lot1433 Art and Design

Marla says “BE THERE!!! ….enough said! “

Adrian Leonardo Diaz opens his solo show tomorrow, Saturday the 10th at 7pm at Stardust.

Via Anna:

Come see three new fabulous artists at Dandelion Communtea Cafe’s Artists’ opening reception this FRIDAY, January 2nd from 7 to 10 p.m. for artists Louise Bova, Nyahzul and LA artist Neil Posis.

Enjoy samples from Dandelion’s menu as you take in the textural paintings of Louise Bova, the moody and beautiful paintings of Nyahzul and the wonderful vision of downtown Orlando in paintings by visiting artist Neil Posis. Enjoy live music by Hymn for Her. Organic beers, tonics, teas and food will be available for purchase.

FREE, family-friendly event. FREE parking. For more information, call (407)362-1864, or visit www.dandelioncommunitea.com. For for info on exhibiting your artwork at Dandelion, email Anna at dandyartists@yahoo.com.

Here is a call submitted by Karen Carasik at Comma:

CALL FOR ENTRIES
CELEBRATING CITRUS: FLORIDA STYLE

A Juried Fine Art Exhibition
March 10-April 10th 2009
Entry Deadline: February 12th

ABOUT COMMA GALLERY
For over six years COMMA has shown and sold hundreds of artist works from emerging artists to international artists collected by Museums.
See our web site for the past COWS AT COMMA for an example of the quality of our exhibits. For this show we encourage all to submit as we are
CLELEBRATING CITRUS.
All manner of landscape, still life and conceptual citrus related art is welcome.
Please forward this to friends and do not be intimidated by the formalities.

Completed entries (including payment of fees) must be received in the office by
5:00 PM, EST. Late Entries Can Not Be Accepted

CALENDAR
Entry Deadline ……………………………………… February 12th, 4 PM
Notification emailed ………………………. February 15th
Hand Delivery of Accepted Work…. . Friday March 6th, 11 AM - 4 PM
Shipped Work Due by……………………………………, March 5 th
Opening Reception…………………………2nd TUESDAY MARCH 10th 6-9pm
Pick Up Hand Delivered Art……………………….April 10th 11am-4pm
Shipped work will be returned week of April 13th

HOW TO ENTER
METHOD OF SELECTION: The show will be selected by digital image. The juror reserves the right to refuse any art not conforming to entry representation. COMMA reserves the right to refuse any art not conforming to entry specifications. Artists may enter up to 6 works. Send one view of each 2 dimensional work. Up to 3 views may be sent for each sculpture.

ELIGIBILITY: Works in all fine art media completed within the last 100 years are eligible. Art should be original, no mass produced prints or reproductions. Hand pulled prints, original digital prints and photographs are acceptable. Work must be artist’s own creation, not done under the supervision of an instructor. Artists must be at least 15 years of age.

PRESENTATION: Work may not exceed 360 inches in perimeter, 6 square feet in area or 75 lbs. in weight. All two dimensional work must have gallery quality framing and wire for hanging. Canvas edges must be finished or framed with no visible staples or unpainted canvas. Sculpture must sit on a flat surface or be ready to hang. Include instructions for special installations. Improperly presented work will not be exhibited.

SUBMITTING SLIDES: Print the following on the slide: Artist’s Name, Title of Work, Medium, Entry Number from Inventory card. Please indicate top of image. Please note that slides will be scanned and submitted to the juror as digital images. There is a $5 per artist surcharge for entry by slide. Send payment and Inventory Card along with slides to COMMA GALLERY

SUBMITTING DIGITAL IMAGES:
Be certain that your images follow the stated guidelines before sending. Due to the large number of entries, we cannot resize or correct incorrectly submitted images. Send JPGs with .jpg extension, no more than 800 pixels in the long dimension at a browser resolution of 72 dpi. Save at standard Baseline (not Progressive) at a maximum quality of 10 or 12 (or 85%) - if there is a choice. File name of each image: your last name, first and middle initials and entry number from the inventory card.
Jane S. Smith’s first entry would be SmithJS1.jpg. For multiple views of a single 3 dimensional work add a, b or c. (SmithJS1a.jpg.) Use letters and numbers only, with no special characters or spaces. EMAIL images as individual attachments to a single email. Put CELEBRATING CITRUS in the Subject line and put your full name and address and a numbered inventory with all of the information from the Inventory Card in the body of the email. COMMA will reply when we have received your emailed images. Send to: COMMA@commagallery.com
Send Inventory Card and payment to Gallery. OR Send all images on a single CD labeled with your name and CELEBRATING CITRUS. Send Inventory Card and payment along with CD. All components of the entry, including entry fee, must be received by COMMA by the deadline for consideration.

PAPERWORK: Fill out the Inventory Card COMPLETELY and send it with your payment whether you are entering by slide, email or CD. Keep the Label for Artwork to label accepted works. This card may be copied as needed.

ENTRY FEES
Check payable to: “COMMA GALLERY Entry fees are due with submission of images and are NOT refundable.: Up to 6 works - $25
ENTRY CHECKLIST
__ Create & Label digital images, CD or slides
__ Fill out Inventory Card. Keep a copy for your records.
For emailed images, email inventory info along with images and mail Inventory Card with payment to the office
__ For Slides or CD: Mail slides or CD, Inventory Card, Payment (& SASE for return of slides or CD if you want them back)
__ Keep Label for Artwork to label accepted entries. Label for artwork may be copied as needed

MAIL ENTRIES TO:
COMMA GALLERY
CELEBRATING CITRUS
813 Virginia Drive
Orlando FL 32803
Email: commagallery@gmail.coms
Website: http://www.commagallery.com

RETURN OF SLIDES & CDs: Declined slides & CDs will be returned in your SASE (Self Addressed Stamped Envelope), ONLY if you send one, about a week after the notification is made. Accepted images will be retained for publicity until the end of the show. COMMA reserves the right to use images in the catalog, on the website and for publicity.

