Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition presents:

The really Affordable Art $how - Call for Artists

Submission Deadline: The Early Bird deadline is July 14 and Final Application Deadline is August 6, 2017.

The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC) is excited to announce our third annual really Affordable Art $how, a national juried show opening September 23, 2017. Our juror is Laura Phipps, Assistant Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC.

Show Details​​​​​​​
The really Affordable Art $how: The broad theme encompasses all the possibilities of your imagination - allowing you to think, play and create outside the box with few inhibitions, restrictions, rules, or guidelines. Just set yourself free to explore the possibilities of creativity and let Ms. Phipps put together an exciting show. She may select none, just one or several from any artist. She does not see the artist's name when making the selection for the show.

Eligibility
This call for submission is open to all residents of the U.S. and its Territories 18 years of age or older. This is a juried exhibition for artists working in all traditional and non-traditional 2-D and 3-D media, including film/video when self-presenting. All artwork must be original inconcept, design and execution. Note: Crafts, battery-operated accessories, kit work or reproductions of original works in other media, unless used as part of a mixed media work, will not be considered. All work must be shipped via UPS or FedEx or hand delivered by artist. All work purchased must be deliverable via UPS, unless being hand delivered by artist or picked-up by purchaser.

Submission & Exhibition Dates

• Submission Deadline: The Early Bird deadline is July 14 and Final Application Deadline is August 6, 2017.
• Gallery Exhibition Dates: September 23 - October 15, 2017; weekends 1-6 P.M.
• Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony: September 23, 2017 from 1-6 P.M.

Juror
Laura Phipps is an Assistant Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art. She has been at the Whitney since the summer of 2009, and her recent projects include Virginia Overton: Sculpture Gardens, Open Plan: Andrea Fraser and a group show of emergingartists Flatlands. She has also co-curated a project with Michele Abeles and the permanent collection exhibition Test Pattern. Laura has assisted with numerous museum exhibitions including 2010, the Whitney Biennial, Legacy: The Emily Fisher Landau Collection, Glenn Ligon: AMERICA, Singular Visions, Wade Guyton OS, Sinister Pop, and Jeff Koons: A Retrospective. She has served as a juror for New American Paintings, on the grant selection committee of the Rema Hort Mann Foundation, as a visiting critic for the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Workspace and Smackmellon Studio Program, and as a guest curator at the Kentler Drawing Center, Brooklyn. Prior to the Whitney, Phipps worked in the curatorial department and director's office of the Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth. She received her MA, Art History at Hunter College, CUNY and BFA, Studio Art and BS, Psychology from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.

$2050 in Cash Awards and Purchase Prizes

For More Information: 

Prospectus (.PDF) http://bwac.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/rAAS-Prospectus-6-9-17.pdf

Contact / Questions: The gallery delivery address is NOT a mailing address for any other purpose. Please direct all questions to help@affordableartshow.info