brunt Street (Brooklyn)

CALLS FOR SUBMISSION

National Photography Fellowship Competition, “Developed Work”
Midwest Center for Photography
(Wichita, KS)

The Midwest Center for Photography is seeking submissions for its juried competition, “Developed Work.” “Developed Work” is based upon a cohesive body of work. Artists must submit a brief artist statement, outlining the aesthetic and conceptual intentions of the work. Selection will be considered from the developed body of work submitted by each artist rather than on individual images.

Deadline: February 15, 2012
More Info HERE

Call for Video Art
The Standard For Spring in collaboration with Rogue Art
(New York, NY)

The Standard for Spring continues a movement of impromptu art in public spaces as set forth by festivals like: Conflux, Rogue Art, SITE Fest and Art in Odd Places. This practice allows artists to break free from the confinement of the studio and the gallery space and interact with an unsuspecting and unassuming public.The Standard for Spring is seeking artists’ videos for an outdoor screening in some unlikely places at impromptu times by unconventional means. Artists whose work is adaptable to being projecting onto people place or things is the conceptual fit for this event. For more information, contact Tara Ray Russo.

Deadline: March 1, 2012

Emerging Curator Open Call 2012
New York Art Residency and Studios (NARS) Foundation
(Brooklyn, NY)

The New York Art Residency and Studios (NARS) Foundation is pleased to announce its second annual Emerging Curator Open Call. The Emerging Curator Program offers an opportunity for a young-in-career curator to present a group show at the NARS Foundation Gallery. A stipend of $200 will be awarded to the selected applicant to help subsidize the cost of organizing the exhibition.

Deadline: March 2, 2012
More Info HERE

The summer-long FIGMENT projects on Governors Island, NYC

Special Exhibitions: Minigolf Course “Arcade” and Interactive Sculpture Garden
FIGMENT
(Governors Island, New York)

FIGMENT is seeking submissions for its artist-designed minigolf course, interactive sculpture garden, and architectural pavilion on Governors Island in New York City. FIGMENT is a free, annual celebration of participatory art and culture. In 2011, FIGMENT was voted “Best Art Festival” by the Village Voice, and received its first grant from the National Endowment of the Arts. In addition to the FIGMENT event, FIGMENT hosts a summer-long program on Governors Island that includes an an artist-designed minigolf course, interactive sculpture garden, and an architectural pavilion that is the result of a collaboration with ENYA and SEAoNY.

Deadline: March 8, 2012 for artist-designed minigolf course and interactive sculpture garden;
April 1 for City of Dreams architectural pavilion
More Info HERE

Open Call for Photography
Dacia Gallery
(New York, NY)

Dacia Gallery invites emerging and established artists to submit photography for an opportunity to participate in a group exhibition. There are no limitations to the subject matter, the work can be figurative, landscapes, cityscapes or any creative culmination of your photographic endeavor.

Deadline: March 8, 2012
More Info HERE

Portfolio Showcase: Self Portrait
Davis Orton Gallery
(Hudson, NY)

Davis Orton Gallery is seeking photographic self-portraits for its April showcase. Two photographers will be selected to exhibit their portfolios via both slide show and prints as part of their scheduled photography exhibition on Portraits/SelfPortraits.

Deadline: March 9, 2012
More Info HERE

Tactile: Works utilizing clay
Tejas Gallery Space

TEJAS Gallery Space seeks submissions for an exhibition that explores the myriad ways in which clay is incorporated into recent art practices. Email tejasgalleryspace@gmail.com for more information.

Deadline: March 16, 2012

Call for Exhibition Proposals
Hartnett Gallery, University of Rochester
(Rochester, NY)

The Hartnett Gallery at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York is now accepting proposals from individual artists and groups interested in exhibiting work during the 2012/13 academic year. Please email proposals to hartnett@mail.rochester.edu.

Deadline: March 19, 2012
More Info HERE

Reflections + Refractions: 2D Art Inspired by Glass
University of Toledo CVA Gallery
(Toledo, OH)

The University of Toledo CVA Gallery is accepting submissions for Reflections + Refractions | 2 Dimensional Artwork Inspired by Glass. They are seeking 2-dimensional artwork that is inspired by, or interprets, glass, reflection, refraction, etc.

