Opportunity: Locust Projects Out of the Box: The Billboard Project
Deadline: April 14, 2011 – applications must be received by 5pm
Dates: November / December 2011
Opportunity Description: Locust Projects is pleased to announce the second year of Out of the Box, a new initiative that will increase exposure to contemporary art by sponsoring projects in public locations throughout Miami. The program launched with the Billboard Project in December 2010, for which internationally renowned artist Liam Gillick was commissioned to produce artwork for billboards, bus shelters and bus backs surrounding Miami’s Design District and Miami Beach.
The organization is now accepting proposals from South Florida artists for the 2011 Billboard Project. The project aims to challenge the billboard as a tool for commercial advertising while giving artists an opportunity to reconsider their own working methods. The Billboard Project will launch in November 2011, with a reception for the artist during the week of Art Basel Miami Beach.
Application instructions:
1 Artist resume or CV. Please include artist contact information.
2 Project proposal, including budget for supplies.
(Locust Projects will budget billboard leasing, printing and installation fees)
3 Images/renderings of proposed artwork for:
Two, 14 x 48 ft. billboards (Design for each billboard may be identical, or vary)
One design for bus shelters
One design for bus backs
Images should be submitted on CD in jpeg format, 72 dpi AND in printed form
4 6-10 images of previous work
Images on CD in jpeg format, 72 dpi
5 Caption list of proposed work and previous work
We will not accept submissions by email. Applicants who do not submit all the required items may be eliminated from the review process. Materials will not be returned to the artist. Applications must be received before 5pm on April 14, 2011
Send / deliver materials to:
Locust Projects
Attention: The Billboard Project
155 NE 38th Street #100, Miami, FL 33137
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type it:
International Contest of Typographic Creation
deadline: April (click link below for details)
Type it: Is a Typographic Creation´s International Contest with free theme, called across the network and seeking to stimulate the creation of fantasy typography between creators around the world. A commitment to promote and preserve the diversity, creativity and wealth of the typesetting.
The prize will be € 3,000 in cash for the best creative work, chosen by a jury of experts in the field. Later it will be an itinerant exhibition with the best designs received.
From contest organization, we invite you to participate openly in this exciting initiative.
+info www.typeitcontest.com
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BLACK AND WHITE
ENTRIES DUE APRIL 5, 2011
NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE APRIL 15, 2011
EXHIBITION JUNE 17 – JULY 23, 2011
ARTISTS’ RECEPTION JULY 1, 6-9 PM
THEME All black and white photography is welcome. This includes alternative, traditional, digital, as well as toned black and white images. All subjects are eligible.
JUROR CATHERINE EDELMAN
Catherine Edelman is the founder of Catherine Edelman Gallery which opened in 1987 and quickly established itself as one of the leading galleries in the Midwest devoted exclusively to the art of photography. From its inception, the goal of the gallery was to exhibit prominent contemporary photographers alongside new & young talent, showcasing a broad range of subject matter and photographic techniques.
INFO: The Center for Fine Art Photography
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TheArchetype.org 770.670.8115
CALL FOR ART - Deadline 4-15-2011
“The Ties that Bind: Mandatory Altruism”
On display April 22, 2011
This exhibition brings into question the systems of giving and receiving money, the obligatory red tape that must be satisfied for charitable contributions as well as the mandatory requirements to receive aid. These symbiotic systems share a commonality in the evidence of their very presence. The wealthy need tax breaks just as much as the poor need assistance.
But these systems encourage a dependency and resentment at the same time. The monetary gap between welfare and the poverty line is daunting as well as the taxation of the independently wealthy. So much taxation, that mandatory altruism becomes the norm, as a form of relief for the wealthy. What becomes the obligation of those who receive versus those who are forced to give? What is expected of campaign contributors versus candidates? Who benefits most from this intimate relationship?