Call 2 Artists - For Sister Karen Show: Flowers from Carmen's Garden: Homenaje a Sister Karen Boccalero (1933-1997) Exhbit dates: June 23 - August 12

Dear Artists and Friends of Self Help Graphics: It is difficult to believe that this June will mark the 10th Anniversary of Sister Karen Boccalero's passing. In tribute to Sister Karen's remarkable legacy of Self Help Graphics, that has served and facilitated you and a legion of local artists, the community, and a worldwide audience, you are invited to participate in a special exhibition entitled Flowers from Carmen's Garden/Homenaje a Sister Karen Boccalero. As co-curators, Alex Alferov (Director of Exhibition Print Program 1987-2002) and Christina Ochoa (Director of Exhibitions 1994-2005), we are looking for artwork inspired by Sister Karen, accompanied with a short paragraph about the piece and its history to Sister Karen. All mediums are accepted,including photography, film, video. All work must not exceed 24" x 30" and must be ready to hang.

Submission Deadline: June 2.

The selected pieces will be displayed along with prints produced from the various Ateliers under Sister Karen's administration. In addition, there will be a community altar installation, we welcome your mementos, photos and artifacts in her honor. The exhibition will be held at Self Help Graphics Art/Galeria Otra Vez, Saturday, June 23, 5 - 8p. The celebration of Sister Karen's life will begin with a mass in front of the Virgin at 4p officiated by Father Greg Boyle. The opening reception will follow. We encourage your presence at the opening (7p) for a one-time artist group photo shoot, taken by documentarian Jose Luis Sedano. Additional programming will be announced and held in tandem with the exhibition to also include the legions of musicians, performers and poets that have contributed to the Self Help Graphics legacy. When Carmen Boccalero entered the Franciscan order, she renounced all temporal things. But her passion for art and artists and her love for gardening never wavered. Both passions required patience, commitment and unconditional nurturing. With her sharp eye and acerbic wit, she harvested the best from artists that found their way to Self Help Graphics. Ten years after her death, the flowers still flourish, but too many seeds are dormant waiting for a renewed commitment. Let us come together and replenish the creative seeds Sister Karen planted in the heart of East LA.

In her honor and memory, Alex Alferov and Christina Ochoa, co-curators

DEADLINE INFORMATION

One art piece per artist, accompanied with a paragraph of the piece and it's history to Sister Karen. Artwork not to exceed 24" x 30" and must be ready to hang. Please identify all artwork and/or momentos with artist name, title, year, email address and phone number. Momentos, poems, photos and artifacts welcomed for altar installation.

Deadline and delivery for submissions is Saturday, June 2 (12 noon - 4p) at Self Help Graphics & Art - upstairs salon. Pick-up artwork: tba

Please feel free to pass this information on to all other artists, musicians, poets, performers who have participated in the SHGA experience, we are currently coordinating those performance schedules. For any questions or additional information regarding this exhibition, please feel free to email Alex Alferov at alferovmedia@gmail.com.

Self Help Graphics & Art, 3802 Cesar E Chavez Blvd, LA, CA;

323.881.6444 info@selfhelpgraphics.com www.selfhelpgraphics.com

Open Call for guest artists for June show (Altadena / Northeast LA): The Gallery at the End of the World; Saturday May 19, noon-6p: GATEotw is an established art gallery at the top of the hill at the northern edge of habitable LA county. In fact the gallery space itself is a living breathing ever-morphing piece of art-- the outside "Padio", with it's two vintage trailers and various nooks, crannies, handbuilt podiums and other odd intangibles, is a large part of the mystique and legend of the gallery.

We throw magnificent 4-day Opening Receptions on the first weekend of every-other-month. It has grown so huge in turnout that the Altadena ArtWalk and ARTadena Weekend have sprung up around us. We have about half-a-dozen "regular" artists + 10-15 Guest Artists per show. This OPEN CALL is for Guest Artists for the June show. We have an excellent record of generating sales of art work as well as related "product". We've also managed to get pretty decent Press coverage lately too. All participating artists also get an image and bio in the Art At The End OF The World gallery catalogue that we produce for each show.

