CALL FOR
ARTISTS
MAGICAL
EVENTS: A SMALL WORKS EXHIBITION
The Seligmann Center, welcomes submissions for its upcoming exhibition, Magical Events: A Small Works Exhibition, on view November 14-January
3. Artists are invited to submit
two-dimensional and three-dimensional works of any medium. There is no width
restriction, however works may not exceed 10” in height or depth, including
frames and peripheral elements. The
exhibition will occupy two galleries on the Seligmann Center property:
Seligmann’s Studio and Foyer Gallery, located in the converted barn and
farmhouse. Submission deadline:
Friday, October 3.
ABOUT
The Seligmann Center at the Orange County Citizens
Foundation is an artist-run center located on the 50-acre rural homestead of Swiss-American
Surrealist Kurt Seligmann (1900-1962) and his wife Arlette (Wildenstein Paraf)
Seligmann (1906-1992). The Seligmann Center is committed to presenting
readings, concerts, exhibitions, workshops, performances, and interdisciplinary
works by emerging and established artists. Founded in 2010 by the Orange County Citizens Foundation and
a group of artists, the Seligmann Center offers several unique exhibition and performance spaces in its converted farmhouse buildings
and throughout its grounds. In July 2014 the Center dedicated the Robert Fagan
Art Library, the largest public collection of art books in the county.
The Center is located about 50 miles northwest of New
York City in a vibrant rural area of Orange County in the village of Sugar
Loaf. The history of the site is
palpable—Max Ernst slept in the
Guest House; Marcel Duchamp shot five bullets into the barn foundation;
Alexander Calder pulled prints from the very same press that is still in use
today, and others, including Yves Tanguy, Kay Sage, Peggy Guggenheim, and Meyer
Schapiro, spent time on the property.
In its four years the Seligmann Center has presented works by such
notable artists as Robert Whitman, Hiroaki Sato, Jacob Kirkegaard, Katinka Fogh
Vindelev, Philip Pearlstein, Chaim Gross, Forrest Myers, Cy Twombly, and Lynne
Sharon Schwartz. The Seligmann
Center honors the Seligmann’s tradition of bringing people together and
welcomes the new, presenting contemporary work that enriches, challenges, and
connects.
THE
GALLERIES
The Kurt Seligmann Studio is a 19th century
dairy barn modified with a full wall of north-facing windows (33 x 16’). Foyer Gallery is located in the Robert
Fagan Library on the second floor of the farmhouse. The gallery consists of
four columns of six 2’ x 1’ shelves and two 8 x 8’ walls. In addition to these
spaces, the homestead features Guest House Gallery, a cubic space for new media
and site-specific work, a bog garden and trails, and expansive grounds for
outdoor works.
TERMS
Submissions will be reviewed by an anonymous jury of
artists. Artists will receive notification
by Friday, October 24. Selected artists are responsible for the
shipment, delivery, and if unsold, return of all work. Works needn’t be framed, but must
arrive ready to be hung or displayed.
Artists may submit up to five images. All submissions must be accompanied
by an image list with the title, medium, dimensions, and date of all works.
Images must be formatted as jpegs, 72 dpi, with maximum (digital) dimensions of
ten inches.
Submission fee: $25 for three submissions, $35 for
four submissions, $45 for five submissions, payable through PayPal. The
Seligmann Center will receive a 20% commission for all sold works.
SUBMISSIONS
Artists may send up to five images (jpegs, formatted
at 72dpi) and an image list (with title, medium, dimensions, and year of all
works) to seligmanncentersubmissions@gmail.com
and pay the corresponding entry fee via PayPal. Please do not mail
submissions—they will not be reviewed. Incomplete submissions will not be
considered. All submissions will
be kept on file in the Robert Fagan Art Library.
DATES
Submission Deadline: Friday, October 3
Notification by: Friday, October 24
On View: Friday, November 14-Saturday,
January 3
Opening Reception: Friday, November 14
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