Call for work: Deadline 18 June 2012
Call For Art – ST. Louis Chapter of Women’s Caucus for Art
Contemporary Women Artists XVI: Longevity, an international biennial exhibit juried by Beverly Buchanan
August 24 – October 14
Reception August 24, 7-9pm
Co-sponsored by Saint Louis University
About: 2012 marks a milestone for the Women’s Caucus for Art. The national organization is celebrating its 40th year anniversary of recognizing and celebrating women in the arts and their achievements. The St. Louis WCA sponsored Contemporary Women Artists XVI Exhibition will coincide with this theme of longevity. It has been 32 years since the inception of the Contemporary Women Artist Exhibition; it is the oldest running exhibition in our area that focuses on the wealth and breadth of work by women artists.
About the Juror: Beverly Buchanan
Buchanan has had a long and varied artistic career. Her early sculptures were poured concrete and stone. She works in a variety of media, focusing on southern vernacular architecture, which is her main subject. She is the recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, a Pollock-Krasner Award, and two National Endowments for the Arts Fellowships. She was a Georgia Visual Arts honoree, a recipient of an Anonymous Was a Woman Award, and was honored by the College Art Association Committee for Women in the Arts. In 2011 Buchanan received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Women’s Caucus for Art.
Buchanan has made several environmental sculptural installations. Her work is included in numerous private and public collections including the Whitney Museum of American Art and the High Museum of Art.
Eligibility and Specifications: Open to all Women artists. 20% of all entries chosen will be from a 200-mile radius of St. Louis. Work must have been executed within the last two years. Open to all 2D and 3D media. Unfortunately, we are unable to show video work in this exhibition.
Work must be wired and ready to hang, no sawtooth hangers please. Work submitted may not have been previously exhibited in any juried exhibition sponsored by WCA-STL.
Artists must submit detailed descriptions for any alternative hanging methods for wall-hung artwork. All work must fit through a standard size door. Weight Limit: 50lbs
Fee and Procedure: Artists may submit up to 3 pieces for consideration. Entry fee is $30 for current WCA-STL members,
$40 for non-members.
All applications are accepted online only at www.wca-stl.org or www.entrythingy.com
Images must be sized 1920 pixels on the longest side.
Can upload an alternative view
Due to gallery space limitations, additional work will be juried into the full color print catalog.
Venue: St. Louis University Museum of Art.
This Beaux Artes building features modern and contemporary art by Serge Poliakoff, Richard Serra, Ernest Trova and many others. The Collection of the Western Jesuit Missions showcases religious art and artifacts from the 13th to the 20th centuries. The John and Ann MacLennan Collection of Asian Decorative Art is one of the largest collections of its kind in the United States: Whimsical netsuke figures carved from jade, amber and rosewood, beautiful household shrines of ivory, Japanese woodcuts and Chinese porcelain.
The museum is a regional venue for scholarly presentation of works of historical art and artifacts and also is a venue for exhibitions of work by students, faculty, staff, alumni, benefactors and friends of the University. It brings together the University's permanent art collections with traveling exhibitions in an inviting setting which is available and accessible to the community, the region and the world. Admission is free. Gallery Hours Wed-Sun 11am-4pm
3663 Lindell Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63108
Shipping: Shipped works must be sent in reusable packing and must arrive at the Art Department of Florissant Valley Community College August 6-10th. Please no packing peanuts. Work MUST be addressed the following:
WCASTL
Art Dept/STLCCFV
3400 Pershall Rd.
St. Louis MO 63135
All hand-delivered works should be delivered to Florissant Valley Community College Art Department in the Humanities Building Friday August 10 from 10am-4pm.
