Call for Artists: MAP’s Curator Incubator

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Request For Proposals of Eleventh Annual Curators Incubator 

Deadline 12/01/2014

The 2015 Curators’ Incubator Exhibition
Exhibition Dates: May 14 – June 27, 2014

Baltimore, MD – Maryland Art Place (MAP) is proud to announce a call for curators to participate in the Eleventh Annual Curators’ Incubator exhibition. This program was developed to provide a creative space for the Maryland region’s aspiring curators to develop and present their curatorial concepts. This exhibition would be the first Curators’ Incubator Exhibition to take place in MAP’s historic 218 West Saratoga Street gallery located in the Bromo Seltzer Arts and Entertainment District.

MAP is open to exhibition proposals of all types. Curators’ proposals will be juried by MAP’s staff and Programming Advisory Committee (PAC) in December of 2014. Selected curators will be chosen to fully develop their proposals for an exhibition scheduled for May 14 – June 27, 2015. All participants must be available to participate in a gallery talk and attend a reception on May 14, 2015. MAP welcomes discussion with curators prior to the deadline to assist in developing strong proposals.

The call for entry requires curators to complete an online application form found below and submit a proposal, outlining the exhibition ideas and goals in a statement of intent, while including a short bio for each artist intended to be included in the exhibition. Curators may not include themselves in the exhibition. After the initial review of proposals, a small number of curators will be asked to advance to the second phase of the application process where they will be required to present their proposals to the PAC in early January 2015.

If selected, curators will receive individual mentorship from the PAC and MAP staff as they work to develop their exhibitions for debut. MAP will also work with curators to strengthen their curatorial writing in preparation for a program catalogue to be published online.

**Selected curators will be responsible for coordinating the delivery, installation and de-installation of artists’ work. They will also be responsible for unusual expenses regarding the installation and removal of their exhibitions. Selected curators must sign an agreement that the exhibition space will be returned to its original condition.

There is no fee to participate in the Curators’ Incubator program.

DOWNLOAD THE FULL APPLICATION HERE.

The deadline for submitting materials to be considered for the Eleventh Annual Curators’ Incubator Program is 5pm December 1, 2014. Materials should be submitted via email. Please visit our website and download the RFP for complete application instructions.

Questions? Call 410-962-8565 and speak to a staff member or e-mail map@mdartplace.org

Established in 2003, Curators’ Incubator was developed to assist aspiring curators in developing and presenting an exhibition at Maryland Art Place. This annual program provides a creative space for the region’s emerging curators to develop and present their concepts.

Selected through a competitive two-phase application process, curators with limited or no previous experience are asked to submit an exhibition proposal to be considered for debut in MAP’s galleries. The selected curators or curatorial team then participate in a year, long mentorship program. This mentorship helps curators refine their vision; from laying out the show, to artists’ selection and feedback on their curatorial statements. The program culminates in an exhibition publication. The publication is often the emerging curators first public platform for critical writing.

Sensitive to the many obstacles curators confront as they work to gain experience and earn professional credentials, each selected curator receives intensive mentoring by MAP staff and members of its Program Advisory Committee (PAC) as they strengthen and further develop their proposals. The diversity and breadth of the artists chosen to participate is reinforced by having the curators select artists from within their respective communities, widening the scope of the program and the audience it reaches. The program concludes with an exhibition and catalogue featuring curators’ writing and images of the artwork represented.

Call for Artists: Public Art Project in San Diego

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City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture Request for Qualifications MISSION HILLS/HILLCREST BRANCH LIBRARY PUBLIC ART PROJECT

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Art Budget: Approximately $280,000.
Eligibility: Any artist or artist team authorized to work in the U.S.
Application Deadline: Tuesday, January 6, 2015 before 4:00 p.m. PST The City of San Diego is seeking applications from interested qualified artists to provide public art services for Mission Hills/Hillcrest Branch Library Public Art Project. An artist or artist team is sought to design, fabricate and install permanent, site-specific artwork(s) at Mission Hills/Hillcrest Branch Library.

Please visit the following link for more information: http://www.sandiego.gov/arts-culture/publicart/artistopps.shtml

Call for Artists: MAP’s Under 500

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Call For Entry: UNDER $500
MAP’s Second Annual Affordable Art Sale
Application Deadline: November 24, 2014 @ 5PM

CALL FOR ENTRY: Maryland Art Place (MAP) is seeking artists for “UNDER $500,” MAP’s annual affordable art sale. Scheduled for Friday, December 12 and Saturday, December 13, 2014. The exhibition will include 1-3 works by each artist with each individual piece retailing for $500 or less. WHAT IS UNDER $500?

UNDER $500 was established to promote & support, working, emerging and mid-career artists. UNDER $500 will feature artists from around the region with works listed at a retail price point of five hundred dollars or less. UNDER $500 is a first-come, first-served opportunity to purchase affordable, original works of art just before the holidays.

UNDER $500 is a great opportunity to get your work noticed and purchased by area buyers & collectors just in time for the holidays! Participating artists will receive one free ticket to the opening event on Friday, December 12.  Selected artists will be issued an UNDER $500 Profile Form in an effort to simultaneously promote the artwork and artist during the event. There is a $10 dollar application fee for non-MAP Members to submit. This fee can be paid on here Click&Pledge.

*Proceeds from the sale of artwork will be split equally between artist and MAP. Proceeds directly benefit MAP’s, helping to maintain MAP’s free & open to the public policy in addition to upcoming annual programs and exhibitions such as Young Blood – a recent Masters of Fine Art graduate exhibition, Curators’ Incubator – a mentorship program for aspiring curators, our annual Speaker Series, IMPACT – MAP’s new public art initiative and IMPRINT, MAP’s annual artwork replication project.

