Monday, August 27, 2007

Call for Work: Deadline 8 September 2007

ST. LOUIS REGIONAL ARTISTS SOUGHT FOR 23rd ANNUAL ALL MEDIA JURIED EXHIBIT

Art St. Louis XXIII, The Exhibition: Twenty-third annual all media juried exhibit open to artists 21 years of age or older residing in the St. Louis area and 200 mile radius* (*this 200 mile radius does not extend to artists in Chicago, IL/environs or Kansas City, MO/environs).

Exhibition dates November 12, 2007-January 3, 2008

Deadline for entries September 8, 2007

Art Saint Louis Gallery, 917 Locust Street, #300, St. Louis

Presented by Art Saint Louis with funding from Merle Lee Buzzotta, Edward Jones, Nancy & Ken Kranzberg, Missouri Arts Council, Regional Arts Commission. Support from HRI Properties, Lawrence Group & others TBA.

Media: Contemporary artwork in all media*, styles and themes (*NO web-based media, no ceiling installed work).

Entry/image Guidelines: Limit 5 original artworks created in the past two years, 2005-2007. Juried from JPEGS on CD (for 2-d & 3-d work) or DVD (for video, film, performance art only. DVD not accepted for 2-d/3-d documentation). Submissions not accepted by e-mail. NO slides. Entry form required. Entries that do not comply with the rules will be disqualified and returned to artist unprocessed.

JPEGS: Save JPEGS on 1 CD readable by BOTH Mac and PC. Save JPEG as RGB Color, sized at least 800x800 pixels & not to exceed 1600x1600 pixels, minimum 300 dpi, image quality 10 or higher, standard format JPEG only. JPEGS must be presented in proper viewing orientation. Required: Image reference sheet printed out by artist to include thumbnail prints showing all images on CD with corresponding .jpeg name & title. Name format for each JPEG should read: yourlastname.image#.jpg (example: jones.image1.jpg). We will not accept e-mailed entries.

DVD/Video artists: if selected for exhibition, artist must provide all equipment necessary to present work in the Gallery for the duration of the exhibit.

Juror: Bruce Guenther, Chief Curator, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Portland Art Museum, OR. Guenther has been with the Portland Art Museum since 2001 and has worked in the art museum field for over 30 years. Prior to Portland, he served as Chief Curator, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA (1991-1999); Chief Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL (1987-1991); Co-Acting Director, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL (1988-1989); Curator of Contemporary Art, Seattle Art Museum, WA (1979-1987); Curator (1974-1978) and Director (1978-1979), Museum of Art, Washington State University. Internationally recognized for his work in contemporary art, Mr. Guenther is sought after for his expertise as a public speaker, guest curator, juror, writer, art collection advisor, and public arts panelist for state, municipal and federal arts commissions.

Some of the previous jurors of our annual “Art St. Louis, The Exhibition” include:
1989 Sarah Faunce, curator, Brooklyn Museum
1990 Martin Prekop, former Dean, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago
1991 Roger Shimomura, artist, Professor Emeritus, University of Kansas
1992 Eleanor Heartney, critic, Art in America
1993 James Yood, critic, New Art Examiner, professor, Northwestern University
1994 Richard Hunt, sculptor, Chicago
1995 Jean Van Harlingen, artist, Kansas City
1996 J. W. Mahoney, curator, Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
1997 Jerry Saltz, art writer/critic, Art in America, Village Voice
1998 Dr. Regenia Perry, curator
1999 Tobi Kahn, artist, professor, School of Visual Arts, New York
2000 Douglas Dreishpoon, curator, Albright-Knox Gallery of Art, Buffalo, New York
2001 John Hallmark Neff, former Director Reynolda House Museum of American Art
2002 Garrison Roots, artist, professor, University of Colorado-Boulder
2003 David Pagel, art critic, Los Angeles Times
2004 Chakaia Booker, artist, New York
2005 Christian Rattemeyer, associate curator, MOMA, New York
2006 Elizabeth Thomas, Curator, Berkeley Art Museum, California

Opening Weekend Events:
~ Pre-Reception Juror’s Gallery Talk: Saturday, November 10, 2007, 6-7 p.m. at Art Saint Louis FREE
~ Opening Reception: Saturday, November 10, 2007, 7-9 p.m. at Art Saint Louis FREE
~ Juror’s Lecture: Sunday, November 11, 2007, 1 p.m. at Saint Louis Art Museum, Friends’ Room FREE

Entry fee (non-refundable):$20 current Art Saint Louis members; $30 non-members; $10 with NEW $45 Artist level membership. Membership is not a requirement for consideration or acceptance to any Art Saint Louis exhibition.

Current ASL members: Entry forms were mailed to all ASL members and should be in mailboxes by August 13.

For entry form:To request an e-mailed entry form (2 pdfs, print out on legal-sized paper) Adobe Acrobat required for viewing. Contact: robin@artstlouis.net. Not available through our website—only by e-mail. To receive a copy by mail, send #10 SASE to: ASL23, Art Saint Louis, 917 Locust Street, #300, St. Louis, MO 63101-1413

Questions:314/241-4810 or robin@artstlouis.net

Ms. Robin Hirsch, Associate Director
Art Saint Louis
917 Locust St., #300
St. Louis, MO 63101-1413
314/241-4810, 2# robin@artstlouis.net
http://www.artstlouis.org
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