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ARTIST RESIDENCY: Arrowmont

ARTIST RESIDENCY

What could be better than a year of time with a studio, housing, a monthly stipend and professional development opportunities? …spending it in the Great Smoky Mountains, of course. 

Applications for this residency are not due until February 2011, so you’ve got a little time to get prepared…but don’t procrastinate!  Take a look at this opportunity from Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts.

Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts!

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts is a nationally-renowned center of contemporary arts and crafts education. Workshops are offered for weekend, one and two week sessions from May through October each year.

http://arrowmont.org/registration/commerce.pl?page=2010workshops.html&cart_id=From January through March classes are offered to children, youth and adults who live nearby and can attend in the evenings and on Saturday mornings.

Areas of study include: ceramics, fibers, metals/jewelry, painting, drawing, photography, warm glass, woodturning, woodworking, sculpture, and book and paper arts.

The public is welcome year-round to visit the school’s five galleries, resource center and book and supply store.

Artist residencies, assistantships, work-study, scholarships, community outreach, conferences and music programs contribute to Arrowmont’s mission of “enriching lives through art.”

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts Artist-in-Residence Program

Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts!The Arrowmont’s Artist-in-Residence program was established in 1991. The program provides early career, self-directed artists time, space and support to experiment and develop a new body of work in a creative supportive community environment of 160 rotating visiting workshop artists/instructors and hundreds of students. The Arrowmont Residency Program encourages early career artists who embrace community and enjoy working in a team environment to apply.

Five artists working in different media are selected annually to participate in the 11 month program which begins in mid June and continues through late May of the following year. Private studios, a monthly stipend, a furnished shared house on campus with private bedrooms and meals (during workshop sessions) are provided. Professional development opportunities are made available though funding and networking sources. At the conclusion of the program, Residents exhibit their work collectively in the Arrowmont main gallery.

HOW TO APPLY FOR THE ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PRORGRAM

 WHO SHOULD APPLY?

 Click here to visit the Figurative Symposium!The ideal candidate for the Arrowmont Residency Program is an early career, self-motivated individual able to work well independently and within a larger organization. The successful resident is eager to be involved with Arrowmont’s diverse existing program offerings such as workshops, conferences, community outreach and exhibitions. Candidates who enjoy the team spirit in working with staff, other residents and visiting artists/instructors are encouraged to apply. The five artists selected each year work in a variety of media which reflects the strength of Arrowmont workshop offerings and resources. The Arrowmont Artist-in-Residence Program is open to permanent residents of the United States.

HOW TO APPLY:

Submit the following by February 1st
1.  Complete application (click here to download)
2.  Resumé
3.  Personal statement addressing reasons why you want to be an Arrowmont Resident and your goals while at Arrowmont. Include any other personal information you feel best describes you and your work.
4.  Twenty (20) digital images of your most recent work submitted on a CD. Label images with the title, medium, size and date executed. Images must be high quality JPEGs with a minimum resolution of 800×600 pixels at 300 dpi. An image identification sheet is also required with your submission. This sheet must include your name and contact information at the top of the page, followed by thumbnail images of all work submitted on the CD. Please note submitted CDs will not be returned.
5.  2 letters of recommendation (sent with application packet)
6.  $25 nonrefundable processing fee. Make check payable to Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts.

NOTE: The application will show in your window for printing.

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Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to download the PDF application.

Click here to download it now for free.

For more information, visit Arrowmont’s page on How to Apply.

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CALL FOR ENTRIES: Photography

Click Here to Subscribe to this Blog by Email!If your dream is to run off to New York and be an artist when you grow up…it is never too late.

What could be better than a Manhattan exhibit, round-trip airfare to the event and a $1.2 million dollar apartment for a year?  I don’t know either.  If you are a photographer looking to take one big leap into the art world, here is the call for which you’ve been looking.  It costs $88 for 15 images, but that could be the cheapest investment of your life. Directly from their website:

International Open Call

Your images hold power. Every time you pick up the camera, you have an opportunity to make art, to ask questions, to share beauty, to expose truth.

