The second of three big art events happening this weekend is the big Individual Artist Award Ceremony on Saturday. This is one of The Arts Fund‘s biggest events of the year and is a great place for art lovers to familiarize themselves with some of our local talent in the visual and performance arts.  It is a free event, but it is also a fundraiser with the opportunity to win art-related items from a silent auction.  Make sure to check out The Arts Fund’s website for a preview of the auction items and to get a look at work by this years winners.

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The Individual Artist Award (IAA) promotes creative excellence in Santa Barbara County. Funded entirely through private donations, the IAA is a vital component in sustaining the artistic vitality of our community.  Artists are rewarded for their professional achievements and introduced to new audiences in their own community.  For many, receiving the IAA is the right recognition at the right time–new works are created and new doors are opened for their careers.  For others, the IAA’s greatest reward is to be recognized by friends and colleagues in their home town. Please join us Saturday, September 10 from 5 to 7:30 at The Arts Fund Gallery for a fun evening of art, music, and arts-friendly silent auction items to benefit the IAA.  Admission is free. The Arts Fund Gallery 205C Santa Barbara Street (at Yanonali) Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (805) 965-7321

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.

2011 IAA Call For Entries Is Now Available!

Categories: 2-D FIGURATIVE WORKS, PRINTMAKING, MUSIC: SOLO VOCAL Deadline: Saturday June 11, 2011, 5 p.m. Questions? info@artsfundsb.org or (805) 965-7321 Application: Available online www.artsfundsb.org or at the Arts Fund Gallery - 205C Santa Barbara Street at Yanonali

The Arts Fund is pleased to announce that the 2011 Individual Artist Awards (IAA) application is now available on our website, www.artsfundsb.org.  Artists can also receive applications and additional information by calling (805) 965-7321, or e-mailing info@artsfundsb.org.

The Individual Artist Awards Program is open to Santa Barbara County visual, literary, and performing artists over 18 years of age who have resided in the county since August 1, 2010 and have not previously won an Individual Artist Awards from The Arts Fund. The deadline for receiving applications is Tuesday June 11, 2011.

The Arts Fund’s Individual Artist Awards Program identifies and rewards artistic excellence in Santa Barbara County.  Now in its 22nd year, this celebrated program has awarded over $160,000 in cash prizes and showcased the work of 129 of our best artists in the visual, performing and literary arts. Funded entirely through private donations, the IAA is a vital component in sustaining theartistic vitality of our community.

2011 Individual Artist Awards will be offered in 2-D Figurative Works, Printmaking, and Music: Solo Vocal. Winners in each category will receive a $2,000 cash prize. Visual arts winners are given a solo-exhibition in The Arts Fund Gallery. The 2011 Solo Vocal winner will give a public performance  in Santa Barbara. All IAA winners and honorable mention recipients will be invited to participate in a group exhibition and award ceremony sponsored by The Arts Fund on September 10, 2011.

Jurors for the 2011 Individual Artist Award Program include John Nava, Pamela Kendall Schiffer, Ruth Price, Melanie Lancon, Nicholas Price, and Molly Concannon. Sponsorship opportunities are still available for the 2011 IAA, for more information on the 2011 Individual Artist Awards, or other Arts Fund programs, please call The Arts Fund at (805) 965-7321.

For the past 6 months or so the Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative has paired up with the Santa Barbara Printmakers and The Arts Fund to offer some really cool prints for a very affordable price. The proceeds for this program not only help support the printmakers themselves, but also contribute to artist grants that are given out through the Arts Collaborative and The Arts Fund. A new print is released each month, and all previous releases are still available. More information can be found here.

This Month’s Print by Dane Goodman

Dane Goodman
Artist Biography

Working in a wide range of mediums, from installations to prints, Dane Goodman has shown his artwork in numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States, including New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Seattle. His work is in museum, corporate, and private collections. Locally his work in the collection of Santa Barbara Museum of Art; University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara; The Berkus Collection, Santa Barbara County Arts Commission; and the Westmont Museum of Art.

Goodman is a recipient of the County of Santa Barbara Individual Artist Award for printmaking. He has been nominated for the Los Angeles based Friends of Contemporary Art’s FOCA Fellowship and the National Awards in the Visual Arts. He has been a lecturer and artist-in-residence at colleges and universities in California and the Midwest. Twice he has been asked to be a panelist for the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington, D. C. He is the director of the Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara City College and is married to the artist, Marie Schoeff.

The Santa Barbara Printmakers are a group of artists dedicated to promoting and produc ing art work that uses hand and press printing techniques for the purposes of artistic exploration and expression. Images by artists in this group have been made with printing processes that include: etching, monotype, woodblock, collagraph, linocut, clay, lithography and digital programming. Santa Barbara Printmakers provides exhibition opportunities several times a year, as well as information about printmaking activities in the Santa Barbara area via their website, blog and email list serve. Its membership encompasses both emerging and established artists.

www.sbprintmakers.com

Next weekend The Arts Fund celebrates with a preview party for a group exhibit by the 2010 Individual Artist Award winners, Dug Uyesaka, Hilary Brace (nice website, Hilary!), and Linda Stewart-Oaten.

This event is a preview party and fundraiser for the exhibition. David Starkey will be handing out checks to the winners, SB writer Erin Graffy will be the Emcee and Justyna Kelley from LA will be the musical guest before she performs the following Tuesday at Soho.

This event benefits the IAA which benefits our local artists, so it is obviously worthy of your support, loyal readers. Tickets are $35 in advance and $45 at the door, so make sure to get your tickets in advance. They can be purchased by calling the Arts Fund at 965-7321 or going to our website at www.artsfundsb.org.