Artrepreneur x FAIRE
Open Call Submission Contest
Our winning open call submissions for Issues 2 & 3 of FAIRE.
Photography left-right: Melissa Haupt, Abigail La Branche
FAIRE is absolutely thrilled to be partnering with Artrepreneur, an online platform for artists, designers, collectors, and anyone who has a love for art and design.
Recently awarded their B-Corp certificate, Artrepreneur is a purpose-driven business, with an ongoing mission to help artists succeed and elevate everyone's life with art and we are proud to launch our partnership with a fantastic open call submission contest for Issue 5 of FAIRE
For our latest issue (No. 4) French photographer Elise Desmet Fisher was chosen as the winning entry to illustrate our Open Call for the ‘Stories of Salt & Starlight’ column.
Theme: Anchors
In partnership with Faire Magazine, Artrepreneur is holding an open call to select a work of art to accompany Faire’s column “Stories of Salt and Starlight”, written by Ruth Steadman.
Every issue of FAIRE features Northern Irish storyteller Ruth Steadman’s column, 'Stories of Salt & Starlight’. Her column explores the power of working with our own stories to craft and transform our setbacks and trauma into something that regenerates and restores.
The winning entry of this open call will have their work published (a full-colour page) opposite Ruth’s column inside issue 5.
Issue 2: Stories of Salt & Starlight, photography submission by Abigail La Branche.
Theme: Sapling
abigaillabranche.com | @abigaillabranche
THEME: The Small Dance
In Issue Five, for her Stories of Salt and Starlight column, Ruth Steadman reflects on an afternoon in an East London dance studio and the lessons it offers in how we might come back together beyond the pandemic. Or, in the candlelit words of the great Pina Bausch: “dance, dance, otherwise, we are lost”.
The artwork should be an existing piece of work, and should not be too literal an interpretation of the theme, instead, we encourage you to capture the spirit of the theme.
Traditionally this space has been reserved for photography, however, for this open call we are opening the page up to all media that can be reprinted in 2-d. This includes Photography, Painting, Digital art, Illustration, and sculpture (in which case the quality and style of the photo would be just as important as the quality of sculpture).
Issue 2: Stories of Salt & Starlight, Photography submission by Melissa Haupt.
Theme: ‘Let’s Start Where We Are’
PRIZE:
The chosen work will be published as a full-page colour image in Issue 5 of the print magazine.
The finalist will receive full print credit on the page and on the FAIRE contributor's page within the magazine.
The finalist will work closely with the FAIRE editorial team to create a feature on their work for the FAIRE online journal which will be published and shared with the FAIRE mailing list and across social media.
The finalist will receive a complimentary copy of Issue 5 plus a full set of FAIRE Issues 1-4. *Shipping Worldwide.
Our partner Artrepreneur is attaching a cash prize of $500 to the winning entry.
In addition, there will be four Honorable Mentions that will be promoted on FAIRE social media as well as in the FAIRE online journal.
Sway by Michelle Alena Magnoli. website @michelle_alena_
RULES:
Open to International creatives and artists.
Deadline for entries: Monday, February 7, 2022
A carefully chosen panel of artists and professional photographers will work with the team at Artrepreneur to choose a shortlist of ten entries. The winning entry will be chosen and the winner informed on 11 February 2022.
HOW DO I SUBMIT?
To be considered for this Open Call, you will be required to submit your artwork using the Artrepreneur Open Call Application Wizard, which will guide you through the process of uploading your work and adding relevant details.
Artrepreneur is FREE TO JOIN (YEAH!!!). If you are not currently a member of Artrepreneur, you will be directed to join.
Upload new work or select from previously uploaded work.
Provide relevant details from the following:
Artist statement
Portfolio statement (only for multiple artwork submissions)
Artwork titles (required)
Categories & subcategories (required)
Description for each work
Instagram handle
Submit your application.
It’s that simple!!
SPECIFICATIONS:
• Specs 300dpi
• Portrait format image (270mm x 210mm)
The Artrepreneur Story
The Artrepreneur team believes that artists can achieve success when armed with the right resources. We know because we are artists too.
Artrepreneur was formed to empower visual artists to better manage their creative life and careers. It is our commitment to support our members throughout their creative evolution by providing opportunities and resources to help them learn and grow.
As a public benefit corporation, we are committed to balancing profit and purpose so that we can not only help artists and designers be more successful artrepreneurs but also foster an inclusive, sustainable community of creative talent from across the globe.
By joining Artrepreneur, you are connecting with the most diverse community of artists and art lovers of the world who champion thoughtful curiosity, profound courage, and deference to culture. The genius behind Artrepreneur comes from the artists, designers and art lovers who make up our community. Let’s live life artfully together
Some of the artists currently on Artrepreneur
Borderline by Camila Labarca Linaweave
@print_cess_camila
Girl Afloat by Faranda Donna
Hills with Reflection by Cherril Kolesik,
@cherril.kolesik.art
Not Hungry by Tegan Milan
@teganmilan
Ruth Steadman, U.K.
Ruth Steadman is a writer and a psychotherapist, working in both the NHS and private practice. Ruth is our columnist for ‘Stories of Salt and Starlight’ in Faire Magazine. She has been published in Oh Magazine. And examples of her poetry can be found in the anthology Poems For The NHS, and Popshot Magazine, as well as in a variety of poetry journals. She is currently working on her first non-fiction book.
Photograph by @gary.eason
For more information, follow Ruth on Instagram and take a look at her website