CALLS FOR ENTRY

For current Calls for Entry, see our Two Month Calendar or our Weekly Arts Update.

This page is to direct you to application forms or info.

Art in the Community  The QAC is booking the 2013 Art in the Community shows.  If you are an artist and would like to display (and hopefully sell) your work, call the QAC at 613-962-1232 ext. 28 or email feeney@quinteartscouncil.org.  Works will be exhibited for two months, six times a year, at the QAC Office/Gallery at 36 Bridge St. East, downtown Belleville, as well as at several other locations in Quinte.  The QAC Gallery also displays 3-dimensional work.  All the other spaces will display 2D only.  All work must be prepared for hanging.  An opening reception is hosted by the QAC.  You must be (or become) a QAC member and works can be in any media, and must be accompanied by an artist statement and short bio.  A 20% commission is deducted from items sold.

Belleville Choral Society welcomes interested potential singers to audition in May for the 2013-2014 season.  The Belleville Choral Society is seeking an accompanist for the future. Interested persons are to contact Mirijam at bcsmusdirector@hotmail.com.

The Colborne Art Gallery is currently seeking New Members.  For information please visit www.thecolborneartgallery.ca judith@judithkrepshawkins.com.

Fusion  Come join our group of over two dozen local artisans in our 'Canada eh' handcrafted gallery, located in Fusion in beautiful downtown Belleville.  We welcome all mediums and are particularly looking for fiber artists, fused or blown glass, 3 dimensional art and all things unique.  Please reply with a brief bio and 3 - 5 images to fusioncollections@gmail.com.  Established and emerging artists are welcome.

Deadline May 24, 2013  The Tweed and Area Arts Council is hosting a Writers’ Competition for students in grades 1 to 12 and for adults.  For a list of categories and topics, go to http://www.tweedartscouncil.ca/writers.htm.

Deadline May 29, 2013.  Kaleidoscope… a celebration of craft and design (brought to you by the producers of The Mother of all Craft Shows and Mistletoe Magic) is looking to round up amazing talent for this year’s show.  Being held on Sunday, August 25, at Fields on West Lake in Prince Edward County – Kaleidoscope celebrates exceptional craft and extraordinary design, in all artistic media, created by regional artisans. To apply: www.kaleidoscopecraftshow.com. 

Deadline May 17, 2013  Plein Air  QAC and Belleville's BDIA present Belleville on the Bay of Quinte Plein Air Festival

Deadline is when the show is full.  Muskoka Lifestyle Show at the Port Carling Arena, May 31 to June 2, 2013.  Download information at www.muskokalifestyleshow.com.

Deadline ASAP  The Tweed and Area Studio Tour -  www.tweedstudiotour.org

Deadline May 30, 2013  Bancroft Summer Show  Bancroft Art and Craft Guild Summer Show

Deadline May 10, 2013       Photographers are invited to enter CLIC, the 2013 Eastern Ontario Photo Show. Visit www.clicphotoshow.ca for entry rules, downloads, show location, hours and enquiries.  The show runs July 25 to Aug. 10.

Deadline June 14, 2013     The Colborne Art Gallery’s 1st Annual Open Juried Show will run July 13 to Aug. 18.  The member artists of the Gallery invite you to participate in a juried exhibition, showcasing emerging and established artists.  The Gallery provides a uniquely light-filled space in a wonderful historic building. For all application information please visit www.thecolborneartgallery.ca.

Deadline Sept. 6, 2013  The Belleville Art Association's 55th Annual Juried Art Show, Perspectives will run from Sept. 26 to Oct. 31. The Opening Reception is Thurs., Sept. 26, from 6:00 to 7:30 pm, at the John M Parrott Gallery, 3rd Floor, Belleville Public Library. Visit our website www.bellevilleart.ca for more information and entry form.

Deadline ASAP  The Kiwanis Club of Tweed and Tweed & Area Arts Council will present Art in the Park on Aug. 3, at the Memorial Park on Stoco Lake. There is room for 20 to 30 vendors.  Snow fencing will be provided for paintings - 10 feet per vendor, and also ample space for individual booths - 10 feet x 10 feet.  Click here for the application form and an information letter.  Info: Bonnie at bmaren@hotmail.com.

Deadline June 14  Are you an artist?  Do you know another talented artist that needs an opportunity to showcase their work?  The member artists of The Colborne Art Gallery invite you to participate in a juried exhibition, showcasing emerging and established artists.  The Gallery provides a uniquely light filled space in a wonderful historic building.  Date of Exhibition: July 13 to August 18, 2013.  Opening Reception: July 13, 2 to 4 pm.  They welcome submissions from all visual art forms; painting, drawing, mixed media, photography, printmaking, sculpture, fibre, glass and fine jewelry, ceramics, metal & wood work.  Complete application at www.thecolborneartgallery.ca.  Best in Show award to be presented by Cramahe Township Mayor Marc Coombs.  Info: info@thecolborneartgallery.ca.  The Colborne Art Gallery, 51 King Street East PO Box 903, Colborne Ontario K0K 1S0, 905-355-1798, www.thecolborneartgallery.ca.

Deadline Sept. 4  Call to Design Teams - National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa.  Open to Canadian-led teams of professional artists, architects, landscape architects and other urban design professionals. International competitors may also participate in these teams.  The National Capital Commission (NCC), on behalf of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, is inviting teams of professional artists, architects, landscape architects, and other design professionals to submit their credentials and examples of prior work for the first stage of a two-phase competition to create a national Holocaust monument in Canada’s Capital, Ottawa.  To download the Request for Qualifications: www.canadascapital.gc.ca/holocaust-monument.  Contact: nhm-mnh@ncc-ccn.ca.