Art in the Park

I would like to invite you to "Art in the Park" this Saturday at Huddy Park in Downtown Toms River.There will be art, poetry readings and great music and it is free. Hope to see you there

CALL FOR ENTRIES

Call for entries. The John F. Peto Studio Museum is planning a National Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Trompe l'Oeil. For a prospectus go towww.petomuseum.org or email info@petomuseum.org. Entry deadline is July 20th. Please let fellow artists know.

2nd Annual Juried Photography Exhibition

Raw is a juried photography competition in which the top 40 images will be selected by a juror for a group exhibition at the Noyes Gallery at Kramer Hall, in Hammonton.

In keeping with the history of the Noyes Museum of Art of Stockton College’s love for New Jersey’s “natural features,” images pertaining to New Jersey’s raw splendor and spirit that capture the beauty and diversity of New Jersey’s lands, people, animals, water and nature are desired.  Images in any photographic process (alternative processes, digital, digital manipulations, film…etc.) are eligible for submission. Any image submitted must have been taken within the last 3 years

http://www.noyesmuseum.org/artist.html

SOLO ART SHOW

Well I have just finished framing my last oil painting for the Solo show. Tomorrow I will be hanging it in the gallery. Can't wait for Sunday.
I hope you can make the show. There will be music by a great band called "Custom Blend" as well as refreshments and other artists on the lawn. It is supposed to be a beautiful day so I hope you can come.
Here are directions to the show.

Ocean County Artists' Guild
GPS finder: 22 Chestnut Ave Island Heights, N J 08732

From Garden State Parkway South Exit 82: take Rte. 37 East, approximately 2.8 miles to the 6th traffic light (Vaughn and West End Aves). Turn right onto West End Ave. Travel south on West End and you will enter Island Heights. Proceed to the 2nd stop sign. Turn left onto Ocean Ave. The Guild is at the next corner on the right.

From Garden State Parkway North Exit 81 onto Water Street turn left onto Main St. continue on Main Street to Rte. 37 turn right onto 37 and  follow above directions

From the west: take Rte. 70 to Lakehurst. Just past Lakehurst, turn right onto Rte. 37 and go 6.3 miles to the Garden State Parkway overpass at Toms River, then continue on Rte. 37 as described above.

Call for Entries - Long Beach Island Foundation

LBIF: 
Extended Deadline: 
May 1, 2013
Juror: Margot Norton, Assistant Curator at the New Museum, NYC
National Juried Competition 2013: Works on Paper
The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences encourages emerging artists as well as those with established reputations to participate in the National Juried Competition: Works on Paper. The purpose of the exhibition is to showcase contemporary works of art made on or of paper that reflect innovative use of the medium, technical excellence, and personal vision. Submissions may be, but not limited to: pencil, pen and ink, gouache, watercolor, oil, acrylic, digital prints, etc. All entries must be original and must have been executed since 2009. Please include a resume and artist's statement along with your submission.

The 24th Annual Juried Arts & Crafts Festival 
The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences and Renaissance Craftables are pleased to announce that the application deadline for the 24th Annual Crafts and Fine Art Festival is being extend to May 1, 2013. The Festival takes place on July 20 & 21 on the grounds of the LBI Foundation of the Arts and Sciences and has something for everyone including jewelry, sculpture, mixed media, fiber, clay and more.Applications require 4 images of your work plus one of the booth you will be setting up.
TO GET-
Arts & Crafts Festival Application
For more information, contact Marcy Boroff, Renaissance Craftables at
215.843.4462 or info@rencrafts.com or the LBI Foundation of the Arts and Sciences at 609.494.1241 or office@lbifoundation.org.

CALL FOR ARTISTS

Canterbury Art Show...a Tapestry of the Arts

Deadline to Register: June 3

Prospectus and much more information can be found

At www.canterburyartshow.com

The Noyes Museum of Art of Stockton College

Call for Artisan Vendors!

2013 Crafts Marketplace

~A juried festival of fine art & craft~

November 2, 2013: 10:00AM - 4:30PM

November 3, 2013: 10:00AM - 4:00PM

The Noyes Museum of Art of

Stockton College

733 Lily Lake Road

Oceanville, New Jersey 08231

609-652-8848

www.noyesmuseum.org

MY SOLO SHOW

 Here is another painting. I am still busy finishing up my art work for my solo show.

Mark your calendar. It will be on Sunday, May 5th from 1 to 4 pm at the Ocean County Artists Guild ( a really charming Victorian Mansion sitting above the Toms River). Directions to follow.

