Submission Deadline: Friday, Feb 14

UNT Students help celebrate Mary Kay's 50th!

This is a video about the mural commissioned by Mary Kay to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the company. The mural is set to break the Guinness World Record for the largest mural make solely of makeup. Many Studio Art majors are helping with this project and some are shown working on the mural in the video!

1ST ANNUAL MISSION CELEBRATION OF FINE ARTS

NOVEMBER 15-16-17, 2013
MISSION COMMUNITY CENTER
1420 E KIKA DE LA GARZA DR
MISSION TX 78572-4273

Prizes:

Best of Show: $1000

Second Place: $500

Third Place: $250

BEST OF SHOW WINNER WILL BE FEATURED ON THE COVER OF NEXT YEAR’S CATALOG

THIS SHOW IS OPEN TO ALL ARTIST REGARDLESS OF EXPERIENCE LEVEL

ENTRY FEE: $150.00 PER BOOTH (Max two artists per 8' x 10' booth)
BOOTH RESERVATION: Postmark no later than Monday, September 2, 2013
DEPOSIT: $75.00 Required by Monday, September 2, 2013
ARTIST SET-UP TIMES: Friday, November 15, 2013; 9:00AM – 12:00NOON
OPENING TO THE PUBLIC: Friday, November 15, 2013; 12:00PM – 7:00PM, Saturday, November 16, 2013; 10:00AM – 7:00PM Sunday, November 17, 2013; 10:00AM – 7:00PM

SUBMISSIONS: (Please contact the UNT Studio Department Office via email to get an entry form) Send the following to Upper Valley Art League 921 E. 12th Street, Mission Texas 78572-4418

1. All entries are to be submitted via e-mail (jpeg 600+Res) or colored photographs of your work by October 2, 2013. Each work must be labeled accordingly with the media, dimensions (not to exceed 48" x 48") and title of work.
2. Email to UpperValleyArtLeague@uval.texas@gmail.com 
3. In the subject line of your email make sure to clearly post your name and "Mission Celebration of Fine Arts Entry."

NOVEMBER 15, 16, 17, 2013

MISSION COMMUNITY CENTER • 1420 E KIKA DE LA GARZA DR • MISSION TX 78572-4273

Important:
Artist accepted for the show will need to be available for demonstrations during the three days of the MCOFA. You will also be required to man your booth at all times. Note: No booth will be left unattended at any time. If you take a break, make sure someone knowledgeable of your work takes your place. Any participating artist will be allowed and may schedule a time for demonstration(s) during the event if the artist so desires.

Standards and Presentation:
The only work eligible for this event will be original works of Fine Art. Artist is welcome to submit original (mixed media, oil, watercolor, and acrylic), drawings sculptures, ceramics, jewelry, and photography. NO prints or reproductions will be allowed in this event. Upper Valley Art League will disqualify any entry upon arrival that does not meet the above standards.

Sales:
The Upper Valley Art League will not charge a commission for any original work of art sold during this event. Artist is welcome to price their work as they wish. The only requirement being that they clear their work through the Upper Valley Art League before you display it. Again we are promoting original works of art not reproductions.

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY AND / OR RESUME:
All entries must be accompanied by a bio or resume; this may be used for publicity purpose.

Disclaimer: Deposit or fee will be returned if artist is not selected.

Insurance: There is no insurance coverage for any work presented or shown during the event. Artist is responsible for watching and securing their work throughout the event.

If you have questions contact:
Maxilou Link | 956.655.3153 | maxiloulink@att.net
Robert L Rivera | 956.566.0576 | robert@missiontexas.us
Juan Saenz | 956.432.7739 | Jaydsaenz27@yahoo.com | www.juansaenz.swebz.net

There will be entertainment and outside non-profit vendors.

DMA Offers New Art Ball Prize For Grad Students

The Dallas Museum of Art has announced the inaugural DMA Art Ball Graduate Student Prize, sponsored by the Dallas Art Fair. Maxwell L. Anderson (Director, DMA), Frances Colpitt (Chair of Art History, TCU), Annette Lawrence (Professor, UNT), Gabriel Ritter (Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art, DMA), and Jeremy Strick (Director, Nasher Sculpture Center) will select from five to seven grad students from visual arts programs in Texas for cash awards of $1,500. Prize-winning works will be on view at the Art Ball Patron Preview Party, April 3, 2013, and at the opening night of the Dallas Art Fair, April 11, 2013.

The deadline for applications is January 7. DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JANUARY 18, 2013 Details below, entry form here.

1. Artists must be graduate students (MA, MFA, PhD) of any age enrolled in visual arts programs throughout the state of Texas.
2. Artists must not be formally represented by a commercial gallery or dealer.
3. Eligible mediums include painting, sculpture, works on paper, and photo-based media.
4. Immediate family members of DMA staff or trustees are not eligible to apply.

