Call for Artists: Live, Work, Play Ft Greene Exhibition

Live, Work, Play Fort Greene

A One-Day, Small Group Art Exhibition
Sponsored by SONYA in partnership with the FGA
Curator, Maribeth Flynn

Sunday, May 2, 2010
noon to 5:00 pm
Studio G and Garden, South Oxford Space
138 S. Oxford  Street, Brooklyn, NY

Contact
Kennis Baptiste, SONYA Exhibitions Committee Chair, 718-498-6082, kbart133@yahoo.com

About the Exhibition
SONYA in partnership with the FGA is pleased to announce its next exhibition: Live, Work, Play, Fort Greene. The exhibition is a one day exhibition and will be a stop on the Fort Greene Association’s annual House Tour, Sunday, May 2nd, from noon to 5pm. The gallery space opens onto a small garden that will be included in the exhibition. It will be open only to ticketed tour goers and will be viewed by over 1500 people. 

About the Curator
SONYA's guest curator, Maribeth Flynn, is an art historian and independent museum education consultant with over twenty years experience working with adult audiences and educators in a museum setting.  She has taught art history at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center campus and has also lectured on American and European painting to general audiences in the metropolitan New York area, and she is delighted to have the opportunity to work with artist neighbors on this project.  Maribeth and her husband Tom Gubanich are long-time Fort Greene residents.

Artist and Artwork Eligibility
We are seeking works that respond to the title, "Live, Work, Play, Fort Greene" and that are created by Brooklyn-based artists, age 21 and older. Artists need not be SONYA members to be eligible. 

This will be a small group show and we hope to tell a story about Fort Greene through choosing one to 3 works from about 6 artists.  All media will be considered, and sculptors are strongly encouraged to submit work for consideration.

Media: All media will be accepted. Sculpture, suitable for outdoor display (rain or shine) is particularly sought.

Installation artists take note---we are seeking proposals for an installation piece using this bookcase in one corner of the studio.  Piece must be temporary, leaving no trace when it is removed (that is, no nails, sticky tape or paint may be used).

Number of Works: Up to three (3) works and or proposals may be submitted.

Entry Procedures: 

Please follow this three-step online entry procedure:

1. Go to SONYA's member registration page at: http://www.sonyamembers.org/register .
   Find “Call for Artists: Live, Work, Play Ft Greene Exhibition” and click on “Register”.
   Follow the prompts to enter contact info and descriptions of your work.
2. A confirmation email will be sent to the artist’s email address.
3. Artist must than send their images as jpeg attachments to  sonyabklyn@gmail.com  using subject line: "FGA House Tour Exhibition".
   Images should not exceed 300kb each.

Submissions accepted Feb 3 to March 10, 2010. 

Limitations: All work will be given due consideration. The SONYA staff and the curator reserve the right to reject work that the gallery is unable to physically accommodate or which differs from the submitted image.

Artists are advised to submit their work ASAP and during the submission period only. We can only accommodate a limited number of participants. The number of participants and the amount of artwork to be displayed will depend on space and theme limitations weighed against the number of submissions received during the submission period.

Sales: SONYA will provide interested buyers with artist contact information. Commission: 30% to SONYA.

Notification: Artists chosen for the exhibition will be notified by e-mail the week of March 15-20th, 2010.

Delivery of Artworks: Participating artists are responsible for delivering their work to the gallery, 138 S. Oxford St., from 3 to 6pm,  Saturday, May 1st, 2010.

Entry Fee: There are no entry fees for this exhibition.

Pick Up Artworks: Sunday, May 2, 5:00 - 6:00 pm; or Monday, May 3, 9:00 - 11:00 am, 138 S. Oxford St.

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