SCARBOROUGH ARTS CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – Art in the Park 2012
Deadline for submissions: Friday, June 1, 2012

Join us as an artist vendor for our annual one-day outdoor art show and sale.
We’re looking for artists and crafts people who can display and sell original handcrafted jewellery, oil, watercolour & acrylic paintings, mosaic,
sculpture, stained glass, photography, woodcutting, fibre arts and much more.

For more info or a submission form, contact us at: 416.698.7322 or programs@scarborougharts.com
Submit online at www.scarborougharts.com (Your On Our Website Now! Go For It )

SCARBOROUGH ARTS CALL FOR SUBMISSION – EGO (ANNUAL JURIED SHOW)
DEADLINE: June 25^th 2012

Ego is a heavily laden term. We challenge you to react to this term, using it as a catalyst for the creation of your artwork.

Is ego a human phenomenon? Is the human ego an essential ingredient in the art making process? How does the ego fuel creation of artwork, and how does it manifest in your work? We leave the interpretation of this theme up to you, the artist.

There are two ways to submit:
1) You can submit online, at scarborougharts.com (your on it now!)
or
2) You can print the PDF, fill out and return a hard copy to us. A submission form is attached to this message, and can also be found on our website.

(Don’t procrastinate; submit early to avoid stressing yourself out….)

The 2012 OCC AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS PROGRAM
Deadline: May 31, 2012 – 5pm ET

For over 30 years the OCC has helped build craft careers through awards of excellence.  It’

s worth your time to apply; 25% of applicants last year won an award, scholarship or supply grant. Over 100 scholars have been the beneficiaries of OCC scholarships and more than 400 craftspeople have benefited from a grant or award.

Winning is not just about the money, it’

s also about exposure. Selected works from award recipients will be featured in the OCC Awards Winners 2012 exhibition held at the Ontario Craft Council Gallery in Fall 2012. Winners will also be considered for publication in Studio Magazine, Craftfl@sh and the Canadian Crafts in Toronto brochure.

For information on how to apply, to download the application package and detailed information about all our awards, visit the Awards & Scholarships page on our website, http://www.craft.on.ca/Programs/Awards_Scholarships

CALL – Danforth East Arts Fair
Early Application Deadline May 18^th 2012
Second Deadline June 30^th 2012

Accepting application from potential vendors. Given the success of last year’

s show, we strongly encourage artisans to apply by May 18 to ensure the greatest chance of acceptance. Some categories fill up quickly.

Applications are reviewed and selected by a jury. We expect approximately 60 artisans will be selected to participate in the 2012 show. The event will be held on SEPTEMBER 15th & 16th, 2012 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at East Lynn Park

Visit www.deca-arts.ca for submission details

CALL -  The Barefoot Review

Deadline: Accepts Year Round

The Barefoot Review is a new publication. Our purpose is to help people who have faced serious health issues. We publish twice a year, on the winter solstice (December 22, 2011) and summer solstice (June 20, 2012). We look forward to reading all submissions.

We are looking for submissions from two categories of people: 1) those who currently have or have survived a serious health issue and 2) those in their lives—

caregivers, families, significant others, friends, doctors, nurses, social workers, therapists, anyone who has experiences to share. From the person with the health issue we accept work on any subject, and are especially looking for work concerning aspects of living or surviving. From people in the person’s life we’d like writing about the person or your relationship with him or her.

We accept submissions year-round of previously unpublished* work. You can submit up to five poems or a short prose piece (max 1000 words) per edition. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable; however, we request that you inform us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere. We will let you know as soon as possible if your work will be published here. Poetry is limited to no more than 5 poems (free-verse to rhyming). Prose is limited to 1000 words. Include a brief biography of yourself (and the person with the illness if that is not you) written in third-person. Please limit the biography to 4-5 sentences. The emphasis should be on the health issue, or your relationship to the person, not listing accolades and publications. Please email all submissions and biography in one attached document. The filename of the document should be your name, e.g. John_Smith.doc. The file can be any standard type, e.g. .doc (Microsoft Word document) or .pdf (portable document format). Remember to include the biography. Upon accepting a piece The Barefoot Review acquires the right publish it on its web site. Sixty days after the piece appears on the Barefoot Review site, the author may publish the piece elsewhere. We ask that The Barefoot Review be credited as first publisher. We retain archival rights after publication. * Note: published work does not include posted on personal blogs or websites. Please include the following in the e-mail you send with your submission:  “I certify this work is my own. I have the rights to publish it at this time. No version of this work has been published previously, The Barefoot Review has first-time electronic rights to my work. If the work is published later, appropriate acknowledgment to The Barefoot Review will be made.” Send email with work to submissions@barefootreview.org