Opportunity for Artists

Gallery 66 NY Open Call: - DUALITY OF FEMININE AND FEMINIST



"Duality of Feminine and Feminist" Open Call for artists: seeks works that tackle these subjects in the “Trump Era”. Endless news cycles emphasize the fragmentary nature of our present society and a divided nations’ opposition to a single logic or subject. With this in mind, how do women balance the duality of feminine and feminist? Should we be concerned with the manner in which a woman is portrayed as strong and/or feminine? In recent cultural movements, the ramifications of mixed gender attributes seemed to be growing in popularity yet with the recent elections and threats to women’s rights in particular, are we going backwards. This ability to carry the strengths of both genders is empowering but are we now dealing with a backlash? Is the current political atmosphere an attempt to return to the stereotypical view of women as submissive and passive? Express your views on the “Duality of Feminine and Feminist” through your visual language. 



Exhibition Dates March 3rd-April 2nd 2017 at Gallery 66 NY.  Juror: Artist and Curator Karen Gutfreund   (see below for bio)



CALENDAR
Submission deadline- Sunday Feb. 5th 11:59PM
Accepted notices sent out- Feb. 15th & 16th 
Delivery of Work-  Hand delivery- Feb. 24th–27th,12-5pm or by appointment.  Delivery by mail Feb. 21-27  Pick up of work- no earlier than Sunday April 2nd after 6 pm to Monday April 3rd  from 9am to 7pm
Exhibition dates- March 3rd-April 2nd 2017
Opening Reception of Exhibit- March 3rd 6-9 pm 



REQUIREMENTS:
•Artists must reside within the United States. •Media is open to traditional, mixed media and non traditional materials. Excluded materials- no cd's, films or digital works requiring equipment to play. Original artworks only. No giclee's or reproductions please.  
•Sculpture is limited no larger than 24" x 24"base and no taller than 6 feet. We do have pedestals. 
•Wall mounted pieces should be no larger than 4 ft. in any direction. 

Eligibility:  Open to all Artists in the United States
 SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS & ENTRY FEES:


*Please enter 1-3 images for a $30.00 submission fee, and $5 each additional entry image. 
*Each artwork may be supported with 2 alternate side photos if your work is 3-dimenional only. 
*Please send jpegs a minimum of 500 KB and a maximum of 1mb per photo. NO images over 1 MB.
*Label each jpeg with the following: artists name, title, media, dimensions. 



HOW TO ENTER:
Follow the instructions to enter your submission and upload your images http://www.entrythingy.com/www.gallery66ny.com


The Gallery takes a standard 50% commission for all sales.



Questions about the exhibition? Email Barbara – gallery66ny@gmail.com
 

*Please note returnable shipping containers only. No styrofoam peanuts.  Artists are responsible for insurance during shipping and must include return shipping for unsold artworks that will not be picked up by hand. 

JUROR- Artist and Curator Karen Gutfreund


Karen Gutfruend is an Artist, Curator and Director She has just finished mounting her 25th major national group exhibition. Her co-owned company Gutfreund Cornett Art is a curatorial program that specializes in creating exhibitions in venues around the U.S. on themes of “art as activism”. Gutfreund has worked in the Painting & Sculpture Department for MoMA, the Andre Emmerick Gallery, The Knoll Group, the John Berggruen Gallery, Arc Gallery and the Pacific Art League. With degrees in Fine Arts and Art History, she is a consultant to galleries and for private and corporate collections. Over the past six years, Gutfreund has focused on creating exhibitions for women artists that travel around the country.  



Gallery 66 NY, is an award winning gallery in the Hudson Valley, NY, voted “Best Art Gallery” in the Hudson Valley by Hudson Valley Magazine, voted “20 Best Places” to visit by Kids Out and About.  The Gallery has been featured in the NY Times Metropolitan section, Hudson Valley Magazine, WAG Magazine, Chronogram Magazine, The Poughkeepsie Journal, HV Biz Journal, The Times Herald Record to name a few.



EXHIBITION VENUE:


Gallery 66 NY, 66 Main St., Cold Spring, NY 10516 www.gallery66ny.com
Director:  Barbara Galazzo

Goodbye Zsa Zsa

I'm a marvelous housekeeper... every time that I leave a man... I keep his house!

 - Zsa Zsa Gábor

Some 2016 works

The Lilith Plotting. 2016 by F. Lennox Campello. Charcoal and Conte on Paper. 12x36

The Lilith Plotting (Detail). 2016 by F. Lennox Campello. Charcoal and Conte on Paper. 12x36

A Woman Planning Her Revenge.
2016 by F. Lennox Campello. Charcoal and Conte on Paper.12x9 Framed to 20x16

Pictish Princess. 2016 by F. Lennox Campello. Charcoal and Conte on Paper. 12x36

We Are Wild, Wonderful Things. 2016 by F. Lennox Campello. Charcoal and Conte on Paper. 12x9 Framed to 20x16

Sonnets to The Portuguese. 2016 by F. Lennox Campello. Charcoal and Conte on Paper. 36x36

Sonnets to The Portuguese (Detail). 2016 by F. Lennox Campello. Charcoal and Conte on Paper. 36x36

