ON the MENU
I want to collect menus. Some of them are simply stunning. The effort put into the perfect design and print simply amazes me. But, then I catch an episode of Hoarding: Buried Alive, and I think, “I’ll just come eat here more often and admire the menu.” If you’re gonna collect, make it count. The home of this next Call would be a great place to start collecting. Take a look…
Check out this Call for Entries from The Print Center (Philadelphia, PA) for the 87th Annual International Competition. The prizes include purchase awards and three solo show awards. Don’t miss this one!
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CALL for ENTRIES:
87th Annual International Competition
ELIGIBILITY: Open to all artists
MEDIA: All forms of art, with photography and/or printmaking as critical components of the work, may be submitted. Artists whose work pushes the boundaries of traditional photographic and printmaking practices are especially encouraged to enter.
DEADLINE: October 30, 2012
NOTIFICATION: February 1, 2013
ENTRY FEE: Non-Members $45 ($60 outside US); Current Members $5 processing fee
JUROR: Since 2010, Irene Hofmann has been the Phillips Director and Chief Curator of SITE Santa Fe, NM, a leading international venue for artistic experimentation and curatorial innovation. Prior to that she was the Executive Director of the Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD, from 2005 to 2010.
As a curator she has organized such exhibitions as Bearing Witness, a multi-venue survey of the artist duo Bradley McCallum and Jacqueline Tarry; Cell Phone, the first museum survey of artworks created using cell phone technologies; St. Cecilia, a new commission and national touring exhibition of works by Chicago-based artist Joseph Grigely; Broadcast, a large-scale exhibition and national tour that explored artistic interventions into broadcast radio and television; and Cottage Industry, an exhibition that explored the artist as entrepreneur.
AWARDS: Three solo exhibitions at The Print Center to be held June-July 2013, Online exhibition, Philadelphia Museum of Art Purchase Award, Two-year contract from The Print Center Gallery Store, and up to $3,000 in purchase, cash and material prizes.
SALES: The Print Center will facilitate sales for the solo and online exhibitions of the Competition. The Print Center will receive a 50% commission on works sold.