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Soul Beginnings - an exhibition of queer and non-binary Middle Eastern, North African and Arab artists

OPEN CALL: SOUL BEGINNINGS

Soul Beginnings is the origin. Soul Beginnings is sexuality and gender. Soul Beginnings is the reason we create. Soul Beginnings is the community. Soul Beginnings is the country. Soul Beginnings is the heritage. All of these things are where our Soul Begins.

Soul Beginnings is an exhibition that will provide a platform for queer and non-binary contemporary artists from Middle Eastern, North African and Arab backgrounds living in the UK to showcase their artwork and establish their names within the British contemporary art scene.

The concept for Soul Beginnings came to life when contemporary artist Sarah Gaafar, who is a queer individual with Egyptian heritage, felt frustrated and underrepresented by the lack of exposure of queer and non-binary MENA artists. During many years of research, Gaafar attempted to find artists of these backgrounds, but was always unsuccessful – with Soul Beginnings, queer and non-binary UK-based MENA artists will finally be able to find themselves on the British contemporary art world map.

There is no running theme through Soul Beginnings – artists will have the freedom to submit any work they choose, as the exhibition will exist to promote the marginalised voices of the queer and non-binary MENA community in the UK. What connects the works will be the community the artists create in.

Soul Beginnings will take place in London in late 2018 – early 2019 (exact dates still to be confirmed). All art disciplines and mediums will be taken into consideration. This includes, but is not limited to, the following:

To submit your work for consideration to Soul Beginnings, or if you have any questions about the exhibition, please send any questions and your portfolio and/or website, along with your artist CV and a short biography, to soulbeginningsexhibition [op] gmail [punt] com. Artists will be notified by email if they have been chosen.

Emerging Curator Program 2019

VisArts invites applications from emerging curators to work with an experienced mentoring curator to develop and present an exhibition.

The VisArts Emerging Curator Program offers a unique opportunity for an emerging curator to work with an experienced mentoring curator to develop and present an exhibition and to assist in the presentation of the mentor’s exhibition. In an effort to develop expanded education programming/enhanced visitor experiences, the 2019 Emerging Curator and the Mentoring Curator will also focus on developing tools, templates, technological enhancements and funding strategies to support public programming that promotes social interaction, creative exchange and audience engagement.

VisArts will provide the Emerging Curator with an exhibition budget of $10,000. Additional funding and staff support for printing, promotions, and execution of exhibition programming is available. The program is one year and will begin in January 2019.

The selection panel includes the VisArts’ Curator, Artist Advisory Council, Gallery Committee and 2019 Mentoring Curator.

The 2019 Mentoring Curator will be Larry Ossei-Mensah:

Larry Ossei-Mensah is a Ghanaian-American curator and cultural critic who uses contemporary art and culture as a vehicle to redefine how we see ourselves and the world around us. He has organized exhibitions and projects with artists at commercial and nonprofit spaces around the globe from, including: Firelei Báez, Ruby Amanze, Hugo McCloud, Brendan Fernandes and Peter Williams. Ossei-Mensah currently serves as the Susanne Feld Hilberry Senior Curator at MOCAD in Detroit. He also is a co-founder of the 501c3 ARTNOIR in addition to being a mentor in the New Museum’s incubator program, NEW INC.

Curatorial Collaboration:
During the yearlong program, the Curatorial team (Mentor Curator and Emerging Curator) 
will focus on:

·    Developing a cohesive and compelling exhibition proposal;
·    Researching skills and standards of “best” and “current” curatorial practice;
·    Communicating with artists and lending institutions - developing contracts and loan information, collecting images and organizing artist/image information with “best practice” standards;
·    Conducting curatorial research and developing writing skills for catalogs and other printed and online materials using language that is clear and comprehensible for art experts and the general public;
·    Researching and developing a plan for incorporating technology upgrades to gallery programming through website enhancements, use of I Pads and apps, and production of video and audio materials;
·    Designing and implementing educational exhibition programming and outreach activities that engage artists, curators and public audience of all ages;

·     Developing budgets for executing exhibitions and exhibition programming;
·     Developing sponsorship/fundraising initiatives to support the exhibition programming;
·     Overseeing exhibition design and installation; and,
·     Developing marketing and public relations materials - press releases, website presence, social networking and print media supporting the exhibition.

