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LIQUID ~ SKY | OPEN CALL | PRAXIS DIRECTORS GALLERY
Entry Deadline | July 15th, 2022
Notice of Acceptance | July 23rd, 2022
Exhibition Dates | Aug 27th – Sept 10th, 2022
Theme: Liquid ~ Sky | Curated By: Praxis Directors
Liquid conforms to the shape of its container. The sky is an abstract sphere, centered on the earth. Liquid, Water, Sky and the liminal space between are by definition poetic and symbolic. Yet there are infinite iterations of liquid & sky: consider our human drive to master and contain liquids (pools, levies, faucets and bottles); idiomatic lamentations of “spilt milk” or “water under the bridge”– while also reaching upward in towering buildings, airplanes, and rockets that push skyward.
Praxis Gallery seeks the submission of photographic art that explores the ideas of liquid and sky in their myriad iterations; from landscapes to still life – from scientific to conceptual, Praxis seeks a broadly interpreted investigation of these forever flowing, forever ethereal ideas. All genres, capture types, color and black & white, traditional and non-traditional photographic and digital post-production processes are welcome for submission.
CURATOR | PRAXIS DIRECTORS
Program Director Ross Anderson is an award-winning fine art photographer and filmmaker. Gallery and Installationist Director Jonathan Pavlica is the Praxis Print & Color Artist, Photo Editor, and installationist. Project Director Sarah Weiss is an artist, educator, and co-founder of CollabArts Twin Cities.
ACCEPTANCE | AWARDS
Up to 36 Images will be selected by the juror for exhibition at Praxis Gallery. One Curator’s Choice and three Honorable Mentions will be awarded and featured in the exhibition, the printed show catalog, and the online exhibit gallery. Curator’s Choice will receive free entry into three juried calls for entry of their choice and a complimentary exhibit book.
ENTRY FEE | $35.00
$35.00 for submission set of 5 images. $5.00 for each additional image. Praxis Members receive 10 images for the price of 5 images. Payment is accepted by Credit / Debit Card through our secure online submission site. The entry fee for submissions is non-refundable. Receive Praxis Member Benefits. Learn more here: https://www.praxisphotocenter.org/memberships * In addition to keeping our entry fees low for all artists, Praxis also has a limited number of free entries for artists experiencing financial hardships. Please contact info@praxisgallery.com for more information.
ELIGIBILITY
International, all accepted.
COPYRIGHT & USAGE RIGHTS
Artist retains all copyrights to their own images. The artist's name and photo title will be included wherever the photographs are displayed. Artists whose photographs are accepted for exhibition grant Praxis Gallery the nonexclusive right to use, print, and reproduce submitted digital files for the purpose of the exhibition, promoting the artist, promoting related programs and subsequent display on Praxis Gallery's website, social media, and online exhibition archives.
TO APPLY PLEASE VISIT: https://www.praxisgallery.com/calls-for-entry
WEBSITE: https://www.praxisgallery.com
EMAIL: info@praxisgallery.com
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/PraxisPhotoCenter
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/praxis_gallery
GALLERY / VENUE DETAILS: Praxis Gallery. 2637 27th Ave. S.
(NW Corner of Ivy Arts Parking Lot) Minneapolis, MN 55406.
ABOUT US
Praxis Gallery and Photographic Arts Center is a community based, non-profit, artist-led organization in Minneapolis that aims to support the development of new and emerging artists through exhibition and education. Our mission is to bring diverse perspectives into focus through lens-based art, creating exhibition and learning opportunities that engage, challenge, inspire, and surprise the public.
Prize Summary:
Curators Choice, Honorable Mentions will be selected.
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ACCEPTANCE | AWARDS
Up to 36 Images will be selected by the juror for exhibition at Praxis Gallery. One Curator’s Choice and three Honorable Mentions will be awarded and featured in the exhibition, the printed show catalog, and the online exhibit gallery. Curator’s Choice will receive free entry into three juried calls for entry of their choice and a complimentary exhibit book.