Application for the DMA Graduate Student Art Ball Prize
Applicants meeting the residency and representation specifications for the prize should submit the following (do NOT staple materials or insert them in binders):

1. Complete application form and image list (use attached form) 
2. Submit in CD format no more than six (6) examples of recent work in the form of digital images (in JPEG format, each JPEG not to exceed 2MB). Of these images, note which piece will be donated to the Art Ball auction if you are selected as a prize recipient. 
3. Works submitted for display must not exceed the following dimensions or weight:
   a. Weight limit: 300 lbs.
   b. Dimensions: no larger than 5 x 5 x 5 ft. 
4. An up-to-date curriculum vitae 
5. Proof of current enrollment in graduate-level (MA, MFA, PhD) visual arts program in the state of Texas. (Copy of valid student ID or other proof of enrollment required.) 
6. All materials must be postmarked by January 7, 2013. 
7. Provide self-addressed envelope with adequate postage if you would like your materials returned. 
8. The DMA will make delivery arrangements for art that is selected outside of the North Texas region. 

Award and Recognition 

1. Five to seven artists will be selected. 
2. Prize recipients will receive a cash award of $1,500. 
3. Prize recipients will donate the artwork selected from their submission to the Art Ball 2013 silent auction. 
4. Prior to Art Ball, these works will also be on view at the Art Ball Patron Preview Party and the opening night of the Dallas Art Fair. 

Timeline for the DMA Graduate Student Art Ball Prize 

1. Application deadline: postmarked by January 7, 2013 - DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JANUARY 18, 2013
2. Prize recipients selected: January 2013 
3. Prize recipients notified: late January 2013 
4. Selected art on view at Art Ball Patron Preview Party: April 3, 2013 
5. Selected art on view at Dallas Art Fair: April 11, 2013 
6. Selected art auctioned at DMA Art Ball: April 13, 2013 
7. Cash award distributed: April 15, 2013

Sarah Vowell VIP Reception Contest

From the UNT Fine Art Series:

Sarah Vowell VIP Reception Contest - Hawaiian Haiku

If you would like to attend a special reception with Sarah Vowell and be able to ask her any question you want, then compete in our contest! Submit your best haiku poem about Hawaii (inspired by Ms. Vowell's latest book Unfamiliar Fishes) to the Fine Arts Series. The authors of the top haikus will ve invited to attend the reception. The deadline is Monday, November 7th at noon. Winners will be chosen and notified Monday afternoon. Please post your haikus on our facebook wall or send them to fineartsseries@unt.edu.
Thanks and good luck!

Sarah Vowell will be at UNT on Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Derivatives: Origins In Geometry Through October 2, 2011

Adela Andea, graduate student in the New Media Art concentration in the MFA in Studio Art program at UNT, was awarded first prize in the Derivatives: Origins In Geometry group show at the Museum of Geometric and MADI Art, Dallas, Texas, for her artwork Crystalline Structure.

The show, curated by Drawing & Painting professor Vincent Falsetta, runs through October 2011.

Picture of the artist with the winning artwork and the three winners with the curator (Photos courtesy of Martha Falsetta)

SNAG Update from Professor Ana Lopez

From Professor Ana Lopez:
In addition to the on-site exhibition referenced in a previous post, two of our students were also featured in a separate, live juried student slide show at the conference. The total number of applicants to the slide show was 285, from 50 colleges and universities, the number of images submitted was 1170. The presentation video was shown at the SNAG conference on Sunday June 29th at 12:30p and is now online at the SNAG website

The two students who got in were Loring Taoka and Parker Brown, recent graduates of our MFA program. Information on them and their works follows:

Loring Taoka (Hometown: Campton, NH)
Description: This piece is from a body of what that questions perception and readability through the use of ambiguous objects. Continually occupying a grey area, the work aims to create aesthetic arrest through interstitial/hybridized forms, asking the viewer to reconcile the form, function, and overall understanding of object-ness.

untitled - from Whiteout
7.5" x 4" x 2.5"
Brass and spray paint

Parker Brown (Home town: Denton, TX)
Being a native Texan and an amateur historian, I have been keenly aware of the historical implications behind current tensions along the United States/Mexico border. The region of my birth has, at one time or another, been inhabited from a wide range of ethnic and cultural groups. This piece, based upon a style of 16th century helmet used by Spanish conquistadors, seeks to point out the inherent fallacy of applying ethnic and cultural absolutes in defense of the exclusionist and violent behavior being exhibited by both sides of the United States’ southern border.

This Land Is My Land. This Land Is Your Land (2010)
steel, brass, leather, wood, fabric, sinew
17.25” x 13.75” x 14”

"Moebius" logo contest hosted by iArta

The iARTA Research Cluster is sponsoring a $300 Logo Contest for Moebius, a new journal of the convergence of practice and theory in the electronic arts.

Win $300!

The iARTA research cluster (Initiative for Advanced Research in Technology and the Arts) is founding a new journal at UNT—Moebius. We are announcing a prize of $300 for the design of a logo that will appear on the journal.

We are looking for a visual representation of a Moebius strip (Google this for some crude examples) in addition to the text “a journal of the convergence of theory and practice in the electronic arts.”

Please send submissions as electronic attachments to an email message to dschwarz@music.unt.edu; please write CONTEST in the subject heading; the judges will be UNT faculty members Jenny Vogel, Shane Mecklenberger, David Stout, and David Schwarz.

Submissions must be received by April 15, 2011.
Winners will be notified by May 1, 2011.

The Moebius strip is the founding premise of the journal, representing the convergence of the practice on one side and theory on the other: composition and discourse, making and reflecting.

Moebius is an effort of iARTA - the Initiative for Advanced Research in Technology and the Arts. More information at http://iarta.unt.edu/moebius.html

Shane Mecklenburger
Assistant Professor of New Media Art
University of North Texas