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Updated 02-01-12

ART MARKETING TELECONFERENCE. If you could ask a question about marketing and selling your art online and offline and get practical, doable answers from an artist advisor who has worked with thousands of artists all over the country, would you invest an hour of your time? Artist Career Training wants artists to have a better year in 2012. That’s why we are offering you a special FREE Art Marketing Q & A by telephone on Tuesday, February 7th, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific time (noon Eastern time). Register online at www.ArtistCareerTraining.com.
Deadline: February 7, 2012

CASTLES TO CORSETS: RESEARCHING AND WRITING HISTORICAL FICTION. Pocono-Lehigh Romance Writers (PLRW) will hold its Feb meeting at 10 a.m., Sat, Feb 11 at the Palmer Township branch of the Easton Area Public Library, 1 Weller Place, Palmer Township. Castles to Corsets: Researching and Writing Historical Fiction presented by local author Kathy Coddington. This workshop is designed for those interested in diving into the world of the past and bringing it to life. It provides a broad overview from where to begin, organizing your research, characterization, handling language and dialog effectively to tips for putting it all together and setting up a marketing plan. Kathleen Coddington writes both paranormal and historical romance and has five books published with Ellora’s Cave Press. She is a member of Romance Writers of America, Pocono-Lehigh Romance Writers and the Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group. In addition to writing, she teaches a novel writing course at Northampton Community College. The Pocono/Lehigh Romance Writers group, a chapter of Romance Writers of America, is dedicated to promoting excellence in fiction writing by providing continuous support to its members, who are writers from the Lehigh Valley and Pocono Mountain areas of Pennsylvania, and western New Jersey. For more info, visit www.plrw.org.
Deadline: February 11, 2012

JURIED ART EXHIBIT. Second Art and Earth Juried Art Exhibit. The Berkeley Arts Council has announced a preliminary prize fund of $600. Additional cash prizes may be offered depending on entries. The exhibit, which will be produced by the Berkeley Arts Council in collaboration with The Arts Centre in Martinsburg, WV, has the theme “Art and Earth: My Art – My World.” Artists in all media are invited to submit works that express their feelings about nature and the environment. The Juror for the exhibit will be Laura Amussen, Director of Exhibitions and Art Collection Coordinator at Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland. The exhibit will run April 20 through May 20, 2012 at The Arts Centre gallery, 300 West King Street in Martinsburg. An opening reception and awards presentation will be Friday, April 20 from 5-7pm Details, including entry forms and the full schedule are posted on the Berkeley Arts Council web site (www.berkeleyartswv.org). For more info contact Rip Smith at 304-596-0873 or email berkeleyartswv@gmail.com.
Deadline: February 20, 2012

OPEN AUDITIONS. Muhlenberg Summer Music Theatre will hold open auditions for performers ages 16 and up on Feb. 19 and 21. Performers will be cast for the season's mainstage productions: the Lehigh Valley premiere of "Hairspray," performing June 13 – July 1, and Gilbert and Sullivan's "H.M.S. Pinafore," performing July 11-29. All auditioners must register in advance and schedule an audition. All auditioners must sign up for both vocal and dance auditions. Auditioners should e-mail boxoffice@muhlenberg.edu or call 484-664-3087 before Friday, Feb. 17, indicating available dates and times within the scheduled audition, and provide a mobile phone number where the auditioner can be reached with questions. Audition details can also be found online, at http://www.muhlenberg.edu/main/academics/theatre-dance/smt/
Deadline: February 21, 2012

ARTISTS SOUGHT FOR EXHIBITION. The Frostburg Museum is accepting art work for The Museum Gallery’s “Play in the Streets” annual art exhibition, which will run May 8 through June 9, 2012. More than $3,000 will be awarded in prizes to the artists during the exhibition. The deadline to submit entries to the jurors is Feb. 28, 2012. The jurors for this years show are Dustin Davis, Department of Visual Arts at Frostburg State University and Mrs. Judy DeHart Davis, Historical Print Artist, and Allegany College of Maryland, Continuing Education, Coordinator of Community Education. Artwork to be juried for “Play in the Streets” must be submitted on CD, postmarked by midnight Feb. 28, to The Museum Gallery at Frostburg Museum, P.O. Box 92, Frostburg MD 21532. For prospectus or for additional info about “Play in the Streets”, you are welcome to contact Garry Ritchie, curator, at 301-689-1195 or by email to FrostburgMuseum@Verizon.net.
Deadline: February 28, 2012

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. Lehigh Valley Health Network owns an extensive collection of regional art. To further showcase our regional talent, we mount a rotating loan display of large artworks in the cafeteria at our Cedar Crest campus. This is the most highly frequented space in the entire health network. .We seek submissions for future displays. Interested artists should email the following information to our Arts Coordinator at christine.oaklander@lvhn.org: resume, images of your work, and information on the work such as dimensions and medium. We can only exhibit pieces that can be wall-hung. We will contact you only if we are interested in working with you. No telephone calls, please.
Deadline: March 1, 2012

SHAKESPEARE COMPETITION. The annual PSF Shakespeare Competition awards renewable scholarships to high school students to attend the theatre program at DeSales University. This season’s competition will be held on March 3, 2012. Students compete with scenes and monologues from Shakespeare’s works performed in a tournament setting and adjudicated by theatre professionals. Registration is $25 per student. Look for details at www.pashakespeare.org. Contact: psf@desales.edu and 610.282.9455 x9 for Education.
Deadline: March 3, 2012

JURIED ART EXHIBITION. 9th Annual Adams County Arts Council Juried Art Exhibition, June 8 -17, 2012 at Schmucker Art Gallery, Gettysburg College. The exhibition is an official event of the 5th Annual Gettysburg Festival and will benefit from its broad-reaching marketing efforts. The exhibit is a good opportunity for the work of local and regional artists to be viewed by a wide audience of arts enthusiasts. The awards are: Best of Show ($1,000) sponsored by Scott & Co. Fine Jewelers; 2nd Prize ($750) sponsored by OPEN MINDS; 3rd Prize ($500) sponsored by Debra McCauslin, For The Cause Productions; 4th Prize ($250) sponsored by ProEquities/Kristine Witherow; and a Director’s Award ($100) sponsored by Gettysburg College’s Schmucker Art Gallery. Blick Art Materials will also offer a $125 gift certificate. For a $25 entry fee, artists may submit up to three works for juror consideration. Entry forms available at www.adamsarts.org.
Deadline: March 30, 2012

JURIED FINE CRAFT SHOW. The JCC’s first Indoor Juried Fine Craft Show will be composed of 50 booths and is a scholarship fundraiser for the JCC. Mediums for the show include:Ceramics, Fiber/Wearable Art, Glass, Jewelry, Metalwork, Wood, Basketry , Leather, Judaica and Furniture. Indoor JCC Juried Fine Craft Show. 702 N. 22nd Street Allentown. 610.435.3571. visit www.allentownjcc.org or contact craftfestival@lvjcc.org Preview Gala - Saturday, April 28 7:30-11:30pm Festival open to the public Sun, April 29.
Deadline: April 28, 2012