Paint Me a Landscape. Call for Entries!

Spring is upon us, and before it gets too hot in South Florida and everyone takes off for summer break, we will host the “Paint Me a Landscape” Art Show at Utrecht Fort Lauderdale. Any landscape will do, that’s your only criteria.

Eligibility:
- Artwork must be ready to hang when submitted.
- Open to all artists of any level.
- Submissions must have been created in the last 5 years.
- Artwork must be no larger than 11”x14” (including framing and matting).
- Artwork must be appropriate for all ages.
- Artwork must be hand delivered by the artist, no shipped or emailed entries.
- All artwork submitted must be original (no copies or giclees).

Submission Guidelines:
- Artists may submit up to two entries with a non-refundable entry fee of $5 per entry. (Cash preferred)
- Actual artwork is to be submitted to Utrecht Art Supplies during normal store hours from March 29-April 26, 2010. Artwork will hang from May 1st – May 16th.
- You will be supplied with entry forms when you drop off your artwork.
- Each piece needs to have a sale price or be marked “NFS” (not for sale) on the entry form.
- Utrecht reserves the right to refuse any and all submissions that do not adhere to official entry guidelines.

Prizes:
- There will be three prizes given out during the opening reception.
- First place: $50 Utrecht gift card.
- Second place: $25 Utrecht gift card.
-  Community pick: $20 Utrecht gift card.

Important Dates:
- March 29-April 26, 2010- Hand deliver artwork during normal store hours.
- May 1st, 6-8pm- Opening reception and awards presentation.
- May 17th - Hand retrieval of artwork during normal store hours.

UTRECHT ART SUPPLIES 2354 N FEDERAL HWY FT. LAUDERDALE, FL 33305 (954) 630-1482 store39@utrecht.com

This Friday will be our Strathmore Artist Trading Card show. Artists were given 2.5″x3.5″cards and asked to do up to 6 pieces to go on display in the store. In addition to that at the opening reception this Friday night from 7-8pm we will be hosting a trading card party with the artists and anyone else interested. You can trade off your miniature pieces of art for others. It’s not too late to participate in the trading party! Just come by the store and pick up a pack of Strathmore trading cards. This show will be held at:

Utrecht Art Supplies Fort Lauderdale
Friday, December 18th from 7-8pm (come in early so you catch the full event and the awards for winners in the show).
2354 North Federal Highway
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33305

In addition to this event 3 of our employees will have a group show on the second floor gallery at the Sailboat Bend Artists Lofts in downtown this Saturday from 7-11pm. There will be shows going on in other galleries as well as open studios so there will be a lot of opportunities to meet some of the local artists and have a good time. Refreshments will be served. This is a free event.

All three artists come from varied backgrounds and are working in a wide range of styles and mediums. Swing by and see what the people who are helping you out and doing.

Sailboat Bend Artist Lofts
1310 SW 2 Ct
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312

Saturday, December 19th. 7-11pm.

Time & Temp at the Art & Culture Center of Hollywood

A survey of some of South Florida’s leading up-and-coming painters. The show officially opened on the 16th but the opening reception will be this Friday from 6-9pm. Come by to get a primer of the exciting local painting scene just before this season’s Art Basel.

Small Stuff 3 at Bear & Bird Gallery
A cash and carry show of a handful of local artists. All work is sold first come, first served, and goes home the same day so you need to get in early to see the whole show. Included among the artists is Danny Brito. Danny was the first place winner in our Halloween BOOtique art show last month.
Opening brunch reception Sunday November 22, 1-4pm.

And don’t forget our upcoming show here in December! Read our blog to get all the details! Come by the store to pick up the materials for the show and enter.

Utrecht Art Supplies
2354 N. Federal Hwy
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33305
(954) 630-1482

This Friday in downtown Fort Lauderdale there will be two great openings I highly recommend. They’re relatively close so make sure to check them both out.

Set to Manual is an exhibition of works in diverse media by artists from Girls’ Club collection and beyond, characterized by intensive hand manufacture.

Works by more than twenty-five artists including: Vija Celmins, Ellen Gallagher, Pepe Mar, Annette Messager, Carol Prusa, Amparo Sard, Michelle Segre, Kiki Smith, Jen Stark, Jessica Stockholder, Nancy Spero & others.

The opening runs from 7-10pm. Girl’s Club is located at:

117 NE 2nd Street
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

For more information visit www.girlsclubcollection.org

The next is the grand opening of the 18 Rabbit Gallery

This new gallery will be showing exciting high quality contemporary art. Check out their page by clicking the logo above to see some of their artists and get info on upcoming events and programs like calls for entries and art classes. Their outside wall will also be featuring a mural by local writers MSG Cartel.

The opening runs from 6-10pm. The gallery is located at 18 NW 1st Ave, just off Andrews Ave and Broward Blvd in the heart of Fort Lauderdale.

While I always recommend going to opening receptions galleries are open more than just the night of the reception, so if you can’t make the reception or just don’t like the commotion of those opening nights you can always pass by on any other day they are open.

From the Jason Jimenez at Sweat Records:

Join us this Friday evening, Sept 25, 7-10 pm at Dorsch Gallery, 151 NW 24th Street, Wynwood Art District; for The International Children’s Art Supply Drive to benefit the kids of Escuelita de Nosara in Costa Rica. Hosted by Sweat Records and independent curator Nina Arias.