The VisArts Emerging Curator Program provides emerging curators with practical, hands-on experience at a community arts organization. It is designed to support diverse exhibitions presenting a broad spectrum of ideas and curatorial approaches. In addition, it enhances the VisArts exhibition experience by developing educational opportunities, public programming and opportunities for community engagement through expanded use of interactive interpretive media in its gallery program.

Application:
Applicants do not need to have a fully realized curatorial proposal. This will be developed with the support and guidance of the mentoring curator and the VisArts Gallery Department.

To apply online, create an account below and complete the form.


Applicants must supply the following:

1. Application form
2. CV
3. Evidence of past curatorial projects:
    ·    Up to 10 still images
    ·    Up to 5 minutes of Audio Tracks (We accept: URL addresses, Soundclouds, or Playable DVDs posted to VisArts.)
    ·   List of images with artist name, title, year, medium, and descriptive information
    ·    Supporting PDF documents
4. A statement that addresses the following:
    ·    What makes presenting an exhibition in a non-profit community arts center with the guidance of a mentor an ideal opportunity?
    ·    What do you consider your curatorial intentions?
    ·    How do you envision enriching the audience experience? How would you engage the community? What sorts of programming and content delivery would you like to see paired with exhibitions?
    ·    What do you hope to achieve with this exhibition and mentoring program? Why would this program be an excellent fit for you?

Timeline:
Application deadline: January 11, 2019
Finalists Notified:  January 18, 2019
Finalist Interviews:  January 22, 23, 24, 2019
Emerging Curator Notified: January 28, 2019
Length of Program: January 2019 – January 2020 (Detailed Schedule TBD)
Emerging Curator Exhibition:  November 6, 2019 – January 5, 2020
Mentoring Curator Exhibition:  September 4 – October 20, 2019

Odesa Photo Days Open Call 2019

Intro

It took a while for Odesa Photo Days festival team to come up with the theme for 2019. We’ve decided initially that we want to focus on the process of creating illusions and artificial realities, fakes and manipulations on the internet and election campaigns, in media and everyday life. We do not intend to criticize things and events related to the times of new media technologies and relationship development, but plan to emphasize the versatility of reality and its perception. It all depends on a context and standpoint, from which one or another artificially created phenomenon is regarded. As always, Odesa Photo Days is looking for standpoints from all over the world.

Concept

“Photography appeared in the middle of XIX century as a result of a deep verity crisis and loss of trust, that affected representation tools back then – text and drawing, that depended too much on handicraft skills and people’s subjectivity. When photography is discovered, the print and machine renew the belief in imitation and representation. Several decades later, during another verity crisis, happened the devaluation of a photography as a document and revaluation of expression” – says Andre Rouille, French photography theorist. The process of expression starts to depend on perception conditions, realization context of shooting and point of view on portrayed reality.

Naturally, a photo is not a document, but every separate image has a documental value, which isn’t necessarily fixed and absolute in perception.

“Standpoint” exposition is a combination of authors’ visions of the versatility of the world and multiple ways for comprehending reality. We accept photo series of any stylistics: documentary, reportage, fiction, fantasies. We prioritize the author’s story and originality, expression integrity.

Terms of participation

Each author can only submit one photo series for the contest.

PDF format, maximum pages – 10, number of pictures – unlimited, a short text describing the series & installation proposal (tech requirements).
E-mail subject: “Open call Last name_First name_Country”
Fill in online application https://goo.gl/forms/hccDRx71YLcIxmaf1
Registration fee – 15 euro or 400 uah
Exhibition production is funded by the Festival.
By participating in the Festival you accept the possibility of using your works in promotion materials of 2019 Festival and, if your series will be chosen for the main exposition, it will also be shown in 3 or 4 Ukrainian cities during 2019.

After exhibiting all the works will be destroyed (before December 1, 2019) or sent to the authors (at their expense).

Works and payment confirmation send to thephotodays [op] gmail [punt] com

The deadline for accepting applications is December 16, 2018.

The results will be announced in January 2019.

You can make a bank transfer through PayPal (euro) or PrivatBank (uah) card number 5169 3305 1242 6013 (it is necessary to fill in the purpose of payment field: «Open call Last name_First name_Country»)