The Brevard Art Museum presents
a Juried Exhibition
Navel Gazing:
Artists Visions of Florida
January 30 – April 11, 2010
The Museum invites artists to submit
proposals for artwork that represent
their vision of Florida.
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION
DEADLINE NOVEMBER 9, 2009
The state of Florida embodies a rich history of Native Americans; Spanish conquistadors and the search for the fountain of youth; a utopia; a fantasyland; a vacation mecca; mythical landscapes of tropical abundance; miles of ocean; a bohemian refuge; an outlaw outpost; and a launching pad to space.
The Brevard Art Museum’s quest is to find artists who are able to reconstitute existing ideas or make fresh-squeezed interpretations of Florida.
Sixteen artists will be selected for the exhibition, eight Florida artists and eight from outside the state, allowing our audiences to compare and contrast an insider’s versus a tourist’s point of view on our diverse, complicated, beautiful, and always interesting home state.
For the eight artists who do not live within Florida, the Museum will provide a $1,000 honorarium to travel to and experience Florida and to seek or confront subjects, ideas, and inspiration for the art they will create for the exhibition. Travel must be completed by December 31, 2009. Selected artists will be required to document their experience with a journal, receipts, travel blog, video, photographs or by any means relating to their proposal in addition to creating their artwork(s) or installations.
For the eight artists who reside in Florida, the Museum will provide a $250 honorarium to encourage new reflections and new works of art from an insider’s point of view. As a counterpoint to the visiting artists’ travel documentation, selected Florida artists will be required to provide creative proof of their Florida bona-fides.
DIRECTIONS
Submit proposal electronically to www.callforentry.org
l Narrative describing proposed work(s) or installation and its relevance to the Navel Gazing exhibition
l Detailed information regarding media, size, special
requirements, etc.
l Artist resume
l Five images of previous artwork
Brevard Art Museum
1463 Highland Ave., Melbourne, FL 32935
321.242.0737
info@brevardartmuseum.org
http://www.brevardartmuseum.org
FEES
There is a $20 fee for submission.
SHIPPING
The Museum will pay for shipping of accepted artwork
and catalog support materials which must be received
by January 15, 2010.
CATALOG AND WEBSITE
The Museum will create and publish a catalog and a website documenting the formulation process and the art of the Navel Gazing exhibition.
TRAVELING
We hope to travel the exhibition. All works must be
available for touring (estimated 3 years).
GENERAL
l Jurors for the exhibition will be the Museum’s curator Jackie Borsanyi, who has lived in Florida for 36 years and Steven Maklansky, President of the Museum, who moved to Florida in 2009.
l Acceptance notifications will be emailed by Nov. 16, 2009. (No phone calls please.)
l The Brevard Art Museum reserves the right to photo- graph and document submissions for publicity purposes and for a catalog to accompany the exhibition.
l The submission of the proposal will be understood to imply agreement on the part of the artist with all
conditions set forth in this prospectus, and relevant
Museum policies.
This exhibition is sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affiars, the Florida