On view at gallery 3 beautiful solo exhibitions by artists: Peter Barrett, Michelle Hailey and Amanda Burnham.

Live Music by local favorite JESSE JACKSON, and complimentary drinks sponsored by Bacardi.
$5 door cover or donate any new /gently used art supplies.

Followed by After Party @ Fridays at The Vagabond with a live performance by Panic Bomber.

Art Supplies & Donations may include: paints, brushes, pencils, color pencils, charcoals, drawing papers, construction papers, sketch books, canvas, crayons, pastels, markers, water colors, paste, craft kits, clay, hot glue guns, etc. Gift Certificates to Art Stores are also welcomed. Feel free to think outside the box for Creative Art Supply Donations, and please visit La Escuelita de Nosara’s web site at http://www.facebook.com/l/fdbb1;www.escuelitadenosara.org

All donations benefit La Escuelita de Nosara, a non-profit association, providing creative educational opportunities to the children of Nosara, Costa Rica. Tax-deductible donations can be made through Friends of Nosara, http://www.facebook.com/l/fdbb1;www.friendsofnosara.org This non-profit corporation is recognized as a public charity under Section 501 (c) (3) of the US Internal Revenue Code. Its purpose is to support charitable educational, cultural, civic and social activities in Nosara. Please include a notation in the memo section of the check that the money is to be directed to Escuelita de Nosara. Official receipts will be issued for your tax return.

Press Inquiries or for more info please contact Nina Arias at 917-755-0559 or email me at: arias.nina@gmail.com

Here’s the event page:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=136754554206&ref=mf

Thank you all again for a wonderful evening full of lots of art, prizes, and birthday cake. It was a great way to celebrate our 1st Anniversary. Congratulations to all the winners and to those that sold their pieces the night of the opening! Bonus! In total we received submissions from 32 entrants for a total of 50 pieces of artwork. 9 prizes were given out for 1st Place, 2nd Place, Popular Vote, and Honorable Mentions. Our judges were Jan Johnson, Professor from Broward College and FAU, Barbara Ryan, Professor from NOVA, and Virginia Fifield, a local working artist.

Check out this link to view all the photos from the opening reception and award ceremony.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=131373&id=628455451&l=e79eebd41d

6×6 Winners:

1st Place: Audrey Ravenna, “Be A Pepper” and Andrew Horton, “Bustelo Noche”

2nd Place: Ernest Socolov, “Night Road”

Popular Vote: Karen Gerhold, “Toucan”

Honorable Mentions:

Kristen Frenzel, “Nessie”

Maggie Marigold, “Baby Hawk”

Tammy Seymore, “Time to Go”

Tatiana Suarez, “Bling Bling Cadrina”

Carlos Barrera, “Mona Lisa”, and “Blue Boy”
Until next year!

UTRECHT ART SUPPLIES - 2354 N FEDERAL HWY - FT LAUDERDALE, FL 33305 (954) 630-1482 - store39@utrecht.com

The Art and Culture Center of Hollywood currently has two open call shows for artists and pet lovers:

We ♥ Pets

We ♥ Pets is an all media show open to all artists. They are currently taking work and will accept work through the entire duration of the show (through August 10). The opening reception for the show will be June 19th, 6-9pm. Click here for more details.

Pet Lovers Photo Contest

This is an open call, juried show. Entries will be accepted now through July 19th. The show runs July 22-26 with the winners announced on the 26th. Click here for more details.

Opening tonight, Saturday Jan 17th.

@ Bear and Bird Gallery in Hallandale. Click the flyer for details.

Also Feb 27th is the return of Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School figure drawing!
Haven’t heard of it? Check them out if you’re looking for a fun twist on the ol’ figure drawing session.

On the 11th we celebrated 2 months of being open in Fort Lauderdale. We’ve been doing great thanks to our new customers and we’re also getting busy out there in the art community. These days you’ll see us at meetings of the Broward Art Guild, Art Serve Events, and more:

 

Yesterday evening there was the 3rd annual Behind Our Eyes exhibition: a fundraising event for United Cerebral Palsy of South Florida at the Hollywood Cultural Center. Utrecht’s Fort Lauderdale and Miami stores got together to provide frames for the children’s drawings for this exhibit.

It just became official: Utrecht Fort Lauderdale will be running a booth at the Pink Ghost Fun Fair this November. I will be there. There will be a raffle. We’ll have some stuff for sale with some good deals. Maybe some other goodies. There might be cookies. Either way, it’s going to be a lot of fun. Click on the link above for more info.

 

This Saturday night is the opening of Viva La Propaganda at the Bear & Bird gallery at Tate’s Comics. [personal plug] I’ll be in that show as well as a huge number of other people. So go out and see some art in Fort Lauderdale this weekend!

I hope everyone got out to Stitch Rock this Saturday despite the weather. Just keep in mind that there’s all sorts of great stuff coming up in the next month:

 This Saturday is Art Walk in Miami.  You can expect big shows from all the galleries. The Snitzer Gallery will be hosting a big solo exhibition of their big success story: Hernan Bas.

Next weekend, October 18th at Bear & Bird Gallery there will be a group show featuring some of South Florida’s finest up-and-comers:

On November 8th Pink Ghost will be hosting a big arts & crafts event. Click the flyer for more information.