Amplify Action: Sustainability through the Arts Exhibition Call for Artists

Contact: Rasu Jilani
Pratt Center for Community Development
718-687-5671 or amplifyaction2012@gmail.com

Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation is pleased to present the exhibition Amplify Action: Sustainability Through the Arts in Spring 2012. This exhibition is brought together by the Pratt Center for Community Development and the Pratt Initiative for Arts Community and Social Change (IACSC) with support from the Rockefeller Foundation through the New York City Cultural Innovation Fund. Amplify Action: Sustainability Through the Arts will demonstrate how arts, culture, and media serve as catalysts for social change and engage neighborhoods in a dialogue about sustainable living, making healthy consumer choices, and taking environmental action.

Exhibition Information Content:
Works submitted should examine any aspect of sustainability including ecology, economy, equity, resource conservation and efficiency, environmental consciousness, pollution, agriculture, and health. The works selected for this exhibition will showcase sustainable actions, ideas that present new approaches to sustainable living, works that depict issues and concerns related to sustainability, or works that inspire sustainable practices.

Location:
Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation Skylight Gallery & Lobby
1368 Fulton Street
Brooklyn, NY 11216

Dates:
Application Deadline, September 9, 2011
Notification: October 2011
Exhibition Dates: April 2012 – July 2012

Jurors:
Tomie Arai – Activist | Public Artist | Educator
Maureen Connor – Activist | Artist | Founder of The Institute for Wishful Thinking
Karen Demavivas— Culture and Development Consultant, New York Foundation for the Arts
Rasu Jilani – Art and Culture Consultant, Pratt Center for Community Development
Shervone Neckles— Artist | Educator | Curator
Brynna Tucker – Artist | Associate Director, Career Services, Pratt Institute| Co-Chair IACSC

Eligibility:
Artists working in any media from any location are eligible to apply. However, we will not likely provide funding for shipping or handling costs. Artists’ work must be original and completed within the past 1 to 3 years (or currently ongoing). Local, national, or international projects are encouraged. There is no age requirement for this exhibit.

Equipment:
We will do what we can to provide equipment needed, however we strongly suggest that you provide the equipment necessary to properly display your work.

Insurance:
Insurance coverage for artwork in the Skylight Gallery or Restoration Plaza is provided by Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation during the exhibit. Insurance coverage for artwork.

~ by Tracy G. M. James on August 21, 2011.