SALES: Artists set their own prices. Artists receive 50% of the sales price; Gallery retains a 50% commission. sales tax is added to the sales price.

CATALOGS: Once accepted please submit high resolution 300dpi quality jpg for inclusion in catalog If exhibit is sponsored and subsidized, each accepted entrant will receive a catalog for returned with their work. If not then Catalogs will be available for sale in the gallery. To receive additional catalogs in the mail, send a check for $12.50 to cover shipping and handling.

DELIVERY OF ACCEPTED ART: Accepted work may be hand delivered or shipped. Artist is responsible for all shipping charges. Shipped work should include a letter CLEARLY outlining return instructions and a return address label. You must include a prepaid, completed, shipping form (with a bar code) from any major shipper. Unless prepaid, shipped work will be returned UPS COD. Follow guidelines provided by your shipper and be sure you understand the Insurance policies. Allowed coverage for original art varies and glass broken during shipping is not covered by most shippers. COMMA will not be responsible for work damaged in shipping. All accepted work must remain at Gallery for the duration of the show.

INSURANCE: COMMA will take every reasonable precaution to prevent loss of or damage to your work but will not be responsible for any loss or damage. Artists must provide their own insurance for shipping. Shipped works returned by COMMA will be insured for the amount as prepaid included in shipping costs. If not Prepaid work will be returned COD.COMMA is not responsible for work damaged in shipping. Works left after designated pick up dates will be subject to a $5 per day storage charge. Works left for more than 1 month after the pick up date become the property of COMMA.

ABOUT COMMA GALLERY
For over six years COMMA has shown and sold hundreds of artist works from emerging artists to international artists collected by Museums.
See our web site for the past COWS AT COMMA for an example of the quality of our exhibits. For this show we encourage all to submit as we are CLELEBRATING CITRUS

CELEBRATING CITRUS
INVENTORY CARD
Name Address City State Zip ______________
Email Phone ______________________________
__Emailed Images __Enclosed slides __Enclosed CD __Enclosed SASE for return of slides or CD
Price or
Entry Title Medium & dimensions Insurance
# of finished work Value
1
2
3
4
5
6
How did you learn about Celebrating Citrus ____________________________________________
Entry into Celebrating Citrus implies agreement on the part of the artist to the conditions set forth in this prospectus.
Signature: ____________________________________________________________________

Celebrating Citrus LABEL FOR ARTWORK
Name _________________________________________________________
Title ___________________________________________________________
Medium _______________________________________________________
Price $ _________________

Sorry for the technical difficulties. This is a late post but the work is still up. Go check it out!!!

Spiritus Vigne

An exhibition of cyanotypes by Patricia M. Coyle. An intimate, ghostly Victorian styled collection of botanical based art work.

An American Jewish-Swedish Chanukah Celebration… In Orlando.

Who: Orlando Jewish Theater / Brian Feldman Projects

What: ChanuIKEA® – Brian Feldman (Best Performance Art - Orlando Weekly’s Best of Orlando 2008), invites you to join him for this Jewish-Swedish celebration where you may order anything off the IKEA® Orlando Restaurant menu, at your expense, and then dine together during the last night of Chanukah. There will be dreidels, there will be electric menorahs, there will be Swedish Fish®. If you happen to have a dreidel or an electric menorah, bring it! (The more the Chanukahier!) After dining, we will wander, like our ancestors did, through the IKEA® Lighting Department and join together in singing Peter Yarrow’s (Peter, Paul & Mary) Chanukah classic, “Light One Candle.” Next year in Älmhult!

When & Where:

Sunday, December 28, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. (Eighth Night of Chanukah)
@ IKEA® Orlando Restaurant & Lighting Department
4092 Eastgate Dr. Orlando, FL 32839 (Conroy Road Exit, East of I-4)

How Much: Free to attend. You are invited to join Brian Feldman at his table and order anything off the IKEA® Orlando Restaurant menu, at your expense.

Credit Where Credit Is Due: ChanuIKEA® was coined by Brian Feldman’s dad, Edward Alan Feldman, during Cracker Barrel® Old Country Chanukah. (He is a Photoshop® Genius!)

Disclaimer: While this event is not sanctioned, endorsed or sponsored by INGKA Holding B.V., IKEA Holding S.A., Inter IKEA Systems B.V. or IKEA North America Services, LLC., they are cool with it. There is no reason to contact IKEA® Orlando regarding this event. It just is what it is. Thank you, IKEA® (and Chanukah) fans!

ChanuIKEA® is the second presentation of Orlando Jewish Theater, whose mission is to produce innovative arts programming that exists on the periphery of the American Jewish experience, and which always raises more questions than answers. Upcoming 2008-2009 Inaugural Season events include “Kiss Me, I’m Jewish.” (4/20+21/09) and The Diary of Anne Frank (6/11-13/09). Follow us @ http://twitter.com/OrlandoJewish.

A group show “Image Capture” opens at Pound Gallery Saturday, December 6th at 7pm. The show consists of photographs and digital images of our surroundings and will remain through December 29th.

participating artists include:
Doreen Barber, Scott Beavin,
Josh Garrick, Brigan Gresh,
Ryan Kittleson, and Eric Sutton

Just wanted to share this:

http://www.maniacworld.com/art-in-the-eye-of-a-needle.html