Visit Artists Wanted Online!You are invited to participate in an international competition for photographers of all types. This is your moment to be discovered.

Our goal is simple: we want to find amazing photographic talents and expose them to the world in the most potent way possible. Rewards and benefits will be given to all who participate (to see a sample of submitted portfolios, click here).

One grand prize winner will be awarded an art-star New York City gallery reception, international publicity and their choice of $10,000 cash or 1 year living rent free in a $1.2 million apartment provided by The Edge in New York City.

What You Get:

Is it time for YOU to take a chance?By entering the contest, you will receive all of the following:

1. An online portfolio (see a sample here) of your images to share with the world. Your portfolio will be browsable by gallerists, collectors and commercial buyers through our Artist Search Engine.

2. A free subscription to JPG’s digital magazine.

3. $100 in discounts and credits from Zipcar.com.

4. Other discounts and freebies from our sponsors valued at over $95.

The Awards:

Our panel of judges including Photographer Lauren Greenfield, New York Times Photo Editor Maura Foley, MOMA Curator Nora Lawrence and JPG Founders Derek Powazek & Heather Powazek Champ, will choose one photographer for the Grand Prize:

  • $10,000 cash or 1-year FREE living at a $1.2 million apartment at The Edge in New York City
  • A Manhattan Gallery Reception
  • Airfare and shipping to and from New York City for the event
  • International Publicity

The public will also cast their vote and the highest rated portfolio will receive the People’s Choice Award:

  • $2,000 in cash
  • A Manhattan Gallery Reception
  • Airfare and shipping to and from New York City for the event

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INTERNATIONAL CALL: Post Cards

Click Here to Subscribe to this Blog by Email!I received an overwhelming response to the last post on a Mail Art opportunity. 

It seems that my readers like the idea of a quick project and the unpredictible nature of the postal system.  Just for you, here is an a cream puff of a resume builder–an international call for mail art (postcards) from Sweden. 

This show is all hung AND offers possible publication as well….and it is FREE!

Call for Submissions

International Call for Postcards!After the success of their collage postcard project in September 2009, Cut & Paste, the folks at MailArt.se are now making a call for altered postcards of famous tourist sights from all over the world.

All incoming cards will be published on MailArt.se and exhibited in Galleri KG52, Stockholm in August of 2010. 

They will also publish the ones they like the best in a small book edition.

Here are the rules:

* The cards should have the usual postcard format, i.e. approximately A6, 105 x 148 mm (approx. 4″ x 6″)
* The cards should show an altered tourist attraction
* all techniques are welcome
* Three cards
is the maximum for each participant
* The cards have to be posted before June 1, 2010
*
The cards won’t be returned.
* The cards will be uploaded on the net from from April 15, 2010–– Click Here to see what they will look like.
Send your Card to:
1
. Edvard Derkert, Galleri KG52, Kammakargatan 52, 11160 Stockholm, Sweden
2. A digital version of the file saved in jpg, highest quality. 1000 x 709 pixels, or something close to that should be emailed to: info@dad.a.se

Please state include your name, country, the name of the postcard view, your mailing address and/or homeadress andyour website–if you have one.

Participants agree to the exhibition and public showing of their cards: in the Gallery, on the web and in the book.

If you have questions, ideas, good links etc., please contact info@dad.a.se .

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Art Publication

Click Here to Subscribe to this Blog by Email!I get lots of inquiries from artists about the value of group shows versus solo shows versus publication. 

Everyone has an opinion about the value of art shows and publication to an artist’s career.  I will say this.  I have had lots of positive exposure from my adventures in art publication.  I still receive inquiries from galleries regarding my inclusion in a tiny midwest art zine from April of 2009.

It can’t hurt, right?  It is all part of the recipe for success.  Here’s a great opportunity to cook up something special:

The Splinter Generation!

