Calling all artists over 65! “EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY” Senior Art Show This July as Madison House Celebrates 32 Years of Excellence with an Open House on July 18th from 10am-3pm! (Monetary Awards!) Art show will be displayed at Evergreen Hospital following the Madison House display! Call: 425-821-8210 for your Artwork Entry forms now!

Bellevue Arts Museum ArtsFair and Bellevue Festival of the Arts
We are reaching out to a few select artists encouraging you to apply for the 6th Street Fair in Downtown Bellevue. The 6th Street Fair is one of three fairs held during Bellevue’s annual arts weekend, which also includes the Bellevue Arts Museum ArtsFair and Bellevue Festival of the Arts. We realize it is short notice , however, if you have an opening the weekend of July 23-25th, please submit an application. We have been approached by a property owner offering space to enlarge our footprint. We would welcome the opportunity to include your craft in our event. For your convenience, an application is attached. Kindly disregard the due date and return as soon as possible. Regards, Barbara Barbara Larson Office Manager & Membership Manager Bellevue Downtown Association 500 108th Avenue NE Suite 210 Bellevue, WA 98004 425.453.1223 Fax 425.646.6634 www.bellevuedowntown.com Click here to download a prospectus.

Deadline 4/23/2010
Live Arts Bothell 2010 CALL TO ARTISTS This year's annual arts festival will take place the weekend of June 26th and 27th. Due to the realignment of the 520 highway the Park at Bothell Landing will not be available to host this event as in past years. Instead, we are pleased to announce that Cascadia Community College has graciously made available their beautiful campus grounds and brand new art gallery in Mobius Hall. The juried art show will include paintings, prints, drawings and miniatures and we encourage all of you to enter. Entry deadline April 23ed! Please find the prospectus and entry form at our website: http://liveartsbothell.org/site/ go to the heading titled "juried art show" and click the link to download the entry form.

DEADLINE MAY 31, 201
The 4th Annual 2010 Paint the Parks100 Competition. $10,000 Grand Prize Purchase Award; $5,000 Mini Grand Prize Purchase Award! Thousands more in additional prizes and awards! The Paint the Parks100 has become one of the country's top juried exhibitions for established and emerging artists. Save $10 on your early entries postmarked by April 30. 2010. Final deadline: May 31, 2010.

Paintings should be representative, and depict any area under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, in any original, 2-D medium. Go to www.nps.gov for a list of eligible areas viewable by state. Entry Form is attached to this email. PaintAmerica is a national, non-profit organization to support and promote the visual arts. Proceeds support the PaintAmerica Scholarship Fund and the National Park Foundation. Be represented in this important juried competition of top artists – enter now! Full details and entry form at www.PaintAmerica.org or call us at (816) 806-3340.Call to NPS Pastel Artists for a three month exhibition at the Big Fat Fish Company restaurant, Bellilngham Washington.

http://www.bigfatfishco.com/artshows.html The exhibition will run mid-May through mid-August. LImited to 30 artworks by two to ten artists. For more information, contact curator and NPS member Rebecca Meloy at rebecca@rebeccameloy.com and/or send your website address or small jpg images for consideration.Deadline 4/30/2010

Deadline 4/27/2010
Sonja Morgan Chair, 18th Annual International Miniature Show Parklane Gallery has posted the prospectus for Parklane Gallery's 18th Annual Miniature International Show at this link: http://parklanegallery.com/mainpages/mini_show.htm

Deadline April 26, 2010
Since the NPS is now a member of IAPS, our members are eligibile to enter this IAPS competition. The Sixteenth Juried Exhibition The Flora B. Giffuni Gallery Butler Museum Youngstown, Ohio July 11-August 29, 2010 Entry due April 26, 2010. Download a prospectus at http://www.pastelinternational.com/COMPETITIONS/
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Scott Milo Gallery in Anacortes will once again host the NPS Signature Show in July/August, 2010. All NPS Signature Members are invited to participate. Contact Clair Ridlon (Pinky) for more details.

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Call to Artists The Eastside Association of Fine Arts, in collaboration with the Bellevue Arts Commission, invites all artists (2D and 3D) to enter its 34th ANNUAL OPEN JURIED EXHIBITION, held October 19 - November 13 ? in the SYMETRA BUILDING, Bellevue, WA. Over $2200 in cash awards and prizes. Information and on-line entry & prospectus can be found at www.eafa.org.?????????????????????? ???????????Deadline: 9/24/09 For questions, please contact the Co-Chairpersons below: Charlette Haugen?? 206-282-1813?? chhaugen@aol.com? Marla French?? 425-776-8280? marlafrench@hotmail.com