ALABAMA WOMEN’S CAUCUS FOR ART - JURIED EXHIBITION
CALL FOR ENTRY - SHELTER
ARTIST CALL:
In January of 2022, the Alabama Women’s Caucus for Art (ALWCA) will be hosting an exhibition in Lowe Mill’s Second Floor gallery space. We are interested in your ideas and art about SHELTER. The meaning of this word has changed and adapted over time. The history of shelters’ linguistic form is known to be an alteration of ‘shield’.
ELIGIBILITY:
This Exhibition is open to ALWCA members and non-members. Please enter your
submissions to SHELTER online through the Call for Entry at www.ALWCA.org.
DEADLINE:
Physical work: September 24, 2021
Video, sound installation, and/or performance based work: October 8, 2021.
ENTRY FEES
$25.00 application fee for members; $35.00 for non-members.
SPECIFICATIONS FOR ALL ARTWORKS
● Limit five (5) original artworks in any media, style or technique that responds to the theme of the exhibit.
● All wall-installed works must hang from standard picture hanging hardware and be ready for hanging.
● Artists must provide all equipment necessary to present video, sound or
artwork requiring electricity, including cords, adapters, DVD player, monitor (minimum 9"), etc.
● No ceiling-installed work will be accepted. This includes installation work.
ADDITIONAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR SCULPTURE & INSTALLATION
● Larger sculptures, oversized 2D work and installation works must be installed by artist(s) under direction of ALWCA and/or Lowe Mill A&E.
JURYING & IMAGE REQUIREMENTS
● Judging is done by JPEGs online only.
● Limit 5 artworks. Submit 1-2 images per artwork: one full view is required and either one detail or one alternate view.
● Please make sure that the digital images of your artworks are in focus, cropped to feature the artwork, free of watermarks, name imprints/signatures and any time date stamp. Submitted images will be used in the jurying process as well as potential online galleries of the exhibition and in the printed exhibition catalog.
● Artists will be responsible for all shipping, insurance and delivery costs of their work to and from the exhibition.
NOTE: Multi-paneled artworks count as one artwork, as long as they are presented as one artwork.
EXHIBITION CATALOG AND PHOTOGRAPHS
ALWCA will be professionally photographing the installed exhibit for publication in an exhibition catalog. Edited full resolution images will be made available to exhibiting artists.
FILE UPLOAD REQUIREMENTS
File format: JPEG only
File dimensions: 1500 pixels or greater on the shortest dimension
File resolution: 300 ppi/dpi
File size: 5MB maximum
BIO AND ARTIST STATEMENT
Artists must submit a short biography not to exceed 250-words and an artist statement of similar length. You may adjust the length of each, but do not exceed 500 words total.
SALE OF WORK
Lowe Mill will retain a 40% commission on the sale of all exhibition entries available for purchase. Selling prices will be determined by the artist.
EXHIBITION DATES AND VENUE
January - February, 2022 during Lowe Mills’ open hours.
This exhibition will be displayed in the Second Floor North Main Gallery at Lowe Mill Arts & Entertainment, located at 2211 Seminole Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805.
This exhibition will be juried by ALWCA’s exhibition committee.
DATES:
Application Deadline:
September 24, 2021
Notification of Acceptance:
October 22, 2021
Delivery:
On or before December 8, 2021
Lowe Mill Arts & Entertainment
2211 Seminole Drive
Huntsville, AL 35805
Opening Reception (Art After-Hours opening reception): TBD
Curator’s/Artist Talk: TBD
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
SHEL'TER, noun [Latin celo.]
1. That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance. A house is a shelter from rain and other inclemencies of the weather; the foliage of a tree is a shelter from the rays of the sun.
2. The state of being covered and protected; protection; security.
3. He that defends or guards from danger.
SHEL'TER, verb
1. To cover from violence, injury, annoyance or attack; as a valley sheltered from the north wind by a mountain.
2. To defend; to protect from danger; to secure or render safe; to harbor.
3. To betake to cover or a safe place.
4. To cover from notice; to disguise for protection.
From: http://webstersdictionary1828.com/Dictionary/shelter.
SOME INSPIRATION:
In vain I strove to check my growing flame,
Or shelter passion under friendship's name.
Matthew Prior (1664-1721)
SOME TUNES:
Soul Stirrers/Paul Foster-‘He's Been A Shelter For Me'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmmAVEPjh-I&feature=youtu.be
Temples - Shelter Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs4i41cOv0s&feature=youtu.be
The Rolling Stones-Gimme Shelter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeglgSWKSIY&feature=youtu.be
Bob Dylan - Shelter from the Storm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gsDBuHwqbM&feature=youtu.be
Cinderella - Shelter me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CU0qHTp0o4&feature=youtu.be
Porter Robinson & Madeon - Shelter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQnC1UHBvWA&feature=youtu.be
Aus-Rotten - Tax Shelter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZdsWAhtRWU&feature=youtu.be
If you have questions please contact the exhibition committee using the e-mails listed below.
squeakingtribe@gmail.com | JessicaNunnoArt@gmail.com | srbowyer@gmail.com
CALL FOR ENTRY - SHELTER
ARTIST CALL:
In January of 2022, the Alabama Women’s Caucus for Art (ALWCA) will be hosting an exhibition in Lowe Mill’s Second Floor gallery space. We are interested in your ideas and art about SHELTER. The meaning of this word has changed and adapted over time. The history of shelters’ linguistic form is known to be an alteration of ‘shield’.
