SPE Southwest 2010 Juried Members Show
SPE Southwest 2010 Juried Members Show at Yavapai College Art Gallery:
Call for Entries:
Each member may submit up to 5 (UPDATED!) pieces for adjudication and must be a current member on the deadline date of July 15, 2010. All accepted pieces must be framed and shipped to and from the gallery at the artist’s expense. All accepted artists will be contacted via e-mail on August 20, 2010. The show will run throughout the conference. The theme for the show is open to whatever vein of work you wish to submit. Please follow the submission guidelines and format carefully.
About the Juror:
Carol McCusker (see the image above) is an independent curator, writer and educator. For eight years, she was the Curator of Photography at the Museum of Photographic Arts (MoPA) in San Diego. She received her B.F.A. in studio art and art history at Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, graduating with distinction. She then received her M.A. and Ph.D. in art history with an emphasis on the history of photography and film at the University of New Mexico (UNM), Albuquerque. While there, McCusker received the Beaumont Newhall Award, the Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship Award, the Friends of Photography Prize, and a National Endowment for the Arts Internship Award.
McCusker is currently Adjunct Professor at the University of San Diego. She is also a member of the Advisory Committee for UCSD’s Arts, Humanities & Languages Extension; and is working on two publications, Shooting Stars: War Photographers in Hollywood, that examines the aesthetic and socio-political relationship between 1940s photojournalism and Realist/Neorealist cinema. And Boom! 1963-1983: Two Decades of Change in American Photography. At MoPA, McCusker has curated more than thirty-five exhibitions.
About The Gallery:
Yavapai College exhibits artwork by students, faculty members, and visiting artists on both the Prescott campus and the Verde Valley campus. Visit their website at: www.yc.edu/content/artgallery
Submission Guidelines:
Your submissions must be submitted in the following format for consideration:
Image File Size & Format: 1000 pixels on the longest side at 72 ppi in JPEG format saved at high quality
File Naming Format: lastname_firstname_##.jpeg
Example: smith_john_01.jpeg up to smith_john_5.jpeg
E-mail all submissions to: juriedshow@spesw.org
Please only submit up to 2 images per e-mail!
In the submission e-mail(s) please include the following for each file:
Artists Name:
File Name (i.e. smith_john_01.jpeg)
Title of Work:
Physical Framed Dimensions:
Medium:
Price (or NFS):
Timeline:
Submission deadline: July 15, 2010
Notice of acceptance: August 20, 2010
Framed work due at gallery: September 23, 2010
Show Opening: October 22, 2010 5pm to 7pm
Show timeline: October 1st – 30th, 2010
Questions?
E-mail us at juriedshow@spesw.org