Dates:
Monday, June 18 Entry Deadline
Monday, July 16 Email notification from juror
August 6-Aug 10 Deadline for receipt of shipped art
August 10, 10am-4pm Drop-off date
Friday, August 24 Exhibition opens
websites: St. Louis Chapter, WCA-STL.org
national: nationalwca.org
Contemporary Women Artists XVI: Longevity, an international biennial exhibit juried by Beverly Buchanan
August 24 – October 14
Reception August 24, 7-9pm
Co-sponsored by Saint Louis University
About: 2012 marks a milestone for the Women’s Caucus for Art. The national organization is celebrating its 40th year anniversary of recognizing and celebrating women in the arts and their achievements. The St. Louis WCA sponsored Contemporary Women Artists XVI Exhibition will coincide with this theme of longevity. It has been 32 years since the inception of the Contemporary Women Artist Exhibition; it is the oldest running exhibition in our area that focuses on the wealth and breadth of work by women artists.
About the Juror: Beverly Buchanan
Buchanan has had a long and varied artistic career. Her early sculptures were poured concrete and stone. She works in a variety of media, focusing on southern vernacular architecture, which is her main subject. She is the recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, a Pollock-Krasner Award, and two National Endowments for the Arts Fellowships. She was a Georgia Visual Arts honoree, a recipient of an Anonymous Was a Woman Award, and was honored by the College Art Association Committee for Women in the Arts. In 2011 Buchanan received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Women’s Caucus for Art.
Buchanan has made several environmental sculptural installations. Her work is included in numerous private and public collections including the Whitney Museum of American Art and the High Museum of Art.
Eligibility and Specifications: Open to all Women artists. 20% of all entries chosen will be from a 200-mile radius of St. Louis. Work must have been executed within the last two years. Open to all 2D and 3D media. Unfortunately, we are unable to show video work in this exhibition.
Work must be wired and ready to hang, no sawtooth hangers please. Work submitted may not have been previously exhibited in any juried exhibition sponsored by WCA-STL.
Artists must submit detailed descriptions for any alternative hanging methods for wall-hung artwork. All work must fit through a standard size door. Weight Limit: 50lbs
Fee and Procedure: Artists may submit up to 3 pieces for consideration. Entry fee is $30 for current WCA-STL members,
$40 for non-members.
All applications are accepted online only at www.wca-stl.org or www.entrythingy.com
Images must be sized 1920 pixels on the longest side.
Can upload an alternative view
Due to gallery space limitations, additional work will be juried into the full color print catalog.
Venue: St. Louis University Museum of Art.
This Beaux Artes building features modern and contemporary art by Serge Poliakoff, Richard Serra, Ernest Trova and many others. The Collection of the Western Jesuit Missions showcases religious art and artifacts from the 13th to the 20th centuries. The John and Ann MacLennan Collection of Asian Decorative Art is one of the largest collections of its kind in the United States: Whimsical netsuke figures carved from jade, amber and rosewood, beautiful household shrines of ivory, Japanese woodcuts and Chinese porcelain.
The museum is a regional venue for scholarly presentation of works of historical art and artifacts and also is a venue for exhibitions of work by students, faculty, staff, alumni, benefactors and friends of the University. It brings together the University's permanent art collections with traveling exhibitions in an inviting setting which is available and accessible to the community, the region and the world. Admission is free. Gallery Hours Wed-Sun 11am-4pm
3663 Lindell Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63108
Shipping: Shipped works must be sent in reusable packing and must arrive at the Art Department of Florissant Valley Community College August 6-10th. Please no packing peanuts. Work MUST be addressed the following:
WCASTL
Art Dept/STLCCFV
3400 Pershall Rd.
St. Louis MO 63135
All hand-delivered works should be delivered to Florissant Valley Community College Art Department in the Humanities Building Friday August 10 from 10am-4pm.
Dates:
Monday, June 18 Entry Deadline
Monday, July 16 Email notification from juror
August 6-Aug 10 Deadline for receipt of shipped art
August 10, 10am-4pm Drop-off date
Friday, August 24 Exhibition opens
websites: St. Louis Chapter, WCA-STL.org
national: nationalwca.org
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