Deadline: March 30, 2012
More Info HERE

Versa Major
The Transversal Project
(St. Louis, MO)

The Transversal Project was begun in late 2011 by the artist Michael Powell in order to create opportunities for experimental public art exhibitions free from the hermetically sealed white cube of galleries and museums. All Transversal Project exhibitions are projected onto the sides of buildings using a large venue projection system. The Transversal Project is seeking submissions for its next exhibition, “Versa Major.”

Deadline: April 1, 2012
More Info HERE

Visiting Artists Series Call for Artists
Fort Lewis College
(Durango, CO)

The Fort Lewis College Art Gallery seeks exciting and innovative artists to participate in their Visiting Artist Program. Each academic semester, they invite a recognized artist to their campus to present an exhibition and to spend approximately one week interacting with students in discussions and hands-on workshops. They are especially interested in hosting artists who can integrate active collaboration with art students into their exhibition and visit. Visiting artists receive an honorarium and per diem stipend, with all travel expenses and lodging provided. To submit a proposal for a project/exhibition, please send a statement describing your proposed exhibition, a CV, and a portfolio of recent work to flc.artgallery@gmail.com.

Deadline: April 1, 2012

Popular Campaigns & Political Culture
Prescott College Art Gallery at Sam Hill Warehouse
(Prescott, AZ)

The Popular Campaigns and Political Culture Exhibition seeks creative works that explore the relationship of the political environment and popular culture. In visual culture, we have become saturated by media and advertising in an attempt to determine our cultural identity and political preference. This exhibition asks the artist to interpret the connections or point-of-overlap between art and propaganda. Open to all media.

Deadline: April 6, 2012
More Info HERE

Reclaim/ Collaborate
University of Toledo CVA Gallery
(Toledo, OH)

The University of Toledo CVA Gallery is accepting submissions for Reclaim/ Collaborate. They are seeking submissions that explore how artistic collaboration can recycle, reconfigure, and renew media, environment or residual cultural forms, establishing a practical sense of community and innovation. To submit, please send CV, artist statement, proposal, and 10–20 images to: CVA Gallery, University of Toledo, 620 Grove Place, Toledo, OH 43620 or email materials to: cvagallery@gmail.com (please include eclaim/Collaborate in subject heading).

Deadline: April 8, 2012

RESIDENCIES

Artist Residency
Culture Lab and ISIS Arts
(Newcastle, UK)

Culture Lab and ISIS Arts seek are seeking applications for their second artist-in-residence at Newcastle University in the United Kingdom. Proposals are invited from practitioners and researchers from across the spectrum of creative art, design and technology to undertake research in Culture Lab for a minimum of 3 weeks between April 1 – December 14, 2012.

Deadline: February 17, 2012
More Info HERE

WOODSTOCK A-I-R 
The Center for Photography at Woodstock
(Woodstock, NY)

WOODSTOCK A-I-R is a workspace residency program designed to support artists of color working in the photographic arts who reside in the United States with access to time, facilities, financial, critical, and technical support. This activity is created with an emphasis on supporting artists working in the photographic arts who are at the brink of their careers and promising talent. In 2012 CPW will offer 7 residencies for artists of color and 1 “critical studies residency” for a curator/critic of color.

Deadline: February 29, 2012
More Info HERE

In Process 2012 (SUMMER) Studio Residency
Carriage House
(East Islip, NY)

Proposals are now being accepted for “In Process 2012 (SUMMER).” The galleries in the Carriage House at the Islip Art Museum are transformed into working space. 3 artists will be selected to use the space as a studio from May 15 through August 15, 2012. Each artist will be given a large, private working area with 24-hour access to the building and a monthly stipend of $500.