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Praxis Gallery. 2637 27th Ave. S.
(NW Corner of Ivy Arts Parking Lot) Minneapolis, MN 55406.
Deadline:
17/July/2022
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Erie Canal Bicentennial Public Art Installation, RFP

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For Application Details and to applu Visit: https://esd.ny.gov/doing-business-ny/requests-proposals/erie-canal-bicentennial-public-art-installation-rfp
Please send any questions to: PublicArtInstallationRFP@esd.ny.gov
Request for Proposals Erie Canal Bicentennial Public Art Installation Canalside, Buffalo NY
Issued: May 31, 2022
IMPORTANT NOTICE: A restricted period under the Procurement Lobbying Law is currently in effect for this Procurement and it will remain in effect until approval of the Contract. Bidders are prohibited from contact related to this procurement with any New York State employee other than the designated contacts listed below (refer to: Section X - ii).
Designated Contacts for this Procurement: Primary Contact: Ralph Volcy Secondary Contact: John Discolo All contacts/inquiries shall be made by email to the following address: PublicArtInstallationRFP@esd.ny.gov
This RFP is posted on the Empire State Development website: https://esd.ny.gov/doing-business-ny/requests-proposals Submission
Deadline: July 14,2022 by 8:00PM EST
INTRODUCTION The mission of Empire State Development (“ESD”) is to promote a vigorous and growing state economy, encourage business investment and job creation, and support diverse, prosperous local economies across New York State through the efficient use of loans, grants, tax credits, real estate development, marketing and other forms of assistance.
II. OVERVIEW The Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation (“ECHDC”), a subsidiary of the New York State Urban Development Corporation d/b/a Empire State Development (ESD), invites internationally and critically acclaimed artists to submit qualifications and proposals for The Erie Canal Bicentennial Public Art Installation at Canalside (the “Project”) in the City of Buffalo, NY. ECHDC seeks artists who can demonstrate the ability to design and implement heritage-focused public art commissions. ECHDC feels it is important to create high-quality and appealing public art components at Canalside and throughout the Buffalo Waterfront that will attract visitors but will also make the citizens of Buffalo proud of our history and the current redevelopment of our waterfront. The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 was a critical event in the history of the United States, opening the heartlands of the continent. It also transformed Buffalo from a frontier village to the eighth-largest city in the United States over a span of just 75 years. The Western Terminus of the canal, at what is now Canalside, became a commercial hub and a transshipment point that moved rivers of immigration westward and rivers of cargo eastward – American Express and Wells Fargo were created on its docks, and the Canal District became a global trade center and, at the same time, notorious as one of the roughest waterfronts in the world. Through the Canal Era, Buffalo grew exponentially as many of the immigrants who arrived here by the canal – more than ever arrived at Ellis Island – settled here instead of continuing their journeys west. ECHDC is inviting artists to submit qualifications and proposals that prove their ability to work within the historic context while incorporating ECHDC’s vision to revitalize Western New York’s Waterfront and restore economic growth to Buffalo based on the region’s legacy of pride, urban significance, and natural beauty. The current project budget is not to exceed $250,000. ECHDC has retained the services of an Art Consult who will facilitate the evaluation of qualification submission packages and will recommend to the ECHDC up to three (3) qualified artists based upon the evaluation criteria explained in this document. The three (3) “semi-final” artists will contract with the Art Consultant and receive a $10,000 stipend to complete their proposal. After public presentations and final evaluations, one artist or team will be selected for the commission. MWBE & SDVOB Subcontractor Interest New York State certified Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses (MWBEs) and Service Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses (SDVOBs) may request that their firm’s contact information be included on a list of MWBE and SDVOB firms interested in serving as a subcontractor for this procurement. The listing will be publicly posted on ESD’s website for reference by the bidding 3 community. A firm requesting inclusion on this list should send contact information and a copy of its NYS MWBE or SDVOB certification to PublicArtInstallationRFP@esd.ny.gov.
Nothing prohibits an M/WBE Vendor from proposing as a prime contractor.
