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March 2023 |
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VIA Creative ~ Call for Bus Shelter Designs
Deadline: Sunday, 30th April 2023
Open: to Artists within 100 miles radius of Lexington
Design Chosen: $500 stipend.
Location: Main Street, Chase Bank Plaza opposite the Kentucky Theatre
Information: VIA Creative, a non-profit organization that builds public art bus shelters in Lexington is looking for design submissions for a bus shelter that are responsive to the historic nature of the Kentucky Theatre, compliment the surrounding environment and are sensitive to the community identity. The chosen design will then be architecturally rendered.
Creativity and imagination are encouraged, but please keep in mind your design must be practical and feasible for the site and for construction.
Information about VIA Creative and photographs of previously built shelters
Submit Designs
Deadline: Sunday, 30th April 2023
Open: to Artists within 100 miles radius of Lexington
Design Chosen: $500 stipend.
Location: Main Street, Chase Bank Plaza opposite the Kentucky Theatre
Information: VIA Creative, a non-profit organization that builds public art bus shelters in Lexington is looking for design submissions for a bus shelter that are responsive to the historic nature of the Kentucky Theatre, compliment the surrounding environment and are sensitive to the community identity. The chosen design will then be architecturally rendered.
Creativity and imagination are encouraged, but please keep in mind your design must be practical and feasible for the site and for construction.
Information about VIA Creative and photographs of previously built shelters
Submit Designs
Call for Artists/Exhibitions:
What's In Your Garden?
Deadline: March 9, 2023
Entry Fee: $30
Open to: All Artists
Exhibit Dates: 3/10/2023 - 4/21/2023
Location: Gallery 104 of the Arts Association of Oldham County, La Grange, KY
Contact: Brenda Marks, execdir@aaooc.org
Additional Information: ENTRY FEES: (Nonrefundable) Checks payable to AAOC
• AAOC Members: 1st entry $25, Additional entries (up to 2) $10/item, up to 3 in total.
• Non-members: 1st entry $30, Additional (up to 2) entries $15/item, up to 3 in total.
Note: The 1st piece must be for sale. Other entries may be NFS.
More Information
Deadline: March 9, 2023
Entry Fee: $30
Open to: All Artists
Exhibit Dates: 3/10/2023 - 4/21/2023
Location: Gallery 104 of the Arts Association of Oldham County, La Grange, KY
Contact: Brenda Marks, execdir@aaooc.org
Additional Information: ENTRY FEES: (Nonrefundable) Checks payable to AAOC
• AAOC Members: 1st entry $25, Additional entries (up to 2) $10/item, up to 3 in total.
• Non-members: 1st entry $30, Additional (up to 2) entries $15/item, up to 3 in total.
Note: The 1st piece must be for sale. Other entries may be NFS.
More Information
2023 “Form, Not Function: Quilt Art at the Carnegie” Call for Entries
Deadline: March 18, 2023
Entry Fee: $35
Open to: All works must be quilted (two or more distinct layers held together with stitches). The layers may include fiber and textile materials, but this is not required and other techniques and mediums are acceptable as long as the work is quilted, as defined above. The exhibit is open to artists, age 18 or older, living in the United States, including U.S. military bases and U.S. territories.
Exhibit Dates: May 11-July 22, 2023
Location: New Albany, IN / Carnegie Center for Art & History
Contact: Laura Wilkins, lwilkins@carnegiecenter.org
Additional Information: $1,000 Best in Show and other cash awards. “Form, Not Function: Quilt Art at the Carnegie” is an annual juried exhibit of contemporary quilt art held at the Carnegie Center for Art & History in New Albany, Indiana. All works must be quilted (two or more distinct layers held together with stitches). The layers may include fiber and textile materials, but this is not required and other techniques and mediums are acceptable as long as the work is quilted, as defined above. Celebrating 20 years of “Form, Not Function” in 2023!