The Batman Naked. 2016 by F. Lennox Campello. Charcoal and Conte on Paper. 12x9

The Last Copy of The Constitution by F. Lennox Campello. Charcoal and Conte on Paper. 12x8

America Desnuda. 2016 by F. Lennox Campello. Charcoal and Conte on Paper. Framed to 20x16

The Boy Wonder Naked. 2016 by F. Lennox Campello. Charcoal and Conte on Paper. 12x9

The Eve, Agonizing Over The Sin. 2016 by F. Lennox Campello. Charcoal and Conte on Paper.20x10

Suddenly, She Realized That Crying Wasn't the Solution (And the Light Began to Flood Her)
2016 by F. Lennox Campello. Charcoal and Conte on Paper.14x11 (Framed to 20x16)

Loads of press

Las week selected (by the Washington City Paper) as one of Washington DC's "most interesting people." You can read that article online here:http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/special-issues/article/20846183/the-people-issue-2016

I was also highlighted by Miami's Brickell Magazine during the 2015 Miami art
fairs - read that here:http://tagupload.com/digital/BM/12_15/files/86.html

I was also highlighted by EASTCITYART during their review of the 2016
Miami art fairs here:http://www.eastcityart.com/features/miami-2016-dmv-sampling/

And a few days ago the new issue of American University's Connections magazine reviewed and discussed the very cool Looking Glass show at the Katzen Museum.

You can read that article here:https://issuu.com/american-arts-sciences/docs/cas-connections-2016-fall-hi 

And you can read a different review at The Catholic Virginian and The Boston Pilot here: http://www.catholicvirginian.org/?p=1911 and my good bud John Anderson reviewed it here: http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/museums-galleries/blog/20827987/the-looking-glass-artist-immigrants-of-washington-at-the-katzen-arts-center-reviewed

More press!

Check out the really nice article in AU's Connections magazine about the recent "Looking Glass: Artists Immigrant to Washington, DC" at the Katzen Museum.

First Radcliffe Bailey solo show in the DC area

Thanks to a grant from the Arts Council of Fairfax County, the Greater Reston Arts Center (GRACE) is pleased to present Radcliffe Bailey: The Great Dismal Swamp, on view from April 21 through July 8, 2017. Radcliffe Bailey (b. 1968, Bridgeton, New Jersey; lives and works in Atlanta) is a nationally-recognized painter, sculptor, and mixed-media artist who layers imagery, culturally resonant materials, and text to explore themes of ancestry, race, and memory. The Great Dismal Swamp is the artist’s first solo exhibition in the metro DC area. He has previously participated in group exhibitions at the Smithsonian Institution, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and the David C. Driskell Center at the University of Maryland.

 

Bailey has long treated issues of race and the historical experiences of African Americans in his work, mining his personal ancestry as well as the history and legacy of slavery. At GRACE, Bailey will present a selection of newly commissioned mixed-media works exploring his family history in Virginia, as well as the history of the state’s Great Dismal Swamp. The Great Dismal Swamp, a federally-designated national wildlife refuge in Southeastern Virginia, concealed and sheltered communities of slaves fleeing captivity on the Underground Railroad. “Viewing Radcliffe’s work is like digging through strata of history, encapsulated in lush layers of paint, embodied within evocative objects, or reflected in found images of African Americans,” observed guest curator Holly Koons McCullough, formerly of GRACE and now Executive Director at the Arlington Arts Center. “This new body of work plumbs the depths of Virginia’s history, exploring the communities of freed and escaped slaves that inhabited the dense and difficult marshland of the Great Dismal Swamp. Although deeply rooted in his personal and cultural heritage, Bailey’s work ultimately addresses universal themes of identity and ancestry, hurt and healing, displacement and endurance.”

 

Bailey received a BFA in 1991 from the Atlanta College of Art. His work is included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.; the Art Institute of Chicago; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri; the Denver Art Museum; and the High Museum of Art, Atlanta; among many others. The artist is represented by Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

The Greater Reston Arts Center would like to express its deepest gratitude to the Arts Council of Fairfax County. The Arts Council of Fairfax County is the voice of the arts, dedicated to fostering dynamic and diverse local arts, ensuring that arts thrive by providing vision, leadership, capacity building services, advocacy, funding, education and information.

 

“We are pleased to support the stellar work that GRACE is doing. Across Fairfax County, arts and culture are helping to build stronger communities, improving the quality of life, and fostering economic growth. The Arts Council’s grant programs provide vital funds for basic operation of local arts organizations and recognize the valuable programs and services they provide to Fairfax County residents.”

—      Linda S. Sullivan, President and CEO of the Arts Council of Fairfax County

 

The Greater Reston Arts Center is dedicated to enriching community life by promoting involvement and excellence in the contemporary visual arts. Its gallery showcases exceptional emerging and established artists from the mid-Atlantic region and beyond; its GRACE Art program delivers art enrichment experiences in over 40 schools regionally, impacting over 20,000 students; and its annual Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival is among the top such events in the country. The Greater Reston Arts Center is always free and open to the public. 

For more information please visit www.restonarts.org