ANNUAL BOARDWALK ART SHOW 2013

The Ocean City Arts Center's 51st Annual Boardwalk Art Show will be held the first weekend in August, Friday through Sunday, August 2 through 4, on the Ocean City Boardwalk. Participants may sell their work from 10 am to 8 pm, Friday and Saturday, and 10 am to 6 pm on Sunday. The event is sponsored by the Ocean City Arts Center at 1735 Simpson Avenue, Ocean City, New Jersey.

ANNUAL BOARDWALK ART SHOW 2013

The Ocean City Arts Center's 51st Annual Boardwalk Art Show will be held the first weekend in August, Friday through Sunday, August 2 through 4, on the Ocean City Boardwalk. Participants may sell their work from 10 am to 8 pm, Friday and Saturday, and 10 am to 6 pm on Sunday. The event is sponsored by the Ocean City Arts Center at 1735 Simpson Avenue, Ocean City, New Jersey.

Artists have participated in this event for several decades because of the more than two hundred thousand visitors over the weekend that view the work, many of which purchase art at this show. In addition, the Arts Center takes no commission during this weekend.

Oils/acrylics, watercolor, drawing/hand-pulled prints, and photography are the categories eligible for this show. Prizes range from the Purchase Award of an artist's work to the $500 Best of Show, $350 Second Place, $250 Third Place, $200 Mayor's Choice and (3) Honorable Mention Awards at $100 each.

The Boardwalk Art Show is a great value at $125 per space for three days in front of an audience of hundreds of thousands of visitors and vacation home owners. The attached brochure explains the Annual Boardwalk Art Show in detail and features an application. For further information call (609) 399-7628or email the Arts Center at info@oceancityartscenter.org.

MONMOUTH FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS

The Monmouth Festival of the Arts is this weekend from Saturday to Wednesday. It is a great display of art including jewelry, photography, sculpture, ceramics and paintings. It is not to be missed.

Saturday evening is the gala reception but it costs $60. It runs through Wednesday and admission is only $8. They have demos every day.

Go to their website at www.monmouthfestivalofthearts.com and submit your name and emil to get notified next year to submit your work for juried reviw to be selected for the show.

MY FIRST SOLO SHOW

I am excited about the prospect of my first Solo show. I have been in many art shows in Monmouth and Ocean County over the last 6 years but not as the sole artist. I have been really busy creating some fresh new pieces for the show. 

Here I one of the new ones. I will let you know more details about the show when I know more.

Thanks

Bill

CALL FOR ENTRIES

 Long Beach Island Foundation

Natiional Juried Competition 2013 Works On Paper

Submit online at www.lbifoundation.org/WorksOnPaper2013

Garden State Watercolor Society

2013 Spring Sale and Show

Registration due on April 22nd

Contact Pat Morgan, pmorganstudio@comcast.net

Call for Artists

11th East Brunswick Fine Arts Festival

Call 732 390 6797

CENTRAL JERSEY ARTS SCENE: PHOTOGRAPHERS

CENTRAL JERSEY ARTS SCENE: PHOTOGRAPHERS:  There will be a "Photography Happening"  at Stockton College with portfolio reviews by  Vernon Ogrodnek,  photo editor of the Pre...

PHOTOGRAPHERS

 There will be a "Photography Happening"  at Stockton College with portfolio reviews by Vernon Ogrodnek, photo editor of the Press of Atlantic City, Wednesday April 3rd from 11 am until 1:30 pm and ends with a free presentation by Cape May photographer and magazine publisher David Todd McCarty at 6:30 pm on April 4th.. There will also be workshops by videographer Frank Weiss and commercial photographer Alex Anton as well as a free presentation by renowned NYC conceptual photographer Michel Tcherevkoff on April 3rd at 6 pm and other portfolio reviews . For a schedule of presentations, workshops and portfolio reviews, go to:http://artcnow.com/photo/photo_schedule.htmland  This event is for anyone interested in great photography either as a shooter or a viewer.

Spring is Here

Spring is here even though it doesn't feel like it.

National Juried Competition: Works on Paper

Juror: Margot Norton, Assistant Curator at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY.
Entry deadline: April 26
The LBIF encourages emerging artists as well as those with established reputations to participate in the National Juried Competition: Works on Paper. The purpose of the exhibition is to showcase contemporary works of art made on or of paper that reflect innovative use of the medium, technical excellence, and personal vision. Submissions may be, but not limited to: pencil, pen and ink, gouache, watercolor, oil, acrylic, digital prints, etc. All entries must be original and must have been executed since 2009. Please include a resume and artist statement along with your submission.

Submit online at www.lbifoundation.org/WorksOnPaper2013

Long Beach Island Foundation - NATIONAL JURIED COMPETITION 2013 WORKS ON PAPER www.lbifoundation.org The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences (LBIF) was established in 1948 as a non-pr...