More information
Deadline: March 18, 2023
Entry Fee: $35
Open to: All works must be quilted (two or more distinct layers held together with stitches). The layers may include fiber and textile materials, but this is not required and other techniques and mediums are acceptable as long as the work is quilted, as defined above. The exhibit is open to artists, age 18 or older, living in the United States, including U.S. military bases and U.S. territories.
Exhibit Dates: May 11-July 22, 2023
Location: New Albany, IN / Carnegie Center for Art & History
Contact: Laura Wilkins, lwilkins@carnegiecenter.org
Additional Information: $1,000 Best in Show and other cash awards. “Form, Not Function: Quilt Art at the Carnegie” is an annual juried exhibit of contemporary quilt art held at the Carnegie Center for Art & History in New Albany, Indiana. All works must be quilted (two or more distinct layers held together with stitches). The layers may include fiber and textile materials, but this is not required and other techniques and mediums are acceptable as long as the work is quilted, as defined above. Celebrating 20 years of “Form, Not Function” in 2023!
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Call for exhibition proposals for 2024
Deadline: March 31, 2023
Entry Fee: FREE
Open to: Kentucky residents
Exhibit Dates: 2014
Location: Lexington Art League
Contact: Faville Donahue, lalexhibitions@gmail.com
Additional Information: The Lexington Art League is now seeking proposals from artists and curators for exhibitions for the 2024 exhibition year. Don't miss your chance to show your work in one of Lexington's most unique gallery spaces, the historic Loudoun House. This gothic revival mansion, built in 1850, offers beautiful spaces with interesting individual attributes in each room. All mediums, all subjects, all experience levels are welcome to submit a proposal.
More information
Deadline: March 31, 2023
Entry Fee: FREE
Open to: Kentucky residents
Exhibit Dates: 2014
Location: Lexington Art League
Contact: Faville Donahue, lalexhibitions@gmail.com
Additional Information: The Lexington Art League is now seeking proposals from artists and curators for exhibitions for the 2024 exhibition year. Don't miss your chance to show your work in one of Lexington's most unique gallery spaces, the historic Loudoun House. This gothic revival mansion, built in 1850, offers beautiful spaces with interesting individual attributes in each room. All mediums, all subjects, all experience levels are welcome to submit a proposal.
More information
Animal Attraction
Deadline: April 20, 2023
Entry Fee: $30
Open to: All Artists
Exhibit Dates: 4/22/2023 - 6/2/2023
Location: Gallery 104 of the Arts Association of Oldham County, La Grange, KY
Contact: Brenda Marks, execdir@aaooc.org
Additional Information: ENTRY FEES: (Nonrefundable) Checks payable to AAOC
• AAOC Members: 1st entry $25, Additional entries (up to 2) $10/item, up to 3 in total.
• Non-members: 1st entry $30, Additional (up to 2) entries $15/item, up to 3 in total.
Note: The 1st piece must be for sale. Other entries may be NFS.
More Information
Deadline: April 20, 2023
Entry Fee: $30
Open to: All Artists
Exhibit Dates: 4/22/2023 - 6/2/2023
Location: Gallery 104 of the Arts Association of Oldham County, La Grange, KY
Contact: Brenda Marks, execdir@aaooc.org
Additional Information: ENTRY FEES: (Nonrefundable) Checks payable to AAOC
• AAOC Members: 1st entry $25, Additional entries (up to 2) $10/item, up to 3 in total.
• Non-members: 1st entry $30, Additional (up to 2) entries $15/item, up to 3 in total.
Note: The 1st piece must be for sale. Other entries may be NFS.
More Information
OPEN CALL - John G. Irvin Gallery
Deadline: Ongoing
Entry Fee: None
Location: John G. Irvin Gallery; Lexington, KY
Exhibitions Occur: Jan/Mar/May/Jul/Sep/Nov.
