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Color:
National Juried Art Show NYC
Call
for Artists -
Deadline:
June 2nd, 2014
Open
Call for Submissions from artists all over the USA
for an exhibit in our gallery, The
Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC) –
an 8,000 square foot Civil War-era warehouse on the Red Hook
waterfront. With its trendy restaurants, bars, boutiques and
billion
dollar view of the Statue of Liberty and New York Harbor,
it’s an exciting place to visit and EXHIBIT. The enormous
space of the
gallery affords us the opportunity to exhibit really huge work, and we
welcome
it. We are pleased to be joined by a prestigious juror – Lauren Hinkson, Assistant Curator at Solomon
Guggenheim
Museum. With
her experience, expect an exceptionally exciting exhibition.
Call
to Artists for Submissions
Early
Bird Discounted Deadline: May
19, 2014
Final
Submission
Deadline: June
2, 2014
Gallery Exhibition Dates:
July 26 – August 17, 2014 weekends 2-6PM
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 26, 2014
from 2-6PM
About
The Juror
Lauren
Hinkson
is the
Assistant Curator for Collections at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,
New
York. She conducts permanent collection research with a focus on
contemporary
and time-based art. She also works closely with the museum’s
acquisition
committees and organizes presentations of works from the Guggenheim
collection
for venues worldwide. In addition to her research work, she has curated
Il Guggenheim: l'Avanguardia americana,
1945–1980 at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome
and Lasting Images at the Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Hinkson has also co-curated
several collections-based exhibitions at the Guggenheim Museum
in New
York
including Now’s
the Time: Recent Acquisitions;
Surface, Support, Process: The 1960s Monochrome
in the Guggenheim
Collection; Pop Objects and Icons from the
Guggenheim
Collection and Paired, Gold: Felix Gonzalez-Torres
and Roni Horn. Prior
to
joining the Guggenheim in 2008, she worked in the Department of Prints
and
Illustrated Books at the Museum of Modern Art,
New
York.
$3000
in Cash
Awards
BEST
of
SHOW
GOLD:
$1000
At the Opening Reception, the artist whose work
is juried as ‘Best of Show’ by Lauren Hinkson will receive a $1000 cash
prize.
BEST
of SHOW
SILVER: $500
At the Opening Reception, the
artist whose work is juried ‘Best of Show Silver’ Lauren Hinkson will
receive a
$500 cash prize.
PEOPLES’
CHOICE: $250:
The artist
whose work is voted ‘Best’ by attendees during the course of the show
will receive
a $250 cash prize.
CURATORS’
CHOICE: $250:
The artist whose work the Show Curators choose
for excellence will receive a $250 cash prize.
CERTIFICATE
of RECOGNITION:
$1000
$100
each for ten
winners. All
selections will be made by
the juror, Lauren Hinkson.
Bonus
Offer
Artists
accepted
into Color can also send one
additional work that will be
exhibited in our Affordable Art area. All works must be smaller than
12” x 16”
and must be priced for sale at $500 or under.
Show
Details
“I
think it pisses God
off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't
notice it.”
― Alice
Walker, The Color
Purple
“Mere
color, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak
to the
soul in a thousand different ways.” – Oscar
Wilde
“There
is no blue
without yellow and without orange.” –
Vincent Van Gogh
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 print of oil painting), unless
used as part of
a mixed media work, will not be considered.
Oversize Work, Assemblages and Installations are
welcome at the
discretion of BWAC, but must meet all other specifications
and be delivered, installed and removed by the artist (or their agent)
upon
arrangement with BWAC staff. All work
requiring electricity
must auto on/off with the line power.
JURYING: Entries
that differ significantly from their digital images may be rejected.
Decision
of the judges is final.
SUBMISSIONS
AND
FEES: Only
original works may be submitted. The Early Bird
discounted fee is
$45 if received by midnight,
May 19, 2014
PST. The regular fee is $65. The fee is for
up to three (3)
images, plus $5 for each additional image. Sculpture and installations:
artists
may use two additional images for details, at no extra charge. Contact
bwacinfo@aol.com if you need them.
You must have already applied before you can
request extra images.
All
entries must
be registered/received by midnight,
June 2, 2014
PST. All entry fees are non-refundable.
CONTACT/QUESTIONS:
Please
direct all questions to bwacinfo@aol.com
To
Reach Full Prospectus
(PDF): click
here
To
Apply: click
here
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