hot POTATO
Food is political; I repeat it regularly. Whether it is the origin of food, the growing method, the harvesting practice or the politics of the person preparing it. How you spend your money affects both the availability of the variety, the acceptability of the practices & the relative financial success of the corresponding farmers, vendors & restaurants. If you don’t support a food’s associated politics, don’t lend it your financial support –regardless of how good it tastes. Food is political. It is a hot potato, and it matters because WHAT WE EAT MATTERS. This next Call is also political. This is an opportunity to make space for matters to you. Take a look…
Check out this Call for Entries from the Reece Museum at ETSU (Johnson City, TN) for the 2017 FL3TCH3R Exhibit. Never in history has this show been more relevant. I’m entering; are you?
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CALL for ENTRIES:
FL3TCH3R 2017
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The FL3TCH3R Exhibit is focused on work with strong social and political content. Work entered in the exhibit should reflect current issues that affect contemporary culture and investigate societal and political concerns. Diverse media and approach to the theme are encouraged.
ELIGIBILITY: U.S. artists age 18+
MEDIA: All 2D, 3D, performance & installation & video art are eligible. Due to space & logistical considerations, large-scale & complicated installation is not encouraged.
DEADLINE: August 22, 2017 (late deadline August 31, 2017)
NOTIFICATION: September 16, 2017
ENTRY FEE: $40 for up to 3, $10 ea. add’l (by August 22). OR $45 for up to 3 & $10 ea. add’l (from August 23-31).
JUROR: Painter Anita Kunz has work in the permanent collections at the Library of Congress, the Canadian Archives in Ottawa, the Musée Militaire de France in Paris, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Rome, and a number of her Time Magazine cover paintings are in the permanent collection at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC. She received the Les Usherwood Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997 from the Advertising and Design Club of Canada. She has received an honorary doctorate from the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto and a second from Mass Art College of Art and Design. Kunz was appointed Officer of the Order of Canada, Canada’s highest civilian honor, and recently received the Queen’s Jubilee Medal of Honor. Additionally, she will be inducted in the Museum of American Illustration Hall of Fame in New York in 2017.
AWARDS: Best of Show $300, 2 Awards of Excellence $100 ea., Sammie L. Nicely Appalachian Artist Award $100 & Reece Museum Award $100. Other awards TBA.
For complete details, Read the Full Call!
