Chicago Art Show

Art shows are a great way to get great gifts for the holidays and/or get great ideas for gifts to make yourself. Here is one art show that is being held in Chicago:

When: December 12 & 13
Where: Chicago
Bucktown Holiday Art Show
Holstein Park Fieldhouse
2200 N. Oakley
100 Exhibitors

Information on this site and others can be found at Art Fair Calender. com

Scholarships, Art Shows and Ceremics, Oh My!

SCHOLARSHIP:

Name: Midwest Art Scholarship Competition
Due: Postmark by November 20th, 2009
About: Look below for details

ART SHOW:

Name: Safe Haven Community Art Show ( December 4th, 2009 6-9 pm)
Submissions Due: Noon, November 20th, 2009
About: Look below for details

CERAMICS:

The Link Gallery at the Art and Design building at The University of Illinois will be displaying
works from ceramic students from November 9- November 27, 2009. Check it out!




MIDWEST Art Scholarship Competition:

Attention all Associate, Bachelor, and Masters Degree candidates with an interest in the visual arts, currently enrolled at a Midwest Regional public or private college or university. No matter what major, if you paint, illustrate, sculpt, design, draw, photograph, or just create art, you are eligible to enter the 3rd Annual Fine Art Finals Midwest Regional Scholarship Competition.


Media accepted include:

* Drawing - graphite, colored pencil, pen and ink, marker, pastel, charcoal, etc.
* Painting - oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, etc.
* Printmaking - etching, lithography, screen-printing, etc.
* Sculpture - clay, ceramic, plaster, marble, glass, wood, resin, porcelain, metal, etc.
* Jewelry - gemstones, precious metals or other materials, etc.
* Fibers - textiles, fabrics, yarn, natural & synthetic fibers, etc.
* Photography - traditional & digital.
* Digital Art - see www.fineARTfinals.com for details.
* Graphic Design - traditional & digital, see www.fineARTfinals.com for details.


This scholarship competition is dedicated to the promotion of talented and gifted emerging artists at the collegiate level and awards their mastery of technique and excellence of artistic achievement. Finalists and Winners will be selected based on quality, originality, and the creativity of their work.


First Place: $1200
Second Place: $600
Third Place: $300

Two Honorable Mentions:
$50 each

For Entry Forms and Entry Rules,
and other information, please visit our website at:
www.fineARTfinals.com

For Competition "Call for Entries" 11x17 (Tabloid Size) Posters
to display in your school, please download and print from website: www.fineARTfinals.com

To see the results from our previous competitions, including
the 2nd Annual Fine Art Finals Midwest Scholarship Competition of 2008,
please see our website: www.fineARTfinals.com

Midwest Region includes the following States:
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri,
Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

SAFE HAVEN COMMUNITY ART SHOW:

A Call For Art! “Open your mind, expand your world.”

A community art show sponsored by Safe Haven residents with assistance by students in FAA 391 and U & I Collab.

In an effort to make homeless issues visible in Champaign County students from the University of Illinois are assisting Safe Haven residents to sponsor an art show at the Independent Media Center on December 4^th from 6-9 pm.

Art is being sought to display. Review of submitted art will be handled by Safe Haven residents. Those following the art theme or using their activists using art as a message will be strongly considered. All medias accepted: music, performance, new media, traditional media, etc.

Submissions must be made by November 20^th at Noon.

For questions or to submit a 2D image and explanation email edenis2@illinois.edu or call 618.527.6514. In-person submissions can be made at the East St. Louis Action Research Project office: 326 Noble Hall, MC-549, 1209 South Fourth Street; Champaign, IL 61820.

Week of November 09 Artist Lectures

Here is a list of some artist lectures that are going on this week sponsored by the Art and Design department at the University of Illinois. All is welcome....artists, people in the community, non-artists, etc. This is a great way for artists to gain influences, even if the lecturer's art is in a different medium. Check them out!!!

Tuesday, November 10th

5:30pm . KAM Room 62 | DesignMatters3 Lecture: Denise DeLuca

Thursday, November 12th

1. 7-9pm . Palette Cafe | S.P.E.A.K. Cafe

2. 5:00pm . KAM Room 62/East Gallery | IPRH Film Screening: "Brazil", followed by a gallery talk on Under Control w/ Andrea Ferber

Friday, November 13th

1. 10:00 am . ADB 107 | gd+id lecture series

Valerie Carlson, Vice President of Creative of Razorfish Inc. (http://www.razorfish.com/), will be here to give us an amazing presentation! Razorfish Inc. is one of the world's largest interactive agencies and one of the largest buyers of digital advertising space. Razorfish provides services to its clients in the areas of digital advertising and content creation, media buying, strategic counsel, analytics, technology and user experience. The presentation starts at 10 AM in Room 107 and this is a gd+id event, so all are welcome!

For more information, please see

http://www.art.illinois.edu/news_detail.php?newsid=74

2. 7:30pm . Noel Gallery | Sudden Sound Concert: Pauline Oliveros

Grants for U of I Students

Many artists in the Chicagoland area go to The University of Illinois. Here are a list of some Grants that the University is offering this year. Grants are a good way to create a piece/project that you would not be able to create without a larger sum of money. The list is in order by deadline. Never think to yourself, "I could never win that grant." Go for it! You'd be surprised...

1.Getty Scholar Grants
deadline: 11/01/2009

2.Library Research Grants
deadline: 11/01/2009

3.Loeb Classical Library Foundation Grants
Deadline: 11/02/2009

4.Donnelley (Gaylord and Dorothy) Foundation Grants
Deadline: 11/15/2009 +

5. Presser Foundation
Grants
Deadline: 12/01/2009

6.Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art Educational Programme Grants
Deadline: 1/15/2010

7. Center for Architecture Foundation Arnold W. Brunner Grant
Deadline 2/01/2010

Click on the links to find additional information about the grants. Also, you can find more competitions, fellowships and grants for the arts here

Art Galleries in Champaign

Art galleries are a great way to view international, domestic, and especially local art. Going to galleries is a great way to make connections and to gain influence. Here is a list of a few galleries around Champaign, IL.

1. Parkland Art Gallery
(217) 351-2485
2400 W Bradley Ave, Champagin, IL

2. Kanfer Photography Gallery
(217) 398-2000
2103 N Dunlap Ave, Champaign, IL 403 S Water St, Champaign, IL

4. Wind Water & Light
(217) 378-8565
10 E Main St, Champaign, IL

5. Cinema Gallery
(217) 367-3711
120 W Main St, Urbana, IL

6. Heartland Gallery
(217) 337-4767
112 W Main St, Urbana, IL