Deadline: March 1, 2012
More Info HERE

Paducah Artist-In-Residence Program
Yeiser Art Center
(Paducah, KY)

The Yeiser Art Center is now accepting proposals for the Paducah Artist-in-Residence Program. The program is a collaborative effort between the Paducah Arts Alliance and the Yeiser Art Center. The residency space is located at AIR Studio in Paducah, Kentucky. The program welcomes self-motivated, focused individuals working in a range of traditional and non-traditional visual arts practices. A monthly stipend of $500, dependent upon length of stay. Housing and studio space are provided. Residencies may range from two weeks up to two months, between April 1, 2012 and March 31, 2013

Deadline: March 1, 2012
More Info HERE

Beisinghoff Printmaking Residency
Women’s Studio Workshop
(Diemelstadt-Rhoden, GERMANY)

The Women’s Studio Workshop is seeking applications for its Beisinghoff Printmaking Residency. Residents will have access to a Letter Press Studio with Korrex flatbed press and Garamond, Helvetica,  Futura,  and some Bodoni Antiqua and Wallau typefaces, and an Intaglio printing studio with Plankenhorn etching press for papersize up to 132 x 180 cm. The residency will take place during dOCUMENTA 13 which takes place in Kassel June 9th – Sept 16th, 2012.  Images, thoughts and words from different viewpoints come together when artists from different continents converge to use the facilities at Atelierhouse. Accommodation is free of charge and provides a shared apartment with a shared bath, library, kitchen, living room, garden, and a sewing and ironing room

Deadline: April 1, 2012
More Info HERE

Studio Residency
Women’s Studio Workshop
(Rosendale, New York)

The Women’s Studio Workshop is seeking proposals for its studio residency program. Women’s Studio Workshop offers a six- to eight-week residency for an artist working in printmaking, papermaking, photography, book arts, or ceramics. This residency supports the creation of a new body of work in one of WSW’s studio disciplines. The grant includes a $2,000 artists’ stipend, up to $500 for materials to be used for the project at WSW, travel stipend, housing and unlimited studio use. The artist will be provided with technical advice and assistance in production. WSW welcomes applications from artists in all stages of their careers.

Deadline: April 1, 2012
More Info HERE

Artist-Teacher Residency Summer 2012
The Cooper Union School of Art – Outreach Program
(New York, NY)

The Cooper Union is offering 4 artist-residency fellowships within the Outreach Pre-college Summer Program. The fellowships will be given to outstanding visual artists who teach in New York City area schools or cultural institutions. The residency provides spacious, sky lit professional studios for 4 weeks, July 9 – August 6th, in the painting and drawing department.

Deadline: April 2, 2012
More Info HERE

International Artist Residency 2012
New York Art Residency and Studios (NARS) Foundation
(Brooklyn, NY)

The New York Art Residency and Studios (NARS) Foundation provides national and international artists with the opportunity to produce new work while engaging with the vibrant arts community in New York City. Artists-in-residence have access to an individual studio space and various professional development programs. The NARS Foundation seeks applications on two levels. The first level includes emerging and mid-career artists, for whom appointments as residents may make a significant impact on their careers. The second level consists of artists with established national and/or international reputations for whom a change of environment may offer refreshment and inspiration.

Deadline: April 6, 2012
More Info HERE

CALLS FOR PAPERS

Third Annual Feminist Art History Conference
American University
(Washington, D.C.)

The Third Annual Feminist Art History Conference invites proposals for papers on subjects spanning the chronological and geographic spectrum to foster a broad dialogue on feminist art-historical practice. Speakers may address such topics as: artists, movements, and works of art and architecture; cultural institutions and critical discourses; practices of collecting, patronage, and display; the gendering of objects, spaces, and media; the reception of images; issues of power, agency, gender and sexuality in visual cultures. Submit a 1-page, single-spaced proposal and 2-page curriculum vita to fahc3.cfp@gmail.com.

Deadline: May 15, 2012

This week’s collection of openings, performances and happenings. (All addresses are in Manhattan unless otherwise noted.)

