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Call for Entries page?

Robert,

I have no info on a "national and international woodturning/wood art competition" call for entry. Google search yielded nothing either. Is this a generic (any call for entry) you're looking for, or something specific? Perhaps it goes by a different name, like the Niche Awards...
 
Hi Ed,

Thanks for responding. The AAW seems to be (or could be) at the center of the universe for the medium of woodturning/wood art. Woodworker West magazine has listed western states venues in its call for entries pages for many years. The Niche Awards would definitely be one of the listings in a call for entries section. Here is a non-woodturning online example of what I was searching for.

Personally I am looking to expand my horizons, but I would certainly include local and regional venues along with national and international for those who are interested.

Best regards,
 
Robert Manning said:
For some reason, I cannot find the call for entries page on the AAW website, for national and international woodturning/wood art competitions. Would someone be kind enough to link me to this?
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This is the only "call" I've seen, but the current contest is closed. You might check back to WoodCentral as they do run a number of such things all year long.

http://www.woodcentral.com/contests/turning6/

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Robert,

Think I understand what you're looking for - a generic online catch-all listing of woodturning related calls for entry. The problem with things like this is capturing accurate content for publication, and keeping it fresh and up to date. If there are volunteers out there who would be willing to search for content, and send it to me, I'd me more than willing to post it on the site.

Here's a draft Call-For-Entries page: http://woodturner.org/info/calls.htm - comments and suggestions are welcome. Note that the event submission page is fully fuctional and ready to go.
 
Wouldn't it be nice if we had a place you could go and get than info. I subscribed to American Craft and Craft Reports trying to find places to inter. for the 3 years I subscribed to both magazines I only found 2 competitions where my work would even fit the description and none were turning related.
American Woodturner and Turning Points and Nice magazine had more places where you could enter work than any of the other magazines I could get my hands on.
I tried to look up the submissions for Lark Books the other day and got nowhere. They have published several books that accepted turned art but of course they don't pay.
As Ed said. If anyone has a great source for this info I'm sure Betty Scarpino and Ed both would like to know.
 
I do not recall ever seeing any single-source of "call for entry" in art shows, whether they be in the USA, or worldwide. I agree that such a grouping of art shows available for entering would be great, but how the list would be kept up to date is an interesting thought.
Members of local artists’ guilds and arts councils would be an excellent source for the aforementioned info on local shows, and that information could easily be assembled at the local level, and emailed to Ed, Betty, or whoever is willing to validate, compile, and post it in an appropriate spot on the AAW web site.
I am willing to supply info on art shows (that I am aware of) in my local area, using data from the arts council, and artists’ guild that I am a member of.
Gil
 
Robert Manning said:
... The AAW seems to be (or could be) at the center of the universe for the medium of woodturning/wood art. ...

Personally I am looking to expand my horizons, but I would certainly include local and regional venues along with national and international for those who are interested.
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The AAW could certainly have an ongoing list of exhibits/shows for woodturners. The best place for the list would be the website or through the Professional Outreach Program email service (just sign up through the AAW website). Because of the lag time of publishing the journal, that's just not a good option.

Of course this service would require someone to gather the information. A volunteer, most likely.

My local arts council sends a weekly email list (to artists who subscribe to that free service) of local, regional, and national call for entries. The Indiana State Arts Commission sends a mass email once a month or so. Maybe there is something like that in your state? On both of those lists, I have found some excellent exhibits to enter.

I used to subscribe to Crafts Report -- they were a good source for call for entries (not sure if that's the case now).

Betty Scarpino, editor, AW
 
I agree that the web is the best location for a call-for-entries list, as it can be edited as needed. Keep in mind that this information would be of interest to art fans as well as artists.

There are at least seven key pieces of information that need to be presented in each listing.

1. Entry deadline should be first so there is no need to read on if the deadline has passed or is too near.

2. Who is eligible to participate (since some events are exclusive).

3. The name of the exhibition.

4. The type of exhibition.

5. The location

6. The dates of the reception and exhibition.

7. A clickable link to the host's website for complete details.

A short synopsis of the event would be an additional option.

Here's another example of call for entries.

It seems to me that this information could/should be uploaded by almost anyone without the need for a specific volunteer, perhaps as a formed self-service document upload. I don't know the mechanics of how these things function, but I think it could be made to work in a way that is easy for web users. Those who could not access the page would be able to send the information, as Ed suggested, by email, post, or carrier pigeon. With an accessible location on the AAW website and through numerous links, this could become the world wide hub for woodturning/wood art opportunities and exhibitions.

I'd like to hear about events on the other side of the Atlantic.

I hope this helps
 
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Call for Entries

I don't know of any site dedicated to woodturning that provides info on upcoming shows. However, I frequently use www.ArtFairCalendar.com which has info on shows, by state, including the web site to use to register. Hope this is of some help.
Tim Carter
 
OK, I’m going to make a leap of faith and formally publish our new Calls For Entry page, making the assumption that the woodturning community will submit content to keep this new feature up to date and relevant.

The new page can be accessed from the main site’s pull-down menu – "News/Calls For Entry". Or to bypass that, here’s the direct link.
 
Ed Davidson said:
OK, I’m going to make a leap of faith and formally publish our new Calls For Entry page, making the assumption that the woodturning community will submit content to keep this new feature up to date and relevant.

The new page can be accessed from the main site’s pull-down menu – "News/Calls For Entry". Or to bypass that, here’s the direct link.
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I like it! We need a place to see "woodturning centric" requests, so how do we get the word out to those who can use it as the call FOR entry that this is here as well as the makers of wood art that this is here?

One side is POP, but what about the others?
 
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