All artistis share costs of opening receptions in exchange for 100% of sales (no gallery commission). Choice of wall space is first-come first-serve. Please come to the Open Call-- GATEotw, 2475 N. Lake Ave., Altadena, 626.794.8779, galleryattheendoftheworld@yahoo.com, www.myspace.com/galleryatheendoftheworld

Call for Art: Global Warming: Orange County Center for Contemporary Art: Deadline July 31; link to prospectus: http://www.occca.org This is an all-media, national juried exhibition, September 1 to September 29; Reception: Saturday, September 1, 6:30 - 10p

This exhibition is an invitation to the Fine Arts Community to comment on and provide solutions to the problem of global warming. We invite all ideas, whether political, intuitive, whimsical, political, social, specific or fantastical in nature.

Orange County Center for Contemporary Art (OCCCA) is a non-profit CA 501c3 corporation operating as an affiliate-run, uncensored, community gallery since its inception in 1980. OCCCA  strives to exhibit a variety of artists' work from all media and career levels from emerging through established late career artists. 1st Saturday receptions: 7-10p · First Friday Films: 8p OCCCA, Artists' Village, 117 N. Sycamore, Santa Ana, CA; 714.667.1517 occca@sbcglobal.net www.occca.org www.occca.blogspot.com

Silent Auction Items: Dear Community Member: On Wednesday, June 13, the Bilingual Foundation of the Arts (BFA) will hold its annual fundraiser at the LA River Center and Gardens. This year's event is entitled ¡Olé La Zarzuela! that will feature excerpts from BFA's upcoming production of the Cuban operetta Maria La O by Ernesto Lecuona. The event supports the theater's plays and education programs for schoolchildren in the
greater LA area.

We hope that you can be part of BFA's gala event with a donation to the silent auction for this year's ¡Olé La Zarzuela! BFA's annual ¡Olé! events have been some of the most visible fundraisers in the Hispanic community. ¡Olé La Zarzuela! is supported by a number of major national sponsors and attracts more than 175 leaders of the business, government and arts community.

By being a silent auction sponsor, you will enjoy great visibility and promotion on this evening. Your tax-deductible donation will be recognized in the program book, which is distributed to all attendees. In addition, all silent auction donors are visible on signage at the auction tables located at the entrance to the event.

If you have questions or need further information about the event, please contact me at 323.225.4044. We sincerely thank you for your consideration of this request. Contact: Luisa Cariaga, Bilingual Foundation of the Arts, 421 N Avenue 19, LA, CA

The National Hispanic University, 25th Anniversary Fundraiser Art Sale/ Exhibition: The National Hispanic University (NHU) is celebrating its 25^th Anniversary this year and we want your support. As part of our celebration we will be featuring our first Fundraiser Art Sale and Exhibition, and are asking for artists to "give back" in some significant way to the students of NHU at this time, by donating their artwork. The donated artwork will be on exhibition prior from May 25 - November 2 in Sobrato Hall at The National Hispanic University. A reception will be held on Saturday, May 25 to open the exhibition. 

      Located in San Jose, NHU is a WASC accredited, private, Liberal Arts, four-year institution of higher education authorized to grant Bachelor's and Associate of Arts degrees in Liberal Studies, Business, Computer Science, as well as teacher credentialing and certificates in Translation and Interpretation. NHU was established in a two-room building in Oakland in 1981 by the late Dr. B. Roberto Cruz. NHU was established to provide Hispanics, women and others access to acquire a quality education using a multi-cultural experience, small class setting and support systems to assist in the completion of a college degree.

      Today, NHU has a full-time student enrollment of 600+ students, an 11-acre campus in east San Jose and a 3-story, 67,000 square foot learning facility and is positioned to make greater impact on the educational attainment of Hispanics grades 6-Univeristy. 

      We value your contribution to the art world and would be proud to have your support in this worthy endeavor.