Wednesday, February 8

Exhibition Opening: Sarah Kurz “Made for Love” at Allegra LaViola Gallery
6:00pm-9:00pm
179 East Broadway

Screening and Artist Talk: Tony Oursler “Screening + Conversation” at EAI (Electronic Arts Intermix)
6:30pm
535 West 22nd Street, floor 5
Admission: $7, students $5, rsvp to rsvp@eai.org

Artist Talk: Roger Hiorns at Public Art Fund (The New School)
6:30pm
66 West 12th Street
Admission: $10, students free

Event: Monika Wuhrer of Open Source “Muse Fuse” at NURTUREart
7:00pm
56 Bogart Street (Brooklyn)

Thursday, February 9

Exhibition Opening: Bastienne Schmidt, Doug Henders, Mick Rock, Miki Lee, Rodger Stevens “Modern Love.” curated by Jeff Quinn and Ronni Anderson at Mayson Gallery
6:00pm-8:00pm
254 Broome Street
rsvp to ronni@maysongallery.com

Exhibition Opening: Charles Lutz “Re-Make/ Re-Model” at Hionas Gallery
6:00pm-8:00pm
89 Franklin Street

Exhibition Opening: Garrett Pruter “Mixed Signals” at Charles Bank Gallery
6:00pm-9:00pm
196 Bowery

Exhibition Opening: Mark Price “Hyper 20XX” at Kesting/Ray
7:00pm-9:00pm
30 Grand Street

Performance: An Evening with Amanda Loulaki and Levi Gonzalez at The Kitchen
8:00pm
512 West 19th Street
Admission: $15

Exhibition Opening: Janet Fish “Recent Paintings” at DC Moore
6:00pm-8:00pm
535 West 22nd Street, #2

Exhibition Opening: “Happenings: New York 1958-1963″ at Pace Gallery
6:00pm-8:00pm
534 West 25th Street

Exhibition Opening: Donovan Barrow “Gleaning” at Rare
6:00pm-8:00pm
547 West 27th Street, suite 514

Friday, February 10

Exhibition Opening: “Love + Art: Artist Couples Collaborating and Exhibiting Together” at dm contemporary
6:00pm-8:00pm
39 East 29th Street, #2B

Reading: “Limited Time Only, BOMB Magazine, ICI” at Independent Curators International (ICI)
7:00pm
401 Broadway, Suite 1620
rsvp to chelsea@curatorsintl.org

Performance: “Chilled Oily Nicely Corrupt Hearts (C.O.N.C.H.)” curated by Cat Gilbert, Esther Neff, and Valerie Kuehne
8:00pm-1:00am
245 Varet Street (Brooklyn)
$5-$20 sliding scale donation at the door

Exhibition Opening: Juergen Teller at Lehmann Maupin
6:00pm-8:00pm
201 Chrystie Street

Conference and Performance: “The Affect Factory: Precarity, Labor, Gender, And Performance” at NYU (Barney Building)
6:00pm (performance at 7:30pm)
34 Stuyvesant Street
Register at affectfactory@gmail.com

Exhibition Opening: “Cultural Production” at Andrea Rosen
6:00pm-8:00pm
525 West 24th Street

Exhibition Opening: “Ariadne’s Thread” at Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery 
6:00pm-8:00pm
534 West 24th Street

Exhibition Opening: “Sutured” at Like the Spice
6:00pm-9:00pm
224 Roebling Street (Brooklyn)

Exhibition Opening: Per-Oskar Leu “Crisis and Critique” at Triple Canopy
7:00pm-9:00pm
155 Freeman Street (Brooklyn)

Exhibition Opening: Elizabeth Riley, Martin Bromirski, and Rachel LaBine at Storefront Bushwick
6:00pm-9:00pm
16 Wilson Avenue (Brooklyn)

Saturday, February 11

Performance: Gerald Ferguson “Choral Reading” at CANADA Gallery
7:00pm
55 Chrystie Street

Exhibition Opening: André Saraiva ”Love Letters,” at Half Gallery
6:00pm-8:00pm
208 Forsyth Street

Panel Discussion: Theodoros Stamos “Evidence of Wonder” at ACA Galleries
2:30pm
529 West 20th Street
rsvp to info@acagalleries.com