III. SCOPE OF WORK The Erie Canal Bicentennial Public Art Installation is to be designed for and incorporated into the historic Main Canal area of the property referred to as the Immigrant Steps and Towpath. The address of the Main Canal area is 130 Main Street, Buffalo NY. The installation will be permanent on the site and therefore should be fabricated using substantial materials that will resist deterioration from environmental impacts and public interaction. Canalside Location Map Immigrant Steps A flight of steps, re-created now in the Canalside development, was a pathway trod by millions of immigrants and immigrant families as they left the line boats they took from New York or Albany to climb to the streets of Buffalo, seeking to build a new life in the growing ethnic communities of Buffalo or hoping to book passage on a lake schooner or steamboat headed west on the Great Lakes. “Steamboat hotels” waited if they needed an overnight room, or in warm weather many slept on the docks. Most carried with them all they had in the world, small cargoes in this human river; money was tight, and carefully spent. There are no accurate counts of their numbers, but this migration built great cities on the Lakes and settled the interior of the country, in one year alone, 1859, a quarter million people left Buffalo for the West. Most of the immigrants from the Canal Era (1825 until the rise of the railroads in the 1880s) came from Ireland, Germany or Scandinavia. There were smaller streams from the American South during the Underground 4 Railroad years, and displaced Native Americans also used the canal in its early years to move west. Today’s “Immigrant Steps” honor the location of the original steps at the juncture of the Erie Canal’s end and the Commercial Slip that connected the canal to the Buffalo River and Great Lakes, but they are not an exact replica and are built for the present-day flow of people from street level to the faux canal at water level. The treads of the steps are solid granite with a thermal finish with a typical 6” rise and 12” tread depth. The landings at the top and mid-span are red sandstone slabs, 2’x3’ nominal dimension. The overall dimensions are 20.90’ wide at the top of the stairs and 45.40’ wide at the bottom with an overall length of 27.50’ including a 9.50’ landing mid span. Immigrant Stairs to Towpath Towpath The canal’s towpath, just above water level, was generally about four feet wide and extended the length of the canal, becoming a little more complex at destination wharf areas especially in the big city. It was used by drovers (or “hoggees”) driving the harnessed teams of horses or mules pulling the barges and boats along the canal. While wealthier passengers could disembark for the faster and more well-appointed packet boats plying the canals, immigrants would be packed up to a hundred at a time in the line or work boats. They could walk along the tow paths for parts of their journey, but doubtless were relieved to disembark at that journey’s end. They would have crossed the path to climb the steps, facing unknown new challenges with both apprehension and hope. They faced the unknown, because there was no way to send word ahead (except at the 5 last moment via the “runners” who touted hotels from the last few bridges, lowered buckets for room rent money and, sometimes, simply disappeared). Today’s “towpath” is a wide walkway used for pedestrian access to the amenities along the replicated end of the canal, a shallow water feature. The area is a year-round public space with fountain and paddle boats in the summer, ice rink activities; skating, curling, ice bikes, and food vendor kiosks and igloos in the winter, and roller skating in the fall. There is a pavilion tent used for events and equipment rentals. Seating is available and the area is regularly traversed by pedestrians moving throughout the Canalside neighborhood. The towpath sidewalk has a 10.80’ wide exposed aggregate concrete band around the perimeter of the replica canal with a 9.20’ outer band of tinted and scored concrete sidewalk. The towpath canal walls are constructed of granite with bush hammered top and rustic rock face on the vertical canal wall.