Please Click HERE to Download the full application. 

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Week of November 4, 2014 –Call For Entry
November 24, 2014 – Call for Entry Deadline
December 3, 2014- Artists Notified of Selection
December 8, 2014 10am-5pm – Artwork Drop Off

Call for Artists: Casting Call (Gallery CA)

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Next Monday, November 24th (4-6PM), auditions will be held for the GET YOUR LIFE! Production titled THE SITUATION ROOM.

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Get Your Life! Productions is a collaborative, youth-centered video production company consisting of student artists aged 10-21 from 901 Arts and MICA. For these four weeks, GYL! will take over Gallery CA, turning the space into a production studio to create a new video.
For more information, please visit the website galleryca.org/thesituationroom

Please see the attached Casting Call announcement!!!!

If you cannot make it, please consider joining us on December 1st (4-6PM). Extras are needed for the Ice Cream Party & all are welcome to participate!

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Call for Artists: Public Art Project in Syracuse, New York

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DEADLINE:  MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2014

The Syracuse Urban Renewal Agency (SURA), a public benefit corporation of the City of Syracuse, NY, seeks a qualified, multidisciplinary team to plan, design and develop construction specifications for a public space in the center of Downtown Syracuse, New York. The project will transform an underutilized plaza and green space in Downtown Syracuse into an active and inviting public space, encompassing urban and landscape design and context sensitive public art.

This is a two stage proposal process.  In the first stage, respondents are requested to present their qualifications that demonstrate experience and expertise in the areas of urban and landscape design, context-sensitive public art, and public participation. Because public art is an integral component of this project, a public artist must be part of the project team.

http://www.syrgov.net/SURA.aspx

Call for Artists: Top of the World Observation Level Gallery

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Call for Entries:

Top of the World Observation Level Gallery

February 6th – March 29 Exhibition

Application Deadline: Friday, Dec. 12, 2014

 

 

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All submissions must be received by 5pm on Friday, December 12, 2014.

Materials received after this date will not be considered.

Notification Date: Friday, December 19, 2014

 

BOPA Exhibitions is now accepting proposals for its February- April exhibition at Top of the World Observation Level Gallery at The World Trade Center in downtown Baltimore. We are accepting individual work for either a solo or group show, curated by our cultural affairs staff. If you yourself are a curator, we are also open to curated group proposals.  Site-specific exhibition or installation proposals for the Top of the World space are encouraged as well (site visits for such proposals are required).

 

Top of the World Observation Level, located on the 27th floor of the World Trade Center at 401 East Pratt Street, is open to the public five days a week during the winter (see website www.viewbaltimore.org for details). There are two walls, each roughly 37 ft. long, dedicated to exhibitions. The windows at Top of the World offer a 360° view of Baltimore, which attracts visitors from all over the world.

Please mail or deliver all materials to:

Melissa Webb, ATTN: TOTW Exhibitions
School 33 Art Center, 1427 Light Street
Baltimore, MD 21230

If you have questions, please contact:

Melissa Webb, BOPA Exhibitions Manager: MWebb@promotionandarts.org or 443-263-4352.

Click the following link to download the application:

http://promotionandarts.org/arts-council/call-artists

Call for Artists: Rauschenberg Grants at School 33

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Call for Entries:

Co-Lab(oration) Project #4: Rain Garden

Application Deadline: Dec. 1, 2014

All submissions must be received at School 33 Art Center by 5pm on Monday, December 1st, 2014. Materials received after this date will not be considered.

Notification Date: Monday December 15, 2014

School 33 Art Center is now accepting artist portfolios. Artists interested in collaborating with other artists of different disciplines, to create an outdoor installation within the new rain garden on the Birkhead Street side of the historic School 33 building should apply.  Three artists will be selected to collaborate on this project, which will be on view for at least one year. Each selected artist will be awarded an honorarium of $3000 for this collaboration. This project also comes with a budget for supplies and materials. Individual artists will be selected based on the strength of their portfolios.  No proposals should be submitted. Artists are invited to visit School 33 Art Center and see the actual space prior to submitting a portfolio for consideration.

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Co-Lab Project #2: Front Stoop / Back Yard by Kelley Bell, Linda DePalma, and Melissa Webb (Photo credit: Theresa Keil)

This project is part of the ongoing Co-Lab(oration) project at School 33 Art Center funded by the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation’s Artistic Innovation and Collaboration Grant.

Once artists are selected on December 12, 2014, they must thereafter be available to meet regularly to collaborate, create and implement the new rain garden environment, which will should be installed and fully completed during June, July and August 2014. If you are not available locally during this timeframe, do not submit your portfolio for this application. The finished project will be unveiled in early September 2014.

Co-Lab(oration) is an on-going platform for diverse artists to work collaboratively in a process of creative exploration, resulting in the development of multiple new works. The project should cultivate the production and exhibition of new artwork that integrates the ideas of artists from varied disciplines, encourage artistic experimentation and creative risk-taking to support the development of innovative practices or new artistic forms.

Selections will be made by our panel of jurors:

Linda DePalma, Prolific public artist and educator, working in the areas of large-scale sculpture and mixed-media

Melissa Webb, Exhibitions Manager for School 33 Art Center and Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts

To submit your portfolio for this opportunity you must be a current School 33 Art Center member. If you would like to join School 33 or renew your membership, please visit http://school33.org/index.cfm?page=support or call 443-263-4350. Artist Memberships are $35 annually. All artist members are encouraged to apply.

http://www.school33.org/index.cfm?page=exhibits&section=calls-for-entry&subsection=callsToArtists