Screening: “We are Cinema: ’50 Years of the Film-Makers Coop’” at Microscope Gallery
7:00pm-9:00pm
4 Charles Place (Brooklyn)

Screening: “Video Infusion” at Secret Project Robot
8:00pm-11:00pm
389 Melrose Street (Brooklyn)

Exhibition Opening: Evan Robarts and James Moore at Open Source
7:00pm-9:00pm
306 17th Street (Brooklyn)

Exhibition Opening: Rachel Pollack “…the I and the We” at Gowanus Print Lab
6:00pm-9:00pm
54 Second Ave (Brooklyn)

Exhibition Opening: Robby Herbst “New Pyramids for the Capitalist System”
6:00pm-9:00pm
DUMBO Arts Center 111 Front Street, Suite 212 (Brooklyn)

Exhibition Opening: Yuka Otani at Camel Art Space
6:00pm-9:00pm
722 Metropolitan Ave, 2nd Floor (Brooklyn)

Performance: Katya Grokhovsky “The Art School” at Chashama
6:00pm-11:00pm
26-15 Jackson Ave (Queens)

Performance: Clifford Owens “Anthology Performance” at MoMA PS1
3:00pm
22-25 Jackson Ave (Queens)

Saturday, February 11

Exhibition Opening: Bahar Behbahani “Saffron Tea” at Momenta Art
5:00pm
56 Bogart Street (Brooklyn)

Closing Reception: “Banquet for America” at flux factory
6:00pm-9:00pm
39-31 29th Street (Queens)

CALLS FOR SUBMISSION

25th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition 
McNeese State University
(Lake Charles, LA)

McNeese State University is now accepting applications for its 25th Annual National Works on Paper Exhibition. Works may be any medium on or of paper, including photography, book works, and cast paper

.

Deadline: February 14, 2012
More Info HERE

Plaza Art
The Fashion Center Business Improvement District
(New York, NY)

The Fashion Center Business Improvement District is maintains the pedestrian plazas on Broadway between 35th Street and 41st Street. They are currently accepting proposals for public art on the plazas during the Summer of 2012.

Deadline: February 24, 2012
More Info HERE

Urban Art
DOT
(New York, NY)

DOT’s Urban Art initiatives rely on partnerships with community organizations and the creativity of artists to present site-responsive artwork. Art is integral to DOT goal of world class streets. Artists help to transform the landscape from ordinary to extraordinary with temporary, unexpected interventions – colorful murals, dynamic light projections, thought-provoking sculptures. The DOT is now accepting proposals for both pARTners and Barrier Beautification.

Deadline: February 24, 2012 and March 9, 2012, respectively
More Info HERE

Eco Art: Call for Site Specific Outdoor and Gallery Works
Greene County Council on the Arts

Curator/Eco-Artist/Activist Christy Rupp, is seeking proposals for outdoor and indoor projects for the Eco Art Exhibit, “Whale Oil to Whole Foods,” at the GCCA Catskill Gallery and at the Cornell Cooperative Extension Agroforestry Center and Model Forest. Of interest are ecological issues from the region’s past and future, as well as the industrial legacy of the Hudson River, or any other topics that examine our kinship to the planet: earthworks, installations, art/activist projects, performances, tree hugging, broadcast soundworks inspired by science, technology, fungal, Pollanesque, lichen covered, problem solving, compostable, geological, edible, photosynthetic, experimental, waterborn, rooted in the forest, alive or formerly alive. Stipends are available for outdoor, site specific works and interior exhibit expenses. Submit one page description (max) with examples of past work and budget if requesting a stipend to fawn@greenearts.org

Deadline: February 27, 2012
More Info HERE

Represent Brooklyn
The Rising Arts Gallery
(Brooklyn, NY)

The Rising Arts Gallery is accepting submissions for its next “Represent Brooklyn,” art exhibition. The exhibition features selected painting, photography, sculpture and mixed media art by artists who work and live in Brooklyn, and whose artwork is inspired by Brooklyn.

