Friday, October 21, 2011

CALL TO ARTISTS


Last years cover done by the Amazing Max Iver
DARK SURREALISTS Art Contest

Deadline: All entries must be received by December 31, 2011

GENERAL RULES (same as last years)

Subject
All entries must be of the "dark surrealist" genre, typically related to science fiction, horror, low-brow or Gothic themes. For a more precise definition please go here.

http://www.surrealismnow.com/theartofdarkness12.html

Two-Dimensional Art
All entries must be two dimensional. There is no minimum or maximum size.
Categories
You may enter up to three entries in each category:
Oil/Acrylic
Watercolor
Drawings/Sketches
Mixed Media/Collage
Photography/Digital
EMAIL SPECIFICATIONS
JPG File Specs
All entries will be JPG files of low resolution -- no more than 1 MB per file. Typically this means no more than 4 inches to any side and a resolution of not more than 200 dpi.
Naming Convention for files
Name your jpg files with your first name, underscore, last name, underscore file number. As an example:
john_smith_1.jpg
Send ONE email per category entered
You may attach up to three images per category. Send each category entry in a separate email.
Information to include
In the title of the email, note the artist name and category. In the body of the email note the attached entries, their titles, and years created:
#1 - Creepy Scary Evil (2010)

PRIZES
Grand Prizes

The top entry of the competition will receive a $100 cash prize and be used as the cover image for the book "Dark Surrealists" to be published in March, 2012.
Category Winners
The top entry in each category will win $25 and be featured as the lead image in each chapter of the book "Dark Surrealists" to be published in March, 2012.
If Juried-In...
If an artist is juried into the contest, one or more of the art works will be published in the book. Anyone published in the book will be able to buy as many copies of the book as desired at wholesale prices (60% of retail).

JUROR

Nunzio Barbera
Artist

All submissions should be sent to....

contest@sunburypress.com


Sunbury Press, Inc.
Sunbury Press, based in Camp Hill, PA, is a publisher or trade paperback and digital books. Among their offerings, Sunbury has been producing an art book line for individual artists and for art contests.



FACEBOOK LINK





Ask Artists to promote jobs but don't pay them for doing a job...what an ass.

http://dailycaller.com/2011/10/19/obama-campaign-asks-artists-to-work-for-free-on-jobs-posters-sparks-outrage/


Obama-nation
28 x 22in
My submission (LMAO!!!)


President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign is asking artists to design promotional posters that convey a message: “support American jobs.” The brutal irony for artists, however, is that they will receive no payment for their work.
The campaign, which has $61 million on hand, will reward only the three artists whose work is selected for use. The compensation? A copy of their artwork, signed by the president.

If I should happen to win this thing somehow, I could care less if they paid me. I would be so happy to get Mr. Obama to sign MY art. Art work created in opposition of his Administration. So far they seem clueless...you should see the Democratic Propaganda that is flooding my inbox now. I may enter the piece below also. Just for some more shits and giggles.



Monkey Business
22 x 28in

Here is a link to the actual contest if anyone else would like to Fuck with the Government a bit.

http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/artworks-submission