Call for Submissions: Visual Art

The Splinter Generation is dedicated to providing a venue for aspiring and established artists. They accept contributions of work in any fine art medium including painting, drawing, performance art, video, printmaking, photography, textiles and sculpture. Literary comics also welcome.

Follow the recipe closely!They have no prescribed style and will consider both representational and abstract work. However, the work should speak to the overall generational theme of the journal, whether directly or indirectly.

The Splinter Generation is a place by and for people born between 1973 and 1993. It’s a venue for writers, artists and musicians from all different backgrounds to tell the story of our generation. I’m hoping they will forgive the one year that I am outside their timeline, ha.

For each issue they will select a single artist to feature. They ask for one time publication rights and permission to archive the images on the site. They will consider previously published art as long as the artist has retained the rights.

Artwork should be professionally documented. Review their complete artwork guidelines below carefully before submitting.

Visual Art Submission Guidelines

Submissions should be in JPEG format and attached to an e-mail which contains the following:

  • Name
  • E-mail address
  • Street Address
  • Website link if applicable
  • List of works by title, medium and size of work and publication history (Be sure to tell us if the work is “Not For Sale” – NFS)
  • Artist statement (150 words maximum)
  • Short biography of the artist (75 words maximum)
  • Send 3-5 works in JPEG file format, 600 x 800 pixels or smaller, 300 dpi, as an attachment to an e-mail message. Alternatively, you may provide direct links to 3 – 5 specific images on your website.
  • For video, provide up to two Vimeo or YouTube links to clips 1 to 3 minutes in length, along with information on the full length and any production credits.
  • In the subject line, put “Art Submission” and the title of the work.
  • Please follow the guidelines carefully, or your work will not be reviewed, without notice to you.

Send the artwork (and only artwork) attached to an e-mail addressed to splintergenart@gmail.com. Those artists selected for publication will be notified within 30 days.

If the work is subsequently published in another venue, they do ask that the publication in Splinter Generation be acknowledged.

Note: Splinter Generation does not charge commission for work sold as a result of exposure in the magazine.

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Mail Art

Click here to Subscribe to this Blog by Email!Don’t we all love to get a little something in the mail other than bills and advertising? 

How many of you are familiar with “mail art”?

According to Wikipedia, Mail art is art which uses the postal system as a medium.

The term mail art can refer to an individual message, the medium through which it is sent, or an artistic genre. Mail art is also known as postal art and is sometimes referred to as Correspondence/Mail Art (CMA).

Envelope by Al Ackerman courtesy of Ohio State Univ. LibraryMail artists typically exchange ephemera in the form of illustrated letters, zines, rubberstamped, decorated or illustrated envelopes, artist trading cards, postcards, artistamps, faux postage, mail-interviews, naked mail, friendship books, decos, and three-dimensional objects.

An amorphous international mail art network, involving thousands of participants in over fifty countries, evolved between the 1950s and the 1990s. It was influenced by other movements, including Dada and Fluxus.

Send a treat by Mail!One theme in mail art is that of commerce-free exchange; early mail art was, in part, a snub of gallery art, juried shows, and exclusivity in art. A saying in the mail art movement is “senders receive”, meaning that one must not expect mail art to be sent to oneself unless one is also actively participating in the movement.

Here’s your excuse to get involved, send a yummy treat to California, and get a show in the process:

Call for Submissions:

International Mail Art Exhibition:
In Honor and Memory of Judith A. Hoffberg

Judith A. HoffbergJudith A. Hoffberg (1934-2009) was an avid and active promoter of mail art and artists’ books.

Judith was editor and publisher of Umbrella, a newsletter devoted to all manner of art publishing and art exhibitions.

In addition to Judith’s work as a librarian, archivist, lecturer and curator, she gave unstintingly of her time and energy to promote artists through her encouragement and connections in the art world.

To participate in the exhibition, mail art submissions must be received by June 4, 2010 by postal mail or email. All art sent through the mail needs to be sent unwrapped.