Deadline: March 9, 2012
More Info HERE

Apply for a Session
Recess
(New York, NY)

Recess is now accepting applications for its signature program, “Session.” Applications will be used to fill residencies beginning September 2012 for SoHo, Manhattan and summer 2012 (exact time TBD) for Red Hook, Brooklyn.
  Recess facilitates every-day interactions between artists and audiences in order to promote the productive space of the working artist as a site of valuable visual and intellectual interactions.

Deadline: March 14, 2012
More Info HERE

The Plastic Propaganda Poster Project
Westminster College Department of Environmental Studies
(Salt Lake City, UT)

“The Plastic Propaganda Poster Project” is seeking artist responses, in print form, to the environmental impact of plastic on our planet, its effect on our health and possible solutions to avoiding plastic consumption.   This exhibition will open at Westminster College in Salt Lake City on March 27.    Posters can be any size and must be in printed form (photo, digital, traditional print forms).    Digital images of posters, to be posted online, must be received by Wednesday March 14, please email to laurasharpwilson@gmail.com, (no larger than 1 MB).  Physical posters must be received by Wednesday March 21 and sent to: Laura S. Wilson 327 10th Ave. Salt Lake City, UT, 84103. For more information, please contact: Laura Sharp Wilson.

Deadline: March 14, 2012

Catagenesis: Site Specific Installations at Globe Dye Works
Philadelphia Sculptors
(Philadelphia, PA)

Philadelphia Sculptors is sponsoring “Catagenesis,” a major exhibition of installations and multi-media works at Globe Dye Works, a former manufacturing facility in Philadelphia that bleached and dyed textiles from 1865 – 2005. Scheduled for September 9 – October 21, 2012, “Catagenesis” refers to the concept that breakdown, instead of being an end, becomes a beginning as it progresses to reorganization, and then ideally, renewal. Artists become the catalysts for repurposing, and ultimately transforming, a former industrial structure into a place of growth and creativity. They are seeking submissions from artists that respond to the historic context of the site or to its physical condition.  Selected artists will receive an honorarium of $750.

Deadline: March 15, 2012
More Info HERE

WAH Center Spring Fling
Williamsburg Art & Historical Center
(Brooklyn, NY)

The WAH Center (Williamsburg Art & Historical Center) is now accepting submissions for Spring Fling, an international juried exhibition. Spring is a time of planting for the future when nature erupts with joyous living presence. In the spirit of celebration, our open call provides an opportunity for outstanding artists to showcase work to new audiences in Williamsburg — the heart of Brooklyn’s art community.

Deadline: March 17, 2012
More Info HERE

2nd Annual Great Hudson River Exhibition
Mill Street Loft Arts
(Beacon, NY)

“The 2nd Annual Great Hudson River Exhibition” is an exhibition focusing on Hudson River themed work at Mill Street Loft Arts at Scenic Hudson’s River Center, Long Dock Park, Beacon, NY. Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Photography and MM.  Exhibition Dates: Saturday, May 12th – Saturday, June 24th, 2012.  Juror: Asher Miller, Research Curator, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY.

Deadline: April 1, 2012
More Info HERE

Public Art Opportunity
ArtsWestchester
(Westchester, NY)

ArtsWestchester, in collaboration with Mount Vernon Public Library, seeks to commission a free-standing, site-specific exterior work to enhance the children’s room entrance to the Mount Vernon Public Library. The project must integrate well with the location and be constructed of weather-resistant materials.  This opportunity is open to visual artists, ages 18 and older, who reside in or maintain a studio in the lower Hudson Valley (New York City, Westchester, Rockland, and Putnam counties).

Deadline: April 6, 2012
More Info HERE

Scripts and Systems
Lexington Art League
(Lexington, KY)

The Lexington Art League is seeking submissions for “Scripts and Systems,”  an exhibition about many of our daily and most menial tasks that have been reduced to orderly algorithms – a discrete set of steps, rules, or calculations followed in specific order to accomplish a task.  Works in all media are eligible.

