"Connections Past to Present" is the 2003 Adirondack theme exhibit at the Arts Center/Old Forge, NY, to open on May 24th. It will focus on the history of some communications systems in the Adirondacks with historically documented items about surveyors and their equipment, fire fighting and fire towers, emergency medical systems, the mail boats and the phone system. The art component will complement the display by providing an artistic interpretation of these artifacts. Both amateur and professional artists may enter this competition, and painting, pottery, sculpture, drawing, and mixed media are eligible. E-mail: arts@telenet.net or call 315.369.6411. Deadline: March 14.

Communications Arts invites you to enter your work in the "44th Annual Illustration and Photography Competitions." Selected award-winning pieces will appear in Communication Arts magazine, in either the July Illustration Annual or August Photography Annual. More than 71,000 copies of each will be in circulation worldwide. For submission guidelines, visit www.commarts.com/competition. Deadline: March 14.

"Oil Painters of America West/Southwest Mountain Regional Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils" will be hosted by the Waterhouse Gallery in Santa Barbara, CA, in July. The focus will be to select paintings that show the highest quality in drawing, color, and composition and to emphasize diversity in representational style and subject matter. Artists residing in AK, Alberta, AZ, British Columbia, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, NW Territories, OR, Saskatchewan, UT, WA, WY and Yukon Territories are eligible. See www.oilpaintersofamerica.com/events2a.htm for info/entry. Deadline: March 26.

The Colored Pencil Society of America's 11th Annual International Juried Exhibition will be held at the City of Brea Gallery (CA) beginning July 19th. Both members and non-members may enter if age 18 and over. Work must be 100% colored pencil. See www.cpsa.org for information/entry form. Deadline: March 31.

The Creative Capital Foundation, founded in 1999, is a national nonprofit organization that supports individual artists pursuing innovative approaches to form and content in the visual, media and performing arts, as well as in emerging arts. Its model differs from those of traditional grantmakers in that the foundation commits to a long-term approach to working with artists. For more about CCF, see www.creative-capital.org.

Airbrush Workshops will be presented on April 12 at ARTtalk.com's Gallery at the Square in Beacon, NY. Robert Paschal, MFA, will teach "Basic and Intermediate Airbrush Techniques." If you have a desire to learn airbrushing or wish to brush up on your basic skills, here is an excellent opportunity. Tuition includes the use of equipment and all classroom supplies. Pre-registration is required, and seats are limited. Students have traveled from as far as MA, CT, MO, CA, PA, VA, MD, DE and NJ to take these classes, and their interests have included fine art, body makeup, nail art, auto graphics, wood carving, cake decorating, interior decorating, mural painting, and more. Beacon is only 60 miles north of Manhattan, can be reached by Met North, and is 20 minutes from Stewart International Airport in Newburgh, NY. For further information, see www.arttalk.com/workshop/workshop.htm or call 845.831-4458.

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