Artist Opportunities

FORT COLLINS STUDIO TOUR

The Fort Collins Studio Tour is a self-guided tour of local working artist studios. Fort Collins area artists are invited to apply to participate in the Fort Collins Studio Tour, scheduled for the weekend of June 23 and 24, 2012. Artists in Fort Collins, Bellvue and Laporte are eligible to apply. For more information, and to download the application, please click here.

The application deadline is March 16, 2012.

National Juried Exhibition - Specific Environments: Landscape as Metaphor

Exhibition Dates: December 2, 2011 through January 14, 2013

All entries for this exhibition must be submitted through Café via www.callforentry.org. The Fort Collins Lincoln Center invites visual artists living in the United States and working in any media to enter Specific Environments: Landscape as Metaphor, a national juried art exhibit with an invitational component. This is not your typical landscape show, but is deeply tied to how we experience and interpret our relationship to the land, the environment, and our surroundings.

The focus of the exhibition will center on work that stretches the idea of how we view our environment, surroundings and the 'scape and scope' of the land as metaphor for something else entirely. We encourage the submission of work in all media, including small installations and new media. The exhibition is meant to be a catalyst for new ideas, interpretations and understanding of the human relationship to the land.

Juror and art critic Leanne Goebel has invited Gregory Euclide, Chris Coleman, Laleh Mehran, Kate Petley, Kevin Bell and Jenny Gummersall to participate as anchors for the exhibition.

Over $1750 in cash prizes, including a first prize of $1000, will be awarded to selected artists from the juried component of the exhibition.

Deadline for entries: Sunday, October 16, 2011

Registration for artists on Café (www.callforentry.org) is free and will give you access to juried art opportunities from around the country. Instructions for registration and image preparation are available on their website. View instructions on how to prepare your images (PDF) with GIMP, a free downloadable software.

ArtWear Fashion Week

As part of our Grand Opening Season in our newly renovated facility, ArtWear Fashion Week is scheduled for September 16 – 25, 2011.

Artists: Download the prospectus/application. Deadline for entries is July 13, with a $35 entry fee.

KnitWear Vendors: KnitWear: A Fiber Arts Experience will return as part of ArtWear Fashion Week on Sunday, September 25^th, 2011. We are expanding the event to include all yarn arts, weaving, spinning, sewing, quilting, etc. Vendors can download the registration information and entry form.

29th Annual Fabric of Legacies Art Quilt Exhibition

The submission period for this juried exhibition has closed. Please join us for the exhibition October 7 – November 13, 2011. More information is available here.

Volunteer Opportunities

Do you have a passion for art? Are you curious about how art is made, and what it means? Can you convey your enthusiasm for art of all kinds to people of all ages? If you’ve answered yes to these questions, you might consider being a volunteer for Lincoln Center Visual Arts programs.

There are two kinds of volunteer positions: Art Gallery Docents and Event Volunteers.

Art Gallery Docents

Docents assist our gallery visitors in appreciating the exhibitions featured in the Lincoln Center Art Galleries. They also help to keep the gallery and artwork safe and secure. The Lincoln Center will present approximately 9-12 exhibition periods each year in two gallery spaces. With each new exhibition, Lincoln Center staff will share information about the artists and artworks with our docents. Docents will become familiar with how exhibits are installed, meet some of the exhibiting artists in person, learn about art history and the artworks on display, and how to spark interest and appreciation for the art with visitors from Kindergarteners to senior citizens.

Docents must be able to make a one year commitment to this volunteer position. Most docent hours will be during evenings and weekends when performances and events are scheduled for the theaters and conference rooms. Docents will be scheduled about an hour before performances through intermission – approximately 2 hours. Other times will include 2-hour blocks on Saturdays, between noon and 6 p.m., and weekdays if school tours or conference events are scheduled.

The various trainings and gallery work will require the following commitments:

• Annual Docent Orientation: Friday, Friday, July 28, 6-9 p.m. or July 29, 1-4 p.m.
• Exhibition Trainings: Minimum of two 2-hour commitments each month, typically weekends and/or evenings
• Docent Service: Minimum of one 2-hour commitment each month, typically weekends and/or evenings.

Visual Arts Event Volunteer

The Lincoln Center presents three events each year: ArtWear Fashion Week (every other year), KnitWear: A Fiber Arts Jubilee, and Fort Collins Studio Tour. We are also co-presenters of Creative Garden, the fine arts branch of the New West Fest.

Volunteers for these events assist with setting up and/or cleaning up the event, and working throughout the day outdoors or indoors during the event. Responsibilities vary from dressing models for a fashion show, helping with sales and display of garments, providing hospitality for event artist and guests, moving heavy objects, and many other jobs. Typically these involve shifts of 4 hours or more over a course of 2 – 10 days.

If you enjoy working with all kinds of people, can maintain a helpful and happy spirit, and express enthusiasm for arts events to the public, this might be just the volunteer job for you. Visual Arts Event Volunteers should be available to work at least two events per calendar year.

Tentative 2011 Event Schedule(volunteer dates):

• ArtWear Aug 8 - Sept 25
• KnitWear - September 25
• Fort Collins Studio Tour - June, 2012
• Creative Garden August 13-14
• Gallery of Trees - Nov 17-27

Volunteer Application

If either of these volunteer positions interests you, please download an application (PDF). This form requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. Download Acrobat Reader for free .

For more information, please call Jeanne Shoaff, Gallery Coordinator, at 416-2737. Thank you!