Deadline: April 13, 2012
More Info HERE

Sculpture Exhibition Opportunity
The Sinclair Galleries at Coe College
(Cedar Rapids, IA)

The Sinclair Galleries at Coe College (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) invites proposals in the area of 3-D/Sculpture for the 2012–2013 exhibition season for the following dates: October 26–November 18, 2012. The Sinclair Galleries has two identical spaces with over 1,000 square feet of space each, ten-foot ceilings and, polished concrete floors.  E-mail proposals, résumé, artist statement, and 10–20 images to sinclairgalleries@coe.edu

Deadline: April 15, 2012

Step Up 2012
Real Arts Ways
(Hartford, CT)

Step Up is Real Art Ways’ annual call for Emerging Artists in New England, New York and New Jersey. Step Up provides emerging artists an exhibition and publication opportunity at a critical moment in their careers. Emerging artists living and working in New England, New York or New Jersey who are no more than three years removed from a full-time educational program, or artists with less than five years exhibition experience are eligible to apply to this open call. Artists working in all media are encouraged to apply.

Deadline: April 27, 2012
More Info HERE

CURATORIAL

Emerging Curators Program
Smack Mellon
(Brooklyn, NY)

Proposals are accepted annually from Emerging Curators for the Emerging Artists Summer Show. The Emerging Artists Summer Show will be curated by a selected Emerging Curator and will be made up of Emerging Artists. An Emerging Artist is considered to be an artist without commercial representation who has been working as an artist for less than 10 years and who may not have had previous opportunities to show at a gallery or non-profit space. An Emerging Curator is defined as an independent curator who is beginning their career as a curator. Proposal must show history of at least 3 examples of prior curatorial projects successfully presented to a public audience.

Deadline: February 15, 2012
More Info HERE

Unsolicited Proposal Program
apexart
(New York, NY)

apexart’s Unsolicited Proposal program is accepting exhibition proposals. From January 17 – February 17, apexart will accept 500-word, idea-based exhibition proposals online for consideration by an international group of more than 100 individuals composed of artists, curators, writers, professionals, and people from other fields.

Deadline: February 17, 2012
More Info HERE

RESIDENCIES

Artist Residencies
Anderson Ranch Arts Center
(Snowmass Village, CO)

The Anderson Ranch Arts Center is seeking applications for residencies the following areas: ceramics, photography & digital media, painting & drawing, sculpture, woodworking & furniture design, and printmaking. As part of the program, resident artists have access to all of the Anderson Ranch studios and support staff and are encouraged to experiment with cross-disciplinary work.

Deadline: February 14, 2012
More Info HERE

Snug Harbor Artist Studio Program
(Staten Island, NY)

The Snug Harbor Artist Studio Program is now accepting application. Snug Harbor Artist Studio Program offers emerging artists a supportive environment to explore their creative development for two months. Artists are provided a studio space on the ground floor of a two-story, nineteenth-century cottage. The unique opportunity is situated within 83 parkland acres of the Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden in the borough of Staten Island.

Deadline: February 29, 2012
More Info HERE

LESP Keyholder Residency 2012
Lower East Side Print Shop
(New York, NY)

Lower East Side Printshop, New York, offers free year-long studio residencies for emerging artists. The Keyholder Residency includes free 24/7 access to a large shared studio with printmaking facilities, $1,000 stipend, storage space and basic supplies, exhibition opportunities, educational programming, and support services. Artists from all disciplines are eligible: printmaking skills are recommended but not required, and basic instruction in printmaking is available at no cost.

Deadline: March 1, 2012
More Info HERE

Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts Residencies 
(Saratoga, WY)

Brush Creek Ranch is accepting applications for time and space to create new work in the extraordinary beauty of the rural West.
Selected recipients will receive room with private bath, most meals and exclusive studio. This is a low-tech residency.
Residents are responsible for all necessary supplies, and travel to and from Laramie Regional Airport or ranch.

Deadline: March 15, 2012
More Info HERE

GRANTS

Grants in Emerging Fields, Literature, and Performing Arts
Creative Capital
(New York, NY)

Creative Capital is now accepting online Letters of Inquiry for grants in Emerging Fields, Literature and Performing Arts.  Creative Capital provides integrated financial and advisory support to artists pursuing innovative and adventurous projects.  Selected grantees receive up to $50,000 in direct support for their project and advisory services valued at more than $40,000.

