Abstract Art Wanted at ART Zero

ART Zero's annual "Abstract Minded" art exhibit is considering all media.

Deliver Artwork: Tuesday June 3rd, 1 - 5 p.m. and Thursday June 5th 1 – 5 p.m.

Where: The Executive Gallery at The San Luis Business Center, 4251 S. Higuera, Suite 800, in SLO at Los Osos Valley Road.

How: Bring in original artwork or artwork from your personal collection, or email image files to Artzeroofficial@gmail.com, or drop off or mail images addressed to; ART Zero entry.

Exhibit Dates: June 7-27, with an artists’ reception from 4 – 7 p.m. on Friday, June 27th.

City of SLO Seeks Proposals

City of SLO Seeks Proposals for $88,000 Public Work of Art – walk-thru held 5/30

The City of San Luis Obispo Art in Public Places Program is seeking proposals to incorporate art into street improvements at Buena Vista Avenue and Garfield Street at Monterey Street in San Luis Obispo. The site is near the Apple Farm Inn. A total of $88,000 is available to the artist, or artists commissioned for this piece.

A non-mandatory, pre-proposal walk-thru will be held at the site so that artists may become familiar with the layout, design, and function of the location. The walk-thru is an opportunity to ask questions regarding the City’s Request for Proposals (RFP). Participants are asked to meet in front of the Apple Farm Inn, 2015 Monterey Street in San Luis Obispo at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 30 for the walk-thru.

Proposal packages may be obtained for free on the City of San Luis Obispo’s website, www.slocity.org under Bids & Proposals, by emailing your request to sbates@slocity.org or by faxing your request to

(805) 781-7292. When requesting RFP’s please include your name, street address, phone, fax, and email address, along with the name and specification number of the RFP that you are requesting. The name of this project is Public Art at Buena Vista Avenue and Garfield Street at Monterey Street. The specification number is 90838. Proposals must be submitted to the City of SLO by 3 PM on July 31.

Contact Shannon Bates, City of San Luis Obispo Public Art Coordinator, for additional information at (805) 781-7296, sbates@slocity.org or email Jason Steele, Program Director at ARTS Obispo at programs@sloartscouncil.org.

Open Studios applications streaming in!

Forgive the radio silence from ARTS Obispo, as we work diligently to process incoming applications for Open Studios Art Tour 2008, our 10th Anniversary year!

Interested in participating? The deadline has been extended by one week to April 9th, so you still have time! Visit our Open Studios page on the ARTS Obispo website to download an application, and call our office at 805.544.9251 if you have any questions!

ATTENTION : 8th - 12th Grade art students!

InnerSpark, California State Summer School for the Arts Applications due February 29!

Selected students will have the opportunity for intense study with renowned educators in Animation, Creative Writing, Dance, Film/Video, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts at the California Institute for the Arts in Valencia. Local art teachers are a great resource for students and have received InnerSpark packets for their students.

Please visit www.innerspark.us for applications and more information.

Bay Area Artist Squeak Carnwath at Cuesta College

There will be a panel interview with Squeak Carnwath, an internationally exhibited Bay Area artist, on Friday, February 8 at 5 PM in Cuesta College Art Dept. Room 7120, followed by an art gallery reception for her exhibition, Squeak Carnwath: New Paintings & Prints in the Cuesta College Art Gallery.

This exhibit will feature paintings and prints from Carnwath’s newest body of work. The paintings are large scale with rich surfaces and layered images and meanings. The majority of Carnwath’s work of the last 30 years, and this exhibit is no exception, finds the artist chronicling her life, both personally and as she contacts the world around her. Most often the artist will use images and words on the same surface, with both holding equal importance. As an artist, activist and teacher Carnwath has had an influence that extends far beyond the Bay Area, which she has called home for more than thirty years. This will be her first exhibit on the Central Coast.

The Cuesta College Art Gallery is located on the San Luis Obispo Campus on Highway 1, halfway between SLO and Morro Bay. See more of her work at www.squeakcarnwath.com. For more information contact gallery director Tim Anderson at (805) 546-3202.

Seeking Botanical or Landscape Artwork

Spring has sprung and the flowers are popping up!

April Flowers is seeking local artists who are interested in displaying their work in this small, local flower shop. April Flowers is located in the Laguna Village Shopping Center at 1330 Madonna Road in SLO. They are seeking botanical or landscape styles or something that will best compliment the nature of their business. No commission on sales will be charged and they are happy to give away artists' business cards to all who inquire about the pieces.

Interested artists please respond by e-mail to april@aprilflowersslo.com.

(Photo © Sara Heinrichs)

Brea "art shelters"

Ever want to see your work on the side of a bus?

Well, this is the next best thing. The city of Brea in Orange County is looking for artists for their new "art shelters", bus shelters designed to hold painted panels.

Commissions total $700 for the artists who are chosen, and their panels will grace the new Brea art shelters.

Deadline: March 18th, 2008

For more information or to apply: click here