I Can't Breathe
A juried exhibition at ARC Gallery and Educational Foundation.
Deadline: October 10, 2015
Application fee: suggested donation $40
Videos have recently appeared showing shocking violence by police against unarmed citizens, forcing all of us to address our ignorance and denial, as well as to ask about the nature of institutionalized racism. ARC wants to begin a conversation about these events. ARC is looking for work that evokes what it feels like to find oneself targeted, in a suffocating space, or unheard. This also includes work that addresses how one might imagine that grip to be loosened, or what it might look like to begin to listen.
SUBMISSION
Believing that all voices are valuable as we learn to listen to each other, this juried show is open to anyone who wishes to apply regardless of ability to pay. ARC asks for a donation by those who feel they can contribute.
PROSPECTUS
https://arcgallery.wufoo.com/forms/i-cant-breatheat-arc-gallery-in-novdec-2015/
MEDIA
Work in all media, including written word and spoken word.
ELIGIBILITY
International
All sizes will be considered
DATES
Submission: October 10, 2015 11:59 PM
Announcement: October 24, 2015
Delivery: November 18-21, 2015 12-6pm
Exhibition: November 25, 2015 – December 19, 2015
Opening Reception: December 4, 2015 6-9pm
Pick-Up Work: December 19, 2015 67:30pm December 20, 2015 12pm - 4pm
Shipped Work Return Dates: December 22, 2015 12-6pm
Pre-Paid FedEx or UPS required. Do not use U.S. Postal Service
JURORS
Romi Crawford is Associate Professor in Visual and Critical Studies and Liberal Arts at SAIC. Her research revolves primarily around formations of political, racial, and gendered identity and the relation to American visual arts, film, and popular culture. She was previously the Curator and Director of Education and Public Programs at the Studio Museum in Harlem; and serves on the Boards of Chicago Film Archives and Black Cinema House.
Mary Patten is a visual artist, writer, educator, occasional curator, and political activist. She works collaboratively with Chicago Torture Justice Memorials and Feel Tank Chicago, and teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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