2013 WOODEN BOAT FESTIVAL

The Toms River Seaport Society & Maritime Museum is holding a festival on July 20th in Huddy Park, Toms River. They are looking for Artists and Crafters. Visit their website www.tomsriverseaport.org for more information

THE 2013 JERSEY SHORE JURIED ART SHOW

The Belmar Arts Council will be having a juried art show in march. To get the aplication click on this http://www.belmararts.org/wordpress/?page_id=7

CALL FOR ENTRIES

Call For Entries: Seventh Annual NJ Emerging Artists Series @ The Monmouth Museum

Submission deadline is April 12, 2013. The PDF prospectus can be found by clicking this

 http://www.monmouthmuseum.org/pdfanddocfolder/MMNJEA2013Prospectus.pdf

CALL FOR ENTRIES

CALL FOR ENTRIES

OPEN JURIED EXHIBITION OF REPRESENTATIONAL ART

NJ CHAPTER OF AMERICAN ARTISTS PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE. Inc.

DEDICATED TO THE PROMOTION OF TRADITIONAL REPRESENTATIONAL ART

APRIL 13T0 MAY 11, 2013

MIDDLESEX COUNTY COLLEGE, EDISON, NJ

OPEN TO NJ RESIDENTS 18 OR OLDER

ALL MEDIA

OVER $4200 IN AWARDS

PRE-REGISTRATION DEADLINE: APRIL 4, 2013

RECEIVING DAY: APRIL 13, 2013 ·

FOR PROSPECTUS SEND #10 SASE T0:

EDWARD BAUMLIN, CHAIRPERSDN

155 FAIRVIEW ROAD

FRENCHTOWN, NJ 08825

Solo Show

I have been going full blast painting up a storm with one good eye in preparation for my Solo show at the Ocean County Artists Guild in May. Despite the fact that it is still blurry, I am amazed that some of what I thought was black is blue. For years now I knew I had trouble distinguishing  navy blue from black but now the cataract blocks even the bright blues.

Another Call for Entries

Well I am busy painting up a storm, preparing for my solo art show in May. My eye has gotten a little better but I basically use one eye to see.
Here is a CALL FOR ENTRIES by the Monmouth Museum where I have applied three times and not been accepted. But hopefully you will be successful. Here is the crazy looking link! 
 http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ziyuUa7D-8dLC0UYdLXQFUSdUV2LqTO5urPTt2M_6jovLL52T4P0Yxhe1l8_e4WiK3ejiqAjQYbXvbjdGzoH7cE7GYLg1urOiJRL2OX4YfN3hT-DJLIzxv-IUbkKsDb6htvX9Ga2aM8a1_d6Pnqcy6greDb5fAkccZyyf-eed2f1oaAOIvVvHjpamvpRHWAA-AZAVFCLIt8=

CALL FOR ENTRIES

The sixth volume of “International Contemporary Artists” a series of international art books is in progress. A juried committee is selecting contemporary artists to be featured in the book. Artists can apply by sending 4-5 images of their work in JPG format by email and a short statement or essay, no more than 100 words.

All media are accepted.

If the artist’s work is selected it will be presented in the book in an one-page layout containing images of his work, the essay or statement and his contact information.

You can find any additional information about the book here: www.incoartists.com

The book’s distribution is made internationally through major wholesalers and e-commerce shops.

Virginia Perle Art Gallery

I just visited a beautiful art gallery in beautiful downtown Toms River called Virginia Perle Art Gallery. Ginny Perle is a master watercolorist and her gallery, just across from the river, is charming and I recommend you visit it. She holds art shows and is always looking for new artists.  www.virginiaperleartgallery.net/ 

CALL FOR ENTRIES

If you are a pleine aire painter this is for you. Also check out the Hammonton Arts Center in Hammonton N J at www.hammontonartscenter.org

I recently attended a great presentation entitled " The Nuts and Bolts of Photography" by Bill Kirms at the Ocean County Camera Club. If you are a photographer I highly recommend that you check out the club. See  "Camera Club".under the "Links of Interest" to the right.
Bill's website is /. http://www.kirmsphotography.com/kirmsphotography/.
Also there is a website called see.me www.see.me that allows you to share your photos worldwide.I have not tried it yet but it might be worth checking it out.

Still can not see out of my left eye following cataract surgery. Looks like I will need a corneal transplant.

But I have been busy preparing for my first ever Solo Art Show in May at the Ocean County Artists Guild.I am trying for a contemporary look. Here is one or my most recent Oil paintings. This is a Pallet knife painting of the birtches of my back yard with the ocean  and tulips added.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

I hope everyone has a great loving Vanentine's Day.
Anyone in the Tom's River vicinity should check out a great website called Tom's River Online. www.tomsriveronline.com  It is run by fellow artist Bob Henne.

