Antenna :: Louisiana Open Call

DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 15, 2016 http://press-street.org/antenna-open-call/ This opportunity is for those living and working in Louisiana. Individual Visual Artists or Collaboratives working in any media are encouraged to apply to the Antenna::Open Call. One applicant will be selected and will be awarded a solo show for the 2017 calendar year, an honorarium of $1,500 (split amongst the group, if collaborative. Please note these funds are meant to cover all costs of this opportunity, including any installation, shipping, or travel expenses if necessary), and given access to Antenna's print facilities to publish an exhibition catalog or other similar ephemera to be determined by the artists. As part of a new partnership with Parse, there will also be a group exhibition curated by this year's juror, Danny Orendorff, from the submissions, which will be presented in the new future home of Parse in 2017! APPLY NOW BY VISITING: https://antenna.submittable.com/submit/57654 To apply for this opportunity, you must be a Louisiana resident and must submit the following: -A portfolio of recent works (10-20) -Inventory list including titles, dates completed, sizes, and mediums -Artistic Statement -Artistic Resume Danny Orendorff will make the selection for this year's locally focused Antenna::Open Call. Orendorff is a curator, writer, teacher, and activist whose work explores the intersections of DIY and craft-oriented cultural production, histories of grassroots social-justice activism, and theories of gender and sexuality. Currently, he is a Lecturer within the Fiber & Material Studies Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Program Manager for The Propeller Fund – a grant program offering $50,000 annually to Chicago-based artists as part of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Art’s Regional Re-granting Initiative. Note that examples submitted to the Antenna: Open Call need only be representative of your work or practice and don't necessarily have to be the pieces exhibited at Antenna. For those who may wish to propose a site specific project, you can view a gallery layout here: http://press-street.org/antenna_layout.pdf Submission Fee: $15 - this fee helps to defray the cost of the jury process. Can't afford the fee? You can submit all aspects of this application in the body of an email, with images or samples attached, for free! For free submission email: antenna+57654@submissions.submittable.com . Please answer all the application questions in the body of the email and keep attachments at 1mb or smaller each. DO NOT SEND QUESTIONS TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS! All app questions may be sent to info@antenna.works There is also a National/International open call due at the same time. The application is also at https://antenna.submittable.com/submit