Open INFO | JURORS | ELIGIBILITY | HOW TO APPLY | DEADLINE | QUESTIONS? | CHECKLIST

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OPEN is a series of up to six solo exhibitions, open to emerging artists living in New York or New England.

As Real Art Ways grows, our commitment to supporting young and emerging artists remains a touchstone of the organization. With the addition of an exhibition space called the Real Room, there are now more opportunities for artists to exhibit their work at one of America’s seminal alternative spaces.

The OPEN exhibition series seeks to provide emerging artists in our region an exhibition and publication opportunity at a critical moment in their careers. While artists are permitted to propose the exhibition of existing work, the jury will place special emphasis on proposals that call for the creation of new work.

The jury will select work based on: the quality of the artist’s work, the innovation evidenced by the submitted work and proposal, the potential impact of the exhibition on the artist’s career and the economic and physical feasibility of the proposed exhibition.

Artists selected will receive an exhibition of approximately six weeks duration, an exhibition publication, and will be given an opportunity to participate in an artist’s talk in conjunction with the exhibit schedule. Projects will be published on our web site.

Selections from the submitted slides, videos and electronic media that are not chosen by the jury for exhibition may be included in a public presentation (Slide Slam).

JURORS

Catherine D’Ignazio

Co-Director, iKatun
Member, The Institute for Infinitely Small Things,
Waltham, MA

Omar Lopez-Chahoud

Independent Curator,
New York

Rachel Berwick

Artist, Connecticut

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ELIGIBILITY

Emerging artists living and working in New England or New York, who are thirty years of age or younger at the time of the application postmark deadline, or artists who are no more than 3 years removed from a full-time educational program, or artists with less than 5 years of exhibition experience.  Artists who do not fit any of those categories, but feel they can make a compelling case to be considered as emerging, may also apply; the jury will determine their competitiveness based on review criteria. Artists working in all media are encouraged to apply. Applicants should be aware of Real Art Ways’ mission and our commitment to innovative, non-traditional contemporary work.

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HOW TO APPLY

Download a PDF version of the official Open application and info.

Artists interested in this program should submit the following materials:

DOCUMENTATION OF WORK

• Up to six slides of recent or current work in a clear plastic slide sheet or on CD-Rom (jpgs only)

• Each slide must be clearly labeled as shown at right.

• Larger format transparencies, photographs and drawings will not be accepted.

• CD-ROMs or other new media work should be viewable on a Mac computer. Up to three minutes of new media work will be viewed by the jury.

• Original artwork will not be accepted.

CURRENT RESUME

Include name, address, telephone number and email.

A BRIEF WRITTEN STATEMENT THAT INCLUDES:

• An artist statement.

• Description of a proposed exhibition (which could include the work submitted, new work, or a combination of both new and existing work).

• Description of the significance of the proposed exhibition and publication to your career.

• This statement must fit the following criteria:

• 400 words maximum length, on 8.5”x11” paper  at 12pt size.

Optional materials may include one VHS or DVD. The jury will view up to three minutes of your video. Please clearly mark the VHS or DVD with your name, address,  title of work, and cue to the segment you want viewed.

A self-addressed stamped envelope of sufficient size and with sufficient postage for return of materials.  Submissions without SASE, or sufficient postage, will not be returned.

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DEADLINE

Materials must be postmarked by Monday, June 5, 2006 and sent to the address below.

Open
Real Art Ways
56 Arbor Street
Hartford CT 06106

Artists selected by the jury will be notified by letter or telephone, no later than June 30, 2006.

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QUESTIONS?

Please address questions and inquiries to:
Kristina Newman-Scott, Visual Arts Manager, knewman-scott@realartways.org.

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CHECKLIST

labeled slides, CD, VHS, or DVD

completed entry form

resume

artist statement

SASE with sufficient postage

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