Deadline: March 1, 2012
More Info HERE

Erik den Breejen's "Smile"

Copyright is a hot topic these days, from the misguided SOPA and PIPA acts to the Cariou v. Richard Prince case that is currently working its way through the courts. Now Artnet reports that painter Erik den Breejen has received a cease-and-desist letter from the lawyer of Beach Boys lyricist Van Dyke Parks. Den Breejan’s recent Freight + Volume show, “Smile,” featured the artist’s series of works inspired by the album, “SMiLE.” The series included paintings of brightly colored blocks of the album’s lyrics from the album assembled into ocean waves, smiling lips, flames, and other imagery related to the album. It also included paintings of session worksheets and images that had no text, but were titled with song titles from the album.

So the question here is: What is included in a musical work’s copyright?

According to the U.S. Copyright office:

“Copyright protects, ‘original works of authorship’ that are fixed in a tangible form of expression… Copyrightable works include the following categories:

1. literary works

2. musical works, including any accompanying words

3. dramatic works, including any accompanying music

4. pantomimes, and choreographic works

5. pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works

6. motion pictures and other audiovisual works

7. sound recordings

8. architectural works

So, “musical works, including any accompanying words,” are protected by copyright, but does that copyright extend to the *image* of the accompanying words? I would argue yes.

The doctrine of fair use sets out four factors to be used in determining whether or not a reproduction of a copyrighted work is infringement or fair use:

1. The purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes
2. The nature of the copyrighted work
3. The amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole
4. The effect of the use upon the potential market for, or value of, the copyrighted work

The first factor– the purpose and character of the use– is the primary factor used to determine fair use. It asks, is the new work transformative? Has new expression or meaning been added to the original material that was taken? And, is there added value to the original work? Was new information, aesthetics, or comprehension added?

In Rogers v. Koons, the Supreme Court ruled that a work is not transformative merely because it has been rendered in a different medium. This makes sense: Warner Brothers can’t create a motion picture based on my short story without first buying the rights. Not even a silent film that doesn’t actually have any *words.* That would be an obvious example of copyrighted words being turned into image– an instance that most certainly would be deemed infringement if proper permissions had not been obtained. Similarly, I can’t create a graphic novel based on someone else’s literary novel without purchasing the rights. And, following that logic, a visual artist can’t legally paint a musician’s notes or lyrics without first obtaining permission.

But then the question is: is den Breejen’s work transformative? And here, I would say yes. Den Breejen doesn’t merely paint the text of songs from “SMiLE.” He creates patterns and shapes using the painted words, and these are meant to evoke and comment on the emotional power of music, a theme central to the artist’s work. In a statement to hyperallergic, he says:

“I don’t even know if people read the words in my paintings that much, since they function on a visual level. However, it is important to me that they are there, both as an initial inspiration and a cultural reference point. But it is just that — a reference point.”

Furthermore, using “SMiLE” as a reference point was integral to this body of work, and not just because the two opuses share a title. The press release that Freight + Volume released for the den Breejan’s exhibition explains:

in “Smile” den Breejen has also chosen to tackle a theme he’s been obsessed with for years: how an artist (or musician, writer, dancer, filmmaker) can sometimes fly too close to the sun in creating a major work and suffer the consequences.

In addition to the more general themes related to the emotive qualities of music, Den Breejan’s work is also specifically commenting on the well-documented emotional demise of Brian Wilson, the lead singer and main composer of The Beach Boys, shortly after the group’s critically acclaimed “Pet Sounds” was released. Additionally, I would argue that his work is also about a sort of infatuation and fanaticism that  is best illustrated by obsessively and somewhat painstakingly devoting years of work to visually representing one album.

But, perhaps unfortunately, it’s unlikely that their will ever be a ruling about Parks v. den Breejen. The artist and his gallery have approached Parks and are looking to settle out of court.