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OPEN CALL Tabula RasaGallery Aferro Newark NJ USA
www.aferro.org
Tabula Rasa on display September 6 - October 4, 2008
with full color catalog.
Curated by Evonne M. Davis
Deadline July 15, 2008
(This is NOT a postmark deadline.)
Artists working in any and all media are invited to submit existing
work, or propose new work, in response to the following:
#1-Tabula Rasa: |ˈtäbyoŏlə ˈräsə; ˈräzə|
an absence of preconceived ideas or predetermined goals; a clean slate.
The human mind at birth, viewed as having no innate ideas.
ORIGIN Latin, literally 'scraped tablet,' denoting a tablet with the
writing erased.
#2- René Descartes, Aristotle, John Locke
#3- Denying what is obvious.
#4- Nothing is new, nothing is original.
#5 Existentialism and the nothingness of existence, ennui.
Notification of acceptance by August 1.
Delivery by August 16.
Gallery Aferro
Newark, NJ, USA
www.aferro.org
Open call for Curatorial Proposals for mid 2009
Main Gallery (ground floor)
New Media Room
Due October 15, 2008
NOT a postmark deadline
Proposals can be for either space, or for both.
Curators should email or mail the following:
1) A curatorial statement with a description of the new proposed exhibition and an explanation of their idea.
2) Work samples for proposed artists: These could be Slides, DVD (NTSC) CD (any form of digital file we can read from a Mac) VHS or Digital Prints. There is no minimum or maximum number of images to include. If new work will be created for the exhibition, send images of their past work.
3) Curator's CV/resume. Examples of past curated shows including images and press if reviewed. Curator's statement about these past exhibitions.
Please feel free to stop by the gallery during gallery hours to look at the space. Main gallery is 19 x 200 feet. New Media room is 19 x 80 feet.
Gallery Aferro will send out show cards and press releases to its mailing list. We expect a hands-on approach at the gallery. The curator is expected to be in NYC/NJ area to make arrangements with the artists prior to the installation week. The curator is expected to be at the gallery throughout the full week of installation and the curator and artists involved in the exhibition are responsible for installation of the artwork.
We exhibit work we feel strongly about, regardless of your education or exhibition history, but you must include this information. If we select your work we will want this information right away for promotional purposes.
Do Not refer us to your website without ALL the other required material. We will review the listed material first, without it we will not visit your site.
Please mail all submissions to:
Evonne M. Davis + Emma Wilcox
Gallery Aferro
248 Sherman Avenue #43
New York, N.Y. 10034
You may email your submission as well
Send to:
submit.aferro@gmail.com
Storefront Films
(Ongoing)
Short silent films in any genre for projection in various venues, including 207 Gallery (New York) Gallery Aferro (Newark) Gallery The (Brooklyn) and a temporary space during Jersey City's upcoming studio tour. This project provides an alternative to the ever-increasing glut of visual advertising imagery pedestrians are exposed to.
Projections will be viewable in storefront windows by pedestrians from dusk till ? on a loop. Images from events, as well as videos, to be posted on aferro.org after event.
Gallery Aferro is currently looking to fill part-time internship positions for 2008.
Eligibility: Undergraduate, Graduate students or recent grads.
To Apply: Email résumé and cover letter to info.aferro@gmail.com
Gallery Aferro is an artist owned and operated alternative space founded in 2003 by Evonne M. Davis and Emma Wilcox. The mission of Gallery Aferro is to bring cultural education and esthetic engagement with contemporary issues to all people equally, and to create an environment where artists can gather and share physical and intellectual resources. We are working towards an arts community that is available to everyone, without sacrificing quality of experience.
Founded in a converted factory building in the Ironbound, Gallery Aferro was planned as a pilot project to be recreated in different architectural forms, in multiple American cities. The gallery is currently being run out of a donated 4 story building in downtown Newark. We offer 12 exhibitions a year, featuring local, national and international artists, a wide variety of events such as interactive public art projects, performances, talks, film screenings, portfolio reviews and public usage based on the stated needs of the community. We launched our residency program in 2006 and were one of four nationwide recipients of a 2007 New York State Workspace Consortium grant to improve it. A publishing line has just been launched, consisting of exhibition catalogs, original essays, and artist books.
Aferro interns have the unique opportunity to work closely with staff and the larger arts community in learning all aspects of a not-for-profit organization, including the details of the day-to-day organization. Due to the intensity of the business, and our strong connection to the community, the internship position can build excellent professional skills/contacts and a breadth of knowledge that goes well beyond the work involved.
Internships at Aferro are particularly beneficial to motivated and enthusiastic individuals who are interested in cultivating exhibition, operations and arts administration experience in order to gain work experience and fulfill career goals in the art world.
Responsibilities and training could include: design, reception and communications during public hours as well as private tours, curator visits, and artist's studio visits, assisting staff with all aspects related to each of our exhibitions, database development special event production, assisting with grant preparations, and various arts administration responsibilities. We will be preparing for several off-site film screenings, and for next year's Newark Open Studio Tour.
Preferred qualifications:
Professed enthusiasm for contemporary art.
Professionalism-- each applicant must be responsible and reliable.
