Plein Air Plus "Island Life" Exhibition: September 16th - October 29th, 2023
JUROR:   Kiko Aebi, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York

Long Beach Island has a vibrant artist community and is a vacation destination which draws its audience of collectors, supporters of the arts and artists from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware, Maryland, Washington, DC and beyond. The LBIF, founded in 1948, is celebrating its 75th year in 2023.  The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences is pleased to announce the eighth Plein Air Plus Competition and Exhibition on Long Beach Island, New Jersey.  

We welcome artists to apply to a unique Plein Air Event. Our Paint Out is over a two-month period, allowing artists to visit and paint the scenic, seashore environment of Long Beach Island (LBI) New Jersey on their own schedule, any time between July 1st through August 31st, 2023. Artists can choose the time of day, weather, and varied locations to paint. 

DEADLINE TO APPLY : MAY 17, 2023

AWARDS:
First Prize: $500. to classical “Plein Air” and First Prize: $500. to “Plein Air Plus +”,  
2nd Prize $250. and Third Prize $100. in either category – Classical or Plus. 
Three Honorable Mentions.  

Juror, Kiki Aebi (MoMA), will pick approximately 40 artists to participate in the Paint Out on Long Beach Island during July and August. The accepted artists will exhibit the paintings created in the LBI Paint Out in the "Island Life" exhibition scheduled for September through October.  Prizes will be awarded at the reception. (Artists are not required to attend the reception). 

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists 18 years and older in the continental US.
May 15, 2023 Deadline for submission (online via CAFE) for entry applications:  
Artists must submit 3 images of their previous work painted in the past two years for consideration.  Painting media can include oil, acrylic, watercolor, and pastel. 
Accepted artists names will be posted on LBIF site: June 1
FEE:  $35.00 for 3 entries (non-refundable)
 
CALENDAR for 2023: 
The following is a tentative schedule for the selection process and exhibition: 

January – May                       Prospectus distribution, listing and advertising (by LBIF) 

May 17                                   Deadline for submission (online via CAFE) for entry applications 

June 1                               Notification of acceptance emailed to the artists 

July 1 to August 31                 Paint Out on Long Beach Island (Check in at LBIF)
September 1-7                       Artwork due at LBIF; Artist delivery of paintings ready to hang 

Sept 16 – Oct 29                    “Island Life” Exhibition 

September 17                        Awarding of Prizes  (Reception)  

Oct 30- Nov 2                         Artist pick up of unsold work 

Nov 18– Dec 3                        Holiday Market Fest   (Artists can participate in LBIF’s Holiday Sale)

Water Stories invites artists to enter a state-wide juried call at the LBIF. Artists who live in New Jersey can submit work for consideration for this exhibition.

DEADLINE TO APPLY: MAY 12, 2023

EXHIBITION DATES: July 15 - August 13, 2023
JUROR: Dr. Tricia Bloom, Senior Curator of American Art, the Newark Museum of Art, New Jersey.

Through the lens of artists living and working in the state of New Jersey, Water Stories will showcase compelling work thematically derived from water, a very important topic for this century, for New Jersey, and for inhabitants living on the coast and near bodies of water.

Submissions can include 2D work that can be wall hung in LBIF’s gallery and/or 3D work to be displayed outdoors on the Foundation’s grounds. Mediums can include drawing painting, hand-pulled prints, photography, mixed media, wall hung materials in the crafts, digitally created work, and video.

Three-dimensional work can be submitted for consideration to be shown outdoors on our nature trail (subject to the elements) for the duration of the exhibition. Unconventional mediums are welcome, as long as they contain no hazardous flammable or toxic materials. The outdoor space is unsecured. Artwork installed outdoors will not be insured by the LBIF.

DEADLINE to Apply: May 12th, 2023
Exhibition Dates: July 15 – August 13

The Juror for this exhibition Dr. Tricia L Bloom, Senior Curator of American Art, the Newark Museum of Art, New Jersey. TRICIA LAUGHLIN BLOOM is Senior Curator of American Art at The Newark Museum of Art. A specialist in modern and contemporary art, Bloom has initiated exhibitions and publications that foster global perspectives and expand the way the Museum defines American art. Bloom has worked with contemporary artists on acquisitions, exhibitions, and site-specific commissions, while also leading the reinterpretation of NMOA’s American collection galleries, Seeing America: 20th & 21st Century, and Seeing America: 18th & 19th Century. She holds a PhD from Rutgers University and a MA from SUNY Stony Brook.

