CA Open -- Call for Artists

The 13th Annual 2018 California Open is a juried exhibition celebrating contemporary and modern art. Artists 18 years and older may submit Computer Art, Drawing, Mixed Media, Painting, Printmaking, Photography, Sculpture, & now Video Works. Accepted work will be exhibited at TAG Gallery from August 8 - 25, 2018. All work will be for sale. The deadline for entry is June 23rd, 2018.

The Juror this year is Kim Abeles, an artist whose community-based projects explore biography, geography and environment. She has created projects with the California Science Center, air pollution control agencies, health clinics and mental health departments, and natural history museums in California, Colorado and Florida. Abeles received the 2013 Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, and has received fellowships from J. Paul Getty Trust Fund for the Visual Arts, California Community Foundation and Pollack-Krasner Foundation.

For more information and/ or to apply please click HERE

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Call For Entries -- California Open 2017

The 12th Annual 2017 California Open is a juried exhibition celebrating contemporary and modern art created by emerging artists. TAG is now located at 5458 Wilshire Blvd, blocks from LACMA and the Craft and Folk Arts Museums. Previously located at Bergamot Station, our new exhibition space is 5,400 sq. ft., twice the size of our previous gallery space. We are excited about our new, bigger space and will be able to accept more CA applicants and bigger work this year!

JUROR
The 2017 Juror is artist and curator Scott Canty. 

Scott Canty earned a BFA in drawing and painting from California State University Long Beach. Canty has been a graphic design instructor for the City of Torrance Joslyn Art Center as well as the Center’s Art Curator. Canty has held the positions of Art Curator with the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and the Director of exhibitions at the Palos Verdes Art Center. Recently Canty held the positions of Senior Curator for the LAX ART Exhibition Program and the Director of the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery. He also organized exhibitions for other City facilities and programs. He held this position for 30 years until he retired in July 2016. Currently he is painting and working on his drawing series. We're privileged and delighted to have Scott as our juror.
 
EXHIBIT: August 9-26, 2017
Reception and Awards Ceremony: Saturday, August 12, 2017, 5-8 p.m.

All entries must be submitted online at www.callforentry.org

See the full prospectus here.

ENTRY DEADLINE: June 23, 2017

Call for Entries: 2016 California Open Exhibition

The California Open Exhibition is an annual juried art competition sponsored by TAG

The nationwide exhibition recognizes excellence in a diverse range of media and offers artists the opportunity to receive awards and exhibit their finest work at Bergamot Station Arts Center, Southern California's largest art gallery complex and cultural center.

Exhibit: August 10-26, 2016
Reception and Awards Ceremony: Saturday, August 13, 2015, 5-8 p.m.

All entries must be submitted online at www.callforentry.org

Deadline: July 3, 2016

CA Open FAQ
CA Open prospectus
CA Open Juror: Kent Twitchell

DEADLINE EXTENDED for TAG's California Open Exhibition until June 30, 2015

Artists!
Consider entering TAG's Califirnia Open juried exhibition.
The juror this year is Jim Morphesis.
For more information, please click here. 

Elizabeth Szymczak and Tom Wheeler had these pieces in the 2014 California Open Exhibition.
They became TAG members in 2015.

Elizabeth Szymczak, Repose, Oil on Canvas, 24x30, 2013

Tom Wheeler, Ghost Trees, Digital Print, 20x30, 2013

Tom Wheeler, Plastic Horse, Digital Print, 20x30, 2013

Call for Entries: 2015 California Open Exhibition

The California Open Exhibition is an annual juried art competition sponsored by TAG Gallery.

The nationwide exhibition recognizes excellence in a diverse range of media and offers artists the opportunity to receive awards and exhibit their finest work at Bergamot Station Arts Center, Southern California's largest art gallery complex and cultural center.

Exhibit: August 12 - 28, 2015
Reception and Awards Ceremony: Saturday, August 15, 2015, 5-8 p.m.

All entries must be submitted online at www.callforentry.org

Deadline: June 26, 2015

CA Open FAQ
CA Open prospectus
CA Open Juror: Jim Morphesis

Call for Entries: 2014 California Open Exhibition

Featuring juror Laddie John Dill

Deadline June 27, 2014

Online entry only

For more information, click here

To apply, click here

Call to Enter: 2013 California Open Exhibition at TAG Gallery

CALL TO ENTER

2013 California Open Exhibition
August 14-30, 2013

Juror: Edward Goldman,
art critic for KCRW, NPR affiliate station and The Huffington Post.

Submission Deadline

June 26, 2013

Prospectus and instructions:  www.caopen.net

California Open 2011 - Call For Art Deadline June 15, 2011

TAG Gallery Juried Exhibition, August 17-September 2, 2011, at Bergamot Station Art Center in Santa Monica. Open to U.S. artists 18+ working in computer art, drawing, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture. 2-D works maximum size 48”hx36”w, sculptures no more than 40 lbs. Cash awards. Juror: Katherine Chang Liu, artist, instructor and curator; and Peter Mays, Executive Director, Los Angeles Art Assn. Entry Fee: $40/1 to 2 entries, $10/each additional, 6 maximum. Details and Prospectus: www.taggallery.net. Questions: (310) 829-9556 or e-mail caopen@taggallery.net.

2011 CALIFORNIA OPEN EXHIBITION – Deadline June 15, 2011

TAG Gallery Juried Exhibition, August 17-September 2, 2011, at Bergamot Station Art Center in Santa Monica. Open to U.S. artists 18+ working in computer art, drawing, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture. 2-D works maximum size 48”hx36”w, sculptures no more than 40 lbs. Cash awards. Juror: Katherine Chang Liu, artist, instructor and curator; and Peter Mays, Executive Director, Los Angeles Art Assn. Entry Fee: $40/1 to 2 entries, $10/each additional, 6 maximum. Details and Prospectus: www.taggallery.net. Questions: (310) 829-9556 or e-mail caopen@taggallery.net.

California Open Exhibition 2010

TAG Gallery in Santa Monica, California announces a call for artists for its fifth annual juried art competition, August 17 - September 3. The exhibition recognizes excellence in a diverse range of media and offers selected artists a group show at TAG Gallery, cash awards totaling $1000, plus catalog and online exposure.

The 2010 show will be juried by Karen Moss, Deputy Director of Exhibitions and Programs, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach. It is open to all U.S. artists 18 years or older working in computer art, drawing, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking, and sculpture. The entry fee is $30 for 1 to 2 entries, $5 for each additional entry with a maximum of six entries (jpgs only). There is a 35% commission on sales generated from the exhibition and 30 days subsequent to the close of the exhibition.

Competition Calendar

June 26 – Postmark deadline for entries

July 18 – Notifications mailed

August 10-14 – Receipt of Shipped Work

August 13-14 – Receipt of Hand Delivered Work

August 17 through September 3 – Exhibition dates

August 21 – Reception and Awards Presentation

September 4 – Pickup of Hand Delivered Work

September 8-10 – Return of Shipped Work

Download the 2010 Prospectus here.