OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS

CALL FOR ZINES
Minnesota Center for Book Arts will be hosting an exhibition of zines entitled Independent Variables: Contemporary Zine Publications from June 26 through September 6, 2009 in the Open Book Lobby Gallery.

Work on display will be handled by the public and will be fastened to the wall by a cord. This may involve drilling into the publication to make a hole for fastening. Do not submit work you are not willing to have altered and handled by multiple readers. Works should weigh a pound or less.

We will do our best to exhibit all works submitted. Multiple works by a single artist are permitted. If the number of submissions is great, the number of works exhibited by a single artist may be limited.

To participate in this exhibition, work must be received by 5 pm on June 26. It may be dropped off at The Shop at MCBA or mailed to the address below. Please include contact information with your submission, including an email address. Work will be available for pick-up at the Shop desk the week after the show closes. Work will not be returned by mail. Items not picked up by September 11, 2009 will be added to the MCBA archives and used for educational purposes.

Drop off or mail zines to:
Minnesota Center for Book Arts
attn: Jeff Rathermel
1011 Washington Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55415

Deadline for submission: Zines must be received at MCBA by 5pm on June 26, 2009.

Questions? Email Artistic Director Jeff Rathermel.

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CALL FOR ARTISTS
None of the Above: Assembling, Collaborating and Publishing in the Eternal Network

In an ambitious assembling-style project, MCBA invites you to submit... well... anything! 125 multiples of anything that will fit into a 9" x 12" envelope, that is. This project is in conjunction with MCBA's upcoming exhibition None of the Above: Assembling, Collaborating and Publishing in the Eternal Network.

An assembling project represents the ultimate in democratic art. Everything submitted will be included in the "publication" (or series of publications, depending on how many people participate). In return for your efforts, you receive... well... everything! One copy of everything submitted by fellow participants, that is.

Who's invited?... well... everyone! Book artists, printmakers, zinesters, writers, poets, photographers, xerographers, pamphleteers, cartoonists, diagrammers, visualists, mail-artists, transitionalists, minimalists, maximalists, pencilers, stencilers, composers, medics, bookleteers, decoders, conceptualists, transcribers, documentarians, historians, storytellers, manifestoans, CDsters, designers, anti-artists, ventriloquists (make the paper sing!)... Plus, you can exercise reckless editorial control, or lack thereof, by forwarding this invitation to others.

For complete details and instructions for submission, view the PDF call.

Deadline for submission: materials received at MCBA by August 21, 2009 for the exhibition / October 24, 2009 for the publication

For submission information: Email Artistic Director Jeff Rathermel or call 612-215-2526.

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CALL FOR ZINE ARTISTS
Riverfront Arts Festival (Northfield, MN)
September 12-13, 2009

Each year, the Riverfront Arts Festival is held in conjunction with Jesse James Days, an event that draws upwards of 150,000 visitors to Northfield. The festival is open to all artists and craftspersons working in fine arts and crafts. Applicants are juried.

Deadline for application: July 24, 2009

For more information: Contact the Northfield Art Guild at 507-645-8877.

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CALL FOR BOOK ARTISTS
Scissors: Pop-Up
Florida Craftsmen (St. Petersburg, FL)
September 18-October 31, 2009

Book artists are invited to submit works for Scissors: Pop-Up, a national juried and invitational exhibition of original moveable books. This exhibition will be juried by Margaret Miller, Director, USF Contemporary Art Museum and Graphic Studio.

Deadline for application: August 10, 2009

For more information: Visit the Florida Craftsmen website.

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CALL FOR ARTISTS
Proposals for exhibitions
Space 144 at the Minneapolis Central Library

Artists in the Twin Cities area are welcome to submit their work for exhibitions in "Space 144" at the Minneapolis Central Library, curated by mnartists.org. Individuals or groups may apply.

For more information: Read the submission guidelines at mnartists.org.

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CALL FOR ARTISTS
Proposals for 2009-2010 solo or group shows
Susan Hensel Gallery (Minneapolis, MN)

Susan Hensel Gallery seeks challenging work that creates environments where change can happen; artwork that invites interaction, discussion and community building. In addition to 2D and 3D work, the gallery has a special interest in installation, performance art, artists' books, spoken word performance and political or topical artwork of any kind.

Proposals reviewed on a rolling basis. There are three open slots in the gallery schedule per year.

For more information: Visit Susan Hensel Gallery's website.

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CALL FOR ARTISTS
Alive Magazine

Alive Magazine is a new magazine by young women for young women. The magazine -- a component of Alive Arts Media, a non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging women to create the media they want to see -- is looking for contributing artists and writers for upcoming issues. Each issue revolves around a different theme.

For more information: Visit the magazine's submissions page or email contribute@alivemagazine.org.

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CALL FOR ARTISTS
Proposals for solo, group or curated exhibitions
Pyramid Atlantic (Silver Spring, MD)

Pyramid Atlantic seeks exhibition proposals focusing on contemporary printmaking, paper, book arts and digital arts for its main galleries. The Kunst Vault Project Room is dedicated to installation work.

Proposals reviewed twice a year; deadline is ongoing. There are four to six exhibitions per year in each space.

For more information: Visit Pyramid Atlantic's website or contact Landria Shack at 301-608-9101 x105 or lshack@pyramidatlanticartcenter.org.

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