Art World Chicago

CALL FOR ARTISTS Jackson Junge Gallery is immediately seeking artists’ submissions for an upcoming juried exhibition titled “APOCALYPSE 2012 : GENESIS 2013”.   It is a common belief that both Nostradamus and the Mayan Calendar predict 2012 as the year that life, as we currently know it, will come to an end.  If these doomsday predictions [...]

Photographers are invited to apply.  Hosted By The 119th Street Artists of Whiting, Indiana at CornerStone Art Center and Gallery. Located 20 minutes from downtown Chicago in NW Indiana in the Historic Downtown District of Whiting, Indiana.  Juror: Martin Martinez. Eligibility: All photographic works are acceptable, providing the works were originally photographed by the artist. [...]

The John A. Hartford Foundation (www.jhartfound.org), one of the nation’s leading private funders of aging research, is looking for two or three artists over the age of 65 to show some of their work at a small conference in Chicago on Tuesday, July 10th, 6-7pm (at the Sutton Place Hotel–21 E. Bellevue Place). The conference is attended by [...]

Calling All Artists!!! Northwestern University’s Community Development Corps is looking for Chicago-area artists who want to display their artwork in its annual celebration of art: ArtsFest.  Last year, over 50 artists and 800 guests attended, and we would love to do even better this year!  The event takes place Sunday, April 29th from 1-4 and [...]

Imagine the chance to work on a campaign led by American Icon LeRoy Neiman and the possibility of having your art displayed throughout Chicagoland and on one of the most prominent streets in the United States, Chicago’s Magnificent Mile® (Tartan Art on the Avenue is set to debut from September 13, 2012 and run through [...]

James Rondeau, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, will serve as juror of the 2012 submissions and award three prizes ranging from $300 to $1,000. Materials must be received by: APRIL 10th, 2012  Drawing  Electronically Generated Images  Mixed Media  Painting  Photography  Printmaking METHOD OF [...]

A picture is worth a thousand words and Chicago has a lot to say. Welcome to the 100 Days of Chicago photo contest, brought to you by The Local Tourist. For 100 days, from February 24 through June 2 The Local Tourist will have a new photo of Chicago each day on the home page, [...]