Do Birds Fascinate You, too ?
You are Invite to Apply

Call for Entries:
Deadline September 30, 2019

"LOVE IS A REBELLIOUS BIRD"

CURATED BY GWENDA JOYCE
Exhibition Produced by The Art Ambassador

November 5, 2019 - February 10, 2020
Exhibition location at Mantra Wines & Gallery
881 Grant Ave., Novato CA
Opening Reception on November 17, 2019, 3 - 5 pm.

The Art Ambassador invites artists to express their imaginations, creativity and inspiration using symbolic or actual bird imagery and expressing ideas of freedom, flight, independence, nature, sustainability, love and life.

The bird theme comes from the Habanera in Bizet's 'Carmen' in which Carmen sings about love, rejects her suitors and refers to herself as a bird whose natural affinity is for freedom, flightiness and independence.

2D Media only: Paintings, Drawings & Pastels, Mixed media, Prints, Photography, Digital - originals only
Sizes: a minimum of 8x10" and maximum of 36x48" 
All artwork must be ready for hanging and for sale; unframed canvases must have painted edges.
Best prices are $100 - $3500

JUROR:   Gwenda Joyce
 
REQUIREMENTS:  Open to all artists nationally (over 18 years). All work must be available for sale.
FEES and ENTRY PROCEDURES: 
Work will be selected from online submissions through   Entrythingy.com.
for complete instructions and a Submissions Link.

Look for Art Ambassador - Bird Theme Open Call
IMPORTANT DATES for the EXHIBIT
Digital entries uploaded -
Email/website notification of results -
Hand-delivered accepted works -
Shipped accepted works received -
Exhibit opens -
Opening Reception -
Exhibit closes -
Unsold work picked up/shipped -
 
by   September 30, midnight PDT
by Monday, October 7, midnight PDT
by Monday, Nov 4, from 10am - noon
by Monday, Nov 4, from 10am - noon
Tuesday, November 5, 1 - 9 pm
Sunday, November 17, 3 - 5 pm
Sunday, February 9, 2020 7pm
Monday February 9, 2020, 10am-3pm
MORE ABOUT BIRDS
I look forward to seeing your art!

Gwenda
The Art Ambassador
415.493.6614

Photo above courtesy of Hakan Tahmaz and Pexels.com
Gwenda Joyce is an Artist Agent and Mentor, and the founder of the Art Ambassador.
Her mission is to bring the world to art by connecting artist to audience. She is a former gallery owner in Chicago and long-time member of the contemporary art world. As the Art Ambassador, Gwenda helps struggling artists build their careers and get their greatest work out into the world. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Have a free "Get Your Art Out There" conversation with Gwenda -- Apply Here.
Words to the Habanera sung by Carmen
in Georges Bizet's famous opera
Love is a rebellious bird
That none can tame,
And it is well in vain that one calls it,
If it suits it to refuse.
Nothing to be done, threat or prayer,
The one talks well, the other is silent,
And it's the other that I prefer,
He said nothing, but he pleases me.

(Love is a rebellious bird) Love!
(That none can tame,) Love!
(And it is well in vain that one calls it,) Love!
(Because it suits it to refuse.) Love!

Love is a gypsy child,
It has never, never known the law,
If you don't love me, I love you,
If I love you, do stand on guard! (Do stand on guard!)
If you don't love me,
If you don't love me, I love you! (Do stand on guard!)
But if I love you, if I love you,
Do stand on guard!

(Love is a gypsy child,)
(It has never, never known the law,)
(If you don't love me, I love you,)
(If I love you, do stand on guard!) (Do stand on guard!)

If you don't love me,
If you don't love me, I love you! (Do stand on guard!)
But if I love you, if I love you,
Do stand on guard! (On guard!)

The bird you hoped to catch
Beat its wings and flew away,
Love is far, you can wait for it;
You no longer await it, there it is!
All around you, swift, swift,
It comes, goes, then it returns,
You think to hold it fast, it flees you,
You think to flee it, it holds you!

(All around you, swift,) Love!
(It comes, goes, then it returns,) Love!
(You think to hold it fast, it flees you,) Love!
(You think to flee it, it holds you!) Love!

Love is a gypsy child,
It has never, never known the law,
If you don't love me, then I love you,
If I love you, do stand on guard! (Do stand on guard!)
If you don't love me,
If you don't love me, then I love you! (Do stand on guard!)
But if I love you, if I love you,
Do stand on guard!

(Love is a gypsy child,)
(It has never, never known the law,)
(If you don't love me, then I love you,)
(If I love you, do stand on guard!) (Do stand on guard!)

If you don't love me,
If you don't love me, then I love you! (Do stand on guard!)
But if I love you, if I love you,
Do stand on guard! (On guard!)
Thank You
for helping me make a bigger difference bringing the world to art.