HOT SUMMER
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Summer and a milestone birthday for me are rapidly approaching.  I feel the need to throw a theme party with garden lanterns, red plaid table cloths, paper plates and a watermelon-spitting seed contest.  Not your idea of summer?  Maybe its a Southern thing.  This next call is serving up three provoking themes.  Investigate…

Check out this Call for Entries for June Installationz from ARTs East New York (Brooklyn, NY).  There is no entry fee, and the media is NOT limited to installation art, despite the name. Please note, this prospectus does not currently appear on their site.  So, bookmark this page so that you can return when you need to print the prospectus. Take a look…

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CALL for ENTRIES:
June Installationz

This June, ARTs East New York is hosting a pop-up gallery tour and invites artists in all disciplines to submit work for exhibition relating to the three themes below.  All three exhibitions will be part of a one-night pop-up gallery tour on June 22nd in East New York. I ART East New York will be displayed in establishments around the New Lots Triangle.  Juneteeth will be showcased about the perimeter of the New Lots Library.  Threadz will have a month long run at the ARTs East New York gallery.

I ART East New York:  East New York might be somewhere you visit, the place where you work or the community you call home.  Even if you’ve only heard about the neighborhood, we invite you to explore East New York through your art.  Pieces that most creatively and positively portray the culture, character and community of this Brooklyn destination will be chosen for exhibition.

Juneteenth: A Revelation of Freedom:  Juneteenth commemorates the day on which African Americans in Texas, who had been kept enslaved two and a half years past the abolition of slavery, finally received news of their freedom.  For this exhibit, we are requesting works that celebrate this moment of enlightenment, pay homage to ancestors who afforded this autonomy and investigate the African diaspora at large as a legacy of liberation.  Pieces that best honor and examine the legacy of the African experience in the United States will be included in this important exhibit.

Threadz: Untwining Mistaken Messages Within the Fabric of Hip Hop.  The tragic murder of Trayvon Martin forces us to think seriously about perceptions of Hip Hop culture and its representations in mainstream society.  The reigning image of Black youth centers on the Hip Hop aesthetic, a mode of expression that can be identified by styles of art and fashion.  We ask artists to examine Hip Hop as a depiction of the urban lifestyle, its reception by the larger public and its potential for positively reflecting the African American youth experience.  This exhibition is being held in honor of Trayvon Martin, and works speaking directly to this heartbreaking death, and its connection to Hip Hop, are especially encouraged.

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists

MEDIA:  All media

DEADLINE:  May 11, 2012

NOTIFICATION:  End of May

ENTRY FEE:  No fee

JUROR:  A committee will make the final selections for the show.

SALES:  ARTs East New York will charge a 10% commission fee.

For complete details, Download the Prospectus!