Contact: Inquiries to: Kate Savage, kate@artsconnectlex.org
Additional Information: The John G. Irvin Gallery opened in March 1987. It was created to promote Kentucky’s visual artists. The creation of the gallery was a labor of love and a passion of the late Irvin, a Lexingtonian and former employee of Central Bank. Over the years the gallery has hosted exhibitions by Kentucky’s finest artists, as well as new and emerging artists exhibiting for the first time. Exhibition Opening Receptions are held on Gallery Hop evenings on the fifth-floor executive area of the bank, located at 300 West Vine Street from 4:30 until 6:00 p.m. The art collection is displayed on floors two and three and may also be viewed during normal business hours Monday through Friday. Work can be purchased online through Arts Connect Arts Shop website.
PLEASE BE MINDFUL when submitting work for consideration, this is a public space and all work exhibited must be appropriate for display in a corporate environment.
Artists interested submit this form
Deadline: Ongoing
Entry Fee: None
Location: John G. Irvin Gallery; Lexington, KY
Exhibitions Occur: Jan/Mar/May/Jul/Sep/Nov.
Contact: Inquiries to: Kate Savage, kate@artsconnectlex.org
Additional Information: The John G. Irvin Gallery opened in March 1987. It was created to promote Kentucky’s visual artists. The creation of the gallery was a labor of love and a passion of the late Irvin, a Lexingtonian and former employee of Central Bank. Over the years the gallery has hosted exhibitions by Kentucky’s finest artists, as well as new and emerging artists exhibiting for the first time. Exhibition Opening Receptions are held on Gallery Hop evenings on the fifth-floor executive area of the bank, located at 300 West Vine Street from 4:30 until 6:00 p.m. The art collection is displayed on floors two and three and may also be viewed during normal business hours Monday through Friday. Work can be purchased online through Arts Connect Arts Shop website.
PLEASE BE MINDFUL when submitting work for consideration, this is a public space and all work exhibited must be appropriate for display in a corporate environment.
Artists interested submit this form
Street Gallery
Deadline: Ongoing (but the sooner the better)
Compensation: $300 per image, per signal box location.
Open to: JPEGs of existing work. Please do not submit images of work that you do not own or don't know you will have access to for a high res photograph.
Location: Downtown Louisville
Contact Name: KHerndon@louisvilledowntown.org
Additional Information: Street Gallery Art Program is a project of the Louisville Downtown Partnership (LDP) to repurpose metal traffic signal boxes at intersections into an outdoor gallery featuring the work of local artists. There are 21 signal boxes in Greater Downtown Louisville that could qualify for this project. Artwork will be reproduced in vinyl and applied to the metal signal boxes.
More information
Deadline: Ongoing (but the sooner the better)
Compensation: $300 per image, per signal box location.
Open to: JPEGs of existing work. Please do not submit images of work that you do not own or don't know you will have access to for a high res photograph.
Location: Downtown Louisville
Contact Name: KHerndon@louisvilledowntown.org
Additional Information: Street Gallery Art Program is a project of the Louisville Downtown Partnership (LDP) to repurpose metal traffic signal boxes at intersections into an outdoor gallery featuring the work of local artists. There are 21 signal boxes in Greater Downtown Louisville that could qualify for this project. Artwork will be reproduced in vinyl and applied to the metal signal boxes.
More information
Houseguest - An Independent Artist-Run Project Space
Open to: All forms of artistry are welcome: painting, photography, ceramics, sculpture, installation, poetry, etc.
Entry Fee: $10
Location: 2721 Taylor Blvd., Louisville
Contact: Megan Bickel, houseguestgallery@gmail.com
Additional Information: HOUSEGUEST is an independent artist-run project space located in the south end of Louisville, Kentucky. The space launched in January of 2018. Founded by multi-disciplinary artist and writer Megan Bickel and her husband, chef Jacob Wilson, the gallery's location is in the living room of the couple's house. The space will hold six exhibitions a year: four solo shows and two group exhibitions. Alongside each exhibition will be a small supper pop-up collaborative event, which will be by invitation only. We encourage artists to interact and activate the space while exploring new ideas and concepts, with full control over what they create.