Here is my finally finished oil on canvas. I just loved the guy sitting at the sweet shop having an ice cream sundae. You only live once! 

Comprehensive List of New Jersey Art Galleries Plus

I am still recovering from cataract surgery. It has been two weeks and I still can not clearly see out of it. But life must go on so here is a great list of galleries etc. With this list we can begin to join the art scene. Check it out at  http://art-collecting.com/galleries_nj.htm

ARTISTS BEWARE Here is an email I received recently that is a scam! I know it is because I have been approached before  in the same manner and the same wording. They will not give you an address or phone # and talk of a  shipping firm and a money order or cashier's check which will be way in excess of the asking price.   Chelsea Goldberg cheldberg2@outlook.com via comcast.net	Jan 29 (8 days ago)
to williamunger3

Good day to you.


I am so excited that I came across of your work on internet search,I am interested in purchasing these creative artworks from you.....................

Born to Surf,Yellow Iris,Going for a Walk,Playing Ball and Summer Delight

Let me know their various prices.and how much discounts are you going to give?I will be happy to have these selected artworks hung in our new home in South Africa.As well,I want you to take out the shipping cost.I have been in touch with a shipping firm that will be shipping other house decoratives.


We are traveling from our Seattle home to our new apartment as soon as possible.On Paying for the artworks,I will be glad to pay you with a Money Order or Cashier`s check in US funds that can be easily cashed at your local bank,please let me know on how to proceed for the payment of the creative artworks.

I will await your advise on how to proceed.Have a wonderful day.


Take care,
Chelsea Goldberg

CENTRAL JERSEY ARTS SCENE: We are all trying to grow and prosper and what bet...

CENTRAL JERSEY ARTS SCENE: We are all trying to grow and prosper and what bet...: We are all trying to grow and prosper and what better way than to effectively reach out to our friends on Facebook. So I recommend reading a...

We are all trying to grow and prosper and what better way than to effectively reach out to our friends on Facebook. So I recommend reading an article entitled  "Engaging Your Customer on Facebook"on AudreyVaseys blog - BLOG.AUDREYVASEY.COM - which can be found on
 my blog list to the right.

Hey Photographers, check out this website - www.Farbspiel-Photo.com . It has lots of interesting info. including a piece on "Social Photography Campaign building".

According to Molly Barnes of "How to Get Hung" (see below) one important thing to do is be sure to look like an artist. So I got to thinking what I could do to look more like an artist. What do you think? Does this work? Comments please.

Just got Juried into the Monmouth Festival of the Arts with this pallet knife oil on board called " Funky Flowers.

I have just found a link to listings for Atlantic and Ocean counties for Art related venues. Here is is - http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/ats/arts/e-b-lewis-brings-lottery-inspired-art-to-galloway/article_9d2aeaea-a24f-50e8-8deb-ea29b7bd1084.html  . Just copy and past in the address bar to view. If anyone has information about art shows, call for entries and galleries let us know.
Thanks

For those of you who are in the Toms River N J area here is a link to all the galleries in the area - http://local.yahoo.com/NJ/Toms+River/Retail+Shopping/Arts+Crafts/Art+Galleries . Just copy and paste. 

Also in downtown Tom's River there is a restaurant called The Cookie Cab -10 Washington St  Toms River, NJ 08753  (732) 244-0011. Helen Harris is the owner and an artist. She has space there to show art and is looking for artists to show.

Just had cataract surgery yesterday so I am working with one eye right now and missed posting yesterday. 
But back to GETTING HUNG,  Molly Barnes has a list of steps to take to get your work shown and into galleries. I will be exploring the list, one at a time.

# 1 Become actively engaged in the art scene.
Most of us are shy and self involved in our art and inclined to avoid the "scene" but we have to get out and make contacts.We have to attend all the openings and receptions that we can. We have to look like an artist and be able to express our vision. We need to find out who is who. Who controls the galleries and shows and find ways by hook or by crook to reach them.

If you are in a big city, it may be easier to find all the shows and galleries (ie. New York - The New York Times) but if not it becomes harder. I am in  New Jersey and there is no all encompassing list so I am going to try to develop one with your help. So please send me any art openings so we can share with us all. 

I have just come across a great book that deals with how to get your Photographic Prints,  Oil,  Watercolor or Sculpture shown in a gallery or art show.This is a constant issue for most of us.The Book is entitled "How To Get Hung" by Molly Barnes. It is a humorous title but a well written serious book. I will be sharing the insights over the next few posts. 

Well! Here I go. This is my first post. I am looking forward to sharing ideas about anything that will help us grow in our creative expression. I am looking for new ideas, new venues meeting  and sharing with other artists and art lovers.