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CALL for ENTRIES: Appropriated Gender

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Gender roles and alcoholic beverages are laughable.  Out of town on business this week, I was sitting in the hotel bar watching women ordering glasses of wine and brightly-colored martinis while men ordered beer and brown liquors.  Really, people?  I know I live in the South, but do we really have to fulfill this stereotype.  Kudos to the couple in the corner– he ordered a daiquiri (umbrella included), and she order a shot of something brown.  You saved my night, folks.  This next call is all about challenging notions of gender.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries for Appropriated Gender at the 1310 Gallery in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.  The entry fee is dirt cheap, and there is so much to say within this theme.  Investigate and enter…

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Learn more about the Appropriated Gender show!CALL for ENTRIES: Appropriated Gender

 

The “Appropriated Gender” curatorial vision embraces diverse visual art and performance interpretations of gender perception and self-identity. It is the curator’s aim to examine how gender is portrayed visually, enlighten and challenge the audience, stimulating cultural discussion.

ELIGIBILITY:  Open call for all visual & performance artists whose work relates to the topic of gender.

MEDIA:  Open to all media, but contemporary approaches are encouraged, including 2D, 3D, Mixed media, Collage, Painting, Printmaking, Photography, Digital art, Sculpture, Assemblage, Video art, and performance art. Art must have been created within the last 10 years.  They also encourage proposals for performances and site-specific Installation art with explanation, including documentation of examples of previous work.

Learn more about the Appropriated Gender show at the 1310 gallery!DEADLINE:
August 19, 2012

NOTIFICATION:
By September 5, 2012

ENTRY FEE:  $15 for up to 10 images.

If accepted, each artist will be asked to pay a one time, $10 participation fee (on top of the jury fee) to go towards costs of the exhibit.

Editor’s Note:
$25 for 10 images is still dirt cheap.

JUROR:  Lisa Rockford received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Lisa is a resident artist at Sailboat Bend artist Lofts and founding member 1310 Gallery. Lisa began curating Contemporary art exhibitions in her position as Art Services Director of the Dittmar Gallery at Northwestern University in 2000.

Learn more about the Appropriated Gender show at the 1310 gallery! In 2011, Lisa Rockford curated the Art of Whimsy exhibition (as part of the ART FALLOUT event), with 33 artists, and 12 prominent art professionals acting as guest judges. As a visual artist, Lisa Rockford exhibits her artwork both nationally and internationally, has been featured on Chicago Public Radio, and covered by the Chicago Reader, Time Out Chicago, Peel Magazine, and the Miami Herald. Lisa was recently awarded the Innovative Collaborative Grant through Funding Arts Broward for her recent Solo show at the Art and culture Center.

AWARDS:  Cash prizes

For full details, Read the Full Call!

Learn more about the Appropriated Gender show at the 1310 gallery!

 

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