More Information
Open to: All forms of artistry are welcome: painting, photography, ceramics, sculpture, installation, poetry, etc.
Entry Fee: $10
Location: 2721 Taylor Blvd., Louisville
Contact: Megan Bickel, houseguestgallery@gmail.com
Additional Information: HOUSEGUEST is an independent artist-run project space located in the south end of Louisville, Kentucky. The space launched in January of 2018. Founded by multi-disciplinary artist and writer Megan Bickel and her husband, chef Jacob Wilson, the gallery's location is in the living room of the couple's house. The space will hold six exhibitions a year: four solo shows and two group exhibitions. Alongside each exhibition will be a small supper pop-up collaborative event, which will be by invitation only. We encourage artists to interact and activate the space while exploring new ideas and concepts, with full control over what they create.
More Information
Grants for Artists/Arts Projects or Programs:
The Downtown Lexington Management District has now opened a new grant opportunity for artists/arts projects/programs. Applications being taken. Up to $5,000.
Next Review will be in April
Guidelines: dlex.town/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/DLMD-Public-Art-Guidelines.pdf
Applications Form: form.jotform.com/220105637614145
For more information: laura@downtownlex.com
Next Review will be in April
Guidelines: dlex.town/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/DLMD-Public-Art-Guidelines.pdf
Applications Form: form.jotform.com/220105637614145
For more information: laura@downtownlex.com
Call for Murals:
Workshops/Classes:
Private Beginner Art Lessons
Led by Kentucky Crafted Artist Cheryle Walton
If interested please email cheryle2857@gmail.com to set up an appointment to meet.
Location: Studio at Loudoun House, 2nd Floor, Lexington
Adults are strongly encouraged. Never too old to learn to create and express yourself through art.
Led by Kentucky Crafted Artist Cheryle Walton
If interested please email cheryle2857@gmail.com to set up an appointment to meet.
Location: Studio at Loudoun House, 2nd Floor, Lexington
Adults are strongly encouraged. Never too old to learn to create and express yourself through art.
Encaustic Salon
Class Fee: $50 - includes some materials.
Dates: Wednesday, March 22 2023 10-2pm
Location: EncaustiCastle, 290 East Loudon Ave
Led by: Trish Baldwin-Seggebruch
Another Encaustic Salon will take place at the EncaustiCastle!
If you have experience with encaustic, join in! It's a great way to reignite your creative energy and learn from others around the studio table.
Bring the foundations you want to paint on and your lunch. Paints, fusing tools, assorted supplies and materials provided~
More information and to register
Class Fee: $50 - includes some materials.
Dates: Wednesday, March 22 2023 10-2pm
Location: EncaustiCastle, 290 East Loudon Ave
Led by: Trish Baldwin-Seggebruch
Another Encaustic Salon will take place at the EncaustiCastle!
If you have experience with encaustic, join in! It's a great way to reignite your creative energy and learn from others around the studio table.
Bring the foundations you want to paint on and your lunch. Paints, fusing tools, assorted supplies and materials provided~
More information and to register
Arts Connect is offering a Paper Quilling Workshop
Class Fee: $35 - includes all material necessary. Ages 8 and older. Ideal mother/child opportunity
Dates: March 18, 2023 10:30-12:30
Location: Luigart Studios
Led by: Michelle Armstrong
In this workshop, students will learn how to create basic quilling shapes and have the opportunity to create a card, small picture or a piece of jewelry. We will also learn a little bit about the interestin history behind the art of paper quilling. It is really rather relaxing and therapeutic to create art with the quilling technique. Young people ages 8+ are welcome to enroll.