The Erie Canal Bicentennial Public Art Installation at Canalside selection process will be completed in three (3) stages:
● Stage 1- Submission of Qualifications
● Stage 2 – Development of Proposal & Model
● Stage 3 – Design & Implementation of Art Installation
IV. SCHEDULE OF DATES It is anticipated that a contract will be awarded in response to this RFP based on the following schedule:
Stage 1 – Submission of Qualifications Release of RFP May 31, 2022
Deadline for Submission of Questions June 7, 2022
Deadline for ECHDC to Respond to Questions June 14, 2022
Submission of Proposals (date and time) July 14, 2022 at 8:00PM EST
Proposal Review/Interviews July 15 - August 15 2022
Notification to Semi Final Artists August 16, 2022
Stage 2 – Development of Proposal Site Visits and Proposal Development August - October 2022
Submission of Proposals (date and time) December 6, 2022 at 2:00PM EST
Public Presentation February - March 2023
Final Selection by ECHDC April 2023
Stage 3 – Design & Implementation of Art Installation
Anticipated Contract Start Date* January 2, 2024 Fabrication and Installation Completion May 1, 2025
Please note, the Corporation reserves the right to change any of the dates stated in this RFP. 6 *Final schedule for design and installation stages to be negotiated at the time of contract execution. However, it is expected the installation will be completed between March 1 – May 1, 2025.
V. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS Every respondent to this RFP (“Bidder”) should submit a proposal which clearly and concisely provides all of the information requested. Emphasis should be concentrated on conformance to the RFP instructions and requirements, as well as completeness and clarity in its proposal response. The Bidder is advised to thoroughly read and follow all instructions contained in this RFP. Proposals that do not comply with these instructions or do not meet the full intent of all the requirements of this RFP may be subject to scoring reductions during the evaluation process or may be deemed non-responsive. Artists are strongly encouraged to conduct independent research based on the information provided as well as visit the project location. The artist is expected and required to attend the artwork dedication event in person if and when such an event takes place.
Prize Summary:
project budget 250,000, 3 finalists receive $10,000 stipend
Location:
Canalside, Buffalo, NY
Deadline:
14/July/2022
Entry Fee:
- No
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H2O: A Deep Dive

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H2O : A Deep Dive
A Rocky Neck Art Colony open juried exhibition
Juror: Katherine French
Important Dates
Exhibition Dates: June 30- August 7, 2022
Opening Reception: July 9, 4-6pm
Submissions: https://client.smarterentry.com/rnac
Technical support: send email to entry@rockyneckartcolony.org
Submissions Open : Tuesday, March 27, 2022, 9 AM
Submissions Deadline: Monday, May 23, 2022, 9 AM
Cultural Center Gallery Hours: Thursday - Sunday, 12-4pm
Online location: RNACExhibitions.com
The Call
The Rocky Neck Art Colony (RNAC) invites artists to submit work for inclusion in H2O:A Deep Dive, an open juried exhibition at the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and online at RNACexhibitions.com.
Water / Ice / Steam — The 3 states of matter exhibited by H2O, each easily observable in our daily lives. It is in every living cell on earth, acting as the necessary transport for all vital functions. From a wider vantage point we observe the solid ice of winter yielding to the green of spring, evaporation from summer's heat returning as rainstorms and cold fall frosts. As the water flows, so follows life, its primacy reflected throughout the world's arts, religions, mythologies, sciences, and economies.
With our exhibit “H2O: A Deep Dive”, The Rocky Neck Art Colony looks to explore how we know water through an artistic lens. We ask artists to probe the subject of water and engage viewers to think about and appreciate the importance of it in our world. While seascapes and other water views are welcome, we encourage artists to explore the theme from EVERY angle. We welcome works of all mediums.
"If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water."- Loren Eiseley.
About the juror
Submissions will be reviewed and selected by juror, Katherine French.
Katherine French has served as director of art galleries at Boston University, the Montserrat College of Art, and Catamount Arts and retired as Director Emerita from the Danforth Museum of Art. Now an independent curator, she has organized exhibitions for the Vermont Arts Council, the New Britain Museum of American Art, the Ogunquit Museum of Art, and numerous other organizations. A recipient of awards for curatorial excellence from the New England chapter of the International Association of Art Critics, she was also named Best Curator of Locally Made Art at the Boston Art Awards
Eligibility
Work shown in the past year at another Cape Ann venue will not be considered
Work must be original creations of the artist
Work must be ready to hang; gold frames are discouraged
See image requirements below
All work is for sale. Work sold as a result of the RNAC galleries posting requires the artist to make arrangements with the buyer to have the piece delivered. The buyer will be responsible for covering the costs of that delivery as coordinated by the artist.
