Brooklyn
Waterfront Artist Coalition presents:
WIDE
OPEN 5
Call for
Artists - Deadline: March 10th, 2014
We are excited to announce our fifth annual national juried art
show, Wide Open 5, opening April 26, 2014. And again this year, we are
privileged to have another prominent juror, this time from New York’s
Museum of Modern Art, Paulina Pobocha, Assistant Curator of Painting
and Sculpture. With her guidance, we look forward to a spectacular show.
Ours
is a truly unique gallery – a massive Civil War-era warehouse on the
Red Hook waterfront in Brooklyn, NY. Its enormous space affords us the
opportunity to exhibit really huge work, and we welcome it. We will be
using 8,000 square feet for this show, and look forward to exhibiting
artist’s work from all around the country, work in all sizes, subjects,
and media, except film (it’s almost completely wide open).
We
really love art in all media. As well as looking for skill in the use
of a variety of materials, we look for how well that medium relates to
the concept or movement, and how fully the artist’s intention or
concept is presented and realized. The juror’s awards will reflect that
artistic judgment. Virtually every medium is accepted, including: Oil,
Acrylic, Watercolor, Photography, Pastel, Drawing, Print, Mixed Media,
Sculpture, Assemblage, Installation, Fabric.
Call to
Artists for Submissions
Deadline for submissions: Early Bird February 25 or Final Application
Deadline March 10, 2014
Gallery Exhibition Dates: April 26 – June 1, 2014 weekends 2-6PM.
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 26, 2014 from 2-6 PM.
Juror
Paulina
Pobocha is an Assistant Curator in the Department of Painting and
Sculpture at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. During her time at the
Museum, she co-organized Gabriel Orozco (2009), Abstract Expressionist
New York: The Big Picture (2010) and most recently, Claes Oldenburg:
The Street and The Store (2013). Prior to joining the curatorial staff
of MoMA, Paulina was a Joan Tisch Fellow at the Whitney Museum of
American Art, New York where she lectured on a broad range of subjects
in contemporary and modern art. In 2011 she was appointed critic at the
Yale University School of Art. Paulina received her B.A. from the Johns
Hopkins University in 2000 and her M.A. in 2003 from the Institute of
Fine Arts, New York University, where she is now completing her
doctoral dissertation.
14 prizes including $1000
Best in Show Gold
Bonus Offer
Artists
accepted into Wide Open can also send one additional work, ready to
hang, that will be exhibited in our Affordable Art area. All works must
be smaller than 12” x 16” (including frame, if framed) and must be
priced for sale at $500 or under.
Show Details
WIDE
OPEN 5: The broad theme of “Wide Open 5” encompasses all the
possibilities of knowledge and freedom and love - wide open spaces…arms
wide open…eyes wide open - but as with all things, there is the
inevitable opposite - wide open to attack…corruption…failure. What kind
of fantasy is this? What does it really indicate? This juried show
looks to explore this idea of “wide open” in all the hidden niches of
our collective psyche.
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 2D and 3D media,
including film/video when part of an installation. All artwork must be
original in concept, design and execution. Note: Crafts, kit work or
reproductions of original works in other media (such as giclee), unless
used as part of a mixed media work, will not be
considered.
JUDGING:
Final judging will be on-site. Entries that differ significantly from
their digital images may be rejected. Decision of the judges is final.
For
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