Wide
Open 4
Juried Art Show NYC
Call for Artists - Deadline: February
25th 2013
Hurricane
Sandy may have set us back a couple of months, but Wide Open 4 will be
opening May 11, 2013 - bigger and better than ever in our newly rebuilt
gallery. The show will be running for twice as long, with
double the opportunity for attendance and sales. And once again we are
fortunate to be joined by a very prestigious juror - Carrie Springer,
Senior Curatorial Assistant at the Whitney Museum of American Art in
New York City.
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 artists’ work from all around the country, work in all
sizes, subjects, and media, except film (it’s almost completely wide
open).
Call to
Artists for Submissions
Deadline for
submissions: Early Bird February 25 or Final Application
Deadline March 11, 2013
Gallery Exhibition Dates: May 11 – June
16, 2013 weekends 1-6PM.
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 11,
2013 from 1-6 PM.
About the Juror
Carrie Springer is
Senior Curatorial Assistant at the Whitney Museum of American Art in
New York City. She has worked on many exhibitions at the Museum, most
recently "Sherrie Levine: MAYHEM.” Her essay “The Space Between
Blossfeldt and Levine” is included in the “MAYHEM” exhibition
catalogue. Among other projects at the Whitney, she curated
the exhibition "Photography and the Self: The Legacy of F. Holland
Day," and worked with Robert Gober on his exhibition "Heat Waves in a
Swamp: The Paintings of Charles Burchfield." Springer also selected
one-person and curated exhibitions for the 2012 Skowhegan at 92YTribeca
Alumni Exhibition in Three Parts. Her recent freelance publications
include the essays: “Leon Levinstein and the Intimacy of Color” in an
upcoming Levinstein monograph; “Saul Leiter: His Own Voice” in the
“Saul Leiter Retrospective” catalogue for the Deichtorhallen in
Hamburg; and “Navigating Between the Sensual & the Spiritual“
in “Debbie Fleming Caffery: The Spirit & the Flesh.”
$3100 in Cash Awards
BEST of SHOW
GOLD: $1000.00 At the Opening Reception, the artist whose
work is juried as ‘Best of Show’ by our Juror will receive a $1,000
cash prize and a complimentary one-year BWAC membership.
BEST of SHOW SILVER: $500.00 At the
Opening Reception, the artist whose work is juried as ‘Best of Show’ by
our Juror will receive a $1,000 cash prize and a complimentary one-year
BWAC membership.
PEOPLES’ CHOICE: $250.00 The artist whose work is voted
‘Best’ by attendees at the Show Opening will receive a $500 cash prize
and a complimentary one-year BWAC membership
CURATORS’ CHOICE: $250.00 The artist
whose work the Show Curators choose for excellence will receive a
$250.00 cash prize and a complimentary one-year BWAC membership.
BEST in CATEGORY:
$1100 $100 each in the following eleven categories:
Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Photography, Classical
Pastel/Drawing/Print/Graphics, Computer-aided
Pastel/Drawing/Print/Graphics, Mixed Media,
Sculpture, Assemblage, Installation, Fabric. All selections
will be made by the juror.
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 4: The
broad theme of “Wide Open 4” 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 after
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.
SUBMISSIONS AND FEES: Only original
works may be submitted. They must be in a .jpg file format, online or
by mailed CD only. No slides, photographs or DVDs. CD’s will not be
returned. Work may be submitted in one or multiple media.
BWAC prefers an Online Entry, mailed CD entries are charged an extra
$20 uploading fee and must be postmarked by February 25th.
All entry fees are non-refundable.
Early Bird Submissions (through midnight, February 25th): $45.00 for up
to three (3) images ($65.00 if mailed) plus $5.00 for each additional
image.
Submissions between February 25 and midnight, March 11: $65 for up to
three (3) images, plus $5 for each additional image. All submissions
must be online during this period. All entries must be
registered/received by midnight, March 11, 2013.
Sculpture and installations: artists may use two additional images for
details, at no extra charge. Contact bwacinfo@aol.com if
you need them.
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