FEELING SLUGGISH?

Contrary to the sentiment I usually espouse, not all food has to look appealing to be tasty.  Escargot is a tasty treat that is high in protein and low in fat (assuming you forego the butter sauce), but the diet of the wild-caught snail in nauseating.  Eating escargot, even in the most upscale environment, is a little like Halloween in your mouth–delightfully scary.  This next Call is looking for the macabre as well…

Check out this Call for Entries from the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art also known as OCCCA (Santa Ana, CA) for Gothic, an international exhibit.  The variety of artwork that can be submitted is wide open, and this theme isn’t as common as you might think.  Take a look…

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INTERNATIONAL
CALL for ENTRIES:
Gothic

Gothic invites submission from artists evincing a peculiar, perverse, idiosyncratic sensitivity, infuenced by literature, movies, television and the tabloids, in painting, drawing, sculpture, illustration, fashion, graphic design, animation, photography, video, digital media, computer-based works, installation and performance.

OCCCA’s museum of the macabre will display
supernatural mutations, bizarre curiosities permeated by
fantastic and pathological themes.

Gothic is a mix of Medievalism, Romanticism, science fiction, Victoriana, punk, the uncanny, the grotesque, and the erotic, inseparable from despair, fear and rapture.

Gothic reveals
the shadow within,
the skull beneath the skin.

ELIGIBILITY:
Open to all artists.

MEDIA:  All media and new media will be considered.  Artwork, performance, or installations with special instructions or equipment must be described in full and possibly installed by the artist. Special hardware requirements must be included with the accepted entries.

DEADLINE:  December 31, 2011

ENTRY FEE:  You can enter up to three (3) images for your $38.00 entry fee.

JUROR:  Amy V. Grimm is an Independent Curator and Assistant Professor of Art History & Museum Studies at Irvine Valley College. Grimm received her B.A. in Psychology from the State University of New York in New Paltz, New York. She received a Graduate Certifcate in Museum Management and a M.A. in Art History from the University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina. Grimm’s M.A. Thesis, is titled, Andy Warhol: An Inquiry into Self Identity and Portraiture. Ms. Grimm’s area of specialization includes Modern and Contemporary European and American Art. Grimm’s museum and academic career spans over 15 years including work for the Albany Institute of History & Art, the South Carolina State Museum, the El Paso Museum ofArt, and the Long Beach Museum of Art.

Grimm continues to lecture extensively on topics such as Andy Warhol, Contemporary Art and Museum Studies. As an Assistant Professor of Art History & Museum Studies, Grimm is developing a new undergraduate program in Applied Museum Studies for Irvine Valley College. Students participating in the program will gain the knowledge and skills necessary for a variety of employment opportunities, in museums and other arts organizations.

SALES:  60% to the artist, 40% to OCCCA. Checks are processed within 10 days of the show close.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!