To Participate from this event please download the forms at: http://www.nhu.edu/artexhibition.htm

For more information, please contact Ruth Olivar Millan rutholivarmillan@sbcglobal.net

Key Dates:

April 23    Call for Artist's Entries

May 24    Deadline for art work entries

May 25    Exhibition Opening and Reception

May 25    November 2 Sale of Artwork

Nov 02      Exhibition ends  

Rules for Entry:

Open to all artists. All art is donated to NHU. All works must be original. 

NHU will accept donations taken on all sold artwork during the exhibition.

All works must be suitable for presentation. Families should be able to view the artwork.

An entry may be a single painting or up to three 2 dimensional paintings. Digital photos may be submitted with proposals and applications.

Artists and/or their agents are responsible for transportation of their artwork to NHU. Artwork shall be delivered by the designated date and time (By May 24^th, 5:00 PM (PST). Artwork shipped to NHU must be artist's responsibility and must cover costs. 

Accepted artwork is to be delivered and installed in Sobrato Hall at NHU. All entries must be accompanied with the name of the artist, title of work, with estimated price on the back of the work. 

During the exhibition period, all donated artwork will be insured by NHU. Once the artist donates the artwork, they are not responsible for damage, loss or theft of artwork. The artwork belongs to NHU in the form of a donation.

Works selected for the exhibition must remain on display until it ends (May 25, 2007-November 2, 2007). No exceptions. A "SOLD" sign will be placed on paintings if they are sold before November 2^nd. 

An NHU Selection Committee will judge artwork and may reject any piece that differs markedly from the work depicted on the application or is deemed inappropriate for family viewing. 

How to Enter? A completed application with the following attachments:

Digital or standard photograph

Artist Bio with photo

25 word narrative for each entry

Call for Artists for Art & Science:

Entry Deadline is Sunday, June 10.

Eligibility: All artists living in CA.; All media except film and video; All work submitted for consideration must be available for exhibition July 28 - September 6.

Juror: Corby Waste is a computer graphic artist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. He is the senior artist for the Mars Exploration Program. His images of Mars mission spacecraft have appeared worldwide on the Internet, in print and on numerous products including 15 foreign postage stamps. Since 1998 Corby has created many well-known images for the Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Odyssey, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Phoenix Mars Lander and Mars Science Laboratory projects. In 2006 NASA Headquarters awarded him a Group Achievement Award for his work on a series of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter images.

Cash awards: $500, $300, $200, $100 plus the infamous Eye Opener Statue.

Entries can be submitted online by sending images and entry information to 2ndcitycouncil@earthlink.net, by slides or photographs/digital prints (5" x 7" minimum size).  Please obtain prospectus from www.2ndcitycouncil.org

Entry Fees are $10 per entry for members and $20 per entry for nonmembers.  Join now and get one free entry.  Volunteer hours accepted in lieu of entry fee.  

For a complete prospectus please visit our website at www.2ndcitycouncil.org For questions, please email 2ndcitycouncil@earthlink.net  2nd City Council Art Gallery + Performance Space, 435 Alamitos Ave, Long Beach, CA, 562.901.0997, 2ndcitycouncil@earthlink.net

Next Call - Dia de los Muertos

Project:MASA#3-2007 Prospectus: We are now accepting entries for Project:MASA #3. Currently you can go to the Project Masa website at website- www.projectmasa.com for photos and information of the 2006 exhibition held at Gallista Gallery. Our goal at Project:MASA is to increase the awareness of issues that affect Raza through the literal and metaphoric use of outer space by Chican@ artists.

· All artists are asked to submit photos on CD of 3 pieces and short statements per piece for consideration and selection in the exhibit by June 5th 2007. We ask that these be in (jpg) digital format. See website for more specifics and required exhibit contract and release form for all artwork.
· All artists are asked to submit on CD current resumes artist statement and bio information(pdf) - if you have one on file with us already then you just need to update it.

Send submission info to email: submissions@projectmasa.com visit our website at- www.projectmasa.com

Sincerely, Luis Valderas-project coordinator/director, Paul Karam-project coordinator/producer, Ray Gonzales-project coordinator/science advisor