Judith A. HoffbergAll mail art included in the exhibition will be donated to the Judith A. Hoffberg Archive at the Library of the University of California, Santa Barbara, with the permission of the artist.

The exhibition will be held in the Armory’s Caldwell Gallery from June 27 – August 22, 2010.

Opening reception is Saturday, June 26, 2010, from 7-9 PM.

For questions, contact exhibition curator Jay Belloli at jbelloli@armoryarts.org or 626-792-5101 ext 117.

Please send submissions to:

Jay Belloli, Director of Gallery Programs
Armory Center for the Arts
145 N. Raymond Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91103
jbelloli@armoryarts.org

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CALL FOR ENTRIES: At Her Age

Click to Subscribe to this Blog by Email!I am rapidly approaching 40, and I don’t like it.

I have alot to say about aging, but it hasn’t come out in my artwork yet.  I am afraid to open that proverbial can of worms for fear of spiralling into my own narcissitic world of self-indulgent “Oh Woe is Me” work that will permanently end my ability to produce work of any sort of value aside from auto-biographical.  Yep, issues.  Moving on…

I have found an opportunity to say something about my aging in a project-oriented way that might help restrain my tendancy for getting carried away, and I thought you might like it too.

“At Her Age”
an exhibition on Women, Sex and Age

curated by Martha Wilson, artist and founder of Franklin Furnace

On Air: The Official Blog of the A.I.R. GalleryA.I.R. Gallery is pleased to announce CURRENTS, a timely and innovative exhibition series. Each year the CURRENTS exhibit will address an issue that warrants expanded critical attention in the art world.

A.I.R. will invite established and non-traditional curators (artists, activists, writers, poets) to select the works to be exhibited with the theme designed as a collaboration between the curator and the gallery.

This new opportunity is open to all self-identified women artists worldwide and will be curated through an open call and through invitations by the curator.

For the inaugural CURRENTS exhibit, Martha Wilson will curate, “At Her Age,” an exhibit on Women, Age and Sex.

At Her Age will examine how women at any period in their life, old or young, view their changing bodies.

Visit MarthaWilson.comQuestions to be addressed could be:

“How does age affect experiencing one’s sexual/sensual life?”

“How age impacts one’s evolving personal and social relationships?”

While older women may be perceived by others as inconsequential or asexual, they personally experience increasing knowledge of themselves.

Younger women may experience curiosity/fear/pleasure about the changes in their own bodies due to age.

A.I.R. Gallery is looking for artwork, to be selected by Martha Wilson, that addresses age and sex as part of an evolutionary process.

Download the Prospectus Here.

Learn more about Curator Martha Wilson!

About the Curator:

Martha Wilson is an artist and Founding Director of Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc. Since its inception in 1976, Franklin Furnace has presented and preserved temporal art: artists’ books and other multiples produced internationally after 1960; temporary installations; and performance art. Ms. Wilson lectures widely on the book as an art form, on performance art, and on “live art on the Internet.”

Trained in English Literature, Ms. Wilson was teaching at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design when she became fascinated by artworks created at the intersection of text and image.

In New York, she founded DISBAND, the all-girl punk band of artists who couldn’t play any instruments. Since DISBAND disbanded in 1982, she has performed in the guises of Alexander Haig, Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, and Tipper Gore. In the spring of 2008, she had her first solo exhibition in New York at Mitchell Algus Gallery, “Martha Wilson: Photo/Text Works, 1971-1974.”

DEADLINE: May 14, 2010 – Midnight online, 6pm drop off, or postmark

IMAGE GUIDELINES:

DIGITAL: Submit digital images online or on CD. Jpg files only. File names should be your telephone number followed by the image number (i.e. 2122556651-1.jpg, 2122556651-2.jpg). Images should not exceed 1000 pixels x 1000 pixels or 300k in memory. All images should be oriented correctly.

