So_NV artists call for entries!

The Flashlight turns 30 Juried Anniversary Exhibition

Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery
Alta Ham Fine Arts Building
UNLV
Las Vegas

Call For Entries

"The 30th anniversary of the installation of the Flashlight, by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Van Bruggen, will be celebrated in 2011. Situated on the campus of UNLV between the Ham Concert Hall and the Judy Bayley Theater, Flashlight is a 38 feet tall, 74,000 pound, all steel pop art sculpture installed in 1981. To commemorate the occasion, the gallery is hosting a juried exhibition. We invite Southern Nevada artists to respond with your interpretation of this pop icon, one of the first public art pieces in Southern Nevada."

Additional information below.

Entries due December 15
Notification January 7, 2011

prospectus
application form

[Text and graphic from gallery website. Click on image to enlarge.]

30th Annual Governor’s Arts Award Commission

Nevada Arts Council

Call for Artists: 30th Annual Governor’s Arts Award Visual Arts Commission

The commissioned artist is awarded $3,500 to create seven original works of art—six pieces are presented to the Governor’s Arts Awards recipients during a public ceremony in Las Vegas in April 2010, and one is placed in the NAC permanent collection.

[information from NAC electronic mailing. Image from website of 2005 commissioned artist Maria Arango.]

Call for Visual Arts

[graphic from Holland Project. Click on image to enlarge.]

Call for Artists!

City of Reno Art Galleries
c/o McKinley Arts & Culture Center
925 Riverside Drive, Suite 2
Reno, Nevada 89503

"Currently accepting exhibition proposals for City of Reno Galleries: Metro Gallery at Reno City Hall, Gallery East & West at McKinley Arts and Culture Center, and Southside Cultural Center Gallery. Seven eight-week exhibitions will be scheduled for August 2009 through October 2010, four alternates (one for each gallery) will also be chosen. The Arts and Culture Division manages these galleries and curates exhibitions of two and three dimensional contemporary artwork in all media.

The deadline for submissions is Friday July 31, 2009; they must be received in the office by 5pm.

Submissions should include:
1) A CD with ten images that are representative of the work proposed for the exhibition. The work must have been completed within the last two years and must not have been shown within a 100 mile radius of Reno, Nevada within the last 12 months. Each image should be numbered and should correlate to the Image List.
2) Image List: Typed, numbered and should identify the title, dimensions and medium of each piece.
3) Resume.
4) Artist Statement/Proposal: A brief statement about the artistic philosophy proposed for the exhibition.
5) Return envelope, self-addressed sufficiently stamped for return of all materials.
6) Artist Registry Form

Submit materials to:
Gallery Exhibition Program
McKinley Arts & Culture
925 Riverside Drive, Suite 2
Reno, Nevada 89503

For more info call 775-334-6264 or email sullivana at cityofreno.com

Ali Sullivan
Public Art Technician
City of Reno
775-334-6264

[text from City of Reno flier. Graphic from Google image search for 'City of Reno.']

Call for Artists!

From the Reno Bike Project
541 E. 4th Street
Reno, NV 89512
Wed-Sat 12-6pm
775.323.4488

[Flier from the Reno Bike Project. Click to enlarge.]

Las Vegas Call for Artists

[with thanks to FM at NAC for the tip:]
City Of Las Vegas Issues Call For Art Exhibition Proposals

The city of Las Vegas Office of Cultural Affairs invites the submission of proposals for individual and group exhibitions for its 2009/2010 gallery season. Exhibition proposals will be reviewed for programming at the Charleston Heights Arts Center Gallery, located at 800 S. Brush St. , and the Reed Whipple Cultural Center Gallery, located at 821 Las Vegas Blvd. North . Images and floor plans of these gallery spaces can be downloaded at www.lasvegasnevada.gov/files/GalleryFloorplans.pdf

Artists/curators must submit a letter of intent in regards to the exhibit with 15-20 supporting images (slides or JPEGs on compact disc) with an identification list, artist statement and artist resume. In addition, other suitable supporting materials may include color prints, exhibition cards and press clippings, all of which are optional. Please include a self-addressed stamped envelope for return of materials. All visual art practices suitable for gallery installations lasting between 10 to 12 weeks will be considered.

Submissions must be received by April 1, 2008, to be included in the screening. All applicants can expect notification regarding their proposal via mail by Aug. 1, 2008. Address submissions to Jeanne Voltura, Office of Cultural Affairs, 300 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite 109 , Las Vegas , NV 89104 . Call (702) 229-1012 or e-mail jvoltura@lasvegasnevada.gov for more information.

Jeanne Voltura
Gallery Program Coordinator
City of Las Vegas/Office of Cultural Affairs
300 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite 109
Las Vegas, NV 89104

702-229-1012

[image the result of a google image search for 'Las Vegas']