Talent Speaks

This incredible work of art is created using wooden matchsticks by Patrick Acton an artist from Iowa.

His work was seen on ABC’s Extreme Makeover, Home Edition, Home & Garden TV, Public Television, & High Definition TV.

Apart from this its also featured in magazines such as Highlights for Children, Reminisce, AAA Travel, & other. Since 1977 Acton has used 3 million matchsticks to build large detailed models.

This is an upcoming project & is expected to be completed by the end of 2009 - The Great White City.

The grand dame of department stores, Lord and Taylor, has unveiled their new iconic rose design and the Fifth Avenue store is brimming with the fragrant floral blooms.

Lord and Taylor now want to give indie artists a chance to create the rose design that will grace their shopping bags, boxes, gift cards and direct mail.

The grand prize winner will receive $10,000 in cash and national and international press.

Lavella Olexa, L & T’s senior vice president of advertising and public relations will choose the top 60 submissions for the first round, which will be posted online for public voting. The top 30 with the highest number of votes move on to round two, for more public voting. The winner will be announced online July 2nd, 2008.

Registration and submission will be accepted until May 26th, 2008.

http://www.lordandtaylor.com/directmail/rosecontest_submit.jsp

The Society for Midwest Metalsmiths is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating, inspiring, and promoting excellence in metalsmithing and jewelry. Now they are hosting the 2008 METAL Inclinations International juried exhibition will include selections of the most exemplary fine metal art created by metalsmiths, silversmiths, goldsmiths and jewelers all over the world. This strictly digital show will be trend setting.

There is an entry fee of $40. The deadline for this exhibition is June 30th, 2008. You have plenty of time to weld your way to a masterpiece. Please visit the website for more details.

Each year the Ontological Theater in New York City hosts Noise!, a week-long sound performance festival started in 2005 and co-produced with Free103point9.

This multi-arts event designed to promote interest in new forms of sound art will feature performances by established and emerging artists.

It showcases the works of solo artists as well as performance-sound collaborations, with works ranging from the analog banging of pots and pans to hi-tech digital noise.

Noise! begins May 8th with several artists performing each evening.

For the festival schedule, visit here.

The Center for Fine Art Photography call for entries for All Things Horses…

From Appaloosas to Zebras, country roaming to carousel rotating are welcome to this call for entry. Images of working horses, wild horses, dressage, tack, anything related to the life of our equine friends is welcome.

The Center for Fine Art Photography invites photographers working in all mediums and styles to participate in its exhibitions. Traditional, contemporary, avant-garde, creative and experimental works, including new processes, mixed techniques are welcome.

Eligibility: The exhibition is open to all domestic and international, professional and amateur photographers working with digital or traditional photography or combinations of both. Deadline is June 18, 2008

Information and online submissions at The Center for Fine Art Photography www.c4fap.org or email questions to cfe@c4fap.org .

Representing both world-renowned and undiscovered innovators of the new contemporary art movement, the folks at Limited Addiction Gallery have a musically inclined show soon to hit their walls. Justin BUA, known for his signature paintings of musicians and DJs, has produced an incredible collection portraying the underground world of urban music.
 
BUA began his work on the streets of New York City’s Upper West Side. Fascinated by the raw, visceral street life of Manhattan, BUA used his art as a tool to capture urban culture and spearhead the unique style of distorted urban realism.

His solo exhibit, BUA Musicology, opens this Saturday, April 26th, and will remain on display through May 24th. You can check out the online preview of his work at http://www.limitedaddictiongallery.com/.

The Climate Clock Global Initiative needs ideas from artist-led teams to design a major art piece, “Climate Clock” that will measure changes in greenhouse gas levels and be first in a series of global projects calling attention to climate changes.

This installation will collect data for 100 years in downtown San Jose, California. This will be a collaborative effort between artists, international and Silicon Valley engineers and other creative professionals who are doing this vital work.

Six semi-finalists will present their proposals at an international conference about art and climate change June 9-10 in San Jose.

Three finalist teams will be selected to develop their proposals in conjunction with a residency at the CADRE Laboratory for New Media at San Jose State University.

Deadline is May 9, 2008 so you better move fast to be a part of this phenomenal project!

Momaboma is an Italian company that creates really beautiful, retro, vintage bags. The bags are made out of paper from recycled glam magazines from the 1950’s and 1960’s and other material such as old vinyl records. The carefully-chosen paper is then processed with resin, polypropylene, vinyl and glue and the result are those really unique retro bags.

Maurizio, Momaboma founder, states that, “Everything belonging to the past maintains intact the charm of humanity, imperfection and normality. For this reason I am inspired by every used and lived object able to narrate its history. The emotions given by these materials are mainly visual and tactile, the same emotions with which we learn to compare since the first days of live”.

To view more of Momaboma’s unique creations, visit their website here.

Urban Screens Melbourne 08 is the third, ground-breaking international conference and multimedia exhibition in a series of worldwide events around the redefinition of a growing digital infrastructure of moving images in public space.
The exhibition is looking for Artists, Urban Poets, Filmmakers and Multimedia and Interaction Designers to submit film and videos or multimedia, interactive or participatory screen based projects.

The deadline for poster presentations is May 24th and the deadline for film&video / multimedia projects is May 31st, 2008.

For a detailed description of the event and curatorial framework see www.urbanscreens08.net/art-+-events.

Now in its 42nd year, the Lewiston Council of the Arts wants you to participate in their Lewiston Outdoor Fine Arts Festival, August 9 and 10, 2008. With attendance of over 30,000 partygoers this event will feature almost 200 participating artists from the U.S. and Canada.

Categories include everything from painting and mixed media to jewelry and wood. Cash and ribbon prizes valued at over $5000 are awarded to artists in eight categories.

Lewiston Council of the Arts has been going for 41 years and continues to help define the artistic identity of the community around Niagara County. The council’s goal is to bring together creative talent and public appreciation to the historic village of Lewiston. With close proximity to Canada the council enjoys a rich exchange between both countries.

Visit here for the Artist Application.