VIDEO: Submit 3 minutes or less on DVD that is playable on a computer and on a DVD player. A.I.R.’s website does not accept video uploads. DVDs must be mailed or hand delivered to the gallery on or before TBD at 6pm.

NOTIFICATION DATE: July 15, 2010.

EXHIBITION DATES: The exhibit will be located in A.I.R.’s Gallery 1 space from December 1, 2010 through January 2, 2011.

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FEATURED ARTIST: Shane Watt

Click here to Subscribe to this Blog by Email!I am very rarely surprised by artists.
It is not meant as an insult…

I often feel like I have witnessed every take on every media imaginable.  Cracked every nut.  But, of course, I haven’t.  And, I delight every time I am taken by surprise.

Shane WattShane Watt
is a delightful surprise.

Watt considers himself a  semi-fictional mapmaker.  He is self-taught and based in Montreal Quebec Canada inspired most by the drawing of his father.

Watt has been exhibiting his cartographic work over the past 4 years and producing commissions for the past 7 years.

Watt uses objects, numbers, real places and photographs to create city maps, which convey stories and insights into his own personal experience of a particular time and place. 

Many loyal readers know that I send a quiz, of sorts, to artists I want to feature, and the questions vary depending on my gut reaction to their work. 

In fairness, I usually answer the questions first baring my own truths and embarassments. 

Waites Rounde by Shane WattWhen I asked Watt about his artistic influences, he claimed his father as his biggest inspiration.  Sweet. 

Then once again, he delightfully surprised me.  As a second influence, Watt claims Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart).  Wow, I didn’t see that one coming.  On a humorous note, when Don Van Vliet was asked the same question, he answered “I just paint like I paint and that’s enough influence.”  Funny.

Click to see a larger version of Bloodshotville by Shane Watt!I won’t reveal the art he finds creepy, and I’ll leave it to you to figure out his favorite snack foods…yes, I do ask. I’m a nosey foodie, and it IS a food-themed art blog.

In his upcoming exhibit at Galarie Rye in Montreal, Watt will showcase a recent collection of works including a multi-dimensional map, which can be viewed from various perspectives revealing clues of an overall narrative and an interactive puzzle map.

Illustration by Shane WattI think most of us can accept map making as an art form, and a few of us always think of maps as art.  But in an age of GPS systems, only an artist would think of whimsical, semi-fictional maps as a specialty media.  How perfect.  I love a niche market. 

Even more–I love the idea of something being representational, but not. 

I appreciate Watt’s refusal to dumb down work to mere aesthetics but make it beautiful nonetheless.  I revel in Watt’s assumption of the best in all people–curiousity, determination and the yearning to understand.

Visit ShaneWatt.com!When asked if he includes puzzles and secrets in all of his work–even the commissions, he simply states, “The maps always contain at least four elements, the primary narrative, the muse, references to me and, of course, the secrets of the city. Whenever I create a commission I’m always very clear about the fact that the cities all inter-connect into the larger context of my fictitious country Loyala and need to have the four elements present….so far no one has really minded.”

Thank you Shane Watt

I look forward to searching out the hidden gems in my own life’s map very soon.

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CALL FOR ENTRIES: Exaggerate

Learn How to Cook up an artshow of your own!I love a theme…we have taco night at my house, no kidding. 

Art is no different.  Give me a theme anyday.  It is a great way to jumpstart your creative brain while you’re working on a full show of work.  And sometimes, it can be the beginning of a whole new series of work.

I have found a GREAT SHOW for you, but you really have to hurry…the deadline is coming fast!

Exaggerate! Art & Tall Tales!I LOVE the idea of the Exaggerate! show from The Arts Guild of Old Forge (NY). 

Here’s the call for visual art
AND writing:

Artists lay it on thick in this open exhibit of Amazing two and three dimensional artwork, and larger-than-life written works.

The BIG idea is to exaggerate!