Classes limited to 15
Website and additional information
Class Fee: $35 - includes all material necessary. Ages 8 and older. Ideal mother/child opportunity
Dates: March 18, 2023 10:30-12:30
Location: Luigart Studios
Led by: Michelle Armstrong
In this workshop, students will learn how to create basic quilling shapes and have the opportunity to create a card, small picture or a piece of jewelry. We will also learn a little bit about the interestin history behind the art of paper quilling. It is really rather relaxing and therapeutic to create art with the quilling technique. Young people ages 8+ are welcome to enroll.
Classes limited to 15
Website and additional information
Arts Connect is offering a Needle Felting Workshop
Class Fee: $95 - includes all material necessary.
Dates: April 29 and May 6, 2023 10:30-12:30
Location: Luigart Studios
Led by: Kris Grenier, in conjunction with an exhibition of her work at John G Irvin Gallery - Central Bank.
In this workshop, participants will learn to wet-felt by creating an approximately 11 x 24 inch piece of felt. This wool fabric will serve as a colorful, abstract background for the following week's project. The second week participants will needle-felt a scene onto the wet-felted backgrounds they created previous week. At the end of the sessions, participants will each have a completed felting, which may be hung on a wall using clips and a tapestry rod.
Classes limited to 15
Website and additional information
Class Fee: $95 - includes all material necessary.
Dates: April 29 and May 6, 2023 10:30-12:30
Location: Luigart Studios
Led by: Kris Grenier, in conjunction with an exhibition of her work at John G Irvin Gallery - Central Bank.
In this workshop, participants will learn to wet-felt by creating an approximately 11 x 24 inch piece of felt. This wool fabric will serve as a colorful, abstract background for the following week's project. The second week participants will needle-felt a scene onto the wet-felted backgrounds they created previous week. At the end of the sessions, participants will each have a completed felting, which may be hung on a wall using clips and a tapestry rod.
Classes limited to 15
Website and additional information
Markets and Festivals and Sundry:
Big Four Arts Festival
Deadline: March 18, 2023
Entry Fee: $30
Open to: Both Artist and Non-Artist Vendor
Exhibit Dates: September 9, 2023: 10am - 7pm | September 10, 2023: 10am - 5pm
Location: Downtown Louisville Waterfront Park, Big 4 Bridge Lawn, 1103 River Road
Contact: b4b@twc.com
Additional Information: The Big Four Arts Festival in Louisville has been the most attended (20k+) two-day event ever held at Waterfront Park. The 7th B4AF 2023, the weekend following Labor Day, will be held on the big four-acre park lawn under tree-lined walks overlooking the Ohio River.
2022 was a huge success, JOIN US in 2023!
Such was the overall success of the B4AF that Louisville's Tourism Bureau presented us the Rose Award for bringing in so much commerce and in 2022 we were selected top 200 by Sunshine Artist Magazine, #97 in under 6 years!
More information
Deadline: March 18, 2023
Entry Fee: $30
Open to: Both Artist and Non-Artist Vendor
Exhibit Dates: September 9, 2023: 10am - 7pm | September 10, 2023: 10am - 5pm
Location: Downtown Louisville Waterfront Park, Big 4 Bridge Lawn, 1103 River Road
Contact: b4b@twc.com
Additional Information: The Big Four Arts Festival in Louisville has been the most attended (20k+) two-day event ever held at Waterfront Park. The 7th B4AF 2023, the weekend following Labor Day, will be held on the big four-acre park lawn under tree-lined walks overlooking the Ohio River.
2022 was a huge success, JOIN US in 2023!
Such was the overall success of the B4AF that Louisville's Tourism Bureau presented us the Rose Award for bringing in so much commerce and in 2022 we were selected top 200 by Sunshine Artist Magazine, #97 in under 6 years!
More information
2023 Woodland Art Fair - Call for Artist Vendors
The 2023 Woodland Art Fair Artist Application will be open from January 1st to March 31, 2023.
Application Fee is $40 and is non-refundable.
Artist Applications for the Woodland Art Fair are open call and invitational.
All details about the Fair and the application can be found at WoodlandArtFair.org
Application Fee is $40 and is non-refundable.
