Seeking Curators & Artists - MAINSITE Contemporary Art

MAINSITE Contemporary Art 

Exhibit Proposals for Artists & Curators

The Norman Arts Council is seeking artists and curators to conceive of exhibitions in our home, MAINSITE Contemporary Art in the heart of Norman's Arts District. We have four exhibition slots available per year, each running for 6-8 weeks. We are accepting proposals for the entire space or half of the space.

Gallery Highlights:

• Beautiful contemporary space in renovated building over 100 years old
• 4,000 square feet of exhibition space
• 14 foot ceilings
• Floor to ceiling glass front onto Main Street
• Can be divided into 2-4 distinct exhibition spaces with moveable walls
• Full time gallery staff on site Tuesday through Saturday
• Sound system
• Projection capabilities
• Staff to assist with install
• Full use of Norman Arts Council PR and Mailing List for promotion of exhibit

The first available exhibition slot is June 2013.

Please send proposals, including a budget, to MAINSITE Contemporary Art: Home of the Norman Arts Council, 122 E. Main Street, Norman, OK 73069.

If you would like to make an appointment to see the space or discuss your ideas, please contact the Norman Arts Council at 405-360-1162.

More information on MAINSITE Contemporary Art can be found on www.mainsite-art.com.

Call to Artists - National Weather Center Art Biennale

National Weather Center Debuts Art Biennale, Prizes for Weather in Art

DEADLINE: October 1, 2012!

 

How does weather affect the artistic muse? The National Weather Center at the University of Oklahoma teams up with the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art and the Norman Arts Council to explore the theme of weather in art with the National Weather Center Biennale - the first national juried exhibition featuring art about weather. The biennale officially begins Earth Day, April 22.

Prizes totaling $25,000 will be offered to the top winners. An overall prize of $10,000 will be awarded to one work for Best in Show, with $5,000 given to the first-place winners in three categories: painting, works on paper and photography.

The National Weather Center Biennale is open to artists of any nationality over the age of 18.

Registration began April 22 on the biennale's official website at www.nwcbiennale.org. Artists may enter up to three works in any combination of categories. The entry fee is $25 for the first entry and $10 for each subsequent entry. Registration closes Oct. 1. Works selected for an exhibition to be held in 2013 will be notified in late 2012.

The exhibition of selected works, including the prize winners', will open to the public Earth Day, April 22, 2013, at the National Weather Center and will close June 2, 2013.

Additional information about the exhibition is available on the website and the biennale's Facebook and Twitter pages.

Alan Atkinson, an art instructor at OU, will serve as the exhibition curator and part of the initial selection committee. Joining Atkinson as initial jurors will be Berrien Moore and Erinn Gavaghan, executive director of the Norman Arts Council. The initial judges will select 100 works from the submitted art entries for the exhibition.

Three nationally renowned guest jurors representing national meteorology, contemporary art museums and current artists will then select the winning pieces from each of the three categories, as well as the Best of Show prize, from the initial 100 selected works. These judges will be announced at a later date on the biennale's website.

The National Weather Center's website is  www.nwc.ou.edu. Additional information about the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art is available online at www.ou.edu/fjjma and the Norman Arts Council's website is  www.normanarts.org.

Call for Artists - NAC Teams Up with Cleveland County Sexual Assault Response Team for Exhibit

Call for Artists: 

NAC Teams Up with Cleveland County Sexual Assault Response Team for Exhibit

 DEADLINE: OCTOBER 29, 2012 by 12:00pm

The Norman Arts Council, in coordination with the Cleveland County Sexual Assault Response Team, will feature work that draws attention to sexual assault through artists' responses to and their experiences. Artists are asked to submit proposals for the show by noon on October 29, 2012.

The exhibit will run from February 8, 2013 - March 16, 2013 and will include a panel discussion on Saturday, February 9, 2013. The opening reception for the exhibit will take place in conjunction with the 2nd Friday Circuit of Art on Friday, February 8, 2013 from 6:00pm - 9:00pm.