This is an out of proportion, overblown, not entirely accurate exhibition of photography, painting, pastel, graphics, drawing, fiber, sculpture, and ceramics as well as short written works: poetry and tall tales, all themed around the idea of exaggeration.

All work will be displayed and judged for awards.  (All-hung shows are great resume builders!)

It is a chance for artists to express feelings rather than facts, and it will transport viewers beyond the bounds of reason.

“Explore our fascination with what we know is too good to be true. Exaggerate! is the greatest exhibition you will ever see!”

Visual Art

All two-dimensional artwork must be suitably framed for exhibition with hook eyes and wire attached. No alligator frame hangers.

Three-dimensional art must be complete and moveable. There are no size restrictions. It you would like the opportunity to have the work you plan to submit featured on exhibition publicity pieces please email a high quality image of your work for consideration to jpritchard@artscenteroldforge.org with the subject line: Exaggerate! Artwork.

Learn more about the Exaggerate! exhibitTall Tales & Poetry

Written submissions should not exceed 1000 words. Tall tale and poetry submissions will be integrated into the exhibition in a visual manner as well as displayed in readers copy books within the Arts Center.

Written works should be submitted twice. Electronically to be judged, as well as framed for display.

Framed Submission

Writers are welcome to be creative with how they display their words and are allowed to incorporate visual elements, although framing is the only mandatory display requirement. Framed works for display should arrive at the Arts Center/Old Forge with your entry form and entry fee.

Digital Submission

Digital submissions can be emailed or sent on a CD. If necessary they may be typed and mailed. These are for the Juror to read and select from based on each work’s literary merit. They do not need to be decorative or formatted in any particular way. The submission deadline for this copy of your writing is due April 26, 2010.

• Digital submissions should not be accompanied by entry forms and payment (although this is necessary for the framed portion of written submissions).

•Emailed entries should include “Exaggerate submission”in the subject line. Send to Linda Weal, the Exhibition Coordinator, at lweal@artscenteroldforge.org.

• CD Entries, or typed copies should be sent to:

Attention: Exaggerate!
Arts Center/Old Forge
PO Box 1144
Old Forge, NY 13420

Click Here for a full printable prospectus!

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Documentary Photography

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FAST FOOD

VS.

PRIME RIB

Due to today’s fast pace, many folks eat on the run and know the menu of every fast food joint in town.

However, evidence shows that a non-stop diet of fast food is not healthy.

Today’s theme? Stop and smell the prime rib.

In art as in food, it can’t all be fast food.

Here’s a call from The Open Society Institute that definitely qualifies as prime rib:

The Open Society Institute invites photographers to submit a body of work for consideration in the Moving Walls 18 group exhibition.

Moving Walls is an exhibition series that features in-depth and nuanced explorations of human rights and social issues.  Thematically linked to OSI’s mission, Moving Walls is exhibited at OSI’s offices in New York and Washington, DC and includes seven discrete bodies of work.

CLICK to learn more about the Open Society Institute!

Moving Walls recognizes the brave and difficult work that photographers undertake globally in their documentation of complex social and political issues.  Their images provide the world with human rights evidence, put faces onto a conflict, document the struggles and defiance of marginalized people, reframe how issues are discussed publicly, and provide opportunities for reflection and discussion.  Through Moving Walls, OSI honors this work while visually highlighting the mission of our foundation to staff and visitors.

For participating photographers, a key benefit of the program is to gain exposure for both the social justice or human rights issues they photograph, and for themselves as photographers.  When the tour ends, photographers may keep their professionally-produced exhibition to use however they wish.

View images from current and previous Moving Walls exhibitions.

Areas of Interest

Since its inception in 1998, Moving Walls has featured over 100 photographers whose work addresses a variety of social justice and human rights issues that coincide with OSI’s mission.

Work by Phillipe Chancel from Moving Walls 15

Each Moving Walls exhibit includes seven distinct bodies of work that address issues or geographic regions where OSI is active.  Priority is given to work whose subject has not been recently addressed in Moving Walls.

