AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

Deadline: Friday, March 30 by 6:00 p.m.

Call for Art: The Aquarium of the Pacific is accepting images via JPEG format to be juried for its upcoming Urban Ocean Festival event. All submitted art pieces should fall under the theme of "Our Urban Ocean," which may include artwork about our ports, human uses of the ocean (i.e. scuba diving, water sports, beach activities), marine life affected by the urban ocean, or ocean pollution. The theme of your work should be how you see the urbanized coast and ocean and what they mean to you. To be considered, art MUST be appropriate for a family audience.

Please note that if your artwork is accepted, we will require that you are available to attend the Urban Ocean Festival all day on both Saturday and Sunday, May 5 & 6, 2012, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Up to five submissions are welcome. There will be winners in each of the three categories, which will include painting/drawing, digital/photography, and mixed media/sculpture/3D. First place in each category will receive $500, and second place will receive $250. One artist (selected from the first place artists from each of the three categories) will then be selected as the Grand Prize winner and will receive an additional $250. Only the six winners (first and second place for each category) will display their art at the festival.

The Urban Ocean Festival, held the weekend of May 5 & 6, 2012, will be a chance for families to explore and celebrate Southern California's Urban Ocean while learning about the human uses for the coastal ocean and the impacts on marine life. The weekend will include an art contest, poetry readings, food, booths, and educational activities.

Artists selected for this event may choose to sell a pre-selected amount of their work onsite; please be advised that the Aquarium will charge a 30 percent commission.

Eligibility: The call is open to all emerging artists working in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, Ventura and San Bernardino counties. All forms of painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, digital, and installation art are eligible. Entrants must be 18 years of age or older to apply

Jury: This is a juried exhibition. All submissions will be juried by a panel from the Long Beach arts community with a broad range of expertise.

Media: Drawings, printmaking, digital/new media, photography, painting, installation, sculpture, etc., are all possibly valid. Selected pieces must be ready to either display on easel or stand alone on the ground. No pieces will have hanging capabilities. Please note here will be no access to additional lighting.
Original artwork in any medium within the exhibit theme will be accepted for review; however, we currently cannot support video or sound-based media.

Submission Guidelines: In an effort to conserve resources, the Aquarium accepts only digital images for consideration (see details below. Up to FIVE digital images can be submitted at http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/contest/urbanoceanart

Submission images must meet the following specifications:
File names are the artist's last name followed by the entry number (i.e. Jones1.jpg).
Image files should be in HIGH QUALITY JPEG format, images should be no smaller than 1000 pixels in any direction and 72dpi. Images must be oriented properly (i.e. top of image is top of artwork).
Notification: Artists will be notified of acceptance or non-acceptance by email no later than April 16, 2012. You will be notified which piece(s) will be exhibited and receive more details on the Urban Ocean Festival.

Please no phone calls – if you have any questions, please e-mail molly.gardner@artslb.org.

from LA Culture Net