The works exhibited during this show shall represent the following mediums: design, media arts, photography, videography, sculpture, installation, and other visual arts.

Artists interested will submit proposals for review according to MAINSITE Contemporary Art: Home of the Norman Arts Council, 122 East Main Street, Norman, OK 73069. Applications and guidelines are available to pick up at MAINSITE or available for download here.

For more information on MAINSITE Contemporary Art gallery, visit www.mainsite-art.com. For questions, please contact the Norman Arts Council at 405-360-1162 or nac@normanarts.org.

Call to Artists - Seeking Proposals for West Main Street Sculptures

 

Norman Public Arts Board Seeks Proposals

 For West Main Street Sculptures 

DEADLINE: JULY 20, 2012 by 4:00pm 

On behalf of the Norman Arts Council and the City of Norman, the Norman Public Arts Board seeks to purchase two pieces of permanent outdoor sculptures for placement in "traffic bumps outs" at the corners of West Main/ Webster and West Main/ Santa Fe. The two pieces will be selected independent of each other.

The goal of this project is to enhance the heavily trafficked intersections that visually anchor the downtown arts district.  This area also serves as a pathway to several churches in an established neighborhood, the public library, City of Norman Complex, and acts as one of many entrances to the University of Oklahoma.

The installation should embody a theme representative of central Oklahoma.  This theme could relate, but is not to be limited to any characteristics on this list:  Oklahoma weather, Native American heritage, civic character, complexity of a university city, cultural diversity of the third largest city in the state, the pioneer spirit, and the natural habitats or environment of the area.  The style of the sculpture may be a traditional, architectural, figurative, or contemporary interpretation of the theme and may be made of any material.

Download the Request for Proposals here.

Send Completed Applications to:

Norman Public Arts Board

c/o Norman Arts Council

122 E. Main Street

Norman, OK 73069

Or

Delivered to:

MAINSITE Contemporary Art: 

Home of the Norman Arts Council

122 E. Main Street

Norman, OK  73069

All applications for Step One must be RECEIVED by 4:00 p.m., CST, July 20, 2012

To ensure fairness, there are no extensions or waivers of deadlines. Applicants will be notified no later than August 10, 2012 as to the status of their application.

Please contact the Norman Public Arts Board via email with questions: nac@normanarts.org. Please put PAB in the subject line.

Timeline:

Step One Application Deadline: July 20, 2012

Notification to finalists:  August 10, 2012

Finalists' Presentations/Interview:  August 19, 2012

Selection of artists:  August 27, 2012

Installation: October 26, 2012

Dedication/unveiling:  November 9, 2012

For more information on the Norman Public Arts Board and the West Main Street Sculpture project, contact the Norman Arts Council at 405-360-1162.

Download the Request for Proposals here.

Call to Artists - Individual Artist Award

Norman Arts Council 2012-2013 Individual Artist Award Applications Available

DEADLINE: AUGUST 6, 2012 by 12:00pm

The Norman Arts Council announces the open call for the 2012-2013 Individual Artist Award. Applications are due on August 6, 2012 and may be mailed or delivered to MAINSITE Contemporary Art: Home of the Norman Arts Council.

The applications were expanded this year to include any Norman student in high school and not just seniors.

The 2012-2013 Curator is Amber Sharples, Assistant Director of the Oklahoma Arts Council 

Application forms can be downloaded from the NAC website or picked up at MAINSITE Contemporary Art. Completed applications may be mailed or delivered to the MAINSITE Contemporary Art: Home of the Norman Arts Council, 122 East Main Street, Norman, OK 73069.

The Individual Artist Award is provided in part by the Norman Transient Guest Room Tax.

Questions regarding the NAC Individual Artist Award may be directed to the Norman Arts Council at 405-360-1162 or nac@normanarts.org.