Listed below are some topics that are focus areas for OSI and about which they are interested in receiving submissions.  Please note that photographers are welcome to submit their work for Moving Walls even if their subject area is not included on this list.  All work submitted will be considered for exhibition. In addition to the focus areas listed below, please visit their website (www.soros.org) for a complete listing of OSI priorities and programs.

  • Migration-related issues
  • International LGBTQI issues
  • Muslim communities in Europe
  • Women in post-conflict countries
  • Pre-trial detention (international)
  • Public health issues in Africa, including access to essential medicines, access to health care, palliative care
  • Climate change
  • Economic downturn in the United States, including the foreclosure crisis
  • Images that reframe mainstream media representations of African American men and boys
  • Transgender individuals in the United States
  • Detention of immigrants in the United States
  • Youth movements, especially political participation

Work from James Pomerantz from Moving Walls 15Who Can Apply

Any emerging or veteran photographer who has completed a body of work on a human rights or social justice issue may apply for Moving Walls. Work in progress may be submitted as long as a substantial portion of the work has been completed. We will accept any genre of photography that is documentary in nature and is not staged or manipulated. In addition, priority will be given to work that addresses issues and geographic regions of concern to OSI.

Seven portfolios will be selected based on the quality of the images, the project’s relevance to OSI, and the photographer’s ability to portray a social justice or human rights issue in a visually compelling, unique, and respectful way.

Moreover, Moving Walls values work by photographers who have a long-term investment in a community or issue. Photographers working in their home countries, women, emerging artists, and people of color are also encouraged to apply.

OSI does not discriminate based on any status that may be protected by applicable law.

Emerging Photographer Travel Grant

To support the professional advancement of photographers who have not received much exposure, an additional travel grant will be provided to select Moving Walls photographers to attend the opening in New York and meet with local photo editors and relevant NGO staff.

Recipients must apply for the travel grant after being chosen for inclusion in the Moving Walls exhibition. The grant is subject to the applicant obtaining the necessary visa to the travel to the U.S.

Recipients will be determined based on, among other things, prior international travel experience, prior attendance at workshops and seminars outside their home communities, publication and exhibition history, awards, and potential impact on their professional development.

Work by Kai Wiedenhofer from Moving Walls 15Application Process

The Moving Walls application has switched this year to an online application system.  Please go to http://apply.movingwalls.org/ to access it.  You will be asked to submit the following materials:

  1. application cover page
  2. a project statement* (600 words maximum) describing the project you would like to exhibit at OSI;
  3. a short narrative bio (250 words maximum) summarizing your previous work and experience;
  4. your curriculum vitae;
  5. 15-20 jpg images

Optional materials:

Multimedia:  Moving Walls has the capacity to exhibit multimedia in addition to (but not in place of) the print exhibition. A multimedia sample should be submitted only if it complements or enhances, rather than duplicates, the other submitted materials. The sample will be judged on its ability to present complex issues through compelling multimedia storytelling, and will not negatively impact the print submission. If you are submitting a multimedia piece for consideration, please post the piece on a free public site such as youtube and include a link. If the piece is longer than five minutes, let them know what start time to begin watching at.

NOTE: The one-page statement is intended to give the Selection Committee a better understanding of the project. Non-native English speakers should describe their projects as accurately as possible, but do need not be concerned with the quality of their English.

Work by Benjamin Lowy from Moving Walls 16

Deadline

Complete submissions must be received at OSI-NY by 5pm (Eastern Standard Time) on Friday, June 11, 2010.

Review and Selection Process

Phase 1: Applications will be reviewed and selections made by a committee of foundation staff and the exhibit curators, Susan Meiselas and Stuart Alexander. In evaluating the work, the committee considers the quality of the photographs and their relevance to OSI’s overall mission and activities. In addition, the committee aims to select a diversity of issues and geographic areas in order to avoid repetition of topics shown in recent exhibitions. View images from their recent exhibitions at www.movingwalls.org.