Artist Applications for the Woodland Art Fair are open call and invitational.
All details about the Fair and the application can be found at WoodlandArtFair.org
Art on the Town
Art on the Town provides FREE mobile carts for Kentucky artists, craftspeople and authors to sell, display and demonstrate their work in downtown Lexington.
Carts are available to schedule to artists who have completed the application and orientation.
If interested please visit: www.lexingtonky.gov/aott and review the guidelines and submit your application.
For questions contact Heather Lyons, Director Arts and Culture, Mayor's Office.
hlyons@lexingtonky.gov 859-258-3123
Carts are available to schedule to artists who have completed the application and orientation.
If interested please visit: www.lexingtonky.gov/aott and review the guidelines and submit your application.
For questions contact Heather Lyons, Director Arts and Culture, Mayor's Office.
hlyons@lexingtonky.gov 859-258-3123
2023 Arts on the Green
Juried Fine Arts and Crafts Festival at The Maples Park
Date: June 10 and 11, 2023
Deadline to submit: May 10, 2023
Location: The Maples Park, 6431 Railroad Ave, Crestwood, KY 40014
Open to: The categories of Ceramic, Fiber, 3D Mixed Media, Sculpture, Consumables, Glass, Metal/Blacksmithing, Wood, Digital Art, Jewelry, Painting, Drawing, Photography, Special Request
Contact: Helen McKinney, Director
Contact email: artsongreen@aaooc.org
Website for more info
Date: June 10 and 11, 2023
Deadline to submit: May 10, 2023
Location: The Maples Park, 6431 Railroad Ave, Crestwood, KY 40014
Open to: The categories of Ceramic, Fiber, 3D Mixed Media, Sculpture, Consumables, Glass, Metal/Blacksmithing, Wood, Digital Art, Jewelry, Painting, Drawing, Photography, Special Request
Contact: Helen McKinney, Director
Contact email: artsongreen@aaooc.org
Website for more info
Studio Spaces Available:
FIVE NEW ARTISTS STUDIOS will become available in Spring 2023.
Convenient to downtown, plenty of parking and lots of space and light.
Contact Kate by email - kate@artsconnectlex.org for more information.
A tour of the spaces will be arranged for interested artists.
Convenient to downtown, plenty of parking and lots of space and light.
Contact Kate by email - kate@artsconnectlex.org for more information.
A tour of the spaces will be arranged for interested artists.
Jobs and Other Opportunities:
Lex Center for Creative ReUse at 110 Luigart Court Unit 150
Lex ReCreate's mission is to provide affordable materials for arts, crafts and upcycle project to the community. We inspire creativity and demonstrate environmental sustainability while supporting local artists and educators.
501(c)3 - non-profit status has been applied for.
Our vision:
Keep materials out of the landfill/Make creativity accessible to all/Share our knowledge and learn together/Buy local.
For more information contact: lexcreativereuse@gmail.com
Facebook: Lex Recreate
Lex ReCreate's mission is to provide affordable materials for arts, crafts and upcycle project to the community. We inspire creativity and demonstrate environmental sustainability while supporting local artists and educators.
501(c)3 - non-profit status has been applied for.
Our vision:
Keep materials out of the landfill/Make creativity accessible to all/Share our knowledge and learn together/Buy local.
For more information contact: lexcreativereuse@gmail.com
Facebook: Lex Recreate
Institute 193
A Director for Institute 193 is being sought to oversee and manage the organization's exhibition program, publishing schedule and general operations. This is an ideal opportunity for a self-motivate, ambitious and creative individual to lead the development of an existing regional platform.
Send application including cover letter and CV to maria@institute193.org
A Director for Institute 193 is being sought to oversee and manage the organization's exhibition program, publishing schedule and general operations. This is an ideal opportunity for a self-motivate, ambitious and creative individual to lead the development of an existing regional platform.
Send application including cover letter and CV to maria@institute193.org
