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CALL for ENTRIES: Illegitimate & Herstorical

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I love non-traditional foods and flavors.  I recently took a guided hike with A Walk in the Woods where we tasted everything from spicebush (pictured left) to nature’s toothbrush, the birch twig.  But, I suppose most non-traditional foods are not non-traditional to someone somewhere.  It is all a matter of perspective.  This Call for Entries is part of an on-going effort on the part of the gallery to use non-traditional curators.  Take a look…

Check out this Call for Entries from the A.I.R. Gallery in Brooklyn, NY for Illegitimate & Herstorical.  Enter artwork of any media for $30 for FOUR  images by June 15, 2011.  Take a chance…

CALL for ENTRIES:  Illegitimate & Herstorical

Read the Prospectus from the A.I.R. Gallery in Brooklyn, NY!This is the 2nd Annual CURRENTS exhibition, a program where A.I.R. invites non-traditional curators (artists, activists, writers, poets) to select works to be exhibited within theme designed as a collaboration between the curator and the gallery.   This year’s theme is Illegitimate & Herstorical:  an exhibit on alternatives in art, love, power, knowledge and community.

Each year the CURRENTS exhibit addresses an issue that warrants expanded critical attention in the art world. The exhibit will be located in A.I.R.’s Gallery I space from January 4th – January 28th, 2012.

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all women and transgender artists.

MEDIA:  Open to all media.

DEADLINE:  June 15, 2011

NOTIFICATION:  October 1, 2011

ENTRY FEE:  $30 for 4 images, $5 for each additional image.  *Editor’s Note: A.I.R will waive the entry fee for applicants that contact the gallery ahead of time and express that due to a difficult financial situation the entry fee is prohibitive. Artists will not be turned away for this reason. Please note that as A.I.R is an artist-run not-for-profit-gallery application fees are necessary to fund this exhibition and other projects. Please only request fee waiver if it is really necessary.

Learn more about curator Emily Roysdon!CURATOR:  Emily Roysdon (1977) is a New York and Stockholm based artist and writer.  Her working method is interdisciplinary and recent projects take the form of performance, photographic installations, print making, text, video, curating and collaborating.  Roysdon recently developed the concept “ecstatic resistance” to talk about the impossible and imaginary in politics.  The concept debuted with simultaneous shows at Grand Arts in Kansas City, and X Initiative in New York. She is editor and co-founder of the queer feminist journal and artist collective, LTTR.  She is a contributing member with the band MEN.  Roysdon completed the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program in 2001 and an Interdisciplinary MFA at UCLA in 2006. Roysdon’s work has been shown at the 2010 Whitney Biennial, Greater NY at PS1, Manifesta 8, Bucharest Biennial 4, Participant, Inc. (NY); Generali Foundation (Vienna) and New Museum (NY). Her writings have been published in numerous books and magazines, including the Journal of Aesthetics and Protest and Women & Performance: a Journal of Feminist Theory.

For complete details, Read the Prospectus!

Read the Prospectus from the A.I.R. Gallery in Brooklyn, NY!