They tend to receive between 150-200 submissions each round.  For Moving Walls 18, they plan to select seven bodies of work.

Phase 2: The selected photographers will be designated wall space and encouraged to visit OSI’s offices in New York in order to meet with their curators and prepare installation plans. Please note that travel to OSI is not part of Moving Walls payment and is not a requirement. Photographers who are unable to travel to OSI may correspond with our curators by e-mail or fax and submit their installation plans electronically.

While curators work closely with photographers to determine an installation plan, final curatorial decisions are at the discretion of the Moving Walls curators and selection committee.

During this time, the selected photographers will be invited to apply for the Emerging Photographer Travel Grant.

Time Frame

Applications are due by 5pm E.S.T. on Friday, June 11, 2010. To participate, you must be available to follow the exhibition schedule detailed below. Moving Walls 18 is scheduled to open in March 2011. The approximate duration of the exhibition in New York is nine months. After the New York exhibition closes, OSI will select (at its discretion) a portion of the exhibition to travel to its Washington, D.C. office for an additional nine months.

Please note that, in connection with prior Moving Walls exhibitions, certain photographers have been asked to participate in subsequent exhibitions in Baltimore, Maryland (in conjunction with the OSI office located there) and in New York City (at the Columbia University School of Social Work and John Jay College of Criminal Justice). Should you be selected, the decision to participate would be entirely yours and a separate agreement would be executed.

Work of Paolo Woods from Moving Walls 16Exhibition Schedule

Participating photographers must be able to commit to the following exhibition schedule:

June 11, 2010: Deadline for submissions.

July 2010: Notification of participants begins.

Summer 2010: Selected photographers meet with curators to plan their shows. Selected photographers invited to apply for the Emerging Photographer Travel Grant.

September 2010: Deadline for selected photographers to submit detailed budgets and installation plans.

December 2010: Deadline for submission of the following:

  • artist’s statement, bio, captions, and other wall texts
  • High resolution jpeg files of each exhibition image for use in exhibition-related printed materials and for inclusion on our website.

Recipients of the Emerging Photographer Travel Grants notified.

January 2011: Deadline for photographers to have their completed prints delivered to the framer. Photographers are responsible for making these arrangements.

March 2011: Opening reception

Payment

Upon selection, photographers must submit a budget application for printing, drymounting, and other production costs. Once the budget is approved, participants will be responsible for working within this budget and must use OSI-approved labs. OSI will then pay for standard framing and window matting or back-mounting. In addition, selected photographers will receive a $2,000 royalty payment. When the exhibition tour is completed, photographers will receive the framed and matted work. OSI will cover the costs of returning work up to $750 for photographers based in the United States and $1250 internationally. Any shipping costs that exceed these amounts will be the responsibility of the photographer.

OSI will offer travel grants to emerging Moving Walls photographers to attend the opening in New York and meet with local photo editors and NGOs.  Applying for this grant is optional.  Recipients will be determined at OSI’s discretion.

Licensing

By participating in the exhibit, you grant OSI a nonexclusive, irrevocable, fully paid-up, royalty-free, and worldwide license in perpetuity to reproduce, distribute, publish, make derivative works from, and publicly display the work for purposes relating to the OSI Documentary Photography Project, including, but not limited to, the following formats:

  • exhibition invitation
  • exhibition wall texts
  • exhibition catalog
  • educational or promotional material for the exhibition
  • OSI’s website or any successor or comparable medium of display

In addition, you grant to OSI a nonexclusive, irrevocable, fully paid-up, royalty-free, and worldwide license in perpetuity to reproduce and publicly display the work on OSI’s website, or any successor or comparable medium of display, solely for OSI’s non-commercial advocacy or educational purposes.  In any and all uses, OSI shall provide a photographer’s credit and identify it as related to Moving Walls 18.

Contact

If you have any questions, please contact Quito Ziegler at 1-212-547-6909 orqziegler@sorosny.org .

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