CALL FOR ARTISTS – MAKING ROOM FOR WONDER
Deadline: April 15th, 2008.
The National Queer Arts Festival is now accepting artists' submissions
for its 11th annual Visual Art Exhibition at SomArts Gallery in San
Francisco. The exhibition title is "Making Room for Wonder," and will
be curated by Tirza True Latimer and coordinated by Robert Melton
(associate curator).
"Wonder" functions as a verb without object:
· to think or speculate curiously; to desire to know something
· to be filled with admiration, amazement, or awe
· to doubt; to place in doubt
Or as a verb with object:
· to speculate about
Or as a noun:
· something strange, unexpected or extraordinary; a cause of
surprise, astonishment, or admiration
· the emotion excited by what is strange and surprising; a
feeling of surprised or puzzled interest, sometimes tinged with
admiration
· miraculous deed or event; remarkable phenomenon; something
inexplicable by the laws of nature
"Wonder," then, opens horizons of possibility beyond the constraints
of "nature" and "law." It makes room for desire, for doubt, for
dreams, for experimentation, for resistance, for things not known and
considered unimaginable. Under the current totalitarian political
regime, where options appear to close at every turn, wonder may still
free the spirit and the mind to imagine and enact alternatives. This
exhibition explores the territories that "wonder" (as a both a mode
and a model of thinking, being, feeling, doing, otherwise) may share
with "queer."
We are seeking LGBT artists from around the world to submit work in any media.
To Apply
The following materials must be received by 5pm, Monday, April 15th, 2008:
1. Resume including name, mailing address, preferred phone number(s),
fax, email and web page (if applicable). Please limit resume to two
pages.
2. Brief letter of interest, addressing: Specifically why this project
interests you and why you believe that your work addresses the
exhibition theme.
3. Up to ten (10) images of your work. We prefer digital images.
Submit digital images on a CD-ROM in JPEG format, Mac and PC
compatible and no larger than 1920 x 1920 pixels.
Submit slides in a clear plastic sheet, labeled with artist's name and
a number that corresponds to the annotated image list. Indicate the
top of the image.
Label each slide or digital image with artist's name and a number that
corresponds to the image list - for example 001JaneJones,
002JaneJones.
4. A brief image list, including:
Title, date (and location of artwork if you are showing an image of an
installation).
Very brief description
Media and dimensions
Accepted artists will be notified by May 1st. Work must be delivered
by May 26th. Exhibition dates are June 1 - 27, 2008.
Mail your submission to:
Qcc
934 Brannan Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Note: Please go to www.queerculturalcenter.org for updates and more
information.