Birke Fine Arts Symposium
A Competition and Exhibition for University Students in West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky
February 23 - March 18, 2010
Reception: Thursday, March 11, 2010, 6 - 9 pm
Presentation and Awards: 7 pm
Birke Art Gallery, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia
THE COMPETITION
As part of the Birke Fine Arts Symposium, this spring the Department of Art and Design at Marshall University will host a juried exhibition, Social Justice: Art in a Time of Change. Full-time undergraduate and graduate art majors enrolled in Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia colleges or universities are invited to use their skills and experiences to create art that informs, educates, arouses indignation and moves the viewer to action. Submissions may address issues like social, cultural, political, or environmental injustices and may be completed in any visual media.
THE JUROR
Mark Hosler, of Marshall, NC, is a founding member of the group Negativland. Since 1980, Negativland has been creating records, videos, and live performances using appropriated sound, image and text. Taken mostly from corporately owned mass culture, Negativland rearranges these bits and pieces to make them say things they never intended to. Hosler has written essays for Billboard Magazine, College Music Journal, NYU Law Commentator, and others. He has lectured at numerous universities including Yale, Cranbrook Academy of Art and MIT, as well as various venues nationally and internationally. He was the keynote speaker at the 2004 Allied Media Conference, spoke at the Regional Conference to End Corporate Dominance, and spoke as part of the alternative events during the Republican National Convention in
Philadelphia.
AWARDS
$1000 First Place
$500 Second Place
$250 Third Place
(2) $125 Honorable Mention
ENTRY FEE
$15.00 for a maximum of three entries. Total images may not exceed 6. Videos are limited to 15 minutes.
MATERIAL AND MEDIA
• Two-dimensional media may not exceed a maximum dimension of 4’ x 6’.
• Sculptural pieces may not exceed 8’ in any direction and may not exceed 300 pounds.
• Limit videos to 15 minutes in length.
SUBMISSIONS
A maximum of 3 entries created in the last two years to be submitted by CD must be accompanied on the disc by 1 artist’s statement—a typed Word document—pertaining to the body of work, not to exceed 100 words. One additional detail per artwork may be submitted. An image list—a typed Word document—must be included on the disc with the following information for each artwork: artist’s name, title of work, year, media, dimensions and insurance value. Please organize the disc so that each JPG image title contains the artist’s last name, plus a number—for example: “jones1.jpg”—that corresponds to the image information supplied in the accompanying image list. All entries must be available for the duration of the exhibition, February 13 – March 18, and may not be removed before the close of the show. Information and images of the finalists’ work may be used by Marshall University for publicity purposes. Artist statements may be edited for grammar.
DUE DATES
Submission of CD, entry form, and check must be postmarked by Friday, November 20, 2009.
Notification of accepted works will occur by January 31.
DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS
The Birke Art Gallery encourages self pick-up and delivery. Accepted work must be delivered between February 8-12, 10-4 pm, and the evening of Monday, February 8, from 6-8 pm. Work may be picked up Thursday, March 18, 4-7 pm, Friday, March 19, 10-4 pm, and Monday, March 22, 10-4 pm, and 6-8 pm. Retrieval of work may also be arranged by appointment. Works must be returned by March 26.
The cost of shipping accepted works to Marshall University will be assumed by the artist. Works must be packed to stand the rigors of commercial transport. For those electing to use commercial shipping, the Birke Art Gallery will assume the cost of
return shipping up to $100 per artist. Works will be fully insured while on the premises of Marshall University. Every piece submitted must have an assigned value. If it is not for sale, please indicate NFS and assign an insurance value on the entry form.