The 25th Annual National Juried Competition and Exhibition at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, on Long Beach Island, New Jersey. Works on Paper can include but is not limited to Drawing, Painting on Paper, hand pulled Prints, Photographic Prints, Digital Works on Paper, and Paper constructions that can be wall hung.

DEADLINE TO APPLY: APRIL 15, 2023

EXHIBITION DATES:  May 20 - July 4, 2023
Reception & Awards: June 23 (Tentative) 

 AWARDS: $500 first prize, $250 second prize, $100 third prize and three honorable mentions.
Cash Awards will be announced at the reception. Other awards to be announced. 
The Juror for 2023 Marilyn Symmes, Independent Curator, NYC.

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION:
The 25th annual exhibition, Works on Paper 2023 at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences welcomes entries of original work, created within the last two years, which explore the varied media which utilize Paper.  The Competition and Exhibition is open to artists in continental USA only. Works on Paper can include, but are not limited to drawing, painting on paper, hand-pulled prints, photographic prints, digitally created artwork displayed as prints, and paper constructions which may be wall hung. Three cash Prizes and three Honorable Mentions will be awarded by the Juror, TBA, at the reception. Artists do not have to be present to receive their awards. The competition and exhibition are open to emerging as well as established artists working in the continental US. 

An exhibition catalog is planned, pending funding.

SPECIFICATIONS:
Artists 18 years and older, residing in the continental USA, are eligible. 
Works on Paper can include, but are not limited to drawing, painting on paper, hand-pulled prints, photography, digitally created artwork displayed as prints, photographic prints, and paper construction that are wall hung. Entries must have been created within the last two years and not been previously shown at LBIF.
 
Two-dimensional works should not exceed 60 inches in width and 60 inches in height, and not exceed 10 lbs.  Work may not project in the third dimension beyond 18 inches. However, larger size work is encouraged and allowed.  The artist must provide return prepaid postage or pre-paid return shipping label for work and sturdy, reusable packaging. Please do not submit work that has a retail value over $7,500.
 
The work submitted must be available for the duration of the exhibition. ALL WORKS MUST BE FOR SALE. The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences will retain a 40% commission of the purchase price on all works sold during the exhibition. If any artwork is commissioned from this exhibition, the LBIF will retain 40% of the commissioned price.
 
Work submitted must be suitably framed, firmly wired, prepared and ready for hanging, and professionally presented. Large work is encouraged. No saw-tooth hangers; no sandwich frames. We recommend that all work on paper must be displayed framed and protected under acrylic (Plexiglas). No frames with glass allowed. 3-D work will be considered, but should be wall mounted, or able to be displayed on a 10” deep wall mounted shelf. Please do not submit three-dimensional works in the round that require pedestals. Frames must be white, black or natural wood. 
Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences reserves the right to exclude from the exhibition any works that do not arrive in sturdy condition, ready to hang, or are deemed too fragile to be successfully exhibited. Work that has not been suitably prepared will be hung at LBIF's discretion.
Please only submit work that will be available at the time of the exhibition and will remain for its entirety. No accepted entry may be withdrawn prior to the close of the exhibition. No pricing changes will be allowed after acceptance. Work that is copied or done under the guidance of an instructor is not eligible. Entries must not have been previously exhibited at LBIF. If the work does not fully reflect what is represented in the submitted images, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences reserves the right to exclude it from the exhibition.

