Salem Art Association Dialogical Exhibition and Artists/Writers Project: CALL FOR ENTRIES

Deadline for submissions: November 15, 2009

In some manner, everything we say exists in response to what has been said before. The Salem Art Association seeks artists and writers for Dialogical, an art exhibition and experimental collaborative project that explores the way creative producers work in response to other creative work and the world.
This exhibition aims to promote area artists and writers while also addressing the need for more critical and analytical writing on contemporary art.

The exhibition will include the work of selected artists who carry on a dialogue with other work (art, literature, social issues, history, etc.) -- informed by and informing -- in a chain of developing imagery and ideas.

The selected writers will be paired with an artist or artist-group and will be asked to write about the artist’s or group’s work in a way that illuminates the dialogue in which the artwork engages while further extending the conversation.

Artists and writers selected for this exhibition will meet periodically with the exhibition curator during late fall and early winter. These meetings may include studio visits, writers’ workshops, and slide talks.
Selected participants must be available for artist studio visits to select artwork for the exhibition.

Events during the exhibit may include a panel of artists and writers and/or talks for the public.

The exhibit will be accompanied by a print-on-demand catalog of the written works by selected writers and images of the artwork from the exhibition.

Curator:
Pat Boas will review submissions and curate the Dialogical exhibit.


To Apply
The following materials must be submitted in digital format via email to kathleen@salemart.org by
November 15, 2009.

For Artists
Artists working in any media, including painting, sculpture, video, interactive media, installation, photography and performance, are invited to apply.

Submit –
(1) up to 10 work sample files of work completed within the last two years
• still images should be in JPG format, not over 5 mb, at least 3 x 4 inches, and 200 dpi
• time-based work should be hosted online (YouTube, personal site…) with web address provided, or sent on a DVD
(2) Work sample description
• title, date, dimensions, medium and short descriptions if relevant
(3) Artist statement
(4) Artist resume
(5) Any other supporting materials

For Writers
Writers with an interest in critical and analytical writing on contemporary art are invited to apply. Writers are not required to have experience writing about art. Since this exhibition’s aim is to promote more writing on contemporary art, writers with varied backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Submit -
(1) Writing samples totaling no more than 1,000 words.
(2) Writer resume

Exhibition Timeline:
November 15, 2009: submissions due
November 23, 2009: selected artists and writers notified
Early December: Studio Visits
December 10-11, 2009: Artists’ Slide Talks & Writer Workshop
January 15 – February 28, 2010: Exhibition

About the Curator:
Pat Boas is an artist and writer based in Portland, Oregon. Her drawings and projects have been shown at the Portland Art Museum, the Boise Art Museum, the Salt Lake Art Center, the Nicolaysen Art Museum in Casper, Wyoming and Seattle’s Consolidated Works. Her most recent solo exhibition, Record Record, at the Art Gym at Marylhurst University, was curated by Terri Hopkins, Director of the Art Gym, and is accompanied by a catalogue that includes an essay by Stephanie Snyder, Director and Curator of the Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Gallery at Reed College. The recipient of several grants and awards for her studio work, Boas has written articles and exhibition reviews for such publications as Art Papers, Artweek and artUS. She is an assistant professor of Art Practice and chair of the Master of Fine Arts Program at Portland State University.

About Salem Art Association:
The Salem Art Association (SAA) is a non-profit cultural organization with a history of over ninety years supporting and fostering the visual arts, arts education and historic preservation in the communities of Marion, Polk and Yamhill Counties.


Contact Information:
Kathleen Dinges Rice
Salem Art Association
600 Mission Street SE
Salem, OR 97302
503 581 2228 x312
kathleen@salemart.org