I’ve been a bit slow getting our local art news out there over the passed few weeks, so I wanted to take the time to make sure to let you all know that this call for entries is a wonderful opportunity that should not be passed up. Please share this information will all your artists friends.

Applications are due  SATURDAY, June 11!!!

All submittal materials and entry fees must be postmarked or received at The Arts Fund Gallery by Saturday June 11, 2011 by 5:00 p.m. Materials should be delivered to:  205-C Santa Barbara Street  Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

DIGITAL IMAGE REQUIREMENT CHANGE: Please note that the image requirements have been updated for Printmaking and 2-D Figurative Work submissions to be  72 dpi with the longest dimesion set to no more than750 pixels.

2011 AWARD CATEGORY DESCRIPTIONS

Applications can still be downloaded through our website:http://www.artsfundsb.org or by visiting The Arts Fund Gallery at 205-C Santa Barbara Street at Yanonali.

Here is a great opportunity to do some cross-pollination of your artistic output. Nectar is a very active organization with an abundance of creative energy. Past events by Nectar have been mediations on little topics like birth, war, sex, and transformation. If you are an artist who is looking for new inspiration or just want to shake things up a bit, this is a great opportunity.

CALL TO ARTISTS:

NECTAR; “SHIFT”
(ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, CYBIL GILBERTSON)
SEPTEMBER 11, 2010
8-10 pm
@ YOGA SOUP

PLEASE SUBMIT WORKS TO CYBIL NO LATER THAN AUGUST 1; cybilleo75@hotmail.com
DANCE, THEATRE, POETRY, INSTALLATION ART, FILM, PERFORMANCE ART ETC…REFLECTING ON THE IDEAS OF:

SHIFT AND PERSONAL POWER OF INTENTION INTO ACTION. ON THIS ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11, ARTISTS ARE ASKED TO EXPLORE AND REFLECT ON HOW THEY HAVE BEEN INSPIRED TO SHIFT PERSONALLY AND COLLECTIVELY TO; ALIGN WITH TRUTH, SUPPORT THE ENVIRONMENT, MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEMSELVES AND THE WORLD AROUND THEM TO INSPIRE PEACE AND MINDFULNESS. “SHIFT” IS OPEN TO INTERPRETATION AND IS INTENDED TO PROVOKE THOUGHT, PROCESS AND QUESTIONING. WHAT MOVES YOU? PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD TO AN ARTIST WHO MAY BE INTERESTED!

“NECTAR is…a professional level artists’ forum highlighting relevant social issues through the arts and education.”

BLESSINGS,
CYBIL
cybilleo75@hotmail.com
www.cybilgilbertson.com
become a friend of NECTAR on FACEBOOK

Calling all (b)artists!

This Saturday at Muddy Waters the Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative will be holding the first of many “belly to belly” events. These events are designed to get people together to make connections and foster future resource sharing and collaborations… they are also supposed to be a blast.

I have been heavily involved with the planning of this event, so I can give my personal assurance that this will be a good time. It may also be an opportunity to get a very unique work of art by an artist whose work you’ve admired for years but couldn’t easily afford.

In the afternoon people are invited to come to Muddy Waters to work on their Bar Napkin masterpieces. Starting at 4pm the napkins will be put on display for a silent auction that will begin at 5:30 and end at 7:30. The proceeds from this auction will go to the SBAC’s direct-to-artist grant program.

There are already more than 100 people who have confirmed their attendance on the event’s Facebook page. I know that there are a wide range of artists (not all of whom are visual artists) that will be contributing napkins to the event, some of whom are very well known in town. However, we encourage everyone to take part.

I also happen to know that some extremely awesome SBAC t-shirts will make their world premiere at the event. These t-shirts will be sold for $20 (also to benefit the SBAC), so make sure to stop by an ATM before you come because Muddy Waters doesn’t take plastic.

We are also looking for any donations of supplies to help out with the event:

We are looking for white bar napkins, golf pencils, and art supplies for Saturday. We’d rather recycle or use what’s out there than buy more.

If you have access to any of these things please contact me at: nathan@sbartsblog.com

Also, if you would like to contribute to the event but can’t make it on Saturday, feel free to work on a napkin in advance and bring it (or have it delivered) to Muddy Waters on Saturday.

Here is a partial list of the artists whose napkins you can expect to see at the silent auction (I’ll update this list as more artists confirm).

Hugh Margerum                      http://www.hughmargerum.com/
Vanae Rivera                           http://www.maryandthemachine.com/
Bob DeBris                               http://www.bobdebris.com/
Jane Callister                           http://www.arts.ucsb.edu/faculty/janec/
Keith Puccinelli                       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcHtBffHGqA
Penelope Gottlieb                    http://www.penelopegottlieb.com/
Dane Goodman                       http://www.sbcc.edu/art/website/index.php?page=faculty&contact=25
David Starkey                          http://www.vimeo.com/5294834
Bob Mask                                 http://www.west.net/~bobsart/
Elizabeth Folk                          http://www.elizabethfolk.com/
Jim Connolly                            http://www.jimconnollymusic.com/
Sheryl Schroeder                     http://www.schroederville.com/
Anna Abbey                              http://www.myspace.com/radannabbey
Clay Bodine                              http://fishbonsb.ning.com/
Dominique Reboul                  http://fishbonsb.ning.com/
Ben Anderson                          http://www.benjaminanderson.com/
Sean Anderson                        http://www.seananderson.com/
Jimmy Bell                               http://www.jimmybellart.com/

UPDATE:

Colin Gardner (Chair, UCSB Art Department)   http://www.arts.ucsb.edu/content/colin-gardner
Ann Diener                              http://www.anndienerart.com/
Jeff Shelton                              http://www.jeffsheltonarchitect.com/

UPDATE #2

Molly Hahn                              http://mollycules.com/
Kimberly Hahn                       http://www.kimberlyhahn.com
James Van Arsdale              http://www.jamesvanarsdale.com/
Ken Bortolazzo                      http://www.sullivangoss.com/bortolazzo_ken/
Joe LaCorte                            http://www.josephlacorte.com/
Robert Redfield                    http://www.redfieldpictures.com/

If you are an artist who wants people to know that you’ll be at the event, just post your name in a comment on this post.

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