TIMELINE:  March 31, 2023 Deadline for entries on callforentry.org
April 17:  Accepted entries posted on LBIF website by this date; artists will also be notified by email 
Information for the printed Catalog will be requested on April 7. 
May 1: Work must be received by this date at LBIF
May 20 – July 4: Exhibition dates
June 23 (tentative):  Reception for Artists & Public.  Prizes & Awards announced by the Juror.
July 7, 2023: Unsold Artwork returned to artists after close of show

About the Juror Marilyn Symmes is a New York City-based art curator with expertise in prints, drawings, and photographs. After starting her career at the Smith College Museum of Art, followed by the Detroit Institute of Arts, she was the curator in charge of graphic arts collections at the Toledo Museum of Art, the Cooper Hewitt/Smithsonian Design Museum, and the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University. At those museums, she has organized almost a hundred exhibitions over the decades, and managed museum collections with works of art on paper from the Renaissance to contemporary American art. She also has also been a grant reviewer for the Association of Print Scholars organization, as well as for the National Endowment for the Humanities Indemnity advisory panel. Currently, as a consultant curator, she works for the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation, in addition to serving as a research cataloguer in the Department of Drawings and Prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

This exhibition invites artists draw from underneath the surface in order to reveal a deeper vision of portraiture. Self or otherwise, the artist will intend to use presence of another person or object as an extension of traditional portraiture. Artwork selected can include but is not limited to drawing, painting, mixed media, collage, digitally created work, and 3D constructions that can be wall hung. Artwork that was created as a multiple through printmaking processes or photography will NOT be considered for this exhibition.

Juror: Jessica T. Smith, The Philadelphia Museum of Art

Dr. Jessica Todd Smith is the Susan Gray Detweiler Curator of American Art and Manager of the Center for American Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Recent projects include the exhibitions Painting Identity; Elegy: Lament in the 20th Century; and Modern Times: American Art 1910-1950, which was accompanied by the book American Modernism: Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Prior to her arrival at the PMA in 2016, she was the Virginia Steele Scott Chief Curator of American Art at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California. At The Huntington, Smith worked on three major expansions of the American galleries, in addition to exhibitions, publications, and collection development. She earned a B.A. summa cum laude from Harvard University and a Ph.D. from Yale University.

Elemental Effects: Water, Wind, Earth & Fire invites artists to enter the National Juried Competition and Exhibition at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Long Beach Island, New Jersey. This venturous exhibition pays tribute to the diverse effects of water, wind, earth, and fire during the art making process. Artworks that manifest intersections of art with science and design are encouraged. Submissions can include 2D work that can be wall hung and/or 3D work to be displayed on the Foundation’s grounds.

Juror: Linda Weintraub

Linda Weintraub practices eco art as an author, educator, curator, practitioner, and homesteader. Throughout her career she has championed the outposts of vanguard experimentation in the arts as they have evolved over the decades. Weintraub has curated over fifty exhibitions. She is the author of innumerable essays and several books exploring contemporary art and ecology. They include WHAT’s NEXT? Eco Materialism & Contemporary Art (2018), To LIFE! Eco Art in Pursuit of a Sustainable Planet” (2012), and Avant-Guardians (2007), a series of textlets titled EcoCentric Topics: Pioneering Themes for Eco-Art; Cycle-Logical Art: Recycling Matters for Eco-Art; EnvironMentalities: Twenty-two Approaches to Eco-Art. Additionally, she is the author of such popular books as Art on the Edge & Over, and In the Making: Creative Options for Contemporary Art.

The 24th annual exhibition and National Juried Competition: “Works on Paper” 2022 at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts + Sciences welcomes entries of original work, created within the last two years, which explore the various media which utilize paper. The competition and exhibition is open to the continental USA only. Works on paper can include but are not limited to: drawing, painting, hand-pulled prints, photographic prints, digitally created artwork displayed as prints, and paper constructions which may be wall hung. Application closes March 1, 2022.

Juror: Esther Adler, Curator, MOMA, Museum of Modern Art, NYC

Esther Adler is Curator in the Department of Drawings and Prints at The Museum of Modern Art. Her exhibition Joseph E. Yoakum: What I Saw is on view at MoMA through March 19, 2022, and will travel to The Menil Collection in April, having opened at the Art Institute of Chicago on June 12, 2021. Most recently, she organized Betye Saar: The Legends of Black Girl’s Window (with Christophe Cherix, 2019), Charles White: A Retrospective (with Sarah Kelly Oehler, 2018) and Charles White—Leonardo da Vinci. Curated by David Hammons (2017).

Ms. Adler joined the museum staff in 2005, and worked as a Research Assistant, Curatorial Assistant, and Assistant Curator in the former Drawings Department. She has also worked at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden as a graduate fellow, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She has a BA from Brandeis University, and an MA from the University of Maryland.