[spectre] CALL FOR ARTISTS: Rochester Art Center Emerging and SE MN Regional exhibition applications

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Hello All,

This is a reminder of upcoming deadlines for the Emerging Artist Series  
and the Southeast Minnesota Artists Exhibition Series at the Rochester  
Art Center.

Below is the descriptions and application procedures for both series.    
The deadline for the Emerging Series application is postmarked August  
15th, 2005 and the SEMAES series is postmarked September 31st, 2005.   
Please see the details below or download the application PDF at:

http://www.rochesterartcenter.org/general%20information/ 
submission%20guidelines.htm

Please contact Chief Curator Kris Douglas  
(kdouglas at rochesterartcenter.org) or Curator of Education Scott Stulen  
(sstulen at rochesterartcenter.org) with any questions.

Thank you


Scott Stulen
Curator of Education
Rochester Art Center
40 Civic Center Drive SE
Rochester, MN 55906
507-424-3309
sstulen at rochesterartcenter.org


3rd Floor Emerging Artist Series
This series is designed to focus on emerging artists working in the  
state, producing exciting new work that both challenges and inspires  
the viewer.  Scheduled to run continually in the third-floor Atrium  
Gallery, this exhibition program provides audience members with nearly  
uninterrupted, contemporary-focused programming.  Each exhibition is on  
view for a period of roughly seven weeks, allowing two weeks to  
de-install and prepare the next exhibition for hanging/installation.   
Each exhibition includes a full-color fold-out brochure, with text  
content focused on the concepts, history, methodology, and production  
of the work, as well as five to seven color plates from the artist’s  
portfolio.  These extended gallery guides will provide documentation of  
all of the exhibitions included in 3rd Floor: Emerging Artist Series,  
and will aid the artist in developing a portfolio of critical/scholarly  
writing pertaining to their work.  This piece can then be used to  
document an exhibition history, with the hopes of assisting the artist  
in future exhibition possibilities at other institutions, galleries, or  
further venues.  To provide information concerning the creative  
processes present in contemporary art production, each artist will also  
deliver an opening lecture to inform the public of their concepts and  
practices.  As has been done in the first three exhibitions in this  
series (2004-2005), the artists selected for the series will be  
introduced to one another, encouraged to attend each other’s opening  
receptions, and to contact one another as appropriate to support  
professional development.

Artist Selection, Submission, and Review Procedures
Any artist residing within the State of Minnesota is eligible to be  
considered for the 3rd Floor: Emerging Artist Series.  RAC selects  
emerging artists for inclusion based on the review of applications by  
the program director and the RAC Exhibition Advisory Board.  Selection  
is based on demonstrated quality, innovation, and excellence in the  
artists’ work.  Other criteria include: a compatibility of the artists  
work to the overall themes and goals of the exhibition series (e.g.,  
emerging artist); ability to work within the parameters of the  
exhibition schedule; the quality of the exhibition proposal; and  
compatibility of the artists work to the dedicated gallery space.
Applications (see exhibition proposal submission form which is  
available for download below) are accepted from June 15 – August 1,  
2005 and are reviewed in August and September by the program director  
and the Exhibition Advisory Board, composed of working artists,  
curators, teachers, and arts professionals.  From this review, a  
schedule for the next season of six exhibitions, each roughly  
seven-weeks long, is determined. Completion of the entire process can  
take up to two months, with artists being notified by the end of  
October.



Southeast Minnesota Artists Exhibition Series

To fully serve our mission and support artists working within the  
region, RAC will dedicate an exhibition series to artists who are  
producing new work that that currently reside in any of the eleven  
counties of Southeastern Minnesota (counties included Dodge, Fillmore,  
Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele, Wabasha, and  
Winona).  These geographic parameters follow those determined by SEMAC,  
the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council.  With many artists producing  
work of high quality and seeking exhibition opportunities, the RAC was  
compelled to directly serve this population.

This series is designed to focus on emerging, mid-career, or  
established artists working in the SE Minnesota region.  Scheduled to  
run in the second-floor Accent Gallery, this exhibition program  
provides audience members with consistent regional programming.  Each  
exhibition is on view for a period of roughly seven weeks, allowing two  
to three weeks to de-install and prepare the next exhibition for  
hanging/installation.  Each exhibition includes a full-color brochure,  
with text content focused on the concepts, history, methodology, and  
production of the work, as well as two to three color images from the  
artist’s portfolio.  These gallery guides will provide documentation of  
all of the exhibitions included in the Southeast Minnesota Artists  
Exhibition Series, and will aid the artist in developing a portfolio of  
critical writing pertaining to their work. To provide information  
concerning the creative processes present in art production, each  
artist will also deliver an opening lecture to inform the public of  
their concepts and practices.

Artist Selection, Submission, and Review Procedures
Any artist residing within the eleven counties specified above is  
eligible to be considered for the Southeast Minnesota Artist Series.   
RAC selects artists for inclusion based on the review of applications  
by the program director and the RAC Exhibition Advisory Board.   
Selection is based on demonstrated quality, innovation, and excellence  
in the artists’ work.  Other criteria include: a compatibility of the  
artists work to the overall themes and goals of the exhibition series;  
ability to work within the parameters of the exhibition schedule; the  
quality of the exhibition proposal; and compatibility of the artists  
work to the dedicated gallery space.

Announcement of our request for applications will be published in an  
information packet that will be mailed to art and cultural institutions  
throughout the region, to our extended artist database, and will be  
published on the RAC webpage.  We will also take steps to list this  
exhibition opportunity on mnartist.org and other web-based resource  
locations.  The Diversity Council of Rochester will be consulted to  
help identify outreach strategies to connect request for application  
information to individuals and groups of diverse backgrounds throughout  
the state.
Applications (see enclosed exhibition proposal submission form) are  
accepted from July 12 – September 31, 2005 and are reviewed in October  
by the program director and the Exhibition Advisory Board, composed of  
working artists, curators, teachers, and arts professionals.  From this  
review, a schedule for the next season of six exhibitions, each roughly  
seven-weeks long, is determined. Completion of the entire process can  
take up to two months, with artists being notified by the end of  
October, 2005.

RAC furnishes publicity, an opening reception, and the printing and  
mailing of gallery guides for each exhibition. RAC will insure artwork  
while on exhibition.