Nave Gallery Call to Artists

CALL TO ARTISTS THE NAVE GALLERY is a nonprofit art space located in the Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church near Tufts University run by ARTSomerville in collaboration with CHPC. Artists shown to date have been local, national and international, emerging and established. The gallery itself is completely volunteer run. A minimal commission of 20% is taken for all sales. Participating artists are encouraged (but not required) to volunteer to gallery sit for at least one two-hour shift during their exhibit, and to help recruit other volunteers. View past exhibits \|\| View past events QUESTIONS info@navegallery.org THE TINMAN & FRIENDS: Art Inspired by Fictional Characters March 17-March 31, 2012 The Nave Gallery Curated by Susan Berstler SUBMISSION DEADLINE: March 1, 2012 From Titian's 16th-century Venus to Andy Warhol's iconic 20th-century Mickey Mouse, artists have long been inspired by fictional characters of mythology and culture. The Nave invites 21st-century artists to submit work inspired by fictitious heroes, villains, lovers and more. All visual artists working in 2-D and 3-D media (including video and installation) are welcome. Applicants must submit: Up to four (4) images of work relating to this theme submitted as jpeg files on a CD-Rom (300 dpi) Images must be original and of actual pieces. Installation entries may be representative, documenting past installations, with a new proposal for the Nave Gallery space An image list including title, dimension, media, and date for each work submitted. For digital submissions, please label each file (artistname)(title).jpeg. All disks must be labeled with the artist's name, title, dimension and medium A short statement describing your interpretation of the fictional character(s) referenced in your work with telephone and e-mail contact information A current artist's CV $15 entry fee payable to The Nave Gallery (NOT refundable) Self-addressed stamped envelope with adequate postage for return of materials Mail entries to: The Nave Gallery (Attn: S. Berstler) 155 Powderhouse Blvd. Somerville, MA 02144 Alter-Ego II: Images Made with Toy Cameras or Alternative Photographic Processes April 28-May 19, 2012 The Nave Gallery Curated by Greer Muldowney SUBMISSION DEADLINE: April 1, 2012 Film is dead, right? Not so fast. The proliferation of toy cameras, pinhole camera kits, and how-to-manuals for alternative processes suggests otherwise. The exhibition Alter-Ego Part II will celebrate the quirky, personal, non-digital point of view of artists bucking the trend in the world of 21st century photography. All themes will be considered. This is a follow up to the 2009 exhibit Alter-Ego curated by Bridget Kane and Greer Muldowney. View that exhibit Applicants must submit: Up to five (5) jpeg files on a CD-Rom (300 dpi) An image list including title, dimension, date, camera, film and process for each work submitted. Please label each file (artistname)(title).jpeg A short statement describing the work Telephone and e-mail contact information A current artist's CV $15 entry fee payable to The Nave Gallery (NOT refundable) Self-addressed stamped envelope with adequate postage for return of materials Mail entries to: The Nave Gallery Attn: S. Berstler 155 Powderhouse Blvd. Somerville, MA 02144 Calendar: April 1: Entries due April 8: Notification of acceptance April 20-21: Delivery of artwork April 28-May 19: Exhibition will be on display April 28: 3-6 pm Opening Reception May 25-26: Return of artwork The BIG BAD October 6–28, 2012 The Nave Gallery Curated by Jenn Harrington SUBMISSION DEADLINE: August 25 The most wicked adversaries of our imagination return again and again—Buffy the Vampire Slayer's The Master, Mayor Richard Wilkins III, Glory, The First; Dr. Who's the Daleks, the Cybermen, Bad Wolf; Harry Potter's He Who Must Not Be Named; and Battlestar Galactica's "all this has happened before, and all this will happen again." Never mind the classic agents of nightmares—the Devil, the Grim Reaper, the Undead, and untold more. And while our mayor may not ascend into an actual enormous snake, and our lovers do not usually turn to soulless vampires bent on destroying the world via demon-resurrection, and our best friend's eyes don't normally flick to black due to dark magic, there is some authenticity in those images. In a land not so far away, where everything seems quite big and terribly bad, The Nave Gallery asks artists to submit work that mirrors their vision of The BIG BAD. Whether it be the repo man, banks, politicians, the ex, the evil step-parent, the monster in the closet, the tick-tock of a bad heart—we are looking for true representations of the foes that wreck our homes, our health, our families, our childhoods. The bump in the dark of night, the shadow lurking in the corner of your eye, those things that haunt us even if we've buried it four times over, The BIG BAD aspires to show that the real-world adversaries threatening our ruin are close companions to the phantoms locked in our imaginations. Visual artists working in all 2-D and 3-D media (including video and installation) are invited to submit work. Applicants must submit: Up to four (4) images of work relating to this theme submitted as jpeg files on a CD-Rom (300 dpi) An image list including title, dimension, media, and date for each work submitted. For digital submissions, please label each file (artistname)(title).jpeg. All disks must be labeled with the artistís name, title, dimension and medium One paragraph describing your interpretation of how your piece represents the theme of this show A current artist's CV $15 entry fee payable to The Nave Gallery (NOT refundable) Self-addressed stamped envelope with adequate postage for return of materials Mail entries to: The Nave Gallery Attn: Jenn Harrington 155 Powderhouse Blvd. Somerville, MA 02144 Calendar August 25: Entries due September 1: Notification of acceptance September 26: Delivery of artwork October–28: Exhibition will be on display October 6: Opening Reception November 3: Return of artwork