TAOS ART INSURGENCY
Call for Entry to Group Exhibition
ALL ENTRIES MUST BE SUBMITTED VIA
https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=7329
TAOS ART INSURGENCY: THE NEW PROTAGONISTS
Event
Dates: 4/25/20
– 5/16/20
Entry
Deadline: 4/04/20
Taos Art Insurgency is a show that poses the questions: Who will be the artists that lead the way for the new millennium? What will be the movements and issues they champion?
REQUIREMENTS:
Images
– Minimum: 4 ,
Maximum: 8
Entry
Fee (Taos Art Insurgency – A National Juried
Exhibition): $40.00
Media
Fee (per image over minimum): $10.00
This
four-galley show will have a regular juried section. In addition,
each gallery will also pick no less than three pieces denotated as
“Director’s Choice” invitational pieces. Taos is a major artist’s
colony that has been at the forefront of most of the major modern art
movements initiated within the last 120 years. Throughout history
various seminal art movements have been concentrated here. Taos has
been a major seat of Modernism, Abstract-Expressionism, and
Minimalism. David Anthony Fine Art, Wider Nightingale Fine Art,
Dragonfly Blue Gallery, and Greg Moon Art of Taos host this national
show in conjunction with the Taos Spring Arts Festival. The show will
run April 25st – May 16th with an opening reception on May 2nd.
Entries are being accepted in painting, drawing, printmaking,
photography, sculpture, mixed media, fiber arts, digital printed
media, and assemblage. Entry deadline is midnight April 4th.
The
show will be supported with:
• Professionally printed
invitation with a national mailer to the galleries’ collectors.
•
Email announcement
• Website presence for all selected artists
on the galleries’ websites.
• Regional and National Press
•
Opening Reception
• Gallery sales staff
• Exposure to
prominent figures/ collectors/ curators/ publishers in the visual
arts.
JURORS:
David Mapes – Owner of David Anthony Fine Art
A resident of Taos for 32 years, Mapes is deeply invested in preserving the history and vitality of Taos as an international arts center. He is a custom furniture maker, metalworker, and a pyrotechnician by trade. He honed his trade building residential and commercial furniture and subsequently founded the New Mexico Furniture Company in 2003. In 2011, David opened David Anthony Fine Art and quickly established DAFA as one of top art galleries in Taos. David is chairperson of the Taos Marketing Committee and serves on the boards of several art organizations.
Robert Nightingale – Owner of Wilder Nightingale Fine Art
Robert’s gallery is an institution that has been in Taos for the last 28 years. During this period of time he has launched countless careers and championed the artists of the Taos market with an eclectic eye that has helped form the present Taos’ aesthetic. His artists are in various museum collections and his collector base reflects his deep roots within the New Mexico Arts Community. Some of his recent projects include curator for the Taos Fall Arts Festival, president of the Taos Gallery Association, and host of the annual Hearts and Stars Auction.
Lysa Montwill – Artist, Owner of Dragonfly Blue Gallery.
Dragonfly Blue is an artist run contemporary gallery with quarterly Ekphrasis events. Lysa Montwill is best known for her emphasis on color palette and precision, lack of shoes and cat obsession.
Greg Moon – Artist, Curator, Owner of Greg Moon Art.
Greg has worked in the commercial gallery scene for 38 years, 28 of those years in Taos. His space focuses on works of the contemporary vein with an emphasis on fine art in the “old school” mediums of painting, photography, printmaking, mixed media, sculpture, and assemblage. One of his latest projects was co-curating “Orale’: Kings and Queens of Cool” at Taos’ Harwood Museum of Art. The show was a in-depth survey of Lowbrow and Pop-Surrealist artists in the U.S.
ELIGIBILITY:
The
show is open to all US based artists 18 yrs. and older.
MEDIA
CRITERION:
Entries
are being accepted in painting, drawing, printmaking, photography,
sculpture, mixed media, fiber arts, digital printed media, and
assemblage. Giclees will only be accepted in photography and digital
media.
All
photography/ digital media prints (with the exceptions of Polaroid,
platinum, and albumen) must have an image size of at least 8 x
10”.
All works must be for sale and remain in the gallery for
the duration of the exhibition.
Any work not comparable to the
file submitted can be rejected at the juror’s discretion.
All
works must be ready to hang or display. All works requiring glazing
must use plexiglass.
No substitutions for works accepted into the
show.
SIZE
LIMITATIONS:
2-D
pieces are limited to a width of 52” and a height of 72” with
framing.
3-D pieces are limited to a width/ depth of 32” and a
height of 72”.
SCHEDULE
OF EVENTS:
Apr.
4: Deadline for applications
April 7: Notification of accepted
works
April 17-21: Receivership of accepted works
May 2:
Opening Reception 5-8PM
April 25 – May 16: Exhibition
May
18-23: Pick-up/Return of work
SALES:
The
artist will be paid 50% of all art sales, the gallery will retain
50%. All purchased works must remain in the gallery until the end of
the exhibit.
INSURANCE:
All
works will be treated in a professional manner. David Anthony Fine
Art, Wilder Nightingale Fine Art, and Greg Moon Art are not
responsible for any damage to or loss of artwork while in the
gallery’s possession or in transit. Artists may insure their works
if they wish…shipping insurance is highly advised.
DELIVERY
/ RETURN OF WORK:
Drop
off of accepted works can be done any time during the receivership
period. All shipped works must be shipped in a re-usable container
and received during the receivership period. Artists
are responsible for picking up or arranging re-packaging/ shipping
for any work not sold by the end of the show period. There
are several companies in Taos that can be recommended for packaging
and shipping. The galleries will take ownership of any works not
picked-up or shipped after the show unless otherwise arranged.