ELIGIBILITY:
This Exhibition is open to ALWCA members and non-members. Please enter your
submissions to SHELTER online through the Call for Entry at www.ALWCA.org.
DEADLINE:
Physical work: September 24, 2021
Video, sound installation, and/or performance based work: October 8, 2021.
ENTRY FEES
$25.00 application fee for members; $35.00 for non-members.
SPECIFICATIONS FOR ALL ARTWORKS
● Limit five (5) original artworks in any media, style or technique that responds to the theme of the exhibit.
● All wall-installed works must hang from standard picture hanging hardware and be ready for hanging.
● Artists must provide all equipment necessary to present video, sound or
artwork requiring electricity, including cords, adapters, DVD player, monitor (minimum 9"), etc.
● No ceiling-installed work will be accepted. This includes installation work.
ADDITIONAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR SCULPTURE & INSTALLATION
● Larger sculptures, oversized 2D work and installation works must be installed by artist(s) under direction of ALWCA and/or Lowe Mill A&E.
JURYING & IMAGE REQUIREMENTS
● Judging is done by JPEGs online only.
● Limit 5 artworks. Submit 1-2 images per artwork: one full view is required and either one detail or one alternate view.
● Please make sure that the digital images of your artworks are in focus, cropped to feature the artwork, free of watermarks, name imprints/signatures and any time date stamp. Submitted images will be used in the jurying process as well as potential online galleries of the exhibition and in the printed exhibition catalog.
● Artists will be responsible for all shipping, insurance and delivery costs of their work to and from the exhibition.
NOTE: Multi-paneled artworks count as one artwork, as long as they are presented as one artwork.
EXHIBITION CATALOG AND PHOTOGRAPHS
ALWCA will be professionally photographing the installed exhibit for publication in an exhibition catalog. Edited full resolution images will be made available to exhibiting artists.
FILE UPLOAD REQUIREMENTS
File format: JPEG only
File dimensions: 1500 pixels or greater on the shortest dimension
File resolution: 300 ppi/dpi
File size: 5MB maximum
BIO AND ARTIST STATEMENT
Artists must submit a short biography not to exceed 250-words and an artist statement of similar length. You may adjust the length of each, but do not exceed 500 words total.
SALE OF WORK
Lowe Mill will retain a 40% commission on the sale of all exhibition entries available for purchase. Selling prices will be determined by the artist.
EXHIBITION DATES AND VENUE
January - February, 2022 during Lowe Mills’ open hours.
This exhibition will be displayed in the Second Floor North Main Gallery at Lowe Mill Arts & Entertainment, located at 2211 Seminole Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805.
This exhibition will be juried by ALWCA’s exhibition committee.
DATES:
Application Deadline:
September 24, 2021
Notification of Acceptance:
October 22, 2021
Delivery:
On or before December 8, 2021
Lowe Mill Arts & Entertainment
2211 Seminole Drive
Huntsville, AL 35805
Opening Reception (Art After-Hours opening reception): TBD
Curator’s/Artist Talk: TBD
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
SHEL'TER, noun [Latin celo.]
1. That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance. A house is a shelter from rain and other inclemencies of the weather; the foliage of a tree is a shelter from the rays of the sun.
2. The state of being covered and protected; protection; security.
3. He that defends or guards from danger.
SHEL'TER, verb
1. To cover from violence, injury, annoyance or attack; as a valley sheltered from the north wind by a mountain.
2. To defend; to protect from danger; to secure or render safe; to harbor.
3. To betake to cover or a safe place.
4. To cover from notice; to disguise for protection.
From: http://webstersdictionary1828.com/Dictionary/shelter.
SOME INSPIRATION:
In vain I strove to check my growing flame,
Or shelter passion under friendship's name.
Matthew Prior (1664-1721)
SOME TUNES:
Soul Stirrers/Paul Foster-‘He's Been A Shelter For Me'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmmAVEPjh-I&feature=youtu.be
Temples - Shelter Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs4i41cOv0s&feature=youtu.be
The Rolling Stones-Gimme Shelter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeglgSWKSIY&feature=youtu.be
Bob Dylan - Shelter from the Storm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gsDBuHwqbM&feature=youtu.be
Cinderella - Shelter me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CU0qHTp0o4&feature=youtu.be
Porter Robinson & Madeon - Shelter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQnC1UHBvWA&feature=youtu.be
Aus-Rotten - Tax Shelter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZdsWAhtRWU&feature=youtu.be
If you have questions please contact the exhibition committee using the e-mails listed below.
squeakingtribe@gmail.com | JessicaNunnoArt@gmail.com | srbowyer@gmail.com