Entry Fee
$35 for up to 3 entries; RNAC members $25 for up to 3 entries. $10 per additional entry
To become a member go to http:/rockyneckartcolony.org/become-a-member/
Please make sure you have a credit card or a payPal account to make your payment when applying. You must submit the member’s discount password when you register or you will need to pay the full $35.
Open for submissions: March 27, 2022 9:00 AM/ET
Entries must be submitted via https://client.smarterentry.com/rnac
Use your previous password & ID or click “Start Here” to create a new ID
For technical support, entry@rockyneckartcolony.org
Please reach out for tech support as soon as you have difficulty. Don’t wait!
Submission Deadline: Monday, May 23, 2022 9:00 AM/ET
Notification: Selected artists will be contacted by email and announced on the RNAC website (http://rockyneckartcolony.org)
Images used for online submissions
Submit good quality photos of submitted work in JPEG format
Images will be at least 300dpi, sized no greater than 2MB, with 1200 pixels max for the longer dimension.
Each image must be labeled with the following information: Last name, first initial, title, medium.jpg. Example: Smith J. Sunset acrylic.jpg
No special characters allowed. e.g.!@#$%&*+(){}[]|\ Your image will not be accepted if used.
Size of Art Work:
Submitted 2-D work may not exceed 60” H x 48” W, including frame. Exception: There is space for one large work up to 60” H x 70” W.
Commissions:
All work must be for sale. There is a 40% commission on the sale of non-member work or a 25% commission on RNAC member work. NOTE: to qualify for the member commission, you must be a member when you ENTER THE SHOW. To join, go to http://rockyneckartcolony.org/become-a-member/
Promotion:
Viewers love to “go behind the scenes” with the artists. We welcome any studio visit videos or recorded talks about your works. See examples here: https://www.rnacexhibitions.com/videos.
For More Information : Email entry@rockyneckartcolony.org
About the Rocky Neck Art Colony
The Rocky Neck Art Colony is one of the oldest working art colonies in the country and has been luring artists to its picturesque shores for more than 150 years. As a 501-c3 nonprofit organization, RNAC is dedicated to nurturing excellence in the arts and celebrating the artistic history and culture of Rocky Neck in Gloucester MA.
Deadline:
23/May/2022
Entry Fee:
- Yes
Fee Detail:
$35 up to 3 images; $10 each additional
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Focus: Trees and Water
Watery Wonders

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For Sacramento Fine Arts Center's first photography exhibit in three years, a broad range of photo techniques are accepted. Award categories include traditional film, digital imaging, images from camera phones, and a category for images that have been significantly manipulated.
ENTRY DEADLINE: April 22, 2022
ENTRY NOTIFICATION: May 6, 2022
Show Dates: May 24- June 18, 2022
Prize Summary:
Cash and Merchandise Awards
Deadline:
22/April/2022
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"LAND WATER SKY" Online International Juried Exhibition

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Gallery Ring announces a contest that celebrates the Land, Water and Sky. Artists are encouraged to submit their interpretations and expressions of one or all three topics. 2D artwork including photography/digital is eligible. All artistic styles from realistic to experimental are welcome. Aside from the BEST IN SHOW Award, the top Land will win the EMERALD Award, the top Water will win the RUBY Award and the top Sky will win the SAPPHIRE Award. Many other awards are also available. All winning artists receive a digital Award Certificate. Top winners also receive a special Award Page ideal for use in their portfolios and for sharing the news on social media and websites. All winners and random Finalists will receive exposure and promotion on Gallery Ring's Instagram. The contest is open to all artists worldwide over 18 years of age, from emerging to established.
Deadline:
17/June/2021
Entry Fee:
- Yes
Fee Detail:
$20 US for 1-3 pieces
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